my name is lois scott, immediate past president of iep 21 professional and technical engineers and member of a group called protect our benefits, but i'm speaking just for myself as a retiree. i served for many years in the city planning department. i'm going to speak to the issue of obscenity, obscenity of the amount of management fees involved with this hedge fund proposal and the 20 percent of the profits with nothing to protect us in the down side. i think that's obscene and given a 15 percent of allocation of a $20 billion fund. i also support the motion of getting more information, but i do so with the knowledge that it is very hard except to see the front end cost of the hedge fund to get the real answers because there is no regulation. there is, what is that word? black pool. it is non-transparent i would say devious form of investment that you can't get the real information for because they don't have to disclose it. so while it's good to study it more, i don't think you can get the real answers except the intuitive knowledge that you get too much and you get cheated. i hope you

5552, sponsored by representative lois capps, to designate the post office located at 801 west ocean avenue in lompoc, california, as the federal corrections officer scott j. williams memorial post office building. senior officer specialist scompletjth -- scott j. williams was killed in the line of duty on april 3, 1997, while performing routine supervision duties at the u.s. penitentiary an inmate california, senselessly and brutally attacked officer williams, taking his life. he was a marine veteran a former marine of the year, who served in operation desert storm. he is survived by his wife and two daughters. i ask my colleagues to support h.r. 5562 and ensure that this fallen hero is never forgotten. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from vermont is recognized. mr. welch spb thank you, mr. speaker. at -- mr. welch: thank you, mr. speaker. we're in full support of this postal naming, i'd like to yield such time as she may consume to the representative from california, the sponsor of this legislation, representative capps. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is re