coffman: thank you, madam speaker. the reason why he pulled the agreement was because it didn't have enough money to get him through the election of 2012, november of 2012. the president's campaign considerations is not putting america first. we need to put america first -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. coffman: vote down -- the speaker pro tempore: t gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. van hollen: the chairman of the rules committee wanted to yield -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman not is recognized. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. dreier: we have a lot of members who would like to be heard. i extended time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: may i inquire of the time remaining on both sides? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts has four minutes remaining. the gentleman from california has 6 1/4 minutes remaining. mr. mcgovern: we'll reserve

madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. coats: madam president, thank you. i wonder if i could ask how much time is allocated? i know we're a little oust kill tear with the -- we're a little out of kilter with the allocation of time. how much time do i have to speak and i want to make sure my colleagues have sufficient time to speak also. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the republicans control the next 2 4 minutes. mr. coats: all right. i will not begin to hughes that amount of time. i think i can use 10 or less and then leave some time for my colleagues. i can't count how many times i've been here yo speaking about the same subject. it is a subject that has occupied all of us, as it has for this entire session of the united states congress. three days are left until we reach that date in which the white house has said -- and the treasury has said we default on our obligations. right now we are debating on a saturday night over a bill that's already been

coffman: thank you, madam speaker. the reason why he pulled the agreement was because it didn't have enough money to get him through the election of 2012, november of 2012. the president's campaign considerations is not putting america first. we need to put america first -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. coffman: vote down -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. van hollen: the chairman of the rules committee wanted to yield -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is not is recognized. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. dreier: we have a lot of members who would like to be heard. i extended time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: may i inquire of the time remaining on both sides? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts has four minutes remaining. the gentleman from california has 6 1/4 minutes remaining. mr. mcgovern: we'll re

polis: thank you, madam speaker. before i begin a point of personal privilege, i thank the gentleman from texas for the time. we on the rules committee and members of congress rely on the hard work of our staff. particularly on rules committee. working into the wee hours of the night last night to be an example until 181:30. after three years of tremendous service, my rules associate has accepted another position in the senate. i just want to express my appreciation for my hard work. she hails from the city of dallas, texas, and her home, my colleague on the rules committee, mr. sessions. i would like to yield to my colleague, mr. sessions. mr. sessions: congratulations. i am going to miss you. it is a good day for you. it's a bad day for us. it is with regular occurrence that i look over at you. you have a bright smiling face. you have the enthusiasm not only of a bright young staffer, professional staffer on the rules committee, but i think you will be a true asset to senator stabin now -- stabenow. as you take exp

lee: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today first of all to pay tribute to a true champion for peace and justice, congresswoman lynn woolsey. her leadership is reflected in the fact that today marks the 400th occasion on which she has spoken on the house floor against the ongoing war in iraq and the war in afghanistan. today is really a landmark, not only because of congresswoman woolsey's outstanding commitment to ending the wars we are engaged in, but also because she's my good friend and she will be retiring at the end of this term. i was truly honored to be by her side when she announced her retirement after 20 years of bold and visionary service in this house and serving her district. it was a bittersweet occasion, but i know she will do wonderful things in the next chapter of her life. congresswoman woolsey should really be commended for being an unparalleled leader and a guiding light, a truly guiding light in congress for peace, for smart security and for justice. madam speaker, i would also like to thank c

madam president, i yield the floor. mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: first i want to thank my good friend and colleague from maryland for her great words. she comes from the heart of maryland and the heart of america. very few people i have met in politics in my many years in this endeavor have an understanding of how average people feel and think and tick than the great senator from the state of maryland. and i want to thank her for her outstanding remarks. if this body on both sides of the aisle would listen to her and her commonsense intelligence, we'd be in a lot better shape than we are now. so i thank my colleague from the great state of maryland, the senior senator. now, madam president, i rise today to discuss the deadlock we've reached in the debate over raising the nation's debt ceiling. two nights ago the president spoke and put the current stalemate in the context it belongs. the result of a small block within the -- small bloc within the house republicans that refuses to compro

van hollen: thank you, madam spker. i think the american people just ard a new definition of compromise. paying your bills is a compromise. the american family can't wake up one morning and say, boy, it's a compromise and pay for what i already incurred. it's a compromise to pay my mortgage. that's a new one for the american people. and it's part of a reckless pattern that we have seen emerging here. furs our republican colleagues walked out of the biden talks. then twice they walked out of the talks of the president of the united states. then when the republican leader in the senate put forward a proposal, they ridiculed it. thursday night in this very house they said no to the proposal by the republican speaker of this house until he amended it. the same speaker who said we need to have an adult moment. here's the concluding paragraph of today's "wall street journal." republicans are not looking like adults to whom we can entrust the government. the american people are looking for that adult moment. if you're not will

van hollen: thank you, madam speaker. we used much of those savings to close the prescription drug doughnut hole. inour budget you took the hole $500 billion, but you reopened the drug doughnut hole at the same time you are eliminating the medicare guarantee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: madam speaker, let me yield myself five seconds to say i thank the gentleman for once again pointing to the fact there is nothing in the boehner proposal that there's anything that cuts social security or medicare. madam speaker, with th i'm happy to yield 15 seconds to a new member from zealand, michian, mr. high tsenga -- high sanga. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 15 second. mr. huizenga: we heardrom a colleague from florida on the other side of the aisle talking about the constitution and intend of it. ladies and gentlemen, this is about controlling our spending and accountability with the american people. and it might not be in this bill

>> madam chair, yes, we are. supervisor chu: yes, i would be supportive of supervisor mirkarimi's position. perhaps we can make a motion or take action on the $24,900 in budget closeouts and accept all the recommendations from the budget analyst except the $10,000 for the animal control section? can we do that without objection? ok, we can do that without objection. thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. supervisor chu: the department of technology. >> good morning, supervisors. john walton, director of the department of technology. i am here to give you an update on our discussions with the budget analysts office. we are in agreement with them. these 16 recommendations of the total value of approximately $800,000. unfortunately we are not in agreement with the budget analyst on several other items related to travel, training, equipment maintenance, other expenses to cover unforeseen expenses throughout the year. they add up to a total of $823,041. 16 of the 22 cuts we do agree to add up to -- the

berman: yes, madam speaker. i am pleased to yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from texas, former member of the foreign affairs committee, mr. green. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. green: i thank my colleague, ranking member on the foreign affairs committee. i rise in strong support of h.r. 268, a resolution reaffirming our nation's commitment to the negotiated settlement in the israeli-palestinian conflict. i would like to thank my colleagues, both republican leader caintor and democratic whip hoyer by bringing this to the floor. i have been to israel and west bank. i vouch for the desire of the people of israel and the people of the palestinian territories to come to a peaceful settlement that will end violence. a negotiated two-state sellment is the keystone in the peace process and official policy of our government, the israeli government and until recently the palestinian authority. only through direct negotiations can difficult compromises be reache

thank you, madam speaker. today i rise to remember a great leader from the state of arkansas, mr. stanley reid. stanley reid was prematurely taken away from us last friday but his legacy will live on. he was from mary anna and lee county but his influence was throughout the entire state of arkansas. he served as the president of the arkansas farm bureau and worked for the agriculture community, leading several initiatives to advance agriculture. for 10 years he served on the board of trustees for the university of arkansas. he placed a great emphasis on the importance of education and it can be seen through his work at the university. sanity zsh stanley was also an advocate for arkansas businesses. he served on the board of arkansas world trade center where he shared his vision for arkansas businesses to compete in the global economy. mr. crawford: stanley leaves behind his wife, and his children and three grandchildren. arkansas lost a great leader, advocate and ambassador last week but stanley reid's legacy

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. mr. nelson: madam president? the presiding officer: the the senator from nebraska. mr. nelson: madam president, i rise today to speak about legislation that i i believe is very important legislation for the future of health care, fairness -- of health care fairness in our country. yesterday i introduced the savings through eligibility fairness act, which addresses medicaid fairness and debt reduction. my friend and colleague from wyoming, the ranking member of the "help" committee, senator enzi, has a shared interest in this issue, and i commend and appreciate his offering of similar legislation and offer to continue to work with him to deal and find solutions to this issue. medicaid is an important safety net for nebraska's and our country's most vulnerable families, and i'm committed to making sure that they'll continue receiving health care coverage. but, unfortunately, the health care reform law passed last year would inadder have at any timely make some middle-class americans eligible for medicaid who should

and, madam speaker -- the house is not in order, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the house will come to order. the gentleman deserves to be heard. the house will come to order. members are advised to please take their conversations off the floor. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the house will be in order. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: thank you very much, madam speaker. as i said with this august 2 date rapidly approaching, we know that we are faced with the potential of running out of money. we also mow that under that kind of scenario there are no -- we also know that under that kind of scenario there are no winners and no losers. we need to resolve the crisis at hand and avert the economic catastrophe that will come if we will not join together and find a way to raise the debt ceiling. but, madam speaker, this looming crisis is not the fundamental problem. we're facing this crisis because of a much larger, much longer term problem. the federal government spends more than it has

holt: thank you, madam chair. for 23 years congress had the benefit of a really excellent organization, the office of technology assessment. the o.t.a. helped congress look at the policy implications of new technologies. then 16 years ago o.t.a. was defunded. when congress turned out the lights, they argued that other organizations would provide what o.t.a. did. think tanks, academy, universities. we now have 16 years of evidence that we have not gotten from these other source what is we got from o.t.a. we need o.t.a. now more than ever and my amendment would shift a mere $2.5 million into o.t.a. to breathe life back into this important agency that had a great record of improving congressional decisionmaking, preventing tax dollar waste, and generally improving the debate on many policy issues. o.t.a. is still in the books. it was simply defunded. with this amendment can be funded again. the money comes from a well funded little used trust fund for capital building revitalization. . the o.t.a. produced nonpartisan

madam president, i yield the floor. mr. segz: madam president? the presiding officer: the senato --mr. sessions: madam pr? the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. sessions: i know that the republican leader for his efforts in this regard. i know for a fact that senator mcconnell and the leadership on our side hoped and believed it was possible to have an -- to take advantage of the opportunity of the discussion over raising the debt limit to create a major alteration in our plan of spending in this country and it's been disappointing to not have been met halfway in that regard. and knowing the numbers, as i do, as ranking member of the budget committee, when senator mcconnell was told that the plan proposed by the white house included only a $2 billion cut next year in spending, it's just a stunning thing since our debt this year, when we end the fiscal year september 30, will have added $1,500 billion to our debt in one year. we're going to save $2 billion next year? this is not acceptable and i'm disappointed and i appreciate the m

rahall: thank you, madam chair. i thank the ranking member's remarks and his anger, it is indeed frustrating. i again invite him to fast track without consideration of process as he has done on this pipeline bill in order to free us from reliance upon foreign sources of energy. i hope he just as quickly fast tracks our kleenex tension of the f.a.a. bill we introduced today -- clean extension of the f.a.a. bill we introduced today. people that are already sitting at home for the second, going on the third day without jobs. i would also, madam chairman, ask that a letter i sent to chairman mica back on june 30 in regard to our committee on t yanled i, waiving jurisdiction on the pending legislation be made part of the record at the proper time. and also a letter from four major labor unions endorsing the pending legislation, the brotherhood of teamsters, the labors international union, the international union of operating engineers and united association of jern journeyman of the united states and canada, a let they a

and madam clerk, is there anything else on the agenda? >> no, madam chair. meeting adjourned. >> that is right.

>> madam chair, yes, we are. supervisor chu: yes, i would be supportive of supervisor mirkarimi's position. perhaps we can make a motion or take action on the $24,900 in budget closeouts and accept all the recommendations from the budget analyst except the $10,000 for the animal control section? can we do that without objection? ok, we can do that without objection. thank you very much. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. supervisor chu: the department supervisor chu: the department of technology.

that's too bad, madam president.i would ask the chair announce the work -- the business today, the work for the senate today. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 12:15 with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each with the time divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees with the majority controlling the first 30 minutes and the republicans controlling the second 30 minutes. mrs. boxer: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: madam president, i want to thank leader harry reid for stepping into the breach in this situation and offering us a way out of this, what i consider to be, republican-made crisis. why do i say that? the debt limit has been increased 89 times since 1939. 55 times under republican presidents and 34 times under democratic presidents. never has either party ever brought us to this brink of

with that, madam president, i yield the floor. mr. grassley: madam president?the presiding officer: the senator from iowa is recognized. mr. grassley: i come to the senate floor to tell my colleagues why i support the issue of cap and cut and balance. on august 2, our nation will be unable to borrow money to meet our current obligations. we've known for awhile that this was coming. our annual deficits have been near $1.5 trillion for the past two years, and it's going to be that large this year as well. with deficits of that size, no one should be surprised that we've hit the debt ceiling, which raises the question then: what has the president offered to confront this looming crisis? i ask that question because people expect a president to lead, and we have an executive budget and an executive budget law since i think the 1920's has put the president in lead on these issues. so i ask another question: what has the senate democratic majority done to address our deficit crisis, because it is the responsibility of a majority to present a budget to the congress o

tonko: thank you, madam chair. we must fund the army corps of engineers to repair damage caused by recent storms and floods and to prepare for future disaster events. there's no question about it. but doing so by cutting long-term investments in high speed rail makes absolutely no sense. and i rise in strong opposition to this offset. this reckless rescission will eliminate thousands of jobs, halt a large number of rail projects across the country and hurt local and state economics. the program is critical to our country's competitiveness by putting americans back to work, revitalizing our construction and manufacturing sectors, boosting the domestic economy and ending the united states' dependence on foreign oil. and it flies in the face of president obama's stated goal of connecting 80% of america by high speed rail in the next 25 years. should this rescission pass in this house the region of new york state alone stands to lose three critical projects, thousands of jobs and millions in investments. specifically t

andrews: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, the country has a jobs crisis. we have the same number of private sector jobs we did in 2001 and 14% more people looking for work. one of the ways to solve that job crisis, not the only way, is to try to keep interest rates stable and low so entrepreneurs can invest. today represents a terrible wasted opportunity. on the other side of this capitol this very morning, three democratic senators and three republican senators said they were ready to embrace a plan that begins by cutting spending $3 out of every $4. it cut social programs, would get us out of iraq and afghanistan, it would take a serious look out of social security and medicare and in many cases contributing to this deficit. and it would say that those who benefit from ethanol subsidies and oil company tax breaks, the wealthiest people in this country would have to pay a little bit more to pay their fair share. something like that is what should be on the floor here this afternoon because it can pass, the president can sign it and it can solve the fiscal

madam president? madam president, i'm giving fair warning to everyone. we've gotten very nonchalant about coming to vote. we're going -- we have an extra five minutes and we're not going to extend that in the future. it's not fair to everyone else who gets here on time. so everyone is on notice, we're going to cut the votes off at 20 minutes. people come straggling in eight, ten minutes late. that's not going to work anymore. it will affect democrats and republicans. okay. this will be the last vote of this week. we will more than likely be in session tomorrow. there will be no votes tomorrow. if there are people who want to offer amendments, the two managers of this bill, senator johnson and kirk, are here. they're here tonight. we have -- this vote coming up will be the last vote of the week. the presiding officer: the question's on the motion to waive. the yeas and nays? a senator: can we have the yeas and nays, please. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll.

thank you very much, madam president. mr. reid: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: we are not in a quorum call? the presiding officer: correct. mr. reid: that's a rare occasion. mr. president, today the house of representatives will vote on speaker boehner's short-term plan to raise the debt ceiling. as soon as the house completes its vote tonight or this afternoon, the senate will move to take up that message that they send to us. it will be defeated. they know that. the american people now should understand that clearly. no democrat will vote for a short-term band-aid approach that will put our economy at risk and put the nation back in the untenable situation that we are in today just a few short months from now. economists have said that a short-term arrangement holds many of the same risks as a technical default. democrats are not willing to put our economy on the line on something like that. it's just something we cannot do for the good of the country. our economy and the financial markets desperately need

king: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, it's my privilege to be recognized to address you here on the floor of the house of representatives. i always appreciate the honor and privilege. i like every member in this congress and most americans have some strong opinions about the workings and the necessaryility -- necessity for this congress to step up and lead as we have led on the issue of the debt ceiling. i start with this. some weeks ago, let's say weeks ago the secretary of the treasury, tim geithner, laid out a date. he said august 2 is a hard break deadline beyond which we can't extend our borrowing and our spending, and that the government will not be able to pay its bills and we'll have to default on our debt. that i think, madam speaker, is irresponsible statement on the part of the secretary of the treasury. we should keep in mind that his first boss is the president of the united states. so the things that come out of the mouth of the secretary of the treasury often reflect the best interests of the

and madam clerk, is there anything else on the agenda? >> no, madam chair. meeting adjourned. >> that is right. >> good afternoon. thanks so much for joining us. we are excited to could be here today. the assessor recorder cost of this is excited to announce it again that we have come to the rescue of the city budget. over the years, we have been able to continue to bring in more money than expected. this year was no exception. even given the huge hurricane of appeals, we are able to bring in about $50 million above our projection for the city budget. that will help this year's city budget and also next year's budget. behind me are some of the people who will talk about the very important things that the money will go to. just to give you a sense of what we are talking about, the $50 million is almost 20% of the $300 million budget deficit. we also want you to know, $24 million of that will go to the general fund. if it were allocated exactly as general fund was broken up, then it would be $9.5 million for public safety, $6.5 million for human services, $5.2

>> thank you, madame chair. i agree. the department of technology is about to take a leadership position in moving forward some of the strategic initiatives around consolidation, working together, finding ways citywide for folks to come up with solutions that do not replicate procurements as solutions. it is hard to say at this level of production where we would be. what i can say, when we agreed to doing eight of the 10 strategic initiatives, we did not anticipate these additional cuts. there will be some impact if you decided to take these additional recommendations from the budget analyst. we would have to reassess how many exactly we could continue to support. we have been cut back the last three or four years fairly significantly. we are a bare bones operation. at this point, at this level of cuts, though perhaps necessary, would be significant to us and we would have to frankly ss our leadership -- frankly reassessed our leadership position on some of these things. not to belabor the point, but every i.t. investmen

>> good morning, madam speaker. by direction of the committee on rules i call up house resolution 358 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 57, house resolution 358, resolved that at any time after the adoption of this resolution, the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill h.r. 315 to amend the dodd-frank wall street reform and consumer protection act to strengthen the review authority of the financial stability oversight down soifl regulations issued by the bureau of consumer financial protection. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. general debate shall be confined to the bill and amendments specified in this section and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minor

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: first, want to thank my colleague from the great state of washington for her remarks and never-ending strong and successful defense of our veterans who have done so much fours. so i want to salute my colleague from washington state. i want to talk on two topics. first on abuy woman bark the pride of rochester and the u.s. women's soccer team and on the cut, bap, and unbalance plan that is now being debated in the house and will soon debated in the senate. first, madam president, i rise to recognize the extraordinary efforts of the u.s. women's national soccer team in this year's world cup and in particular new york's own abby wombach. over the last month the women's national team has taken this country on the ride of a lifetime. from their nail biting effort to qualify for the world's cup to their heroic comeback in the quarterfinals, this team showed the best of america during this world cup. at eesm stage there was a dri

>> thank you, madam chair.reg wagoner. i have a couple of items to submit to you. the first two are items that we have discussed earlier this week, with you and your staff and had intended to submit earlier in the week, but did not make the final submission, so we are doing that now. the first is an addendum to transfer a function letter, which includes a couple minor adjustments that are being approved in the budget that you are adopting, transfer of a total of seven positions -- i'm sorry, eight positions, all of which are simply administrative corrections associated whips management adjustments in the budget -- associated with. when transferred to the administrative services department. seven positions from public works to the public utilities commission, gardners. and 1 position from the department of human resources to the access a recorder, which is a human resources position. i will submit that letter to you and to the clerk. the second piece is our first technical assessment again. this is from earlier

lee: thank you, madam chair. i'm pleased that my colleagues and friends, congressman nadler and woolsey, are joining me in offering an amendment that makes it the policy of the united states to withdraw all members of the united states armed forces and military contractors from iraq by the end of this year. more importantly this amendment also clarifies that the timeline cannot be changed unless it is in the form of a treaty requiring the advice and consent of the senate or else otherwise authorized by an act of congress. we must ensure that 45,000 united states troops who remain in iraq and our military contractors leave iraq at the end of this year as is stated in our nation's status of forces agreement with iraq. this is of concern because this week the president and some of his advisors are considering just how many troops they can leave behind. senators and others are publicizing their opinions. senator mccain of arizona has suggested 10,000 to 13,000 troops remain to serve for support in intelligence arenas

>> we do not have to take any action, madam chair. supervisor chiu: i want to quickly echo our colleagues. you do a lot of this work. we know it will be a very complicated set of analyses, and i really want to thank our controller and our economist for the work they have done already. supervisor chu: thank you. thank you, mr. controller. >> thank you for your support, supervisors. we appreciate. supervisor chu: moving on, the next department is a general city responsibility. i believe the outstanding item we had was the neighborhood transition funds of $300,000. >> madam chair, members of the committee, on the last item, we do have one alternative suggestion on page 64 of our report. the committee has already taken our recommended reduction of $24,000 on this item. $300,000 or remain, which we consider to be a policy for the mayor's transition plan. we ask that the board of supervisors consider placing the funds on the budget and finance committee reserve. it would not be a board reserve. it would be reserved we are suggesting as an i

>> thank you, madam chair. i think you have eloquently recognized everybody to be commended and appreciated. i won't return to that roster. i think you thoroughly covered it. i would like to take this opportunity to thank you, madam chair, for your steady leadership in directing this budget committee. this is my sixth year on the budget committee. i believe i'm the longest serving member of the board of supervisors on the budget committee. this has probably been the scariest budget session i have ever been part of. even beyond this bewitching hour, i cannot tell you how concerned i was because of how tranquil and noncontroversial and calming pizzle process has been where i kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. but yet quite frankly, we are beyond the witching hour that we are now reconvening. those shoes did not drop. both feet and legs on behalf of the city are well-planted into the ground. this is a dramatic change from what we have been experiencing the last several years where our budget deficit last yea

and madam clerk, please call item eight through 14. >> madam chair, 8 through 14 are items regarding litigation. would you like to adopt the motion to convene in closed session? supervisor kim: yes, but before we have the motion to convene, we have several members of the public who would like to comment on these items. so why don't we move first to public comment. if you would like to speak on items 8-14, step up to the mic. two minutes. >> i am speak on item number 9, proposed settlement with t-mobile west. i am bob carson and i was the appellant in this case. as the original appeal was approved 11-0 by the board of supervisors, that gave rise to the litigation and i request that the rules committee vote against the proposed settlement of the federal lawsuit filed by t-mobile. and the lawsuit is simply down to one seemingly simple issue which is there a signal gap, is that a significant signal gap, and even if those conditions are met, is that the at least intrusive in the t-mobile proposed site, the least intrusive one? and there's no compelling financial reason which i'll explain