madam president, this was not a preordained outcome. it is the direct result of the decisions made by the obama administration. had they sincerely wanted to produce a bipartisan bill, i have no doubt that we could have crafted a strong bill that would have garnered 80 or more votes in the senate. if the american people haven't noticed by now, that is how -- not how things work under the democratic rule. unfortunately, madam president, the partisan manner in which this bill was constructed is not its greatest shortcoming. one would have assumed that the scope of the crisis, trillions of dollars lost and millions of jobs eliminated would have compelled the banking committee to spend the time necessary to thoroughly examine the crisis and develop the best possible legislation in response. unfortunately, madam president, such an assumption would be entirely unfounded here. the banking committee never produced a single report on or conducted an investigation into any aspect of the financial crisis. in contrast, during the great depression, t

madam clerk: [reading roll] there are 11 ayes. president chiu: that is adopted, and in relationship to item 16, supervise chu has made a motion to table it. item 17. madam clerk: item 17 is a resolution adopting findings under the california public utilities commission, the san andreas transmission upgrade project. president chiu: colleagues, a discussion? this item is adopted. i in 18. madam clerk: this is a resolution approving an amendment to the contract between the treasure and the department authority and another. president chiu: this item is adopted. i 19. madam clerk: i 19 is a resolution authorizing and directing the port executive director. presenident chiu: this is adopted. madam clerk: item 20 is an ordinance, and 21 is an ordinance, and item 22 is an ordinance during that -- dedicating a portion of the state trust parcel five. president chiu: these items are passed on the first reading. item 23. madam clerk: this is an agreement with the san francisco museum of modern art and its affiliate for the proposed future conv

madam clerk, can you read the next items?am clerk: these items will be acted upon by a single roll call vote, unless someone has discussion, at which time it will be acted on separately. president chiu: if we can take a president chiu: if we can take a roll-call vote on the balance of

president chiu: madam clerk, could there be any more business today? madam clerk: know.ident to:chiu: we are adjourned. >> let me make one announcement, item 5 a is removed from the consent calendar and will be heard on the general calendar. the ringing and use of all cell phones, pagers, and similar devices are prohibited at this meeting. the chair may order the removal of any persons responsible for the ringing of these devices. in order to facilitate an orderly meeting, we ask that you fill out a blue card if you wish to speak on an item. the commission may ask questions of staff after the items have been disclosed. we are on item number two, which is the president's report. >> i did want to bring up a topic and as my fellow commissioners to give their opinion. the rules committee has held hearings about a proposed charter amendment to realign the way that commissioners are reported, to split that authority between the board of supervisors and the mayor's office. i would like to make an observation that many of the people that we heard speak seemed dissatisfied with t

thank you, madam speaker. the update of the president's budget estimate released friday shows washington still has not gotten the message. fiscal policies are not helping our country. they're resulting in deficit, debt and an economy which struggles. now after 18 months of bailouts and government takeovers, government is posing to have the largest tax increase to take effect next year. on january 1, 2011, every single tax bracket will increase. that means the small business in grand island, nebraska, paid 35% in federal taxes this year, next year it will have to pay nearly 40%. mr. smith: when times square celebrates a new year, americans who own a farm or ranch or small business will see death taxes from zero to 55%. we can't tax and spend our way back to a healthy economy. i join my colleagues to help farmers and ranchers before they wake up on january 1 to a brave new world. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut rise? >> to add

president chiu: madam clerk, could there be any more business today? madam clerk: know.president to:chiu: we are adjourned. >> good afternoon, welcome to the board of supervisors meeting for july 27th. mr. president, all members are president. >> can you please turn for the pledge of allegiance? >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> colleagues, you should have copies of the board meeting minutes, do i have a motion to approve? without objection, those are approved. madame clerk, are there any communications? >> items one through five are the consent agenda and it will be acted upon by a single roll call vote. >> colleagues, roll call vote on items one through five. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> 11 in favor. >> those ordinances are finally passes. >> can you call items number6 and 7? >> these are the proposed budget an annual appropriation of perpetrating all estimates and estima

madam clerk: [reading roll] there is one aye and 10 noes. president chiu: this item will not be submitted. next item. madam clerk: [reading roll] there are five ayes, and six noes. president chiu: this item will not be submitted. why do we not go to the next one? supervisor maxwell: thank you. an update from planning staff, a representative from the academy arts university as to their efforts for the master plan. the environmental review. assurances that it will complete the required studies, but we have not seen progress. instead, we know that it continues to operate in violation and even does continue to acquire property throughout the city. it may be time.to discuss this. this would address for-profit educational institutions. thank you. madam clerk: thank you, supervisor maxwell. supervisor alioto-pier? supervisor alioto-pier: with the reship change of ownership, this might be different. -- with the recent change of ownership, this might be different. potential buyers started asking about the possibility of building a state of the art ar

thank you, madam speaker. it's been interesting listening to the discussions this morning and this afternoon. mr. cohen: social security is 75 years old. it came about because of franklin roosevelt, a great democratic president and a democratic congress evolving out of a depression caused by republican herbert hoover and now 75 years later we look at a situation where another republican president, a hoover george bush caused another financial crisis and the republicans talk about privatizing social security. social security is money that needs to be there to preserve people's standards of living when republicans who left the -- let the economy out of hand let it happen. this is the most foolish thought i've ever seen. if we didn't learn from september of 2008 that the market is a gamble and comes up and down it's not social security, it's social insecurity. and people have gotten up here and said, you haven't in the that bush is gone? it's all they can say is bush is gone. nobody can defend him. rated the seco

madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn of cell phones. if you are presenting documents, please provide copies of a clerk for the file. if you wish to speak during public comment, please put your name on a card and place it to the left of the rail. supervisor avalos: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, we have four items related to puc. madam clerk, please call item no. 1. >> item number one, resolution authorizing the general manager of the san francisco public utilities system improvement program- funded professional calaveras dam replacement construction management services, with black and veatch, for an amount not towith a term of up to five years and six months, pursuant to san francisco charter section 9.118. >> good morning, supervisors. i am the senior project manager and also the regional manager of the water system improvement program. approximately 85% of the water at in the reservoir, along with 15% in the existing are key components of the regional sys

madam speaker, if -- thank you, madam chairman. madam speaker, if i was to have my share on the insurance industry, i would do everything but talk about what the insurance industry did in south mississippi after hurricane katrina. i would forget, if i was a member of the rules committee, the 12 years that they controlled the floor of the house of representatives, the 12 years that they could have cut the amtrak subsidies had they wanted to. but they didn't. so let's get back to what we're going to talk about today. and again i thank the leadership for bringing this to the floor. if you'd been to mississippi in 2005, you'd have seen this house. it belonged to some folks. on august 29, 2005, hurricane katrina hit south mississippi. so they left this because the nation warned them that a bad storm was coming and came home to this. corky is a financial manager. he's a smart guy. he had a lot of insurance. he thought. as a matter of fact, corky had $650,000 worth of insurance on that house. problem was, under the rules of the national f

kerk kirk thank you, madam speaker -- mr. kirk: thank you, madam speaker. on -- mrs. kirkpatrick: thank you, madam speaker. on sunday, two leading voices from both sides of the aisle outlined as clearly as ever the consequences of washington's unrestrained spending. the co-chairs of the nonpartisan debt and deficit commission, former republican senator allen simpson, and former clinton administration, chief of staff, said that if the government stays on its current path our crushing federal debt will destroy the country from within. he went on to describe it as a cancer on our nation. these are not just the latest wordings of the disaster we face if congress does not begin make the tough choices to restore fiscal disminute. washington politicians have heard it from policy experts, from public servants and above all from the people. when will they start to listen? how much plainer can we make the stakes? what more will it take to get the message through? i was proud to fight for the strongest possible debt commission and i will push congress for an up or down vote on e

flake: thank you madam chair. this amendment is straightforward and it would prevent the earmarks and return the funds to the original account. i'm not here to dispute the merits of these projects. i have no doubt these projects are worth while and improve the quality of life for our service members and their families, but that is not what is at issue here. it is the spoils system that this process of earmarking represents. this year's military construction v.a. appropriation bill shows the spoil system is alive and well. it's happened in previous years and it's no different this year. the only difference here is basically just one party engaging in it. and so the spoils are even more concentrated and fewer members. powerful members represent -- let me just put this chart up here. these are the fy 2011 earmark dollars associated with powerful members of congress, those on the appropriations committee, those in leadership or those who are chairmen of committees and if you look at the appropriation bills that have g

madame chairman, we are in a situation with no perfect solution. as we emerge from the response, i believe that we need to revisit the contingency plans and the product schedules that preauthorize dispersant use. ed a disally, we need future studies on the impact of the dispersants on human health and in particular the environment. as a new orleans native, i know the importance of the environment to the economy and the culture of the gulf coast, and we have a great deal of rebuilding to do, and i enurge that we do everything in our power to ensure a strong recovery and future for the gulf. because as we know efforts by bp to test the new cap continue today. we will all know more in coming hours and days. i remain hopeful that the flow of oil will slow or it will be stopped completely. and with any significant reduction in the flow of oil there should be a significant reduction in the amount of dispersant used, further reduction. the people of the gulf prefer collection of oil in lieu of dispersant use. so we ask that bp live up to that request. i w

foxx: thank you, madam speaker. i thank my colleague from massachusetts for yielding time. madam speaker, as has become routine in this congress it's my sad duty to come before you yet again to speak in opposition, spending this house's valuable time that would do absolutely nothing to respond to the real concerns facing americans every day. here were a 9.5% unemployment rate, the largest deficit in our history and the national debt at almost $14 trillion. the response of the liberal democratic leadership a bill making it easier for federal employees to stay at home to work and create manager government union jobs. here we are with a financial cry soifs global proportions resulting from an unprecedented expansion of government. the response of liberal democratic leadership a resolution recognizing national train day. here we are with a torrent of oil gushing into the gulf day after day depriving untold numbers of people of their livelihood. the majority response, celebrating the goals and ideals of the centennial of

conyers: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? mr. conyers: madam speaker, by direction of the committee on rules -- by the direction of the committee on judiciary, i send to the desk a privileged report for filing under the rule to accompany house resolution 1455. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 1455, resolution directing the attorney general to transmit to the house of representatives copies of certain communications relating to certain recommendations regarding administration appointments. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. cantor: i ask to address the house for one minute for the purpose of inquiring about next week's schedule. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cantor: i thank the speaker. and yield to the gentleman f

this is not real reform, madam president. that is just more of the same. we had an opportunity to lead the world by creating a modern, efficient and competitive regulatory structure that will serve our economy for years to come. instead, i believe we squandered that opportunity by barely expanding an obsolete, inefficient and uncompetitive system. to make it even worse, they have added to the bureaucratic morass several more unrestrained and unaccountable agencies. it became apparent early on to me that the administration, the democrat majority are not really interested in regulatory reform. all they were really trying to do is exploit the crisis in order to expand government further and award special interests. the dodd-frank bill will not enhance systemic stability. it will not prevent future bailouts of politically favored institutions and groups by the government. the bill serves to expand the beryl bureaucracy and government-controlled private sector. it will impose large costs on the taxpayers and businesses. for these reasons, i urge my colleagues t

madam speaker, as -- mr.speaker, as of 6:00 this evening, i looked at the counter like americans can do across this country, just go online, 2,645,000,880 join louis in losing her unemployment benefits. right now 16 million americans are out of work and almost 50% have been out of work for six months. these are americans who have spent their entire lives working, they're americans who want to work, who are out every single day looking for an opportunity to work. they're not lazey, they're not shiftless and they won't become lazy by receiving unemployment benefits. the misperception bun employment is great but unemployment -- about unemployment is great but unemployment is insurance. take louise. she paid into the uninsurance compensation fund for 28 years and now she wants to draw on the insurance that she'd paid into. americans understand that. it's an insurance funds. people draw on it. and you know what they're doing with than you employment, mr. speaker? they're buying eggs and bread and cereal. they're p

pascrell: thank you, madam speaker, thank you madam chair. the gentlelady from california is not here yet. the primary sponsor of the legislation. but i rise in support of resolution 275 and i want to commend both mr. polis and mr. petri for their very succinct words. i know firsthand the benefits that our children receive from a robust arts education program whether it's music, theater, visual arts, photography, poetry, dance. this is not simply an outlet. this is part and parcel of the essential features of what a good education is all about. unfortunately, the current state of the economy has now put these classes and further enrichment of oustudents at risk and i would ask us to address this issue. what's the first to be cut, right across the nation? arts. libraries. and sports. the things our kids love best. these are not just times that they seek to get away from things, but these are part of their lives. it enriches them. it contributes to the total being. you have appreciation of arts, i taught an arts course, history through the arts

madam clerk, and number two. madam clerk: the california environmentall quality at findings for water system improvement program habitat management action. >> good afternoon. we are here to request that you adopt the ceqa findings and the reporting program to implement the habitat reserve program mitigation actions for the sites. this is to benefit a number of water system improvements, projects, in alameda county, which i think you're basically familiar with. i should have said water system improvement program. i know i should have said it that way. the first thing i'd like to mention is that the puc -- it is basically a very innovative program, an innovative way of providing compensation for habitat impacts, and this is a much better system for the environment and is fully supported by the state, local, and federal agencies, which have to give permits for construction of the project. those are the u.s. army corps of engineer, the u.s. fish and wildlife service, california department of fish and game, and the re

boozman: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to congratulate the northwest arkansas council for its vision and leadership in addressing regional challenges and providing solutions. making northwest arkansas enticing for families to live and businesses to thrive. for 20 years the northwest arkansas council has met the growing demands of a quickly developing area. with this support, the northwest arkansas regional airport was designed and wilt, -- built, creating a universal hub for a growing area. projects like interstate 540, the establishment of a water utilities commission, and the creation of the northwest arkansas regional mobility authority helped provide infrastructure upgrades crucial to meeting the needs of the region. i commend the leaders of northwest arkansas council as well as business and community leaders for their actions and insight into helping shape the region. 20 years of service is a great accomplishment and i look forward to its continued efforts and support of northwest arkansas. i yield back t

thank you, madam chair. >> thank you, mr. chandler. >> thank you, madam chair. ambassador holbrooke, dr. shah, all of the folks who are sitting in those two rows behind you, i can't tell you how much respect i have for what you all do. i don't think you're ever appreciated enough, and i am certain that people generally don't understand the enormity and the difficulty of what you're dealing with, what you deal with on a day-to-day basis. so i want to thank you. i want to thk you for all of your efforts. ambassador holbrooke, you said that -- i think earlier you said that the circumstances of this region made this a very, very difficult job. that i thought was one of the all-time understatements that i've ever heard. i just -- i can't imagine, you know, knowing the history of afghanistan and pakistan, i think many people in this country are now familiar with that history, it's a history of a place where both the british and the russians, among others, came to grief. in my view, those two countries in some respects are not even really nation-states or effective nat

madam clerk: [reading roll] there are 11 ayes. supervisor campos: that item passes on the first reading. supervisor chiu? item 38. madam clerk, if you could please call item 38. madam clerk: item 38 is an ordinance amending sections 1060.20.4 and 1070.20 of the san francisco police code. president chiu: violence and violence around certain night clubs in san francisco. at this point, almost monthly, we have a homicide or a significant issue occurring in or around nightclubs, and the need for additional powers on the part of the city to suspend licenses is something that we legislative last year. several months ago, after the shooting that occurred at club suede, which is in my district, shots fired, one person killed, others injured, it was discovered that they did not have the authority to revoke permanently the license of a club that had a long history of violence and public safety issues. this was introduced really to deal with the fact that the city attorney had to spend hundreds of hours to shut the club down, and we want to

gordon: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on h.r. 2693, the bill now under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman from tennessee. mr. gordon: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. gordon: as we all know, on april 20, 2010, as explosion occurred aboard the b.p. deepwater horizon rig which claimed the lives of 11 men and resulted in the largest environmental disaster in our nation's history. while the flow of oil from the well might have stopped for now, as long as our economy is dependent on oil we risk similar tragedy happening again and again. we have a responsible to ensure -- responsibility tone sure that the responsible relevant agencies are equipped with technology, intellectual and financial resources needed to prevent future oil spills and eff

this cannot go on, madam speaker. our continued support for the regime is eroding our national correct. the american people fighting -- credibility. the american people fighting off a recession and batting -- badly in need of the money right here at home resent sending that money to afghanistan. and they can't be expected to keep on doing this. they can't be expected to keep giving their bravest young people and their hard-earned tax dollars to prop up leads that are have no ability to govern responsibly. . they could be going wobbly on the commitment to get out of afghanistan one year from now. secretary of state clinton said that the july, 2011 date represented the start of a new phase, not the end of our involvement. she added that the united states has no intention of abandonning our long-term mission of achieving a stable, secure, peaceful afghanistan. well, madam secretary if we can achieve that mission with civilian resources with a smart security strategy focused on development projects, humanitarian aid and m

sarbanes: i am, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia yield back his time. mr. gingrey: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. sarbanes: thank you, madam speaker. again we can't emphasize enough the importance of this legislation. you have heard recounted here. the tragic stories of what happened when you don't have these kinds of mechanisms in place. and you don't have the education to support people in terms of bringing this into their homes. and so i want to again congratulate representative matheson for his efforts. thank my colleagues for the bipartisan support of this measure. and urge its passionage today. with that i -- passage today. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1796. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of

fudge: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, in the fall of 2008 our economy was in its worst shape since the great depression. predator and subprime lending were at an all-time high. the housing bubble had just burst and many of our largest financial institutions had gone bankrupt. retirement and savings accounts were cut in half. forcing many to stave off retirement and continue working well into their golden years. over 200,000 american workers were being laid off each month. in the state of ohio unemployment was growing rapidly, quickly approaching double-digit numbers. and in my district, the unemployment rate was even higher. in october of 2008 i arrivinged in congress with the goal to -- arrived in congress to help -- congress with the goal to help struggling americans. i have consistently advocated for such policies. the congressional black caucus and the democratic leadership made it our duty and responsibility to advocate for jobs. earlier this year the house passed h.r. 4213, the american jobs and closi

thank you madam chair. >> thank you. >> madam chairman -- >> turn on your -- >> madam chairwoman, members of the sub comment, i appreciate the opportunity to appear before this committee today on matters related to management of the arlington cemetery. in the office of the assistant secretary of the army for civil works. under law and general orders the assistant secretary for civil works is responsible for oversight and super vision for all aspects of the army corp of engineers civil works program. in addition, the assistant secretary was responsible for overseeing the program and budget for arlington national cemetery's account and funds both arlington national cemetery and the soldiers and airman's home at the national cemetery. as deputy for management and budget, i add vivised the assist secretary that guides the formlation defense and execution of both the budget and cemetery program and budget. this included providing policy guidance from the secretary, office of the president and from congress. this guidance and decisions regarding the annual budget established the standards of se

madam president, this was not a preordained outcome. it is the direct result of the decisions made by the obama administration. had they sincerely wanted to produce a bipartisan bill, i have no doubt that we could have crafted a strong bill that would have garnered 80 or more votes in the senate. if the american people haven't noticed by now, that is how -- not how things work under the democratic rule. unfortunately, madam president, the partisan manner in which this bill was constructed is not its greatest shortcoming. one would have assumed that the scope of the crisis, trillions of dollars lost and millions of jobs eliminated would have compelled the banking committee to spend the time necessary to thoroughly examine the crisis and develop the best possible legislation in response. unfortunately, madam president, such an assumption would be entirely unfounded here. the banking committee never produced a single report on or conducted an investigation into any aspect of the financial crisis. in contrast, during the great depression, t

let's hear item number three, please, madame clerk.erk reads item number three] supervisor avalos: thank you, madame clerk. we'll have a discussion of this at the full board as well. this was an item that. chiu presented last week. so he will not be here today to do that. or his legislative aide? >> good afternoon, committee members. judson true from david chiu's office to answer any questions you may have. i apologize for not being here earlier? supervisor avalos: colleagues, any questions? okay, we'll open this up for public comment. any member of the public who would like to comment on item number three. >> ♪ elvira ♪ my payroll tax is on fire ♪ i need it lowered down ♪ budget money looks like heaven-stroke. ♪ money like payroll tax wine ♪ i sure want that payroll tax lowered to shine ♪ i got this budget feeling up and down my spine ♪ as long as i know that expense tax is lowered down fine ♪ elvira elvira ♪ i want the tax down ♪ snow please fire the tax down ♪ supervisor avalos: okay. if there are no other members of the public to c

. >> thank you very much, madame chair. i want to thank supervisor mirkarimi for bringing this item forward. i am proud to be a co-sponsor of this amendment. as i indicated in my prior statements about the budget, i think passing a budget as part of the equation of effective governments of the city. it is not enough to pass a budget that makes sense. you have -- you have to look at whether or not structural reforms are needed. you have to assess each individual charter amendment on its merits. i want to speak now as a member of the rules committee and a chairman of that committee and somebody that heard from all sides of this issue. i have to say that we had a lot of testimony. we had passionate testimony on both sides. i appreciate the fact that so many people came to talk about the charter amendment. the reason that people did come to rules is that our parks and recreational areas are something that are very important to the daily life of this city. i always say that you cannot talk about public safety without talking abo

madam clerk, do we have any other items related to our subcommittee. >>, mr. chairman. supervisor avalos: we are adjourned and come back as the full committee around 1:30, 1:35.

conyers: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? mr. conyers: i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5609 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 5609, a bill to amend the federal election campaign act of 1971 to prohibit any registered lobbyist whose clients include foreign governments, which are found to be sponsors of international terrorism, or include other foreign nationals, from making contributions and other campaign-related disbursementt in elections for public office. mr. conyers spks madam speaker, i ask unanimous con -- mr. conyers: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from michigan, mr. conyers and the gentleman from california, mr. lungren, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. lungren: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the ge

>> thank you, madam chair, colleagues. on behalf of the full board and the budget committee and the city and county of san francisco, it seems like a lifetime. sense we have passed out the -- since we passed out the budget. i believe that we have been able to achieve something that will work very well for san francisco residence for the next fiscal year. i want to thank you for that. i want to mention that there are several items in a balanced budget. the first couple of pages are technical adjustments, we will discuss these. these help to bring these into budget. >> thank-you. there are two pages in front of you that include technical adjustments that are being submitted t \. these are the results of some long discussions here today with the chair of the budget committee and all of the rest to you. i will just described them very briefly. you have them in front of you in detail. the first item is a $7.5 million technical adjustment. these reflect the sources which totaled $7.8 million. this is to restore programs that the

thank you, madam chair. >> madam chair, may i have two minutes?out objection, yes, sir. >> thank you. i think i've technically got to be the one to ask for the two minutes, but i'll be happy to do so. >> we're very cooperative in the running of the hearings. >> i just again want to thank everybody here for being here on this important issue and again encourage you to continue this dialogue. it's very critically important. more than i review immigration laws throughout the history of america, and we've had many, every time we have taken an anti-immigration position, it has been the wrong side of history. when i was recently in jerusalem in january and february this year, i came across a letter that was startling. it was from a member of congress to our then president. it was regarding this ship that was filled with people fleeing the holocaust, the jews that were fleeing hitler's regime, and they were circumstance nlg the atlantic, wanting to land on the shores of america. he wrote a letter to the president, urging him not to move forward with immi

madame clerk f you could please call item number two. [clerk reading item number two] supervisor avalos: thank you, madame clerk. this is one of several items that we'll be hearing today. we have these items that are revenue measures, will be -- the plan is to move them to the full board where there we will have the final discussion about if we're going to move them forward to the ballot or not. we will do so next tuesday. this measure is one that i have brought forward. last week we did amendments to make sure that this new increase in the real estate transfer tax would affect properties above -- sold at a value above $5 million and above $10 million for properties sold above $5 million the proposed increase would be from 1.5% to the 2%. so it's a .5% increase. for properties sold over $10 million, the increase would be a 1% increase for those properties sold with a value over $10 mel. compared to other cities, if we were to go forward with a real estate transfer tax of this size, we would be presenting a progressive tax where other maj

upton: thank you, madam speaker. i intend to use my five-minute special order. >> the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. upton: madam speaker, it was a few months ago that congress passed and the president signed this health care bill. 2,700 pages that i don't think a lot of people read. but if you did read it, you might have gotten to this one section, section 9,006 and i'll read it very quickly. expansion of information reporting requirements, in general, section 6041 of the i.r.s. code, at the end of the following new subsection's h. application incorporations, notwithstanding any regulations inscribed before the date of this enactment, the term person includes an incorps ration that is not exemption, the secretary may pry such regular lyings that may be appropriate to carry out the sections of this purpose, including role rules to prevent duplicative reporting of actions, b, payments for property and other gross, c, section a of section 641 of the i.r.s. code, it's amended by sin earthing amounts -- by

thank you, madam chair. >> madam chair, may i have two minutes? >> without objection, yes, sir. >> thank you. i think i've technically got to be the one to ask for the two minutes, but i'll be happy to do so. >> we're very cooperative in the running ofhe hearings. >> i just again want to thank everybody here for being here on this important issue and again encourage you to contue this dialogue. it's very critically important. more than i review immigration laws throughout the history of america, and we've had many, every time we have taken an anti-immigration position, it has been the wrong side of history. when i was recently in jerusalem in january and february this year, i came across a letter that was startling. it was from a member of congress to our then president. it was regarding this ship that wasilled with people fleeing the holocaust, the jews that were fleeing hitler's regime, and they were circumstance nlg the atlantic, wanting to land on the shores of america. he wrote a letter to the president, urging him not to move forward with im