this includes such brands as jessica mcclintock, and some were not paid the wages she -- they urge. she also passed in the legislature what insured that the immigrant workers, regardless of immigration status, can recover damages against employers in about -- violate civil rights and employment laws. she'd assisted many modeling will workers, and she helped countless others through her caseworker and bi monthly clinics. we will deeply miss her. words cannot express it. president chiu: thank you, chris. donna? >> thank you, supervisors, for allowing me to say few words about joanie chang. along with the rest of the city family, we are devastated. she worked for the city for about three years, and she was very much single-handedly responsible for the enforcement of the employer spending requirements of the health-care security organs. when she applied for the job here, we knew that she was a renowned and accomplish civil rights attorney. i was so thrilled that she would consider coming to work in the public sector. i do not think she realized she was coming to an office where she woul

most of mcclintock felony charges and a freezing state prison. about 75 -- most of my clients have felony charges and are facing state prison. all of my clients are in behavioral health court and in the criminal justice system because of an treated mental illness. if they had been treated, have access to proper treatment in the community, they would not be in the jail. is that simple. -- it is that simple. this is not a problem that is going to get better. it is a problem that is likely to get worse. the state prison system is overcrowded. it is releasing people back to the streets. there has been a change in the law. people in state prisoner serving less time. there are a huge number of people in state prison who have a major mental illness. they will be on our streets. this problem is serious. we should be expanding rather than contracting our services for this population. a haverhill held court heldhealth c -- behavioral health court has begun reversing the trend of people ending up in jail because they have mental illness. we've shown the wit

mcclintock, for five minutes. mr. mcclintock: thank you, mr. speaker.any people are asking why congress is here today. i think the answer's pretty simple. we are not bankrupting the country fast enough and so we need to come back and spend even more. in the merciful week that congress was not in session, my constituents had one message -- stop the spending. obviously congress isn't listening. over the past two years this ministration and this congress have intercreased spending by nearly 18% and run up more debt in two years than the irresponsible bush administration did in all of its eight years comned. meanwhile unemployment has increased from 7.6% to 9.5%, yet the problem in the view of the house democrats that we just aren't spending enough. so we gather here today to shovel another $26 billion at the problem. that comes to about $330 from an average family taken dictly out of the nation's struggling economy. the gentleman from oregon just told us, don't worry. it's paid for. how is that? $10 billion from increase in taxes on business was foreign su

mcclintock: i thank the gentleman for yielding. madam speaker, this bill ignores the simple truth, government cannot inject a single dollar into the economy that is not first taken out of the same economy. we see the jobs it saved or created when the government puts the money back in, but we don't see directly are the jobs lost or prevented when the government first takes that money out of the economy. those lost jobs are seen in chronic unemployment rates and stagnant job market despite unprecedented government spending. nor is this necessary to save teaching jobs. a school board faced with a choice between a couple of good teachers and overpaid bureaucrat is probably going to keep the teachers and fire the bureaucrat. but this bill says it doesn't have to make that choice. indeed, this actually prohibits school boards from doing anything that would reduce their spending below last year's level. madam speaker, it's time to invoke the first law, when you are in the rut, stop digging. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. t