mr. bonner, is recognized. mr. bonner: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bonner: i rise today in support of house concurrent resolution 226, supporting the observance of spirit of 1945 day. madam speaker, august 14, 2010, marks the 65th anniversary of the end of world war ii. it was on this day in 1945 that the japanese informed the united states that they had agreed to the terms of the surrender agreement, and after some six horrific years, the second world war was over. the alied victory mark, the -- the allied victory tt defeated the axis powers, liberated oppressed nations and ended the horrors of the holocaust. the victory was achieved by the collective service and individual sacrifice of the people of the united states, both those who served on the front lines, overseas, as well as those who supported them here at home. japan's surrender came some three years and eight months after the bombings at pearl harbor and marked the beginning of an unpreceden

mr. bonner. and mr. greene. as i noted at the outset, this is an organizational meeting of the subcommittee. the respondent is not here and is not required to attend this session this meeting is not a forum for parties to make their case. represent rangel has submitted a written statementth. we have received the statement of alleged violations and various motions filed by the respondent's an investigative subcommittee responding to those motions. mr. rangel has submitted a written statement which will be accepted along with mr. bonner's statement. those materials will be made public. day our colleagues and members of the public and access those documents shortly on the house website. the subcommittee will make additional public statements and notices of meetings and hearings as necessary. and now, this meeting is adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> in a 32-page rebuttal, congressman rangel's legal team denies all 14 charge

mr. bonner: i ask for the yeas and nays on this. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 6:00 p >> with representative charlesrangle -- charles rangel in the news, use d.c.'s ban video library to get the news. it is washington your way. >> c-span, at our content is available on television, radio, and on line. you can connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube. signup for our emails at c- span.org. >> white house press secretary robert gibbs said today that the leaking of afghanistan war documents raises concerns but the content of the documents disclosed on the web site will not change u.s. strategy in afghanistan and pakistan. his br

bonner. [applause] >> thank you. always good to be here, mr. mayor. i just had a few words. first of all, thank you to jose louis, not only for the kind words, but for his fortitude and steadfast leadership which has moved this project along over a number of years. i wanted to say thank you to him as an individual and the san francisco county transportation authority and all the local partners that have worked hard to get us here today. also, thank you to victor mendez, federal highway administration, u.s. dot, not only for the money, but for the partnership. butch, good to see you back on your feet again. these guys have been that almost every meeting of consequence on this, so the federal government has been very much engaged, working with us along the way. weasel -- we also want to acknowledge that come into my right. -- the gentleman to my right. before he takes off, he is a hard-working man. [laughter] this is just one of many complex and major projects that are underway in the bay area. i sleep better at night knowing that there are moving this forward because they do