mr. brooks votes aye. mr. young votes aye. mr. reyes votes no. mr. jones votes aye. mr. mcintyre votes no. mr. cooper. mr. cooper. mr. plats votes aye. mr. rubbersburger. mrs. hartzler. votes aye. >> how is mr. rupersburger recorded. >> votes no. >> somehow mr. rooney recorded? >> mr. rooney is not recorded, sir. mr. rooney votes aye. >> how is mr. johnson recorded? >> he's not recorded, sir. >> how is mr. heinrich recorded? >> mr. heinrich votes aye. i beg your pardon m heinrich votes no. >> is there any one that has not been recorded that wishes to be recorded? the clerk will report the tally. >> how is mr. johnson recorded? >> mr. johnson votes no. >> any one else that hasn't been recorded that wishes to be? >> mr. chairman, i'd like to change my vote to a no, mr. owens. >> who is that? >> mr. owens. >> mr. owens would like to change his vote from aye to no. >> mr. owens votes no. >> clerk will read the tally. >> on that vote 36 aye votes and 25 no votes. >> the amendment is agreed to. the committee postponed further proceeding

i think, no. >> i'm really leading into paragraph 15, mrs. brooks, and the myth which you seek to explode. that newspaper editors are unelected -- [inaudible] that's true, isn't it? >> i don't think it is, no. >> well, who elects you apart from mr. murdoch? >> well, we're not elected officials. >> but you're saying a myth, that it's a truth, isn't it? newspaper editors or proprietors are an unelected -- [inaudible] , respect they? >> if you view them as that. i don't view editors as unelected forces. >> how do you view them then? >> journalists. >> but isn't the point you're really make anything paragraph 15 not so much about the unelected force, um, one could talk about unelected and democratic, whatever, if it's relevant. it is that you're shaping and changing government policy to suit your own interest, isn't that the myth you're really talking about? >> that was also as i was suggesting, yes. >> but there is no doubt, or perhaps you would disagree, that newspaper editors and proprietors are a powerful force. they have a voice, they have a megaph

mcclellan, mrs. brooks, mr. dakor saw you, not merely was the dpa discussed, but also cfas. we can see the views that you held on that matter on the second page of the letter of the 12th of february. first of all, in a nutshell, what were your views about cfas in media privacy cases in particular? and were you succumbing to press pressure about it? >> first of all, my views about cfas generally was they had not worked as intended, and that was why this preceded this. there were already discussions with the senior judiciary about establishing what became the review by lord justice jackson. i think that was slightly later but it was certainly in the year. on cfas, i received a lot of representations actually from the regional and local press rather more than the national press about the effect on the finances of the regional and the local press of telephone way cfas were operating. and i recall a case which affected not my own local newspaper, which is the lancashire telegraph, but the adjacent one where for a very minor defamation where i think the payout was 3,000 pounds. an

mr. brooks votes no. mr. young votes no. mr. jones. mr. mcintyre votes aye. >> the clerk will record the tally. >> mr. chairman, the nos are 32, the ayes are 26. >> the amendment is not agreed to. the committee postpone further proceedings on the amendment offered by mr. andrews. number 128 and shall now resume those proceedings. the question now ocurse oan amendment offered by mr. andrews. the clerk will call the role. >> chairman mccann? >> no. mr. bart net votes aye. mr. reyes votes aye. ms. sanchez votes aye. mr. jones mr. mcintyre. mr. mcintyre votes aye. mr. aiken votes no. mr. brady votes ye. mr. forbes votes aye. mr. andrews votes aye. mr. miller votes no. plvm h mr. wilson votes no. rogers votes no. mr. courtney votes aye. mr. franks. no. mr. franks votes no. mr. conway votes no. mr. lamborn votes aye. mr. whirtman? mr. whitman votes no. mr. hinrich votes aye. mr. hunter votes no. mr. owens votes aye. dr. fleming votes no. aramendi votes aye. mr. critz votes aye. mr. rooney votes no. mr. ryan votes aye. mr. plats. mr. igell votes

mr. brooks votes no. mr. young votes no. mr. jones? mr. jones? mr. mcintyre? no. mr. chairman, the nos are 34, the ayes are 27. >> that means the amendment is not agreed to. okay. the committee postpones further proceedings on the amendment offered by mr. rigell. the question now occurs on the amendment offered by mr. rigell, the clerk will call the role. >> chairman mckeon votes aye. mr. reyes voets no. mr. thornbury votes aye. ms. sanchez votes no. mr. jones. mr. mcintyre. mr. mcintyre veets no. mr. akin votes aye. mr. brady votes no. mr. forbes votes aye. mr. andrews votes no. mr. miller votes aye. mrs. davis votes no. mr. wilson votes aye. mr. langevin votes no. mr. lobiondo votes no. mr. larsen votes no. mr. turner votes aye. mr. cooper votes no. mr. kline votes aye. ms. bordallo. ms. bordallo votes no. mr. rogers votes no. mr. courtney votes no. mr. franks votes aye. mr. loebsack votes no. mr. shuster votes aye. ms. tso 234 gas votes no. mr. conaway votes aye. ms. pingree votes no. mr. lamborn votes aye. mr. kissell votes no. mr. wittman votes aye. mr. heinrich

so at one level i understand entirely what mrs. brooks is saying, but on the other hand it is trying to evade responsibilities that have to be the judgments of editors'. >> and now going back to the immigration in paragraph 120 and is there anything that you can help us on paragraph 123 and that is the thomas venable case. >> well, if i can make this point on immigration, because it is something that i have been looking at recently. everybody wants to control immigration, and i understand that, and interestingly, that's the view of my asian heritage constituents in my constituents as much as my white constituents, but literally the same newspapers which are calling for restrictions in general, when they are faced with a particular case will then say, oh, no, we should make an exception there, and so that is exactly happened to me when i was secretary when i had a man with no case to stay in the country except he had been here evading the law for 12 years, and turned into a hero by the "daily mail" as it happened. and if you are the person

mcclellan, mrs. brooks. i don't think mr. hinton. >> mr. hinton i don't think was there, no. >> and that is referred to in a letter you wrote on the 12th of february. exactly clear from that letter. it's under tab 46 when the meeting was, whether it was over lunch or over dinner, it may not matter much. >> i don't think the meeting was over lunch or dinner, i think it was in my office. in fact i'm almost certain it was in my office. yeah. >> we could look at the text of the letter. you write to mr. dakor. you say we're not proposing to criminalize any conduct which is not currently against the law. however, we do understand you and the media's concerns about more generally the introduction of custodial sentences for of section 55. we have no wish to curtail legitimate and responsible journalism. and when the proposed balances were being designed, it was not considered they would have that effect. we are not aware paragraph 55 has caused any problems. this is a chilling effect since the dpa came into force. the balances were proposed and str

jay. >> this stage of course, mrs. brooks, you knew everybody in the cabinet and his coalition stood in relation with the bid, did you? >> no, i didn't i particularly didn't know mr. cable's view, personal view. >> you do not any suspicion at all as to what his view was? >> no. in fact, i ask him to mr. cable would carry out that responsibility as any minister would. properly without personal prejudice. >> by the time you had read the e-mail the first in the chain, if not before, you were well aware what mr. himes you was, the merits of the bskyb bid, don't you? >> i don't remember hearing that, hearing anything from mr. hunt directly on the bid, particularly. but i have a recollection that he put something on his worksite. i think came up in this inquiry. that he put something positive on his website, was in its? >> did you have conversations with mr. james and mr. rupert murdoch about how the bid was getting on and he wasn't supporting its? >> i think, if my conversations with mr. james murdoch and mr. rupert murdoch about

mrs. brooks, i'm grateful to you for the obvious care you've put into the statements that you made, and i'm conscious of the difficulty. >> there are constraints which have fallen upon you, may relate to documents, including emails and texts, or more particularly, their absence. there are two sides. >> yes. >> make it clear that you have had reference to a diary, which is kept by your former p.a. what sort of diary we're talking about, is it an ordinary desk diary or an alistair campbell type of diary? >> no, definitely not an alistair campbell diary. it's my old desk diaries, so the appointments in there are not the complete picture, and it's difficult to know where actually some of the meetings took place. so i've done my best to give you a schedule, but it's more of a flavor than precise diary. >> the schedule of appointments, but it's not clear what was discussed in any particular case. >> no. >> fair enough. mrs. brooks, you say since your departure from news international, you've had no acc

what about the thesis that we've had advanced by mrs. brooks, mr. day, various others, newspapers simply derive their power from their readers. do you agree with that or not? >> no. >> why not? >> partly they do. but for example, some of the smallest papers are the most influential. i think within any newspaper can at a certain point pick up a campaign, provided they do it in a professional and sophisticated way, they can make that campaign work. so i don't think it's just a question of circulation. and also, i think that the newspaper editors make huge assumptions about their readers. and describe them almost as a homogeneous block. when rebekah talked about following their readers in shifting from supporting labor to supporting conservatives, or back the other way, the idea their readers are sitting there, moving in the same direction at the same pace, is nonsense. they've made that decision. then through their coverage they try to lead their readers in the same direction. >> i think perhaps in response to a question i asked, mrs. brooks accepted

. >> tell us about mrs. brooks. obviously we've seen recently -- you're saying in your statement you attended, i think, both her weddings -- >> no, i attended the reception for the first one and the wedding for the second. and on the first one, i was, as it were, independently friendly with her husband. >> would you describe it as a friendship or relationship borne out of circumstances? >> i think it's difficult but once you reach a certain level in politics -- again, in one of these i have a discussion about this -- i think it's difficult to develop friendships with people from any walk of life where they might actually feel that they can get something from you. so i think i would -- we were friendly, we were very friendly, and i liked rebecca, but i think friendship overstates it. most of the friends that i have are journalists, people i used to work with when i was a journalist. but i liked her and obviously because of my job and their job, we spoke a lot. >> many people have observed, and some witnesses have sai

jay. >> this stage of course, mrs. brooks, you knew everybody in the cabin and his coalition stood in relaion with the bid, did you? >> no, i did't i particularly didn't know mr. cable's view, personal view. >> you do not any suspicion at all as to what his view was? >> no. in fact, i ask him to mr. cable would carry out that responsibility as any minister would. properly without personal prejudice. >> by the time you had read the e-mail the first in the chain, if not before, you were well aware what mr. himes you was, the merits of the bskyb bid, n't you? >> i don't remember hearing that, hearing anything from mr. hunt directly on the bid, particularly. but i have a recollection that he put something on his orksite. i think came up in this inquiry. that he put something positive on his website, was in its? >> did you have cnversations with mr. james and mr. rupert murdoch about how the bid was getting on and he wasn't supporting its? >> i think, if my conversations with mr. james murdoch and mr. rupert murdoch about the bid

. >> you are close to mrs. brooks? >> we are friends, yes. >> you also understood the viewpoints of the conservatives that had some sort of closing vote. >> that may have been a consideration, yes. >> they were ones which certainly passed through your mind. >> they would have done for mr. osborne. >> they did. i cannot tell you what he was thinking. in terms of my thinking, i went into the meeting. i did not see it as a meeting. my initial reaction was slightly reluctant but i was intrigued. i have further conversation and decided that this was something i wanted to do. >> there were conversations. i want to ask you this simple question. did either france is more or and and llewellyn raise this case with you? >> and remember. it is possible. >> use said toward the end of may 2007, it day said the offer of this. were you of for the job after the conversation which may have taken place? >> i think the conversation is the confirmation. it may well be in those conversation. in my mind, that conversation was the confirmatio

because i thought you were warning me in -- >> well, i didn't know what you were going to say, mrs. brooks, and it may relate more to mr. cameron's state of mind more than any underlying fact. >> no. i think it was nothing particularly that he wouldn't have said publicly, but he was interested in the latest developments and asked me about them and i said to him what i said to everybody. it was to do with the amount of -- coming in. >> i think the context would be he was concerned this went beyond normal care. is that fair? without being more specific than that? >> probably, yes. i mean, it was a general conversation in late 2010 about the increase in the civil cases. >> well, the increase in civil cases can only be an occasion which -- an indication that this is not -- or at least that's a very strong input, can we agree upon that without being any more precise? >> i believe "news international" has acknowledged that publicly anyway, yes. >> can you help us with what mr. cameron said? >> well, i think -- it was a general discussion about -- i think he asked me what the update was and i thi

mrs. brooks? >> yes, it was. it was the 23rd of december at their home. >> yes. about how many people with her? >> can't remember the exact number but in the teens, maybe a dozen, maybe 15 people. >> it was two days after the revelation that mr. cable might not be approaching the bskyb bid with the entirely open-minded if i put it in that way. >> no, it was two days after mr. cable had been removed from his response to after showing a cute bias. >> fair enough, mr. murdoch if you're entitled to put it that way. so the issue, faith of the bid, was very much in your mind on the 23rd of december, 2010, wasn't it? >> it was that it was a big question mark about what would happen going forward, but there was no discussion with mr. cameron other than as i detailed in a witness statement, which is simply reiterated that what he said publicly, is that the behavior have been unacceptable, and i, you know, i imagine i expressed that things would be dealt with in a way that was appropriate and judicial. our

daker, mrs. brooks, i don't think mr. hinton. >> mr. hinton i don't think was there, no. >> and that was referred to in a letter you wrote on the 12th of february. exactly clear. it under tab 46, it's unclear where it was, lunch or dinner. >> i don't think it was lunch or dinner. i think it was in my office. in fact, i'm almost certain it was in my office. >> if we could look at the text of the letter of february, you write mr. daker, you say under the heading day of protection, we're not proposing to criminalize any conduct which is not currently against the law, however do understand your and $ media's concern more generally about the introduction of custodial sentences for breach of section 65. it was not considered they would have that effect. we're not aware section 55 has caused any problems since the dpa came into force. the penalties were proposed and strongly argued for by the information commissioner to strengthen the protection of individual's rights to respect for their privacy. and then if i can look six lines into the next

mcclellan, mrs. brooks. i don't think mr. hinton. >> mr. hinton i don't think was there, no. >> and that is referred to in a letter you wrote on the 12th of february. exactly clear from that letter. it's under tab 46 when the meeting was, whether it was over lunch or over dinner, it may not matter much. >> i don't think the meeting was over lunch or dinner, i think it was in my office. in fact i'm almost certain it was in my office. yeah. >> we could look at the text of the letter. you write to mr. dakor. you say we're not proposing to criminalize any conduct which is not currently against the law. however, we do understand you and the media's concerns about

jay. >> this stage of course, mrs. brooks, you knew everybody in the cabinet and his coalition stood in relation with the bid, did you? >> no, i didn't i particularly didn't know mr. cable's view, personal view. >> you do not any suspicion at all as to what his view was? >> no. in fact, i ask him to mr. cable would carry out that responsibility as any minister would. properly without personal prejudice. >> by the time you had read the e-mail the first in the chain, if not before, you were well aware what mr. himes you was, the merits of the bskyb bid, n't you? >> i don't remember hearing that, hearing anything from mr. hunt directly on the bid, particularly. but i have a recollection that he put something on hi worksite. i think came up in this inquiry. that he put somehing positive on his website, was in its? >> did you have conversations with mr. james and mr. rupert murdoch about how the bid was getting on and he wasn't supporting its? >> i think, if my conversations with mr. james murdoch and mr. rupert murdoch about the

mr. brooks. our coverage will continue all morning long. >>> the happiest place on earth right here in our region coming up next on fox 5 morning news. >> we're happy every day. yeah. >> it doesn't change. >> and now, they are even happier. it may not be exactly the happiest place on earth but lots of smiles nonetheless. we'll slain why solomon's island in maryland is getting -- we'll explain why solomon's island in maryland is getting national recognition. stay with us. >>> welcome back. time now is 5:24. a live look outside from our tower cam. stun starting to peek out. shaping up to be a beautiful day. more weather in just a moment. but first, it is just about an hour and a half from d.c. but city slickers could learn a little something from a maul maryland town. >> : the town really has something to smile about. >> reporter: maybe it is the sound or the sights. if you have to work during retirement, this is a pretty good office window. >> how can you not be happy way setting like this? >> rep

mr. brooks. next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is david carey. i'd like to thank mr. fried for the information that he's putting together. i'd like to point out a few items about it. one is that when he's comparing san francisco's june primaries to november turnout and making some comparisons to that to some of the proposals that have been put further, it's important to keep in mind that those proposals actually proposed some september primaries where turnout is likely to be much, much lower than it is in june primaries with other state ballot items on them and so if you had a september primary, even bumping things up to 80% to 90% isn't going to get you to 50% of the november turnout. the other thing that i'm glad mr. fried is showing is that san francisco has elections where the percentage of invalid over-voter ballots is highest and that's not rank choice voting. it's the plurality multicandidate elections for the school board and community college board so if san francisco really wanted to focus on how can you reduce the amount of invalid votes, we'd focus on what

mr. brooks for one count of having lied to the fbi during the interview. and that's all i can say about that matter. >> again interesting u.s. attorney says the gray campaign in 2010 deceived the voters. the investigation continues. wendy? >> all right, thanks. >>> maryland state police gathered with family and friends to honor a fallen trooper today. new signs will hang along the bell way for trooper wesley brown. a man shot and killed him in 2010 while brown was working security at the applebees in forestville. brown had tossed him out for being disorderly. he is now serving a life sentence without parole. the new signs will hang near the forestville barracks where brown had been stationed. >>> a college student kill while riding her bike and the woman who ran her over dragged that bike all way home. tonight the driver is on trial. her lawyer is explaining why she kept on going. darcy spencer is live with the new details in this high profile case. >> reporter: in our opening state, the assistant state attorney did not say why prosecutors believe the driv

counsel read from an e-mail mrs. brooks had received from news corp. executive. >> they are now starting to look into phone hacking practices, to indict him privately in the coming weeks and get #10's positioning. do you know what that was about? >> i think it speaks for itself. >> tonight mr. hunt's office denied he asked news international for any such guidance. one other minister was mentioned several times, the chancellor george osborne. rebekah brooks conceded she had spoken to him privately in regard to the bid to take control of b-sky-b. >> i did have a conversation with mr. osborn about it in 2010. >> do you think it was inappropriate conversation? >> i think it was an entirely appropriate conversation. >> rebekah brooks gave evidence for nearly five hours. what conclusions can we draw from it? it certainly seems to confirm the coziness that existed between news international and some of those in government and raised new questions about judgments made and decisions taken. >> you are watching bbc world news america. still to come, anger spillin

. >> you're close to mrs. brooks? with respect -- weren't you? >> friends, yeah. >> you had a warm relationship with mr. murdoch? >> as an editor and employer, yes. it didn't go beyond that. >> mr. osborn of the conservative party knew all 6 that, didn't that? >> sure, yes. >> you also, if i can put it sort of everyone -- em pathetically, you knew the version that was particularly interesting to the conservative party. >> that may have been a consideration, yes. >> all of the considerations were ones which certainly passed through your mind, didn't they? >> they may well have. they may well have done for mr. osborn. they did, didn't they? >> i can't tell you what he was thinking. in terms of my thinking, and went into the meeting, and i didn't see it as an interview, it was a meeting with pluses, and my reaction was slightly reluctant, but i was intrigued, and i had further conversations, and then i decided this is what i wanted to do. >> your statement makes clear, but i wanted to ask you this simple question. did either francis or ed raise the c

mr. brooks regarding an amendment to the directive report language. >> mr. chairman? >> gentle lady from california. >> mr. turner, i would like a clarification on the purpose of amendment 138 on exports of missile technology. the amendment deals with a report and their exports of technology relate to missiles and space technologies. >> so let me just clarify, it's a compliance report. >> thank you very much. i would also like to thank the chairman for working with me on a $27 million increase for nuclear nonproliferation efforts to secure global initiatives to reduce the risk of nuclear terrorism. this brings this program back to fiscal year 12 levels. i'm pleased to offer the amendment i'm grateful you ut it on the on block. and i yield back. >> any other discussion? >> mr. chairman? mr. chairman? >> gentleman from arizona. mr. frank is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. just briefly. i noticed in the unblock amendment that there didn't seem to be the space interceptor language we were told was in the on block. for clarification, if i could yie

. >> you are close to mrs. brooks? >> we are friends, yes. >> you also understood the viewpoints of the conservatives that had some sort of closing vote. >> that may have been a consideration, yes. >> they were ones which certainly passed through your mind. >> they would have done for mr. osborne. >> they did. i cannot tell you what he was thinking. in terms of my thinking, i went into the meeting. i did not see it as a meeting. my initial reaction was slightly reluctant but i was intrigued. i have further conversation and decided that this was something i wanted to do. >> there were conversations. i want to ask you this simple question. did either france is more or and and llewellyn raise this case with you? >> and remember. it is possible. >> use said toward the end of may 2007, it day said the offer of this. were you of for the job after the conversation which may have taken place? >> i think the conversation is the confirmation. it may well be in those conversation. in my mind, that conversation was the confirmatio

. >> it has been claimed that david cameron and mrs. brooks texted each other up to a dozen times a day. untrue, she said. >> it is preposterous. " that will now been a relief to downing street, but not this. >> everyone wants to know how his texts were signed off. >> occasionally, "lol" -- lots of love. until i told him that it meant "laugh out loud." >> the culture secretary and his office had asked news international to help guide the government's position on the phone hacking allegations. counsel read from an e-mail that brooks received from the an executive. >> starting to look into a phone hacking practice is more thoroughly. to advise him privately in the coming weeks. i fear the number tens positioning. do you know what that was about? >> i think it speaks for itself. >> this evening, mr. hunt's office said it is completely inaccurate to suggest that he had asked news international for private guidance on the phone hacking. one other minister mentioned george osborn. >> i did have a conversation with mr. osborn in 2010. >> do you think

mr. brookes' conduct was egregious, he deserves some credit for owning up to his mistake and eventually telling the truth. it's clear, brian, that brookes and gore are helping prosecutors as they continue the case. for example, today, howard brookes, it looks like, many say, could have been charged with other crimes here and that appears he could serve six months only, maybe less if he cooperates with authorities as they continue to pursue this case. >>> a 49-year-old charged with six different burglaries in bethesda. all buildings were broken into and made the connection. the teen suspect was call caught after allegedly stealing an ipad to the house. >>> and you heard of a getaway car. what about a getaway beak? 's suspect rotted off on a bike share bike this week and that victim was talking to a. >> i joy phone and never hit the brakes. the police are still looking for the suspect. >>> and attorney general eric holder attended a graduation ceremony where the honorees were saluted for staying clean and sober, rewarded for completing the strict conditions of drug course. >> reporter: if you hav

mr. brooks, did mr. gray know about the payments? the self-admitted felon howard brooks refused to answer any questions as he walked out of d.c.'s federal courthouse. his lawyer spoke on his behalf. >> i think he hit the point where he realized that, you know, it was time to accept responsibility for what he had done. >> reporter: brooks entered a guilty plea of making false statements when he lied to investigators over money he then gave to mayoral candidate sulaimon brown. >> he realized he made a serious mistake in the way he had gone about handling it initially. >> reporter: the scheme included money orders. the money was intended to keep brown in the race so he could bash on then mayor adrian fenty. it was supposed to create an easy path for gray to get elected. brooks is expected to plead guilty. thomas gore also pled guilty. brooks is expected to become somewhat of an informant as the investigation into vincent gray's 2010 campaign continues. >> he's agreed to cooperate fully with federal investigators and he's certainly going

mr. brooks along with others violated thiazin of fairness when they engaged in this scheme. >> -- this sense of fairness when they engaged in this scheme. >> brooks said he was instructed to give the money to brown, but it's unclear who instructed him to do so. >>> more fallout from that lavish $800,000 las vegas conference held by the general services administration. the official at the center of the scandal left the agency. jeff neely played a big role in organizing the 2010 conference. you may also remember this video that showed employees mocking the agency's spending habits. neely was called to testify in front of congress but pleaded the fifth. >>> a 14-year-old under arrest accused of some pretty serious crimes. laura evans is everywhere at 11:00. >> the young teenager is charged with six different burglaries in bethesda. police noticed all the buildings were broken into through basement windows and they made the connection. the teen suspect was caught after he allegedly had a stolen ipad from one of the houses. police tracked it to his house using apple's software. >>> you've heard o

mr. brooks, did mayor gray know about this? did he know about the payments? self admitted felon refused to ask any questions. he jumped into an awaiting suv and rushed away. his lawyer spoke on his behalf. >> i think he hit the point where he realized that it was time to accept responsibility for what he had done. >> reporter: brooks entered a guilty plea of making false statements when he lied to fbi investigators over money he then gave to mayor brown. >> he realized he made a very serious mistake in the way he had gone about handling this initially. >> reporter: the scheme included money order payments in the thousands given to brown by brooks. the money was intended to keep brown in the mayoral race so he could bash on then mayor fenty. that was supposed to create an easy path for vincent gray to become elected. brooks is the second to plead guilty in the scheme. thomas score who was also involved in the plan pled guilty to destroying evidence. brooks is expected to become an informant as an investigation into vincent gray's 2010 campaign continues. >> he

mr. brooks? >> it good afternoon. i represent san francisco green party and the local grassroots organization, our city. i am not here to concur with the other speakers, especially audubon, that this mou should be rejected and it should remain in complete oversight of this watershed area. that's the key here for an entire century. the job has been to manage watersheds and water supply and storm water issues. throughout this century, the puc has had to interact with groups always down to this year is to take a strong and decisive leadership role and management role on managing natural areas, watershed areas, species' habitat and wetlands habitat. puc knows how to manage a watershed and rec & park does not have that at all. its role is recreation for the citizens of san francisco. that has resulted when it comes to species' habitat and wildlife issues and management issues with problems such as sharp park where the city is being sued by many environmental groups over the endangered species act and many environmental gro

mr. brooks, as many as are in favor will say aye. >> aye. >> those opposed no. >> the ayes have it and the amendment is agreed to. any other amendments? >> this gentleman has an amendment. the clerk, please pass out the amendments. without objection, reading of the amendment will be dispensed with. or do read this? >> the chair now recognizes the gentleman for the purposes of offering and explaining his amendment. >> mr. chairman, the u.s. state department has restricted imports of infrared technology, for example focal plane arrays, cryogenic coolers, the unintended consequences of this action has been the creation of an international competitor's market of infrared components. hence our adversaries of the markets are enjoying technologies of which we had a major competitive advantage. foreign competitors have been able to -- reinvested their profits in the research and development. with declining defense budgets in overseas high performance infrared performance product -- infrared technology and maintain our war fighting edge. this amendment would ensure that dod -- thus maintaining tech