mr. bryant? >> good morning, mr. chairman. my name is preston bryant and i'm the chairman of the national planning commission the national capitol planning commission is the planning agency for the national capitol region that focus on key planning -- our activities include for example jointly offering a comprehensive plan for the national capitol with the district of columbia. reviewing all federal development projects in region and addressing the unique planning issues in the capitol cities. i'm pleased to share with you the role of the national historic pro -- that makes washington one of the most admired capitol cities in the world. for each memorial problem--responsive and transparent. more broadly, our goal is threefold, first to ensure that washington's commemorative landscape -- second to meet the expectations of millions of americans who visit the nation's capitol and third, as you have said mr. chairman, to plan for the future generations to have excellent locations for their memorial projects. under the commemorative

mr. bryant? >> good afternoon. i do not really have a comment, but today i came because i have a group of the views -- youths from hunters point. i wanted you all to be seen by kids and some junior adults. i just wanted to make you aware that if they come in, i have not organized them to take over the meeting. >> there is a thought. [laughter] >> i just wanted to make you aware. they just want to come in, take a look, and see how the political process works in our town. wanted to make you aware. thank you. >> thank you. any other public comment? yes, please. >> hello, i was born and raised in the bay view community. today i stand here on behalf of my immunity, asking still for the digestive. i remember when it was first brought to our community. i was surprised that they were going along with that. i felt -- why can this not be like the avenues? like it has been said, we have been smelling this for years and years. you could smell that eating in the morning. at around 5:00, stand there with us, who are living in it

mr. bryant. could you elaborate on the significance of the reserve and why the 2003 amendment was important to the future of the mall? >> reflecting on your own comments, you found it important that the national mall --that we look to reserve for future generations. in a process, building on what mr. whitesell said, when a project comes before us, under the law, and there is an early consultation of process. when a process comes to us, it comes with a conceptual design and the public can respond. they come back months later with a refined concept of for preliminary approval where the public gets to respond and provide feedback. perhaps, months later, they come back to less of their time for a final approval. each step along the way that we give them feedback. we have a staff and so following up on mr. whitesell's comment is there is a risk when you don't have months of technical interaction. >> how long does that process take? blogger then two years? >> four times that. the average for a memorial

mr. bryant, i'm in the class of 2012 lpr. i'm also the chairman of the arapaho party tea party. arapaho county serves a city names aurora, a part of arapaho county, a large black population. look around this room and with the exception of you, i don't see any black people. i don't have any black people -- >> i spotted a couple over there. we're real good at doing that. >> i'd say if the population is 12% that we're a little short here today. >> absolutely. >> a gentleman named derrick wilbern started the rocky mountain apartment which is an excellent start, but people i talked to over on the black vote in our country. as i eluded to in the speech, conservatives must be who we are. i do believe that the pain that the obama administration is administering on everyone and i encourage everyone to stay and see this film with the unemployment rate being as it has been, that when the white community sneezes, the black community gets pneumonia. and now it is approaching $4 in our area at this point in time. let's hold on to the house of representatives. and then if we do take the white

mr. bryant.w. i hope i did not betray your names to babbitt. -- too badly. we appreciate you coming here. you have all been here. you all know the drill. the light in the timer tells you how much time you have. we are asking you to confine your oral presentations to five minutes. the green light means you're going. the yellow light means to speed up quickly. in the red light means to stop. mr. whitesell, i would appreciate hearing your testimony. >> mr. chairman, it is my pleasure to appear before you today to discuss the future of the national mall. i would like to summarize my statement and said that michael testimony for the record. the national mall is a prim and designed historical landscape and is home to some of the great symbols of our country. my summary will focus on the process for locating memorials on the mall and also on some current projects to improve the mall. proposals for new memorials in the district of columbia are governed by the commemorative work act. the procedure set for

mr. bryant, i'm in the class of 2012 lpr. i'm also the chairman of the arapaho county tea party. arapaho county serves a city named aurora, a part of arapaho county, a large black population. look around this room and with the exception of you, i don't see any black people. i don't have any black people -- >> i spotted a couple over there. we're real good at doing that. >> i'd say if the population is 12% that we're a little short here today. >> absolutely. >> a gentleman named derrick wilbern started the rocky mountain black tea party which is an excellent start, but people i've talked to over the weekend, i hear a lot who say they don't think we're going to take the white house this year. they seem kind of resigned to that possibility. i, on the other hand, don't believe that we can take that chance so i'd like to know how do we accelerate the process of getting out the message? we have ten months. we don't have ten years for something powerful like your movie or a speaker like yourself to permeate our society. what do we do to step it up? >> i assume that you're speaking of ge

mr. bryant discusses why he left the democratic party and became a black conservative during this hour-long event. >> matt kibbe is president and ceo of freedom works. he was with the organization previously known as citizens for a sound economy for over years years. an economist by training, he's a well respected national public policy expert, best-selling author and political commentator. "newsweek" called kibbe one of the master minds of the tea party politics. his expertise has led to frequent appearances on national news shows, including fox news, nbc, abc, cnn, msnbc, fox business, pbs and c-span, dubbed the scribe by "new york daily news," kibbe is co-author with dick armey of the "new york times" best-seller "give us liberty, a tea party manifesto." please help me welcome matt kibbe to lpr to introduce c.l. bryant. [ applause ] >> how you guys doing? does anyone here believe in freedom? does anyone here think that the government spending too much money it doesn't have? okay. here's the test. does anyone think sometimes as frustrating as it is that maybe you have to beat the republic

mr. patrick ryan. >> madam clerk, is there any more busineses? >> that concludes our business. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> good morning. i am darlene bryant, your mc for this morning. the first economic and trade seminar here in our beautiful city. city hall in san francisco. housekeeping items. you'll notice on your chair there is a little box. we're having simultaneous interpreting. you will find these. insert into the box, turn it on, put it on your head and did not to get out of this room. if you leave, leave it on the chair, we will pick it up afterward. if you have a problem, there is a little room and they can take care of it for you. problems with their headsets, there is a little room, someone will take care of it for you. restrooms to my left. and please, turn your cell phones off. ok? thank you. i want to say this event would not be possible to do without the general sponsorship of the mayor's office. thank you, mayor ed lee. also the ministry of the commerce of china, supported by the governor's office. thank you so much. the lieutenant governor is here of course. i would like to mention that we do have some honorable mentions

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bryant, one for lebron james, and on and on. hugs all around. one by one, right? at the opening ceremonies on friday, there was just one reaction shot of michelle obama watching the proceedings. mrs. obama was shown standing and cheering as the american people made their way into the stadium in their "made in china" uniforms. that was also the occasion where we got our first view of the other american political dignitary on the scene. mitt romney was there along with his wife, ann romney. the one reaction shot that we got of the romneys was also as the american team marched into the stadium in their "made in china" uniforms. honestly, if i could only have one reaction shot of mitt romney during that whole ceremony. it would not have been what he thought of seeing the team walking into the stadium. obviously that's a "stand up and clap" moment.

bryant, one for lebron james, and on and on. hugs all around. one by one, right? at the opening ceremonies on friday, there was just one reaction shot of michelle obama watching the proceedings. mrs. obama was shown standing and cheering as the american people made their way into the stadium in their "made in china" uniforms. that was also the occasion where we got our first view of the other american political dignitary on the scene. mitt romney was there along with his wife, ann romney. the one reaction shot that we got of the romneys was also as the american team marched into the stadium in their "made in china" uniforms. honestly, if i could only have one reaction shot of mitt romney during that whole ceremony. it would not have been what he thought of seeing the team walking into the stadium. obviously that's a "stand up and clap" moment. what i really wanted to see his reaction to was this moment. the part of the opening ceremonies that involved an 11-minute-long tribute to the national health service, the british socialized health care system which they love. seeing that must have been a cognitively dissonant moment for an american conservative politician who is running fo