there is a good immigrate rights attorney that chair mccarthy and i have worked with in the past, mr. byrd. probably some other folks that you really are looking. i do not know if they are interested. i might be volunteering the person than they do not have time for. but i definitely have worked with some very high class attorneys. >> thank you. supervisor kim: thank you for being here. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is linda richardson, and i have the honor to be standing right here in front of you today to speak on behalf of dr. toye moses. very few people in this city exemplify what an immigrant commission there should be. over the decades, dr. toye moses is well known throughout this city, not only in the african-american community, but because of his outreach to the asian american committee, the hispanic community, he takes his or very seriously. his extensive collaboration and connections on not only the local, state, and national levels, we have witnessed over and over again how his advocacy on behalf of the immigrants of this great city of san francisco. i was very impress

. >> mr. byrd has a few seconds remaining or i will recognize mr. crowley and he can yield. >> mr. crowley is recognized for five minutes. >> my point was and is that when i hear people say these agreements are no-brainers, they have been sold to us under that dies before. only to discover afterwards that there are certain parts of the agreements that do not go down well with previously held positions that were enthusiastically supported by sectors of the economy. >> reclaim my time, mr. chairman. thank you for bringing all of these bills before us today. a great deal of work went into the development of these agreements. i want to thank the administration for moving forward. i was not going to speak on this bill, but i do have some comments for the record. i felt compelled momentarily to say something in regard to my colleague from illinois and the statements about what's we are trying to do by engaging in these agreements. i would argue that one of our greatest commodities and products in this country or our values. and what we like to see in other countries that are developing a

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mr. speaker. the recipients of the distinguished flying cross include captain charles lindberg, commander richard byrd, amelia earhart and captain mark kelly and you might know who captain mark kelly is because he had his medal pinned by his wife, our dear colleague, representative gabby giffords. all of the men and women who have received this medal are american heroes and the marshfield air museum is to be commended for their efforts to establish a memorial honoring these individuals. on our side we would likely support some federal funding for the project but knowing our status on our budgetary problems and our friends on the other side have written the bill to prohibit federal support. nevertheless we do wholeheartedly support h.r. 320. i commend my friend and colleague from my home state of california for introducing this piece of legislation, to recognize all our heroes and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from alaska. mr. young: mr. speaker, i yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from california, mr. calvert. the spe

byrd's and commander jeff gray, headquarters staff judge advocate who served as attorney for j. i. key. the order identified david dykes of the bureau of ocean energy management and enforcement. i thank mrpport. the deepwater horizon demands transparency and needs to be systematically investigated. consequently in may of 2010 we developed an initial investigation road map posted on our web site in june of 2010. and we had parties that were interested. we've closely followed the road map. as the hearings progressed the number increased significantly. it was determined members with legal background would assist the co chair handling objections and enable the investigator to focus on technical matters at subsequent public hearing sessions and retired judge anderson added to the j. i. key. the cochairs over the hearing the addition of judge anderson and captain higgins moved the investigation forward. the coastguard investigation focused on factors on the deepwater horizon that might have contributed to the explosion subsequent to the sinking of the vessel. we examined the evacuation and search and rescue efforts. by the beginning of january of 2011 members began to conduct cause analysis.