mr. cassidy allowed us to do that. it was up to my mid chest. commissioner hwang: they can stand there and -- >> look right down on my deck. the deck exceeds their permit in size. commissioner hwang: thank you. commissioner fung: your deck is on your second floor? >> yes. any more questions? i want to point out one last thing. mr. cassidy and his colleague are here. i do not know if they were present when the oath was given. director goldstein: we can hear from the permit holder now. >> good evening, commissioners, president goh. i am -- from an engineering group. the original permit has a discrepancy, and it says "to allow up to 120,000 square feet -- 1000 square feet." we actually have gotten a revision, a permit approved by planning and building, to show the exact square footage of the deck and the height of the rail. we would like to ask or a continuance to work with the zoning administrator, scott sanchez, to confirm that the final permit and the revision permits meet all of the guidelines of the planning department and the requirements, an

mr. chairman, i thank you for your courtesy, ask unanimous consent that the responses be inserted in the record. >> thank the gentleman, recognize representative cassidyr five minutes. >> there's issues raised regarding adequacy of quality control if you will. we think of heparin from china causing many deaths, right? one of the issues that was raised here in a reeves hearing was that the -- in a previous hearing was that the inspectors as part of their union contract are not -- can refuse to go overseas. and so i think mr. pallone spoke about inadequate resources. but the issue was that here there's enough money to inspect our requirement to inspect a pharmaceutical every two years, and there it's happening only every nine. and when i ask could woe just redistrict -- could we just redistrict resources by expanding importation, the point was that the unions would not allow this to occur, that they had the right to refuse the overseas assignment. is that true, and to what extent is that limiting our ability to prove the apis -- i forget the acronym, but you know what i'm speaking of. >> we find that our staff are extremely cooperative and willing to ro