mr. rodriguez. and our next witness is charles conner. he serves as president and ceo of the national council of farmer cooperatives and since 2009. he has served as deputy secretary and acting secretary of the u.s. department of agriculture in the bush administration from 2005, 2009. i might say on a personal note both during the time when i was chairman of the senate agriculture committee and when i was ranking member that mr. conner is one of the most valuable staff people working there. relied on heavily by both republicans and democrats for his advice. go ahead, mr. conner. >> chairman leahy, thank you for those comments. ranking member grassley and members of the committee. thank you for the invitation to testify today on agriculture, on america's agriculture's need for immigration reform. as noted in your introduction, i'm chuck conner, president and ceo of the national council of farmer co-ops. but i'm also here as one. founding members of the agriculture workforce coalition or awc. the awc brings together nearly 70 agricultural o

mr. conners' interview with the president. >> some viewers are frustrated, even angered, when they see theamily jetting around, certain vacations and so forth, maybe under color of state business, that you're out of touch, that you don't know what they're experiencing right now. >> i don't -- i don't know how many viewers you're talking about that say that. >> sean: joining me with reaction, author michelle malkin is with us," culture of corruption." i've been telling you, part two, it's time. let me ask you this question, because it's interesting that the lapdog media of obama, the thrill up your leg media, has finally started asking questions, very late to the dance. you can go back and you can see all of those people, that either supported him or those that predicted he would be a moderate, govern as a moderate, those that were critical of people like you and me because we dared to do the vetting that the media wouldn't do, both in 2007 and '08, 2012, comparing his rhetoric to his record. it's very interesting to me to watch these johnn johnny-come-l, the ones that go to the washington

conner? that's the lawyer you she's not authorized to speak. >> it's okay. >> mr. sanchez, mr. duffy? >> thank you. the subject property at 312 video street can contain one legally dwelling unit. the record that it contains one dwelling and has no second dwelling unit. this could not be returned because you cannot legalize the property. i did note there were two permits moved. one was issued in brrythe appeal passed. there was noah appeal filed and it was canceled by the permit holder. there are some change in the language listed on the project description, but otherwise i'm unclear as to why it was refiled. anyway. it was an appealed here and so say the zoning only allowed a single family dwelling. i'm available for questions. >> would an novb issued on the property. they are asking for permits on something that is not warranted. they are giving permission for the nov. >> there have been no complaints by the planning department. but the planning department may have a violation on the property. >> thank you. >> commissioners, i'm not aware of any violations for the illegal unit. we so