mr. denham: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. denham: h.con.res. 117 would authorize the use of the capitol grounds for the national peace officers memorial service on may 15, 2012. i'm pleased to be a sponsor of this important resolution. in 1962, may 15 was designated by president kennedy as peace officers' memorial day and the week in which it falls as police week. the memorial service began in 1982 as a gathering in senate park of just 120 survivors and supporters of law enforcement. today national police week draws tens of thousands of law enforcement officials -- officials and their supporters from around the world who travel to the nation's capitol to participate in events that honor our fallen officers. the national peace officers' memorial service, which is sponsored by the grand lodge of the from a term order of police, is one in a series of events which includes the candlelight vigil and seminars. they honor the sacrifi

mr. denham, my subcommittee chairman and i demanded it at every public hearing and in writing, information. then when -- the only way these people got caught was through the ig, and of course, we had mr. miller, the ig, and i wonder a little bit about that, because when they held this outrageous gsa held the outrageous lavish taxpayer funded fiasco in las vegas, it was reported by a former staffer of our committee that this was going on. the ig began an investigation. this occurred in october of 2010. it was reported to the ig in november. mr. miller are went to work in may. he finished the report. he briefed gsa. and other administration officials. in june he briefed kimberly harris, counsel with the white house. do you know kimberly harris? >> i know kimberly harris but i'm not aware of the particular communication. >> that's another thing. i'm wondering in this flow. your job is financial management and proving this. and did the igs report back to you? are you informed when there's waste, inefficiency, corruption, or any of the above? >> as a general manner, i review ig reports. >> did

mr. denham: it is the new amendment we are asking, the technical correction. the chair: that is what the clerk was referring to. the gentleman may proceed. mr. denham: g.s.a. continues to build courthouses bigger than what congress authorizes. congress authorizes one thing and g.s.a. goes out and builds not only something completely different but much bigger, at much greater expense. number two we don't have the judges that were once proposed. third of all, judges don't share courtrooms. these courtrooms get used about two hours a day and we don't have any courtroom sharing across the nation that we could be utilizing these courthouses quite a bit more than what we are today. as a result, we demand that the judiciary conduct a real courtroom sharing study so a third party can figure out how many judges are needed. over the last 11 year the judiciary projected between 72 and 81 judges in l.a. by 2011. the judiciary declared l.a. the number one judicial space emergency in the country and proposed a massive new courthouse, however we know the primary justificatio

mr. denham: thank you, mr. chairman, thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of senate bill 1302, a bill to convey a parcel of land in the city of tracy. mr. speaker, senate bill 1302 is commonsense legislation that will be a win for the federal taxpayer, the local community and private enterprise. simply put, this bill allows the city of tracy to purchase at fair market valley a parcel of land from the federal government. currently the government has an interest in this land and the community of tracy deeply needs it. the city would like to purchase the land from the government at fair market value and eliminate the interest of the local community can decide wheats best for the land. this land will then be leased to a private company to develop a solar project that will provide renewable energy and economic activity to the local community. i had the opportunity to tour this location with the mayor of tracy, mayor brent i'ves, who has been working on this for quite some time. he showed how this project will provide a significant economi