mr. denham, mr. miller, mr. hunter when we sent the letter to the gao asking for an audit and review of the business plan in california. i'll look forward to hearing their testimony later and looking and reading the report when it's completed. to date, the project in california has been the biggest recipient of federal money, billions of dollars. there are concerns about the business plan itself, and equally concerning to me just because we've invested money doesn't mean we have to invest more. the current plan to be finished at the smallest level of number asks for another $38 billion from the federal government. please put that in perspective. the debate rahs ling over on the fiscal cliff, if you raised all the dollars and taxes proposed, you only get $31 billion in a year, and they're requesting more than what we'd even get from that. so we need to be good stewards. yes, we want movement, yes, we want it to work right. before we make an investment again, shouldn't we review the business plan? secondly is an i

mr. denham: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on transportation and infrastructure be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 6633 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 6633, a bill to designate the united states courthouse located at 101 east pee can street in sherman, texas, as the paul broun united states courthouse. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to consideration of the bill? seeing none, without objection, the bill is engrossed, read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. denham: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 6633. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman fro

mr. denham from california. mr.behm come you recognize. >> to take the opportunity to make a quick statement. talk and a high-speed drill in changes to do so new to talk about. this is something i supported in the state senate windows at $33 billion project going to the ballot initiative to bar 9.95 billion. rumor had a decent credit rating as a state. since then, our credit rating has been downgraded. it's gone through the roof in the planet once had has no plan. i went for 33 billion to 90.5 billion with no private investors to pay for it, with no funding coming from the federal government to pay for unable to float upon the voters pass. let's put it back on the ballot so that we can in the project once and for all. i think there's a lot of things that i can california and a new shiny treatment he wanted them. it would be fun to have. the question is coming to have to ask yourself, can we afford to have something fun? can we do it with no plan? that questions will continue to spend robert is the $90.5 billion come

mr. denham refused to put out his cigarette.o avoid trouble, his friends try to force him out. >> he didn't want to leave. he was escorted off the premises by some of his friends. which he didn't take well to. >> denham is so angry, he goes home, grabs a chainsaw and returns to the bar to take revenge on his friends, but they're long gone. police say it isn't only alcohol that fuels his rage and irrational behavior. >> i think in the interim of going to the pub, he had taken some sort of drugs. we don't know what they were. >> in a strange turn of events, more months, denham refuses to admit he's the chainsaw wielding man in the horrifying video. >> we asked him, is this your chainsaw? no, i haven't got a chainsaw. absolute denial to everything. every bit of evidence put to him was absolute denial. it's the most bizarre interview i've ever really taken out with somebody, when it was so obvious it was him, to actually turn around and deny it was quite unbelievable. >> but in another twist, when denham goes to court in november 20

mr. denham, i hear your comments about the possibility of leaving -- and i do remember our legislature falling all over themselves to waive that when it came through building a football stadium in los angeles. i think the conversation is one we should have. if there is any way it would soften your stance of our california high-speed rail, i will be the first one to start that conversation. i think that is something we should have. mr. secretary, it is great for me to sit here and listen to your passion and vision in what a high-speed rail would beam, not just to california but to this country. i know you have a lot of concerns about this. although i do believe you were in the legislature in 2009 and on a letter you wrote to secretary lahood asking for stimulus dollars to be given to california. but i voted on it. i was fooled at one time. now we are trying to fix that situation. rex that is okay. you have a whole, the vision at that time. i think we should get back to that. i hope there comes a day when our california delegation will be in support of been the model for this country and making

. >> john denham. >> mr. speaker, i've heard the chancellor make a number of statements to this house. is it a fair summer to say that every time he comes he's told us the economy hasn't grown since last time, he is planning to borrow more than last time he was here? spending on public service is going to be cut more than last time he was here. growth in the future is going to be less than he told us last time he was here. and envy of that record should he be quite so pleased with himself? [laughter] >> what i would say to the right honorable gentleman is that this government came in and made 2010, picking up the pieces of an incredibly difficult economic inheritance. we were recovering from the deepest recession since second world war which as i pointed out in my statement was an over 6% contraction in the economy which puts into some context the numbers today, and we have been given with the problems of the banking system. despite all that we have made progress. we got credibility and the bond markets as my