mr. diaz? it has not reformed a thing in 13 years. you've got to terminate that reform commission. you've got to give the schools back to the parents and threat parents do the guidance and give local control and hold the mayor accountable for making sure that the schools work. >> can you give us an example -- sorry to iná example of at( city where that has worked? >> i'll give you schools thatxd work. right across the border i represent a school called leap which essentially hasçó axd pre-k program from 3 to 8.cf1 o they have a wrap around system which looks at the socioeconomic issues of the children, looks at the needs and taylors the education for the need of that child soxd that that child can get the support, gets breakfast in the morning gets lunch in the afternoon, and gets uafterschool activities. and she graduates 100% of those children. we had two gate çóscholars. and aspirea has the Ñiomnischool. it was lpfailing. and look what has happened. >> it's the best mast school in thev >> mr

. >> is mr. diaz here. >> good morning, chair avalos, and committee member, my name is antonio diaz, i'm here regarding my application to be applied to the energy efficiency coordinating committee. i work at [inaudible] people ork sneezing to demand environmental and economic rights, an organization which next year will be organizing for environmental justice here in san francisco primarily in the distributes, i've been the organizations director since 19ed 98 our organization was involved closely with supervisor mar in initially formulating the establishment of this committee. i i think part of the reason we were engaged in those efforts is that as we all know, as san francisco continues to be a leader in environmentalism, as san francisco has aggressive goals to achieve 100% zero waste by 2020, to lessen its carbon footprint in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emission, etc., etc., we need to make sure the city also pays attention to how low-income community, communities of color, environmental just

mr. kenney voteed against. voted against. >> all right. anthony williams. nelson diaz>> to keep that theme along i'm not for vouchers and both kenney has voted for vouchers and so has senator williams, and that takes money out of the public school system but to answer the question i have to tell you that i was on the board of excelon corporation forced the company to take on the pension fund that was 65% funded. use management change. make sure the management change occurred. changed the program in terms of the responsibilities and we went to 85% in two years. that's a company that has over $30 billion in sales. i've done that. as a housing general counsel at hud and i was able to reform public houseing throughout the country. i have the executive experience. i've done it as the city solicitor and i've also done it as the important administrative judge of the courts of philadelphia when people said i couldn't do it, i did it. you have to have the executive experience to be able to make things happen in politics. >> your time is sup. thank you nelson diaz wrapped just i

i agree with mr. diaz. >> pretty much. >> it would be suicide. >> a lot of people believe in you. >> yeah. >> he also is the guy that talked he wanted pot. >> right on. >> 6:40. it looks like snow doesn't it? watch this. it looks like snow. but it is actually ash falling miles away from that volcano that exploded in chile, it looks like it exploded again probably will do it over the weekend, that cloud is reaching other countries now caitlin, it is a mess, it is choking. >> i didn't know it was supposed to explode again this weekend. speaking of snow, it is snowing in parts of the pennsylvania this weekend and it is very cold. temperatures around freezing in spots. feels much more like winter then late april. we will have your chilly friday forecast and look at the weekend. so nice out. look at that sky. it doesn't feel nice though. that is coming up next. >>> look, the cameras moving up and down. it is that wind. >> yes. >> if it is not wind we need to find out what it is, there could be a person up there

mr. diaz-balart about a lart from florida, -- mr. diaz-balart from florida, i'd like to thank the gentleman for his tireless work on behalf of the everglades. he's been a true leader on these issues and i look forward to continuing our work together to restore the everglade to their national state -- everglade to their natural state. i yield 90 -- everglades to their natural state. i yield 90 seconds to the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: i came here to thank chairman simpson for putting together this great bill, a responsible bill, ant again for putting up with me and working with me on issues dealing with everglades restoration. i don't have to tell anybody here that that's a national treasure. it's important for not only southern florida's drinking water but also for our economy. i want to thank the chairman for his help in the hoover dike which is crucial again for the folks in that area. again, mr. chairman this is a great bill chairman simpson has a very difficult task. he's don

mr. diaz-balart: i need to commend and thank chairman price for the hard work inputting this budget resolution together. this is a rare occasion on this floor. been a long time since we had a budget agreement. and it's not an easy thing to do. as one of the house budget conferees, i can tell you that a lot of work, a lot of difficult choices have to be made and mr. chairman you have done a spectacular job in getting us here to the floor. one of the most important things, mr. speaker, that the budget resolution has is to frankly set the stage so we can move forward on the appropriations process. we need a budget that puts congress and our committees on a path to move forward and this budget resolution does it and it balances the budget within 10 years, and it does so, mr. speaker, without raising taxes. and it's no secret. i believe and many of us believe that the first responsibility of the federal government is to protect the american people and it's no secret that the world around us i think

mr. chairman, chris. my time is up to you >> congressmen diaz-balart followed by senator wyden and congressman moore. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i actually want to follow-up with what what senator sessions will just mention. he is right here at the world is a much more dangerous place. at a vegas venice dangerous since the late 70s. you also mentioned how this is a rare occasion. as a matter of fact this is so rare that the one the senate passes the budget, the house passes the budget it would have reached a protocol at the beginning of this thing. it's a really rare occasion. i have to congratulate chairman enzi for doing the job the american people sent us to do. secondly just a reminder to all of us is senator sessions mentioned, look, our safety the security and safety of the american people is our biggest responsibility of the federal government. today our nation and our allies and nation and around the world are being threatened by various radical islamic terrorists whether it's an emboldened russia, bold in china, emboldened castro, honolulu. our enemies around the world seem to be bold so they must p

mr. chairman, thank you. my time is up. senator enzi: next congressman diaz-balart, followed by senator wyden, followed by congressman moore. >> thank you much, mr. chairman. i'm going to follow-up with what senator sessions was just mentioning. he is absolutely right. the world is a much more dangerous place. i don't think it's been this dangerous since potentially the late 1970's. you mentioned how this is a rare occasion. matter of fact, the fact that we have a conference committee, the house passes a budget, the senate passes a budget that's how we are supposed to do a business, i was tempted to take a selfie at the beginning. it's a rare thing. it's a really rare occasion so i want to congratulate chairman enzi and senator price for doing the job the american people sent us to do. just a reminder to all of us that as senator sessions mentioned, look, our safety, the security and safety of the american people, is frankly our biggest responsibility as the federal government. today our nation and our allies and interest around the world frankly are being th