mr. duffy that the department is to do something with the permit and can provoke it. i am satisfied with that. >> if you choose to overturn the department, the pilot would have -- >> my concern about this is that this would be the one-year statute that they cannot be applied. it seems cleaner since we have heard from mr. duffy then they need to do something with the apartment. i don't know if that is agreeable to the other commissioners? >> i will make a motion. >> might give the permit holder an opportunity to speak. >> certainly. >> my comment is that it is not our intention to do any more work than is permitted. there is a separate permit under this application for the heaters in unit 358. there is at least one other permit that has been pulled under this application. we have been working within the rules, even though the application itself might be broad. i'm committed to make sure the paperwork is right. it is our belief that the work itself has been done under the permit has been permitte

. >> mr. duffy. >> grieving, commissioners. it is basically battery model, as you can see. it is usually an over-the- counter permit. >> can you put that on the overhead? the actual permit? >> if you look in the file we provided, it would not be there. how you would have to have brought it yourself. >> this is just a print out of the permit details report. we don't have the actual building permits. i have not got it with me. this gives the information pretty much similar to the permit. missing signatures and stuff. the permit would have required a separate employment typical of any other permit. the work would have had to comply with the practices for lead based paint because it is a remodeled. and having got through the phase of demolition, it would require that of the tenants. they would be given three days' notice of the work. there will have to of been containment and clean-up. and if they had any problem with that, they could call and we would have sent someone from the program to make sure that that happens. i saw that in the brief period i would be available for any

. >> on that permit, i agree with mr. duffy to address the borad -- broad and general things. the completion of the bathroom, i would absolutely past that we be permitted to complete that. i think he plumbing pipe is on there. >> i think you would be better to take that offline with mr. duffy. >> commissioners? >> i will start, but i am not sure i am going anywhere. it is difficult to see the position from both sides. on the one hand, i don't know why you appeal something that takes you three months alcohol stopping the work that you want. i am not quite sure what to do. commissioner garcia: i am concerned about dealing with things that have to do with code and the authority. i would think that the accommodations thing and all that would have been a rent board issue. someone could come in with -- your alternative would be, and even if weather was awful, walk to take a shower. the loo will be a port-a-potty in front of your house. i would hope that -- i don't want to say that. mr. eppstein would have said, i think it is clear -- what is being done as proposed to be done. it is

commissioner garcia: mr. duffy, having seen the decks and the appliances that are on them, from your opinion, even though it is pretty clear that the owner does not intend to allow that, would that be co- compliant, or would there be an issue with egress -- co- compliant -- code-compliant. >> i talked to some and before coming year, and he said that you probably need 36 inches, and i did not have a tape measure with the, but i did notice that it was definitely less than that, but it was not part of the notice of violation, but he did say it probably could be and should be. pat commissioner garcia: thank you, sir. >> is there any public comment? seeing none, mr. mcfarlane, you have three minutes for rebuttal. >> thank you. inspector dufty did make one point that i was going to make. the notice of reference does not reference the washing machines at all. if they would like to have department of building inspection do another inspection, maybe we end up here with a notice of violation that actually deals with the wash

. -- i will ask mr. duffy about that. >> thank you. >> good evening. i spoke earlier with the chief putting -- plumbing inspector. he wants to keep the penalty at nine times. some of the reasons are -- this was filled observation which -- failed observation. they saw during inspection of a building, sinks without traps, toward the front, plumbing supplies were thrown and new gas and water pipes were installed without permit. and there was no access to the restaurant upstairs. on august 19, 2010, the first notice of violation was issued. and on december 13, 2010, the second notice was sent. and on december 16, 2010, a final warning was sen. on december 29, 2010, we referred it to code enforcement as there had been no response from the person who got the notice of violation. it was received by code enforcement and it went to a director's hearing. the case did get continued. and that was in may 2011. in june 2011 it was a plumbing permit. the proper inspections were given and the case has been debated. -- abated. the penalties i believe are [unintelligibl

mr. duffy: $14.5 trillion. it's about time this congress come together and figure out a way to live within our means. this bill is going to start that process, though it doesn't go far enough. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts. point of viegove mr. speaker, i yield one minute -- mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. fatah. the speaker pro tempore:he gentleman is recognized. mr. fatah: this is an inside job. i want to offer just in evidence that, you know, we had in the words of the treasury secretary for reagan and for bush, an admitans they were running up deficits and it was one way to starve the government. and then we had the republican party at the height of its por, the presidency, the house, the senate saying, no, we weren't going to have any tax increases even though 're running up these high deficits. we're going to cut taxes. wee going to hemorrhage trillions of dollars in revenue and we are going to go int

. >> anything else, mr.duffy -- anything else for mr. duffy? are you looking for the nov? it would be in the pellets -- the appellants' breeds. commissioner goh: my question is whether the nov affects this? >> i do not see it noted, but it is typical but the contractor should check the whole deck for any signs and take care of it all at once. it should get a full inspection. commissioner goh: is that a deck? the ground floor? commissioner fung: it is only six or 10 inches above, but it is made out of wood. commissioner it -- commissioner goh: ok. >> commissioners, the matter is submitted. commissioner goh: comments, commissioners? commissioner fung: i have comments both ways. on the one hand, there is dry rot, and it needs to be taken care of. on the other hand, the issue on the upper levels did look to be as it was impairing the entryway. however, i think mr. britton is an experienced property owner in san francisco, and i think he realized this could take him to a number of different venues, and he should be looking for a matter to these solutions so he is not in court a

mr. duffy: thank you, mr. speaker. i had a chance to watcthis floor debate over the last week or so. to say the least you can say our tempers have flared. there has been a lot of rhetoric on both sides. as we come together today, the proposal that's been negotiated with both sides, with speaker boehner, the president, harry reid. it's aeal that not everyone is pleased with. it's a deal that doesn't have in everything that i want, and i'm sure it doesn't have everything in the deal that my friends across the aisle would want. and that's why i think so many of us are hearing from our constituents. a lot on the far right and a lot on the far left saying we don't like it. but the bottom line is i think this is one of the great moments of the house where two sides come together and figure out how they are going to find a solution that doesn't work for their parties. it's a solution that works for the american people. and at this point in our history we owe $14.5 trillion. mr. dreier: mr. speaker, i'd like to yield my friend

mr. duffy: $14.5 trillion. it's about time this congress come together and figure out a way to live within our means. this bill is going to start that process, though it doesn't go far enough. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts. point of view gove mr. speaker, i yield one minute -- mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. fatah. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. fatah: this is an inside job. i want to offer just in evidence that, you know, we had in the words of the treasury secretary for reagan and for bush, an admitans they were running up deficits and it was one way to starve the government. and then we had the republican party at the height of its power, the presidency, the house, the senate saying, no, we weren't going to have any tax increases even though we're running up these high deficits. we're going to cut taxes. we're going to hemorrhage trillions of dollars in revenue and we are going

mr. duffy, anything further? no? the matter is submitted. >> i cannot figure out how they got to the figure they did. if -- if it is nine times the permit. you do eight and add the fee to arrive at the figure? i do not how they arrived at 2799. if he is not worried about it i do not know that i should. >> that would be based upon at nine times, it would be based upon a penalty fee of $311. >> no. nine times. >> i -- this is the most time we ever spent on a penalty case. i disagree with the department in that i think nine times, given the fact that this individual is very plausible, the reason for not having responded to this and that is one of the things the department had its most ire over, the fact that they did not respond to the nov's and had to go to a code enforcement. pending the comments of my fellow commissioners, i recommend we overturn and produce five times. >> i agree with those comments and i think five times as consistent and similar to the penalty we agreed to in the first case tonight. >> i do not kn

. >> mr. duffy. >> grieving, commissioners.

as soon as mr gadhafi resigns but in any case the most important thing right now is to convince mr duffy to resign not to use military force because any further human characters will never change this development this situation it's interesting how you were forecast a gloomy future saying that it's a mixed bag when it comes to the members of the national resistance committee but we've been hearing from people on the ground this morning they're saying nate so bombed at the path clear into tripoli what started as a humanitarian mission turned into what could be described by some as a full scale war so what has nato has role truly been on. well i believe that the actions of nato. have exceeded the framework of the u.n. resolution nineteen seventy three this is number one. and secondly i would behave good to be wrong but i believe that when the new authorities come into power in libya the pirates which now. are losers will start questioning the legacy of the new sorties for the simple reason they want their victory with the assistance and military help from abroad from nato so the future gov

back but at the same time he has many supporters in his birthplace and many supporters in the south mr duffy has left the t.v. tripoli area to the south he was well in unleashing a new insurgency so his regime would go but he would become the new rebels and the current rebels now would become the new regime so we are still far away from a complete stable libya you have you know what kinds of mass destruction or nonconventional weapons that are across libya and that has to be said he wants or a lot of issues have to be addressed really before only focusing on qaddafi or even thinking of the contracts the oil contracts to come if gadhafi would have left tripoli before that invasion on you know saturday sunday then most likely he will be in the shower or in areas where his supporters are still in control if he didn't leave tripoli at that day that he's somewhere inside tripoli hidden but that would be a negative thing for me for him because he would be found if he had left tripoli it's going to be very difficult for the rebels future government to find him in the desert. the wildlife of america

mr. duffy, great to have you with us tonight. >> good to be with you, ed. >> did what i say wrong?is that accurate? can you add to it? >> that's very accurate, ed. the postal service has overpaid into their retirement monday, billions of dollars. that's money that's withheld from the workers and was matched by postage revenue that we, through our productivity, have earned for the postal service. and that was given to congress to prepay our retirement funds. well, the actuaries, the independent actuaries said there is at least $50 billion overpaid in this one fund. and $75 billion paid into it by the other actuary. this is done by the office of the inspector general and the regulatory commission. >> what can congress do to reverse this? to balance your books a lot better because you are a profitable organization. what happened? >> even with that money drained off in our retirement system, the postal service was required to prefund our health insurance into retirement by $5 billion for the last five or six years. without the $20 billion or $30 billion going into that fund, the post o

mr. duffy: $14.5 trillion. it's about time this congress come together and figure out a way to live within our means. this bill is going to start that process, though it doesn't go far enough. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts. point of view gove mr. speaker, i yield one minute -- mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. fatah. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. fatah: this is an inside job. i want to offer just in evidence that, you know, we had in the words of the treasury secretary for reagan and for bush, an admitans they were running up deficits and it was one way to starve the government. and then we had the republican party at the height of its power, the presidency, the house, the senate saying, no, we weren't going to have any tax increases even though we're running up these high deficits. we're going to cut taxes. we're going to hemorrhage trillions of dollars in revenue and we are going

mr. the feedback -- duffy that. >> thank you. >> it is really just a typical permit that we see. the drawings to less than 50% and we go out and inspected. it's this year to comply with the notice of violation. and there is a complaint that got investigated. the cases of them. there was an issue ready on the same day as the complaint, filed. what happened was, the permit for the property line whistling in expired system. -- that was showing an inspired as the = --r expired system. it had been completed. we corrected that. the property line was signed off in 2007 but not reflected in out system. for some reason, one of the inspectors -- we corrected that error. the department does not have any issues with the permit. president goh: just for clarification, the sperm that has nothing to comply with it kolkhoz there is no notice of violation, it should probably not say that. president goh: thanks. commissioner fung: did you look into the co conformance? >> i saw it in the brief, but i was mostly interested in the stair work. from my research, if you have an existing property line win