mr. duffy: thank you, mr. speaker. the puerto rico unemployment rate is double the national average. nearly one in every two residents live below the poverty line. economic growth is in the negative. we heard about that all day today. now, promesa will stop the bleeding, but there is an easy solution to jump-start the economy. we have a down payment and commission and i think this is a real step in trying to kick-start economic growth. my amendment with my colleague, mr. pierluisi from puerto rico, will remove an impediment to the small business administration hubzone program that limits the number of businesses on the island that are eligible for the program. this idea was brought to me by my friend, the speaker of the puerto rico legislative assembly and it's a good one. what does it do? the hubzone program is a small business federal contracting assistance program whose primary objective is job creation and increasing capital investment in distressed communities. now, there's a 20% cap, so that 20% cap for this prog

mr. duffy's amendment. i'll be with that, on mr. duffy and his work on this legislation. i do believe a hub zone is very necessary in the contracting program. and the people of puerto rico, as i mentioned, i've been involved on this floor of the house -- 15 years ago we had a vote about statehood. passed by one vote. i'm a big supporter of statehood. always have been. didn't occur. we didn't allow. but right now this problem has to be addressed. i do compliment mr. bishop again and mr. duffy. members on that side of the aisle. let's take our american people and puerto rico and give them the recognition necessary. let's help them now so we can go forward. with that i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: thank you, mr. chairman. at this point i'd like to yield to the gentlelady from new york , representative velez kess, for five minutes -- velazquez, for five minutes. the chair: the gentlelady from new york is recognized for five minutes. ms. velazquez: thank you, grijalva.mber i just want to take this opportunity to really thank you for the impo

mr. duffy's amendment. i'll be with that, on mr. duffy and his work on this legislation. do believe a hub zone is very necessary in the contracting program. and the people of puerto rico, as i mentioned, i've been involved on this floor of the house -- 15 years ago we had a vote about statehood. passed by one vote. i'm a big supporter of statehood. always have been. didn't occur. we didn't allow. but right now this problem has to be addressed. i do compliment mr. bishop again and mr. duffy. members on that side of the aisle. let's take our american people and puerto rico and give them the recognition necessary. let's help them now so we can go forward. with that i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: thank you, mr. chairman. at this point i'd like to yield to the gentlelady from new york , representative velez kess, for five minutes -- velazquez, for five minutes. the chair: the gentlelady from new york is recognized for five minutes. ms. velazquez: thank you, grijalva.mber i just want to take this opportunity to really thank you for the import

mr. duffy: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate the gentleman from alabama for yielding. it's a fascinating debate where two sides of the political aisle have come together at the start from very different vantage points on how to help puerto rico but have consistently worked together to find a compromise that all of us think is going to leave puerto rico better off than it is today. and i heard the gentleman from illinois in his fiery remarks talking about dignity and respect for the people of puerto rico. he was saying that people in puerto rico are being treated like trash. the economic stats are staggering of what's happening in puerto rico. unemployment rate, it's double that of the mainland. labor participation rate is 20 points lower than the national average. and thousands of people every month are leaving the island because there is not enough economic opportunity. if you want to talk about dignity and respect, look at the poverty on the island. look at the despair on the island where you have families that are being separated because they have no jobs, they can'

. >> mr. duffy anything. >> good evening joe duffy dbi the building permit mr.appeals to have been issued properly by dbi a typical remodel on the ground floor rooms at the deck and rear didn't require the firewalls the deck has been pulled in from property line a current approval and we - the building is second story and we did the structural notification and there is an open complaint on the property i on intersections it is filed by the appellant and it was the deck was blocking the view i can't see my room in the window in the yard so we investigated that the complaint is open the inspection on the deck and permit was on unapproved plan many it's updated prior to the suspension of the permit i'm available to answer any questions. >> your notice only goes to the adjacent. >> that's correct. >> doesn't go to the. >> no. >> the appellants property. >> right a structural notification for both sides. >> subject excuse me - to this hearing the nov will it be abated. >> not an nov we issued a - from the permit is upheld we certainly have no reason to keep it au ope

curbelo of florida for today, mr. duffy of wisconsin for today and wednesday, mr. farr of california for june 7 through 10. ms. jackson lee of texas for today. mr. payne of new jersey for today. mr. swalwell of california for today. ms. mimi walters of california for today and wednesday. and ms. maxine waters of california for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speak ears -- speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2015, the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. gomeerlt -- mr. gohmert: as you know, mr. speaker, we have had some interesting discussions here on the floor in recent days about trance gender as a topic and as individuals of interest -- about transgender as a topic and as individuals of interest. and having talked a couple of man who has at one been through -- had been through a sex change operation told me was the best ex-p pert in the world on transgender, former head of psychiatry at johns hopkins, now retired, a diplomat with them

. >> mr. duffy, chairman of the oversight and investigations committee. >> welcome, chair yellen. good to see you. i listened intently to your testimony and commentary on the headwinds to our economy. it has a direct impact on our issuance. i did hear you comment on issues that concern me. last year there were 81,000 pages of new regulation. there were 550,000 pages of regulation. that aou consider headwind for economic growth? i don't know if you have new pages at the fed. hon. yellen: i don't think we do. we have internal regulations, certainly. regulation have put into a generally. >> at sign question. had -- that's not my question. are these headwinds or not? hon. yellen: it's difficult to quantify if it's a headwind. businesses certainly site regulation as a factor affecting their decision-making. what else you cited? if the businesses that you talk to cite it, why don't? i actually don't think it is the most important headwind. >> the corporate tax rate, 39.1%. the oecd average is 24.1%. we pay percent more orbotech. that's 15% less anything goes into wages and economic deve

thank you. >> mr. duffy right so if we may then call the question. >> okay. >> and that will include the assessment. and yes. >> so i will do the roll call vote? >> okay, commissioner gil man? >> yes. >> commissioner constan. >> yes. >> lee. >> yes. >> mccarthy. >> yes. walker. >> yes. >> the motion carries, unanimously, and okay, item d, general public comment. and there is any general public comments for the item lz that are not on the agenda? seeing, none item e adjournment, is there a motion to adjourn? >> so moved. and if we could, because yeah, and then sorry. commissioner lee, but also if we could start at 9:30, which is just a five minute break because we have a full calendar and just for the next meeting. it is a big meeting. >> okay. >> all right. >> so we will now be adjourned all of the commissioners in favor? >> aye. >> and we will be adjourned for approximately five minutes, and we will return as the building inspection commission, thank you. thank you, madam secretary. {adjourned} >> i open

. >> mr. duffy anything. >> good evening joe duffy dbi the building permit mr. appeals to have been issued properly by dbi a typical remodel on the ground floor rooms at the deck and rear didn't require the firewalls the deck has been pulled in from property line a current approval and we - the building is second story and we did the structural notification and there is an open complaint on the property i on intersections it is filed by the appellant and it was the deck was blocking the view i can't see my room in the window in the yard so we investigated that the complaint is open the inspection on the deck and permit was on unapproved plan many it's updated prior to the suspension of the permit i'm available to answer any questions. >> your notice only goes to the adjacent. >> that's correct. >> doesn't go to the. >> no. >> the appellants property. >> right a structural notification for both sides. >> subject excuse me - to this hearing the nov will it be abated. >> not an nov we issued a - from the permit is upheld we certainly have no reason to keep it au op

. >> mr. duffy anything okay any public comment? okay. seeing none mr. zach anything else add 2, 3, 4 rebuttal commissioners, the matter is submitted. >> so we cut to the chase. >> go for that. >> no statement no appellant the process was fully vetted by the appropriate pa parties i'll move to deny the appeal. >> two appeals and two permits. >> yes. both. >> thank you very much. >> commissioner lazarus so that on on that motion to uphold the permits they were properly issued. >> commissioner fung. >> commissioner honda and commissioner swig thank you so that carries with a vote of 4 to zero and move to item 9 jurisdiction request subject property on market street with a letter if chad poter and naomi, period of time and adams and others chad poter and naomi, period of time and adams and others chad poter and naomi, period of time and adams and othersf chad poter and naomi, period of time and adams and othersro chad poter and naomi, period of time and adams and othem chad poter and naomi, period of time and adams and others (calling names) requesters aski

the chair now recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. duffy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome chair yellen. i listened intently to your testimony and commentary on the headwinds to our economy that i think all of us follow very closely. it has a direct impact on all of our constituents. but i didn't hear you comment on a couple of issues that concern me. last year, there were 81,000 pages of new regulation. since '09 to 2015, there were 550,000 new pages of regulation. would you consider that a headwind for economic growth? >> you're referring to our regulations? >> government regulations across the spectrum. i hope you don't have 550 thoir thoir,000 pages at the fed. >> i don't think we do. we have additional regulations. we certainly do. the regulations that have been put -- >> that's not my question. are these headwinds to the economy or not? >> it's very hard to quantify the extent to which regulation is a headwind. >> but it would be a headwind? >> businesses certainly cite regulation as a factor affecting their decision-making. >> why don't you cite it? if the bu

the clerk: leave of absence requested for mr. duffy of wisconsin for today through tuesday, june 14. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2015, the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. garamendi: i thank you, mr. speaker. it's good to be back on the house floor to pick up an issue that concerns most every american that has gone to college. i remember a day three weeks ago at the county fair. the security guard at the gate greeted me, said, congressman, i said, yes, he said, i need your help. what can i do for you? he said, i had to go back to school to get the license and the education for this job. i now run the security program here. he said, i will be over 70 years of age before i'm able to pay off my student loan. he was probably in his early 50's at that time. i said, how can that be? he said, the interest rate is illing me. and indeed not only killing him, but all across t

mr. gilberte. next speaker, please? >> supervisors, madam chair, madam president, my name is otter duffy, resident of north of market by city hall here. i am a neighborhood activist. my biggest area of activism and understanding is election issues from always trying to find ways, you know, to get my neighborhood has a somewhat lower turnout than other neighborhoods. there is a lot of extra names on voter rolls of people who don't live there because it's a transient neighborhood and there is actually a number of issues with voting and to talk about maybe having a primary eelection for the mayor? which has been possibly maybe might happen or not? depending on things. i think it makes a certain amount of sense, because one of the things that voters don't get with rank choice voting, they don't always get a clear idea who the finalists are, the two people? very often they come in and vote and see that some the votes gets stranded or exhausted and they don't even make a choice on one of the two finalists. in other cases you see them use rank-choice voting and rank both finalists, which if you are trying to make a choice on

mr. gilberte. next speaker, please? >> supervisors, madam chair, madam president, my name is otter duffy, resident of north of market byity hall here. i am a neighborhood activist. my biggest area of activism and understanding is election issues from always trying to find ways, you know, to get my neighborhood has a somewhat lower turnout than other neighborhoods. there is a lot of extra names on voter rolls of people who don't live there because it's a transient neighborhood and there is actually a number of issues with voting and to talk about maybe having a primary eelection for the mayor? which has been possibly maybe might happen or not? depending on things. i think it makes a certain amount of sense, because one of the things that voters don't get with rank choice voting, they don't always get a clear idea who the finalists are, the two people? very often they come in and vote and see that some the votes gets stranded or exhausted and they don't even make a choice on one of the two finalists. in other cases you see them use rank-choice voting and rank both finalists, which if you are trying to make a choice on wh