mr. barry ellison, as well as the san francisco unified school district. i am proposing that mr. ellison and the city as well as the school district create a marine science career path away as part of this project in order to be, as you have mentioned, cultural and environmental impacts. this program is only for three years. might plan is -- my plan is to address the issues for the san francisco high-school kids and for many, many years in the future. i am asking that all these parties involved take the leadership and build this facility and work with the school district, as well as the commission here to work together with everyone involved. there are many needs, as we all know, many sectors of our country, economically, educational, and our kids need the real world practical experience to go out there and see what positions exist and the cooperation and shared vision that is necessary between the public and private sector. thank you very much. president olague: george robin, jeffrey anderson, daniel osborn. >> hello. thank you to the commission. i am here opposing b the recreati

mr. ellison and he was denied the ability to succumb and to speak to us. >> mr. ellison from another committee we gave him the opportunity to testify at the first hearing which dealt with the witnesses from minneapolis we gave mr. ellison the opportunity to testify them and the expansion of that and quite frankly, in view of the strictures of time to focus on this mr. alyssum i consider a good colleague but he had his opportunity and today we will listen to other witnesses. >> mr. chairman, that is all well and good, but my point remains the same. i'm not here to rebuttal anyone. i'm sure -- i'm sure in my opinion as a member of the committee, and my opinion is that we have focused almost as a fixation on this one community, where there are many threats to our civil society that have not been examined at all. i yield back, mr. chairman. >> thank the gentlelady. mr. richmond, i just hope you don't throw a fastball or a curve ball at us and the reason for that preamble this he was the star pitcher in last week's game and i hit to admit he destroyed the republicans a

mr. ellison's organization after the america's cup, even though if it meant there is no information on these future projects. the strategy driving us eir is a program being cloaked as a project eir so any ceqa -- will tilt the playing field by disguising the true nature of the eir. it will limit or avoid ceqa review of future development projects resulting in the post- agreement. the draft eir concludes that it analyzes "long term" development issues at a conceptual level because there is no detailed information. because the long term development portions of the project are not knwn, -- known, review is not possible. even if this is considered a project-level eir, it is inadequate to define it as a project-level eir. thank you in advance for addressing these matters any final eir. -- in the final eir. >> hello. my name is brian gilbert. i will be honest with you. i have a serious personal interest in this thing. i am partially disabled by joint pain. one of the only things that is efficacious is it immersion in cold salt water. if you have never had this kind of pain, then congratulations. [

i recognize the gentleman from minnesota, mr ellison. >> thank you, chairman king for allowing me to testify today. the chairman and i do sometimes disagree including on the aspects of this hearing. i appreciate his willingness to engage in this dialogue. let me thank the ranking member, bennie thompson, for his commitment to homeland security and civil rights for all. it is a challenge to protect security at liberty but bennie thompson needs to strike the right balance. i would like to introduce gillat hamda hamdani, the brother of the first responder who died trying to rescue several americans on 9/11. i would like to make three points. first violent extremism is a serious concern to all americans and the legitimate business of this committee. second, this committee's approach to this particular subject i believe is contrary to the best of american values and threatens -- could potentially. we need increased understanding engagement with the muslim community in order to keep america safe. let me elaborate on my first point. understanding the roots of domestic terrorism is the legit

. >> being moved by the statement of mr ellison i am wondering whether or not you would waive the rules of this committee to allow all members to have opening statements. i would like to finish my inquiry. i think because of the severity of this issue and the passion being expressed and the concern for demonizing one group, members need to be on the record to be able to express their view, their opposition or their support -- >> reclaiming my time. the regular rules will be followed. recognize the gentleman from virginia. >> i object. >> recognize the gentleman from virginia, mr. wolf who served long in the congress and should particular interest in this issue and his district has a severe case of radicalization. recognize mr. wolf. >> thank you for the opportunity to testify. i commend your leadership holding these hearings. i have been falling radical islamic terrorism for three decades. in 1998 i offered legislation creating the national commission on terrorism and highlighted the threat from osama bin laden in my introductory remarks. i was chairman of the house appropriations subco