mr. ellison: i yold back. mr. -- mr. ellison: i yield back. mr. johnson: the next statement was released by the gentleman and the statement was to the effect that the entire membership of the congressional progressive caucus, members of the card carrying members of the communist party and i just think that it's important that we say that first of all that's not true. and secondly that it has no place in the rational dialogue and the honest dialogue that we seek to have here amongst us, both sides of the aisle. ms. woolsey: if the gentleman will yield. mr. ellison: one thing i don't want to do, and i'm just speaking for me. he calls us names. i am not going to call him names. i am mott -- i am not going to call him ugly names like that. you could call someone who has a right-wing perspective on the extreme. we don't exchange in tid for tat because we're adults. we are here to discharge our responsibility on behalf of the american people. we swore to uphold the constitution. that's what we're going to do. i am not going to be distracted by subwho is

mr. ellison and i were in conversations about an hour ago. he is as enthusiastic about getting the race started. he expects to win, i expect him to win the race. we will look at other parts of our report to see how we can do future investment and entice private investors to come in and make sure we can repair some very valuable parts of our pier. i want to again say thank you to the members of our event authority. i know lucy is here. carey is here helping us raise private dollars. again, thank you to steven barkley and you're wonderful team for working with us. this wonderful event, with the books that we are starting with, we will start and continue on that time frame and as you have seen here, even though i cannot let you into the secretive rooms that our housing the larger boats, their technology, we will continue on those posts. we will continue to announce that. the time frame that we meet. that is the immediate news. i want to reconfirm, we expect to have these races continue. we expect to draw an hour large people around the bay area

mr. ellison for five minutes. >> hello, how are you mr. secretary? thank you for being here. i have a question about the somali remittances. i know your office has been working on this and i want to thank you for it. could you just talk a little bit about what the department of treasury is doing and might be able to do to help facilitate and come up with a permanent solution for somalis in america to be able to remit money back to relatives at home. just for the record, there have been a number of banks that have refused to facilitate the remittances. perhaps you could take it from there. >> you're right. i appreciate you drawing attention to this issue. we're working on it. you're right to say it's hard and we're not having enough impact yet. the basic problem is that banks are reluctant to do business in parts of the world where they cannot satisfy their obligations under u.s. law to make sure they're not fa sit dating terrorists. it's acute in the context you site cite. we're going to keep working with you on it. we're not making enough progress. but we'll keep at it. >> i

mr. ellison, for five minutes. mr. ellison: thank you, mr. speaker. the rising costs of health care is one of the most difficult policy decisions and budget challenges that we face as a nation. the problem will continue to grow unless we act. rather than cutting care for the most vulnerable, however, we must develop smart ways to contain costs. a great example of this type of innovative approach is something that i'm proud to describe for you and it's happening in my district. the program is called, henipin health program in minnesota. it's run by the county and it integrates care for individuals with the highest need. so low-income poor individuals needing health care can be very expensive to treat because they end up going to the emergency room as they don't have a regular care provider, and yet it adjusts to this situation and treats them on a cost-effective basis. these individuals often face many challenges such as chemical dependency, chronic illnesses like diabetes and others, and unstable housing. they try to identify the holistic needs of the

mr. murdoch's sounds. >> sarah ellison, how does this inquiry differ from the murdoch from what we've seenle months ago. >> well, basically, this has been an opportunity for them. they're being questioned bein a judge, not by british m.ps. it's really changing the conversation about phone hacking into something entirely different, which is about the relationship between the press and british politicians. and about murdoch politicians. so this is looking -- yes, it's looking at phone hacking. but this whole broader inquiry is looking at what went on in the u.k. to get a british government that was so captive. and, so, the line of questioning that's very interesting today, particularly for investors and people who are interested in the business is a series of e-mails that have been now released over the past two years that show a back and forth between news corporation and the british government over how that deal was going to get through. >> that he're really too close. and what comes out of it are there a number of british mps who were cow taling so much that, in fact, the spotlight has tu