mr. fazio's e- mail that he sent me asking me to withdraw, i could not even rank myself no. 1. [laughter] but if i returned the favor and asked him, -- >> i asked for two names. all right, thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. we will now go to the questions that have been submitted. glitzy -- let's see. ok. what is your view of the revision or elimination of the three strikes rule? we will go back to the beginning. >> thanks. that is not a yes or no? let me say that the three strikes law is broken and requires revision. i am committed to never filing as a third strike in -- unless it has to be serious or violent. this is where experience comes in as well. just because it is a violent or serious felony does not mean it should be a third strike for a second strike. that is why you want a d.a. that has been charging cases, that has been teaching highly charged and that has been doing this work for 22 years, so we can bring that kind of discretion to make the right calls for this community. >> i think that is why you need somebody who has not only been a ba but has also been

mr. fazio: this is momentous. we're finally talking about jobs on the floor of the house of representatives. and the united states of america is number one. let's have a little enthusim. we're number one. we're number one. and we want to make certain that we continue that status. what are we number one in? we are number one in exporting jobs to foreign lands. over the last 20 years. every day we lose 1,370 manufacturing jobs because there are failed trade policies and guess what? these agreements are duplicates of all failed past trade agreements. now, thehairman of the committee says we're going to have lengthy debate and we will dispel misinformation. well, the first misinformation is that we're having a lengthy debate here on the floor of the house. 4 1/2 hours for three trade agreements, 270 minutes, boy, i a -- boy, a lot of time. not exactly like we're burning the midnight oil around here or working five days a week. couldn't we have a little more time? fast track would have allowed for 20 hours on each of t