mr. harding or his representative and you have seven minutes. please step forward. -- we will start with mr. hardy. >> good evening, commissioners, i am ed hardy. i am appealing the agreement which allows for the removal of two trees to the south of me. last friday morning, the day after i delivered the reply, i went to the street outside of my house and moved it across the street for street cleaning and discovered a heavy gauge nail in my tire. this appeal is not intended as a fight with a neighbor. we encourage and support his request for a new garage. we are seeking a win-win situation. the bureau of urban forestry previously denied the request to remove the trees. and we request a compromise which allows him to build his garage and for the neighborhood to retain both trees plus an additional parking place. a well-known architect through careful study has jointly contributed to the achievement of a detailed solution which achieves the goal by reciting the grosz approximately 7 feet 6 inches to the south. please see the detailed architectural d

> if you can, lay a pillow down where i'm going to tackle them, so they don't hit the ground too hard, mrl. >> a little message there. >>> the broncos knock off the banana slugs tonight, behind a game-high 18 from foster. santa clara is 5-2. >>> high school hoops, these are the parents of mike grinani. they attend every game as a way to stay in connection with their son's memory. they're 9-2 in league play. see al on the left, he was my baseball coach as a little league player. i played with mike. he was the pitcher, and he showed leadership then. he tragically passed away with a heart attack at 50. what we've decided to do is take on lincoln high school for the rest of the season. >> so we'll follow them. >> exactly. >> good idea. >> we'll see you at 11:00. ,, we could've gone a more traditional route... l. so he chose a university where the faculty average over 14 years of experience in their fields... to help him turn a thesis into a business plan and accelerate the path between ideas...and actions. my name is myron sullivan, i'm developing a robotic system to clean up oil spills, and

and if y'all can, we will lay a pillow down where i tackle them so they don't hit the ground too hard, mrodell. >> following in the foot steps of paul the octopus, there is an elephant at the dallas zoo. jennie the elephant stomped on the steelers medical 11. that would be a bad omen, people. jennie is picking green bay to win on sunday. we advise you to bet accordingly. how do you like the sound of the los angeles chargers or the l.a. jaguars. the nfl got $700 million to put a team in l.a. the star-studded news conference today. farmer's insurance is ready to put up $700 million for a downtown stadium. develop developers claim they don't need taxpayer money. >> and carolyn mocked the kardashians. >> i did not. and what does that have to do with the super bowl? >> i'm dan ashley. >> good night, everyone. >> see you tomorrowowowowowowoww ♪ [ female announcer ] there's only one you. that's why sutter health created thedoctorforyou.com, where you can find a doctor based on criteria important to you. and because it's sutter health, you can choose a doctor from some of the most respected medic

if y'all can, we'll laya pillow down where i'm gonna tackle 'em so they don't hit the ground too hard, mrodell. has devoted a lifetime to >> there is a fine coming, believe me. >> yeah. >> how do you score free super bowl tickets? one san francisco man has devoted a lifetime the big game and is now one of the nfl's preferred fans, larry jacobson has attended every super bowl and we caught up with him before he left for texas today. >> it all got started because i was trying to impress a young woman, i thought it would really be impressive if i flew from san francisco down to los angeles, saw a football game, had dinner and flew home. and she wasn't impressed. either with the game or with me. >> all right. >>> the tampa rays signed 37- year-old johnny damon and 38- year-old manny ramirez who are optimistic about playing all 162 games of the season. >> i would love to play 162 games. will it happen? probably not. >> we play 100 and i play 62. >> number 4, thomas coalville almost cap sized his try ma ran as he started his quest to sail around the world. stuff like that is coming to cup. >>>

mr. kim, you are a hard act to follow. the first thing i wanted to say is that it is very unusual for me to be appear advocated for myself. i am usually advocating for the needs of small business, a parking restrictions. it is a twist to be up here to talk about myself. i want to talk to you a little bit about the relocation appeals board and why i feel i am a good fit for the board. i started out as a neighborhood person. i got very active in neighborhood issues in the castro, where i live. i understand neighborhood needs. from there, and moved on to citywide small-business groups and have worked with a variety of small business groups citywide. by profession, i am a cpa. i have an accounting background. finally, i am a commercial real estate owner, so i understand the needs of property owners. all of those things meld together to make me a pretty good fit for this board, i think. i don't want to talk too much about myself, but thank you. chairperson kim: thank you. are there any comments or questions from supervisors? se

hard. >> i sense, mr. speaker, that people are not used to this kind of p and q's. [laughter] let me say to him that i will support him and all the efforts he makes with the united nations, the united states, and all our nato partners in this. can he tell me then what concrete steps he thinks he can take at the conference at the end of the year to make this happen? >> first of all, i am sure that he is right. sometimes, it is sensible to have a serious conversation about issues that we face. i know he knows that, when you visit our troops in afghanistan, they want us to discuss what they're doing and get it right. in terms of encouraging the political track, i think it is very important that we engage not just with the afghan government, but also with the pakistan government. we will not create a stable afghanistan, which should be our aim, in afghanistan's civil not enough so that we can bring our troops home without a hotbed of terrorism. i think that is the absolute key to solving this problem. having a political track, so that those who have been opposed to us r

hard. for economic reasons! >> mrs.ma has been a big proponent of breast-feeding as part of her campaign. most groups have advocated breast milk to be superior to formula for babies. >> mike nicco is back. >> trying like everybody else. just suffering through it. try to be here and help you get through the weekend. let's show you what's going on downtown where the steady rain hasn't made it yet but you can see the thicker clouds are already starting to develop. live doppler 7 hd not only here but also 2 to 4 feet of snow they've already received in the sierra. >> still ahead, a female high school wrestler makes a little history in iowa after her opponent for fits.  ♪ >>> in a state where wrestling is king, they just made history. kathy girkman became the first girl to win a state match yesterday when her opponent forfeited. he defaulted because he says wrestling a girl would conflict with his religious believes. he is not talking to the media until the tournament ends. >> it's violent at times and my son doe

can, we will lay a pillow down where i am going to tackle them so they don't hit the ground too hard, mrudel. [ laughter ] >> there will be a fine coming for that one. >> ginger or mariann a water cooler debate ever since they beached the minnow and a deserted island. let me throw that one more into that ginger mariann or a trip to every single superbowl game. this has been larry jacobson's routine for the passed 45 years. the san francisco native is dallas bound headed to his 45th superbowl. he is one of four fans in the world who has attended every one. >> there is probably some people out there who have been to every game that have never come forward. people like the mafia, for instance. [ laughter ] >> reporter: jacobson and his three other cross-examine anies meet annually. their unique bond landed them a deal this year with visa. >> these four fans have gone to every superbowl. >> well, it all got started because i was trying to impress a young woman. i thought it would really be impressive if i flew from san francisco down to la, saw a football game, had dinner and flew home. and

hard. for economic reasons! >> mrs.ama has been a big proponent of breast-feeding as part of her campaign. most groups have advocated breast milk to be superior to formula for babies. >> mike nicco is back. >> trying like everybody else. just suffering through it. try to be here and help you get through the weekend. let's show you what's going on downtown where the steady rain hasn't made it yet but you can see the thicker clouds are already starting to develop. live doppler 7 hd not only here but also 2 to 4 feet of snow they've already received in the sierra. >> still ahead, a female high school wrestler makes a little history in iowa after her opponent for fits. ♪ >>> in a state where wrestling is king, they just made history. kathy girkman became the first girl to win a state match yesterday when her opponent forfeited. he defaulted because he says wrestling a girl would conflict with his religious believes. he is not talking to the media until the tournament ends. >> it's violent at times and my son doesn't belief

mrs. hutchison: we are working very hard, mr. president, to have an amendment on the perimeter rule that would accommodate all the concerns of western senators who do not have easy access to washington reagan national airport and the concerns of the virginia senators who are concerned about congestion, and other senators from the far west that want to try to have a better chance at a direct flight. senator rockefeller and i have filed an amendment that we think is a fair approach, and we did this because we didn't have enough consensus and we were trying to drive that consensus. so i would like to offer the -- ask that the amendment be brought up. it is our intention then to set it aside for senator nelson's amendment, which is scheduled for a vote. and i have informed efrpbl that i am going to -- and i have informed everyone that i am going to ask the clerk to call up amendment 84, the rockefeller-hutchison amendment on the perimeter rule. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: is there objection? ms. cantwell: mr. pre

mr. chairman. and i appreciate you gentlen being here today and i appreciate the hard work you've been doing, mr. chairman, to take all the orders that you've been taking and try to do things as fair as you could. i did notice that as mr. mcgovern went through his list of things that he thought might have been cut too much there were only three things on his list that he didn't think got cut enough and he didn't think he could have gotten to this bill anyway. you didn't leave anything on the table and i'm grateful to you for that. that's the marching orders we got. >> we went into this with the idea that there should be shared sacrifice. we knew if we were to solve the problem of the deficit and the enormous dhaet we're incurring on our children and grandchildr grandchildren, if we were to tackle that we had to cut spending. and we had to cut it fairly. and we had to have no sacred cows. and there are no sacred cows. we've touched everybody except defense -- well, we actually cut on defense. and veterans health care. we held that as a sacred cow. >> mr. dicks, i wanted to ask you -- i appreciated

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mr. chairman. and i appreciate you gentlemen being here today and i appreciate the hard work you've been doing, mr. chairman, to take all the orders that you've been taking and try to do things as fair as you could. i did notice that as mr. mcgovern went through his list of things that he thought might have been cut too much there were only three things on his list that he didn't think got cut enough and he didn't think he could have gotten to this bill anyway. you didn't leave anything on the table and i'm grateful to you for that. that's the marching orders we got. >> we went into this with the idea that there should be shared sacrifice. we knew if we were to solve the problem of the deficit and the enormous dhaet we're incurring on our children and grandchildr grandchildren, if we were to tackle that we had to cut spending. and we had to cut it fairly. and we had to have no sacred cows. and there are no sacred cows. we've touched everybody except defense -- well, we actually cut on defense. and veterans health care. we held that as a sacred cow. >> mr. dicks, i wanted to ask you -- i appreciated

mr. chairman, i have a quick power point presentation on this item. you have a hard copy in your packets. i will be very brief. if i could have the power point? there we go. as was said earlier, this is fulfilled in section 131303, requirements for the public utilities code prompting an adoption by this board, going beyond what was adopted in the prop k plan. as you know, the authority has other roles. the local sales tax, under the role of complying strategic roles, a program administered by the bay area air quality management district with two components. one of the regional, administered directly by the district. and a local component for the manager fund, one that you as the authority board administered. and the latest addition mentioned earlier is prop aa the annual vehicle registration fees of with the authority is now the administrator. $5 million per year in revenues for transportation purposes. here is an overview of the allocations and expenditures during the period covered by this report. this report is by one of those vagaries of state legislation, coveri

mr. chair, it's hard to think of something more emblematic of washington's regulatory overreach than the potential punishment of farmers and livestock producers for kicking up a little dust. expanding the coarse particulate matter standard on dust would be a burdensome regulation for farmers and ranchers. ndndndmeme would prohibit the e.p.a. from using any of the funds made available under this act to modify the standards for coarse particulate matter under the clean air act. there is enough uncertainty in farming in rural america. we do not need to add to that uncertainty with the threat of more strict e.p.a. regulations on farm dust. farmers are certainly looking for certainty about the future. burdening them with greater regulations on dust is excessive and unreasonable. for this reason, my amendment is supported by the american farm bureau and the national cattleman's beef association. i urge my colleagues to support the amendment and i'd like to reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. mo

events written akim agreed bert put the post ground there to the clean it was hard not to rock we were not getting any man walking mr america. and i'm not afraid mostly and i don't that's why i'm here today. i was marching in greece bursting night hundred sixty three. and a police never would leave you alone whether you want to they are not they were they all the time to help or hinder. this is the first time i've ever been to a rally where there was no policemen they they were there and then it was sent away for lunch. police officers were assigned to be on post they were told get to your post what is not in clare five years that their post was not winter center for every car. their post was a high school. i had access to these documents read them back is already there all right a plant watch a block and believe. you don't live two groups with big framed political views from each other. come together without a buffer. in the buffer we've been. painted yes we should be. i did not keep a record of the race of a juror was selected all rejected but if i can trust my memory after twenty five years i believe an all white

mr. butler, the project sponsor, and the planning department. thank you for all your hard work on this project. i have to say i have been impressed by the enthusiasm on both sides of this issue. colleagues, given that 1269 lombard street is in district two, i have spent a good deal of time reviewing the project, meeting with the planning department and project sponsor, to understand all the issues. what we have before us is a request to overturn the planning department ruling on the cadx. at this point, the project has been in front of the planning commission, the historic preservation commission, the board of appeals, and now the board of supervisors. these bodies have approved the permits and variances. for me, the historic planning commission having unanimously approved or stated this is not a historic resource -- ultimately, i have not found sufficient reason to overturn their findings, and specifically overturn the cadx. this project will ultimately have some detractors. i appreciate the comments and enthusiasm. it does have support from the vast majority of the peopl

mr. president. i think the hard part has to do with the fact that, as he says, we were so focused on the cold war and with the fighting in the soviet union. the other part is theulf war. there had been a war. we had won it, apparently at the time, in a way that tired the people out. at the same time, there were lot of things going on. one of the hard parts when you look back at history is that you forget a lot of the conflicts. we had a humanitarian operation in somalia. there had already begun to be the refugees coming out of haiti. something was happening all the time. as the president said, the people were rdy for a peace dividend. they did not want to get involved. we had spent six years looking at the world to the soviet prison. i was not born in the united states. i was born in czechoslovakia. people used to say, "why should we do something about a country which cannot pronounced in a faraway place?" all of sudden, the same thing was going on ithe balkans. people did not know why they should do this. i think t

. >> we're going to fight hard for chris butler, he's a controversial private investigator and had extensive ties to mr. welsh. we've got to sort out exactly who did what to whom. >> and besides counts there are enhancements for selling quote excess quantities of drugs besides stealing from evidence rooms. some steroids sold supposed to be destroyed as a positive inland fills by welsh. butler is accused of carrying a weapon. apparently included one of the employees. the drugs besides methamphetamine and marijuana include xanax and a prime ingredient in making methamphetamine. cash is in excess of $11,000 money made on the drug transactions and these men are also accused of conspiring to import drugs from outside of california. now today's arraignment continued both men will be back in court here in martinez on march 2. and that i both face maximum terms of 25 years. in martinez abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> and san francisco's sheriff michael hennessey revealed he'll not run for a ninth term. he won his first election for sheriff in 1979 and is the longest serving current elected officials. he announced

hard indeed. in fact, i didn't agree with mr. ross on that. i mean, it was that easy, we would have done it.the problem was that up until 9/11 -- >> it would've been easier than going to work. >> while of course. >> what we got to them to them so far as i understand what you're saying is the point i.t. is seeking by the agency of fortune 41. and it would've been very easy for saddam to have complied with 1441. and then if he complied and verde has said he is complying, we would've then been down a path, which is laid out also in the may resolution of the gradual lifting of sanctions, that he would've state imposed. yes, he would've been exposed to his neighbors or someone who didn't any longer have camelot will biological weapons. but he would've been there. and sanctions would've been lifted lifted rather quickly. so i don't think there's any consistency actually between what he is saying as far as i understand what he seen them what what we actually did. >> okay, i'll come back to 1441 later on. he said earlier you hadn't had a chance earlier to refresh your memory in december and might wi

mr. president. i think the hard part has to do with the fact that, as he says, we were so focused on the cold war and with the fighting in the soviet union. the other part is the gulf war. there had been a war. we had won it, apparently at the time, in a way that tired the people out. at the same time, there were a lot of things going on. one of the hard parts when you look back at history is that you forget a lot of the conflicts. we had a humanitarian operation in somalia. there had already begun to be the refugees coming out of haiti. something was happening all the time. as the president said, the people were ready for a peace dividend. they did not want to get involved. we had spent six years looking at the world to the soviet prison. i was not born in the united states. i was born in czechoslovakia. people used to say, "why should we do something about a country which cannot pronounced in a faraway place?" all of a sudden, the same thing was going on in the balkans. people did not know why they should do this.

allows mexican trucks -- it seems to me the self-employed owner-operator will have a hard time competing with this. can you, mr. gluck, and you tell you will fully implement but cross border trucking program -- mr. lahood? guest: the reason why we will implement it. i did not know if we have enough time to discuss this. the nafta agreement, signed by our government and the mexican government, calls for cross border trucking. congress suspended at about two years ago. we have a proposal that we are working with the mexicans on to restart that program. the answer is, it is considered a pilot program. it is not necessarily a full- blown program. but we intend to restart the program because it is in the law. the law requires us to do it. we don't want to cause it will be restarted. we will work with trucking companies in the united states to make sure it doesn't impinge on your ability to continue to have a job and make money. host: here is all look at the dollars behind the six-year transit division. paul requested -- host: tell me about the national infrastructure bank. guest: apot of money to debate, significan

mr. chairman. i thank you, madam secretary, for your hard work. >> thank you, senator mccain. madam secretary, as we discussed the other day, we did announce at our organization meeting the other morning that border security is one of our priorities. we're going to start a series of hearings, in march. the point that senator mccain raises is an important one which is whether we can find a metric. a set of standards we can agree on that -- where we can say we're doing -- well, we're doing as much as we all agree together we can do. to secure our border. and that will not only achieve security. it may also here in a broader context, enable us to deal with the possibility of comprehensive immigration reform which i know you're also interested in. >> very good. >> thank you. >> senator jun, senator tester, and senator portman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary, nice to meet you earlier and welcome to our hearing. you have been watching what's going on in my home state of wisconsin in terms of public sector employees? >> impression i've seen a few clips. >> does that give

mr. chairman, we'd be hard-pressed to find a corner of our nation that doesn't feel the impact of these severe cuts. the service area of community action agencies cover 96% of the nation's counties. i just might with this body not so long voted for a tax increase for the richest 2% in this nation providing them with $100,000 in a tax cut. the richest 2% of the people in this country, as opposed to people who make $9,735. now if we want to be serious about that deficit, let's start with several items that we ought to start with first. let's go to the oil subsidies. $40 billion over five years and eliminate 10 tax breaks for the oil companies. let's start there. let's start there. or what about ending what they call treaty shopping, $7.4 billion savings over 10 years and shut down the current practice that lets multinationals to avoid paying taxes. that's a good idea. that is un-american that they aren't going to pay their taxes. why don't we cut agricultural subsidies in half and save $8 billion, we can do that. $3 billion if we end the licensing agreements in which pharmaceutical companies pay

mr. president. i think the hard part has to do with the fact that, as he said, that we were so focused on the cold war and fighting the soviet union. the other part is that there had been the gulf war. there had been a war. we had one it apparently at the time in a way that tired of people out, and at the same time, there were a lot of other things going on. i think one of the hard parts when you look back at history is that you forget a lot of the context. we had a humanitarian relief organization -- operation in somalia. verity began to be refugees coming out of haiti and something was happening all the time, and as the president said, people were ready for a peace dividend. they did not want to get involved and we have spent 50 years looking at the world through the soviet prison. and besides, and i take this very personally. i wasn't born in the united states. i was born in czechoslovakia and for me munich was a very essential part and people used to say why should we do something about the country that we can't

urging you know the way transparency is here very hard but many egyptians are afraid of and think he's more a dictator the mr mubarak which he. it's the united states out in the cold when it has to explain why it's spec'ing him policy on r t kyler. professor lisa hood jar author of the book courting conflicts as vice president suleiman is already alienating protesters and opposition leaders with many of his tactics. in my took over as the head of the egyptian equivalent of the cia the general intelligence services in one thousand in ninety three and that's a position he held until two weeks ago when he became vice president each passing day diminishes the appeal of silly mind he did something very odd in some ways it undermined his credibility as a power broker with the protesters he organized a meeting two days ago with a hand selected group of people that he wanted to speak with some including members of the muslim brotherhood and though the people who attended the meeting thought it was a talk to talk about talking in other words to set some ground rules for what would be happening but in fact immediately

transparent is very hard but many egyptians are afraid of and think he's more a dictator the mr mubarak which leaves the united states out in the cold when it has to explain why it's backing him policy r.t. kyra. want to log onto our web site where we continue analyzing the issues that the round in the crisis in egypt we'll look at how the west breathalyzers part of the barracks actions and question whether the a bomber of this regime would have handled the situation differently if it happened in america. i'm thirteen and harry is competing for the title of the song she wins and the big three mascot have been revealed to see who they are and vent your favorite about our website dot com. former u.s. secretary of defense donald rumsfeld has lifted the lid on life inside the war on terror by publishing his memoirs the book his time during the wars in iraq and afghanistan will likely brian a former u.s. contractor in iraq says rumsfeld still refuses to take responsibility for his actions. i think it will hurt his reputation because he says he doesn't really take the responsibility for poorl

transparency is very hard but many egyptians are afraid of and think he's more a dictator than mr mubarak which leaves the united states out in the cold when it has to explain why it's backing him policy r.t. kyra. journalist pepe escobar says that egyptian leaders have common garden depending on which one will accommodate u.s. interest in the region. but it's all related to israel in oil so you need dictators you need all to kratz you need more ne that will not attack israel that tool always ensured the floor voyage to the us and western markets is on and they're not going to contest us foreign policy so that fit the bill and the camp david nine hundred seventy nine accord same a whole lot of shit to build for thirty years of pensively money which mubarak too as the street protest is rightly say also fits the bill thus he is the first interlocutor for the us and always leave us don't know who to talk to india opposition they started a dialogue with the old guard the last week and now its new nobody talks about are they for three or four days in the us press because they are not talking a

transparency is very hard but many egyptians are afraid of and think he's more a dictator the mr mubarak which leaves the united states out in the cold when it has to explain why it's backing him policy r.t. kyra. despite its neutral and peaceful image switzerland has a strong military tradition it has europe's highest per capita rate of gun ownership and every male citizen on the fifty years old is a reserve soldier for many question why a country that hasn't been seriously involved in any military conflict for two hundred years should have an army. as well. training for combat preparing for war except these soldiers are from neutral switzerland and are unlikely to ever experience wartime combat. more and more the centuries old suicide militia is being challenged in february the longstanding tradition of keeping a government issued weapon at home as part of military obligations will be put to a vote on whether they should go on keeping their guns at home or store them in public arsenals but that's just one of the arguments local activists like to stuff by barry has been pushing for a co

hard. and i'm proud of him. >> susie: although, over the years, he rarely brought his work home, mrs. cooper says even the shopping center king sometimes gets stressed. that was particularly true during the i.p.o. period, which she remembers as a rough time. >> he's a big worrier. he worries a lot, he really does. sometimes, he shows it; sometimes, he doesn't, but he does worry. and i'm sure it was a hard time. he didn't know how it was going to come out. >> susie: and then there are cooper's four sons-- two are doctors, one works in hollywood in the film business, and only the youngest is in real estate. three of them sat down with me and talked about their father's best qualities. >> a brilliant businessman. >> decent. >> kindest. >> sweet. >> man of his word. >> funny. >> kindest man you'd ever meet. >> funny, funny. he just knows when to interject humor. it's just... whether it's to break the ice or to just endear himself, or just make you feel more comfortable. >> he enjoys his work. he enjoys people. he enjoys his free time. so, he's really, you know, a complete man. >> and he t

mr. reid, there are those who have been working extremely hard, members all across the house and mr. reed dug very deep and he found something that i think all of us wanted to see, something that the american people pointed out clearly that the federal government has been spending money where it does not need to be spending money. think about where we are as a nation. mr. graves: $14 trillion in debt. unemployment, unacceptable. g.d.p. dropping. $1.5 trillion of a deficit which is almost $150 -- which is almost 150% of what the federal government takes in. think about where we are and then children, upon conception, you ask any economist, they'll vary between $42,000 and $47,000 of debt inherited upon conception. and yet, mr. reed points out here today, a great find, that this government is finding a tijuana sewer rehabilitation project. something about that stinks. i would hope that this house, that americans all across this country that members of this house would see that just $10 million being funded for a rehabilitation project of a sewer facility in mexico, yet we're at this po

mr. chairman, to show you how hard it is. and some criticize the president's efforts, to recognize the other sincere efforts that were made actually brought the deficit to primary balance later than the president's budget. and there will be conversations about different assumptions. but these deficit numbers were the result of a good faith effort. and i think the president has made a good-faith effort. we all do need to get better. i want to discuss the longer- term outlook. i want to discuss what is happening today on the floor as it impacts, as it draws contrast with the approach that the obama administration is taking with respect to the deficit. as you indicated you are talking about significant cuts in discretionary spending. from listening to many of my colleagues, these will have a real impact and the painful impact in many people's lives. but you have decided that in order to get deficits under control, we're going have to make those tough decisions, and we agree. at the same time, today on the floor there are proposa

hard work is ahead of us. the 9 1/2 hours of debate that we have devoted to this bill -- mr. cummings: i yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: the adoption of this resolution could have been, as i'm sure most of us on this floor know, probably then been done by unanimous consent. because what it calls for is our responsibility and is absolutely essential if we are going to create the kind of environment to grow this economy, create the kinds of jobs and be competitive in international markets. and i thank my friend for yielding the time and urge the adoption of this resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. issa: madam speaker, i'd like to associate myself with the minority whip's statements that both sides over the years have not done enough, the 30 years that have built up of regulatory excess is something that both sides need to take down and with that i recognize the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. lankford, for four minutes, to make his comments. the speaker pro tempore: t

mr. president, it is hard for me to understand howhe anyone could be voting to repeal the entire health care billther because when you do that among thewh other things, what you are saying is we will continue the practice of denying health care by insurance companies to people who have pre-existing conditions y now for eight years undernd president bush, more and more t people lost their health a insurance. the cost of health care sword, v and our republican friends haveirare virtually nothing to say on health care. now that a bill has been passed, which i am the first to agree is- a nd not the best bill we could have passed and i will tell you why.hare it has its share of problems which should be b remedied. but to say right now whaturance 50 million americans have no l over health t insurance when the states all over the country are rustling with huge budget deficits, which no doubt will result in a millions more being thrown off of health insurance to say we should retreat to where we were is beyond all comprehension. second of all for my republican let's friends to singlets repeallions h

mr. chairman, it's time to take a solid stand against our supporting against this kind of organization, by giving our taxpayers hard-earned money in taxpayer dollars to an organization that i believe is not in the best interest of america. mr. chairman i personally would like to see us get out of the u.n. and get the u.n. out of the u.s., but we cannot do that today, but what we can do in this continuing resolution, we can deny taxpayer dollars being wasted on this organization and so thus, i have the amendment to stop the united states paying dues to the united nationses. i think it's in our best interest to do so. it's in our best interest of the taxpayer of america to prevent wasting their hard-earned taxpayer dollars on funding the u.n. through our dues to the u.n. so i encourage my colleagues to support this amendment to defund the u.n. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does gentlelady seek recognition? mrs. lowey: i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. mrs. lowey: mr. chairman, i rise in

mr. president, it is very hard for me to understand how anyone could be voting to repeal the entire health care bill, because when you do that, among other things, what you are saying is that we will continue the odious practice of denying health care by insurance companies to people who have prxisting cditions. now, for eight years under president bush, more and more people lost their health insurance, the cost of health care soared, and our republican friends had virtually nothing to say on health care. now that a bill has been passed, which i am the first to agree is not the best bill that we could have passed -- and i will tell you why -- it has its share of problems which should be remedied. but to say right now, when 50 million americans have no health insurance, when states all over this country are wrestling with huge budget deficits which no doubt will result in millions more being thrown off of health insurance, to say we should retreat to where we were is beyond comprehension. second of all, for my republican friends to say let's repeal health care, there are millions of familie

mr. whitaker talked about this. it has not been defined yet by the city, but when you go there, i mean, the sidewalks are very narrow. it is hard to walk around, where you are putting residence in an area where there are no parts, no street skating, and i think this is an important step in addressing that deficiency -- where you are putting residents in an area where there are no parks, no street skating -- streetscaping. i very much want to be a part of the process. thank you. chair chu: fake you, supervisor kim -- thank you. if we can have a motion to take these forward to the board and to send forward some as is with recommendations? without objection. and then, for item number 16, which is the hearing, we can continue that item to the call of the chair? without objection. are there any other items before us? thank you. we are adjourned. [gavel]