mr. herrera on tuesday and he agrees that's a position that is untenuous for his office. he has no problem being the legal counsel but he understands that he hasn't been acting as such at all, and has made it very clear to me that he doesn't -- it's up to us, the board to choose our true legal counsel, and he's willing to be that no problem, but if he is he's going to act as such and be essentially primary. for example choosing all -- the other firms, the sub firms and directing them he would be responsible and i have talked to andrew sharltz at shoop and hail and he he is also. >> >> hailey and he is perfectly willing to be the true counsel and understands that the scope of general counsel would include choosing and directing other firms to do the specialty work, so we're going to have to make a decision here and each of these -- both san francisco city attorneys made it clear they want off if they're not completely on, and the shoop and hailey firm is perfectly willing to be appointed in their stead if that's what we want, so i think at some point in the next few meetin

mrs. mer rare a butler. ms. herrera butler: i thank the gentleman for his leadership on this issue. that's so important to the residents in my state, the people i serve. i encourage folks to support permanently extending the state and local sales tax deduction. this bill -- i was listening to the previous speaker and i don't think he was really focused on this bill. this bill is about ensuring rest didn't of washington and seven other states that they have -- they are treated equally, that their income taxes are treated equally by the federal tax code. it's a fairness issue. . residents from 40 other states get to deduct state income tax but residents of washington state don't have that option. we pay one of the highest sales taxes in the country, and we are forced to carry a higher amount of the federal burden. mr. speaker, that's not right. since it's my job to fight for the residents folks in my state are the highest beneficiaries of the deduction. more use it than any other state. my predecessor, who was a democrat was a big proponent of this bill as well. at a time when several