mr. hoffman admits. with all of this in mind, i ask that you allow them to build this house as designed and that you do not take discretionary review and approve the project as submitted without modification. thank you for your time. good afternoon, commissioners, thank you forgive -- for -- giving me time to speak today. we are glad to see them move into our neighborhood and also very excited to see what they would do with the home. i walked by their house almost everyday on my way. the design to the neighborhood and in the neighbor of 3 and 4 story houses particularly along the wall. i'm here to ask you to not take the dr's request. thanks for your time. >> i live in bruno heights. i'm although also a current member of the design review board. i know john as a professional colleague and a friend. i'm a licensed architect and have been in san francisco for 25 years and i have been here for 25 years. i'm here to speak about this issue because it comes up quite a bit. when i was going through the packet i

mr. hoffman, and we'll continue to move forward. >> i guess i'm scratching my head a little thinking, likethe bigger target here? i mean, it seems like here's a guy who, for whatever idiotic reason, decides to compromise his life by telling his friend these tips. he gets $50,000, you know, and the rolex watch, and this stuff. the other guys makes more than $1 million, and the guy who makes more than $1 million seems to be protected here, while the other guy, who's the guy who's giving the tips, he's going down. >> well, look, again, it's difficult for me to comment, because the investigation is ongoing. but the reality of it is, on either side of the equation, they are very serious allegations. and the investing public has every right to expect a level playing field when they invest. and people need to be held accountable if they engage in this kind of conduct. and the department of justice, working with our partners in the fbi and fcc will do everything we can to hold everyone involved in this kind of activity accountable. >> you're absolutely right. yesterday we spoke to the attorney for

mr. hoffman. >> thank you for being here. i want to associate myself with those who expressed opposition to the cpi. i also appreciate the fact that the administration has very specifically linked that hundreds of billions of dollars in new tax revenue. so far a republican colleagues have flatly rejected. i don't know how likely that bargain is at this point. one thing that strikes me as very possible if not likely in the congress is comprehensive immigration reform. i want to ask your thoughts as we think about the budget horizon discussing today. congressman, i have haven't been working on immigration reform. the i have worked on the pressure. country only conclude one of the thing that made us the strong country we are constantly refreshing ourself with people who want to come here or work hard, play by the rule and make a contribution. i think immigration reform would -- to many people only goal is to contribute to society. that's got to be good in term of the economy. the fact is our economy has work to be done. and i th

mr. president, is a friend of mine. he is a personal hero. his name is jack hoffman. mr. president, jack hoffman is a 7-year-old boy. he was born and raised in at kinson, nebraska -- atkinson, nebraska. jack's early years passed like many of the children of the same age that live in nebraska communities. he learned to fish and hunt. he went for long bike rides. he played sports. he started school. he made friends with many of his classmates. and i'm willing to bet that little jack has also had a fight or two with his siblings. childhood for jack took a quick and unexpected turn on april 22, 2011. that was almost exactly two years ago. and jack suffered a life-threatening seizure. upon examining him, doctors had shocking news because jack had brain cancer. jack immediately underwent surgery to remove this cancerous mass on his brain, but the surgery did not bring about the results they had hoped for. as doctors desperately sought an answer, jack's young body continued to be riddled with seizures. within five months, he endured a second brain surgery which removed 95% of the remaining tumor. but despite this success,