mr. jackson: mr. speaker, i rise to make a point of order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. the gentleman will state his point. mr. jackson: mr. speaker, i understand the gravity of the legislation before us but i rise to make a point of order that this bill violates clause 11 of rule 21. it states it shall not be in order to consider a bill or a joint resolution which has not been reported by a committee until it has been available to members for 72 hours. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 328, all points of order against consideration are waived. mr. jackson: parliamentary inquiry, mr. speaker. can the chair tell the house when h.r. 2278 and h.j.res. 68 were made available to members? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has not stated a further parliamentary inquiry. mr. jackson: further parliamentary inquiry, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the house has said -- the speaker has said he will not bring a bill to the floor that has not b

mrs. jackson and all the brothers and sisters. just everybody was in this room.t crying and hugging each other. and just in a days. and this is a father that was so with his children. he's dedicated since they were born to raising and being with them. and then latoya and randy took me in to say good-bye. i think -- if i hadn't -- i would never quite in my head believe, because even though he's a friend who is such a powerful person -- >> was he still alive when you said good-bye to him? >> no. huh-uh. >> did you say anything in. >> yes. >> what did you say? >> i rubbed his head and his arms and his legs and his feet and i just -- and i told him i love him so much. and, you know, whispered some funny things to him. that was it. >> incredibly sad end to his life, wasn't it? >> and he was so fabulous at the hotel. up early every morning, playing with the kids. really shocking. >> paris, did you know michael well? >> yeah, i grew up just -- my mom -- i remember the first -- one of the first memories i have of him is when my mom took us to the music video set of "thri

mr. jackson? >> i don't think nothing about it because blu-rblu-ray, it don exist.siness. it's no big deal to me. >> this was only three days after michael's death. >> i don't care if it's a minute after michael's death. listen. i am -- the blu-ray does not even exist as a record cord with the same guy i was talking with, you know. that don't even happen. what i am here now is promoting the things that i'm doing now. >> what about the children? how are they? >> the children are fine. they're fine. they're going to acting school and prince is taking up martial arts and all that stuff. and blanket. he's just happy. a happy little kid. he wants to be a producer or something. but, yeah, you know, they're fine. >> mm-hmm. people have talked about your alleged treatment of michael jackson, some of the family members, even him, said you were abusive in the sense that you pushed them too far. is the -- >> don, don, don, don, i know what you're trying to do. i ain't going there. everybody back in those days abused -- they didn't abuse the kids. they whipped the kids when the

mrs. jackson is there. they have an incredible, beautiful home, great security.g family dinner. they went up and did their homework and came down and showed grandma and had their bath. and said good night, grandma, i love you. and it was great to see them. >> is it a kind of feeling -- i guess because of the pending court actions of the doctor and his death and everything else, that he'd become sort of a pathetic character in the end, addicted to all this medication and so on. is that inaccurate? >> well, i can tell you when he was at the bellaire hotel, there was none of that. because i had -- he was right underneath where i was. and we talked all the time. in fact, if we would be going somewhere in the daytime, he'd say 1:00 down at the fountain. and if i was five minutes late -- he was very on top of it. and he was with his kids. i believe in my heart that as he got into the concert thing, it was hard for him to sleep probably. he was not a drug addict. he had a problem going to sleep. i mean, this is not somebody that recreationally would abuse something and

mr. jackson?, i don't think nothing about it, because blu-ray, that company don't exist anymore and it went out as soon as it happened, it went out of business. so no big deal to me. >> but this was only three days after michael's death is what i am asking. >> i don't care if it is a minute after michael's death. listen, i am the blu-ray does not even exist as a record company with the guy i was talking with. that don't even happen. what i am doing here now is to promoting happyland, and promoting the things that i am doing now. >> and what about the children? how are they? >> the children are fine. they are fine. they are going and acting school, and prince is taking up martial arts and all of that stuff. and blanket, he is just happy. he is a little happy little kid there. he is wanting to be a producer or something. they are fine. >> people have talked about your alleged treatment of michael jackson and some of the family member and even him said you were abusive in a sense and pushed him too f

mr. jackson, because that was set out to talk about digesters, why is it they did not put digesters someplace else? why at have to be in bayview? i use common sense. there ain't nowhere for it to go. there ain't such place for the bill then, when it done, will go beautifully. we believe that you can do an excellent job with us working together with my commission. thank you very much. [applause] >> [unintelligible] osiris' coalition. we are here in force now. basically i want to recap what i said earlier. i am going to summarize. we understand about the programs that you have in place. many of the people that were here earlier may not have been aware that there is also an as needed list. by state law you have to have a wastewater certificate. there is loopholes on the as needed list between the airplane and the the power plant. licensing at the airport makes the rounds with no relation. what we are seeing to this information, we do not have any problems with those, we just want to be included. as well as you made it for other organizations and ethnicities. no. 2, individuals have already been

mr. jackson delivered our quote of the day. >>> time to talk politics. what do you expect today? joining me now is tim farley, the host of "morning briefing" on sirius live from washington. good morning, tim. what's on your agenda today? i know we have michelle bachmann. we heard her talking to chris wallace. she's announcing her bid for presidency today. >> good morning, ali. yeah. the launch at 9:00 this morning eastern time. not 9:00 local time. she will be in waterloo, iowa. she was born in waterloo. it's not a big surprise, but today she will be -- you mentioned the polling in iowa which indicated she was neck and neck pretty much statistically with mitt romney, who is the frontrunner right now in the republican party. fascinate i fascinating. the other big story is president barack obama today meets separately with the majority leader of the house. senator harry reid this morning, and then the minority leader mitch mcconnell this evening, and that will be the story we're watching closely for the president and his personal interest in what is taking place in the deficit talk

mr. jackson, stand by. i'll tape a little more and we'll air it later. we have to get off the air now. we'll see you back here at 7:00 p.m. we'll keep talking to joe jackson and i'll see you then. >>> america's longest war. this hour, tough questions about his afghanistan exit plan and the balance between national security and election year politics. plus, the man behind the suspicious package scare at the pentagon is now charged with a series of shootings at military sites. did federal authorities miss warning signs that this u.s. marine reservist was on the attack? and cnn reports from inside the syrian capital. for the first time since the bloody crackdown on protesters. stand by for the images, the regime's leaders want you to see, and the ones they don't want you to see. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." more aggressive than the pentagon wanted but not enough for some americans weary of the afghan war. president obama announced this plan to withdraw 33,000 u.s. troops by the end of next summe

mr. hogan and miss jackson, thank you for coming out and speaking. it also seems to be one of those commissions, bigger ones here, where we have a lot of public comment. i appreciate everyone who came out to speak on behalf of the multiple candidates. i'm impressed with everyone's background. but among all of them, i think specifically the comments that came not only from the candidates but also the people that spoke in favor of them, for me i will be very proudly supporting mr. turman today and would be, you know, would certainly make a motion but if mr. -- supervisor elsbernd wants to speak first, i will be happy to support him. and really thank the other candidates. we're blessed with a lot of different candidates with mr. background. for me, mr. turman slt one that stands out far to me and i will be proudly supporting him. supervisor elsbernd: i'm pleased to move forward with the nomination plaintiff turman with recommendation. i think of the candidates he had the broadest experience. i think he has the ability to serve the entire city, not parti

mrs. jackson just terribly. it's very upsetting. also, the attacks which are going to happen to michael.upsetting. one of the things we see in this trial is, oh, conrad murray is on trial. it's upsetting to this family that the rest of the people who are responsible for michael's death and make no mistake, there are others, the producers of this show had dr. murray involved in it. they were pulling the strings, causing to happen what happened. and yet nobody is interested in going after them. they're very upset about the tire process. >> we were talking about this earlier. at the end of the day, what do you think michael jackson's legacy will be? will it be the music? will it be be the controversial way he lived his life? >> i think there's so much we didn't know about michael during his life and so much that we still don't know and may never know, but i think that the tragedy of his death allowed people to focus on his musical achievements, his achievements as an entertainer and in the end, that's what survives. if there's a good part to this story, it's that that's what people can focu

jackson lee: mr. chairman, i've served on the homeland security committee tragically since the formation of the select committee and ultimately the full committee. for many of us who were here in the united states congress and watched the planes attack the pentagon and ultimately visited ground zero in the early stages are well aware of the need to protect america. as the ranking member of the transportation security committee, working with my colleague from alabama as the chairman, we well recognize the importance of transportation facilities and modes. for some reason, terrorist are attracted to airlines and freeways and trains. and so this amendment is a very simple amendment that i believe provides security to the american public. it was no doubt that after the killing of osama bin laden discovered papers suggested had a al qaeda operatives were considering attacking the u.s. rail system on the 10th year anniversary of the september 11 attacks. yes, it was 2010, but if we recall we were unaware th

mr. jackson lee: reckless and unfair mortgage practices. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from south dakota rise? mrs. noem: i wish to speak for one minute. i rise today to emphasize and stand with those in my home state of south dakota experiencing flooding along the missouri river. up an down the missouri river people continue to hope for the best and to prepare for the worst as floodwaters continue to rise and are going to rise to record levels over the coming days and weeks. i was in our state capital of pierre and the area this past weekend with residents helping sandbag with my family and surveying the looming damage. while the forecast for flooding grow grim, neighbors continue to help neighbors. in an unshakable sense of community remain strong. i also commend the hard work of the south dakota national guard for swiftly responding to the call of those in need. many of those affected have worked tirelessly over the past week on short notice to pro

mr. king of iowa, amendment number 29 by ms. jackson lee of texas, an amendment by mr. scalise of louisiana, amendment number 28 by ms. jackson lee of texas, amendment by ms. hire oweno of -- hirono of hawaii, an amendment by mr. campbell of california, amendment by mrs. blackburn of tennessee, amendment number 1 by mr. flake of arizona, amendment number 2 by mr. flake of arizona, the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the chair will clarify that the second amendment is amendment number 1 by ms. foxx of north carolina, not amendment number 2. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment offered by the gentlewoman from maine, ms. pingree, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by ms. pingree of maine. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen,

. >>> the warriors welcome new coach mark jackson publicly for the first time today. joe lacob shaking hands, lacob along with mrew look all around this franchise. 17 seasons he played in the nba did mark jackson, the gm larry riley got in there for the photo op, as well. we talked with jackson earlier tonight, and just talked a little bit about who he's about -- what he's about. >> you were a great player, third all-time in assists, do you think lacob looked at you and said damn, third all-time assists guy, i want to have him out for me, that your playing career got you over on this? >> i believe he looked at me and saw that everywhere i went that i was an leader, that was an extension of the coach on the floor. he looked across the table and saw himself. there are people that look at him and probably say you shouldn't be owner of the team, you have no business oning the team, why are you taking trades, why are you talking in the paper and he's looking at them like hey, i'm qualified. i put my time in and he looked at me and felt the same type of fight and struggle. >> do you think you can make the warriors a p

jackson lee: mr. chairman, i rise to support the gentlelady from connecticut's amendment and thank her for a vision. i thank my good friend from georgia who is the chairman of this committee and i thank the manager who is represented -- has represented our good friends very well tonight. i thank them for their courtesy and i thank our ranking member, mr. farr, for his passion about ensuring that every person in america has an opportunity for good and healthy food and agricultural department and the work that the agricultural department does is both domestic and international. but today we rise because there is an inequity and an unfairness. it is complicated to discuss something called the commodity futures trading commission. what is that? and how does that have an impact on making sure that americans have a quality of life that they are deserving of, hardworking, everyday americans that get up at the sign of dawn and carpool their children and go to work and return at the end and attempt to be able

jackson lee: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: thank you, mr. mcgovern, for your leadership on this important issue. to my colleague, the distinguished congresswoman who is managing for my friends on the other side of the aisle, there are probably many of us who lived the american story and began life on the rocky side of the mountain. i rise because i happen to come from a district where my predecessor died on the side of an ethiopian mountain. it's a far, far place away from houston but my predecessor was congressman mickey leland. he was so driven by the vastness of hunger, he was so much a soldier of robert kennedy's message that he didn't allow danger to thwart him from trying to help people who were literally dying. so he was carrying grain and he obviously had as his colleagues who were not on that flight, tomei hall and congressman emerson and i would say to you -- tony hall and congressman emerson and i would say it gets me in my heart what we're doing today beca

jackson lee: let me thank mr.e thank him for his leadership and for characterizing where we are today as a conflicted and, if you will, highly uncertain posture. i'm looking at the vote count and it looks as if 225 republicans voted against a time certain to get out of libya. if you read the resolution, h.r. 2278, and i'm looking over and over again, there really is no print as to a time certain. there is a nebulous statement about limiting funds for such things as search and rescue, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, aerial funding, and operational planning. that can go on ad infinitum. we can take the american people's money forever and ever and continue in this effort. i don't like where we are today. actually it is true, it is congress' right to declare war and the war powers resolution which my good friends on the other side of the aisle are now debating on this constitutionality, and of course they used it in the past, does indicate that it was done in order to track the constitution and allow con

jackson lee: let me thank mr. smith and let me thank him for his leadership and for characterizing where we are today as a conflicted and, if you will, highly uncerta posture. i'm looking at the vote count and it looks as if 225 republicans voted against a time certain to get out of libya. if you read the resolution, h.r. 2278, and i'm looking over and over again, there really is no print as to a time certain. there is a nebulous statement about limiting funds for such things as search and rescue, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, aerial funding, and operational planning. th can go on ad infinitum. we can take the american people's money forever and ever and continue in this effort. i don't like where we are tay. actually it is true, it is congress' right to deare war and the war powers resolution which my good friends on the other side of the aisle are now debating on this constitutionality, and of course they used it in the past, does indicate that it was done in order to track the constitution and a

jackson lee: mr. speaker, on amendment number one of rokita of indiana, i was unavoidably detained and i would like to place for the record my vote and i ask unanimous consent that my vote of no be placed in the record at the appropriate place. the chair: without objection, so ordered. -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> mr. speaker, i -- mr. cuellar, the gentleman from texas. mr. cuellar: i ask unanimoussen kent -- consent to remove representative ryan as co-spon or of h.r. 771. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from culberson rise? mr. culberson: i ask unanimous consent -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee rise? ms. jackson lee: i want to make sure that the corrected vote or lack of vote was amendment number 1 of rokita of indiana, that is a vote of no. i ask unanimous consent that it be placed in the record. th

mr. bernstein, here comes the heat. >> did you have one of those michael jackson jackets in the

mr. rizzo, or president rizzo, brought up was the southeast community. ms. jackson referred it was put there for the waste water treatment plant. there is real concern in the community that really be a job training educational place. and so one of the programs that particularly mrs ellis has been spearheading, we've had a number of meetings with the vice chancellor of the community college district, the plan -- and we're still talking to the community to see if that's what they want -- but the plan is for us to take a much larger role to have a robust selection of classes there for the community college district to also bring sheriff hennessey's programs into that program. to have a contractor assistance center there so that contractors local in the city, especially small ones that are trying to get into business with the city, can come there and we can help them learn to grow and act as contractors and then turn around and say, here's some job training programs we can take care of. we have three acres of greenhouses. those acres of greenhouses right next to that fa

jackson lee: let me thank mr.e thank him for his leadership and for characterizing where we are today as a conflicted and, if you will, highly uncertain posture. i'm looking at the vote count and it looks as if 225 republicans voted against a time certain to get out of libya. if you read the resolution, h.r. 2278, and i'm looking over and over again, there really is no print as to a time certain. there is a nebulous statement about limiting funds for such things as sech and resc, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, aerial fundi, and operational planning. that can go on ad infinitum. we can take the american people's money forever and ever and continue in this effort. i don't like where we are today. actually it is true, it is congress' right to declare war and the war powers resolution which my good friends on the other side of the aisle are now debating on this constitutionality, and of course they used it in the past, does indicate that it was done in order to track the constitution and allow congressi

jackson lee: let me thank mr. smith and let me thank him for his leadership and for characterizing where we are today as a conflicted and, if you will, highly uncertain posture. i'm looking at the vote count and it looks as if 225 republicans voted against a time certain to get out of libya. if you read the resolution, h.r. 2278, and i'm looking over and over again, there really is no print as to a time certain. there is a nebulous statement about limiting funds for such things as search and rescue, intelligence surveillancend reconnaissance, aerial funding, and operational planning. that can go on ad infinitum. we can take the american people's money forever and ever and continue in this effort. i don't like where we are today. actually it is true, it is congress' right to declare war and the war powers resolution which my good friends on the other side of the aisle are now debating on this constitutionality, and of course they used it in the past, does indicate that it was done in order to track the constitution

mr. gonzalez: would yield an additional 30 seconds. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman and i thank the speaker. this legislation, mr. speaker, was passed in the backdrop of a great deal of emotionalism. and i'm not here to point fingers but i lived through that emotional time. it is history. my colleagues know that it is. but they know how painful it was to be engaged in hanging chads and discussions about who was turned away from the voting booth and also the discrepancies on how we count on votes in america. the most sophisticated nation in the world, the nation that others look to and say, how do we promote democracy? why would we stand on the floor of the house at 8:00 tonight and deny democracy? i ask my colleagues to oppose this legislation and to stand for democracy and fairness. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from mississippi is recognized. mr. harper: mr. speaker, i have no other members who wish to speak at this time and i'm prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from t

jackson lee: let me thank mr.mith and let me thank him for his leadership and for characterizing where we are today as a conflicted and, if you will, highly uncertain posture. i'm looking at the vote count and it looks as if 225 republicans voted against a time certain to get out of bya. if you read the resolution, h.r. 2278, and i'm looking over and over again, there really is no print as to a time certain. there is a nebulous statement about limiting funds for such things as search and rescue, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, aerial funding, and operational planning. that can go on ad infinitum. we can take the american people's money forever and ever and continue in this effort. i don't like where we are today. actually it is true, it is congress' right to declare war and the war powers resolution which my good friends on the other side of the aisle are now debating on this constitutionality, and of course they used it in the past, does indicate that it was done in order to track the constitution a

jackson lee: mr. chairman, i rise to support the latourette-pascrell amendment and i too recognize the challenges that mr. aderholt and mr. price faced in the confines of trying to address some difficult times. but as a member of the homeland security committee, i believe it is imperative that we look at the reality of the world in which we live. an article dated april 24, 2011, out of the state of texas reads, hundreds of weary firefighters were racing against the clock on sunday, pushing back massive brushfires that have destroyed near record swatches of texas countryside. firefighters were hoping to make as much progress as possible before low humidity and strong winds set the stage for more potential flare-ups late monday and tuesday. fires are still burning in texas . firefighters are still being called upon. cities and states across america are laying off firefighters and we're reminded of the needs, if you will, that were addressed on 9/11 when firefighters from the city of new york rushed in t

jackson lee: i rise for unanimous consent. because of the graciousness of the ranking member, mr. conyers, and the chairman, mr. smith, of agreeing to my amendment, jackson lee number 4 that was just debated, i ask unanimous consent to withdraw my request for a record vote. the chair: is there objection to the gentlewoman's request? the request is withdrawn. the chair: it was adopted by voice vote. ms. jackson lee: thank you. the chair: it is now in order to consider amendment number 7 printed in part b of house report 112-111. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? mr. peters: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 7 printed in part b of house report 112-111 offered by mr. peters of michigan. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 316, the gentleman from michigan, mr. peters, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from michigan is recognized. mr. peters: thank you, madam chairman. i believe we must do more to help our nation's small businesses compete in the global marke

mr. biel is here with news. >> warriors introduced new head coach jackson today. francisco at the saint regis hotel which has some people upset. whole other story. wanted it in oakland but done in the city. jackson has no coaching experience not head or assistant coach he exudes confidence and insist the warrior will make the play offs next year. >> we are not going to accept medium. we won't accept not getting it done on the floor. we will hold each other and team to different standard. this is going to be a beautiful time so you might as well latch on to the back of the band wagon because things be changing here in the bay area. >> warriors interviewed a dozen candidate for the job and obvious who the top choice was. mark jackson. critic question the lack of experience on the bench the reaction from warrior players has been very positive. >> all the players by the way are texting. wow! that's all it said. fantastic higher. curry same thing. ellis all excited. they are all excited because in the basketball world not in the media world in the basketball world they

legislation the gulf ecosystem restoration task force chaired by the administrator should lisa jackson and mr. graves is developing the gulf of mexico ecosystem restoration strategy due in december, 2011. legislation to degette the fund and established the council to administer them seems to me at least to stall in congress in part because the lack of consensus among the gulf states over the scope and permissible use of the farms, and once again come allocation among the states. as senator vitter announced some r gup will take place as a sign we will see progress on that. the oil spill commission in looking at this issue concluded it was most compelling from the natural perspectives the application of the fund is focus on the ecosystem restoration, and that we argued that the criteria should be national significance, contribution to the ecosystem resiliency and the extent to which the natural policies such as flood control the oil and distillate, agriculture, and navigation directly contributed to the environmental problems and require the restoration to thank you very much. >> thank you dr.

mr. polis i'm happy to make his amendment in order. ms. jackson lee was here a few minutes ago. she withdrew an amendment that she offered before the rules committee and a similar amendment was offered by my colleague colleague, ms. eshoo. we chose to make that amendment in order which is virtually identical to the one my friend from houston offered. so as my friend from lawrenceville, georgia, my rules committee colleague said, mr. speaker, here we are, we made 15 amendments in order for consideration allowing virtually every idea to be considered. my friend from california, mr. rohrabacher, has his amendment made in order. and so the idea of somehow criticizing the rules committee and the action that we have taken is just way off base. we have, mr. speaker, 15 amendments made in order under this bill, 10 amendments have been made in order for the energy and commerce legislation that's come before us. i'm happy to yield to my friend. mr. conyers: thank you. my friend, we are not criticizing the rules committee. the cut-go violation which you have not even seen the c.b.o. letter

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legislation the gulf ecosystem restoration task force chaired by the administrator should lisa jackson and mr graves is developing the gulf of mexico ecosystem restoration strategy due in december, 2011. legislation to degette the fund and established the council to administer them seems to me at least to stall in congress in part because the lack of consensus among the gulf states over the scope and permissible use of the farms, and once again come allocation among the states. as senator vitter announced some r gup will take place as a sign we will see progress on that. the oil spill commission in looking at this issue concluded it was most compelling from the natural perspectives the application of the fund is focus on the ecosystem restoration, and that we argued that the criteria should be national significance, contribution to the ecosystem resiliency and the extent to which the natural policies such as flood control the oil and distillate, agriculture, and navigation directly contributed to the environmental problems and require the restoration to thank you very much. >> thank you dr. l

jackson lee: thank you very much, mr. speaker.re many issues that we must address in this agust body but it's tragic to note that we've been here for 24 weeks since the g.o.p. took responsibility and control of this house, and we have done nothing to create jobs. in fact, the majority leader's indicated the republicans have no plans to do anything on jobs through this summer. why does this pose a crisis? because in the midst of all of this, a number of merges are coming into fruition. in particular, the united continental mentaler. we've already had an announcement -- continental merger. we've already had an announcement that houston will lose 1,500 jobs and no response from united continental. in fact, united had a recent collapse of its database or system and caused massive shutdowns and clogging of the system where passengers were stuck in airports because they couldn't get their planes off the ground. when we have mergers with no restraint and no oversight we have a problem. so jobs are necessary to be created and there needs

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jackson lee: first of all, let me thank mr. farr and prosecute king -- and mr. kingston. i hope my friend from georgia can see in his heart that this is a very small micros could much for a very large issue -- microcosm for a very large issue and that is that food deserts do exist. and the families that are impacted, family members from the united states military to the very youngest child, i have been fiscally responsible if that is the case to narrow this very well and i have no quarrel with individuals engaging in marketing outreach but i'm talking about hard to serve areas that include urban and rural areas where there are no chains to engage -- food chains to engage in any ben ev lent assistance. i'm also suggesting to you that if you look at the landscape of districts across the nation, just take, for example, my district is number 32 in regards to food insecurity. but there are 31 above me. the people have limited access to food. i enjoy the point that mr. farr made about ms. kaptur's farmers market. this will infuse energy into the farmers market, this will create