mr. jackson?yes, sir. >> officer jackson, was inmate antonio easter present when you confiscated -- conducted the shakedown of his living area? >> no. >> officer jackson, were you aware that you were conducting the shakedown of the living area of antonio easter? >> yes. >> officer jackson, do you know the s.o.p. states that an inmate, if can be made available, must be present when that inmate's property is being shaken -- shook down? >> no, i didn't need him there. i suspected there was something in the area. i continued on with it. i already found some contraband in the area. that's why i decided to check his bed. before the knife, i found a glass bottle, a dice, gang paraphernalia. cassette tape. >> all right. antonio, you are correct inasmuch as you can't get a criminal charge for this. but, however, this is an administrative hearing. you can be held responsible for that weapon being in your living area. it was in your assigned living area. therefore, i'm going to find you guilty of the charge.

mrs. jackson. she will yield to you. >> my name is jake a moody, i am executive director of bayview hunters point for community improvement. it is clear that there are competing interests in the community with limited space and you have a difficult decision to make regarding the plan in front of you. i appreciate you spending the time to follow your own process as you have done in developing the plan to get as much community input as you possibly can. as the director of a nonprofit in this community, a space is always at a premium. good quality space from which one can provide programs is very difficult to find. we have just heard from hsa that they are concerned about that for the programs they have here. i am a nonprofit. i want to speak from a nonprofie plan to be put in here are significant, important non- profit programs that work in this community and have worked in this community for years and years and years. with lots of outcomes in the lives of individuals to show for that time. what is m

mrs. jackson, one thing that mr. mckinley brought up and a number of people have brought up is the amount of grants that are given with epa to foreign entities directly or indirectly. i would just ask that you all provide with us a list of those over the last three years. last three years. at this time i recognize the gentleman from west virginia -- i mean from virginia, mr. griffith, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. jackson, secretary jackson, today the d.c. circuit is hearing oral argument in the greenhouse gas litigation and that involves the tailoring rule. in your brief that has been filed on behalf, it indicates in that brief that there would be a need to hire 230,000 full-time employees, that there would need to be an additional 81,000 psd permits per year, 6 million title 5 permits and a cost to the epa of $21 billion -- on top of the current budget, $21 billion per year. i'm looking at the brief where i get these numbers and then the sentence right after the paragraphs that lay out these num

mr. jackson is here but i had a lot of conversations with miss jackson in terms of putting this together. she has been very insistent that we will do the right thing and she has come to our board meetings and has insisted that we will have an administrator here both times in short order. pretty much as you go through the programs, you will notice that the city college of san francisco has not modified its footprint of the college. we are at different locations. we are the same as we have always been and our focus is to continue to make this an educational facility of the same quality that we have in the mission, chinatown, north beach, at our main campus. [applause] i have to be honest with you, our performance leading up to this over the past seven or 8 years has been more in some respects quite disappointing. quite disappointing. no argument about it. you have to give the devil his or her to. if there is change, and we believe we have made significant change, we want credit for the change that we have committed here. our board of trustees and myself have committed extra resources for th

mr. jackson so that those services can continue to remain in the community. >> thank you very much. that is all the points i have this time. are you supposed to be speaking of all of these costs? item 15 was what you saw with the presentation that you had. we left public comment until last and it is now after 8:00. the majority of these cards were public speakers cards and we let you speak anyway. if there's anyone in the audience who would like to speak, it is time for public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. we have other commission business. i don't think that there are any comments from our commission. the next item, there is nothing else to come before this body. we are adjourned. >> hello. you're watching the show that explores san francisco's love affair with food. there are at

mr. jackson. >> right. mr. jackson. he did not actually kill the salesperson in the video store, a young woman. but under arkansas law he was accused and convicted of felony murder so he received the same sentence. the issue before the court today was, is life in prison without parole for 14-year-old, is it a violation of the 8th amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment? but the lawyer for both teens made clear that that was the least he's asking for. he was arguing today for a categorical ban on that sentence for all juveniles who commit murders when they're under the age of 18. >> ifill: this wasn't about mur, if this wasn't a capital crime we're talking about, would we be having this conversation? >> no. in fact, this is almost the third in a series of cases that the court has handleded recently involving juveniles in our criminal justice system. in 2005 the court struck down the death penalty for juveniles under the age of 18. just last term the court also found that life in prison without parole for juvenile

mrs. jackson opened her house and gave us alot of space and freedom to have a lot of conversations. those are just a couple of people that i would like to acknowledge. a lot of people have invested time for us to think about best use for limited space. we have worked closely with the department of public works in san francisco to think through what is possible in terms of architecture. if you are familiar with the space, it is a funny space in that it is not the best utilized space. the architect has been working with us and the proposed tends to get a sense for how you maximize the space and get more usage out of it. what we have heard from the community in the meetings we have had since june, it is about the importance of satisfying the mitigation requirements. for the folks that are newer to the conversation, there was a mitigation agreement in place four decades ago as the facility got expanded. it really talked about the needs for this to be a community asset focus on jobs, child care, and support for elders. the consistent feedback since june and prior to that about the tenant

mr. jackson. >> the prime minister close the loophole for multinational companies that allows the migrant cap to be flouted using intercompany transfers or is there another immigration policy that will fall victim to the curse. >> my honorable friend is being unfair. we have a tough migrant cap for migrant workers. business said how important was to have intercompany transfers but only at relatively high salary levels. that is what we put in place and i think that demonstrates that over time we will control immigration and do so in a way that doesn't damage business. >> we now know that the government was made aware of fraud allegations before the prime minister appointed that company's chairman as his family czar. the prime minister is in danger of requiring the reputation for ill judged personal appointments, will he tell the house what independent checks he believes should be carried out before such appointments are made and whether such checks were carried out with respect to emma harrison. >> first of all, let me be absolutely clear, i was not aware of any allegations when emma harri

mr. chairman. i want to welcome lisa jackson before the committee. i have worked with her for many years, dating back to her time as the commissioner of the new jersey department of environmental protection. since you have been at the helm of the epa, i believe our country has made great strides in improving air quality, protecting america's waters and cleaning up our communities and these accomplishments are crucial to protecting human health and the environment. unfortunately, the republicans in congress and on the campaign trail in particular are attempting to argue that protecting our environment is somehow hurting our economy. i don't think that's true. i don't think you need to choose between a strong economy and a clean environment. i think they bolster each other. i think it's oftentimes my colleagues on the other side make broad generalizations without looking at the facts. according to the nonpartisan economic policy institute, epa's toxics rule will lead to the creation of 84,500 jobs between now and 2015. i just mention that as one exampl

mr. chairman, administrator jackson, as i indicated earlier, and you know this, i'm a big fan of work you are doing and i wants to commend you for your stick- to-itevness in ensuring that all americans have access to clean air and water in light of the relentless attacks against you and the agency you represent. attacks that i think we just heard a few minutes ago. one issue that was recently brought to my attention is the 316-b rule that protects against the impingement of fish and cooling water intake structures that the epa is in the process of finalizing, i don't want to get too much in the weeds, but i want to make sure that the epa is working with industry and listening to their concerns and recommendations before finalizing this rule. as you know, my main priority is protecting the public's health and welfare and i want to make sure the epa gets it right and finalizes the rule that we all can live with. i think that it's very important

jackson vanic, they do. this something the russian government wants desperately, it's something mr. putin talks about, and your comments reflect that. to there is leverage. there is leverage with regard to jackson vanic. >> that's not what i said. i want to make clear what i said. i said that putin and others' failure to repeal it as leverage. so if we repeal it, there's no longer leverage. >> the point is in deciding whether or not to repeal -- >> you want leverage to help -- >> mr. chairman, if you want to argue with me, they need jackson vanic repealed. they want it repealed desperately. that's beyond any argument. >> i disagree with that. >> all right. well, then we have a disagreement here on the -- >> that's not what i found. >> and i believe that the united states has leverage with russia that good russian commercial business folks would like to see the united states have an opportunity to do better business with russia. they would like to see these rule of law changes. that all of you have identified here. they understand that corruption and the lack of an investment treaty i

mr. jackson of illinois, for today and the balance of eff -- of the week and ms. jackson lee of texas for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentleman texas rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend and to yield to my colleague from florida if i may. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlelady is recognized. ms. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask for unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman has been yielded to. mrs. wilson: mr. speaker, this is tre'von martin. his murderer -- is travon martin. his killer is still at large. i want america to see this sweet young boy who was hunted down like a dog, shot in the street, and his killer is still at large. not one person has been arrested in travon's murder. i want to make sure that america knows that in sanford, florida, there was a young boy murdered. he is buried in miami, florida, and not one person has been arrested

jackson lee: absolutely nothing. mr. ellison: cold-blooded murder, looked like first doig -- first-degree murder, it's horrible. i yield back to the gentlewoman. ms. jackson lee: you are speaking as a parent. you really highlighted it. in this instance, of course, we have to look and see whether there was a hate crime or civil rights vy plated. you are absolutely right, we have nothing to go on. we have a person walking who the police themselves who so many of us have worked to ensure that the guns on this street don't go after our law enforcement officer, because obviously there are many who believe the more guns the better we are. just guns, guns, guns. it has nothing to do with the second amendment. just guns, guns, guns. he has a concealed weapon. i am not here to cast any aspergses. but as the reports are coming out, he has some challenges, meaning mr. zimmerman, to his record has some challenges. that in and of itself, if the officers brought him in, there is no evidence of that. there is no evidence of that. and do

mr. pompeo. for five minutes. >> thank you, thank you for being here today secretary jackson. i want to talk about enforceme enforcement. we haven't had a chance to talk about that at all and enforcement policies. you've asked for an increase in your budget in the office of enforcement, i'll get the name right off of enforcement compliance $3.5 million increase there. i've heard lots of concerns from my district of enforcement policies at epa. i thought i would do it in the micro today. you mentioned general duty of care a little earlier in answer to the question part of the clean air act. can you tell me if you've adopted any epa -wide policies or guidelines with respect to definitions inside the clean air act related to the general duty of care? >> i'm not aware of any, sir, but we could certainly talk to the office of environment on that. >> there's a term in there called extremely hazardous chemicals. you have the risk mitigation plans, which require certain chemicals are stored at manufacturers or producers. but as i understand your environment policy, even if the chemica

mr. tracy martin and then reverend sharpton and reverend jackson. mr. martin? >> good afternoon. i would just like to say that even in death, and trayvon is gone. he will not be returning to us. even in death, they are still disrespecting my son. and i feel that's a shame. >> the only comment that i have right now is that they've killed my son and now they're trying to kill his reputation. >> let me say when we first got involved in this case, the day the police chief announced there would be no arrest for probable cause. i had a very candid and open conversation with the attorneys and then with the parents. and we haven't been involved in many of these cases. all of the particular issues that they may try to raise. we saw them as irrelevant then. we see them as irrelevant now. i said to the parents, as much as it will hurt, they will try to make your son a junky, a thief, everything else before this is over because they've done it in every case we've fought. the only thing that is relevant is what mr. zimmerman knew that day. if mr. zimmerman had no knowledge, he had no reason t

jackson lee: mr. speaker, today i was unavoidably detained on the following votes and i ask unanimous consent that i can place my appropriate votes for roll call number 134, for the crowley amendment, to vote aye. roll call vote 135 for the eshoo amendment to vote aye. and roll call vote number 136 for the owens of new york amendment to vote aye. i ask unanimous consent they may be placed appropriately in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the statements will appear in the record. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, additionally i was unavoidably detained yesterday evening on business and that was h.r. 2779, that was roll call vote number 1 27. i would have voted aye. roll call vote number 128, h.r. 2682, i would have voted aye. and then roll call vote number 129, i would have voted no and i ask unanimous consent that that be placed appropriately in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the statement will appear in the record. ms. jackson lee: i thank the speaker. the

the question is whether the proposed agreement and repeal of jackson vannic got us there. mr. chairman, i hope this is not our last hearing on this subject. >> thank you, senator, very much. i'll turn to our witnesses. first we have mr. samuel allen. who is chairman and ceo of deere & company. i must tell you, mr. allen, as you already know, when i was in russia not long ago, i visited within of your plants there, assembly operations just outside of moscow. and was very impressed with the people and the products that you're selling to russians and helping russian agriculture. i very much appreciate that opportunity. next we have mr. ron pollett. good to see you again, ron. we talked with you over there in russia, moscow not long ago. mr. pollett is president and ceo of ge russia. thanks very much again, mr. pollett. next mr. watty taylor. watty is one of our guys. he is from montana. he is president of the mountain stock grow association, second generation family rancher from kirby, montana. thank you, watty, very much for coming to join us. next we have mr. paul williams, pre

mrs. jackson has never been able to give us a total cost. no one has been able to give us a total cost. outside experts have testified it would be up to $90 billion. the epa says he could expect to close 14 gigawatts of coal plants. some are saying it would be re like 36 or 59 gigawatts. there was a november report that indicated ere are liabilities, there are serious issues. yet, whether it is in transportati or it electricity production, this administration is ming to provide all sorts of grants and loan guarantees to technology, many of which have not proven to be able to deliver. we have a company that is not going to open up a delaware plant. we have better systems that are reducing their employment. my time is running out. i was just reading some the headlines in europe. eu faces 20 years of rising energy bills. when turbine's do nothing for emission reduction goals. -- wind turbines do nhing for emission reduction goals. my whole point is, this administration is moving so fast, so determined to transform the energy sector in america that i do not think they are giving adequate co

mr. chairman. and thank you, administrator jackson, for being here again. i've got a number of things i want to get to. i would submit questions for the record. we're still waiting on responses from your last trip here. we hear from your agency and yourself how you care so much about people in this country with asthma. as an asthmatic, i appreciate that concern.you, the epa is the one federal a t of asthmati an over-the-counter asthma treatment, prime teen mist. that's been available forever. i get that the epa plays a role in the approval. i get that. your agency has the ability to provide a waiver so the existing stock of cfc could be sold to asthma patients in this country. and it's not a small issue. the prescription hfa containing compound costs about three times what the over-the-counter cfc propellant primatene costs. if you get in trouble in the middle of the night and don't have a prescription, you have to go to the emergency room. that really costs patients. i'm asking, will you grant a waive sore the existing stock of prime matene can be sold? >>

mr. fulton and hen rernd sharpton and reverend jackson. mr. martin? >> good afternoon.ven in death, and trayvon is gone, he will not be returning to us, even in death,er that still disrespecting my son. and i feel that that's a shame. >> the only comment that i have right now is that they've killed my son and now they're trying to dill his reputation. >> let me say that when we first got involved in this case, the day the police chief announced there would be no arrest for probable cause. i had a very candid and open conversation with the attorneys. and then with the parents. and we haven't been involved in many of these cases. i was told of all of the particular issues that may may try to raise. we saw them as irrelevant then. we see them as irrelevant now. i said to the parent, as much as it will hurt, they will try too make your son a junkie, a thief, an assaulter, everything else before this is over. they have done it in every case we have fought. the only thing that is relevant is what mr. zimmerman knew that day. if mr. zimmerman had no knowledge, he had no reason

the reverend jesse jackson providing clarity. >> mr. zimmerman should not have pursued him. he did.e should not have killed him and did he. the glad of blood of this martyr, we shall continue our vigilance and action until justice is done. >> with more protests honoring martin and demanding justice for his killer. the 17-year-old who appeared to be carrying nothing more threatening than iced tea and skittles walking through a gated community. zimmerman seas spokesman saying that the public does not know what happened that night. >> there are other 911 tapes that have not been disclosed yet. we don't have the complete story and when it does come out it will show that george zimmerman acted in self defense and he did have a right to defend himself. >> a different sort of defense appearing in the orlando sentinel at an exclusive that the authorities claim that some witness versus backed up zimmerman's account of what happened that night. according to the shooter zimmerman followed martin in his suv, then on foot and was approached by martin. zimmerman claimed he asked martin if he had

jackson lee: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 4 printed in house report 112-409 offered by ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 572, the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, and a member opposed each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from texas. ms. jackson lee: thank you to the chairman. let me acknowledge first of all the combined efforts that has generated this approach to putting americans back to work. let me acknowledge the manager that is on the floor, congresswoman waters, for her enormous leadership on many of these issues, as well as the ranking member of the full committee, mr. frank, who certainly has served and exercised his willingness to deal with questions of these markets. and of course my friend from texas who is managing this and is again, i hope, working with us in a bipartisan way on some very serious matters. again, let me emphasize that the most effective way to reduce our

jackson. you heard mr. zimmerman's attorney speaking and do you have any comments on anything he had to say? >> no, i don't. george zimmerman is entitled to have a lawyer and, you know, that's perfectly fine with us. we believe in a legal system. it's the people in the legal system that have let this family down. there's not been an arrest in this case, so we want an arrest. and we want an arrest. there should have been an arrest that night. >> do trayvon martin's family, do his parents have any message for george zimmerman? >> no, they don't really have a message for george zimmerman. they have a message that they want an arrest. they believe that george zimmerman did something wrong and illegal when he killed their son, their innocent son, trayvon. >> can you tell us anything about the meeting that occurred between the justice department and trayvon martin's parents yesterday? >> the justice department would look into whether or not this was a hate crime. they said that the hate crime standard was very, very high. it's a standard. they have to look at his actions and his intent. >> if in f

jackson-vanik is leverage. so for repeal it is no longer leverage. >> the point is in deciding whether or not -- mr. hairman if you want to argue with me, they need jackson-vanik repealed. they want it repealed desperately. that is beyond any argument. >> i disagree with that. >> then we have the disagreement here and i believe that the united states has leverage with russia, the good russian commercial business folks would like to see the united states have an opportunity to do better business with russia. they would like to see the rule of law changes at all if you have identified here. they understand corruption and the lack of an investment treaty is hurting investment in russia. they understand that. they would like to see jackson-vanik repealed, so with the ptnr would help us as well. but i think it is actually running us to say there is no leverage for the united states with respect to jackson-vanik. the question is, will that go beyond the human rights abuses like the magnets key at, which i presume will be a part of this, or will it involve other changes as well? and simply suggesting that w

jackson, ohio. good morning. >> good morning, mr. jacobson. there were persistent reports during and after the cold war that the russians prepositioned small nuclear weapons inside the united states. assuming those weapons were actually in good condition, i was wondering if you'd care to venture an opinion on the viability now? >> well, i'm not aware of any of those reports. but i mean, i would say -- so i'm really -- it's hard to answer that question. i don't know of any russian weapons being stored in the u.s., i guess sleeper weapons. but if they were story -- stored, i think there would be safety issue, reliability issues. so i guess your question is whether they would actually go off if they wanted them to. i'm not a scientist so i can't answer that. but i mean, if they have been dormant for 20 years i think there would be some issues with that. >> shelby, orlando, florida, good morning. shelby, are you with us? >> caller: yes, hi, i'm sorry. well, you did answer my original question but i had another question. it's really hard to find in

jackson. you heard mr. zimmerman's attorney speaking and do you have any comments on anything he had to say? >> no, i don't. george zimmerman is entitled to have a lawyer and, you know, that's perfectly fine with us. we believe in a legal system. it's the people in the legal system that have let this family down. there's not been an arrest in this case, so we want an arrest. and we want an arrest. there should have been an arrest that night. >> do trayvon martin's family, do his parents have any message for george zimmerman? >> no, they don't really have a message for george zimmerman. they have a message that they want an arrest. they believe that george zimmerman did something wrong and illegal when he killed their son, their innocent son, trayvon. >> can you tell us anything about the meeting that occurred between the justice department and trayvon martin's parents yesterday? >> the justice department would look into whether or not this was a hate crime. they said that the hate crime standard was very, very high. it's a standard. they have to look at his actions and his intent. >> if in f

speaker, to say, jackson-vanik is also a very useful tool for mr. putin's anti-american propaganda machine. it's -- it helps him to depict the united states as hostile to russia. using outdated cold-war tools to undermine russia's international competitiveness. we, leading figures of the russian political opposition, strongly stand behind efforts to remove russia from the provisions of the jackson-vanik amendment. jackson-vanik is not helpful in any way, neither for promotion of human rights and democracy in russia, nor for the economic interests of its people. mr. speaker, it's high time that we tackle this issue to ensure that we can promote human rights, the rule of law, and the development of democratic institutions in russia, and ensure that we, for the american worker, can create job opportunities right here in the united states. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from indiana, mr. donnelly, for five minutes. mr. donnelly:

mr. cassidy, for five minutes. >> hello, ms. jackson. you are always well prepared. even though we often disagree that the government on how -- >> i'm worried about the other shoe that is about to drop. >> there is no other shoe. it is truly a complement. >> thank you, sir. >> the care grants, i don't understand this well but i am told these care grants that go to community organizations, the press release they generate is not peer-reviewed science. the states deq does not look at it. you do not look at it but i can say they get headlines. sometimes in our kind of media driven society that headline has an impact. so one, is that true that when these community groups get grants and epa there's nobody at epa responsible for vetting the validity of their claims? first, is that true? >> well, we certainly don't vet their press releases. we ask them to sound science and respect and hope there will. because they are committed groups would uphold him quite to the same standard we might a government and to i hope ourselves. >> that's a fair statement but on the other hand, d

jackson vanek proposition. oil yield back the rest of my time, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator. >> you can see all of that hearing tonight at just after 11:00 eastern on our companion network c-span 2 and any time at c-span.org. >>> they would wear garmens made of homespun cloth. this homespun cloth would be much more rough textured. be much less fine than the kinds of goods that they could import from great britain. but by wearing this homespun cloth women were visibly and vividly and physically displaying their political sentiments. >> sunday night at 9:00, george mason university professor on the role of women during "the revolution"ary war part of american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >>> our system is fundamentally undemocratic in a number of ways. one of the ways is closed primaries. so in half the states in the country, 40% of all the voters can't participate in the primaries. and so they have no say who gets nominated. and as a result we get more and more extreme candidates on both end of the spectrum. >> saturday night at 10:00 e

jackson lee: mr. speaker, many people are smiling about the argument in the supreme court on the affordable care act, obamacare. but i will tell you those children born with sickle cell and asthma are praying the affordable care act survives. those srs that fall in the dough mutt -- those senior citizens that fall in the doughnut hole are praying they survive. i believe in the humanitarian approach to the service of our nation. help those who cannot help themselves. we look forward to a vigorous debate on this medicare project -- excuse me, this republican budget, i hope that we stand together against ending medicare, destroying jobs and moving forward on the lob sided help that we give to the wealthy over the poor. i also want to say that trayvon martin's parents were here yesterday, and i want to stand against victimizing the victim. we say to them in a forceful way that it is important for justice to be done. that justice is to assure the arrest of mr. zimmerman who will the be alleged guilty but w

mrs. christensen: thank you congresswoman, sheila jackson lee.nd certainly we know that planned parenthood has always followed the law and in this women's history month, thank you for raising the issue of the unfairness -- unfair treatment of women. by some of the laws like the one in texas, the one in virginia and also legislation that has been attempted to be passed in the congress of the united states. we're also joined this evening by a congressman from texas, congressman al green who often joins us here. we're representing all of the 43 members of the congressional black caucus who now how important this law is to our communities and really to communities across this country. so we thank you for joining us and i yield such time as he might consume. mr. green: thank you, dr. christensen. and i especially thank you for chairing the health care task force and for the outstanding job that you've done through the years. you have shown a great deal of dedication to health care for all, for all. and i believe that those who write history will be ex

mr. conyers didn't say that. ms. jackson lee didn't say that. none of those who have been over here this evening opposing h.r. 5 and laying out the facts and the consequences of h.r. 5 said this. let me repeat. i am quoting tea party nation founder phillips. whether you think tort reform is a good idea or not, he said, it is an issue that belongs to the states, not to the federal government. tort law has always been governed by the states. even some of my republican colleagues on the judiciary committee have expressed concerns. congressman poe, republican from texas, said, i believe that each individual state should allow the people of that state to decide, not the federal government. if the people of a particular state don't want liability caps, that's their prerogative under the 10th amendment. well, let's listen to what congressman gohmert, republican of texas, said. he said, the right of states for self-determination is enshrined in the 10th amendment. i am receipt sent to support congress imposing its will on the states by dictating new sta

jackson- vanick. this is something the russian leader said it wants desperately. your comments reflect that, mr. chairman. there is leverage. there is a leverage. >> that is not what i said. i said that petition -- putin's failure to repeal jackson- vanick has leverage. >> if you want to argue with me -- they need is free paled -- repealed. that is beyond any argument. >> i disagree. >> all right, then we have a disagreement. i believe that the u.s. has leverage with russia that good russian commercial business folks would like to see the u.s. have an opportunity to do better business with russia. they would like to see these rules of law changed. i understand corruption -- they understand corruption and the lack of a treaty is hurting investment in russia. they understand that. they but that does seem jackson- vanik repealed so that the pntr will be affected. that will help us, as well. i think it is erroneous to say that there is no leverage for the u.s. with respect to jackson-vanik . the question is, will it go beyond the human rights abuses magnuski act?ws th i am suggesting the we have an a

miss jackson came in and testified and said that we want hunters point families to be here. we have mr. walker who said that we want the family to be here. it is such a wonderful thing, when you have a cross section of the leaders who are all saying the same thing, we need to work together and we want to work together. hunters point family is here to say that we want to be here and you want to create something beautiful with our community partners and leaders to make sure that our people can take advantage of the resources that we have because lord knows they have to contend with all the other things that makes life difficult. thank you for having us and we will have our young people come and speak later. [applause] >> thank you. and from the john community developers, the executive director. >> good evening, commissioners and for the audience, first of all, i want to thank you for giving us the opportunity to be heard tonight and address this body as well as the community. we have the executive director of the hunters point services. this is really about synergy and what we can provid