mr. jarvis admitted is two incidents which were corroborated by the women in the car, the rest is speculation because so and so was taken from point a to b and that does not look like and therefore we conclude that this was some sort of a pernicious activity and that is all speculation. and so, based on the proof that we have, we have a very little, amount of money, and in that, is involved in these transactions. and the punishment is way over the top. and way over the top. and you can't take this man's livelihood and his business away and his ability to support his family on the basis of this kind of proof. you got to give him a chance to... and a little bit. thank you. >> thank you. >> i have a question, actually. i have a question for you. >> so this is the difficulty that i am having, so you are stating that it was a very small amount, $20 something but you are suggesting a $10,000 fine and can you explain your reasoning there? >> i thought if you want to punish him that is a big punishment, that is a huge punishment for him. >> and so i would rather it be less. >> it is not grounded in a

mr. murray? >> >> good commissioners, jarvis can the sfmta and we are here related not because of something that is a minor infraction, i think that the average person you would have to ask yourself, how would that person feel if they found out that a driver a taxi driver who owned the vehicle was using their credit card when they were not in the vehicle and running it and charging money on that credit card. i think it is our duty as the sfmta, to up hold our drivers and especially our medallion holders who have complete ownership and control of that vehicle to a standard that says you can't do this to the riding public. you can't do this to our most vulnerable population which is the elderly and disabled. what we have here is the usage of the para transit card and now i explained it in my brief but to quickly so that you can understand again, the para transit program is a program that is being used here in san francisco to allow our elderly and disabled population to take rides in vans and taxis throughout the city so they can do various errands would be do physician beingly demanding and diffi

. >> hi, rebecca jarvis, abc news. mr. chairman, now that you have introduced tapering into the system, if the economy were to stumble again in the future, would you recommend or have you discussed with your colleagues increasing bond buying in the future? and have you considered any alternative measures? for example, more direct stimulus directly into the economy, if it were to stumble again? >> what kind of direct stimulus do you have in mind? >> any type of stimulus you would not essentially not be buying it back from the banks? >> well, in terms of the legal authorities that the federal reserve has, we don't have some of the -- >> if you could ask for it. >> if i could ask for it. we're getting now into a fanciful discussion, i think. i think our basic tools are asset purchases. and we are allowed only to buy treasuries and agency securities. we're not allowed to buy corporates the way many central banks are. we have -- with interest rates near zero, we can manage our forward guidance. and i think that has been helpful

. >> he hi rebecca jarvis with abc news. mr. chairman now that you've introduced tape bring into the system if the economy were to stumble again in the future would you recommend or have you discussed with your colleagues increasing bond buying in the future and have you considered any alternative measures for example more direct stimulus directly into the economy? >> what kind of direct stimulus do you have in mind? >> any type of stimulus that you would not be essentially tying it back from the banks. >> well, in terms of the legal authorities that the federal reserve has we don't have --. >> if you could ask for it. >> were getting onto a thin civil discussion i think. i think her basic tools are asset purchases and we are allowed only to buy treasuries at agency securities and we are not allowed to buy a corporate server the things the central banks are. with interest rates near zero we can manage our forward guidance and i think that has been helpful. that has been affected. we probably could do more than that but there are

jarvis, that we oppose the oppose this by limiting the public use of waterways. this will keep my constituents from enjoying the riverways that belong to them. mr. speaker, i urge my constituents to attend public meetings in salem and even kirkwood to show opposition to obama administration's park service' attempts to restrict ur access to our rivers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. green: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i want to thank congressman christopher smith for leading a codel to the philippines. i, along with congressman trent franks were members of the codel, and i want people to know that there is still great work to be done for our friends in the philippines. this picture depicts some of the damages that we were able to see while we were there in a province of the philippines. this is another picture that shows actual homes. this is a usaid sign, and this is where people are dwelling