mr. chairman. mayor johnston, who is abraham gone zaun ez? -- gone disol ez? -- gonzolez? mr. johnston: he's someone released from jail. i know he was facing charges that -- mr. jordan: venezuelan gang member arrested by border control on september 20, 2023, released into the country by the biden administration. a few months later he's arrested in your city, charged with aggravated assault. on march 11, 2024, he's charged with motor vehicle theft. stole a car. and then on march 20, 2024, mr. gonzalez is charged with felony menacing. six days after that last charge, i.c.e. sends you a detain which are includes an administrative warrant -- detainer which includance administrative warrant. it says if you're going to release this bad guy, this gang member who allegedly stole a car, menaced people and assaulted people, give us a 48-hour heads up. is that right does that refresh your memory? mr. johnston: i know about the detainer request. i know we provided a notification of release. mr. jordan: what kind of

crane: mr. mayor, yes or no, would you feel safe if you were alone in a parking lot with a tren de aragua gang member? mr. johnston: we did not put a situation where someone -- mr. crane: just yes or no. would you feel safe if you were in a, paing lot alone with a tren de aragua -- -- in a parking lot alone with a tren de aragua like you make your i.c.e. agent does? mr. johnston: there were six i.c.e. agents on the scene. mr. crane: would you feel safe? reclaiming my time. you're not going to answer the question. would coloradans be safer if i.c.e. had full cooperation from denver to remove tren de aragua gang members? yes or no? mr. johnston: we currently honor those notification requests. we've done it 1226 times. this is the first time i've ever been aware of there being an incident which is why i reached out to i.c.e. yesterday. mr. crane: full cooperation would be allowing them to do it in the jail, not in the parking lot. will you change that? for the safety of your officers and those i.c.e. age

this is also incredibly concerning mr. mayor produce at nexium, you smiled, you badmouth your and city council. we have a ration of the trump administration has actually coerced you to agree to anything? mayor adams i also want to be very clear. are you selling out new yorkers to save yourself from prosecution? >> lives note deal, no quid pro quo and i did nothing wrong. i was now addressing it. i'm going to refer to his actions. >> mr. mayor, it appears to me you are still. it appears you are working with tom homan who is clearly, clearly focus on family separation and deportations and harming new yorkers and others across the country. now, every other mare on this panel is pursuing legal effect and policies that benefit our residents and their communities for there's policies hold public safety i personally agree with the majority of new yorkers and think mr. merritt you should resign you should do the right thing and step down and resigned today. without a go back. >> close mike would my friend yield? >> i yelled. >> mr. mayo

so thank you, mr. mayor, for your leadership. so we need to continue to build on the progress that we are making and we know that downtown financial district union square south of market yerba buena it is absolutely essential for san francisco's recovery for our economic vitality and for our city's future and not just for san francisco for the whole bay area. we know there have been huge challenges with remote work and all of the hangover coming out of the pandemic and as years of crime and public drug use that we're working so hard to try to address. and we know that we need to reimine downtown for the future and have more diversity so it's not just the office but more and more housing and retail and nightlife and food and drink other kinds of recreation entertainment and nightlife is a key part of that strategy. we know we see that when you give people a reason to be downtown, they go downtown. we've seen it with some of the street festivals. the first thursdays are bhangra beats or the chinatown night market. people will come.

so, mr. mayor johnson of chicago, the windy city, the city of the big for shoulders, will you share with this committee what principles and concepts guide your thoughts and actions as you go about your task of being mayor for all of these people in chicago? >> thank you very much, congressman davis, for your leadership and it's good to see my neighbor here today. you know, look, the city of chicago, we reflect and we represent the best part of america, the diverse city again a city that was established by a black haitian immigrant and woman, city invited immigrants from around the world. a city built by the formerly enslaved my ancestors and it's very proud moment and not only represent the city of chicago but it is my honor what we've been experienced over the last 20 months since we have been in office first of all, the city of chicago is safer, we have violent crime has gone down in the city of chicago. over 20% just this year alone. we've invested in housing, we've invested in mental healthcare

mr. chairman. so, mayor adams you have a great i'm sorry over here, you agreed today that new york city is in century city is that right? >> based on the definition. there is no uniform definition. >> that is what you proclaimed. mayor johnson you previously also declared your sanctuary city, mayor johnson you said chicago must live with the lead by the prong was to be mayor city mayor wu said they cannot cooperate with ice when it comes to detaining uncivil warrants. i do not know mayor johnston would define it. i do now the honorable mayor johnson from chicago they call there's a welcoming city ordinance. we've got mayor wu who it referred to hers as the safe city that's really interesting to me. when you are a sanctuary city you put limits on how much you're willing to cooperate with federal agency's efforts to remove illegal aliens. your policies contravene federal law. you just do under title eight of the u.s. code it says federal, state local government entity may not prohibit or in any way restrict an

against you, mr. mayor, at any time. i think, personally, that's why you sat next to the architect of family separation on fox and friends. now, tom hoeman sat next to you and said the following and i quote, getting on riekers island is step one. we're working on some other things that we don't really want to talk about on open air. because the city council will be putting roadblocks up on us. the mayor and me have a commitment to several other things. this was you of course and mr. homan, the architect of family separation. this is also incredibly concerning, mr. mayor. you sat next to him, you smiled, he bad mouthed you on city council. we have a right to know if the trump administration has actually coerced you into degreing to anything. and i also -- agreeing to nismght are you selling out new yorkers to take care of prosecution? >> no deal, no quid pro quo and i did nothing wrong. and the judge is now addressing it. i'm going to refer to his actions. >> watch the rest of this on the free c-span now video app as we t

mayor is accused of siding with criminals. she apologized to a man who was shot and killed by an off duty police officer who was threatening people with a knife, mrrman. your thoughts. >> this is totally against the will of the american people. the american people spoke loud and clear. ththey want a presidentthat wil. they don't want blue city mayors to continue to advertise the sanctuary cities and allow their crime rates to skyrocket. not only is it a drain on the resources for these four cities, it's a threat to the people who live in these cities. many of these people who are flocking to sanctuary cities are criminals, they were criminals in the countries they left and they're criminals in the united states. this is unacceptable. it's a huge issue in america and the fact that at least three of the four mayors who will be testifying today have openly proclaimed that they're going to block tom homan from coming in and deporting the criminal illegals, tom homan and donald trump they're not talking about deporting every person that's here illegally. they're talking about the ones who have committed crimes, the worst offenders, that's where we're

. >> mr. mayor, it appears to me at least that you are selling new yorkers out.s you're working with tom homan who is clearly focused on family separation. >> do you consider yourself a sanctuary city? >> we do not under that definition. >> so you are not a sanctuary? >> we call ourselves a welcoming city. >> is bring into our country against the law? mayor johnson, yes or no? >> comprehensive immigration reform policies are what's necessary. >> u.s.-born americans commit more rape a murder -- [simultaneous talking] >> martha: that voice you heard firing back was the oversight committee chair james comber as you can see a got spicy and there this afternoon. let's bring in former ice supervisory agent victor. very good to have you with those. thank you for joining us today. i want to play one more exchange from this hearing. this is chicago mayor brandon johnson refusing to say that he will comply with ice detainer's criminals. watch this. >> will you turn that criminal over to ice? >> we do not harbor criminals, our local police department works hard every day to

the mayoral race will see mr cuomo face off against another politician embroiled in scandal, current who faced federal corruption charges. in launching his bid for mayor of america's most populated city, andrew cuomo said new york is in crisis, and needs effective leadership. awards season is well and truly under way — hollywood's finest will be celebrated on sunday at the oscars, one of the most distinguished events in the film industry. musical crime drama emelia perez is going into the 97th academy awards as a frontrunner with 13 nominations. for more, earlier i spoke to marc malkin — senior editor of culture and events at variety. ijust want i just want to talk about eve best picture category festival. a lot of years, it feels preordained and it is not really the case of this year. it may be two or three films have a pretty good shot. not the case at all. you have an aura and the brutalist, picking up so many awards. conclave picked up best ensemble as the sag awards, the best picture, so it is really anybody was back again and that is what makes the oscars exciting this year beca

. >> to you, mr. mayor. >> i take particular umbrage as a survivor of sexual violence. i will, in into the record. this is my rights. thank you. >> no, no out front now, the democratic mayor of denver, mike johnston, you saw him there testifying in the hearing today. >> and that exchange with congresswoman mace. so mayor johnson, just, you know, you were there all day. did anything productive come out of the hearing? >> i mean, i think we got the chance to clarify some misperceptions. i think this was not a crisis that we created or we chose. this was a humanitarian crisis that landed in our cities because there hasn't been federal immigration policy change. and so we responded to that. i think we made clear some some things that are false. we do follow federal law. we right now are cooperating on the detention and pursuit of violent criminals all the time. i think what we're not doing is we're not going to do i.s.i.s. job for them. we're not going to use our denver police officers to chase down grandmothers out of church pews that have been in the city for 20 years. an

it's mayor party, mr. black, how good to have you on the program with us. the us president trump has announced and he of is ready to negotiate peace, but europe has called for continuing the fight against russia. why do you think that is? why are we seeing a division here on the ending the conflict, the new crane? so i can tell you very honestly that i feel a shame a lot of your opinion easily now, especially based on countries in the european union, there was a full b ice in spreading day. i hate to against the russia is absolutely for me. absolutely not acceptable, and that's why i'm hearing the most go. i'm here in the states deluxe. to express that not everybody in the european union and not everybody in the european parliament is crazy. because really the need of these, with rush out, you need good relations with russia and, and now we can see on this is the situation. and it's all right and in the front where restaurants are leaning and we have no time as you can. you know, the supply of ukrainians. uh, the delta american health. now the empty tons of

crime and as a result of the work i've done and my leadership, crime has gone down since i've been mayor. mr. burlison: ms. wu, you've said multiple times, you made it very clear that you're a welcoming city. knowing that there is a cost to the taxpayer, what's the acceptable number? is there any acceptable or reasonable limit that you would consider before your city is overrun? ms. wu: we are a city that is the safest in the country because everyone feels connectorred to city services -- connected to city services -- mr. burlison: you have flo answer? there's no capacity that's -- ms. wu: respectfully, i'm the mayor of boston. i don't get to decide who comes into our country and where they go after that. our job is to keep people fed and healthy and safe when they arrive in our city. and we do that in order to make sure that everyone across our community is safe. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the

mr. speaker, on devolving more power and funding to metro mayors to support regional industry.we will work with the mayors of doncaster and south yorkshire to support efforts to reopen doncaster sheffield airport. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i have the privilege to represent the home of spaceside malts, some amongst the finest, scotch whisky. last week the u.k. government unveiled damaging plans to grant a different definition of single malt to english producers to that of scottish single malts. this is entirely inconsistent with the global reputation of the quality of single malts and seeks to tear up a well established definition of what a single malt is, pulling the rug yet further from underneath the scotch whisky industry. given the backlash from the industry to this and the damage this could cause to scotch whisky exports and jobs, will the prime minister's word on whiskey be his whiskey bond by backing the industry to the hilt and scrapping these plans? >> mr. speaker, we do support scotch whisky. it's a really important part of our economy, and that's why we allocated 5

mr. speaker, on devolving more power and funding to metro mayors to support regional industry.we will work with the mayors of doncaster and south yorkshire to support efforts to reopen doncaster sheffield airport. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i have the privilege to represent the home of spaceside malts, some amongst the finest, scotch whisky. last week the u.k. government unveiled damaging plans to grant a different definition of single malt to english producers to that of scottish single malts. this is entirely inconsistent with the global reputation of the quality of single malts and seeks to tear up a well established definition of what a single malt is, pulling the rug yet further from underneath the scotch whisky industry. given the backlash from the industry to this and the damage this could cause to scotch whisky exports and jobs, will the prime minister's word on whiskey be his whiskey bond by backing the industry to the hilt and scrapping these plans? >> mr. speaker, we do support scotch whisky. it's a really important part of our economy, and that's why we allocated 5

mr. president, i yield back my all four of her mayors are from states on that list.epublicans were saying they should lose that money because they don't agree with their dear leader. trump and republicans are tend to take money from lou cities and states and give them to the red states for republicans demonize blueberries in cities that are the very area that are keeping the economy going. the attacks would the mayor's and city are not our shameful and dangerous to the impulses of this president was trying to expand executive power at nearly every direction. i would like to thank our mayors for coming in today having the strength and courage to stand up to this administration. thank you. i yield back. >> the chair recognizes mr. makes. >> thanks, mr. chairman. sotomayor adams, you've agreed -- you agreed today that new york is them nukes he is a sanctuary city commiserate? >> at least from a definition, but there's now a uniform definition. >> right. but that's what you proclaim. mayor johnson you previously also declared that your sanctuary city. mayor johnson you s

mr. sipe should work with mayor to win the election to the second district an nhl competition and request for a replacement rapidly. mr. sikes should also replace filters to do as the ceo was an at will employee. >> thank you that ends public comment on this item. wonderful. well we're looking forward to the next item on the agenda which is the resolution honoring dr. grant colfax and we'll start with our deputy director of health near vina baba. >> good afternoon commissioners and everyone today we recognize a truly exceptional public servant leader and advocate whose impact can be seen throughout throughout all of our city. for the past six years dr. grant colfax has served as the director of public health and his dedication and vision has strengthened the health and well-being of all san franciscans. he has an extraordinary ability to ensure that we are using the best evidence data and science to drive our decisions while also making sure that every voice that felt heard and supported. dr. colfax has led with integrity, compassion and a deep commitment to improving health equity, incre

consenting or dissenting in the mayor's removal of max carter over stone from the police commission item 22 when the board reconvenes is a motion to well it's the same motion, mr. president to consent or dissent in the mayor's removal of max carter ober stone from the police commission. >> all right. thank you, madam clerk. so again, colleagues, section 4.109 of the charter provides that the mayor with the consent of the board of supervisors may remove a member of the police commission that the mayor has appointed. on february 4th, mayor lori sent a letter to the clerk of the board of supervisors removing commissioner marks carter over stone effective on this board's approval of a motion consenting to their removal and a motion consenting or dissenting from that action is what is before us today unless anyone has any introductory comments or remarks i intend to provide commissioner carter ober stone up to ten minutes to address us then if we did so if there is a desire on the body we can talk or we can go straight to public comment and then after public comment additional opportunity for deliberation and or voting . so with that colleagues i will invite mr. cl

. >> the policies of these mayors and our previous president have consequences. real-life consequences. i have a family here today, mro lost their beautiful loved one. this young man was killed by an illegal immigrant in texas that never should have been in our country. you mayors, you have responsibility. not just to your communities and citizens, but by extension to the entire republic. >> sandra: but still they seem to be pressing on with their ideologies and policies and turning a blind eye to stories like that. >> yeah, the american people see through it all. the american people understand, look, i had the opportunity to talk to laken riley's family, we all know what happened there, we had missed nungaray come testify last congress, the stuff is real and has real-life consequences for families in our great country. it is wrong to have this lax attitude we have seen from mayors with sanctuary city policy and the president is right when he talks about federal grant dollars, federal funding -- going to continue to do this kind of thing, release someone to the street to you know is bad, who actually was violent agai

he visits the mayor of pair being you who is also a member of the national riley, the mr leisure range on the face to me units missed it of us like, oh, thank you for the reception. welcome to pub in your my wife. hello. nice to meet you. other members of the national riley are here as well. the welcome some even this is just your political role now allow you to share what you believe to be right. and what you couldn't say when you with the boss of from tex community or when your phone function. now, when i was an official, i had reservations and couldn't speak freely. i was ordered to enforce a political stance that was on rights to come with them on the mooney. well, i certainly try to change that may turn the agency into what it is. the rhetoric is supposed to be with that roles aboard and coast god outfits that supports e u. member states of concerning the quote, the vicar, when we saw him on the pool. i admit, that's why i voted from my left hand in the 2022 presidential elections week of the course. i didn't say that when i was director of from texas. i tell different things we h

please welcome to the stage the 46th mayor of san francisco, daniel murray. >> mr.. oh wow. wow. thank you. i appreciate that. we'll see if you do that next year. it's like a day. >> i was i was i asked our friends who i was sitting with look up the weather in new york city. actually it's only it's like low 50s there. so but it's going to be 70 plus degrees here in san francisco. >> look at this spot. this is the greatest city in the world when we're at our best there's not a question in my mind. it's it's incredible to be with you all here this morning to celebrate 175 years of the san francisco chamber of commerce. alfredo, i hope i don't have to run against you. >> that was a great speech. and cami blackstone, iraq. i look forward to working with all of you. we are here to acknowledge our history as the birthplace of innovation from cutting edge technology and culinary excellence to groundbreaking medical care and social progress. san francisco is known for solving problems that others can't or won't. the last few years we've risked taking that for granted. and it's my job as

mr. timmons. >> sandra: fireworks on capitol hill as lawmakers target each other and four democratic mayor's toughamericans lives in danger. welcome back as "special report" heads into a new hour. sandra smith in new york. >> john: point the exchange. john roberts in washington. leaders of the cities in boston, chicago, denver, and new york all testifying about their administrations approaches in a marathon hearing that started four hours ago and shows no signs of winding down yet, with the situation at the border itself improving immensely, republicans in the house oversight committee now want to know why sanctuary cities are still interfering with the white house's immigration crackdown. >> sandra: fox team coverage, brooke taylor at the border have the visit for vice president vance but let's start with nate foy live in new york city with a look at some of the dangerous criminals the policy to protect it. what is the latest from the hearing? >> hey, sandra, you just saw some contentious moments which i guess is expected. congressman nancy mace of south carolina just said that all of these sanct

have to just carry on with mayor breed and scott weiner's unpopular blanket up zoning plan that will impact our neighborhoods and that will not solve our affordability crisis. per mr. avallone his comment earlier. we want mayor lori to understand who he is up zoning for. to that end, we would like to ask that he participate in up in upcoming hearings in upcoming conversations about solving our housing affordability crisis. thank you for high commissioners. my name is polly marshall. i'm with the affordable housing alliance and which is a member of both rep and the anti displacement displacement coalition. >> i'm here today because i spent 35 years on the san francisco rent board. as a tenant commissioner from 1984 to 2019. think of those years. i've had lots of experience trying to prevent tenant displacement from rent increases and from evictions while i was on the rent board we had a shorthand for what we were doing during certain periods of time. >> we called it spitting into the wind. that's what our efforts felt like in the face of vast economic forces at work in the city and in the country. the dot com bust the mortgage crisis cycles of unemployment. >> well

please welcome to the stage the 46th mayor of san francisco, daniel murray. >> mr.. oh wow. wow.thank you. i appreciate that. we'll see if you do that next year. it's like a day. >> i was i was i asked our friends who i was sitting with look up the weather in new york city. actually it's only it's like low 50s there. so but it's going to be 70 plus degrees here in san francisco. >> look at this spot. this is the greatest city in the world when we're at our best there's not a question in my mind. it's it's incredible to be with you all here this morning to celebrate 175 years of the san francisco chamber of commerce. alfredo, i hope i don't have to run against you. >> that was a great speech. and cami blackstone, iraq. i look forward to working with all of you. we are here to acknowledge our history as the birthplace of innovation from cutting edge technology and culinary excellence to groundbreaking medical care and social progress. san francisco is known for solving problems that others can't or won't. the last few years we've risked taking that for granted. and it's my job as y

mr. president trump nominee for -- is from loss alameda's california, and serve as a mayor and county official for years. is also a u.s. navy veteran with executive experience providing leadership and advisory services to companies across a range of industries including aerospace and defense, high-tech software, in -- and telecommute occasions industries. troy first came before the committee when trump served -- asked him to serve in dhs. he was responsible for fiscal management, integrity and accountability of the department's budget supporting 240,000 employees. prior to dhs he was an executive at ibm working in part with the federal consulting business. a letter of support from the ceo and chairman of ibm arvin krishna. true spent nearly a decade with the aerospace industry at boeing where he was the cfo at the logistics decision -- division. in procurement. which makes him an ideal fit for a position of the act -- sector of dhs. he has a bachelors of science in mba and is joined by his wife betty. his business in government work experience will help troy find success i encourage all on thi

mr. speaker. the prime minister, the leadership he has shown, pulling together our allies yesterday and acknowledging the bravery and sacrifice of the people of ukraine. i was in ukraine last week and met with the mayor of a front line city of 2 million people with daily attacks and blackouts from russian forces. he told me a power project that had on short notice funding from usada, where others have stepped back, would we step forward and support projects like that? p.m. starmer: the power supply is hugely important in ukraine. the power of energy has been weaponized by putin. that is why he is attacking the power supplies across ukraine. of course, we will work with them to ensure they have the security of the power supplies they need as we go forward. >>'s or edward lee. >> our enemies should know our prime minister has 100% support. perhaps the prime minister could remind them of what the kaiser said about the contemptible little british army and would he tell president putin and other terrorists that our army, the most professional in the world, is quite capable of getting as good as it gets? but to continue the historical evolution, as in 1939, if we stand up, it is best to have a security gua

mayor. >> the welcoming city ordinance ensures that our local residents communicate and trust local law enforcement to ensure that criminals and crime is being addressed. the chairman, i yield. >> mr. chairman, i have unanimous consent request. >> i'm sorry question make. >> i have an animus to make unanimous consent request. >> go ahead. >> thank you. we would like to enter into the record mass deportations would deliver a catastrophic blow to the u.s. economy. this is from the joint economic committee december 2024. >> from where? what publication? >> the joint economic committee, december 2024. >> without objection, so ordered. i would like to have unanimous consent to enter record council of 2024 mass deportation devastating cost to america, its budget, and economy. >> without objection, so ordered. the chairman recognizes the chair of california. i'm sorry, mayor wu needs a short break to attend to her young child. mayor -- >> i got the note the baby is okay for now so i will continue but thank you. i will -- i believe for my husband, the is okay. and the arrangement if okay is that everybody would take a break so i wouldn't have to go into a back room to nurse when it is tim

mr. tony lowry, the director of the lunar new year parade. let me go. thank you. thanks and good morning everyone. good morning, mayor larry. good morning president donald good morning everybody. i just want to say thank you for all the support that you guys giving us. this was a very successful event in terms of the chinese new year celebration. we have our chinese new year parade. we have our festival chinese the history fair. we also have our basketball team growing and we are having our ymca ones coming over for this weekend. so we cannot do it without all the support from different city agency, different leadership, upper management from from our city. so i really appreciate it. couple of things i want to share with you guys is that for the parade itself this year we have actually precise we have more than 1250 volunteers. is that truly a community event? this is an event for our community and of course we have approximately 134 units. we have about 5000 participants all over the bay area. we have different marching band. we have a total of 21 float and of course with the help with the partnership with abc7 we won't li

mayor. it's also the locals that sometimes hold this up. and we need to address that as well. but it obviously supports economic growth. mr. donovan, how would this legislation, the american broadband deployment act, impact your members and the industry's efforts? mr. donovan: you're increasing certainty for the operators as they're going through the process that they know if they get to the end of it, there will be a decision. you can proceed with your build or here's what you need to fix. but you're not sitting in limbo forever waiting, as my colleague said, when the shot clock goes off, you need somebody to blow the whistle to make sure that that's enforced. rep. carter: mr. spellmeyer? mr. spellmeyer: certainty encourages investment. rep. carter: we've had a change of administration. i've had so many companies come into my office. we need certainty, we need to know the future -- in order to invest, we've got to know what the future holds and what's going to be there and what's not going to be there. and, you know, i was in business for 32 years and i will tell you without certainty it's difficult to make business decis

mr. clerk, please call item number one. >> yes. item number one is a resolution approving and authorizing the director of the mayor's office of housing and community development to execute loan documents for the permanent financing of 1135 1155 and 1175 ellis street pursuant to the small sites program and preservation and seismic safety program for a total loan amount not to exceed 50.6 million. >> confirming the planning department's determination under the california environmental quality act finding that the loan is consistent with the general plan and the eight priority policies of the planning code and authorizing the director or their designee to make certain modifications to the loan documents and take certain actions in furtherance of this resolution. >> madam chair, thank you. and today we have the mayor's office of housing and community development here. >> good morning. my name is alicia gage. i'm the preservation program manager at the mayor's office of housing and community development and it's my pleasure to be here to present a permanent loan for normandie apartments at the address that was listed by the clerk. the pro

mayor. it's also the locals that sometimes hold this up. and we need to address that as well. but it obviously supports economic growth. mr.donovan, how would this legislation, the american broadband deployment act, impact your members and the industry's efforts? mr. donovan: you're increasing certainty for the operators as they're going through the process that they know if they get to the end of it, there will be a decision. you can proceed with your build or here's what you need to fix. but you're not sitting in limbo forever waiting, as my colleague said, when the shot clock goes off, you need somebody to blow the whistle to make sure that that's enforced. rep. carter: mr. spellmeyer? mr. spellmeyer: certainty encourages investment. rep. carter: we've had a change of administration. i've had so many companies come into my office. we need certainty, we need to know the future -- in order to invest, we've got to know what the future holds and what's going to be there and what's not going to be there. and, you know, i was in business for 32 years and i will tell you without certainty it's difficult to make business decisi