mr. mccarthy's proposal but give it a time certain thing. you have to pull p the permit for the stairs, finish in a certain amount of months. i'm open to spread, whether we say three months, six months or whatever, but it has to be done. it has to be finished and expected and signed off on. it may not be as nice as you want it, but it's got to be done. >> are you suggested that the homeowner put in any type of stairs that is up to code, but it doesn't have to match what they intended to do? >> it wouldn't be a planning issue, it will be just a simple -- okay commissioner sweeney is going to stop me there. >> this is visible from the street, definitely has to go to planning. >> it has to go to planning so -- that's a time issue. you could still get stairs that would work and do it in a cost efficient manner. would that be an over-the-counter permit? >> definitely. if he renews it, he has a set of plans, he might have to modify that, i don't know how fancy his plans are. he could stick with the plan or he could modify the plan. >> let me ask t

mrs. mccarthy for her work and lead -- thank mrs. mccarthy for her work and leadership on education issues generally and for her service on the committee. i know she cares about these issues, particularly improving education options for women. she has been a joy to work with as a ranking member on the subcommittee through the easy issues and frankly through some of the harder ones. and as a newer member and frankly a green chairman, i would often rely on the honest comment and the kind smile of carolyn mccarthy and would simply say that if more of us did that, perhaps, mr. speaker, more work like the bill we're discussing right now would get done in congress. one of the top priorities of this congress certainly, one of my top priorities is helping people to build better lives for themselves and their families. whether that's through more flexible work schedules, stronger job training programs, or smarter student loan terms, advancing commonsense policies that will make life work for more american source primary goal. the strengthening

mr. mccarthy's proposal but give it a time certain thing. you have to pull p the permit for the stairs, finish in a certain amount of months. i'm

mrs. mccarthy: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank ranking member

mccarthy. >> and mr. coffman, i am not aware of the exact delays but i'd be happy to take up for the record and get back to before the hearing. i did ask if we did find a timeline for the process of the contract award and what the delays were. i don't have that at this point but we will get back with you. >> mike coffman again. ms. landfried, according to july 26 to 2012 memo from the assistant secretary for information and technology, all va i.t. software was required to be complied with section 508 by january 2013. is all va software compliant at this point in time? >> at this point in time it's not -- we've not achieved 100% conformance with the 508 standard. we've made significant progress since that time. >> what percentage are you at -- mike coffman again. i want to remind people to identify themselves for this hearing before they speak. what percentage are you at right now? >> the percentage is difficult for me to address right now because the software that we are looking at, particularly on the we

mr. mccarthy writes, here's the main point. he rioting at the american embassy in cairo wasn't about the anti-muslim video. as argued here repeatedly, the obama administration's blame of the story was for the 2012 rioting in cairo ever bit as it was a fraudulent explanation for the massacre in benghazi several hours later. once you grasp this well-hidden fact, the obama administration's dir elections of duty in -- derelictions of duty in connection with benghazi becomes much easier to see. but, let's look at the exchange with the white house press corps. a new low in insulting the intelligence of the american people. mr. carney was killed about just-released emails that corroborate what many of us have been arguing all along. obama e video was an administration-crafted lie through and through. it was intended in the stretch run of the 2012 campaign to obscure the facts that, a, the president's foreign policy of empowering islamist supremacists contributed directly and materially to the benghazi massacre. b, the president's reck

meanwhile, andrew mccarthy wrielting in the national review, mrs. clinton, like the obama administration more broadly believes appeasing islamists, avoiding actions that might give them offense, slamming americans that provoke them, support peace and stability. hillary clinton's tenure at the state department was a disaster. more ridiculous still, listen to what rush limbaugh said just today. >> the boko haram leader or whoever, that performed on video is a good looking guy. this is why mrs. clinton wouldn't call this group a terror group. because they're black. can't afford to do that. this is how surface conscious the left is. we can't call them terrorists because they look like african-americans. and we just can't go there. >> i have never heard more hogwash in 30 seconds. i've got to stephanie, a female, a woman. he accuses hillary of having some sort of sexual attraction or romantic attraction to the head of boko haram. this gets a little odd here. he's good look, he's black and he looks like an african-american. i didn't get a good look at the

mccarthy. >> yes. >> mar. >> yes. >> lee. >> yes. >> commissioner mcray. >> yes. >> commissioner walker. >> yes. >> motion carries unanimously. >>> owner of resident appellant mr. king, 641 48th avenue. action requested by a appellant to reverse order of abatement. >> this is also a single family dwelling and the violation relates to the vacant building ordinance. an order of abatement was issued on 3-18 of last yore. year. staff recommends to up hold the order of abatement and up hold assessment of costs due to the fact of not clear utilities received and also maintenance issues that are continuing with the building. thank you. >> is the appellant here? would you mind coming up? >> i bought the home in september of 82 because i used to drive along the great highway and i always admire closeness to the ocean and i have continually lived at the same home in september of '82. so it was a total surprise that someone from the neighborhood filed a complaint that i wasn't living there. our neighbor next door told us about the development of [inaudible] below our house so my wife and i went to the planning department here in the '80s and also in the early '90s to save

mr. boehner is going to be gone and the question is cantor and mccarthy.end, the lovely patricia murphy. patricia, people tend to think of -- by people, me -- tend to think of john boehner as a hapless tanner. but behind the scenes, when it comes to his own power, he seems to be an arm-twister and vaguely ruthless. >> he is definitely an arm-twister. i think that he has reserved his ruthless side until now. i think that he knew that that tea party group that came in that made him speaker in the first place, that was such a wild bunch of people who just had so much energy to burn off. and i think a lot of rebellion in their hearts that they need to sort of process through their systems. and then along comes ted cruz and you have the whole thing going on in the senate. and i think that john boehner knew that he was not going to be able to control this group of tea partiers until they really controlled themselves and had circumstances start to control them. and so ted cruz -- john boehner let him go ahead and shut down the government. that didn't work. and we

mr. chair. >> thank you, we are adjourned. [gavel] >> the first item on the agenda is roll call. >> commissioner mar. >> here. >> commissioner lee. >> here. >> commissioner mcray. >> present. >> commissioner walker. >> here. >> commissioner mccarthy is expected. we have a quorum. will all parties giving testimony today please stand and raise your right hand? do you swear the testimony is the truth to the best of your knowledge? you may be seated. >>> mr. and mrs. access, 219 whitney street and to waive the assessment. >> staff recommends order of abatement and to [inaudible]. >> just a quick question. so the stairs are still missing, front stairs? >> yes. >> how do they access the building? >> not clear to me. >> okay, thank you. appellant? >> good morning board members. may i distribute some information to you? >> you can begin. >> good morning, i'm the own er of 219 whitney street, san francisco. i disrespectfully disagree with that statement. i have submitted photographs to you. except for the missing stairs and port coin the front, facade is nice. i did all the rebuilding work myself and ran out of money and time. i believe i have done a first class job nailing, shaning all the pieces. i cut every one of these tile pieces cov