mr. nolan you have acknowledged and mr. rifkin you have acknowledged -- back in december we were given five options for where they could be extracted one of them was clear down on columbus and taylor streets which is totally unrealistic -- and among the five is the chinatown option and now we're told that other circumstances have neg ated -- therefore we're having to have our own community meeting inviting you and experts that you referred to but we've never seen any reports as to why chinatown has become infeasible so it's going to disrupt us for years and years and i want you to think about that thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please? >> john horn followed by ron collins and mark gruber. >> i wrote 2 letters to chris, hiaschi i was very surprised how mr. -- conducted the session. the process was so narrow and ridged. he lost track of a half hour during the whole session and tried to make it up but didn't do a good job of it. there were at least 4 drivers in my group who were clearly not native english speakers and i

. >> thank you mr. nolan. anyone else that would like to speak? >> hi supervisors. thank you for your consideration of this item. the project sponsor did reach out to our office and our initial request was to get in contact with the dog patch merchant associations and the neighborhood association. we took the liberty of reaching out and showing the conditions that the alu suggested. they're primarily supportive given the industrial nature and no residents within 500 square feet. they are happy with the conditions proposed. we will continue to work with the sponsor to make sure there is adequate litter and graffiti removal in more than one location but i we can continue to work on through the implementation process. >> thank you. is there anyone else that would like to speak? seeing none public comment is closed. supervisor yee. >> i just want to say real quickly i will be supporting this -- >> are you biases a little bit here. >> a little bias. yes, i remember the club cesar's on mission, and it would be great if we have a few more venues for latin salsa type dancin

mr. nolan: neither of them are entitlements. they're earned benefits. people started paying for the very first day, the very first hour they ever went to work and they have ever right to expect those benefits. thirdly, there are some long-term problems with both and they should and need to be fixed but they can be done clearly without reducing the benefits. and let me remind all of us that nothing is done more in this country to lift more people out of poverty than social security and nothing has done more to add more life and more years to life than medicare. mr. president, my fellow members, we must stand up for social security and medicare and protect those benefits going forward. thank you. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. without objection. and for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for