three, on mega mergers mr. pai has paved the way for massive mergers which will squeeze outic independent programmers and it needed to hire consumers.tion for, the education rate, chairman pai has refused to commit to protecting the e rate' the most successful educational technology program in our country's history which linked up schools and libraries to the internet. and five, the lifeline program.c mr. pai has undercut the lifelong program which provides access to voice and internet service for millions of low income americans. case against german faisal nomination is clear. i want to spend a few more minutes today on the particularly critical issue of net neutrality and the chief governing principle of the internet.t that neutrality ensures that all internet traffic is treated equal requiring that internet service providers like at&t, charter, verizon and guest do not block, slow down, censor or prioritize internet traffic. today essentially every companyl is an internet. every company has to deal with the digi

mr. pai both as f.c.c. commissioner and now as chairman has not been a vigorous watchdog for free speech. he has not put the people's right to information first. in fact, he has put corporate interest first. and he has opposed policies outright that ensure underserved communities have access to essential technology. i strongly oppose his renomination to the commission. let's begin with his responsibility to guard first amendment rights. president trump has relentlessly attacked nbc, cbs, abc, cnn, "the new york times," and "the washington post." he called these established and esteemed news outlets fake news. he even called them the enemy of the people. earlier this year in february during a senate commerce hearing, this was an oversight hearing, i asked chairman pai point blank whether he agreed with the president that these mainstream news organizations were itself enemy of the people -- were the enemy of the people. he refused to answer, refused to disagree with this patently outrageous an

mr. pai. i'm not going to give it today because of the horrible situation in las vegas which i want to speak about. but i agree with his vote. i'm voting no on mr. pai. well, mr. president, there are precious few words for days like this. last night, as everyone now knows, at a concert in las vegas, nevada, a gunman opened fire on a crowd of 22,000, killing at least 58, sending hundreds, hundreds more to the hospital. it was the deadliest mass shooting in the history of our country. our collective hearts, so hardened now by the absurd frequency of this mass shootings, are broken once again. we mourn the families of the fallen. we pray with the families of the wounded. we have the deepest gratitude for every first responder, cop, and firefighter who rushed to the scene. that hetheir heroism is an insp. today we're filled with shock and horror, sadness, and rage. the horrific massacre was perpetuated by an american on his fellow americans, and the visitors from every corner of the world were th

welfare system wasn't created to subsidize employers paying low wages and that's exactly what labor working tax system did. >> jeremy corbyn. >> mr. speaker the government-- governments own social commission reported low pay was endemic in the united kingdom. one in four workers permanently stuck in low-paying jobs. that's why labor backed a living wage of 10 pounds per hour to make work pay. mr. speaker, this government doesn't know if it's coming or going. of a say-- they say the conservative party and government says they have full confidence in universal credits, but won't to vote for it. they say they will end the nhs, but won't allocate any money to pay for it. the communicate-- community secretary back 50 pounds on housing but the chancellor says it's not policy. they are planning for a no deal brach said in the chancellor says they are not. isn't the case that this government is weak, and confident, divided and unable to make a decision-- >> order, order, order. the responses from the prime minister will be heard and the remarks of the right honorable gentleman will be heard. you can try to shout him down and other member

mr. pai, should the fcc be doing more to ensure local officials have resources to know how -- local resources know how to use the wea, the wireless emergency alerts? >> absolutely, congressman. that's part of the reason why i supported the proposal last year, to work cooperatively with local officials and stakeholders to see if we can strengthen that system. >> so we can count on your support in terms of producing resources and education. >> absolutely. our public safety bureau and i personally am committed to making sure that that system is robust as it can be. >> thank you. mr. pai, last september the fcc adopted a further notice of proposed rulemaking that addresses increasing the wea geo targeting. the final round of comments was due on january 9th. when does the commission plan to move on that? >> we don't have a particular time frame, congressman. i will note two things, however. first, the reason we have that geotargeting proposal is because my office last year urged the full commissio

welfare system wasn't created to subsidize employers paying low wages and that's exactly what labor working tax system did. >> jeremy corbyn. >> mr. speaker the government-- governments own social commission reported low pay was endemic in the united kingdom. one in four workers permanently stuck in low-paying jobs. that's why labor backed a living wage of 10 pounds per hour to make work pay. mr. speaker, this government doesn't know if it's coming or going. of a say-- they say the conservative party and government says they have full confidence in universal credits, but won't to vote for it. they say they will end the nhs, but won't allocate any money to pay for it. the communicate-- community secretary back 50 pounds on housing but the chancellor says it's not policy. they are planning for a no deal brach said in the chancellor says they are not. isn't the case that this government is weak, and confident, divided and unable to make a decision-- >> order, order, order. the responses from the prime minister will be heard and the remarks of the right honorable gentleman will be heard. you can try to shout him down and other member

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pay the price. [shouting] >> heidi allen. >> thank you ver y much, mr. speaker. i fear that the more was not for me. i'm afraid i must return to the subject of universal credit. perhaps the difference on this side of house and outside of house is we believe the transformative properties are going and we want to work there and work it will but we have to get it right. i think the secretary of state on monday to advertisement widely that it is available to thcleanse. many feel that more people take at those advances lustral to me that the inbuilt six-week wait just of the work. will the prime minister please consider meeting with me so i can explain to her why if we reduce the six-week wait will do a better job of supporting those just about managing families who are struggling to make ends meet and who have no savings to cover them over that time? >> my audible and makes an important point about the fundamental benefits of your social credit, but she's right of course and that's why the dwd is intended to look the performance and how it's operating. i'm happy to m

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foreign investors are leaving and to that the regional government in barcelona is having trouble paying its bills. mrs s. but i know i've got a waiting six months for the authorities to pay their bills. that's heard on my company. i have to get a loan to pay my workers. when i call the authorities about the payment they say their hands are tied that when the bus. companies are caught between the two sides of the political crisis which continues to escalate. on air i asked all correspondent in a ball salon and in hand if the political dispute could end up hurting both the region and spain as a whole. it does hurt both sides already today the spanish minister of economy announced that growth for next year will slightly decrease due to the political instability and so we can clearly see this is not only a problem for catalan businesses actually if you take the number of cattle and businesses that have moved out of the region that's a rather small talking about one thousand compared to over half a million companies which are basically the backbone of the spanish in dust industry really here and that's an

mr. higgins, pays tribute, you know it's somebody worthy because my friend from louisiana served with distinction in the united states army wearing the uniform of this country. he served as law enforcement officer. he knows about serving, protecting others, and a willingness to lay down his life for others. it's been deeply touching to have seen accounts of what's oing on in las vegas, to understand what i've seen in my years as a prosecutor, judge, and chief justice. first responders, law officers. when everyone is running away from sound of a gun, they're unning into harm's way to help and protect others. it was jesus that said a greater love has no one that than -- than this that a man lay down his life for his friends. those who wear the uniforming as my friend has, of a law officer and military, they know what that means. my four years on active duty in the army, we were not in combat. jesus was right. and there were so many there in las vegas that put their own lives on the line for the sake of the though -- for the sake of the lives of others. i know there are others that a dn't wait to ru

mr. murphy new jersey homeowners pay the highest property taxes in the nation and there is a salary tax thatlimits raises for police and firefighters to 2% which then helps keep property taxes down. that is due to put expire at the end of this year so we keep the and side with homeowners or will you side with police and firefighters admit that fire? >> that's a false choice in my humble opinion. we'll make a decision based on the backs produce a report coming out in december. of the committee put their report out which was a complete political stunt. >> election days in november and our voters would like to know where you stand on that issue. >> i would like reporters to note that i want to make decisions based on facts and that's what i believe then and only half of that is come out so far. imagine 2% which is important. again this is an us versus them administration we have had from the figures in this case pitting fiscal responsibility who would want fiscal responsibility giving -- given the train wreck of our economy gets perhaps the bravest people in of the state police fire and first r

mr. corbyn: that's not all that has to change. as parties unite in paying tribute to our public sector workers, the firefighters who ran into grenfell tower to save lives. the health service workers, caring for the maimed in the manchester terrorist outrage. [applause] mr. corbyn: those brave police officers who confronted the attackers at london bridge. [applause] and pc keith palmer, who many of us knew, who gave his life when terrorists attacked our democracy. our public servants make the difference every day, between a decent and a threadbare society. everyone praises them. [applause] mr. corbyn: everyone praises them, but it is labour that values them and is prepared -- [applause] mr. corbyn: and is prepared to give them the pay rise they deserve and protect the services they provide. [applause] mr. corbyn: year after year, the tories have cut budgets and squeezed public sector pay, while cutting taxes for the highest earners and the big corporations. you can't care for the nation's health when doctors and nurses are being asked to accept falling livin

mrs. obama paying us a visit later on today.ello to maple shade, shaders live look at route 73 between moorestown and the tacony palmyra bridge and crews are still working here on the schuylkill expressway, this is a live look westbound right underneath 30th street station , left lane is opened, at lee it is opened, we will take within lane better than no lanes, right karen and thomas. >> heck yah, absolutely. >>> going from traffic related news to vehicle related news, ditching the fuel. >> we will tell you how one major auto maker is hoping to end its relationship with gasoline and diesel in the very near future but first here's sean bell. >> coming up next eagles running game is in fully affect hear why coach doug pederson thinks the ground game is finally running smoothly, that is coming up next in sports. >>> good morning i'm sean bell there is a lot to like about the eagles game then they did two weeks ago and that is because of lagarrette blount. has been a bee over last couple weeks and head coach doug pederson thinks ev

when you cut taxes on businesses and corporations, who pays those taxes, mr. speaker? it's the american people who buy for the wealthy because that's not true. when you cut taxes on businesses and corporations, who pays those taxes, mr. speaker? it's the american people who buy the products that pay those taxes. when they get a break, everybody wins. but the adoption of the senate amendment to the house passed budget that we're going to vote on today paves the way for tax reform. it's for the wealthy because that's not true. when you cut taxes on establish to balance through restrained spending, reduced taxes, and economic growth. it's going to allow for higher defense spending contingent on future adjustments to discretionary spending caps or defense and national security. but it begins to address our national debt. it reduces nondefense discretionary spending by over $600 billion over 10 years. it assumes more than $4 trillion in mandatory savings over 10 years. and it provides for budget endorsement in the house in order to strengthen fiscal discipline. madam chair,

mr. president, who's going to pay for the infrastructure recovery in puerto rico?co, we're going to be working systems. dealing with congress. we're going to be coming before, meaning far before any existing debt that's on the island because as you know, the island has massive debt. just their, as we talk about the electrical facilities, i think they have 9 billion in debt. any bet put in will be coming before that debt. we want to make sure we put in debt and that debt is absoluteliabsolutely ly protected. in addition to that, we're provided tremendous relief and services right now and we'll continue to provide that for a period of time and then a new group will come in and the new group will be more building oriented. when things are perfect. but we have to come before the existing debt. they have i guess by some counts, $120 billion if you add everything. probably about 120 billion. separating any money put in, whether it's by public or private, they're going to want to come in first position and that's very important. i think the governor understands that. i wo

mr. president, who's going to pay for the infrastructure recovery in puerto rico? >> we're going to be working. broth we're going to be dealing with congress. we're going to be coming before any existing debt that's on the island. as you know, the

that will be to give up independence altogether and that is a price that may be too high for mr amount to pay. canada's prime minister justin trudeau has wrapped up his trip to washington d.c. a visit dominated by the future of the north american free trade agreement as president donald trump suggested that talks to rework nafta could fail and that mexico might be dumped from the three country pact but euro is off to mystic about the negotiations he says the meeting with went well the talks were held against the backdrop of another trade dispute over a hefty duties the u.s. has slapped on canadian made airplanes alan fischer has more from washington d.c. . with the forefront of talks aimed at drawing up a new north american free trade agreement underway here in washington canadian prime minister justin to door came to meet with president donald trump but donald trump has been on the record since the moment he moved into the white house that he would like to see a new nothe agreement an agreement that has been in place for almost twenty five years and both canada and mexico see until this poin

that will be to give up independence altogether and that is a price that may be too high for mr amount to pay. us secretary of state rex tillerson has called on turkey to provide evidence for accusations that local u.s. embassy employees were linked to the two thousand and sixteen failed could and expresses profound concern over the everest the u.s. embassy in encore suspended most of these a service is off for a staff member was detained encore vitaly action by canceling a math and existing visas and stopping issuing new ones because more. well late wednesday secretary of state rex tillerson said he wants to see evidence behind why two consulate employees from the u.s. were arrested within the last year one of those employees was arrested just a little less than a week ago the turkish government said that he was a spy and claim that he was linked to a u.s. based turkish businessman who turkey says was behind the failed coup a year ago now in addition to that the deputy foreign minister was visiting washington today he was meeting with the u.s. chamber of commerce trying to reaffirm the relat

mr. murphy. >> the question is simple how do you plan to pay for free kit, free college education, universal health care, and just to name a few. it add up to $56 billion without raising taxes on the middle class, and the working class, because your plan right now, provides, only a billion dollars and i see only a billion dollars. >> how do you plan to pay for all of promises, made during the programry. >> that is quite a question. >> you know those numbers, are not true, and you are saying them and making them up and, talking about me and turnpike and fares, and running for president, we have to get back to basis discussion on the truth. that is what people showed up for to hear tonight. >> answer the question. >> you've got, sorry, i could not hear you there, sorry. you have had the back. >> answer the question was the question. >> excuse me, we would like to keep a certain professional in this room. i apologize for the interruption but can you please answer the question and once again, if we hear anymore interruptions you will be asked to leave the auditorium. thank you. mr. murphy. >> wi

mr. speaker. i join my colleagues, congressman thompson and congressman huffman, in paying tribute to the first responders who responded to the fires in northern california and indeed southern california as well. the spirit of our community is so magnificent to see people come together to help each other. i salute our colleagues, mike thompson, who was just -- his whole district was like -- so of his district was an inferno, but much of his district is still thriving and one group helping another. and mr. huffman there side by side with him the whole time. this is very tragic. the loss of life is southern ca heartbreaking. the loss of livelihood is devastating. and the loss of homes, of course, will take a while to replace. we have seen other natural disasters in the rest of the country and harvey and irma and maria and nate, puerto rico, virgin islands, florida, georgia, alabama, texas, louisiana, so many of our -- the people of our country are devastated in a short period of time. so in time of natural disaster it is very important for the federal government to honor its social compact with the american

mrs. pants were in las vegas yesterday to pay tribute to the victims of last sunday's mass shooting. he spoke at a gathering in city hall. his remarks are just over 10 minutes. [applause] v.p. pence: sen. heller: senator cortez,r distinguished members, mayor goodman, state and local to thels pass their hats people of las vegas, my fellow americans. my wife karen and i are honored to be with you for this las vegas unity prayer walk. we are grateful to each of you and we are grateful for the inspiration of your former 30 fire chief, kevin chapman. -- inspiration of your former deputy fire chief, kevin chapman. kevin, thank you for loving the people of this community the way you do. [applause] v.p. pence: president trump personally asked us to be here, to stand with you, to pray with you for strength, comfort and healing in the wake of seven unday night's terrific attack. in america we mourn with those who mourn. we grieve with those who grive. today i stand before you to say we are with you. today we are all vegas strong. [applause] v.p. pence: as the president often says when one part

senator klobuchar: is google paying them? mr. salgado: i'm not sure how the money flow go bus we would be involved in the remuneration to youtube channels. senator klobuchar: that sounds like you're paying them. mr. salgado: i don't know the actual flow. senator klobuchar: we'll follow up in writing. >> i have a question about a couple of ads she we showed, you can tell me how many people obeyed the instruction and texted hilly to 59925, you don't know what other behavior they engaged in and you would know o tweeted clinton with the #between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. mr. edgett: we would know the second one but we wouldn't know if someone picked up the phone and texted that number. >> there's been a bit of atmosphere here that in terms of small dollar numbers it's not a big deal because you have such big platforms. vice news talked with the own over a facebook page who uses facebook ads to use content. after spending $34,100 he controlled pages with 1. million likes. he was able to push out content that could hit some pretty serious

we're praying for you. >> thank you. >> my first question and comments are for mr. pai, chairman pai. thank you so much for coming down to houston to see the devastation of hurricane harvey first hand. you saw it with your own eyes. i mean hit us twice, came back, 50 inches of rain in parts of the district and parts of the county. we can do much better. i would just like to ask you what do you see with respect to forms of communication networks throughout the region during hurricane harvey? what are the steps the fcc is taking to support the restoration and recovery efforts back home. >> appreciate the quell and your leadership on this issue. i know you've been active in trying to inform your constituents about where they could get help. few different things. number one the fcc is working very proactively to make sure that we assist state and local partners in texas and i personally visited. offered my assistance. few different things that we could do going forward. first, i was quite taking by a point that i learned at the harris county 911 center that were relatively

mr. chairman. >> reporter: voted to pay that $4.5 million for special flooring, acoustic wall treatments, and upgrades. that's a lot of of your tax dollars paying for the school's overcost. but the city council, they've been here before. >> it's been the case with all the schools in our school modernization program. >> reporter: why? let's go back. three years ago, the city broke ground to renovate the century's old school building. the building was falling apart. it didn't even have any of the modern classrooms, and studios that you would expect in a performing arts academy. a construction budget was set at $71 million. get this. that 2012 budget, more than doubled through the years by the time the remodel was complete. annual salaries of nearly 1300 d.c. school teachers. >> we knew it would cost a great deal more than that. but we never actually saw a budget. >> reporter: you heard right. they never saw a budget. peggy cooper is a school cofounder. >> to completely grasp the difference between teaching a class where everyone has to have a tuba, in addition to a book, that they will understand. >> re

support free college programs for bachelors degrees in new jersey, and if you do how would he pay for? >> mr murphy, we will let you answer that first. phil murphy: great question. this is one that comes up all the time. higher education is out of the reach of too many young people and their families. it is maddening. you've probably seen this at the university of maine advertises on a billboard above the turnpike,, on up and check us out. -- come on up and check us out. our in-state tuition is lower than your in-state tuition. we have ravaged higher education in the state so a couple of things. there is no one magic bullet. number one we stand for free community college. there is a study they came out this summer that makes a compelling point that that is the middle skill jobs we are going to have the least number s of folks who are trained in. secondly we love the idea of a public bank that we all have citizens own, and along the lines of business are reasonable student loans. and how about something like thirdly, stay in new jersey for college, state here five years to work after and we w

mr. peanut with the double-breasted suit. but when you take a close look at who pays corporate taxes, the picture is a little different. it, -- it taxes effectively both capital and labor, both the investors' dividends and wages of the workers. economists disagree how this breaks down, but it is understood that lost worker wages make up between one quarter and one-half of corporate tax revenue. some put the figure higher than that. and so perhaps a quarter to a borne bybe more, workers. you have everything that people by every good, every service in , the economy is made more expensive by a tax like that, and there's also diminished wages and unemployment and underemployment that can sometimes stem from that. so in the end i tend to view this 35% corporate tax as having some very nasty regressive effects meaning that its least , desirable qualities include the fact it's borne disproportionately by america's poor and middle class. this is why in january i penned an op-ed that eliminates the corporate tax altogether and shifting that particular tax burden on to investor

would be to give up independence altogether and that is a price that may be too high for mr which amount to pay. two u.s. senators have criticized president donald trump for a delay in implementing sanctions against russia and a joint statement republican john mccain and democrat ben cardin said the white house has to get to identify what challenges of the russian state should be sanctions despite an october first deadline they say the delay calls into question the trumpet ministrations commitment to the sanctions bill. now u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has called on turkey to provide evidence for accusations that local u.s. embassy employees were linked to the two thousand and sixteen failed coup and express his profound concern over the everest the u.s. embassy in ankara suspended most phases services after a stuff member was detained encore a battalion by canceling american existing visas and stopping issuing new ones. well late wednesday secretary of state rex tillerson said he wants to see evidence behind why two consulate employees from the u.s. were arrested within the last year

mr. speaker, our budget responsibly pays for all of our investments. our budget is a credible alternative and a real plan for america and i urge my colleagues to support the c.b.c. budget. i yield back. the chair: the time of the gentleman has expired. the gentleman from georgia has the right to close after the minority closes. does the gentleman from georgia have additional speakers or continue to reserve? mr. ferguson: i continue to reserve. the chair: the gentleman continues to reserve. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. scott: mr. speaker, mr. chairman, i yield one and a half minutes to the gentlelady from texas, ms. ed debernice johnson. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for one and a half minutes. ms. johnson: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i stand here to talk a little bit about the republican budget first. it's a poor reflection of the values and priorities we hold dear in america. americans insist on dooming the american people to the failed trickle down economics of the reagan era. republican budget shifts the tax burden

would be to give up independence altogether and that is a price that may be too high for mr which amount to pay. the iraqi government claims i saw has infiltrated current coca disputed province partly under the control of the kurdistan regional government or the k r g prime minister hide-n. a body says he wants to send troops into the province to oust the ice all fighters but kurdish officials say that's an excuse used by iraq to launch a major attack on kurdish forces tensions have been growing between the k r t and the central government in baghdad after iraqi kurds voted overwhelmingly for to session in a referendum last month. well you don't know what that i'm going to let so myself fighters have been allowed to enter her cook with they were fighters who are considered very dangerous and who pledged allegiance to isolate or who have confessed to have fought with the group of women and we asked the kurdistan region and we ask our caucus which is on there to federal authority as well as we have asked the minister of interior to send officials took our coke to get these terrorists and investig

would be to give up independence altogether and that is a price that may be too high for mr which amount to pay. us president donald trump is holding talks with his canadian counterpart justin trudeau at the white house the pair are discussing the nafta trade deal which trump has threatened to pull out of but during the photo opportunity trump strayed off the topic it is at the white house monitoring developments for us so tell us a little bit about what exactly he did say and how he strayed off topic. well in the essence he is fighting back against reports he doesn't like in the media the topic to shore is a report by n.b.c. news that over the summer time donald trump said in a meeting and this is cited by three unnamed officials u.s. officials that in fact don't talk said he wanted to increase america's nuclear arsenal to nine hundred sixty two levels in essence ten times what it currently is right now this is something that the president is denying in fact when speaking to reporters as well as on social media he has called this reporting by n.b.c. news fake news and in fact he said it is tot

mr. yarmuth: by voting for this budget, he will force 941,000 seniors and disabled individuals to pay more for life saving medicare and the wealthiest person in his state has a net worth of $3 billion can get a massive tax cut. i yield to the gentleman from llinois, mr. mr. krishnamoorthi:. >> this sets up a tax plan that would harm hundreds of thousands of working families in illinois and millions across the nation. it has been reported that this tax plan enables a budget that would eliminate the state and local tax deduction known as the salt deduction. in my home state of illinois, the salt deduction represents a sizeable portion of taxpayers' income accounting for 6% of the average itemizers' average gross income. within my district, the salt deduction allows families in cook county to save $4,000. page counties, the numbers are greater. simply put, mr. speaker, the salt deduction prohibits double taxation on working families. that's why numerous bipartisan organizations have spoken out in support of the salt deduction, including the national governors' association and the united state

mr. speaker, is these trees grow back after we cut them. so this entire green, sustainable industry creates good-paying jobs generation after generation. now, democrats and republicans must do everything humanly possible to help make sure our forest products industry is healthy and thrives. to that end, mr. speaker, i want to thank everybody in this chamber to make sure that we continue to treat biomass fairly in our regulations. make sure biomass is carbon neutral. this will avoid unnecessary and costly regulations being imposed on our mills, factories and energy plants. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek ecognition? mr. smith: mr. green: we are one week away from the open enrollment period an opportunity for americans to purchase health insurance in 2018. president trump ended the cost sharing reduction payments which reduce out of pocket costs for low-income families, an analysis shows these payments will likely increase premiums. in the senate, there is a bipartisan agreement led by senators alexander and murra

mr. president, who is paying for the recovery in puerto rico? workingump: we will be with congress. debt --nd has massive we talk about the other electrical facilities. i think they have $9 billion in debt. we want to make sure that we put it ist and that protected. in addition to that, we are providing tremendous relief and services right now. we will continue to provide that for a period of time and then a new group will come in and it will be more building oriented. but, we do have to come before the existing debt. by some counts, they have $120 billion in debt. any money that is put in by people, whether public or private, they will want to come in, in first position. i would imagine pretty much everyone understands that in puerto rico. >> [indiscernible] pres. trump: we are helping a lot right now. it is costing a lot to have fema , the military, and the first responders. but we have an obligation to puerto rico and to humanity and to ourselves. we want to continue to do a great job. there will have to be some reconstruction. the biggest thing is the power plant. it is pretty b