mr. paulson and mur. luca -- mr. lucas. >> i was out in the hallway canceling a doctors appointment. i wanted to speak to this issue of local hiring. i have then in business here for the past 22 years. local hiring, the ordinance is mandatory. for many years, we have dealt with the human rights commission and a few other people that basically have no oversight. there is no compliance control. what i have experienced in losses under the good faith effort, the use you to meet the goal. once the goal is met, you don't get called to do the work. the job has come and gone, there is no recourse. if the playing field was level, we would not need -- we would not need a local hiring ordinances'. but since it isn't, that is how we do. we have compliance officers that are supposed to be trained. they don't visit the job sites. the city has gotten to into the simulation system. many of us don't even belong on the collation systems. i am a trucker. first of all, this is certified. a certified hero meaning that going and, you are stating that you were from friday of last week to friday of this wee

the revolving door can you realistically expect the person who used to run goldman sachs we don't mr paulson he becomes treasury secretary is he going to go ahead and say we ought to arrest the people equipment sacks it's unrealistic same thing with tim geithner he was a pure outfit then he becomes treasury secretary ken you relist equally expect the fox to guard the hen house it's an it's an unrealistic structure and it has to change but we do not have people either political party in washington d.c. who are willing to say to rick holder go out if these people under indictment and if you don't lose your job. so who will say that that i mean will there be someone from an outside agency from you know that's not a democrat or republican or not a politician i mean do you foresee somebody coming in and trying the system and making these massive changes. what i unfortunately see is that the system will end up collapsing of its own weight because we do not have the political will to actually address the problems and so what is going on now with europe is likely the start of us they will continue t

mr. paulson? >> good luck with those lines. i still remember i was in that very sears store and got lost when i was 5 years old. i live across the street. i am glad you're fixing it. ♪ the long and winding road leads me back to the city center and you left me standing there a long, long time ago don't leave me lost theire lead me to your store ♪ supervisor farrell: very nice. chairperson mar: let us close public comment. supervisor farrell: just to reiterate, i would like to ask the community to make a motion to approve the amendment as a whole. we would still like the chance to engage with target this afternoon, and that is going to happen. i would ask that the committee for it without recommendation for tomorrow, and we will vote on it as a full board tomorrow. chairperson mar: on the amendments, can we approve them without objection? at the urging of our colleague, can we move this forward as a committee report for consideration september 20, 2011, without recommendation and without objection? thank you. and thank you ms. ha

mr. paulson. next speaker, please. >> that was hot from better of humor -- was one of the better ones.nk you very much for the comments you have made here today. televising the ethics commission is a crucial element. people of san francisco would really like to see that. they are concerned about it and want to know what is going on in city government. change is not easy. if you read the original report from mr. st. croix it was not very nice. in fact, it was very derogatory towards the circle grand jury. he has changed over the past couple of months, he has changed because of public opinion and because many of the remarks of the civil grand jury just makes sense. change is not easy. no one likes change, except for maybe the baby with the bad diaper. think of the ethics commission as the bad diaper and make changes. i really feel good about what you folks are doing here today, the comet to amate, and please continue that and hold them to accountability. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker. >> my name is douglas yep. i am glad the constitution but people like me be poli

mr. paulson. there is a connection there. condition a that little bit greater?why are people not asking more questions about that? we do have choices. when people say we do not have a choice about what is going on in our country, we do. we need to look at our cabinet. we need to look at what they believe in. president obama was very clear about his taking our energy prices through growth. that should tell people, this man will go green, and it is not ready yet. guest: there are a lot of connections between kaiser and the white house. there are stories that raised that. i think the reason why, i was personally surprised to see it not come up more in a hearing last week. i think the reason for that, even by republicans, the one time it did come up was by the ranking member henry waxman when he was trying to preemptively dispute the arguments he thought republicans would say about the political discussions -- connections. i think there is more of it in the media than in congress. the reason for that is there are so many layers to the story. there is the additional

mr. paulson pap real tax reform systemically addresses all of those taxes in a uniform fashion so we seec growth and people pay their fair share. the notion you can find 22,000 high-income american, target them to solve our problems doesn't add up. might be good politics. you only raise about $20 billion. >> the key -- you don't get much. >> in the case of john paulson, the money he's investing in hedge fund investments, that's other people's money. not necessarily his money, which he made a profit, an income of $2 billion taxed at 15%. he's not really playing with his own money. he's playing with other people's money. the question remains, should he be taxed at 35% as opposed to 15%? >> the real issue is how do we want to deal with the return to saving investment ins tax code? you can't do it on a hedge fund manager. you have to ask the serious question, do we want to have incentive 20 save? americans always save too little. had they save, put it in risky investme investment, how much of the profit do we want to take out? everyone has something that looks like an i.r.a., get to duct it

mr. paulson of minnesota for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the are granted. se does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. clyburn: i ask unanimous consent to have my name removed as co-sponsor of h r. 11 -- >> i ask unanimous consent to have my name removed as co-sponsor of h.r. 1161. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2011, the gentlewoman from the virgin islands, mrs. christensen, is recognized as the designee of the minority leader for 60 minutes. mrs. christensen: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm pleased to join my colleagues in the congressional black caucus to talk about jobs for this first hour. we're pleased we're going to be led this night by our democratic whipe, the honorable steny hoyer, the person who has led us in the make it in america agenda. for such time as he might consume. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlelady for yielding and for her leadership. i want to thank the congressional black caucus which has raised this issue to a new height of not only visibility but of hope. emanuel cleaver, chairman