mr. paulson supporting it. i do not think i have heard mr. paulson advocate for one candidate.having been to a number of your venues, i know of your work and it is incredibly impressive. mr. eicher, you had a ton of folks here as well. one of the things i have realized on the board, i have seen in district 2 is a lot between the neighborhoods and the commercial corridors. that is an inherent tension in our great neighbor kids in the city. it has come through for what people have said and what you have said about your desire to integrate and work through those issues. that is so important and especially our technology background, it is very fascinating for me personally. i will indicate where i am thinking right now and i will let my colleagues talk. amie, i will have difficulty considering her today given that she is not here. this may seem not fair. it has been consistent with what i've done all year. when we have all lot of -- even though your recently moved out, when we have a residency waiver requirements, i have a difficult time and i have been this way all year with peopl

mr. paulson. [applause] >> good afternoon, supervisors. i have lived in san francisco for 59 years. a position one way or the other in regard to mr. tan, but i have to admit since he has an mit grad, he went to the same school as my dad. secondly, i would like to say that since this is a mayoral appointment, i hope to fully consider the actual qualifications of the candidate rather than being asian and a mayoral candidate. the reason i feel that way is that sense i have lived in district 7, in my opinion, the infamous triple-play appointment was a real bomb for our district. i feel that the 49ers will be leaving san francisco soon, and with that happening, the entertainment commission becomes even more in important because whenever they are going to do, they will try to replace the forty-niners. that will be a big chore to do. in regard to making suggestions for other candidates that might be considered, it would be interesting to bring in an outsider such as michael wiener, also known as michael savage. outsiders bring something different to the city, and since this candidate is alr

mr. paulson. is there any other member of the public who like to speak or sink on item number one?none, the item is closed. we have a motion by president chiu, if we could take that without objection. we look forward to having that discussion on a very important issue of family flight, so stay tuned for our next meeting on that matter. could you please call item no. 2? >> a hearing on the city's services audio -- auditor's review of the san francisco municipal transportation agency work orders. supervisor campos: i would like to begin by work -- by welcoming the controller's office and thanking them on the important work they have done on or quarters. we have the director of audits for the city services auditor division and let me just begin by making a very general statement about why this issue is important. if you look at the up items that are were ordered by the mta, you can see there items that include services are very important and functions are critical not only to the mta, but to the city as a whole. the question is not whether or not those items should be funding -- shoul

mr. paulson. >> that is tough to follow. will do the best i can. >> we try to get them warmed up for everyone. >> my name is natalie. i am a dog walker and trainer. my company is called top dog ss. i want to say thank you for all of your help. your feedback as been great, and you are responsive and helpful. thank you. i think it has been an overdue net for a long time in our profession. a couple of things i want to talk about is the number of dogs. i think you can have four really bad dogs or you can have eight great ones. it is in terms of enforcement and regulation. i hear a lot about everybody having a hard time for funding, a.c.c., park and rec and so forth. i'm not sure about how all this works, but if there is a way we can come up with some kind of alternative for funding to make sure this is enforceable and keeping it going so that it is effective. we want to make sure that it does really stand up, which i think you are doing a really good job up, but it is hard to maintain if there are 500 walkers and x amount of par

mr. paulson. >> that is tough to follow. will do the best i can. >> we try to get them warmed up for everyone. >> my name is natalie. i am a dog walker and trainer. my company is called top dog ss. i want to say thank you for

mr. paulson, and the gentleman from texas, mr. dog get, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from minnesota. mr. paulson: i ask unanimous consent that all members have 35 days which to revise and extend their remarks, including extraneous consent. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. paulson: i rise today in support of h.r. 365, legislation to extend temporary assistance for needy families and related programs through the end of this fiscal year, as well as to ensure that these funds are spent appropriately. before describing the legislation in greater detail, i note that these same provisions will already approved, the middle class tax relief and job creation act of tuesday of this week. given some of the uncertainty about some of that legislation, it makes sense to ensure that the program continues to assist families past december 31, when its current authorization expires. that's the first and most important thing that this bill will do. the tanner program has been general

mr. paulson in 2007, mr. mylar was brought in as an outside person who had a responsibility to both clean up the issue come investigate the issue and move the company forward and the newspaper forward in a way that makes sure these things couldn't happen again. and if we would have known that there was widespread criminality that the residents are suspicious of that i think he should have told me those things >> and 2,009 thousands of mobile phones had been and news international responded with an aggressive denial of the obligations. why did you allow that statement to be issued? >> in 2009, it was the summer of 2009, and it was a year after the matter come and as i said to you, and i testified to this committee, i think the company did push back to hard within 24 hours of those allegations emerging we seem to recall the relevant document of the e-mail if the chief of police issued a statement that the same matter as a matter of careful and extensive investigation by the experienced detectives and that there

mr. paulson, who is a member of the ways and means committee. the chair: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. paulson:i thank the gentleman for yielding. i want to rise as a compow sponsor and strong supporter of the reins act. this is legislation that will bring nord reform -- forward reform, accountability, and transparency to the federal rule making process. it's time for congress to act more like a board of directors where we will have to oversee proposed rules and regulations, especially those that have a significant economic impact. . this will allow regulations to go forward and also force congress to analyze, to pay attention and then finally to act. so no longer are we going to see agencies and unelected bureaucrats being able to promulgate these rules and regulations without having an appropriate check and a balance. mr. speaker, there are thousands and thousands and thousands of these rules and regulations in the pipeline. and over 200, 224, specifically, to have that major economic impact threshold that wo

when you read hank paulson's book, you realize as we were about to go off the cliff it was a barney frank and worked wiwith the bush and mr from going off the cliff. >> barney frank was elected state representative in 1972. george mcgovern lost 49 of 50 states. he wasurting. barney frank went up tgeorge mcgovern and said, he did not know him and he said, i run on your coat tails. he has had a remarkable career. the personalityty problems are real but the intellect is towering. >> he will be remembereds the guy in the years when we could have had reigned in fannie anand freddie, defend and protected ththem and try to intimidate those who wanted to tell the truth about it. i think his leaving the congress will raise the level of civil discourse in washington. >> [ baby coughing ] [ coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] more pollution from power plants means more childhood asthma attacks. [ labored breathing ] there's technology that makes the air cleaner but too many plants don't use it. we can't wait. epa must update power plant standards to protect our kids. [ baby coughing ] >> it is because ofou in the words of what

when you read hank paulson's book, you realize as we were about to go off the cliff, it was a barney frank and worked with the bush and mr. should keep us from going off the cliff. >> barney frank was elected state representative in 1972. george mcgovern lost 49 of 50 states. he was hurting. barney frank went up to george mcgovern and said, he did not know him, and he said, i run on your coat tails. he has had a remarkable career. the personality problems are real, but the intellect is towering. >> he will be remembered as the guy in the years when we could have had reigned in fannie and freddie, defended and protected them, and try to intimidate those who wanted to tell the truth about it. i think his leaving the congress will raise the level of civil discourse in washington. >> mixed reviews on barney frank. the unemployment is down to 8.6%, the stock market is going up. the white house must be happy about this. >> republicans are not happy because the rate the economy seemed to be taking traction. the stock market, to serve some context, this was simply intervening in the european debt crisis. that gave some reassuran

mr. monopoly man managed to hit all of the big banks hot spots. his first stop, breakfast at an exclusive chipriani restaurant. it was attended by none other than ron paulson, a man who personally made $3.7 million betting on the mortgage crisis. willard's next stop, a lunch at the wall dor if astoria, hosted by a jpmorgan chase banker. and to cap off the day, a private dinner on park avenue hosted by another one of the world's biggest banker. but, of course, this is no surprise. willard may flip and he may flop but he's always been consistent on his love for big money. from back when he was posing with money at bayne capital to the present day. >> corporations are people, my friend. we can raise taxes -- of course they are. everything corporations earn goes to the people. where do you think it goes? whose pockets? human beings, my friend. >> corporations aren't human beings, willard. but he's not the only one with 1% dreams. newt brags about his big money speeches. >> i was charging $50,000 a speech and the amount was going up, not down. >> here's another thing that you are not seeing. an overwhelming number majority says this economy is out of balance an

the second bloomberg report, "henry paulson gave hedge funds the advance word of 2008." mr.hairman, this is why the american people are so disenchanted with congress. "m. f. global prove is that the too big to fail banks are even bigger. phony accounting is still being used. financial institutions still continue. just yesterday, i was asked by a constituent applied banks that can -- received a bailout continued to give billions to their employees. it makes no sense, mr. speaker. that is why the h.r. 1148 stock that is so important. proving to the american people that if there is a problem, those of us in congress will fix it. it is of the utmost importance that we maintain these institutions. we are given the privilege and an opportunity of serving the american people. they deserve to trust those that they'll let to represent them in washington. mr. chairman, i hope that this committee will use this bill as a vehicle to expand and build the american people in this institution, -- american people lost confidence in this institution that they have lost faith in. tim walsh has

mr. ms. kaptur: numerous stories have come out all detailing corruption and outright fraud on wall street. first there was the recent news about the former secretary of treasury, hank paulson, inappropriately tipping a few key friends from goldman sachs and other wall street tycoons about the impending collapse of fannie mae and freddie mac. so those friends could make money on that insider knowledge. then a federal judge in new york threw out one of the orchestrated settlements between citigroup, which was at the center of the wrongdoing, and the securities and exchange commission that allowed that bank to walk away from cases of fraud without admitting any wrongdoing. this past weekend, "60 minutes" interviewed a former executive vice president at countrywide financial, a giant and duplicitous player in the u.s. mortgage business. this woman was in charge of fraud investigations at the company before the financial crisis. according to her, countrywide loan officers were forging and manipulating borrowers' income and asset statements to help them get loans they weren't qualified for and couldn't afford. she went on to say, all of the recycle bins, wherever we looked in th

mr. chairman? here are three headlines from the last two weeks. secret federal loans gave banks $13 billion. the second to bloomberg reports -- i quote, how henry paulsone hedge funds in advance word of 2008 financial -- fannie mae rescue. this is why the american people are disenchanted with congress. i quote the third, the economic times -- and of global proves and rock era accounting lives on. three years after the financial crisis, the too big to fail banks are even bigger. :the accounting is still being used. backdoor bailouts are being favored. just yesterday i was asked by a constituent why the banks that received a bailout continue to give millions of dollars in bonuses to their employees. it simply makes no sense. that is why h.r. 1148 is so important. this legislation proves to be a american people that if there is a problem, those of us in congress will fix it. it is of the upmost importance that members of congress maintain the integrity of this institution. we are given a privilege and an opportunity to serve the american people. they deserve to trust those who they like to represent them in washington. mr. chairman, i hope this committee