mr. pitt, i have something to tell you. one second, elaine. mr. laine, do you know what i just did? i just amended my will to include you as a beneficiary. what? i think of you as family. you're like a daughter to me. i want to make sure you're taken care of after i'm gone. oh. mr. pitt. i feel a cold coming on. get me a cold pill from the medicine cabinet. you mustn't. you have to check with the pharmacy before you combine anything with your heart medicine. i'll check. we don't want anything to happen to you. we want you to live a long, long time. look at that. i got one picture left. how about a shot of me and mr. morgan? why? why? because we're a team. come on. would you take this for us? here we go. ha ha. anyone ever tell you you look a lot like sugar ray leonard? excuse me? yeah, you must hear that all the time. i suppose we all look alike to you, right, costanza? wha--no, no, no. no, it's not a racial thing. there really is a resemblance. don't you think he looks like sugar ray? come on. somebody... back me up. ha ha. come on. a little--litt

oh, hi, mr. pitt. oh! give that to me. hello, mr. pitt. how's scotland?ine, are you having a party? oh, no. that was just my stupid friend jerry. he left. we can go. there's to be no entertaining while i'm gone. we're not entertaining. we were just leaving. grab those bottles for me. what's in the mail? well, mr. pitt there's really nothing that can't wait. we're catching a movie. catch the later show because i need to know what's in the mail. all right. i can't go. hey, buddy. you? what are you doing here? you work here, too? oh, sure. poor doorman has to work two jobs to buy food for mother and baby. no, i live here. that's o.k., isn't it? you work all day as a doorman at one building, then stand outside your own building? yeah. you got a problem with that? i really don't have to talk to you. goodbye. you really think you're better than me, don't you? my father opened his shirt... yeah, and? tell him, kramer. he had breasts. what do you mean breasts? big breasts. a lot of older men have that. not these. these were real hooters. i was throwing up all nig

mr. pitts: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous materials in the record on the bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pitts: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pitts: h.r. 309, introduced by my colleague, mike rogers from michigan, would re-authorize programs designed to foster the development of medical countermeasures and strengthen the nation's preparedness infrastructure. these programs are essential to helping our nation's -- nation prepare for public health emergencies, including those caused by terrorist attacks. h.r. 307 re-authorizes programs for five years at the fiscal year 2012 appropriated level and does not create a new program, nor increase the authorization for appropriations for an existing program. according to the congressional budget office, the bill does not increase spending. congre

mr. pitts? >>> hi. for me i think part of the issue is we definitely need both. we need good transportation and we need, we need housing. my thing is if you leave the bay area, getting from one spot to another spot, it's -- without a car, it becomes excessively hard. it's like you have to walk or bicycle or drive everywhere. so, those things are important. but then the other thing, too, is i would like for you to think about san francisco and consider san francisco and its housing needs, is it like a bucket or like a tube? if you build enough housing you won't need enough housing or is it just people continuously come and go. so, that's one scenario. but the other thing, too, is what i'm going to throw in there is just think about the other part. well, one, i'm going to say at the rate of the prices keep going up, you're going to have to start to import your labor from all of the other cities. you can already see it on your committees. you know, like some of these committees have one-third of their members coming from somewhere else. so, that, and then also just

mr. pitts? >>> hi. for me i think part of the issue is we definitely need both. we need good transportation and we need, we need housing. my thing is if you leave the bay area, getting from one spot to another spot, it's -- without a car, it becomes excessively hard. it's like you have to walk or bicycle or drive everywhere. so, those things are important. but then the other thing, too, is i would like for you to think about san francisco and consider san

mr. pitts? >>> hi. for me i think part of the issue is we definitely need both. we need good transportation and we need, we need housing. my thing is if you leave

. >> thank you, mr. pitt. any other members of the public? >>> can you hear me? my name is kay griffin, former member of the west soma citizens planning task force. i was a disabled chair, and i think the disabled have language, of course, which means a lot of low-income. it's been a disaster. so, we're building toxic buildings. we can't go in. and there's some problems of housing not being able to use the first floor for somebody to be able to go in with a wheelchair. that's most of the shorter buildings have no elevator. so, we've got a situation [speaker not understood], one of the planning is eliminating disabled people. and i agree actually with a lot of the stuff that otto said a little earlier, a lot of transit has become a laundromat for police money. transit keeps getting worse and keeps eating more money. and i just don't even know what to say. stealing affordable housing money out of it after a process has been done and just completely ignoring the process is not all right. >> thank you. are there any members of the public that would like to speak on t

speaker -- mr. pitts: today capitol hill is hosting a blind lar from china. a few moments ago i had the honor of meeting with him as he continues to advocate for the freedom of the chinese people. his amazing story of escape from house arrest is a great encouragement for all in china suffering under political persecution. the authorities could not silence him as he sought justice for victims, forced abortion, and environmental abuse. the story of chinese's rise is not about the success of an automatic government, it's the story of a people whose ingenuity and vigor have been unleashed after keaks of repression. china has developed not because of smart planning but because the people have used a relatively small amount of economic freedom to transform their nation. given more freedom i believe there is no limit to how china will grow and how our people will impact the world. we must support chen and other human rights protectors as they seek justice for their people. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek

mr. pitts: it continues to be well below what we need for workers entering the marketplace. owaugh macare is showering employers with red tape. in our hear a restaurant owner testified about his struggles system of far he pent more than 100 hours with human resources staff trying to prepare for the law. the anticipated economic burden delayed his plans to open a new restaurant. these are good jobs that could have been created. obamacare is perversely discouraging companies from hiring full-time workers. many job seekers find they can only find part-time work right now. we need a dynamic economy creating good private sector jobs. instead obamacare is forcing employers to spend more time worrying about taxes and accounting and hiring part-time employees. that's not the reform our ailing economy needs. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. cohe

mr. chairman pitt and i would like to join my colleagues in thanking general mattis and admiral mcraven for your service to our country. and also thank the men and women in your respective commands for the hard work that they do on behalf of all of us. of course, general mattis him with 41 years of service, my congratulations to you upon your retirement. my very best wishes go with you. i know that some of my colleagues have focused on sexual assault prevention in the military. so i share the concerns and i'm looking forward to the personnel subcommittee searing that will focus on these issues. i won't go into that, but just want to let you know that i share those concerns. general mattis, in your testimony you talked about the most serious strategic risk to the u.s. national security in the central region. and one of these areas was, and she said perhaps the greatest risk to u.s. interest in this area is a perceived lack of u.s. commitment, particularly with regard to what happens in afghanistan, middle east peace, syria. and then you know that if we seek to influence events, we must liste

pitt and former sec enforcement attorney frankel. thank you for joinings me this morning. this is what the famous mr. icsksell wrote.thing that can be done, absolutely nothing that can be done. there's no hope. the book continues to grow more and mormon trous. this is the stuff that's coming from inside these institutions. i wonder if there's liability and culpability. >> i think there is certainly institutional liability. i don't think jamie dimon was involved in any of the activities that caught the subcommittee's attention. depending what the evidence shows there's always that possibility. >> harvey, there's an accusation in the report that jamie dimon was purposely telling his management team to withhold and intimidated his own cfo when he was trying to provide those documents. what does that say? >> well, i think if there's any truth to that it would be prop attic. there are a lot of denials about it. apparently there were relationship difficulties in providing information. eventually it turns out all the information was provided. still, it doesn't prevent a very pleasant picture of the way jpmorgan responded t