mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott, is recognized for three minutes. mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank representatives bonamici, stefanik, lee of neverauskas, comber, wild, and johnson of south dakota for their work on this bipartisan bill. i wranto specifically recognize -- i want to specifically recognize miss bonamici for and the -- ms. bonamici for her leadership we are here to consider the dignity in aging act and to re-authorize the older americans act and thereby support an investment in our nation's seniors. the congress first passed the older americans act in 1965, along with medicare, medicaid, and other civil rights legislation as part of president johnson's great stoig -- society. 54 years later this 45 years later, it continues to support programs that support 11 million americans maintain independence and avoid institutional care. this includes three million americans who regularly use o.a.e. services to address basic needs,

mr. scottailton: yeah, so i think part of what's interesting about this case that just happened is -- and part of why it's such fun drama -- is how much trouble companies have with the public communication and narrative aspect of these cases, right? so google didn't attribute, got a lot of flak for it, later things did some form of attribution. and i feel like it's kind of an interesting space, because we're putting a lot of emphasis on companies basically stopping nation-states doing nation-state surveillance stuff. but those companies have, like, lots of different incentives, lots of different public relations incentives, different markets. and i feel like there's a bigger problem, which is the pipeline that public and policy makers have for getting like meaningful timely information about the full scope of the threats that they or other groups face is fundamentally constricted by the different incentives of the different players. so for example, shane, what was the number for nation-state wa

mr scott always good to have you with us on our does there are so if we can start with the n.b.a. you know this is one of those very interesting stories where politics and sport and also big business are intersecting i mean how do you see what's happening is deepening economic integration with china is it causing a culture clash with american businesses and entertainers like the n.b.a. . absolutely and i think you see that securely and an entertainment business is like the n.b.a. after all that's what sports are as entertainment and they have the players in this league are not used to being constrained and frankly many of them i think reject efforts to censor speech you saw that in the football leagues here in the united states when cullen can't protect the african-american quarterback spoke out and protested to respect repression here in the u.s. and he was criticized by put aside by team owners and blackballed and was not able to get a job so it's been a problem in the u.s. as well as in china but i don't think that the n.b.a. players are going to back down any more than calling

accepting north korea's nuclear power and i think that that's a bridge too far even for president trump mr scott snyder thank you so much for your expertise on this at the council on foreign relations we appreciate it. there's been more anti-government unrest and live fire in iraq's capital baghdad officials say at least 5 protesters have been killed after a 2 day curfew ended a takes the number killed in the last 5 days to almost 100 with thousands more injured there are also reports a number of t.v. stations have been attacked security forces have been deployed to keep demonstrators away from central squares in iran khan has more from baghdad. despite the internet being cut off across most of the country iraqi protestors have found a way to upload videos on to social media sites that appear to show life and take us clouds these are pictures of iraq's government doesn't want you to see they paint a picture of what's happening on the ground and help explain why there have been many deaths and injuries over the past few days because she might be on the process is not holding anything in their han

speaker, i rise today to mr. scott issacs for receiving the hospital to zero harm ive leadership award. as the director and c.e.o. of h. johnson v.a. medical center in charleston, outh carolina, he oversees 3,100 employees who are some of the best the v.a. has to offer. of its kind in south carolina, mr. issacs and is v.a. medical center are being recognized for their exceptional work of creating a reliable and hly eliminating harm from all facets of care. high-quality care is particularly important to the first congressional district of large , because of the number of veterans using the .a. medical center there in charleston. our veterans are our nation's heroes, and they deserve the be when they return home, which is why i am so proud to ee mr. issacs working hard to achieve this goal. thank you, mr. issacs, for your service to our veterans, and congratulations on your award. . mr. speaker, i rise today to remember the life of mr. james w. boykin who passed away at the age of 80 on october 3. in jessup, georgia, nea

i want to compliment mr. scott on financial literacy. dr. foster and i have been leaders on financial literacy bills in congress. in arkansas we have economics arkansas. we're proud to be one of those 17 states that encourages economic curricula for our kids. commissioner purse referenced the consolidated auto trail. i was very considered by the cards proposal four years ago. this is turning the card over and it's a picture of a cat. it's all the same issue, which is does government need to micromanage and have every trade for every person every day when you already have the authority in my view of the commission to look for trades under your market regulation, market surveillance functions with the power you have now. i'm not a fan. during this congress, we've had a lot of discussion about capital formation. and it's interesting and corporate governance over the past nine months, almost every proposal drives up cost of compliance and drives up costs of preparing a 10q or a 10 k for investors. i find that frustrating, because for the prior t

mr. scott: thank you mr. speaker. i join the chorus and to mourn the passing of our distinguished colleague. he served with passion with the rule of law and gomped in a respectful manner even dealing with the most controversial issues dealing with congress today. is rightly noted, when he spoke, he spoke with moral authority reminding us we are better than that. he believed in the promise of america and served as an example of it every single day. we are better off from his leadership and the contributions he made over his life of service. i send my concxds con dolenses to his wife and three children. i hope they not only did he love the people of baltimore, he loved this great country. if we can just pattern our lives after elijah cummings' path, we'll be fine. so to a great warrior, a great patriot, a great leader, who obviously in a lot of our minds god aken too short, we say bless you. we understand that if we had it we would o with have kept you hear but it just wasn't in the plan. so part, i say to you, as well

mr. scott: think you, misses chair lady. this marks the 10th anniversary andhe passing of dodd frank the tremendous financial crisis we went to. but there is no more burning the great failure lookis point than as we across the country and every state and every community and it is filled with homelessness. so we have got to take a very serious look at this. we are hopeful in this community -- committee we would do so. on protectingus that 30 year mortgage. we have to ensure sufficient private capital is in place to protect our taxpayers. there is so much for us to get to. the american people are depending on us and i sincerely hope you three gentlemen will open our eyes to much of what we are now only dimly aware. thank you. the waters: i now recognize gentleman from ohio, mr. stivers. you.tivers: thank it fannie mae and freddie mac have already been in conservatorship. a long overdue process we need to deal with. and senaten house proposals, democrat and republican proposals. witnesses have made it clear they prefer comprehe

i don't know at all i like it mr scott when he. did cost money grew up poor his mother ran a small drug store and postal had after his son had bigger plans in $972.00 the idea of opening the 1st self-service drug store in germany came to him today he's a multimillionaire why was he happy to step into the spotlight. and functioning is that today in the early years it was just about getting the name rossman on their. way so when i was invited to a talk show on a small regional channel i like going there because i thought on the free publicity for my company or negated by the film. but then 2 or 3 years ago i started to understand that this slightly flabby balding man who has teeth aren't perfect but was hungry for recognition himself. back then i thought i was stepping into the limelight to promote the company but everyone rationalizes their motives. and i didn't just. within 40 years became the most profitable drugstore chain in europe with stores in 6 countries. in 2018 a total of 56000 people were working on the chain. osman is ac

he knows a great deal about all those tangled lice of omar, mr. scott johnson of powe he wre some stuff. i can't believe t. where's scott? thank you, scott. thank you, scott. what a job. man, do you have her figured out. the only problem though, scott, incredible talent. much more talent than some of these people that you heard bottom the problem s they don't want to pick it up. but we pick it up, scott, and the people get it and we thank you for your great reporting. thank you. thank you very much. as scott reported, everything about omar is a fraud, including her name. scott reports his sources told him that quote, omar's legal husband was omar's brother and that she had married him for fraudulent purposes. you mean like, coming into the united states, maybe? and then scott says, we have seen a plethora of congressional scandals in our history, yet, we have never seen scandals like omar's in congress and nothing gets done about it. i hope that some of you people are looking because what aoc has gotten away with campaign financing, and what i call taoc

mr. scott johnson, he writes himself, i can't believe it. of where scott's where scott? thank you, scott. thank you, scott, what a job. man, you ever figured out. of the only problem, scott's, it's incredible talents, much more talent than most of these people that you heard about. the problem is they never pick it up, they don't want to pick it out. we pick it up, scott, the people get it and we thank you for your great reporting. thank you. thank you very much. scott reported, everything about omar is a fraud including the name. scott reports his sources told him that "omar's legal husband was omar's brother and that she had married him for fraudulent purposes." you mean, maybe like coming into the united states, may be? and scott said, we have seen a plethora of congressional scandals in our history that we have never seen scandals like omar's in congress and nothing gets done about it. i hope -- i hope that some of you people are looking because what aoc has gotten away with campaign financing and what i call it, aoc plus three, that's what it is. and omar is one of

mr. scott: thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlelady for holding this special order and recognizing the legacy of congressman john conyers. i want to join those who are honoring his legacy. he served in congress longer than any other african-american. he represented michigan and the nation for over 50 years. he was a founding member of the congressional black caucus. and he served as dean of the house. he was a giant in civil rights. he often bragged about being the only candidate for elected office ever endorsed by dr. martin luther king jr. and he also for many years, for many years rosa parks worked in his detroit district office. as a legislator, he was a true champion of civil rights and leaves behind a legacy of fighting for transformative change that continues today. his five decades of service in congress are marked by a core of fundamental belief in equity and justice for all. for many years, i worked with congressman conyers on the judiciary committee and most recently we worked together to address segre

platform or tool so i'd like to continue that conversation at some point >> the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott, is recognized for five minutes >> mr. zuckerberg, thank you for joining us today back during the 1960s and '70s, congress passed a series of laws intended to stamp out discrimination in lending and housing. and both republicans and democrats in congress worked together and passed legislation like the community reinvestment act and the fair housing act and the equal credit opportunity act. all of these laws were designed to target and stop discrimination in the sale and advertising of housing, and particularly red lining. red lining is a series of practices, of cordoning off certain groups of people by race, by geographic area, and systematically refusing to lend to those communities and we're even suffering right today from the aftershock of these practices. now, it's my understanding their gender or age, but also by indirectly targeting their education, their interests, their location, their income in its investigation, hud, our federal housing agency, found that your platform allow

i'm not surprisingly mr. scott decided that the future great city of the world was going to be toledo ohio where he just happened to own a great deal of real estate. they started looking for what is that magic bullet. what is that thing which is going to take the city. which is struggling and make it the biggest city in the world. so in 1887. they found natural gas just south of toledo near finley ohio. and that was the way they said this is our destiny this cheap very available form of energy is gonna be the way we form our future. businessman set up a committee call that toledo businessman's committee. and they started advertising this to all kinds of industries around the country. kinda like an economic development proposal campaign. they targeted glass companies because glass requires a huge amount of energy you have to meld it 2400 degrees to make it malleable. so glass seem to be the kind of industry that could make use of this natural gas. they sent out promotional brochures. they contacted the glass industr

mr. scott, let's go to you, senate erlor lindsey graham, on the president's ally sent this tweet earlier. i hope president trump is right in his belief that turkey's invasion of syria is in no concern to us, abandoning the kurds won't come back to haunt us and isis won't reemerge and iran will not fill the vak cup created by this decision. if president trump helicopters to make such statements, this will be a disaster, worst than president obama's decision to leave iraq. president trump responded to this right there basically saying what does lindsey graham know. that guy would tylike for us to stay in the middle east for the next 1000 years. what kind of a risk is the president taking making a statement like that. >> he has not suffered significant conflict for criticizing graham. one of the reasons graham has said that he tried to get close to trump so he could influence him on foreign policy. something that graham has pride himself being an expert on throughout his career. that's something p

the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott, is recognized for five minutes. >> director, following the 2008 financial crisis, our financial services committee helped enact mortgage reforms under dodd frank and so i'd like to get an understanding from you of exactly where we are. as i mentioned earlier in my opening remarks, we're now at the ten year anniversary of dodd frank. doesn't seem like ten years. but it's about time we kind of look back and see where we are now after ten years in a critical housing area. so what is the current default risk in each of the gse's portfolios? >> first, let me say how much i strongly agree with you. i think this is an incredibly appropriate and important time to take a look back. most serious rates are respectively 0.67 and 0.61. i will note these were similar to what they were at the beginning of 2008. so again, there's an old adage that the worst loans are made in the best of times. i think we should keep that in mind today. >> when how does that risk compare to the default risk in the gs

it was going to be the biggest city ever and not surprisingly mr. scott decided that the future great city of the world was going to be toledo, ohio, where he happened to own a great deal of real estate so they started to work for what is that magic bullet, what is that thing which will take the city which is struggling and make it the biggest city in the world, 71887 they found natural gas just south of toledo that 30 or 40 miles away and that was the way toledo city fathers said this is our destiny, this cheap they are available form of energy. so, businessmen set up a committee called the toledo businessman community and they started to advertise this gas to all kinds of industries around the country really like and economic development promotional campaign and they particularly targeted class companies because glass required a huge amount of energy. you have to melt it to 22400 degrees to make it malleable, so glass seem to be the kind of industry that could make use of this natural gas so they sent out promotional brochures and contacted glass indust

mr. scott johnson of powerline. he wrote some stuff, i cannot believe it. where's scott? where is he? thank you, scott. [cheers and applause] pres. trump: thank you, scott. what a job. man, do you have her figured out. the problem is they never pick it up. incredible talent, much more talent then you people -- than you people heard about. they don't want to pick it up, but we pick it up, scott, and the people get it, and we thank you for your great reporting. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] pres. trump: as scott reported, everything about omar is a fraud, including her name. scott reports his sources told him that "omar's legal husband was omar's brother, and that she had married him for fraudulent purposes" -- you mean like coming into the united states, maybe? [crowd booing] pres. trump: and as scott says, "we have seen a plethora of congressional scandals in our history. yet, we have never seen scandals like omar's in congress, and nothing gets done about it." i hope -- i hope that some of you people are looking, because what aoc has gotten away with -- away

he knows a great deal about all .hose tangled lies of omar's mr. scott johnson of powerline.tuff i cannot believe it. where's scott? where is he? thank you, scott. [cheers and applause] thank you, scott. what a job. man, do you have her figure out -- figured out. the problem is they never pick it up. they don't want to pick it up, but we pick it up, scott, and the people get it and we thank you for your great reporting. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] ask scott reported, everything about omar is a fraud, including her name. scott reports his sources told him that omar's legal husband was omar's brother and that she had married him for fraudulent purposes -- you mean like coming into the united states, maybe? [crowd booing] and as scott says, we have seen a plethora of congressional scandals in our history. yet, we have never seen scandals like omar's in congress and nothing gets done about it. i hope -- i hope that some of you people are looking because what aoc has gotten away with campaign financing and i call it aoc plus 3 -- that's what it is -- and omar is wha

. >> the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott, is recognized for five minutes. >> mr. zuckerberg, thank you for joining us today. back during the 1960s and '70s, congress passed a series of laws intended to stamp out discrimination in lending and housing. both republicans and democrats in congress worked together in passing legislation. like the community -- excuse me -- reinvestment act and the fair housing act and the equal credit opportunity act. all of these laws were designed to target and stop discrimination in the seal and advertising of housing. in particularly, red lining. red lining is a series of practices, of cordoning off certain groups of people by race, by gee i can't haographic systematically refusing to lend to those communities. we're even suffering right today from the aftershock of these practices. now, it's my understanding, mr. zuckerberg, that facebook allows advertisers to target their messages to certain users or groups of users, both dire directly by identifying their race, their gender, or age, but also by indirectly targeting their education

mr. scott: thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlelady for holding this special order and recognizing the legacy of congressman john conyers. i want to join those who are honoring his legacy. he served in congress longer than any other african-american. he represented michigan and the nation for over 50 years. he was a founding member of the congressional black caucus. and he served as dean of the house. he was a giant in civil rights. he often bragged about being the only candidate for elected office ever endorsed by dr. martin luther king jr. and he also for many years, for many years rosa parks worked in his detroit district office. as a legislator, he was a true champion of civil rights and leaves behind a legacy of fighting for transformative change that continues today. his five decades of service in congress are marked by a core of fundamental belief in equity and justice for all. for many years, i worked with congressman conyers on the judiciary committee and most recently we worked together to address segre

mr. scott: thank you mr. speaker. i join the chorus and to mourn the passing of our distinguished colleague. he served with passion with the rule of law and gomped in a respectful manner even dealing with the most controversial issues dealing with congress today. is rightly noted, when he spoke, he spoke with moral authority reminding us we are better than that. he believed in the promise of america and served as an example of it every single day. we are better off from his leadership and the contributions he made over his life of service. i send my concxds con dolenses to his wife and three children. i hope they find comfort in knowing that people are mourning his loss with him and i yield back. mr. horsford: i thank you. another great chairman who gomps with the steady happened and another example of the wonderful leadership that we have in this body, the chairman of the homeland security committee, chairman thompson from mississippi. mississippi mississippi i'm -- mr. thompson: i join my tribute to elijah cummings,

get ver i go and try to into the mete of the financial with what sue, i go my friend, mr. scott, mr. loudermilk, are saying. political des of the spectrum but a shared goal of trying to serve the men and best they orgia as can. i confess, i don't have high hopes we are going to defeat the question and amend the back to those common goals we share. but i've been surprised before. i've been surprised in ways disappointment and i have been surprised in ways that make me -- that make me proud. my colleagues, if you're thinking about busting ut of the box a little bit, if you're thinking about, should we do things the same way we've always done them or should we new, are you thinking it's working great the way it's been going or are you we can improve on it a little bit, just consider the woodall amendment to the defeat the t let's previous question. let's amend the rule and then et's see if perhaps we can break out a new day of roductivity and not based on republicans and democrats but based on americans who are facing real problems back home real solutions that we are very honored

mr. thomas: scott told me. her son scott said there are three rules on the household. be home by 6 p.m. don't speak ill of others and don't hit your brother. jay: she had a little more challenge with the last one. >> so this brings us to general knees. meese.eral you will have to tell us how this person comes into the national limelight. we know that president reagan makes a campaign promise. woman.ing to a tap a can you help us understand what is going on behind the scenes at the white house? how is this woman, who still maybe not the most prominent woman on a court, how she becomes the sandra day o'connor that we all know? mr. meese: well, i started because what was mentioned here. this time, by this time, of course, the korean war is over. we're in a time of relative peace, progress economically and things were going forward. there were economic problems in the country and so on, but this women wereen actually starting to achieve things which had not really happened yet in the legal profession, as was mentioned earlier here. there was in her class there were five women. my class was

mr. zuckerberg: my understanding is this is already implemented. if i am incorrect, i will get back to you quickly and update you but my percent the is already in effect. scott: mr. zuckerman, i have hud's report. it says you allow advertisers to restrict certain users and you have even enabled the practice of redlining certain communities. answer?your what was your response to hud? as you put things in practice to eliminate this. beginningberg: at the tothe discussion with hud, create a new standard where we blocked that kind of targeting. i don't think any of the other internet platforms restrict the kind of target for these categories. doing so helps us pull the principles around discrimination. i am supportive and glad that we are doing that. >> i appreciate you holding this hearing. good morning. i am doing ok. >> i understand. [laughter] i want to say i appreciate innovation. we need innovation in america and no innovation will be perfect. -- perfect. i want to let you clarify, if i want to advertise housing on facebook today, can i use age, sex, and zip code to target people today as we sit here? i believe the: answer is no. i just confirmed it with m

scott? >> thank you, mr. chairman my heart goes out to the families i just can't imagine, you know, the impact on these families after these tragic accidents so i'm from florida. air travel is a big deal for us. 126 million people traveled to florida last year, the majority of them came by aircraft the safety of everybody is important. the president and ceo of your commercial airlines was let go after this so what is your process to hold people accountabilile to make s this doesn't happen again? >> senator, first of all, my company and i are accountable. i believe that accountability starts with me my board took some actions which i fully support that allows me to focus more on safety. every action we take is focused on safety. i have also taken some management actions those are focused on operational excellence and safety going forward. as other reviews are completed, if we see additional actions that need to be taken, we won't hesitate but in some cases accountability also includes improvements to the proce

mr. scott. >> thank you. welcome. chair lady this marks the tenth in a bursary of the passing of dodd frank and the financial crisis that we went through. there is no more burning point to show the great failure at this point then at the as we look across the country in every state and every community and it is filled with homelessness so we've got to take a serious look at this and we are hopeful in this committee that we will focus on protecting that 30 year mortgage and ensure the sufficient private capital is in place to protect our text failures. there is so much for us to get to the megan people are depending on us and i sincerely hope that you three gentlemen will open our eyes to much of what we are now only dimly aware of. thank you. >> i now organize the gentleman from ohio for one minute. >> as members are aware and he made for the mac now been in conservative ship for 11 years 11 income years and already on the top row and this is a long-overdue process we need to deal with and the committee seemed proposa

. >> the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott, is recognized for five minutes. >> mr. zuckerberg, thank you for joining us today. back during the 1960s and '70s, congress passed a series of laws intended to stamp out discrimination in lending and housing. both republicans and democrats in congress worked together in passing legislation. like the community -- excuse me -- reinvestment act and the fair housing act and the equal credit opportunity act. all of these laws were designed to target and stop discrimination in the seal and advertising of housing. in particularly, red lining. red lining is a series of practices, of cordoning off certain groups of people by race, by gee i can't haographic systematically refusing to lend to those communities. we're even suffering right today from the aftershock of these practices. now, it's my understanding, mr. zuckerberg, that facebook allows advertisers to target their messages to certain users or groups of users, both dire directly by identifying their race, their gender, or age, but also by indirectly targeting their education

mr. mansour's ancestor st. george is the exhibit's subject. ? -- >> welcome all. i'm scott stevenson. the president and ceo of the museum of the american revolution. thank you very much. [applause] >> how many of you are visiting the museum for the first time? i love that the proportion of hands is getting lower and lower.

mr. sanchez. >> thank you. scott sanchez, planning department. it's good to know the board was still tough on variances. >> commissioner honda: it's commissioner fung. come on up, we have an empty seat up here. >> so to correct something that the appellant stated. it's incorrect that each of the floors has the same situation. each of the other floors get their exposure to the front. they're all four flats that face through, so to correct the record there. you know, i will take the information about the, you know, really nice, new, illegal unit and those photos if the appellant can e-mail them to me, and i can discuss that with the zoning administrator and also review the zoning administrator and appreciate that to facilitate that, if the appellant would provide the proposed plans that show the required set of stairs within the required rear yard, and all the improvements that they show, including the habitable space in the back yard. certainly reconstruction of stairs within the required rear yard can pose certain requirement code issues. >> i ha

mr. sanchez. >> thank you. scott sanchez, planning department. this did not receive a variation from the planning commission, it was a d.r. th they -- when they listed the specific actions that would be taking place on-site, they did not list smoking on-site. we have an excellent working relationship with public health and find they've done an excellent job over the years with regulating. i think everyone has taken this work and responded very quickly and accurately to the issues that have come up, just as in the case here. but the fact is the applicant -- the appellant in this case, they never asked for and received approval from the planning commission for that. they need to come back and change their application. i don't understand from the point of the appellant what made them think that the permit that was before them would allow them to do on-site smoking when they did not apply for that. and when -- we even have the notice here. very clearly says would not amend on-site smoking, vaporizing or cultivation. they haven't been able to provide

mr. to scott whatask talking turkey does the eastern european's play in this debate?inity to get this deal done? an idea that has been floated many times. somehow the eastern europeans would break rank and veto a deal. first of all, we do not know whether tomorrow we will get a deal or the conversation will flip to an extension. when you look at the e.u. position including the eastern european countries, nothing has changed. they have managed to stay together and behind the irish government and they continue to take the lead. what we are looking at is a briefing where it will become clear whether or not there is a text that european leaders will be able or not to endorse. if not, the conversation will flip to whether or not they grant an extension. francine: there are 200 moving parts, and saturday is the big day. we have to see if there is an agreement, whether they sign anything or if boris johnson does not think he could get westminster, could he sign anything? emma: yesterday officials will tell -- were telling our reporters that they did not think johnson would s

[applause] scott: ambassador and mrs. mulhall, presidents and ceo's, trustees, governor, president of the honorary committee, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great privilege to be staying in the city of philadelphia. as you know, the continental congress met, and the declaration of independence was drawn up. the constitution of the united states was agreed, and the city that was the usa's temporary capital in its first 10 years during the presidency of george washington. this museum commemorates all those achievements, elements of which provided an important model for other countries, including ireland, both then and since. this is also about the many uphill struggles and hardships of the war of independence which gave effect to the politics. at the final panel of the permanent exhibition upstairs, quoting thomas jefferson in 1826, his last year, states, "the declaration of independence was the signal to arouse others to assume the blessings and security of self-government." it's an honor to share a co

mr. duffy, is there anything further? >> scott, one question. they mention there is a violation of regarding planning on the vacant store front. is that a planning issue or building inspection? >> no active planning code violations on the property under the building code and there are requirements for vacant building ordinance. maybe the issue at hand. >> that was it. thank you. >> commissioner, this mater is submitted. >> go ahead. >> do you want to start? go ahead. >> somebody start. >> i will start and i don't know where it's going to end. this is very disconcerting case. inspector duffy said it. and while this permit may be properly issued, i have serious concerns about how this will be resolved in a way that would give the city any confidence it will be resolved in a matter to meet the building code and and in the continuance time that the parties get together to understand the permit history of the property, understand what is going on if the appellant does want to have an engineer of his own at his own expense to inspect and make their ow