mr. smith: mr. chairman, i yield myself 30 seconds before yielding to the gentleman from texas. i'd like to call members' attention to page 1, line 12 of this bill. again it is only two pages long. i hope everybody will take the time to read it. 12 -- line 12 of the first page points out that the administrator of the e.p.a. shall use the best available science. once again, the bill actually calls upon the administrator use the best available science. the question is why does the e.p.a. want to hide the science? why does it want to hide this data? why won't it let the american people see this data? that's the question. mr. chairman, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. weber, who is the chairman of the energy subcommittee of the science committee. er: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 1030, the secret science reform act of 2015. last december, the e.p.a. proposed a new regulation that is widely predicted to be the costliest regulation in u.s.

mr. smith: it is in the statute. justice alito: no, the 12% came into play after you created the category. mr. smith: right. justice alito: how do i know they create the subcategories? mr. smith: you can see it in a notice of proposed rulemaking. what happens is people comment and say, we are so different from that category. we have special problems. justice kagan: it is a rulemaking after the rulemaking that applies to the listing, is that right? mr. smith: it is totally after that. if the second phase. justice breyer: you confirm it was not made up in my chambers. [laughter] mr. smith: they did a wonderful job. this -- justice breyer: the congress -- the brief said unambiguously required epa to consider costs at the second stage of the process. that is what it said. i read the statutes. reading that leads me to think it works along the lines you just said. if he did at the most expensive set of generators in the world you would ask epa to create a separate category in which case the top 12% w

mr. smith chief justice, and may please the court. we agree with the government that the epa was not required to engage in a cost benefit analysis before making the initial listing to regulate hazardous pollutants emitted by power plants applying the appropriate and necessary standard. i want to knowledge, clearly congress did think that they needed to be treated differently. but they gave them a three-year pause in which the epa was instructed to take account of the health effects of that particular pollutants emitted by our plans. he did this under an appropriate and necessary standard. if i can address the issue of what that means. i refer to page 226 of the national mining association appendix. what the epa said consistently throughout this record is we look at two things. there was a claim made in the legislative history that these chemical not simply not harmful enough to require any further regulation, that there affects are negligible, and they looked at that under the appropriateness r

that i mean two parking spaces one bicycle parking very no problem i wanted to tell you that what mr. smith said to me as probably try getting 3 cars in there is difficult originally i was told 4 and we reduced it to 3 reducing it to two i have no problem with that, i kind of like the beyond a reasonable doubt of a bicycle. >> i'd like to suggest even if it is strong it didn't work that's what we see i can't force you to put in 3 cars but if we say two and have people that have smallest cars you can probably get 4 cars in but the normal cars don't allow 3 cars in the garage and the go mixed use of bicycles. >> yes. i guess. >> sorry commissioner johnson. >> i was saying in project sponsor it okay with the lower amount i don't understand why those spaces take commissioner moore's word on the fact it is hard to get those cars it looks like this is enough room but if keeping you informed they don't fit they don't fit. >> commissioner richards i second the motion. >> there is a motion and a second commissioner there is a motion and a second to approve the project with conditions audios acknowle

mr. smith is the author of biographies no stranger to presidential libraries. is directed five he teaches at george mason university, is to come at it on the "newshour" on pbs, and is the in house historic on c-span but it is always a pleasure to have him on our state. mr. smith opens his book copies of which are on sale in our bookstore, there will be a book signing following the forum, capturing the compelling drama of nelson rockefeller's rages address against the forces of extremism at the republican convention in 1964. one of our panelists, larry rockefeller, nelson's 50, was there in the convention hall that evening. count basie once introduced his friend governor rockefeller as quote, which enough to a condition the cotton fields. [laughter] and defining a national sense of purpose, nelson rockefeller believe that this country like his family must justify its britches through good work and the sharing of wealth. larry rockefeller has followed his family's long and proud history of dedica

the contractor and mr. smith have been feuding for months, mainly over mr. smith's sidewalk that fell down during construction. >> this walk should have extended this way. >> yes. it was there. >> it was there. on saturday. >> reporter: just fell down? >> yeah. because of the construction next door. >> correct. >> we've reviewed the sidewalks and then -- the backyard make it look good. >> reporter: cross street here on shepherd that is what the homeowners would prefer to see. this kind of renovation. which come back over this way and look at the pop-up. they call that unsightly. it's roughly $900,000 investment and all is said and done they are sold, the investors will probably see some $200 to $300,000 profit. the developer on the street lives in suburban virginia and has similar projects in the district. and while all have been approved by city officials, the zoning commission is now considering a proposal that would reduce the residential height limits from 40 feet to 35 feet. that would eliminate a lot of the pop-ups in the future. now, you can eliminate

engineering impairing some of the buildings it is a large building and where do we put the money mr. smith and jocelyn i think we need more work on in facade impression including the window cross section i'm otherwise in support i'm not quite sure how to continue it in the difficult discussion about the front facade this is it is a complicated project. >> i cannot make a motion i don't have a problem with the design the stairwell needs a safety feature but guarantee i don't have a problem with the budget overall. >> to address that commissioner moore concern is this something that you wanted to see again? or is it something you want to condition the project to have staff work with the project sponsor >> i'm xhoufbl your work with the project sponsor my concern is the way the residential design team needs to push the project. >> commissioner hillis i'm generally okay. can you explain that the issue that the neighbor was talking about in what weighing what you've done to accommodate it you've set back a little bit on that side can you explain what is going on in the corner of the building wi

whatever the person at the other end of the phone, which is the director of nursing, which says, mrs. smith is acting out. prescribe an antipsychotic because it knocks them out. >> posing a threat. at the facility in mancato minnesota they say there's another way. the nonprofit has reduced the use of antipsychotics, from 18% to 6% of residents. special training paid for by a state grant. >> we truly do not believe in medications to manage behaviors. >> behaviors like agitation or anxiety are seen as attempts to communicate, to be understood not managed with chemical restraits. >> they are trying oget a message out. you just have to listen differently than in the past. >> one resident became distraught, who thought she heard a baby cry. on a whim, picked up a doll and said, why don't you hold the baby, and she held it for two hours. we have these babies that are pretty real feeling, it's got the right weight in the right spots. >> it feels like it's a baby you want to put the baby up on your shoulder. >> avoiding antipsychotics has given the residents their lives back. >> you give the gift o

that might be interested in a pro so we don't burn the good government person that decides to bag a mr. smith they want to send to wosh. >> second to that motion. >> all in favor, say i. >> opposed the motion is carried let's turn to 3 enhanced private right of action. >> commissioners by way of clarification at the end of our discussion we can tube sort of the when and - >> okay. thank you the next item has to do with enhancing the counter private right of action found in c section that allows a voter to sue a candidate or city person to sue the c from as long as the city attorney decides not to sue so this was made and the san francisco grand jury over the past year the general rational is it will better insensitive the relations and folks have pointed to the san francisco and california so the folks can be recovery up to electro50 percent a row there's no current section that explicit contemplate that the plaintiff will get penalties it provide an incentive to allow for attorneys foes so this is the general proposal and staff will note we talked with the folks in los angeles search warrant

. >> they listen to people from the other end of the phone, saying "mrs. smith is acting out", and they'll prescribe an antipsychotic because it knocks them out. >> nursing homes justifying using the drugs who caused disturbance, a threat. in minnesota, they say there's another way. the nonprofit reduced the use of antipsychotics from 18% to 6% of the residents. shelley says the staff received special training paid for. >> truly we do not believe in medications. >> behaviours like agitation for anxiety are seen as attempts to communicate, to be understood, restraints. >> they are trying to get a message out. you have to listen differently than what you did in the past. >> sometimes it's a matter of diverting attention. one resident became disstraught when she thought she heard a baby die. >> on a whim, picked up a doll saying here, here is the baby, baby. >> she held it for 2.5 hours, and it's fine. we are a little more sophisticated. in this section we have these babies, that are real looking. >> it has the real weight in the right spot. >> that feels like you

mr. smith we are seeing a third night of air strikes against the houthis now. the question is will the rebels be cowed to returning to the negotiating table? >> i'm not so sure the air strikes are going to succeed in doing that. the houthi continue to advance in the south. they're making preparations to counter the air strikes. air superiority for the coalition forces may not be enough to bring -- to hurt the houthi enough to bring them to the negotiating table. they were born out of an insurgency. they were born out of you know facing an unequal battle and they are better armed now than they were before. i'm not sure they're ready to negotiate yet. >> saudi arabia and the allies say they are acting to reinstate yemen's legitimate leader and their ally, president hadi. do the yemenis welcome this operation by their neighbor? >> that's a good question. there are certainly those who support the operation in ta'izz and aden in the south to support the air strikes in mareb they also support the air strikes but there are a lot of people who are against the houthi bu

and mrs. smith. this is her second stunning health admission. nearly two years ago, jolie underwent a preventative mastectomy after detecting brca 1. women who carry the gene have a 65% risk of breast cancer and a 39% risk of ovarian cancer. that disease that killed her mother. >> she was completely full of love and kindness. she's taught m about the importance of that of just being, just just every day kindness. and i think it's the most important thing about being a mom. just letting the kids know how much they make you happy. >> reporter: of the 20,000 american women diagnosed each year with ovarian cancer, more than half will die from it. >> while we have a good screening test for breast cancer, we do not have a good screening test for ovarian cancer and fre detected at later stages when the survival chances are not so good. >> reporter: jolie says she wants other women to hear this. the most important thing is to learn about the options and choose what is right for you personally. in 2013 her double mastectomy announcement caused what was c

. >> mr. smith said everything there was to say i don't have anything else to add. >> opening it up for public comment if any seeing none, public comment is closed commissioner moore i want to congratulate the 0 folks for doing something as bold particularly there utilized properties to be used to address the questions we ask every, with a great idea approve or disapprove i have to ask for a couple of minor provisions having to do with what we see on page 8 to 1 something about parking the way this drawing is shown it actually given the width of the garage door doesn't allow 3 parking spaces to function particularly when there're access to the outdoor ear and if you have, in fact, bicycle parks for a 8 bikes it's across the dimension streams doesn't allow the functions with each other so i want to suggest the 5 mixes of the garage door is not necessary a garage is a garage but it says that could potentially be used as another commercial space that's not what we're approving today, i suggest we move

. >> april 23rd or the 16th we can do it i know that mr. smith will be out next week out of the office so probably look at perhaps two weeks maybe the 16th. >> i guess - >> the 23rd. >> i guess kind of a word of caution it is in the interests not to have issues after the business is open we know they don't want to have issues so let's get this together and figure out. >> commissioners april 23rdrd. >> mr. levi i want to participate since your ultimately having the client that would like to stay open late at night i'm concerned the skylights that are wonderful at night nobody spills out over night when the rear yard in the neighborhoods are dark i myself have experienced frequently how windows and lights face the wrong way and is a nuisance that's onsite an issue if you want to comment i'd appreciate that. >> if i could get the overhead i'm aware we did speak with charles about the acoustic they're not operable skylights and laminated glass that's a reasonable concern that 9 conceptual design is a behalf he would ceiling so this we can have the sk

hey, mr. smith. want to try out my time machine? it runs on doritos. [ barks ] sure. so now what?. yes! it's really working, jimmy! [ humming, thumping ] [ humming ] [ thumping ] this is the greatest moment of my life! get out of my yard! [ birds chirping ] jimmy? you're so old. [ crunch! ] it's the future! >> jon: that's our show. don't forget to download the latest episode of "the daily show" podcast featuring an interview with jason jones. now here it is, your moment of zen. >> thank you for your distinguished career in the secret service and for stepping up and taking over this agency at such a difficult time. when i was a young boy i always looked up -- i mean the secret service, wow, that was it. comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> larry: tonightly there's controversy around the st. patrick's day parade. is that lake on 5th avenue kelly green or forest green? catholics are afraid of gays hijack their parade. what are they afraid of, the parade ending at a fabulous brunch spot in we're going full irish. that's right, we're going to refres

in an effort to help other families avoid the grief and despair of losing a child mrs. smith wants all schools to install defibrillators and to teach life saving skills. will the prime minister offer his support for this vital cause. >> first of all, let me say to the my right honourable friend and his continue went there is nothing more heartbreaking than losing a child and everything we can do to help with this we should. the chancellor announced in his budget. a million pounds, 40 defibrillators including putting defibrillators. >> school. i want a situation, communities pubs schools, villages all have defibrillators. we can save lives this way particularly saving young lives particularly in his con at this time swent's -- constituent case we must do better. >> thank you mr. speaker. may i express my condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the tragic german air wings air crash. mr. speaker, there is one in the home secretary seat, yet 6800 people seeking sighs lump more than entire southeast of england. we're all proud of assistance that this country o

hey, mr. smith. want to try out my time machine? it runs on doritos. [ barks ] sure. so now what?to put the whole bag in. okay. yes! it's really working, jimmy! [ humming, thumping ] [ humming ] [ thumping ] this is the greatest moment of my life! get out of my yard! [ birds chirping ] jimmy? you're so old. [ crunch! ] it's the future! my name is bret hembree. i am an electric crew foreman out of the cupertino service center. i was born and raised in the cupertino area. it's a fantastic area to work. the new technology that we are installing out in the field is important for the customers because system reliability i believe is number one. pg&e is always trying to plan for the future and we are always trying to build something stronger and bigger and more reliable. i love living here and i love the community i serve. nobody wants to be without power. i don't want my family to be without power. it's much more personal to me for that reason. i don't think there's any place i really would rather be. >> jon: welcome back, my guest tonight he is the washington editor of harper's magazi

hey, mr. smith. want to try out my time machine? it runs on doritos. [ barks ] sure. so now what?really working, jimmy! [ humming, thumping ] [ humming ] [ thumping ] this is the greatest moment of my life! get out of my yard! [ birds chirping ] jimmy? you're so old. [ crunch! ] it's the future! thanks for this oreo caramel shake, cara. -i can't believe you ordered all these shakes. -yeah. and how do you know her name? oh, i kinda have nicknames for everybody based upon my order. -caramel-- cara, yeah. -yeah. holly for jalapeno chocolate. -that's great! -and, uh, janine for peanut butter. -why "janine" for peanut butter? -'cuz she reminds me of my ex-girlfriend janine who was nuts. ( loud laughing ) she was crazy. announcer: 25 hand-mixed real ice cream shakes, all half-price after 8:00 p.m. -( clicks ) -( beeps ) ♪ nexium 24hr. it's the purple pill. the #1 prescribed acid blocking brand. available without a prescription for frequent heartburn. get complete protection. nexium level protectiontm. ( cheers and applause ) >> larry: that's all the time we have for tonight. i want to t

mr. smith's opening comments into the record mr. chairman. and i yield back. >> without objection, so ordered. again let me welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses today. the honorable johnny mchugh secretary of the army. former members of this committee. odierno. mabus. the cno admiral greenert had a family issue at the last minute. so the standing is the michelle howard vice chief of naval operations. joseph dunford, and deborah lee james and mark welsh. again thank you all for being here. without objection, your full written statements will be made part of the record. and the only other comment i would make is when we get to questions with this many members and witnesses, i'm going to have to be careful about the clock. so if you want to spend three minutes asking you question you are going to get a very abbreviated answer. and ie appreciate our witnesses as well as our members respecting the gavel as we try to give as many as possible the chance to ask questions. again thank you for being here. secretary mchugh? >> mr. chairman, than

mr. smith: mr. chairman, i want to thank the gentleman from oklahoma and vice chairman of the science committee for yielding me time. mr. chairman, americans expect the review of regulatory science to be balanced and transparent. h.r. 1029, the science advisory board reform act, ensures scientists get the opportunity to provide unbiased, independent advice to the environmental protection agency and to congress. congressman lucas and the ranking member of the agriculture committee, collin peterson, for their initiative on this issue. this bill strengthens the e.p.a.'s science advisory board's independent so that the administration cannot manipulate science to further its political agenda. hardworking american families are hit hard by costly regulations, whether it is through loss jobs or higher electric bills and gasoline prices. the e.p.a. has been known to twist science to justify their actions. behind the scenes, however, there is a review process that was intended to provide a critical check on t

mr. smith's committee is not here i would like to recognize miss frankel and mr.tes however way you'd like to divide them. miss frankel is recognized. >> thank you madam chair. i thank you and the ranking member for this hearing which i believe is very important. and i want to share your sentiments on our sorrow for the loss of kayla mueller. we have heard from the administration obviously in the past several months why we should train and arm syrian rebels. we now have a request for authorization, for the use of military force, so i am very pleased that you're here, it's a change of pace, let's put it that way. and this is what i'm particularly interested in. not only the type of humanitarian assistance and answering some of the questions about whether we are effectively getting it to those who are suffering, but i'm also interested in your opinion as to the role that humanitarian assistance plays in the larger goal of defeating those forces like assad, like isil, that are causing the pain. and then what else i would be interested in, especially in light of what

but before turning to him, i'd yield to the distinguished ranking member, mr. smith. mr. smith: thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate you holding this hearing. i want to thank general campbell for being here and also for his service. he's the absolute right man for the job in afghanistan. certainly he's a lot of experience there. i think there has been progress, especially since general campbell took over. really laid the foundation at least to build off that solid government and build a partnership. unlike in iraq, where we had you know, very, very strong difficulty getting any sort of bilateral security agreement that would allow us to stay, week of achieved that, as the chairman mentioned, president ghani wants us to be there and hopefully we can make that relationship work to help maintain the security. ultimately that, you know, that is the big challenge. afghanistan has got to be responsible for itself. they've got to be able to provide for their own security. and they've made great strides in doing. that as i'm sure the general will point out. they've taken the prim

mr. chris smith of new jersey. chairman of the human rights committee. mr. smith: i believe delay is denial and i believe we have a de facto defensive weapons arms embargo on ukraine. and it's reminiscent to me to the balkans war when we totally misguided fashion ensured that bosnia and the croatians did not have the ability to defend themselves against milosevic's aggression and now we see that aggression to our good friend and ally the ukraine. when you get to secretary of defense carter, james clapper and as one of my colleagues already mentioned and i read his speech and it's an excellent speech that was given by our top military commander, lieutenant general ben hodges, he has made a number of important points, i think, in his speech, perhaps chief of which is while ukraine's defense capability might not necessarily turn the tide overnight or soon when it comes to the military situation, it will make the diplomatic solution more probable probably and that's exactly what happened, as we all know, when the croatians broke the arms embargo. it was not nato

i also request i also request unanimous consent to place mr. smith and his opening comments in the record. >> without objection so ordered. again, let me welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. the honorable john mccue. hout objection so ordered. again, let me welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. the honorable john mccue. chief of staff of the army secretary of the me at rogue reared have a family issue. ably standing in for him is on the show howard. general joseph dunford commandant of the marine corps to billy james sec. of the air force and a the chief of staff of the air force. thank you for being here. without objection in the only other comment i would make is to questions with this many members and witnesses going to have to be going to get a very abbreviated answer. i appreciate her witnesses as well as our members respecting the gavel. we try to give. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. good to be here with all of you. please pass on best wishes on the mr. smith and a speedy recovery. and all of you i would say how much we

mr. smith's opening comments into the record, record mr. chairman. i yield back. >> without objection, so ordered. let me welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses today we have the secretary of the army chief of staff of the army secretary of the navy admiral greener had a family issue at the last minute, so the vice chief of naval operations is standing in. commandant of the marine corps secretary of the air force, and chief of staff of the air force. thank you for being here. without objection your full written statement will be made a part of the record. the only other comment, when we get to questions with this many members and witnesses i we will have to be careful about the clock. if you want to spend three minutes asking your question, you will get a very abbreviated answer. i appreciate i appreciate the witnesses as well as members respecting the gavel as we try to get as many members as possible the opportunity to ask questions. the floor is yours. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. good to be with all of you. please pass our best wis

. >> mr. smith. >> thank you mr. chairman thank you secretary for being with us here today. let me begin with a quick question. do you believe the state tax is double taxation? >> no. >> no? okay. back in april 2013. you and i had a constructive and i think a thoughtful exchange on business tax reform versus comprehensive tax reform. and the you said we want to work together on tax reform on the individual side as well as to make it simpler. the thing i think we have universal agreement on is that it is just too complicated. end quote. in light of what you said two years ago i certainly want to raise concerns i hear regularly from constituents. it is obviously no secret that we have fundamental disagreement on the level of the estate tax. i believe it is a double taxation. and you disagree with that. that's fine. a lot of us would prefer zero estate tax. and we know your administration would actually i think prefer a higher estate tax. but one thing i'm consistently finding and being told by farmers and ranchers and small business owners that while dealing with that tax is c

mr. smith's opening comments into the record, mr. chairman. and i yield back. >> without objection, so ordered. again let me welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses today. we have the honorable john mc -- mchugh, rayo deer know. and so standing in admiral michelle howard, vice chief of naval operations, from the marine core, dunford, and mark welsh, from the air force. thank you for being here. without objection, your full written statements will be made part of the record. and the only other comment i would make is when we get to questions with this many members and witnesses, i'm going to have to be careful about the clock. so if you want to spend three minutes asking your question you're going to get a very abbreviated answer. and i appreciate our witnesses as well as our members respecting the gavel as we try to give as many members as possible the chance to ask questions. again, thank you all for being here. secretary mchugh the floor is yours. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. and miss sanchez good to be with all of you. please

i believe that jimmy stewart was mr. smith. i went to those places.t was extraordinary to be able to do that. charlie: is that because they were such good actors? kevin: it's an interesting thing we were talking about people will say how could you have done that in that show? you go, well, it wasn't me. i'm playing a character. it isn't me doing it. it used to be like when actors would get slapped on 7th avenue for their character in the soap opera. there's an interesting thing has happened, the delineation that used to exist between what an actor might do in their own life that people might find questionable or offensive, which is what a character does. the character is not a real person. it doesn't mean i did it, it means my character did it. charlie: where you put this character in terms of an acting career? for me it is a particularly important experience for me and it came along at a particularly important time. when i decide to move to london 11 or 12 years ago to run the old vic theatre, a lot of people thought i was really out of my mind. peop

but before turning to them i yield to the distinguished ranking member, mr. smith. >> thank you mr. chairman. i appreciate you holding this hearing. i want to thank general campbell for being here and his service. he is the absolute right man for the job in afghanistan. he has had a number of different roles during our conflict in afghanistan, and i think there has been progress. just since general campbell took over. and i'll give you all the credit for this. finally arrived at power-sharing arrangement within within in the afghan government, and laid the foundation to build off that solid government and build a partnership, unlike in iraq where we had very very strong difficulty getting any sort of bilateral security agreement that would allow us to stay. we achieved that. the president ghani wants to us be there and hopefully we can make that relationship work to maintain security. ultimately that is the big challenge. afghanistan has again to be responsible for itself. they've got to be able to provide for their own security and they have made great strides in doing that. they'd

but before turning to him, i'd yield to the distinguished ranking member, mr. smith. mr. smith: thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate you holding this hearing. i want to thank general campbell for being here and also for his service. he's the absolute right man for the job in afghanistan. certainly he's a lot of experience there. i think there has been progress, especially since general campbell took over. really laid the foundation at least to build off that solid government and build a partnership. unlike in iraq, where we had you know, very, very strong difficulty getting any sort of bilateral security agreement that would allow us to stay, week of achieved that, as the chairman mentioned, president ghani wants us to be there and hopefully we can make that relationship work to help maintain the security. ultimately that, you know, that is the big challenge. afghanistan has got to be responsible for itself. they've got to be able to provide for their own security. and they've made great strides in doing. that as i'm sure the general will point out. they've taken the prim

i also request unanimous consent to place mr. smith opening comments into the record. >> without objection so ordered. the bulk of the bulk of our distinguished panel of witnesses today. secretary of the army chief of staff of the army secretary of the navy enlisted in his mom michelle howard vice chief of naval operations. gen. joseph dunford command, not marine the marine corps, debra the james. the only other come i would make his we get to questions with this many members and witnesses have going going to have to be careful the clock. if you want to spend three minutes asking your question, your going to get a very abbreviated answer. i appreciate our witnesses as well as our members respecting the gavel as we try to give as many as possible the members as possible the chest as questions. thank you all for being here. >> thank you very much. good to be with all of you. please pass on best wishes on to mr. smith is speedy recovery. all of you distinguished members of the committee is a how much we appreciate the opportunity to being

i want to thank mrs. smith and mr. gasby. thank you for doing the work you're doing to educate and demonstrate the challenges of early onset alzheimer's. it is such a difficult thing and obviously, in the midst of a difficult thing to try and help others is really laudable. i want to appreciate -- express my appreciation to you as it is an issue i'm dealing with in my own family and it is new evidence are designed throughout. can i begin by expressing my gratitude to you for being willing to be courageous and hopefully educate others about this. mr. gasby: thank you, senator. we are your because we have been blessed with some of the great fruits of this great country of ours and when you look around to get involved and get back and you see people struggling and easy single head of households who don't have anyone, any resources and their dependents totally upon the system. you see how they have a following through the cracks. you realize that if you're going to stand for something, it has to be more than just yourself. coming