mr. walker: mr. speaker, i urge adoption of the bill and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 4975. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? mr. walker: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4761 to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 61 south baldwin avenue in sierra madre, california, as the louis van ersle post office. the clerk: h.r. 4761, a bill to designate facility of the united states postal service located at 61 south baldwin avenue in sierra madre, california, as the louis van iersel post office. the speaker pro

mr. walker: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules pass h.r. 433 to designate the facility of the post office in knox, pennsylvania as the specialist mcginnis post office. the clerk: h.r. 433, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 523 east railroad street in knox, pennsylvania as the spigs list ross a. mcginnis memorial post office. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. walker, the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. lawrence, each will control 20 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from north carolina. mr. walker: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for such time. mr. walker: i ask that members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. . mr. walker: i rise in support of h.r. 433. h.r. 433

mr. walker: i ask for a recorded vote, mr. speaker. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from north carolina will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by of florida. at the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following, section, none of the funds made available by this act may be used to purchase heavy water from iran. mr. desantis: mr. speaker, the iran deal requires iran -- the chair: the gentleman will suspend. pursuant to house resolution 743, the gentleman from florida and a member oppose eached will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. desantis: the jcpoa requires iran to cap its stockpiles of heavy water, doesn't require the u.s. to subsidize or purchase that heavy water thsms a simple funding limitation amendment to an appropriations bill.

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mr. walker: i yield five minutes to mr. emers. mr. emmer: mr. speaker, i want to thank eugene mccarthy's lipped and dr. matthew strom at the college of st. benedict for their help in making this dedication. the staff and students provide valuable events, lectures and discussions that engage the entire community. i rise today to honor senator mc cargetty and being a driving force behind this driving force. in the year which would have en his 100th birthday i have the full support for dedicateing the post a office at st. johns university where he grew up, studied and taught. if recent years in politics have taught us anything is that the american people are tired of the status quo and honest plain spoken leaders. he was a patriotic american and not afraid to speak out when he believed our nation was headed down the wrong path. he was a code breaker in the military intelligence division of the war department. serving in the army gave mccarthy a piers perfecttive on the level of dedication and sacrifice our service members give. he is best known for

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mr. walker. i submit to my colleagues in the house of representatives that now is the time we must stand. we cannot allow the president of the united states to continue to bully, that we must wait on thed a jutecation by this court action -- adjudication by this court action by the department of justice and allow the people to decide and make these determinations through the constitutional divided government. i thank my colleagues. i thank mr. simpson for his leadership on this bill and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? ms. kaptur: mr. speaker, i have a parliamentary inquiry. the chair: the gentlewoman may state her inquiry. ms. kaptur: yes, i would just like to assure the members that the following amendment is the one that we are debating and i quote, none of the funds made available by this act may be used to revoke funding previously awarded to or within the state of north carolina. is this th

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mr. walker of north carolina is now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. i want to start by recognizing two groups of people. the first one is sarah ann root, age 21, mr. root, i'm proud of you for representing her today and i'm proud of your service to our country. casey chatwick, miss hartling, as a former minister, i can only imagine what your family is going through losing a 25-year-old daughter. thank you for representing her today. there is also another group of people that i want to talk about. three people, again, edward mejia, jean jacques and victor ramirez. they were arrested on previous charges before they ultimately committed these crimes. the chief did his part over a 15 month time, he arrested this gentleman six times. six times over 15 months. . this is a guy along with a partner who beat her face in with a hammer. somehow she fought back, survived eight days. see, this is huge. and then we hear today from my colleagues, that the way we justify this is that criminal aliens, according to one statistic, commits less crimes than the general pu

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mr. walker. >> thank you for your time for hearing me, i'm a residence of 1457 north of the proposed commuterus stop on valencia and 26 street the issue is a health concern with regards to the commuter buses offending off valencia i'm a bicyclist and suffer from allergies that are aggravated by diesel and other manages and further contemplating this resulted in the removal of part of my - i have asthma rooerpd when i'm cycling and caught behind a bus and i noticed an increase in any allergies the second issue is in regards to safety i regularly witness the operators of the bus driving too fast and waiting to enter the intersections and at mortuary and church with 3 popular bars and restaurants all in our block that results in a nightmare in terms of parking so basically what i see routing is you know cars parking in the middle of the street and on the right and the left and the computer shuttles running up and down 0 intolg those gaps it is disconcerning not only as a cyclist but a retained it is sort of a matter of when someone will get hit in closing thank you to the board for hearing our c

mr. walker. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here today. earlier this week, kelly hogan was removed from his post as head of security operations. another committee recent hearing -- in fact, we talked about that and some of the questions there. we talked about the $90,000 bonuses as well. not where i want to stay or camp too much this morning, but i do want to ask a couple questions in regard. what is mr. hogan's annual salary? >> he's an ses level, so his annual salary is right around $180,000. >> i have $181,000. can you confirm if he's on paid administrative leave? >> he is currently on paid administrative leave. >> that's about $500 a day. according to the dhs administration poll su of 2015, i am sure you are familiar with that. >> yes, sir. >> i would like to read it for the record, if that is ok, mr. chairman. the policy states managers must decide whether the continued presence of the employee in a workplace might pose a threat to the employee or others, result in loss or damage to government property, or otherwise jeopardize governm

mr. walker for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. on september the 11th, 2015, cnn stated, "the effort was one of the most aggressive lobbying drives ever to take shape between congressional democrat leaders and the obama white house." on this bill, hr-3461. now, among the people who voted no were 25 democrats. you heard today, ms. carolyn maloney acknowledged that. she was the only one on this particular committee. there were others. my question is what did those 25 members know that either the other members did not know or, sadly, in some cases chose to ignore or even lobbied? in regards to mr. shapiro, we've heard a lot of talk today. i'm sure you guys may be dads. and it's always interesting when you confront one of your children and ask them if they did something wrong. the telltale sign of the giveaway is when they immediately acknowledge that another brother or sister did something wrong. that's what the smokescreen's been here today. you know, so much of the smokescreen has been about mr. hannah. nobody wants to talk about mr

mr. walker, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for the panel for being here today. a lot of this to me is about the perception, trust in the post office as a whole. going back and looking at numbers over last few years. 2015, 5.1 billion lost. 20,145.59 billion. 13, 5 billion. 122010, 8.5 billion. at some point people say, what is going on here? so this isn't just a perception. reality of a major trust issue. i have five minutes to speak. in those five minutes the approximate amount that the post office will lose is $47,564. that's a huge issue. and i have heard today some of the witnesses that working hard, some of the members, colleagues that they're working hard to try to do things better but i have a couple of specific questions. in regards to this rate increase that we're beseeching congress on. if you do receive this rate increase, can you tell me about where this extra money would be reinvested, general brennan? >> in terms of if we were granted -- >> if you were grant ad rate increase, where would that money go? where would you invest it? >> first of all we

mr. walker, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. on september 11, 2015, cnn stated, the effort was one of the most aggressive drives ever to take shape between congressional democrat leaders and the obama white house on this bill, hr 34-61. now, among the people who voted no were 25 democrats. we heard today, mr. maloney acknowledged that. on the't the only person committee. there were others. my question is, what did those 25 members now that -- know that the other members didn't know, or chose to ignore, or even lied? in regards to mr. schapiro, we heard a lot of talk today. i am sure you maybe dads. it is interesting when you confront your child and ask if they did something wrong. the telltale sign is when the immediately acknowledge that another brother or sister did something wrong. that is what the smokescreen is here today. so much of the smokescreen has been about mr. hanna. nobody wants to talk about mr. schapiro. let me talk about the difference , if i could for a second. a big difference between mr. hanna and mr. schapir

mr. walker of north carolina for five minutes. the mac mr. chairman, i want to start by recognizing two groups of people. the first one is sarah root, age 21. i'm proud of you are representing her today and i'm proud of your service to our country. kesey chadwick. ms. hartling ,-com,-com ma i can only imagine what your family has gone through losing her 25-year-old beautiful daughter here. chief martin, thank you are coming all the way. there is another group of people that i want to talk about, three people again. they also have something in common today in the fact that all three of them were arrested on previous charges before they ultimately committed this heinous crime. victor ramirez was an illegal from mexico. the chief did his part of her 15 month time he arrested this gentleman six times over 15 times. yet this is the guy with his partner at the necessary space and in with a hammer. somehow she thought that, survived eight days. and then we hear today from my colleagues that the way we justify this is the criminal aliens according to

mr. walker. >> thank you for your time for hearing me, i'm a residence of 1457 north of the proposed commuter bus stop on valencia and 26 street the issue is a health concern with regards to the commuter buses offending off valencia i'm a bicyclist and suffer from allergies that are aggravated by diesel and other manages and further contemplating this resulted in the removal of part of my - i have asthma rooerpd when i'm cycling and caught behind a bus and i noticed an increase in any allergies the second issue is in regards to safety i regularly witness the operators of the bus driving too fast and waiting to enter the intersections and at mortuary and church with 3 popular bars and restaurants all in our block that results in a nightmare in terms of parking so basically what i see routing is you know cars parking in the middle of the street and on the right and the left and the computer shuttles running up and down 0 intolg those gaps it is disconcerning not only as a cyclist but a retained it is sort of a matter of when someone will get hit in closing thank you to the board for hearing our

mr. walker. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to the panel for being here. aboutof this to me is trust in the post office as a whole. going back and looking at the numbers over the last few years, 2015, $5.1 billion loss. 2013, $5 billion lost. at some point, people say, what is going on? this is not just perception. this is the reality of a major trust issue. i have five minutes to speak great in those five minutes, the approximate amount of the post office will lose is 40,000 -- $47,564. at the huge issue. i have heard from witnesses today, that are working hard, and some members and colleagues, i have a couple of specific questions in regards to this rate increase that we are besieging congress on. if you do receive this rate increase, can you tell me about where the extra money would be reinvested? ms. brennan: in terms of if we were granted -- >> if you were granted a rate increase, where with the money go? ms. brennan: first of all, we would look to pay down debt. if we were able to address these long-term liabilities. and in net losses you cited are i

mr. walker, five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, panel, for being here today. lot of this to me is about the trust in the post office as a whole. going back and looking at the numbers over the last few years, 2012,5 $.1 billion last, 2010, 8 $.5n, billion. at some point, the people are saying what is going on? this isn't just a perception, this is a reality of a major trust issue. i have five minutes to speak. and those five minutes, the approximate amount the post office loses is $47,564. that is a huge issue. i have heard today the witnesses who are working hard, the members, the colleagues to try to do something thing -- things better. i have a couple specific questions in regard to the rate increase. if you do receive this rate increase, can you tell me where this extra money would be reinvested? >> in terms of if we were granted -- >> if you were granted a rate increase, where that money go? >> we would like to pay down debt. if we were able to address these long-term liabilities and the net loss that you cite is in large part due to the pre-funding requir

mr. walker, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, panel, for being here today. a lot of this to me is about the perceptions, trust in the post office as a whole. and just going back and looking at the numbers over the last few years, 2015, $5.1 billion lost. 2014, $5.5 billion. '13, $5 billion. 2012, 15.9 billion. 2010, $8.5 billion. at some point the people are saying what's going on here. this isn't just a perception. this is the reality of a major trust issue. i have five minutes to speak. in those five minutes the approximate amount that the post office will lose is $47,564. that's a huge issue. and i've heard today some of the witnesses that are working hard or some of the members, the colleagues, they are working hard to try to do things better. but i have a couple specific questions in regard to this rate increase that we're beseeching congress on. if you do receive this rate increase, can you tell me about where this extra money will be reinvested? director brennan? >> in terms of -- >> if you were granted a rate increase, where would the money go? where

mr. walker, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have been amazed to know how much money has actually been spent in some of these previous relocations. reassignments that nearing $200,000 per location. have you directed any of these reassignments during your tenure? >> no, sir. >> mr. brainerd reported there were relocation expenses for his reassignment to maine exceeded $100,000, is that true, as far as you know? >> that's my understanding, yes, sir. >> and would you agree that that's illegitimate use of taxpayers dollars? >> it is an in excess of what should have been spent. i've capped any relocation reassignment costs. >> how are they approved now? >> now the process is, first and foremost, it has to be looked at by the office of human capital. i want them to see is there a need for the relocation? second, has the individual that they're thinking about relocating, is that something the individual desires, wants, what is the skill set, why would you do that? second, i have to have a cfo, a chief financial officer has to sign of

mr. walker now. your recognized. >> thank you, mr.chairman. appreciate it is doing. appreciate the panel of witnesses being here today. mr. botticelli can you talk to us earlier about treatment. i think you mentioned the one thing the federal government could do. treatment is good and we need more of it but that's what active after the problem already exists. is that fair to say? so let's start from the very basis. i married into the medical community. my rights on and wife writes prescription. when the things i've seen as a minister for two decades is the introduction of marijuana or going for the statistic did already that more high school seniors now do we than cigarette. you discussed i believe the legalization of marijuana during a 60 minutes profile if i remember correctly. deeply this could lead to future drug use among the youth? >> i do everything the evidence is pretty clear that when you're talking particularly about early drug use by youth, particularly i'll call tobacco and marijuana, but that increases the probability that people are going to have more s

mr. walker, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have been amazed to know how much money has actually been spent in some of these previous relocations. reassignments that nearing $200,000 per location. have you directed any of these reassignments during your tenure? >> no, sir. >> mr. brainerd reported there were relocation expenses for his reassignment to maine exceeded $100,000. is that true? as far as you know? >> that's my understanding, yes, sir. >> and would you agree that that's illegitimate use of taxpayers dollars? >> it is an in excess of what should have been spent. i capped any reassignment or relocation costs. now the process is first and foremost has to be looked at by the office of human capital. i want them to see is there a need for the relocation? second, has the individual that they're thinking about relocating, is that something the individual desires, wants, what is the skill set, why would you do that? i need a cfo, a chief financial officer has to sign off on the ability to pay for it and reasonable cost and

mr. kevin walker and mr. david derek. today's event is an existence to the brilliant and storied legacy of justice scalia. he served on the supreme court nor nearly three decades, one of the langest tenures on the institution. marking one of the milestones on the court, chief justice roberts said since scalia came on the supreme court, the place has not been the same. indeed, kagen remarks that justice scalia will go down in history as one of the most transformational supreme court justices of the nation. his views on interpreting texts have changed the way we think and talk about law. all interpretation and sub species originalism and constitutional construction, his principle and courageous opinions an dissent in area after area of american law and his personal decency provide a paradigm that all may aspire. we address that he served on the court with such valor and distinction. i met the justice when he came to the oxford union. we were all of 22 years of age but even then we appreciated the mind and the soul and the h

mr. walker, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have been amazed to know how much money has actually been spent in some of these previous relocations. reassignments that nearing $200,000 per location. have you directed any of these reassign ments during your tenure? >> no, sir. >> mr. brainerd reported there were relocation expenses for his reassignment to maine exceeded $100,000. is that true? as far as you know? >> that's my understanding, yes, sir. >> and would you agree that that's illegitimate use of taxpayers dollars? >> it is an in excess of what should have been spent. i capped any reassignment or relocation costs. now the process is first and foremost has to be looked at by the office of human capital. i want them to see is there a need for the relocation? second, has the individual that they're thinking about relocating, is that something the individual desires, wants, what is the skill set, why would you do that? i need a cfo, a chief financial officer has to sign off on the ability to pay for it and reasonable cost an

walker, the gunman opened fire on the brave patrolman. as several shots were fired, two hitting his car, he fired back, killing the man and protecting those nearby. mr. ashford: officer walker's selfless actions came as other innocent lives stood in the balance. the gunman in the country illegally and carrying two additional loaded magazines was walking toward a busy business area when officer walker stepped in. only officer walker's exceptional courage, disregarding his own safety, brought this deadly shooting spree to an end. the omaha community, the state of nebraska, and our nation is grateful for their heroic action of officer coral walker. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to remember a minnesota legend, glenn nelson, who passed away this last week. mr. olson: he was a medical pioneer who transformed the lives of many thousands of people. from performing surgeries to

walker, louisiana on the republican line. james, good morning. caller: good morning. this is an honor, mr. fenton. i watched that first benghazi hearing from kennedy and lamb and the guy said he felt like he was working behind enemy lines to get more security for the ambassador. i've come to the conclusion that if you're going to be the chair of a committee in congress they've got to have some dirt on you and that's why it's going nowhere. gowdy has something in his past and can't follow through with this. guest: i think committee chairmen are there at the be-nevada lance of the there's got to be accountability for the failure to make this a more salient public issue and feeling out what went on. instead, we've mentioned earlier that the benghazi is saying it's time to attack judicial watch instead of get the attack out. host: do you have faith in the fbi director? guest: i think the interest is the national security establishment bureaucratically that wants mrs. clinton indicted so the fbi is probably going to be interested in doing that. the fbi is too often immune from criticism here in washing

mr. trump's running mate or for a cabinet position in a trump administration. the tennessee republican is chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. wisconsin governor scott walker is facing some serious debt following his failed white house it. 900 thousand dollars according to the latest filings. he's been an average of $90,000 a day during his campaign. the race inut of september. the supreme court has left intact a judge drawn voting map in virginia that might help democrats dig up a seat in the house of representatives. the unanimous ruling said the state republican congressional delegate could not continue an appeal seeking to reinstate an earlier map drawn by the virginia legislature. ,n austria, the far right party mail-in votes provided the margin of victory for the independent backed by the green party. the freedom party candidate attempted to capitalize on public concerns with immigration. global news 24 hours a day, powered by our 2400 journalists in more than 100 80 news bureaus around the world. let's get back to stocks and the outlook for the rest of the year. the average earnings rise has been small, just over 3%. the most pronounced misses have

mr. trump. he said it's a no brainer, you're supporting him. row have perry, john kasich, marco rubio, ted cruz, scott walker just to name a few, bobby jindal, ricktt of florida, you have this team of governors that govern conservatively, took high def sits turn them into surpluses. brought hundreds of thousands of jobs to their states. do you think maybe announcing a team of rivals at some point? making announcements, my secretary of state, my secretary of defense, my health and human services secretary, ben carson. >> yeah, i don't want to get too far ahead of it but what i think you have is you have great governors out there who understand what it's like to be the ceo of their state. sometimes with republican legislatures and sometimes with democrat lectures. that's the model we need to follow. look at what rick scott has been able to do in florida, very, very good job. look what governor jindal has done in louisiana. you look at some of the states, balanced budget requirements. you have to make sure we're not passing on debt to our children and grandchildren moving forward because it's unfair to them everyone it's our responsibility to make s

constable may walker said he survived because he was wearing a vest. you may have never heard of aldon compton, mr. speaker, but he's a peace officer coming from a peace officer family. his wife is a deputy sheriff. his three brothers are all in law enforcement. you his son is a cop in mississippi, i believe. he lives today because of had a bulletproof vest on, and as the ranking member has said and the chairman has said, we owe it to peace officers to protect and when they go out in society and do society's dirty work for us to protect and serve us. . this week is police week, we honor our police officers. those who protect us, those who work the then blue line to protect us from those who would do us harm. this is an appropriate piece of legislation to show peace officers like alden compton and all of those throughout the country that we have their back. that we support them and congress is going to do what is necessary to protect them while they protect us. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. the question is will the house

mr. president, i would like to ask unanimous consent that the defense legislative fellow in my office, senior master sergeant tray walker, be granted floor privileges for the duration of the consideration of the national defense authorization act. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. boozman: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise today to address the bait and switch being pulled on the american people and this congress regarding catfish inspection. we've all been told by lobbyists for fish importers in the socialist republic of vietnam that the catfish inspection program is -- quote -- duplicative and trade distorting, but this simply isn't true. this rule is not duplicative. the rule is not distorting. and the program is working to keep food safe for americans. there is nothing duplicative about this rule. the f.d.a. no longer inspects any catfish. usda's food and safety inspection service is the only agency inspecting catfish. additionally, the usda and the f.d.a. operate under a memorandum of understanding to prevent duplication. for decades, usda and f.d.a. have coordinated to prevent duplicative

do more to her labor than scott walker ever thought thereng and yet you sit and want to support her when bernie sanders does not take one dime from wall street. host: mrmeeks? guest: you will see barry sanders and hillary clinton and all of the people who support sanders come together. we know that hillary clinton will be better for the economy, labor. if you don't have jobs labor cannot work. she will be better than donald trump. we are on the same team. bernie sanders and hillary clinton, we are on the same team. we understand that. there is a tough battle in 2008. it was one of the toughest races there was a weekend together. this is a tough out. we know that our core principles are the same. those who are supporting bernie sanders, those who support hillary clinton, we will be together and focused and do the right thing for this country. hillary clinton is the best person to be elected come on america, this is the greatest country in the world. sickest person to be the next president. people make mistakes in life. nobody's life is perfect. justin, republican in akron, ohio. caller: good morning. pleasecould please pacific. i keep you in this same

walker, carly fiorina and ted cruz. it was necessary, everybody felt great to be in the same room supporting the same candidate. there was a lot of energy. mrjob at the event. overall it was very, very positive. maria: what's your takeaway from this, governor huckabee? >> it shows republicans are rallying around donald trump and that includes financial donors. there was concern there wasn't. you know, i think it is pretty clear, andy, what you're seeing there in california, what you saw at the event was indicative, people want to win and they know that donald trump gives them the best shot of doing that and he can beat hillary clinton. >> absolutely. i'm absolutely convinced donald trump will raise enough money to be very competitive with hillary clinton. he is also changed the rules, governor, as you know. the way he uses social media, the way he really, i want to say manipulates the media but really gets media attention really changed rules how you run a campaign. he will have money and have that personality about people want to see him. hillary clinton is not going to have that. i think he will have big advantage in this respect. >> andy

mr. walker, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am amazed to know how much money was spent in previous relocations. reassignments nearly $200,000 per relocation. have you directed any of these reassignments during your tenure? >> i have not, no, sir. >> mr. brainard reported that the relocation expenses for his reassignment, exceeded $100,000 s that true, as far as you know? >> that's my understanding. >> would you agree that is illegitimate use of taxpayer dollars? >> in excess of what should have been spent. i cap any relocation or any reassignment cost. >> how are voluntary relocation decisions are approved now? >> now the process, first and foremost, it has to be looked at by the office of human capital. is there a need for the relocation. second, has the individual that thinking about relocating is that something the individual desires, wants? what is the skill set you need, why would you do that? i have the cfo, chief financial officer signs off on ability to pay for it. has to be reasonable costs. we set limits on the reas