mr. walton if you could step up. i know i made reference earlier to the justice project and i want to clarify that the reason i brought that up, at the time 11 years ago when that project was supposed to come on board, it was supposed to cost a couple million dollars to integrate data between the criminal justice agencies, and we are $23 million and, 10 years and to our project we have not been able to get done. i want to ask you from your perspective, what assurances can you give us that this is a project that won't see the type of cost and budgetary overruns that other projects that you are well aware of that we have been working on together. >> i appreciate the concern, and the questions and responses you have heard. when a lot of these projects have started in the city, they started in one department and had very little oversight. to your participation, i think we now have a new body in the city that has the authority to review these projects and be the eyes that you need that can report back to you on budget upd

mr. walton if you could step up. i know i made reference earlier to the justice project and i want to clarify that the reason i brought that up, at the time 11 years ago when that project was supposed to come on board, it was supposed to cost a couple million dollars to integrate data between the criminal justice agencies, and we are $23 million and, 10 years and to our project we have not been able to get done. i want to ask you from your perspective, what assurances can you give us that this is a project that won't see the type of cost and budgetary overruns that other projects that you are well aware of that we have been working on together. >>

mr. walton here to speak to that and i appreciate your feedback on this issue. this is not anything that has to do with our process but it would be great if we could have had our own rfp process where we could look at the technology that was out there and pick our own carrier. there is a part of me that feels uncomfortable with the fact we're getting a system because it is free. not because it is the best system out there and this could be the best system out there, i am not saying it is not. that is not my area of expertise but ideal -- do feel uncomfortable moving it out of committee. i request we do with no recommendation. i do appreciate the immense amount of work that went into this. thank you, supervisor kim. supervisor avalos. supervisor avalos: i am uncomfortable with this item. i appreciate the work that has been done going back to committee and giving us a greater perspective on financing. i know this is a real huge priority for dem and the bay area. i see the value, certainly, as i mentioned last week. i see the value of being able to process digital

mr. walton. >> what has been the president's reaction to this reaction about the contraception issue? was he surprised at the reaction of both political and religious? >> as i have been saying, the president understands these concerns. that is why he agreed with the approach the secretary sebelius took that sought that appropriate balance, that made sure there was an exemption for churches and houses of worship, churches and houses of worship, itemized in some states of the country, and why he supported the part of this that required more discussion to be had as a way of implementing this for institutions and groups that have expressed concerns. i think he understands and understood from the beginning why this is a sensitive issue and it informs his decision in the way he has. >> is there any sense of how discussions will take place? is there any sense of who would talk to who i am trying to come up with some sort of a resolution? >> i do not have a lot of individuals involved in those types of discussions. discussions involving health care policy would normally include folks who do h

mr. walton? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to remind us that we are here to find a long-term solution. house republicans in the house were here for a one-year extension payroll tax cut for working americans. a two-year fixed so seniors can have access to doctors and a one-year extension of unemployment to help people. we offered that. the senate came back with a two- month fee proposal which we agree to because we can never have a meeting like this because we could never get conferees prior to christmas in the senate. so here we are. as we look at these things, we are trying to find offsets where we thought there was some level of common ground. this is a bipartisan offset. every democrat on the conference committee has voted to increase the maximum amount of exchange subsidy overpayments that need to be repaid. every member. hhs secretary sebelius described this offset when it was used as part of the doc fix extender by senate democrats as making it fairer for all taxpayers. the democrats' health care a lot failed to a