mr. wasserman's reappointment. he is a good man. he cares about san francisco, and i thank you should support him. thank you. >> thank you so much. any other member of the public would like to speak? >> good afternoon, commissioners i am a tenant in san francisco, and a long-term tenant rights advocate, first, i would like to say i appreciate mr. wasserman taking the time to respond to a lot of questions i had raised at the san francisco rent board commissioner hearing this month, last month, and we will probably continue to raise in the next few months. one of my primary concerns is that david wasserman did express prejudice during the process of our operating and maintenance reform legislation that is at issue because of an appeal that was brought to the rent board commissioners, a lot of concern came up around the conflict of interest, around if wasserman is prejudiced on this issue, shouldn't he be recusing himself whenever we come to the point of operating and maintenance appeals at the rent board commissioner? in addition to t

mr. dunn: i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentlewoman from florida is ecognized. ms. wasserman schultz: i fully support rebuilding the marine corps and air force bases, i support the dunn amendment, commend the gentleman for his advocacy for his commun and our home state as well as the underlying legislation so we can make sure we can finally help these communities rebuild. i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the seament agreed to. -- the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 5 printed in part c of house report 116-51. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina eek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 5 printed in house prorte 115-51, offered by mr. cunningham of south carolina. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 357, the gentleman from south carolina, mr. cunningham, and a member opposed

mr. ryan: thank you. i thank the chair and thank you to congressman lamb for your leadership on this bill. congressman roe, thank you for your leadership on this. i want to also thank chairwoman debbie wasserman schultz and our appropriations bill, we continue to invest into the whole veteran. and i think it's been articulated here that we want the v.a. system to be the most innovative system that we have. and i believe that the whole vets act is a step in that direction. i have been researching and writing about some of these integrative health techniques around meditation, around yoga, around nutrition, around having health coaches. and to watch these vets transform after years and years nd years of suffering is the most touching, the most inspirational thing we can do. i've been in yoga classes where the teacher is a vet who just years before was kicking down doors in iraq, double amputee, and he is teaching yoga to veterans and they are healing from post-traumatic stress. this, to me, is what the government is all about. how do we get the government programs, government facilities, on the cutting edge, not just in health care but all across the board. that's what this act is doing. it's g