mr. weiss: good morning, mr. chairman, ranking member cohen, mr. conyers and members of the subcommittee. my name is david weiss. i'm executive vice president and general counsel of d.d.r. corps. i've been in practice for almost 30 years and general counsel since 2003. d.d.r. is a new york stock exchange traded real estate investment trust. we own over 350 properties around the country and puerto rico and have over 113 million square feet. our tenants are some of the most recognizable national, regional and local retailers. i'm here to testify today on behalf of the international council shopping centers, the global trade association for the shopping center industry, with over 75,000 members and over 100 countries, they represent a wide variety of owners, managers and other professionals related to real estate. first and foremost, let me say that the icsc vigorously supports the letter and the intent of the a.d.a. we recognize and applaud the positive impact that the a.d.a. has had on our society. we also support h.r. 3765, introduced by congressman

mr. weiss: good morning, mr. chairman, ranking member cohen, mr. conyers and members of the subcommittee. my name is david weiss. i'm executive vice president and general counsel of d.d.r. corps. i've been in practice for almost 30 years and general counsel since 2003. d.d.r. is a new york stock exchange traded real estate investment trust. we own over 350 properties around the country and puerto rico and have over 113 million square feet. our tenants are some of the most recognizable national, regional and local retailers. i'm here to testify today on behalf of the international council shopping centers, the global trade association for the shopping center industry, with over 75,000 members and over 100 countries, they represent a wide variety of owners, managers and other professionals related to real estate. first and foremost, let me say that the icsc vigorously supports the letter and the intent of the a.d.a. we recognize and applaud the positive impact that the a.d.a. has had on our society. we also support h.r. 3765, introduced by congressman

buckland, if mr. weiss' testimony raised any objections in terms of your experience as someone that is disabled? >> mr. chairman, the whole issue around the written notice and you have to wait a certain time for it to cure, all that stuff like i said my my testimony, i think that will incentivize businesses to not do anything until they get a letter. so i i take exception to that. i also think just naming the number of lawsuits doesn't mean it's a bad link. if those businesses were out of compliance, then why is that a problem that they got sued for breaking the law? i don't quite understand that. so there is there is no mention about whether they were valid complaints, just numbers. so i am not sure that results in being a bad thing. >> would it be helpful if the committee what the results of those lawsuits were? >> yes, i also think that the department of justice could provide this committee was some information about how many complaints they have received, what the complaints were about, how the complain

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deutchland: mr. weiss, can you answer that? mr. weiss: because the suit is filed before the owner knows what the issue is. to get rid of the lawsuit, you end up settling it. mr. deutchland: i think the chairman understands this, and the ranking member of the committee understands, there's no one on this committee who fights harder to keep the courtroom doors open for people who deserve justice in this country than i do. >> believe me, he's telling the truth. mr. deutch: but in this situation, all i think we're looking for is the opportunity for someone, for a small business owner, to be able -- who has exercised all good faith, only tried to do the right thing, to continue to do the right thing without being forced to pay an extravagant amount of money given the opportunity to fix it and they will. i really appreciate the panel for being here, i think this is a really important discussion. mr. chairman, i yield back. mr. franks: i thank the gentleman. this concludes today's hearing. without objection, all members will have five legi

mr. weiss withdrew his nomination after being nominated. ber one. >> point of order, mr. chair. today, i believe we just had a motion to suspend the rules and the vote was taken to suspend the rules. is it not appropriate that we then vote on the motion? tovoted to suspend the rules consider the motion. >> i was taking them as a block. i would take it to do a suspension of the rules. >> i have no objection. >> we are in order. people seeking to be recognized for points of information or points of order? on twitter. 20 trends onp twitter right now, seven are either our candidates, the libertarian party, or this convention. [applause] >> only seven? [laughter] you are voting, everybody get out your phones and what is ?he hash tag legalize freedom. if you are interested in what the libertarian party has to offer you, you can visit our website or call us. microphone number one. >> since the libertarian party stands for inclusion, i wanted to reiterate that for the spanish audience full of -- spanish audience. [speaking spanish] elect us. gracias