at the first cac meeting mr. welch said up to 300 so it is very interesting now all of a sudden sit down 205. that is i believe still their aim. again as enterprise they have to maximum their revenue, that is their goal. when you start talking about the parking impacts or traffic impacts studied later, these are different, where only 50 are regular events. the others are one-time where people will come in. the san francisco chronicle published an article in summer about parking of giants fans, how they circle around, looking for spots to avoid the $40 traffic fees. this neighborhood around that venue is very different. bunch of small streets. anyway, i'm surely come to more meetings and address this but please consider this, thank you. >> thank you. i do not have any other speaker cards. if you have not had a chance to speak but would like to, line up and we will hear your comments. good afternoon, joshua arsay with bright line. i want to make sure chair chu and supervisor kim you are aware this morning something histo

at the first cac meeting mr. welch said up to 300 so it is very interesting now all of a sudden sit down 205. that is i believe still their aim. again as enterprise they have to maximum their revenue, that is their goal. when you start talking about the parking impacts or traffic impacts studied later, these are different, where only 50 are regular events. the others are one-time where people will come in. the san francisco chronicle published an article in summer about parking

mr. welch, i'll begin with you. i'm sure you've noticed, hopefully you've been watching cnbc and see all these pins that we are wearing that say "rise above" calling for you and your colleagues there to get something done on the fiscal cliff. why are you so unwilling to be able to do that? >> well, i am willing to do it. in fact, i work with steve, who you're going to hear from shortly, to advocate for a balanced deal. the real challenge here is practical. do we want to have a bad deal that beats the january 1 deadline, or are we willing to hold out for a more balanced deal, even if that requires us to go into january? >> does that include entitlements? does that mean reforming entitlemen entitlements, particularly medicare? >> absolutely. we have to have health care costs come under control. we can reform them. those of us who are strong supporters of medicare have to be advocates for system reform, not benefit cuts. >> so hand in hand with taxes, you can do them both at the same time? >> both at the same time is a

mr. welch: i thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, it's been 141 days, that's how long it's been since the house agriculture committee on a bipartisan basis passed the farm bill by a vote of 35-1. that's the high water mark of bipartisanship in this congress. it represents something that's too lacking in washington today, a serious attempt at progress through bipartisan work. . we need a farm bill. america needs a farm bill. our farmers, our folks dependent on nutrition programs, our folks who are farming and want to conserve the land, are entitled for congress to act. it's one thing to vote yes, it's one thing to vote no. it's unacceptable not to vote at all. the decision on whether we are going to vote on the farm bill is up to the leadership. they owe it to each one of us so that we can vote, be accountable to the people we represent and give america a farm bill. there is absolutely no excuse for congress to not even try to do its job which will occur when this bill is brought to the floor. i yield back. the speaker pro te