mr. witt you once said market share wasritically important and quote that is why brandon clarkson re was high that he could change t culture and have morfocus on market share. me who worked at moody's they looked the other way traded the firm's repution for short-term profits. i ess, dr. witt, wt would happen if you didn't rate a deal? >> well, you know, like you were talking, the reports, he was on brian'staff and we would get a report that said the deals that you didn't rate. and you would be typically asked to explain why you didn't rate them. you were supposed to look into itnd give explation. >> and -- but but every deal you didn't rate you would have tdo that. >> not necessarily every deal. but if the percentage were changing a lot -- they may have some interest in a particular deal but you have to report in detail each transaction. >> i did by the way just for the record those items i mentioned i'd like to enter into the record. it's my understanding that peormance valuations were based

. >> mr. witt, do you and the people you work with see that there seems to be any greater number of extreme weather events creating disasters, or does it just seemed normal? >> there is. look at what happened yesterday. 32 tornadoes in minnesota, was it? we are having more events and they are more devastating than we have seen in the past. and it would be interesting if one of the institute's would basically, through climate change or whatever, would track this and report this in a way that people have a better understanding of what is happening in what areas of the country, as well as around the world. the worldwatch institute puts at a book every year called the state of the world. there usually is a chapter in that book on what is happening. you look back from the eight years we were there and today. the events are much more frequent. usually, they are more devastating than we have seen in the past. we have what we call cnn disasters now. the report everything. back other years, we did not have

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mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the accomplishments of an outstanding citizen for its educational contributions to the community. he recently retired as a public school superinteedent witt 30 years of experience. he retired with an exceptional background, having earned a bachelor degree in education + and master's degree in+ education administration. he has dedicated over 33 years to case -- education including the 30 years as a superinteedent. he started off in the 1970's teaching elementary and junior high sccool and then promoted to superintendent for the school district and from there he went uu to the progressive independence school district and recently retired from the charlotte independent school district. throughout his career he has been one that served the public% and has taught the difference between right and wrong. mr. speaker, it's an honor to have time to recognize mr. agagon, a great educator, of south texas. i thank you for the time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of reeresentatives. madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of th