mr. yee wouldn't attempt to do the remodel himself and hired licensed engineers and others to represent them throughout the process. he went down to the city to get a modification for the original permit that was issued and was told that he didn't need an additional permit and the permit he had was sufficient to cover the scope of the adiggal work. and all this was dialogue between experts that he hired and the city officials saying this is fine and when the work was completed five year later, mr. gr earthquake -- mr. greavey purchased the house and it is not like mr. yee was sneaking around in the middle of the night constructing the improvements. so there is the large category of people and some that worked for the city and some that worked for him that knew exactly what was going on and what the history has been and how tragic it was that they almost lost their house completely. and now somebody says, well, in the process of redoing this complicated and severely damaged building, there wer

mr. morris is no longer the architect, is that right? >> that is correct. he is no longer employed by the yees. commissioner sugaya: and to your understanding from both parties, there was no communication in the last six month or whatever. >> there was minimal communication and atechts to communicate and my understanding is the attempts failed. >> obviously nothing got worked out. >> not to my nobling knowledge or the d.r. requester's. commissioner sugaya: i would like to support the staff motion which would indicate it back five months back or whenever we heard it last to revert back to the 1998 and if that takes an intent so that we can clarify exactly what existed at the time versus what apparently was approved by d.b.i. mistakenly, i am kind of confused on that. >> i think ms. hester is stating the inaccuracy of the plan that was submitted with the permit, the current permit and the current proposal. they are suggesting that there was a modification to be made and presented to you as the 1998 permit and we have the 1998 permit. i don't think ms. hester is suggesting that the plan on file wi

yees to its medicaid program as a result of this expansion. it's a challenge and time just trying to navigate all these changes. again, it's just so important, mr. speaker, we are having the opportunity tonight on behalf of our leadership to tell our colleagues on both sides of the aisle, congresswoman buerkle said it's not a republican or democrat issue but a people issue and a community issue and it's devastating and sad news we are bringing to our colleagues but we need to do that and the american people need to understand what's coming. the worst has not yet hit. and i yield back. ms. buerkle: i have spent most of my professional career in the health care industry. i have represented a hospital for a number of years so i know up close and personal how these issues have affected and will affect our hospitals and providers. and despite the best intentions of this health care law, whether we disagreed with it or agreed witness, despite the best intentions of this health care law are the unintended consequences and our health care providers will not be able to proceed or perform the services that our communities need and expect and come to expe