plaque, linda plaque and mr. dennis kelly. >> mrs. plaque's item i don't think was on the consent calendar, it has to do with pars. i'm dennis cutty, president of the united educators of san francisco and am pleased to be here this night to hear mr. garcia is now dr. garcia. [laughter] >> well, kind of. all right. all right. i wanted to talk about a number of items. i'd like to group them together in three groups for you. first is items k-16, 17 and 18. they have to do with after-school programs at three of the schools. each one of these programs comes with an evaluation that costs $1,250 or $2,250, in that range for each one of them. and the question i have really is, what is being evaluated in these programs? are these programs being evaluated on the basis of whether or not specific children in specific schools who are in these programs are being helped to move forward in terms of their achievement, or is the evaluation an evaluation that simply notes how many meetings there were and how many people attended and all that? so it would

mr. president, read the plaque. let's develop our natural resources. let's do what we have to do. let's promote a very aggressive export-oriented trade policy. and we need a willing partner to move forward with tax reform. we're getting half-hearted signals. this country needs fundamental tax reform. we want to do it on the house ways and means committee, we're ready, we stand ready as willing partners. but yet we're getting signals, mixed signals. the president has not shown, his administration has not shown a serious intent to move forward with fundamental tax reform that will unleash american ingenuity and entrepreneurship in this country. and that's what i heard all through august when i was back home in my district. when i talked to folks. they want to see an energy strategy. they want to see comprehensive tax reform that simplifies our code and lowers rates, clears up some of the loopholes, and they want to make sense out of the tax code and they want to see us selling goods overseas, letting our ports expand. he didn't even mention maritime infrastructure. we've got bills r

mr. president, read the plaque. let's develop our natural resources. let's do what we have to do. let's promote a very aggressive export-oriented trade policy. and we need a willing partner to move forward with tax reform. we're getting half-hearted signals. this country needs fundamental tax reform. we want to do it on the house ways and means committee, we're ready, we stand ready as willing partners. but yet we're getting signals, mixed signals. the president has not shown, his administration has not shown a serious intent to move forward with fundamental tax reform that will unleash american ingenuity and entrepreneurship in this country. and that's what i heard all through august en i was back home in my district. when i talked to folks. they want see an energy strategy. they want to see comprehensive tax reform that simplifies our code and lowers rates, clears up some of the loopholes, and they want to makeense out of the tax code and they want to see us selling goods overseas, letting our ports expand. he didn't even mention maritime infrastructure. we've got bills right no

plaque and announce this to be joseph snizzle lucked training center day in san francisco. -- joseph ma zzola training center day in san francisco. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you, mror. >> i would now like to introduce the supervisor. malia, thank you for taking time out of your schedule to be here today. [applause] >> thank you for inviting me. good morning. it is a great day. happy joseph mazzola training center-building opening day. it is a day that will go down in history. i am here to welcome you back to district 10. i know that many of you have been here before. i put the order in for the sun. it is coming. it is just delete. i am here to express my heartfelt gratitude for your hard work and leadership over the years. in my younger days -- that was a joke. he will be driving home when you get back. [laughter] when i first saw in front of mr. mazzola, he was straight and to the point asking if i could win. we had a very contested races last year in district 10. there were 22 candidates. i must have said the right things. we have a moment where we saw things i to buy. i was able to win his support. i am grateful for that. it is very appropriate that you have t

mr. garcia and my colleague, congressman, to join me for a special presentation. [applause] >> this is a plaquessess the development the next generation of latino leaders, the chci presents the certificate of appreciation to federal garza. for your economic development to the hispanic community and the nation. [applause] >> chairman towns those, thank you very much for recognizing one of my constituents, from deep south texas. a gentleman who was born in santa rosa texas, a little community of 2000 people. this young man went on to become the valedictorian and went and graduated from texas a. in them, and did so well they gave him a scholarship to go to princeton university. and from there he just kept going and going and helping the latino community. he has done great things in organizations, including loopback and many other organizations. but more especially he has served under three presidents. president bill clinton, president bush, and president obama. and he has as the regional director invested in many communities since five states that he is responsible for. but being that he is from s