mr. thompson is sick so there were not able to be there. this is the unit next door to me. again, it is two stories. i have a hard time understanding this. granted, i am not an architect. i am an ordinary resident of san francisco for 30 years. in the developers package, they talk about respecting the nature of the neighborhood. we are a historic district. my home is considered a historic home. this is what we will be looking at. i really do not understand the size and the amount of windows that are here. it is almost all windows. i agree with chris that i do think dr should be taken. thank you very much. president miguel: is there an additional dr requestor? >> mr. president, commissioners, my name is robert denuncio. my wife and i retired at 33 lloyd street, the property adjacent to the east of the proposed project. on 14 october last, this commission wisely and with great specificity

mrs. thompson's house, we used a map according to the surveyor. we did not survey around the block. on the avenue, we are using the dpw information to calculate. ortega goes up to the third house. i do not know how 20% or 25% off. we did not survey on the avenue. that is how i would clarify the project. thank you. vice president olague: commissioner more? -- moore? commissioner moore: the project is code complying. is that correct? the rear yard setback is 15 feet, per requirement? >> could you repeat? commissioner moore: the rear yard setback is normally 15 feet? >> in this instance, no. the required rear yard should be 25%. commissioner moore: dissolution we're seeing here is 37%? -- the solution we are seeing here is 37%. this is an unusually wide lot, wider than the typical san francisco lot. the building sits comfortably in it. if one wanted to be picky, one could say the deck six -- 6 6 feet further than the projection of the house -- -- sits six feet further than the projection of the house next door. i am not sure that rises to a serious concern on my house. the house is a c

mr. thompson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: madam speaker, i rise in strong opposition to this rule that we are taking up today instead of focusing on jobs. the new majority in the house ran on the platform of fiscal responsibility. this bill flies in the face of that promise by adding $230 billion in the short run and over $1 trillion in the long run to our deficit. as important, under repeal the medicare trust fund will become insolvent by 2017. that's just six years away. pushing medicare over the cliff by passing this repeal breaks the sacred trust with our nation's seniors to help provide health care coverage in retirement after a lifetime of working and paying taxes. that's why i went to rules committee last night with two colleagues and offered and amendment to guarantee that repeal will not go forward unless it's certified that that repeal will not shorten the life of the medicare trust fund. sadly, the rules committee didn't allow us to help protech america's seniors, they didn't allow that amendment. we will

mr. thompson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: madam speaker, i rise in strong opposition to this rule that we are taking up today instead of focusing on jobs. the new majority in the house ran on the platform of fiscal responsibility. this bill flies in the face of that promise by adding $230 billion in the short run and over $1 trillion in the long run to our deficit. as important, under repeal the medicare trust fund will become insolvent by 2017. that's just six years away. pushing medicare over the cliff by passing this repeal breaks the sacred trust with our nation's seniors to help provide health care coverage in retirement after a lifetime of working and paying taxes. that's why i went to rules committee last night with two colleagues and offered and amendment to guarantee that repeal will not go forward unless it's ceified that that repeal will not shorten the life of the medicare trust fund sadly, the rules committee didn't allow us to help protech america's seniors, they didn't allow that amendment. we will not

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some of the issues i think mr thompson i was referring to were analyzed in the upmost detail by some of the best international law firms potential risks from the previous you course related process itself and b.p. came to the decision to be i think the second largest acquire of shares in our i.p.o. that's almost five years ago. and clearly b.p. feels the same way today is they're taking another nine and a half percent in the company well. robert absolute when he said what i just quoted i think he was he was trying to to represent the interests of foreign business foreign investors and it's common knowledge to everyone that foreign investors in russia are not happy about the russian judicial system about the way the russian courts wake well you are a foreigner but you work for a russian company so does that mean you in your position are happy with the russian divisional system. look if foreign investors are not happy with the russian judicial system that's a problem ok because the country needs foreign investment and all investors whether they are foreign or russian should feel that t

mr. thompson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania venged for two minutes. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, ask permission to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: as a health care professional for almost 30 years, i sat and read 2,000 pages of the bill, as i read it i became alarmed at the level of control over an individual's health that would be vested in the federal government. i spent my life working with those facing life altering disabilities and diseasings. i have been quick to point out while we have the best health system in the world there must be improvements. that is why i'm supporting the repeal. patient protection and affordable care act. i believe there are pent of reasons for my -- plenty of reasons for my colleagues to join me. a mandate that the president opposed on several occasions when running for office, as a result on failing to live up to this promise, the justice department is now attempting to defend the mandate on the grounds it is a tax. according to the nonpartisan medicare actuary, because of the law

mr. thompson, mr. pallone and myself, what guarantee for those seniors that they can continue to count on medicare. i want to thank you all for your consideration and i will certainly ask that this amendment be ruled in order. >> thank you very much for your testimony and i want to express my appreciation to all of you for your patience, especially ms. edwards, who has pointed out and i may have little difficulty left in there for you afterwards. [inaudible] [laughter] and let me say that i believe that all of you have come forward as have all of the witnesses today with extraordinarily thoughtful proposals and i want to a sure you know we feel very passionately come as i said in my opening remarks, about the need for us to do everything we possibly can to insure that every single american has access to quality affordable health care and health insurance. i think ms. edwards put it perfectly when she said as we perceive it is essential for us to come together now, and we believe that as this measure is

mr. thompson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: madam speaker, i rise in strong opposition to this rule that we are taking up today instead of focusing on jobs. the new majority in the house ran on the platform of fiscal responsibility. this bill flies in the face of that promise by adding $230 billion in the short run and over $1 trillion in the long run to our deficit. as important, under repeal the medicare trust fund will become insolvent by 2017. that's just six years away. pushing medicare over the cliff by passing this repeal breaks the sacred trust with our nation's seniors to help provide health care coverage in retirement after a lifetime of working and paying taxes. that's why i went to rules committee last night with two colleagues and offered and amendment to guarantee that repeal will not go forward unless it's certified that that repeal will not shorten the life of the medicare trust fund. sadly, the rules committee didn't allow us to help protech america's seniors, they didn't allow that amendment. we will

mr. thompson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania venged for two minutes. mr. ask permission to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: as a health care professional for almost 30 years, i sat and read 2,000 pages of the bill, as i read it i became alarmed at the level of coroover an individual's health that would be vested in the federal vernment. i spent my life working with those facing lifeltering disabilities and diseasings. i have been quick to point out while we have the best health syem in the world there must be iroments. that is why i'm supporting the repeal. patient protection and affordable care act. i believe there are pent of reasons for my -- plenty of reasons for my colleagues to join me. a mandate that the president opposed on several occasions when running for office, as a result on failing to live up to this promise, t justice department is now attempting to defend the mandate on the grounds it is a tax. according to the nonpartisan medicare actuary, because of the law national spending will increase by mor

mr. thompson, i believe you're next. >> thank you, madam chair and members. i'm going to speak specificically about an amendment before the committee. it's an amendment that i'm a coauthor of along with mr. hien rick, and he'll be speaking on this later and mr. pollone. there's been many good issues raised throughout the course of the testimony today. every one of them is perfectly valid, and every one of them pointing out a very serious problem that our constituents will all face if this bill is in fact repealed. i do just want to double back on one thing that the previous speaker talked about, and that's the amount of money that every one of our con constituents has to share and pony up because of the people who don't have health care and just to kind of put it in perspective, i represent a large rural district in northern california, and last year alone the uncompensated health care costs in my district alone were $70 million, and as we all know, you know, the good fairy doesn't come in with that money to back fill. that's somehow spread out amongst the res

mr. thompson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. eaker, i rise in strong opposition to this rule that we are taking up today instead of focusing on jobs. the new majority in the house ran on the platform of fisc responsibility. this bill flies in the face of that promise by adding $230 billion in the short run and over $1 trillion in the long run to our deficit. as important, under repeal the medicare trust fund will become insolvent by 2017. that's just six years away. pushing medicare over the cliff by passing this repeal breaks the sacred trust with our nation's seniors to help provide health care coverage in retirement after a lifetime of working and paying taxes. that's why i went to rules committee last night with two colleagues and offered and amendment to guarantee that repeal will not go forward unless it's certified that that repeal will not shorten the life of the medicare trust fund. sadly, the rules committee didn't allow us to help protech america's seniors, they didn't allow that amendment. we will not be able to vote

mr. thompson? >> first and foremost, i think we should acknowledge the fact that those who were in power at the moment of the crisis had an extraordinary event and dealt with it in an unbelievable manner. and our country is in fact better off because of the actions that were taken there. however, our task was to look at what caused the crisis and on questionably, in our minds, there were actions that could have been taken by regulators that would have forestalled or mitigated the impact of this crisis. the federal reserve was clearly this to word of lending standards in this country. they chose not to act -- the federal reserve was clearly the steeward of lending standards in this country. regulator after regulator, they chose not to act or turned a blind eye to what was etched going on. so it is less about a particular individual then a systemic sense of the regulation and inaction by those who were in power to take action. >> [inaudible] two individuals -- ben bernanke and tim geithner have learn

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, this week is national choice week. students, parents and legislators from both parties in varyingying walks of life from across the common wealth came together for state choice in the state capitol. quality ed -- meanwhile, those that defend the status quo claim that if we just do more of the same, at some points schools will improve. mr. speaker, throughout the laboratories of democracy in this great nation, concerned parents are moving forward with the different vision which is better for our children. so as we continue in this new 112th congress, let's make a commitment for america's parents that they will not be forced to send their children to low quality schools without other choices. let's provide parents with options, whether they're public, private, charter, home or cyberschools, for the education that's the best fit for their children. children don't have the luxury of waiting for change. for today's students, reform only works if it takes place while they're in school. i'll do my part here in washington to s

mr. thompson, for five minutes to inquire. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i just want to point out a 9-dollar employees under best case scenarios is making around $15,000 a year. and i don't care where you go for your health care, on $15,000 a year, chances are you fall under that category of uncompensated care. so it's not being done -- it's not being paid for out of pocket and it's not being provided for free. it is factored into what is driving up costs for your soured employees, for everyone else who buys a policy, or anyone else who pays out of pocket. mr. chairman, i would like to submit for the record a letter that i have that i just got a copy of it. it's from 275 economists from all over the country, including three nobel laureates, for council of economic advisers, a former cbo chief, and to john bates clark prizewinners. and the letter states speedaisspeedaish without objection the letter will be put in the record. >> i just want for the folks you know, it says that we write to convey our strong conclusion that leading inflation, the patient prot

mr. thompson is recognized. >> thank you for being here. my colleague mr. neal announced the current cbo analysis be read into the record and our would like to ask on that issue i am glad he did that. is an important fact we need to take into consideration but that analysis as you pointed out, to repeal this bill would drive the deficit up by $250 million over the first ten years. over a trillion and change over 20 years. if that were to happen and have this upward push on the deficit, how would that impact business and investment in this country? >> i believe certainly addressing our longer debt issues is a bipartisan -- an area of bipartisan agreement that we need to do that and to not do it increases and 77 making the problem worse would likely add more uncertainty. >> and a hat on the businesses we are trying or hopeful will get going to get the economy up. on the uncompensated care issue i just want to point out everyone can find this out, i did the run in my rural district in northern california. last year the uncompensated care cost was $70 million.

mr. thompson of california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. thompson: madam speaker, i rise in opposition to the repeal of the patients bill of rights. as congress debates this legislation to repeal the historic health care reform law, it's important that our constituents know what working families, small businesses and seniors stand to lose. repealing the health care reform law would remove new protections for 57 million americans with pre-existing conditions. that includes over 8,000 children in my district. it will end the chance for 2 1/2 million young adults to remain on their parents' plans until they're 26 years of age. in my district, over 4,000 young people would lose this coverage. it will increase prescription drug costs for more than 10,000 seniors in my district who hit the medicare part d doughnut hole. these seniors will pay another $500 this year and between now and 2020, another $3,000. some 16,000 small businesses in my district alone will pay higher taxes. repeal will increase the deficit by $230 billion over the next 10 year

mr. thompson is recognized. >> thank you for the hearing. i think it's an important discussion we have to have. we need to simp fie the tax codes, all the tax codes, and i'd like to ask the chairman for his help and cooperation this year on expanding that. i'll reintroduce my bill on a state tax reform. i think it's a sad day when family farms have to be sold in order to pay a state tax on those family farms and hopefully we can create a situation where if you inherit the family farm, you keep farming it, you'll be able to get a postponement if any estate tax. i hope we expand it to that. i don't think the idea of a tax policy that encourages jobs in this country vis-a-vis overseas is a bumper sticker. it shows the number of foreign jobs that were created between 99 and 2008 versus domestic jobs that were lost. i think we need to have a tax code that in fact does encourage job growth here in the united states of america, and i understand that businesses consider all of their investments foreign and domestic and when they figure out their bot

mr. thompson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: madam speaker, i rise in strong opposition to this rule that we are taking up today instead of focusing on jobs. the new majority in the house ran on the platform of fiscal responsibility. this bill flies in the face of that promise by adding $230 billion in the short run and over $1 trillion in the long run to our deficit. as important, under repeal the medicare trust fund will become insolvent by 2017. that's just six years away. pushing medicare over the cliff by passing this repeal breaks the sacred trust with our nation's seniors to help provide health care coverage in retirement after a lifetime of working and paying taxes. that's why i went to rules committee last night with two colleagues and offered and amendment to guarantee that repeal will not go forward unless it's certified that that repeal will not shorten the life of the medicare trust fund. sadly, the rules committee didn't allow us to help protech america's seniors, they didn't allow that amendment. we will

mr. thompson is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for holding this hearing. i think it's an important discussion that we have to have. i think we need to simplify our tax code, all the tax codes. and i'd like to just ask the chairman for his help and cooperation this year on expanding that. i'm going to reintroduce my bill on estate tax reform. i think it's a sad day when family farms have to be sold in order to pay estate tax on those family farms and hopefully we'll be able to create a situation where if you inherit the family farm, you keep farming it, you'll be able to get a postponement in any estate tax so i hope you would expand it to that. i don't think the idea of a tax policy that encourages jobs in this country vis-a-vis overseas as a bumper sticker. we were passed out this sheet that shows the number of foreign jobs that were created between 1999-2008 versus domestic jobs that were lost. i think we need to have a tax code that in fact does encourage job growth here in the united states of america. and i understand that businesses consider all of t

mr. thompson. >> someone had offered in our sg of airline and now what she earlier, and as i have looked up and read through and tried to synthesize the commission's recommendation if i apply the recommendations to the airline industry is essentially with one plane crashed we would shut down all airplanes and frankly all airports. i apologize for being late. i was in the work force hearing and i had an opportunity to question governor mcdonald of virginia, and specifically my question is what the impact of the administration's response of shutting down offshore as a result of this and here are some of the statistics i will be quick and then my questions. he indicated that this industry created more than 1900 new jobs in virginia, increased the state's gross domestic product by to under $50 million annually in janaria park simply 19.4 in federal, state and local revenues. senator graham, secretary riley, page two of your testimony states most of the mistakes and oversights of macondo can be traced back to a single overarching failure. a failure of management by bp, halliburton and transoc

mr. thompson: actor damien lucas brought the character to life but winters was a real-life hero and the story the stuff of legends. winters died earlier this month, he was 92. winters and his men parachuted in to take on a german artillery nest on the beach. his troop fought through the battlele of the bulge, the liberation of the concentration camp at dachau. winters never sought fame and never thought of himself as a hero and asked that his funeral be private. when the world needed hero he served in a company of heroes. pennsylvanians mourn the loss of this brother. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. poe: jeff moschek joined the peace corps in 2004 and went to bangladesh to help the third-world country. a group of men groped her sexually, she reported the incident but no one did anything. she continued to feel unsafe and continue odd report to the peace corps but no one did anythin

mr. thompson. >> someone had offered in our sg of airline and now what she earlier, and as i have lookedp and read through and tried to synthesize the commission's recommendation if i apply the recommendations to the airline industry is essentially with one plane crashed we would shut down all airplanes and frankly all airports. i apologize for being late. i was in the work force hearing and i had an opportunity to question governor mcdonald of virginia, and specifically my question is what the impact of the administration's response of shutting down offshore as a result of this and here are some of the statistics i will be quick and then my questions. he indicated that this industry created more than 1900 new jobs in virginia, increased the state's gross domestic product by to under $50 million annually in janaria park simply 19.4 in federal, state and local revenues. senator graham, secretary riley, page two of your testimony states most of the mistakes and oversights of macondo can be traced back to a single overarching failure. a failure of management by bp, halliburton and transocea

mr. thompson is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. doctor, thank you for being here.colleague mr. neil asked that the independent cbo analysis be read into the record. and i would like to just ask you on that issue, i'm glad he did that, it's important fact that i believe we need to take into conversation. but that analysis says, and i think you pointed this out, that this repeal of the bill would drive the deficit up by about $250 billion over the first 10 years over $1 trillion and change over 20 years. so if that were to happen and had this upward push on the deficit, how would that impact business and investment in this country? >> well, i believe that certainly addressing our longer run debt issues is a bipartisan -- is an area of bipartisan agreement that we do need to do that and to not do it contributes uncertainty. and so i think repealing this and making that problem worse would likely add more uncertainty on that. >> and a hit on the businesses that we're trying to or hopeful will get going. >> could be. >> to get the economy up. thank you. on the uncompens

mr. thompson: we have in our thoughts and prayers the victims. our nation stands with congresswoman giffords in her recovery, her family and staff and all those impacted by this tragic event, including the family of gabe zimmerman and judge roll. we also stand with christina taylor green, who lost her life that day. christina hoped to go to penn state one day and pursue a career of helping others. penn state is one of the top public universities in the country. i share those same aspirations and no doubt she would have achieved her dreams and been successful in the career path of her choosing and offer deepest condolences. the tragedy reminds us how fragile life is. i commend and thank all the federal, state and local officials for their efforts over the last week. these every day heroes are unsung despite the dangerous situations. americans are thankful for those who showed courage to stand up in the face of danger. daniel hernandez, the hero assisted congresswoman giffords by performing tr inch age, a retired army national guard hero and they s

mr. thompson said earlier, the federal reserve had a chance to act on of controlled lending even in 2001.if adopted some rules that they thought recover between 9% and 38% of subprime loans. it covered 1%. they had information in 2004- 2005 about at the federal open market -- federal reserve open market committee about the fact that subprime lending was an accident waiting to happen. but i think what is also striking is that after it the contagion started to spread, there was a lack of understanding about the interconnections. of the federal reserve in july, 2007, when bear stearns block. they think they are relatively unique. they actually say, they think they are relatively unique because not many other funds have these positions. so the fact is the response was a very slow flooded, and it is hard to do wahat-if's. there was inconsistent and slow response. >> let me just mention that in the time period you were talking about people like chairman bernanke and secretary paulson were assuring congress and the public that there would be little stomacystemic impact of e mortgage and housing

mr. rantsi's proposal and all the stores would be in compliance and if you fine any of -- if you find any of those persons not complying -- [bell rippi ringing] vice president olague: thank you. walter thompson, rodney crawford, sylvester gar jr. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am richard price and i am a resident at 54 turk. vice president olague: it's fine. don't worry. awe >> okay. the store we're talking about is a new store with a lot of security gadgets and very involved in the neighborhood. the store that was under there and you can't get through the aisles with liquor $54 a bottle and how do you afford that? that is high for liquor. i don't want hard liquor. i don't see how these people going across the street should have lost their license for doing better and improve their own lives and helping the community by being who they are and what they do. i'm opposed to anybody taking something from somebody. this is america. we came over here and this should be competition. there are stores and they can fight it out. he is not selling what he's selling and they're not selling what he's selling. i would like to keep that good competition in the make theed -- in the neighborhood. thank