ms. allison is here in she ran that process. >> i am the assistant general manager. i believe that the question was -- what was the process to select this firm for the contract. so, we did our traditional process, which is we issued a request for proposal

ms. allison is here in she ran that process. >> i am the assistant general manager. i believe that the question was -- what was the process to select this firm for the contract. so, we did our traditional process, which is we issued a request for proposal on the scope of work that we were looking for in the new lobbying contract at the state level. we publicized it in sacramento through the newspaper circuits up there and threw the networks that we had there. we received three proposals. we had an outside panel that was completed with senior staff from the airport. and then we had our director of budget and internal affairs. we had the deputy assistant internal general manager on the panel. they received training with regards to the contract in department and what we were looking for in a successful applicant. they did the interview proposals and scored and zero steam as the highest score in that process. -- battle steine -- delstein e -- edelstein as the highest score in the process. >> [inaudible] >> it was the same firm. yes? >> they may have been before that. we

allison schwartz. the chair: the gentlelady from pennsylvania is recognized for four minutes. ms. schwartz: thank you, mr. speaker. i just wanted to add a few words, some of which -- some of these kind of issues have been talked about all day or all afternoon. but i did want -- feel compelled to rise again to talk about what really is at stake here and what is truly a sharp contrast between the republican budget and the democratic budget alternatives. our budgets, as a federal budget, should reflect our priorities and values as a nation. our democratic budget moves america forward by building for the future, by investing in innovation, in education, in energy, with confidence and expectation about the opportunities that are available to us in this country. i also ensures that we keep our promises to america's seniors but protecting and strengthening medicare. the republican plan for america moves our nation backward and harms our economic competitiveness now and into the future. by choosing sustained tax cuts for the -- for millionaires over small businesses and jobs for the middl