ms. brown: mr. chairman, how much time do i have? the chair: the lady has two minutes. ms. brown: more than two years exxon valdez oil spill we have yet to clean up prince william sound in alaska and cleaning up sand from the bp oil spill. the frequent occurrence of extreme weather that the gulf coast experiences including hurricanes and severe storms could easily produce an oil spill including with the improvement in oil and natural gas. storms along the gulf coast caused 124 oil spills in the gulf of mexico. hurricane katrina, 233 gallons of oil spill and hurricane rita worsened the damage. if these rigs were in the gulf coast, there would be complete destruction. as we have seen, cleanup for these spills are incapable of removing a small fraction of the oil. in addition, from the bp oil spill, florida has over 284,000 claims with only 117,000 paid with a total of $1 billion for the gulf coast region, 10,000 fishing claims, 122,000 food and lodging claims, retail and sales claims and $1.6 billion paid on even more lost earnings and wages. we cannot afford another disaster

. >> commissioners, ms. brown has been the chair of the oversight committee for 10 years and we thought it appropriate for her to give her report today. a lot of items will relate to how will we spend our money, particularly. thank you for being here. president vietor: before you start, and want to thank you for all the work your oversight committee does. we appreciate you. >> hello to all those who know me and for the commissioners to do not -- i am amy brown. i will go through it quickly, because i have been informed you have a full agenda today. i am mainly going to bring you up-to-date on our recent activities. just in case there is someone in our audience who does not know, we are a committee mandated under prop p, and our goal is to ensure revenue funds are spent appropriately and provide oversight for water, waste water, and power. we are focused on the wsip program because not a lot of other bonds have been issued for the other programs yet. there are seven members on the committee. we have a variety of ex

president mazzucco: ms. brown, you are welcome to come here he have week. it's not a problem. >> thank you. -- tom here every week. it's not a problem. >> thank you. >> that's sad when so many cases like that all over america. and so many cases. but let's be upbeat tonight. i see the officers every day on the beat. they got a new step now. they got new pride. they got a new owner. why are you guys moving so fast? we got a new chief, clyde. who is he? what? like i didn't know. and the honor and pride in them, you can just see the transformation. nothing against former chiefs. i'm not here to demean them. but it's just the morale is like went from zero to 60 in 3.5 seconds in a corvette. that's what i'm seeing, chief, sir. that's what i'm seeing. but on another note, we were told six months ago, and commissioner hamel was point on, on that d.n.a. lab, we were told it was fixed. it's fixed. it's fixed. it's not fixed. they're supposed to have 11 employees and they only have four. we're supposed to have a machine that we paid $140,000 for, that's supposed to be

the clerk: amendment number 6, printed in house report number 112-74, offered by ms. brown of florida. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] doip on this vote the yeas -- the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 134. the nays are 27 thement the amendment is lost. the unfinished business is request for recorded vote on amendment number 7 printed in house report 112-74, by the gentleman from california, mr. thompson, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the cle

. >> ms. brown, if i could ask the question, everything google is doing, the impact disaster response and the dedicated crisis response team that you have is this a full-time group and google? >> [inaudible] >> no? prez it again. >> very microphone 101 obviously. yes, we have a dedicated team that is based in a combination of mountain view, new york, however it's important to know that when a crisis occurs, it actually brings together in addition to that team a lot of those who otherwise have jobs. so in other words, in japan we are fortunate to have an office there so it isn't difficult to have a lot of people drop their current activities and literally live in the office a day and night certainly for the first four or five days. so we supplemented that has needed with resources around the world but it is determined to become permanent team in the united states. estimate is their philosophy or a recent four google to support the dedicated team that use all the need that he wanted to go in and zero

and now, ms. brown, understand that you have a video that you want to show? >> yes, a short video. >> if you want to start with that, that is great. go ahead. ♪ >> [unintelligible] they have overwhelmed this corner of southwest china. gigot our race to save lives as prospects are dim. >> [unintelligible] ♪ >> the worst damage among the national cathedral before and after the earthquake. >> it looks like, look at that. nothing is left. >> the latest technology. people are searching where people postern name and picture. >> it is being used by organizations like the red cross is. -- like the red cross. >> thank you for inviting me here today on this important issue. [inaudible] >> how about that? all to apologize for my voice as well. i am the picture of california health. thank you for having me here today and for your attention to this important issue. i appreciate your efforts to use technology for critical information. our thoughts are with the communities that have been hit by devastating tornadoes in alabama. it took the lives of a los like over 300 peopl

ms. brown, i understand you have a video you want to show. is that right?okay, that's fine if you want to start with a short video. are we queued up on that? go-ahead. [inaudible] >> panic, fear and misery have overwhelmed this corner in china. >> a racist a final at the hour stretch on where people are still trapped in rubble. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the worst damage that distinguished with a cross shaped national before the earthquake and after the entire roof caved in. >> it looks like nothing. look at that. nothing is left. >> it is called google person finder app when they turn to some services are down. >> this has been used in the haiti and chile earthquake's and by organizations like the red cross. now it's helping in christchurch. ♪ >> senator pryor and senator brown, thank you for inviting me. [inaudible] >> it went on and off. >> sorry about that. >> i want to apologize for my voice as well. i am a picture of california health treating a knack for inviting me and your attention to this important issue. i received google's efforts can use the power and technolog

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brown: next, what to do about the growing need for primary care providers. "newshour" health correspondent betty ann bowser reports from philadelphia on one potential solution to the shortage. >> hi, msienne. >> hi, miss nellie, how are you doing today? >> good! it's good to see you! >> reporter: lazar sees more than a dozen patients. she sometimes works day and night. >> i i'm able to take calls in e middle of the night and help them talk through what's going on with them and help keep little babies out of the emergency room who just have a fever or ear infection. >> reporter: but lazar is not a doctor. instead, the rising sun health clinic is run by lazar and one other nurse practitioner. >> we diagnose, we treat, we manage chronic health conditions but also there is a strong emphasis on health promotion as well as disease prevention. >> reporter: lazar is part of a nationwide trend. in the last four decades, the number of nurse practitioners has risen to more than 140,000. and more and more are working on their own, especially in poor inner city neighborhoods and rural areas, where there are few doctors in private practice. the scope of what nurses can do medically has also been g