ms. courtney. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name isy mop. i'mn architect in san francisco for 15 years. we currently have 35 projects in san francisco. i'm in support of your proposal to streamline any aspect of the permitting review process. as trained professionals, we're entrusted by the citizens of san francisco from a wide economic spectrum to modify their homes. people that save up for years to improve their victorians, their stucco boxes, modern eclectics, whatever. all the clients are 100% willing to follow the code and procedures to the t. they host the meetings themselves and almost always these are friendly, cordial encounters with their neighbors. buildingwners of san francisco rely on us to navigate these milestones in their lives. when the professionals cannot give then idea of timeline and costs, they're getting surprised, and our credibility is gone. a few other professionals, as mentioned, sold out and left the city and this unfortunate out come is getting more and more prevalent. those that made it through the process, ofte

ms. bordallo, mr. courtney, ms. tsongas, mr. garamendi, ms. speier, mr. veasey, ms. gabbard, mr. o'rourke. from the committee on energy and commerce, for consideration of title 27 of the -- 2717 of the senate amendment and modifications committed to conference, messrs. latta, johnson of ohio, and pallone. from the committee on financial services for consideration of title 17 of the senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference, messrs. hensarling, barr and ms. maxine waters of california. from the committee on foreign affairs, for consideration of title 17 of the senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference, messrs. royce of california, kinzinger and engel. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will announce the appointment of additional onferees at a subsequent time. pursuant to house resolution 964 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 6157. will the gentleman from illinois, mr. hultgren, kindly esume the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee o

courtney: i want to thank mr. visclosky and ms. granger. this is an extraordinary time and folks want to take the opposite position and this is good comityy. i yield to my friend from rhode island, mr. langevin to speak in support of the amendment. mr. visclosky: i'm happy to yield to the gentleman from from rhode island for as much time as he consumes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. langevin: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i want to thank the ranking member whose work on this defense appropriations bill and congresswoman granger and thank my colleague, mr. courtney, for his tireless work as the ranking member of the sea power subcommittee and mr. wittman. our submarines are the true unsung heroes and i know that because much of this critical fabrication of these submarines are built in my home state rhode island. admirals say they cannot get enough submarines which are desperately needed across the globe to protect the interest of the united states. they are only able to meet 60% or 65% of the demands of the request of

courtney: counting votes already. thank you, president kwon. i asked ms. hood to place a couple of images on the screen, if you can do that by our friends at sfgov tv. thank you. so i wanted to just take an opportunity to thank the general manager for joining us last week, when we recognized that three individuals from c.d.d. -- and i know it's not easy to find the time sometimes to recognize the workers, especially the field workers. but this particular honor is in the name of brothers anthony montoya and anthony montoya jr., both with the department of public works and both who have since passed away. anthony montoya sr., former with 261, and montoya jr. passed away while working for public works. so we recognized some individuals at our 8th annual montoya recognition and the general manager was able to join us and the director was able to join us. and i wanted to share it with my colleagues, share it with the audience, and make a public thank you to you for showing up and recognizing the workers. thank you very much. >> president kwon: thank you. commis

ms. clark on massachusetts, amendment number 29 of by mr. courtney of connecticut. the chair will reduce to two-minutes -- to two mines the time for any vote in this series. the unfinished business is the question for a recorded vote on amendment number 7 offered by the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. gallagher, on which noes prevailed the voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 7 printed in house report 115-785. offered by mr. gallagher of wisconsin. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be downed. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. this is 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.] the chair: on this vote, the eas are 116 and the nays are 296. the unfinished business is the request for a recorde