supervisor campos: thank you, ms. davis. next speaker, please. >> i am a western addition resident. we have had 4 captains i can count in these 7 years, and listening to everything today, that speaks a lot to why we need to institutionalize the baseline for programs like these that we know have been part of turning around what has been a terrible situation and is now a success story. i sort of have seen us go through the iterations and frustrations of dealing with people who get it and support it and otehrs who fighti t every inch of the way. we have something valuable, the relationship of officers with the community, whether it is kids that can go either way and will benefit from close personal direction with officers or be lost if the officers are just driving by. we are all happy with the results, we are all proud of the improved relations we have as communities with the improved effectiveness, and it just is knowing the history of what it took to get here, to institutionalize a baseline commitment to community policing and officers will be negligent. so i am appreciative of this

. >> ms. davis? >> thank you both. i appreciate your serious attention. >> the funding is appropriated separately down in the appropriations act. so it's not a d. o. d. appropriation? >> exactly. >> does that preclude the army from using funds to operate? >> yes. what legislative assistance do you need to provide a remedy. is that the issue or is it something else? the army is restricted from quick fixes and needs in installing the needed money. obviously committee jurisdictions come into play. it is important as noted that both the va and the d. o. d. appropriations are the same subcommittee. we'll come back to the plan on that. >> you spoke earlier about the stress on the budget. i wonder where this would fit into the many challenges that your budget faces as well as othe others. as i mentioned earlier, the carrying of the fallen to their final resting place is important to us. . are there enough people to do the job? >> my instincts say no but we are not going to operate on instincts. under my authorization, the arm

ms. woolsey, mr. davis, ms. kaptur of ohio, mr. schiff and mr. defazio of oregon for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009 and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each, mr. poe of texas. mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. when i was at a town hall meeting in texas, a local man came up to me afterward to talk about his concerns over where our country was headed, something to do with the firey inferno in a hand basket. i noticed his tee-shirt. here's what it said, i love my bible and had a photograph of the bible and i love my guns, with a photograph of two .45 colt resolvers. they were in the right order after all he was the local preacher. we have the freedom of speech and that includes the freedom of religion. it is first in the constitutional bill of rights because without it, none of the wreft would be possible. the right to bear arms is the second amendment because without it we could not protect the first amendment. the recent supreme court decision

jurisdictions come into play here, but i think it is fortunate at least on the house side, as you noted, ms. davis, but both the d.a. and the army dod appropriations bill through the same appropriations subcommittee. we will be coming back with a plan on that. >> i am wondering, perhaps the public would be questioning whether this would fit in note to the many, many challenges that certainly your budget faces. >> obviously, we have to make hard choices every day. the operations of arlington, as i mentioned earlier, carrying our fallen heroes to their final resting places is important to us. in the first instance, we need to have been legal flexibility that goes with budget considerations. >> i think there have been some questions about personnel that were raised, but beyond that, the 95 individuals to serve now that have a much larger number of families that are seeking their help in making decisions, to enter their loved ones at arlington national cemetery, are you up to it to do the job? >> my instincts say no, but we are not going to operate on instincts. under my direction, we have begun to co

arborist i spoke to and also a fellow named lars costello, a uc-davis consultant to san francisco county on street trees and probably is known to ms. short. i quoted, you know, basically our communication in our email that he really feels -- he wished me good luck. i invited him here tonight in terms of participating in this appeal. i'm so sorry that the bureau of urban forestry isn't on my side and isn't helping me in terms of giving me information about those trees and this tree which, you know, in fact shouldn't have been planted. i wish that they could help advise citizens of san francisco about the safest, best trees to plant and warn us of those trees that are likely to disrupt our systems, even if they've been in there for some number of years, because maybe there is something i could have done years ago to, you know, walled off these roots from growing into the sewer pipe. it is far enough away in terms of feet down below the street, i guess, to meet the city's requirements, but for a 35-foot tree, the roots are growing at least 35 feet away from the base of that tree, and, you know, it's a nice tree but i think it's reall

ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. davis. it's so incredible. we have nine members join us tonight for this hour and we had the fulfill some of call spectrum from the most conservative member of our caucus to moderates to progressive and that shows not only the big tent, but we are the reflection of america and american values and making sure we can create jobs in america or the most urban core. mr. davis: there is a chart showing deficits. the first 30 days of his term, he had to renew $1 trillion. if john mccain, he would have had to renew $1 trillion. when he was elected president on january 20, 2009, the next 30 days, we had about $12 trillion in total national debt. that is $1 trillion a month that we have to renew and pay interest. please, america, yeah, we need to reduce the deficits and that is called pay-as-you-go and performance-based programming in our budget. i want to remind you that eight million jobs lost on january 1, 2008, america and the current president, regardless of who it is, barack obama, whether john mccain had $1 trilli

davis, mr. chaffetz, and my colleague, ms. sutton. mr. speaker, i'm proud to offer today h.r. 5390 which renames the office located at 13301 smith road in cleveland, ohio, as the david john donafee post office building. i would like to thank chairman lynch for his efforts to bring h.r. 5390 to the floor of the house. david john donafee was a lifelong ohioan who committed his life to family and community. he was born and raised in brook park, ohio, and graduated from high zool in -- school in berea. he served as a postal carrier for 14 years. his co-workers knew david for his positive spirit, sense of humor, and willingness to go out of his way for anyone. one co-worker remarked, he was the guy that made the place a little better. david was well-known in local hockey community for his support of and involvement in his son's youth hockey league. he announced and scored the games. he was the heart of all the teams, according to his wife. mr. speaker, on february 14, 2008, valentine's day, david donafee was walking his mail route in parma hei

davis pitched two innings for the wind. that is our ended with the a's. we would back with more and to ms.tories, weather, traffic austria said. the couple live pictures to share your first and left her rooftop camera the size of beginning to bring the big battle that low cloud cover that the ec and the right hand side our cameras and as a sharing of bouncing camera so we get some wins to blow clouds, wind louisa is tracking at all. >> seabury's is helping to push the low clouds, fog on shore. this shot of downtown is leaving around their in it looks very on as a outside with the low clouds and plays it is another day worry may even see a live with a drizzle. it will be later to burn off today than it was yesterday slight warm up this week is a very gradual normal as we had to the rest of the week. starlike picture showing where that fog is this morning moving right on to the bay, seeing quite a bit of bathroom much of the north bay center as a down and the petaluma. rid nonentities state moving down into san jose. and then enter morgan hill. this is a crock hours during the fog thickened

davis: thank you so very much. i extend accolades to ms. waters to has done an excellent job on this bill. mr. speaker, you know nothing is more devastating or heartbreaking than for individual families to lose their homes. and if there ever was a time that the role of government plays its most important role, it is to come to their rescue immediately, quickly, and help them to recapture their lives as quickly and to make sure that they have the insurance that is needed. mr. scott: nowhere has that been more devastating in terms of flooding than in my own district. as you-all recall many of you sent out prayers and best wishes. as you know in my district about a year ago we had a tremendous flood, the worst flood in georgia in this century. especially in the cobb county, douglas area. this amendment which will help to provide people the opportunity that don't have to pay that insurance on one lump sum but will pay it in installments will go a long way. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from west virginia. mrs. capi

ms. berkley: mr. speaker, i yield as much time as he may consume to the the gentlewoman from california, esteemed member of congress, mrs. susan davis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for such time she may consume. mrs. davis: i rise in strong support of house res. 1538. i want to thank chairman berman for bringing my resolution to the floor. as the world watched, the world cup finals on july 11, the suicide attacks against innocent men and women in the city of kampala, uganda. at least 70 people died in those blasts. one of whom was a 25-year-old american, nate oteka. this resolution condemns the terrorist attacks in kampala. recognizes the important role uganda plays in the african-american mission and somalia, and sends a mission to our allies that the united states stands by our strategic partners. it also highlights the urgent need for the united states to work with international community to address the root causes of extremism and terrorism in east africa. and finally, this resolution honors nate and all of the victims of this tragedy. mr. speaker, nate was a committed volunteer for invis