. >> sharon would you mind coming up i'm sorry president fewer ms. davis did you read it. >> i did not. >> i think it's important for the audience to understand. >> the proposal and special order of business before the board is an amended about substitution as the curriculum committee the preferences as gateway has submitted them were considered and there was questions raised about the preference with the ed code with the way the perches were done after some discussion last week gateway agreed to follow the guidance of our office and make sure that in all incidence first presence is given to district residents we have a new order of preference one siblings of current students that ready reside within the district and two students currently residing within the district and 3 students eligible for free and low priced meals reside within the district and next siblings of current students that reside outside of the district and children of employees outside of the district and students reside outside the district but enrolled here thank you. i appreciate that

later, i bought my mother a vcr tape, but all that did was beingte her pique at forced to abandon ms. davis in her time of need. despite the family psychodrama, i fell in love with stories about the continental navy, which is why you and i are here tonight. how many of you are our sailors? i know you are. or fisherman or surfers. you know how easy it is to fall in love with beginning on the water. the continental navy story is not just about ships, and it is not just about dates and battles . it is a story about politicians, officers,s, sailors, some very brave, many with ends, and's -- tragic a few buffoons. it's about wives and lovers, and like all narratives from the first part of our collective story, it's about slaves. while we cannot tell all of this remarkable but rarely told saga tonight, i would like to share with you what i learned about these extraordinary men and women. by the 1770's, the economy of britain's american colonies was so dependent on the maritime that every times bit -- everyman's business, be he first rate or, furniture maker, factory owner, plantation squire, or e

ms. sanchez. >> thank you, mr. chairman. commissioner davis, following the september 11 attacks, the department of homeland security developed the national incident management system, nims, to improve the ability of first responders to coordinate multijurisdictional response efforts. how have federal grants enabled response organizations to implement nims, and would reductions to or changes to the structure of our federal homeland security grant programs such as uwasi, etc., you know, what the administration is suggesting is we clump everything together in an all-hazard thing versus the different programs that we've set up. do you feel that the approach by the administration is correct? would it harm you if we did it that way? etc., etc. >> i can tell you from experience that the programs as they are set up have been very effective, and our ability to coordinate with other agencies, our ability to train on the nims system and to game it out on tabletops and in real life situations when we were dealing with the sports victories and things like

it is so -- been stated, my friend, representative davis, but also my dear friend from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, it is said at this point you do not have to live many decades to live a full and vibrant life. this young man proved that you can live with a full life if you live each of your days to the fullest and to his credit we'll be proving that is in that spirit of living the life that is full and service to others. with that i ask all colleagues to support h.r. 50 and would yield back the balance of any time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 5030. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. smith: mere, i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 2495, the american super computing leade