. >> thank you, ms. gary, for the great presentation. i did want to say i'm ream really appreciative of the traffic calming. i know supervisors yee and kim are both focused quite a bit on pedestrian safety. i think the crosswalks and other improvements will really make a difference. ~ i also like that we'll have so many more bicycle racks that will increase hopefully the use of bicycling and reduce the vehicle trips in our city. but thank you so much for the great presentation. i see no comments from my colleagues. so, let's open this up for public comment. is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? mr. patel. >>> good morning, commissioners, my name is neil patel, san francisco bike coalition. i want to offer my support of these prop k allocation requests. in addition to the crosswalk improvements and bike lane improvements, as you know, director mar, the bike racks are helpful to bring more san franciscans to our commercial corridors and echo support of greenways. general evidence is seen the greenway has -- bicycling ev

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gary g. miller of california for today and for the balance of the week and ms. moore of wisconsin for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. burgess: i thank the speaker for the recognition. i thank the house leadership for allowing me to utilize this hour, to talk about some of the coming effects of the affordable care act. but first i do want to take a moment to join with so many of my colleagues who just spoke on the floor in acknowledging the sacrifices that were made by first responders, people who ran toward the sound of the destruction this afternoon in boston, and certainly we recognize that even now, at this late hour, doctors and nurses are working in the emergency rooms in boston to try to provide comfort to the afflicted and save life and limb for those who were damaged this afternoon. an act so astonishing in its cruelty it is difficult to compre