ms. higgins and asked does they go out and check out the site and she was unable to give to say it was. with no help from ms. higgins begins to rely on commissioner lazarus announced her personal opinion that the pole was a blight in the neighborhood. no one previously suggested that the poles were blight. in fact the appellants stateed the opposite, a position which planning has agreed with. while in the brief dpw argues that they have nothing to do with street take cakes. the stipe of a light fixture has significant impact. commissioner lazarus stated candidly on the record that she would rely on her stated personal opinion to vote and there is no record of evidence to sport her opinion. -- you are essentially giving wireless companies free reign to put these on every pole in the city. i strongly ask you to reconsider and the impact of the decision would be fair reaching and detriment tall detrimental to our beautiful city. >> thank you. >> they have taken her sore thumb comment out of context. i have stated that the light pole at 3512 clavie is the most visible light pole on the bloc

higgins?hitehouse: ms. but in it was announced, would note our director has indicated that he was asked to make a recommendation once the decision to made -- was made to prosecute. senator whitehouse: mr. white, i have a few seconds left, how many cases are will wear of of separated children, separated pursuant to this policy, in which it turned out there were fraudulent care -- claims of parentage and there was in fact no family relation between that child and the person claiming heritage or family relation? circum-i do not have that number with me, but we are all aware of those cases. total number, the we have identified it include minors separated prior to and subsequent do the announcement of the zero tolerance policy. we have a number who are determined to be fraudulent parents. that did occur, and that is an endemic risk -- senator whitehouse: may i have the number if you have a chance? did you get it to me? >> the secretary for legislation will take that. senator whitehouse: is that a good enough ans

ms 13 gangs, stopping them from coming into our community. we will have a vote on the floor. clay higgins has a bill that lays out what i.c.e. has been doing to keep our community safe in our country and also denounces the action to eliminate and abolish i.c.e.. there is an opportunity. your base may say that you want to have it. you may introduce a bill to make you think that you supported. i want to see where people it.ly stand on it is too important for the safety of our community that we maintain i.c.e. and the work that they are doing. other elements that you will find that we continue to work through the appropriations process -- we are already interconference on the farm bill -- we are going to vote to go to conference on the farm bill. to continue to do the work that the american people asked for, to continue to make america grow and create more opportunities for the future generation. >> good morning. i recently had the chance to visit a couple of manufacturers up in minneapolis and st. paul. that story there is similar to what we are seeing all around the country. more people ar

ms-13. stopping them from coming to our community. you know what? we're going to have a vote on the floor. clay higgins has a bill. lays out what i.c.e. has been doing to keep our communities safe and our country. also denounce this is action to eliminate and abolish i.c.e. there is an opportunity. your base may say you twoont have it, you may introduce a bill that thinks you support it, i want to see where people stand on it because it is too important for the safety of o communities -- of our communities that we maintain i.c.e. and the work they are doing. other elements that you'll find we continue to work through the appropriations process, we're already into conference. we'll also vote to go to conference on the farm bill. continuing to get the work done the american people asked fomplet continuing to make america grow and more opportunities for the future generations. mr. ryan: good morning. i recently had the chance to viss ate couple manufacturers in minneapolis-st. paul. the story there is very similar to what we're seeing all around the country. more people are finding work. companies are expanding. comp

ms. waters: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. hensarling: mr. speaker, i'm happy to yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. higgins. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. higgins: i have a map in my office that shows areas of the united states that have been impacted by flood. it's virtually the entire country. this the house of we the people. this is an easy yes vote. i urge my colleagues on my side of the aisle to try and explain to the american people how you can vote yes six times on an extension and no the seventh time. we did our job in november. we passed some comprehensive reforms, nfip five-year re-authorization. the senate has failed. we serve the people. this is right for the people. i urge my colleagues to step up and vote yes on this extension. we don't like it, but we serve the people and this bill is for the people. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas reserves of the the gentlelady from california is recognized. -- the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentlelady from california is recognized