>> the first issue ms. lee is that, first of all, she's an advocate for the community for many years. first problem is regarding of the layoff in the housing authority. a lot of the workers in the housing authority, for example, the plumber, janitor, has been laid off. due to that, there's a lot of services that have been cut in the public housing. there's, for example, when there's leak, the residents have to wait so long to get this problem fixed. [speaking foreign language] >> thank you, mrs. lee. good to see you again. oh, is there another one? >> and the problem we have is, regarding on the sanitation, so right now we appreciate too the fact that housing authority's got funding to replace the window and the plumbing, but there's no one cleaning the stairways in the corridors, when even we complain to the property managers. we just wanted to -- they only clean for once or twice every year when there's an inspection from the h.u.d. or housing authority. we wanted to stress that you please get someone to clea

ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from texas. ms. jackson lee: i see my good friend from pennsylvania on his feet and he will help me help small businesses because that is what this amendment does, it is simple, engaging and embracing and all of us have our good neighbors back in our district and it is an affirmation of the importance of the work of the united states military and the small businesses who desire to be of service. this amendment is simply informational, but it has a basis in success. outreach, to make sure that our small businesses around the nation have a sense of what available opportunities are there for them. it recalls for renewed vigor in advocating and constructing effective policies that will make the united states most diverse and powerful work force in the global economy. i always say to my small businesses that they are the job creators of the 21st century and do so in conjunction with the uni

ms. lee. the chair: the gentlelady from california. ms. lee: first let me thank chairman mckeon and ranking member smith for agreeing to include my amendment in this en bloc amendment for consideration. i urge support for these en bloc amendments and specifically for my amendment, 117, which prohibits funding to construct military bases, permanent military bases in iraq and afghanistan. i have consistently and we have successfully worked to include this prohibition of funding for permanent bases in iraq and afghanistan since 2001. due to our efforts and support of our colleagues here in a bipartisan basis who understand the importance of prohibiting permanent bases in these countries, this language has historically been included in the key fence authorization and appropriations bills and signed into law by presidents bush and -- president bush and president obama. in fact in working with our colleagues we were successful in placing the same language in the continuing resolution which was pass

ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: the gentlelady from texas is reckfiesed for five minutes. -- the gentlelady from texas is recognized for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise to ask my colleagues to join me in supporting this amendment. and i appreciate very much my friend and colleague from texas and i believe that this is an amendment that republicans and democrats can join and maybe for different reasons. i have indicated that i believe the repealing of the support for school-based health clinics and construction delf is an -- is an unfortunate act on behalf of america's children. my amendment requires the department of health and human services to pose public notice on its official web site that the mandated funds from section 410-1-a including the amount of the funds will be rescinded and explains to the american public what we are doing and gives them a line-by-line, dollar-by-dollar impact of what happens when they take money that is already being invested that will be inves

ms. lee, please go ahead. we'll put your full statement in the record but please go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, senator grassley, senator franken, others distortion of a committee that are not as often account for the opportunity to appear before you today. i know that each of you share a deep respect and appreciation that i feel for the men and women of the defense contracting community and and a soda served in the navy, then the spouse of an army build and now is in them of the contracting community i want to thank you all not for just the work you do today but for the working to for each of those communities. the issue today, extraterritorial jurisdiction and a candidate for contractors is not a part of an issue. i think we all share a commitment to strengthen national security affect the of the united states and the desire for the declared in the account of a mechanism that reach our citizens. when unaccountably mechanism is focused on those individuals who serve in h

vice president garcia: ms. lee, do you have any knowledge if this permit has been withdrawn? >> i understand they have two permits open. vice president garcia: new permits? >> no, no, i was referring to the 2009 permit, during the jurisdiction of appeal. they have two permits. they will submit a new, revised floor plan instead of these two. vice president garcia: okay, i think i understand, thank you. >> to be clear, commissioners, the two permits that were cancelled were revision permits to the permit that is subject to the jurisdiction request. that is the 2009 permit, the appeal that was canceled was for 2010 revision permits. what you have before you are the original 2009 permits. >> i believe we just heard her state they're interested in withdrawing those. could we ask the permit holder to confirm that, please? president goh: i think mr. duffy had earlier said it -- well, they can revoke, but if they are withdrawing, we don't have to look at the jurisdiction request. are you withdrawing the permit at issue today? >> yes, 2009 year? what year, please? president goh: 2009.

ms. jackson lee: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: the last 24 hours we heard of the devastating attack in pakistan and the words of the taliban saying it's in retaliation for the capture and demise of osama bin laden. earlier this week i introduced h.res. 240, to acknowledge all of those who sacrificed their lives to be able to go into battle to find osama bin laden. the intelligence community, president obama, president clinton, president bush, president obama directing this very, very, very difficult mission and as well the brave men and women who participated and the navy seals who went in and came out alive. but we must realize that we live in a very difficult time. and that time is a time of attack and retaliation. we will not be daunted and we will stand in place to be able to celebrate those who are brave enough to fight this war on terror. the people of pakistan, we offer our sympathy. we'll continue to work together for t

ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 236, the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, and a member opposed, will each be recognized for five minutes and the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from texas. . ms. jackson lee: thank you, mr. chairman. listening to the general debate, i have to say that i am concerned and not supportive of this legislation and would hope we vote against the underlying bill. but i have an amendment that i believe my colleagues on both sides of the aisle would appreciate and it's very simple. this amendment will provide the public with important information about mandatory funding to the state for health benefit exchanges that will no longer be available for the public and small businesses to use in order to obtain competitive coverage and let the public judge for themselves. good health care or not. this particular amendment deals directly with the concern that we don't have the ability to move forward on health exchanges that will help vast numbers of americans. for example, the health -- the american health benefit exchanges make

ms. lee: i rise in strong support of this amendment which strikes the dangerous, far-reaching section 1034 of this bill. i thank my colleague mr. amash for his work on this. after the horrific events of 9/11, the authorization was brought to the floor. i voted -- i voted against this because it was overly broad and amounted to a blank check to wage war any time, anywhere, any place. it was the most difficult vote i have cast because i was the only one to vote against this resolution. i will always remember that sad evening when we returned if the national cathedral memorial services for the victims and families of 9/11, the spire couldn'ty was angry and in mourning for the senseless loss of life and injuries resulting from such a brutal terrorist attack. there was very little debate on this resolution then, which took us to what has been the longest war in american history. so let's be clear. section 1034 goes even beyond that original authorization and amounts to a declaration of war without

ms. lee: i thank the gentlelady for yielding and your leadership as it relates to your community, district and haitians in haiti. i rise in support of h.r. 1016, legislation which i authored to direct the united states government to report on the status of humanitarian, reconstruction and development efforts in the aftermath of the tragic earthquake of january 12, 2010 and let me thank chairwoman ros-lehtinen for your leadership and assistance in helping to bring this floor to the floor and chairman berman and representative mack and the committee's staff and my staff and democratic and leader's office in bringing this bill to the floor. i would like to acknowledge the work of my congressional black caucus colleagues. you just heard from representative waters in terms of her leadership and commitment to the people of haiti and so many others who have worked in support of haitian people and ongoing united states humanitarian and reconstruction efforts in haiti. today we are provided with the o

lee. i think you would like to make some comments on the subject of the extraordinary courage that our president and our intelligence and our military have displayed this last few days. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished gentleman from california and would say to him, what a contributor he has been to really improving the lives of all americans. i have enjoyed coming to the floor and engaging in important discussions on behalf of our colleagues. really, we are speaking to our colleagues. and we hope that all of those that are represented by the many colleagues here would realize when with we are on the floor we're trying to help set policy to improve the lives of americans. we travel just two or three days ago to another exciting venture and that was of course the set time for endeavor to launch into space. and i think it connects very well with. i enjoyed meeting your wife and having discussions about how great america is and as well knowing that our dear friend and colleague was able to travel, congresswoman giffords, and that a texan, her husband, was going to be the commander of endeavour. we look forward to it going. but i mention that because of course man

ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for three minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished speaker. mr. speaker, this is an open dialogue with the american people through their members of congress. i thank the gentleman from colorado and i thank the manager of the majority. but this is an open dialogue. to my good friend from tennessee who may not have read the bill, the affordable care act and missed the fact that health savings accounts are allowed. no one is blocking anyone and are considered sufficient under that bill. if you desire to have an affordable savings account, health savings account, so be it. but really those savings account adhere to those who are more wealthy and endowed with finances. what these repeal bills will do, both h.r. 1213 and h.r. 1214, and i was hoping the rule committees would have voided these bills and not allowed them to go forward, they did not. i thank them for the amendment they gave me and the respect they gave me in the time we were before that committee but the fact is that the exchanges are to al

ms. lee: thank you, mr. mcgovern. for force protection and to bring our young men and women home system of what the mcgovern amendment gips -- seeks to do is begin that debate to get us on course an allow the house of representatives to discuss what should come next system of i want to thank the gentleman for yielding, thank you for your hard work. and i want to say that i think it's about time now that we have a rule on such an important issue that allows for this body to engage in debate. our troops deserve that, the american people the serve that and certainly we need to begin to reflect public opinion on this because the public gets it. they know that $100 billion a year is no drop in the bucket in terms of our resources. we have a deficit, we have an economic crisis throughout the country and we certainly need to find some balance between our national security interests and our economic security interests. beginning to develop a plan to get out of afghanistan warrants a full fledged discussion. thank you again. t

ms. lee: thank you very much, and i want to thank our ranking member for his leadership and for leading for so many years on so many important issues. madam speaker, here we go again. instead on working on creating jobs and jump-starting the economy, we are debating another cynical and divisive attempt to strip away the rights of women. republicans continue to perpetrate their war on women while millions of people around the country are desperate, mind you, for jobs to help provide for their families. let me remind you, current law already bans federal funds being used for abortions. that is a fact, even though i personally think we should get rid of that ban. what's next? are we going to block transportation funding because it might be used to build a hospital -- road to hospitals that might be performing abortions? come on. that's a cynical ploy on the majority's side. and this bill specifically attacks low-income women in the district of columbia by permanently prohibiting the district fro

ms. harper lee hasn't given an interview since 1964, it not be the person who would change her mind. so when i started doing my own documentary, which is about -- i started it about six years ago, i read the novel again, i did a little more reporting, especially about, you know, the summer of 1960 when the novel was published. and i began to see the story i could tell was the story of the novel. not so much the novelist. and the credible impact that the novel had on the civil rights movement, on lives, on careers and on readers to this very day. so that to me seemed to be the story worth telling and that's when i started working on the documentary. >> and sort of tell us how did you arrive at your understanding of the impact that the book has had, particularly on race relations and, you know, the -- so many people cite the book as a reason why they went to law school. why do you think that's true, particularly in light of the fact that atticus lost the case? >> well, i mean, it is true that in the research i've done many people did say that atticus finch is the reason that they went

ms. jackson lee: let me thank dr. measure -- mcdermott, first of all, for his consistent years-long support of our children that are in foster care and i thank the manager and the representative of the majority for their hard work. this bill was introduced in the 111th congress, it was passed by voice vote. it is an important amendment to the social security act, to renew through f.y. 2016 where it authorizes up to 10 states and tribes to conduct demonstration projects that serve as tests for methods to improve child welfare programs. as a co-chair of the congressional children's caucus, we have worked on a number of issues through the years. we've been privileged to deal with the questions of mentoring, the question of bullying, the question of dealing with the disabled child and, yes, the question of dealing with foster parenting. in fact, some years ago i served as the co-chair with then congressman mike andrews to provide relief to foster parents by finding a process that would provide vacation time for them. i ha

ms. jackson lee, for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: we have had a very challenging week, madam speaker, and i thank you for the time. it is a time of great patriotism and great respect for the institutions of democracy that this country represents. it is a statement that says that we will not be an offender but we will be a key fender -- defender. we'll defend our values, we'll defend our soil, we'll defend the people of the united states. i serve on the homeland security committee as the dust was rising from the site of 9/11. when i traveled to new york, i walked along sidewalks where there were walls of letters and pictures of loved ones who had not been designated as being lost and people were trying to see if loved ones were in hospitals. i saw the pain. so the capturing and demise of osama bin laden is a finishing of an era and story. we are to commend the president of the united states, the naval seals, the intelligence communities, and the united states military and persons around this nation who are part of this gre

ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman from california. if it was allowed on the floor i would say yippee, but i will try to adhere to protocol or take a laryat and circle it around out of excite lt. thank you for vutch for the -- thank you very much for the years of tenure of leadership you brought from the state of california, you brought it here with a sense of action. we thank you. i'm delighted our democratic whip has been at the forefront of this issue and the gentleman from rhode island, i know others may be coming, but a former mayor who understands the importance of jobs, let me just say, to add to your comment, both president clinton and president reagan have quotes that suggest in a you build infrastructure, it is an investment that will continue to give and give and give. since 9/11, my good friend, i've been on the homeland security committee, and the attention of the united states, rightly so, has been on securing the homeland and national security and just one minute so i can transfer into this discussion, 70% of the america

ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished gentleman and i rise to ask in particular that we have a reasoned debate on this question. i come from the gulf region and was appalled at the horror of the b.p. oil spill. my constituents are still suffering from that spill, and i recognize that we have a dual responsibility. that is to ensure that those individuals are made whole and i might add that a better compensation system needs to be in place but also that we restore jobs. a civil discussion is what is needed, and as an oil and gas lawyer and also a member of the homeland security committee we have to find a way to restore offshore deep-water drilling in a safe and secure manner. i am disappointed that the rules committee did not take an amendment that i offered that would have modified the processing procedures of h.r. 1229 to restart that heesing process to extend the time for the department -- leasing process to extend the time for the department to review safely and securely and also

ms. jackson lee: address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, for those of us who are here on 9/11, in this place, in this humble place, and saw the billowing smoke, we know what today and the last 24 hours have meant. thank you to the navy saels for thaveb their brivery, for their strategic genius, for providing a safety net to bring them all out, to make sure that the women and children were protected. thank you to presidents clinton, president bush, president obama for continuing chain of those who experienced terrorism who worked together. thank you, president obama. and again to the families of the victims, no one knows the story, those who were victims, whose family members died at the u.s.s. cole or in africa or 9/11 or 1993, and so i ask us not to move forward in this country as democrats or republicans but as americans. not as conservative talk show, radio talk show listeners who seemingly cannot find a glistening of hope, but come together as americans. osama bin laden is dead. and we have the opportunity to th

ms. jackson lee: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: as we begin this week and look to the -- to memorializing our fallen soldiers, it's appropriate to think about osama bin laden. but the country in which this incident occurred deserves peace for its people. pakistan has had another incident of the taliban going on a base and killing soldier sms our sympathy for the loss of the innocent but we call upon the pakistani military to begin to address the terror of the taliban and work to help the pakistani people. as the money is being assessed for how it will be distributed, there must be an aguess to this violence. i call upon our friends in pakistan to recognize that we in the united states are friends and we must work together to eliminate al qaeda and the terror terrorizing the people of pakistan. once and for all. there must be a unified effort to establish peace, tran quaility and democracy. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlema

ms. lee: thank you very much, and i want to thank our ranking member for his leadership and for leading for so many years on so many important issues. madam speaker, here we go again. instead on working on creating jobs and jump-starting the economy, we are debating another cynical and divisive attempt to strip away the rights of women. republicans continue to perpetrate their war on wen while millions of people around the country are desperate, mind you, for jobto help provide for their families. let me remind you, current law already bans federal funds being used for abortions. that is a fact, even though i personally think we should get rid of that ban. what's next? are we going to block transportation funding because it might be used to build a hospital -- road to hospitals that might be performing abortions? come on. that's a cynical ploy on the majority's side. and this bill specifically attacks low-income women in the district of columbia by permanently prohibiting the district from sp

ms. jackson lee, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 111 printed in house report 112-88 offered by ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be 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 yeas are 418, the nays are zero. the chair: on this vote the yeas are 419, the nays are zero. the amendment is agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 148 printed in house report 112-88 by the gentleman from ohio, mr. turner, on which further pro

ms. lee: thank you very much, madam chair. i rise in strong opposition to the underlying very reckless bill, h.r. 1216. the republicans -- and we heard this over and over again -- they want to destroy and to deny seniors long-term affordable health care by eliminating programs that are training the future health work force of our country. this legislation is really part of an ongoing republican attack on medicare under the guise of deficit reduction and fiscal responsibility. it really is about privatizing medicare and, of course, that means there will be some winners and there will be some losers. the republican' plan to end medicare threatens the healthy and secure retirement that we promised american seniors. in fact, an end to medicare as an end to the lifeline that millions of seniors rely on. medicare gives peace of mind to millions of americans who pay into it all of their lives. the republicans want to give aging americans a voucher, mind you, that will not come close to covering the cost of health care instead of main

ms. lee: thank you very much, madam chair. i rise in strong opposition to the underlying very reckless bill, h.r.216. the republicans -- and we heard this over and over again -- they want to destroy and to deny seniors long-term affordable health care by eliminating programs that are training the future health work force of our country. this legislation is really part of an ongoing republican attack on medicare under the guise of deficit reduction and fiscal responsibility. it really is about privatizing medicare and, of course, that means there will be some winners and there will be some losers. the republican' plan to end dicare threatens the healthy and secure retirement that we promised american seniors. in fact, an end to medicare as an end to the lifeline that millions of seniors rely on. medicare gives peace of mind to millions of americans who pay into it all of their lives. the republicans want to give aging americans voucher, mind you, that will not come close to covering the cost of health care instead of maintainin

ms. leethank you very much, and i want to thank our ranking member for his leadership and for leading for so many years on so many important issues. madam speaker, here we go again. instead on working on creating jobs and jump-starting the economy, we are debating another cynical and divisive attempt to strip away the rights of women. republicans continue to perpetrate their war on women while millions of people around the country are desperate, mind you, for jobs to help provide for their families. let me remind you, current law already bans federal funds being used for abortions. that is a fact, even though i personally think we should get rid of that ban. what's next? are we going to block transportation funding because it might be used to build a hospital -- road to hospitals that might be performing abortions? come on. that's a cynical ploy on the majority's side. and this bill specifically attacks low-income women in the district of columbia by permanently prohibiting the district from

ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. son lee: mr. hastings, thank you for your service, years on the intelligence committee and to the ranking member, to the members that are on the floor. i rise to support the underlying bill and the rule, recognizing that human intelligence and the resources that provide a safety net for the american people are crucial. the c.i.a. and the department of defense and other intelligence civilian agencies along with the united states military. i introduced h.res. 240 to chronicle the successful apprehension and demise of osama bin laden, to emphasize how combined together the braun and intellect of the united states military, the human intelligence over the years, the work of president clinton, president bush and president obama's strategic decision that had to be made by the civilian minds working with the military minds, emphasized the constitutional values of this country, that civilians working with the military can in fact provide the armor, protection of the united states of america. i

and if boehner stops misleading, another if, if boehner stops ms. leehouse members and all america by echoing treasury secretary geithner's default defeat, its ally, folks. when he tells them that house and action on the debt ceiling equals the default to federal bondholders. it is a lie. because there is plenty of tax revenue to hold interest on t-bills, and geithner himself is in charge of paying that interest. what mr. geithner really means when he says we will default on federal obligations is simply no more borrowed cash, will be available for every kind of spending authorized by people who can't say no. and in another if. if social security, social security's unfunded liabilities, and those of the entitlement programs, including antimarriage subsidies in u.s. welfare policy, that fuel crime and other costly socio- pathological -- too much from last night the social pathologies it addressed in advance. and then another if they get the house armed services committee and the pentagon slow down on and checking open homosexuality and females into forwa

ms. jackson lee of texas for tuesday, maye 10. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the request is granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from new mexico, mr. pearce, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. pearce: thank you, mr. speaker. the western caucus has several members here tonight. we would like to talk about what is going on right now in the country, the administration seems to be waging a war on the western jobs and that is carried out through a whole range of activities. a couple of weeks ago, the administration, the president said that the administration is not doing enough to address the high gas prices. the president said in his speech at georgetown that he would like to cut foreign oil by 1/3 by drilling at home. we have been in the process of offering him the solution to what he said he would like to do. keep in mind that while the president is saying one thing, he's doing another. while he says we would like to drill for more oil here

ms. jackson lee: i rise today to support a seven-day extension which means i believe that we can fix these problems. and i'm disappointed that we again, having given -- having been given the responsibility of oversight now rush for a two-page document, a two-page document that is now the essence of the patriot act, which, in fact, will provide some challenge to the civil liberties of all americans. i highlight just one or two. the business records applies to citizen and noncitizens alike, where law enforcement or government authorities can come and take items no matter what their relevance if they think that they might have some relevance to terrorism, any tangible thing, restaurants, where you have gone to a restaurant. they can ask for what you ate, a hotel, your record, libraries, your records. why couldn't we do this with a seven-day review time? and allow us from new hampshire, texas to california to be able to say that we stand with our soldiers in securing the nature nation, but we believe in civil liberties. 9/11 and the terrorists that we were shocked that could find their way to

ms. jackson lee for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, and for this hearing. i think the more frequently we address our responsibilities and oversight and security, the more effective and important our committee becomes in light of recent incidents that show how great america is and i couldn't be in homeland security committee without expressing my appreciation to all of the national security teams including the united states military and president of the united states for the historic effort that resulted in osama bin laden. it doesn't diminish the responsibility of the steel to the general responsibility of your job in chicago, and i believe san francisco, and then the administrators here in washington, we now have the responsibility to -- the ever ready for the potential of collateral damage. so this hearing is enormously important for the grants. focus on the infrastructure of transportation and how we are continuing our protection. >> let me also acknowledge my concern and are my colleague and chairman of the committee by serve as ranking member and his c

ms. jackson lee for ten minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, and for this hearing. i think the more frequently we address our responsibilities and oversight and security the more effective and important to our committee comes in light of the recent incident that showed how great american is, and i could not be in a homeland security hearing without expressing again my appreciation to all the national security teams including the united states military for historic efforts that resulted in the demise of the face of terrorism, osama bin laden. it doesn't diminish the responsibility of those at this table for the general responsibility of your job in chicago and i believe san francisco and then the administrators here in washington we now have the responsibility to be ever ready for the potential of collateral damage. and so this hearing is enormously important for the grants focused on the infrastructure of transportation and how we are continuing our protection. let me also acknowledge my concern and sympathy for those in alabama, my colleague and chairman of the com

ms. jackson lee, for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, and thank you for this hearing. i thank the more frequently we address our opportunities and oversight and security the more effective and important our committee becomes in light of recent incidents that showed how great america is. and i could not be in a homeland security hearing without again expressing my appreciation to the national security team, including the united states military and president of the united states for the historic effort that ended the face of demise of terrorism, osama bin laden. it doesn't lessen the responsibility for those of you at this table, for the general responsibilities of your job. in chicago, and i believe san francisco. and then the administrators here in washington, we now have the opportunity to be ever ready for the potential of collateral damage. so this hearing is enormously important for these grants, focus on the infrastructure of transportation and how we are continuing our protection. let me also acknowledge my concern and sy