ms. morales, and i know she has been active are around mental health and residency issues. i would love to work with her in district 6. supervisor farrell: we need to get three names out of here. let me bring a little experience to this. i was not on the committee 10 years ago, but i served a member of the board to was on the committee 10 years ago, and that was shared by my -- shared by my then-employer. those three were in the same boat when they each have 3 folks that wanted. each server -- each supervisor put forward one named. collectively, those three names were submitted to the full board, and the full board approved. i recall supervisor sandoval had one name, the other two supervisors had to other names. we can move forward. of is that sound to my colleagues? -- how does that sound to my colleagues? supervisor kim: in terms of my personal vote, i am more than happy to send this out of committee that way, but i mean not be able to support all three that come out of this committee. i am not sure who each member will pick. i am willing to do this to get this out of the

it there has been too little legal, moral or financial reckoning by these wrongdoers and frankly the lack of accountability of ms. greed and misdeeds is stunning. i want to add some comments to reiterate what the ranking member talked about in terms of foreclosure abuses that hit servicemembers particularly hard. this is one thing this committee can continue because it is an ongoing matter. as the rank member of the national security subcommittee understand that readiness can certainly be affected by troops who startled to deal with issues.com when that includes negative credit report security clearances that are suspended and worst of all losing their homes due to the illegal actions by banks. mr. chairman i would like to enter into the record a report compiled by the democratic staff entitled fighting on the homefront, the growing problem of illegal foreclosures against u.s. servicemembers. the report describes in detail but systemic nature of these problems particular troubling is the spit abuses are already illegal. congress acted with servicemembers civil relief act to protect our men and women in uniform a

ms. delauro: the horn of africa is suffering from the worst drought in 60 years. for both moral and national security reasons it demands a strong, clear, sustained response from this institution. last week famine was declared in parts of soften somalia. -- southern somalia. this means acute malnutrition rates among children reach 30%. people are not able to access food or basic necessity. one out of every five households in famine declared areas have no food at all. the malnutrition rates in somalia are currently the highest in the world. and the last few months, tens of thousands of somalis, the majority of them children, have died as a result of causes related to malnutrition. and in some of the most affected areas an estimated 310,000 children are acutely malnourished. the worst may yet to come. eight million people are in need of acyance in ethiopia and kenya. unless the global community and humanitarian agencies intervene now, it is predicted that the entire south of somalia will face famine within the next few months. nearly 1,000 people are arriving daily at overcrowded r

ms. speier: mr. speaker, for the last few months i have come to this floor every week to talk about a moral black eye on this country. the issue of rape and sexual assault in the military. i mentioned the fact that the pentagon has estimated that 19,000 service members are raped or sexually assaulted each and every year. the victims typically are blamed and the asillants are promoted. and i have shared the personal stories of several women who needed to have a bright light shined on this ongoing epidemic. but it's not only females in the military that are victims. men are being victimized as well. in april, 2011 article entitled "military's secret shame," "newsweek" looked at the subject hardly anyone talks about. male on male rape and sexual assault. mr. speaker, it is time to break this silence. last year nearly 50,000 male veterans screened positive for, quote, military sexual trauma, unquote. think about that, 50,000 men. that's nearly double what it was in 2003. another 110 men made confidential reports of sexual assault by other men, nearly three times what it was in 2007. we know the number of

ms. edwards: pled somehow, in this discussion of lift lifting the debt ceiling that each of us voted to vote that debt ceiling. that is our moral responsibility and our obligation to meet the full faith and credit obligations of united states. but that's not what this discussion is. and it is precisely the reason that i caution us against putting into the debt ceiling discussion any changes to medicare benefits and social security benefits and medicaid. and the reason is because, as i've demonstrated by showing this chart -- and i would love to say this is my chart ks but it's not. it was produced by the independent congressional budget office and it shows the contributing factors, the significant contributing factors in these colors here of the long-term debt. and that's what we are talking about, raising the debt ceiling to meet those obligations that have already been laid out. and some people have described that those of us who are speaking in favor of medicare and social security and making thur that we protect medicare and beneficiaries from cuts. but that passion is connected to fact. it is connected to the fact that we