ms. norton, ms. maufas, ms. wynns? >> yes. >> welcome to the pack. >> we have a final closing comments. >> hi. thank you, gabriela, you need to go to bed now, honey. public comment and consent items, members of the public can address them but cannot sever them. she was going to wait. >> thank you. board discussion on the consent show only across the board of the superintendent in their discussion severs the item for discussion. public comment on consent items? i don't think we have. mr. kelly, do you have? yep. >> thank you very much. i'm dennis skully from the united educators of san francisco. and i've taken a number of items that i would like to call your attention to. and i grouped them. and the first grouping from k-24 through 44 i believe i added, 59 to it, items that include they come from grants that have to do a safety or equity for the most part. and i raise this to ask because of the ongoing concern that the union has over the cut of the hours for the security age, the t-10s. if there's anything in these gra

ms. norton, one minute.the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from the district of columbia is recognized. ms. norton: i thank the gentlelady from new york for yielding. madam speaker, for myself and for the delegates of the american samoa, guam, virgin islands and northern mariana islands i offer the motion earlier that the house conduct a full and complete study of the constitutionality of the vote of the committee in the whole of delegates which are eliminated by this rule. this is the same motion that the republicans offered when we first were granted the right to vote on the house floor. it was challenged by the court and found constitutional. madam speaker this vote is a mere recognition of our american citizenship. delegates are no different from others in this house. it is one thing not to have the vote, it is quite another to be stripped of your vote. the vote is said to be symbolic by some. well to us it is symbolic. it is symbolic of the american citizenship of our constituents. it meant everyth

ms. norton, one minute.the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from the district of columbia is recognized. ms. norton: i thank the gentlelady from new york for yielding. madam speaker, for myself and for the delegates of the american samoa, guam, virgin islands and northern mariana islands i offer the motion earlier that the house conduct a full and complete study of the constitutionality of the vote of the committee in the whole of delegates which are eliminated by this rule. this is the same motion that the republicans offered when we first were granted the right to vote on the house floor. it was challenged by the court and found constitutional. madam speaker this vote is a mere recognition of our american citizenship. delegates are no different from others in this house. it is one thing not to have the vote, it is quite another to be stripped of your vote. the vote is said to be symbolic by some. well to us it is symbolic. it is symbolic of the american citizenship of our constituents. it meant everyth

ms. norton, mr. yee and ms. wynns? >> yes. >> the thoughts for the evening? >> thank you. since the agenda is a little bit long, i'll keep my remarks a little bit short. you might be aware that or governor-elect terry brown hosted a meeting in los angeles to talk about just how bad the deficit is in the state of california. and as you recall, just a reminder of people that before te elections people said that the deficit was somewhere between 15 to 18 billion dollars and after that election went to $25 million. now they're starting to talk about that it's more in the neighborhood of $3 1 billion. i know last year we made humongous cuts and furloughs and we've reduced the school year by four days. we still have a long ways ahead of us. i want to remind the public of that, as january rolls around it's just around the corner. we're going to need the input of our entire community to speak with our legislators because the cuts will just be tremendous in the future years. just a brief reminder. i also wanted to congratulate and i believe later on she'll be here president kim. as

ms. norton, one minu. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from the disict of columbia is recognized. ms. norton: i thank the gentlelady from new york for yielding. madam speaker, for myself and for the delegates of the american samoa, guam, virgin islands and northern mariana islands i offer the motion earlier that the house conduct a full and complete study of the constitutionality of the vote of the committee in the whole of delegates which are eliminated by this rule. this is the same motion that the republicans offered when we first were granted the right to vote on the house floor. it was challenged by the court and found constitutional. madam speaker this vote is a mere recognition of our american citizenship. delegates are no different from others in this house. it is one thing not to have the vote, it is quite another to be stripped of your vote. the vote is said to be symbolic by some. well to us it is symbolic. it is symbolic of the american citizenship of our constituents. it meant everythi

ms. norton votes yes. mr. terneny votes yes. mr. clay votes yes. mr. lynch votes yes. mr. cooper votes yes. mr. conley votes yes. mr. davis votes yes. mr. welsh -- mr. murphy votes yes. ms. speer votes yes. >> the clerk will report. >> on that vote, mr. chairman, 22 noes, 15 yes. >> the amendment is not agreed to. the chair recognizes the gently di from california for a question. >> thank you. i want clarification on what the new provision that provides a member of congress or member of the committee can be at depositions. does that mean participate in the depositions or present to observe the depositions. >> will the lady yield? >> yes. >> that's a good question. there has always been a right for members to attend depositions. the rules of the committee which we can furnish you have a procedure whether they are staff or members alternating back and forth. because we're an investigative committee, we have a long set of procedures in which staff, and i'll shortcut it, we give three days notice of a deposition, both the minority and majority show up, and there's a procedure o

ms. norton, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman.edicate to my question, i want to note an article from the abilene reporter news, describing what appears to be the republican approach to the meltdown of homes. and i ask that this be placed into the record. >> without objection. >> mr. numberburger is the chairman of the association, he's a former banker hills and he's pretty frank. he essentially says that the initiatives aimed at cushioning the blow have all failed. and so he says let the market take over. to quote him, markets aren't kind, but they're very efficient. should we go cold turkey and leave millions of homeowners out there to suffer the consequences? and i would like a short answer, because i have further questions. mr. massad, and mr. barofsky, who seems to just throw up his hands often. yes, mr. massad? >> thank you, congresswoman. no, i don't think we should just go cold turkey. that's why i would disagree with some of the comments that have been made, that because hamp has not achieved 3 million to 4 million modific

ms. norton, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. as predicate to my question, i want to note an article from the abilene reporter news, describing what appears to be the republican approach to the meltdown of hmes. and i ask that this be placed into the record. >> without objection. >> mr. numberburger is the chairman of the association, he's a former banker hills and he's ptty frank. he essentially says that the initiatives aimed at cushioning the blow have all failed. and so he says let the market take over. to quote him, markets aren't kind, but they're very efficient. should we go cold turkey and leave millions of homeowners out there to suffer the consequences? and i would like a short answer, becaus i have further questions. mr. massad, and mr. barofsky, who seems to just throw up his hands often. yes, mr. massad? >> thank you, congresswoman. no, i don't think we should just go cold tuey. that's why i would disagree with some of the comments that have been made, that because hamp has not achieved 3 million to 4 million modific

ms. norton: i thank the gentleman for yielding. a gunman has underestimated the will and undaunted bravery of gabby giffords. tragically we have lost gabe zimmerman, her director of community outreach, her constituents, judge john roll, christina taylor green, phyllis schneck, dorothy -- dorwin stoddard and dorothy morris. all of whom were engaged in the very civic activities we most encourage. along with 13 others who were injured along with congresswoman giffords. together these americans have brought this house together as never before for a much-needed time of reflection. i am heartbroken for all who were in the line of fire and for their families. i focus now on gabby because i cannot get her out of my consciousness. i am trying to understand her fearlessness in the days before the attempt on her life, for what has happened to civil discourse in our country rather than for her own safety can gabby's selflessness and her concern for our country give us the fortitude to follow her examples in assuming that it is not the safety o

ms. norton, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. as predicate to my question, i want to note an article from the abilene porter news, describing what appears to be the republican approach to the meltdown of homes. and i ask that this be placed into the record. >> without objection. >> mr. numberburger is the chairman of the association, he's a former banker hills and he's pretty frank. he essentiallyays that the initiatives aimed at cushioning the blow have all failed. and so he says let the market take over. to quote him, markets aren't kind, but they're very efficient. should we go cold turkey and leave millions of homeowners out there to suffer the consequences? and i would like a short answer, because i have further questions. mr. massad, and mr. barofsky, who seems to just throw up his hands often. yes, mr. massad? >> thank you, congresswoman. no, i don't think we should just go cold turkey. that's why i would disagree with some of the comments that have been made, that because hamp has not achieved 3 million to 4 million modif

ms. norton, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. as predicate to my question, i want to note an article fromhe abilene reporter news, describing what appears to be the republican approach to the meltdown of homes. and i ask that this be placed into the record. >> without objection. >> mr. numberburger is the chairman of the association, he's a former banker hills and he's pretty frank. he essentially says that the initiatives aimed at cushioning the blow have all failed. and so he says let the market take over. to quote him, markets aren't kind, but they're very efficient. should we go cold turkey and leave millions of homeowners out there to suffer the consequences? and i would like a short answer, because i have further questions. mr. massad, and mr. barofsky, who seems to just throw up his hands often. yes, mr. massad? >> thank you, congresswoman. no, i don't think we should just go cold turkey. that's why i would disagree with some of the comments that have been made, that because hamp has not achieved 3 million to 4 million mod