ms. norton and ms. winning and 5 i's. congratulations. (clapping.) we have now an item another charter school renewal it is for the charter school this has been moved and seconded and february 25th and i believe we had a report from the curriculum so i want 80 a report from the crime and the arithmetic committee. i apologize commissioner maufas is the chair but she asked me to report that on march third they recommended a positive made positive recommendations to the board. >> thank you as with gateway charter the budget committee met and sends a positive recommendations to the board. so excuse me for the what charter. life learning charter >> may we have a reading of the reds. thank you president fewer we have the charter petition. authorization to grant in the alternative deny the petition for the life academic school pursuant to code section the life learning academy submitted a petition to the san francisco unified school district and whereas pursuant to the california code the briefcase of the district is in receipt of the renewal petition in fe

ms. norton: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i'm pleased to rise in support of s. 994, the data act. this is a landmark piece of bicameral and bipartisan legislation that will change the way the government operatesism applaud the sponsor of s. 994, senator mark warner, who put a lot of passion and hard work into this legislation and as you have just heard from the principal sponsor here in the house, our oversight committee chairman, darrell issa, who put considerable energy into this bill over more than one session, as well as senate -- or senate chairman tom copper of the homeland security and government affairs committee and house oversight committee ranking member elijah cummings all worked very diligently to get us to the house floor today. the data act will provide the public with information about how the government is spending money, pure and simple this will hold agencies account fble their spending. it will result in a more effective government. on april 8, 2014, the comptroll

ms. norton is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. ms. norton: thank you, mr. speaker. while i'm waiting for my four posters to arrive at the rostrum, i am happy to yield one minute to the gentleman from georgia. >> i thank the gentlelady for yielding. ou're allowing me to correct a mistake i made earlier today. mr. woodall: we passed the budget committee balanced budget, i think that's a success but those successes don't happen by themselves they happen because we are surrounded by staffers in this institution who do an amazing amount of work, day in and day out. in my case, it's will dunham who is staff director at the republican study committee, the very able budget staffer there, matthew dickerson and my own budget associate nick myers. without their help, it would have been impossible to put that budget together and i am so grateful for their commitment to this institution and to the very difficult work that we do. with that, i thank my friend very much for yielding and yield ack. ms. norton: mr. speaker, all this week i have come to

ms. norton. mr. tierney. mr. clay votes no. mr. lynch votes no. mr. cooper votes no. mr. connolly votes no. mr. cartwright votes no. ms. duckworth votes no. ms. kelly? mr. davis? mr. welch votes no. s. grisham votes no. ou are not recorded. >> does anyone else seek to be reported? the clerk will report. >> on that vote, 21 yeas, 12 nays. >> the ayes have it. the report is ordered to the house. the staff shall be authorized to make necessary technical conforming changes to the report. >> mr. chairman, i asked a number of days. >> so ordered. without objection. we stand adjourned. >> today on c-span, the freedom summit from manchester, new hampshire. including appearances by senators rand paul and ted cruz, mike huckabee and donald trump. we'll have live conversation all day so you can join in the conversation on facebook and twitter. it begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> i think what we need is something akin to the grace commission during the reagan administration or the brack commission, the base realignment and closing commission during i think the clinton a

ms. norton for five minutes. ms. norton: thank you mr. speaker.an a series of remarks yesterday as the district prepares for emancipation day, april 16 when lincoln freed the slaves in the district of columbia before the national emancipation proclamation. i began with a status all the citizens of the district of columbia today is taxed without representation. the slogan the founders of our nation and the framers of our constitution used to start the revolution that created the united states of america itself. with those taxes should come statehood, but if there is any issue with greater command, then taxation without representation for statehood for the district of columbia it is surely fighting and dying for one's country without representation. securing the vote for the people of iraq and afghanistan only to come home with no vote of your own in the congress that sent you to war or not coming home at all. d.c. residents fought and died in the war that created the united states of america itself and have served in every war since, often sufferin

ms. norton, for five minutes. mr. speaker, april 16 marks emancipation day in the district of columbia when the slaves who lived in the district of columbia were emancipated. i come to the floor this week to discuss a different kind of emancipation. today i begin as the nation without taxes representation. if i would ask you who pays the highest taxes per capita in the united states of america, who would you say? what jurisdiction would you say? new york, connecticut, arizona, texas. it would be the citizens of the nation's capital who support the nation without representation in the congress of the united states. 650,000 citizens. that's why you see license plates that say taxation without representation. that was not the thought of the government. it was a citizen who came forward to suggest that that should be what was on our license plates. so april 16, we celebrate or commemorate emancipation every day because we had the distinction of being the first jurisdiction in the united states where the slaves were emanci

gift of february and march 2014 and in adjournment i'd like to call on commissioner norton she's adjourning in memory of ms. fish our and she lost here 17 month battle to cancer she was 48 years young and leaves behind two sons and husband. dee in a was the driving force between the eliminator case when the school was slated for closer she was a finland member of the prefund a 501 nonprofit that operates a bilingual sites serving over one hundred children. as part of her work she found follow on funding she also saw to the basic infrastructure to support daniel daniel webb 0 stare they have now a list of students you waiting to going get into if that. deepening in a was the tireless chance to help with the students getting into schools she advocated for the nuance of understand and an elegant voice not front yard to really up her sleeves to do it is hard work her clear voice is in addition to being a prefounded member she has efforts to engage the library to be named in her honor we offer our deepest sympathy to dean nasal family >> thank you i'm sorry we have to close early we have closed session >> i hav

norton. commissioner wynns. president fewer and ms. away. please join me in the pledge of allegiance.

norton. commissioner wynns. president fewer and ms. away. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> approval of the board minutes there's none together and item b the presentations to the board of education superintendant. good evening to everyone joining us in person and those of you listening and watching at home. i want to week all our students from the spring break and you're ready to get back to work as we finish the second seminar of this year this thursday volunteers will be providing paint to bring a creative yard for a place full of color it's organized by the play works working with the san francisco unified school district to provide trained full-time coaches focused on recess thank you for doing the sweat equity the school districts across california are to have a plan asal cap that will show you how funds are spent for the one site budgets and plans parents and community members will be consulted in the el cap the san francisco unified school district is work