ms. norton. >> mr. sanchez. >> yes. >> mr. wallton. >> we now present the initial proposal for united administrators of san francisco at sfusd. mr. lee, do you have anything? >> yes, still chief of labour relations carmelo scarletto. i would like to read the initial proposal from the united administrators of san francisco to the san francisco unified school district. the sunshining article. >> we have public comment on this item. richard mcgee, you have two minutes. >> well, happy fat tuesday everybody. i'm sure you want to finish this meeting so you can go celebrate before the ashes come early tomorrow morning. i want to remember our brothers and sisters in new orleans and our labour partners there who are still going through a lot of katrina issues. just like them, we are a laboringization and we want to bargain in good faith. we submitted our proposal as required by the policy of the school district. we're looking forward to negotiating a fair wage settlement and working conditions and i was a little put upon by some of the

ms. norton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. norton: mr. speaker, i want to thank both sides for the bipartisan way in which this true to what it is in this country, bipartisan. today the house is doing no more than bringing itself in line with what we have long required of private employers and other federal agencies. when i started working, we -- sexual harassment wasn't recognized as employee harassment in drawing the sexual harassment guidelines it never occurred to us that congress ould set different standards for themselves, preference rble to members and prejudicial to employees. the current process creates multiple steps and time frames that exhaust complainants and deter resolution. it takes courage to file a sexual harassment complaint because most are unwitnessed and they're difficult to corroborate. the most important provisions of this bill, i believe are the provisions from assistants to complainants which members have long had and personal liability for harassment liing with the member, not the taxpayers. this bill marks the

ms. norton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. norton: mr. speaker, i want to thank both sides for the bipartisan way in which this true to what it is in this country, bipartisan. today the house is doing no more than bringing itself in line with what we have long required of private employers and other federal agencies. when i started working, we -- sexual harassment wasn't recognized as employee harassment in drawing the sexual harassment guidelines it never occurred to us that congress ould set different standards for themselves, preference rble to members and prejudicial to employees. the current process creates multiple steps and time frames that exhaust complainants and deter resolution. it takes courage to file a sexual harassment complaint because most are unwitnessed and they're difficult to corroborate. the most important provisions of this bill, i believe are the provisions from assistants to complainants which members have long had and personal liability for harassment liing with the member, not the taxpayers. this bill marks the