ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to offer a final amendment to h.r. 527, that if passed will allow the bill to be brought back properly, promptly to take a vote for final passage. mr. speaker, this final amendment is noncontroversial, and aims to do one simple thing, to protect the incentives that assist small businesses to hire veterans. this amendment comes at a very critical time for our small businesses and for our veterans. several weeks ago, this house did something that most of america doesn't believe anymore we do. we came together, all of us, republicans and democrats and we vote odd a bill and we passed the bill together, unanimously, the vow to hire heroes act of 2011. the bill pushes key provisions, like providing small businesses incentives so that they will hire veterans who have been unable to find employment. as a new law, the tax credits that we offer in that vow bill would require additional regulations to be implemented in order for small businesses to begin to hire our veterans and ou

ms. sanchez, as she might consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 2158, a bill which would designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 14901 adelfa drive in la mirada, as the wayne grisham post office. we could not be honoring a more deserving member of the southern california community. wayne grisham dedicate the his life to his -- dedicated his life to our country and southern california. he valiantly served as a fighter pilot during world war ii and was held as a prisoner of war. mr. grisham was awarded the purple heart and air medal for his courageous service. after the war, wayne returned home to wittier college where he earned a bachelor's degree in economics and went on to teach elementary school in long beach. eventually an entrepreneurial spirit led mr. grisham to open a realty business. a self-described conservative do-gooder, his dedication to our local co

ms. sanchez, mrs. tsongas, mrs. susan davis, who have take an leadership role in this, to try to implement policies to control sexual assault within the military. the pro visions that we've put together in the house help move us forward towards addressing that issue, make sure that it takes on the importance that it deserves and empower the military to make the decisions they need to better protect against sexual assault within the military. i particularly applaud mrs. sonkas, this is her motion to stick to the house provisions in this area. i urge the conference committee to do that going forward and with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: i reserve our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from washington. mr. smith: thank you, madam speaker. i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from new york, ms. slaughter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady f

ms. sanchez. >> i feel like a last -- the last person who gets to go at a roast and all of the bus lineshave already been taken. [laughter] to i appreciate your patience and i have listened to all of the testimony and questions with a lot of care. hopefully, i will not be repeating some of the points that my colleagues made. mr. marshall, i understand you are a family-owned business, second generation, and you have seven physical stores. and did not start out that way, did it? >> no, it is just in the last 15 or 20 years that we have expanded from a single location. >> when you opened that single location, did the government help you with any of the collecting of the costs of the sales tax of the items you sold in your store? >> it predates my time, but to my knowledge, no. the system that exist within the state of michigan for collection of sales tax seems unreasonable. -- seems reasonable, and there are considerations for the burden of collecting it. my father was a pilot in world war ii. and my mother worked for the government during world war ii. it was savings they accumulated durin

ms. loretta sanchez of california, messrs. mcen buyer, -- mcen entire -- mcintyre, andrews, courtney, loebsack, ms. tsongas and ms. pingree of maine. from the permanent select committee on intelligence for consideration of matters within the jurisdiction of that committee under clause 11 of rule 10, mr. rogers of michigan, mrs. myrick and mr. ruppersberger, from the committee on education and the work force, for consideration of sections 548 and 572 of the house bill and section 572 and 573 of the senate amendment and modifications committed to the conference, messrs. petri, heck and george miller of california. from the committee on energy and commerce for consideration of sections 911, 1099-a, 2852 and 3114 of the house bill and section 1089 of the senate amendment and modifications committed to the conference. messrs. upton, walden and waxman. from the committee on financial services for consideration of section 645 of the house bill and section 1245 of the senate amendment and modifications committed to the conference, mr.

ms-13 gang. >>> a carjacking suspect in virginia tried to evade police by land and by water. police say emole milo sanchez was wanted for pushing his estranged wife into a van outside of a grocery store. the coast guard escorted him back to shore and the wife was found safe. >>> a fugitive from mississippi used a stolen cab of a tractor-trailer to avoid police in baltimore city. he led police on a chase through prince george's county. that's where they finally lost control of the truck and crashed at 295 and powder mill road. no one was hurt and the driver faces a number of charges. >>> democracy 2012. congressman andy harris is throwing his support behind newt gingrich. he says he believes newt gingrich has the experience to turn the economy around. >>> it's one of the most hotly debated issues for 2012, the legislative session opens in six weeks. the issue of same-sex marriage. the new push for the governor and support, opponents also gearing up in the fight. corinne has more. >> reporter: supporters of same-sex marriage believe 2012 is their year for victory once the legislative session gets underway b