ms. velazquez: and the other side? mr. graves: five minutes. ms. velazquez: i'm going to yield myself one minute. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. velazquez: i want to do this because i need to set the record straight regarding the previous member who just spoke about how many regulations have been issued on the obama administration. let me remind people here that according to the conservative heritage foundation, net regulatory burdens increased in the years george w. bush assumed the presidency between 2008 and -- between 2001 and 2008, the federal government imposed almost $30 billion in new regulatory costs on american, about $11 billion imposed in fiscal year 2007 alope. with regard to the numb of pages of regulations, the code of federal regulations totaled 145,000 pames in 2007 alone. the obama administration issued an executive order, 13563, and a memorandum on small businesses and job creation an executives -- and the executive order instructed them to seek the views of affected entities prior to proposed rule making and it cal

ms. velazquez, for her important contributions to this debate as well as the chairman and ranking member of the science committee, mr. hall and ms. johnson who have been partners in this effort. and of course all the staffs on the various committees who worked very hard on this, they deserve a lot of credit for their hard work. i encourage my colleagues to support the conference report and the thousands of jobs that benefit from the sbir program and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair would serve notice that the gentleman from virginia has a remaining 3 3/4 minutes, the gentleman from washington has 3 1/2 minutes, the gentleman from new york has four minutes. for what purpose does new york rise? >> i'll reserve until it's time to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. >> i'm also going to reserve until it's time to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington reserves. the gentleman from virginia. >> mr. speaker, i continue to reserve the balance of my time. >> does that mean you're ready to close? >> i would tell t

ms. velazquez. from the committee on transportation and infrastructure for consideration of sections 314, 366, 601, 1098 and 2814 of the house bill and sections 262, 313, 1045, 1088 and 3301 of the senate amendment and modifications committed to conference, messrs. mica, crevack and bishop of new york. for the committee of veterans affairs for considerations of section 573, 705, 731 and 1099-c of the house bill and sections 631 and 1093 of the senate amendment and modifications committed to conference, mr. bilirakis, mrs. berkle and ms. brown of florida. from the committee on ways and means for consideration of sections 704, 1099-a and 1225 of the house bill and section 848 of the senate amendments and modifications committed to conference, messrs. camp, herger and levin. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous mat

a jury convicted velazquez of conspiracy to commit murder and assault. prosecutors say that two other members of the ms 13 gang opened fire outside the bart station two years ago. 21-year-old frias died, two others wounded. >>> and police say that a teen stabbed a jogger last night in a failed robbery attempt in oakley. investigators say the attempt happened at 6:45 at the shoreline, as the 58-year-old victim had just finished running. he told police that a boy between 14 and 16 years old wearing a great hoody demanded money, then stabbed him in the arm. the man says the boy ran away, they took the man to the hospital where the doctors treated him for the stab wound and blood loss. >>> a very difficult day for a mother in san jose today. this afternoon, the body of her son who was killed in afghanistan was flown in. and ktvu has more on how the young man had big plans for his life when he returned from his tour overseas. >> reporter: frank, moffett field is flying at half staff to honor the marine, his body returned in a casket instead. always quiet on the tarmac today at moffett field, as the plane ca