i would like them -- and am honored to introduce my brother, roscoe david, and to ask our vice-president and regional manager to step up to the front and say a few things about ron. [applause] >> mr. chairman, commissioners -- a privilege and honor to be here today with you, as you recognize a true hero and champion within the laborers' union. i would like to say as an organization, we thank you for the opportunity to participate in the pla on this project, and for the opportunity it allowed us in the building trades to show how we can put our differences to the curb and show we deliver a project for the taxpayers and city of san francisco that is on time, on budget, efficient, done right, and will deliver quality water to the city for decades, if not longer to come. ron has been -- we have been friends for pretty close to 20 years. for the last 10, he has been part of my staff. i do not look at my staff as my staff. i look at my staff as arm-in- arm, locked in battle, victories together, defeat together. the work we do, we do together. what makes ron myers unique is that he has never fo

david chu. he of the personnel chief under defense secretary donald rumsfeld. general norton schwartz's remarks called after an independent pen say mortuaries burned remains and dumped them in landfill. >>> maryland congressman roscoe bartlett denies reports tonight he is spearheading the drive to give men a $250 tax credit for moustache grooming. i can't imagine what would be wrong with that. bruce leshan probably has some information about it. >> this is the kind of story that reporters just perk up about. any time we can kind of make fun of a congressman we want to, but it's called the stash act. the stimulus for critical hair expenses and it really sounds like one of congressman roscoe bartlett's staffers may be in a bit of trouble on this one. it may have been congressman bartlett's bushy gray moustache that made him a target for the jokers at the american moustache institute. the institute is lobbying for a tax break to cover the expensive grooming habits of those who sport hair on their upper lip. >> moustached americans are earning about 4.3% more on average. >> costs are such as beard and moustache trimmers, moustache wax, facial hair coloring implements such as just for men hair dye. >> reporter: bartlett