scalise: when i see my colleagues that announce their tireme, theyeem to smilemore ane stopd smiling. you are making other people think about it. obviously there's a life after congress. but for whatever brief moment in time we get to do thjobs a it's an honor to be able to represent people throughout the country in congress. i represent 750,000 people. there are fewer members of congress in the history ur country than there are people who played id inajor league baseball i mean, it's hard to get these jobs. we fight for these jobs. ultimately we won't have these jobs at some point. the time you have them, make every minute count. work as hard as you can to accomplish the things you came here to do. i don't ever wake up and wonr about that. i look at the capitol dome every night i'm leaving. it's a momenthere you still pinch yourself. ifouon't feel thesehat feeling, bumps when you look at the light, the dome lit up, you should leave. i love doing this job. there will be a day when i don't get to do it. so while i'm here iant to make every minute count. jake: i often say about you and

that is we have for a number of reasons not relatedo t own the tireme, things likew twin peaks construction and some other activities that have up. so all o diesel should be gone b >> chairman brinkman: okay. >> we down to sl numbers on ale 800. rs chairmanink any questions? those of you on the bo an orer tere ou should really understand it. director torres? >> board member torres: i want to thank you because -- tur on your microhone. >> board member torres: i shut it off because roberta told me to. i want to say thank you for the work that you've done on this issue. as you now, i'm a strong propont of electric transportation in this state. we are ahead of our time here in san francisco. in large due to leadership of our director. this proceeded me on this board in issuing this kind direction and vision. you in doing so as well. i als wan to thank you for the letter you sent on may 14th because of the people concerned tantt aprogm. that was laly, the sooner you remove those diesel buses from operation the less time i'll have to spend at home from all the debris from the diesel buses off of