. >> this is called unbonded, because of this plastic sheeting. it is not bond to the concrete. >> why do you want to do that? >> because there are two methods of decreasing stress. one is posttensioning. the other is pretensioning. this method that we are using is a very conventional for on-site stressing of the slab. what it does is it does not bond to the concrete. you put the form up, he placed the attendance. >> this will be or is not all. inside the floor. -- this will be horizontal, inside the floor. >> this is the anchored and of it. there is a parable -- parabolic profile tendons. their lowest in the mid span and they are the highest above. what happens is once that you place these inside of the form work and you have the other reinforcements, you pour the concrete. at a certain point where you have adequate curing of the concrete, which is usually about two-thirds of the strength of the concrete, then you jack these and pull them. >> you pull them with hydraulics. you attention it. >> it does two things. it puts large. compression into t

they're unlicensed, they don't have insurance to cover errors and omissions and they're unbonded and we're going to give them our private information. i want you to think about that as this law changes and goes into effect. but with your help, we can change it. we changed the dynamics in this congress on the intervention in syria. the american people stood up and your representatives listened to that and we can do it again, if you're willing to do that same kind of commitment. we need to get rid of this law and it's now time for our colleagues in the senate to act. it's in the best interest -- they need to act in the best interests of america and not for preserving a legacy. i yield back. mrs. bachmann: i thank the gentleman from florida. another tireless stalwart during the time when we were trying to fight and say, this is what's going to happen, exactly what we're about to see transpire before our face, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. scott garret from new jersey's dict -- garrett from new jersey's dict five, made it a-- district five, made it abundantly clear what was going to