. >> i'm happy to add for this particular report those underutilized sites rather than look at a new list we decided to consensus this and look at what we've uncovered from the two civil grand jury and the lyric report looked at over 5 hundred report and identified questionable properties underutilized not vacant but underutilized we began our process with that list and directly with the departments when we were convinced through observation and or reports provided that utilization was stepped up sympathy didn't make the list for the properties not the case they're on the list i hope that background is he felt. >> thank you complooup. >> next, we have presentations

kelly. >> i'm happy to add for this particular report those underutilized sites rather than look at aew list we decided to consensus this and look at what we've uncovered from the two civil grand jury and the lyric report looked at over 5 hundred report and identified questionable properties underutilized not vacant but underutilized we began our process with that list and directly with the departments when we were convinced through observation and or reports provided that utilization was stepped up sympathy didn't make the list for the properties not the case they're on the list i hope that background is he felt. >> thank you complooup. >> next, we have presentations by your enterprise departments not within the jurisdictions of the ordinance so we do understand those departments have significant land holding that maybe appropriate more affordable housing development a good example the site on 12r50er9 and fulsome that is owned by the puc but we'll be built more affordable housing next to the brand new park that is under construction and that area under eastern neighborhoods with res

kelly. >> i'm happy to add for this particular report those underutilized sites rather than look at aew list we decided to consensus this and look at what we've uncovered from the two civil grand jury and the lyric report looked at over 5 hundred report and identified questionable properties underutilized not vacant but underutilized we began our process with that list and directly with the departments when we were convinced through observation and or reports provided that utilization was stepped up sympathy didn't make the list for the properties not the case they're on the list i hope that background is he felt. >> thank you complooup. >> next, we have presentations by your enterprise departments not within the jurisdictions of the ordinance so we do understand those departments have significant land holding that maybe appropriate more affordable housing development a good example the site on 12r50er9 and fulsome that is owned by the puc but we'll be built more affordable housing next to the brand new park that is under construction and that area under eastern neighborhoods with res

kelly. >> i'm happy to add for this particular report those underutilized sites rather than look at aew list we decided to consensus this and look at what we've uncovered from the two civil grand jury and the lyric report looked at over 5 hundred report and identified questionable properties underutilized not vacant but underutilized we began our process with that list and directly with the departments when we were convinced through observation and or reports provided that utilization was stepped up sympathy didn't make the list for the properties not the case they're on the list i hope that background is he felt. >> thank you complooup. >> next, we have presentations by your enterprise departments not within the jurisdictions of the ordinance so we do understand those departments have significant land holding that maybe appropriate more affordable housing development a good example the site on 12r50er9 and fulsome that is owned by the puc but we'll be built more affordable housing next to the brand new park that is under construction and that area under eastern neighborhoods with res

kelly. >> i'm happy to add for this particular report those underutilized sites rather than look at aew list we decided to consensus this and look at what we've uncovered from the two civil grand jury and the lyric report looked at over 5 hundred report and identified questionable properties underutilized not vacant but underutilized we began our process with that list and directly with the departments when we were convinced through observation and or reports provided that utilization was stepped up sympathy didn't make the list for the properties not the case they're on the list i hope that background is he felt. >> thank you complooup. >> next, we have presentations by your enterprise departments not within the jurisdictions of the ordinance so we do understand those departments have significant land holding that maybe appropriate more affordable housing development a good example the site on 12r50er9 and fulsome that is owned by the puc but we'll be built more affordable housing next to the brand new park that is under construction and that area under eastern neighborhoods with res

kelly. >> i'm happy to add for this particular report those underutilized sites rather than look at aew list we decided to consensus this and look at what we've uncovered from the two civil grand jury and the lyric report looked at over 5 hundred report and identified questionable properties underutilized not vacant but underutilized we began our process with that list and directly with the departments when we were convinced through observation and or reports provided that utilization was stepped up sympathy didn't make the list for the properties not the case they're on the list i hope that background is he felt. >> thank you complooup. >> next, we have presentations by your enterprise departments not within the jurisdictions of the ordinance so we do understand those departments have significant land holding that maybe appropriate more affordable housing development a good example the site on 12r50er9 and fulsome that is owned by the puc but we'll be built more affordable housing next to the brand new park that is under construction and that area under eastern neighborhoods with res

kelly. >> i'm happy to add for this particular report those underutilized sites rather thano consensushis and look at what we uncovered from the two civil grand jury and the lyric report looked at over 5 hundred report and identified questionable properties underutilized not vacant but underutilized we began our process with that list and directly with the departments when we were convinced through observation and or reports provided that utilization was stepped up sympathy didn't make the list for the properties not the case they're on the list i hope that background is he felt. >> thank you complooup. >> next, we have presentations by your enterprise departments not within the jurisdictions of the ordinance so we do understand those departments have significant land holding that maybe appropriate more affordable housing development a good example the site on 12r50er9 and fulsome that is owned by the puc but we'll be built more affordable housing next to the brand new park that is under construction and that area under eastern neighborhoods with respect to our enterprise and sfusd and

according to the g.a.o., the federal government continues to maintain too much excessnd underutilized property, rely taos heavily on costly lease space and maintains unreliable and misleading real property lists. g.a.o. agrees and has stated before this committee that legislation like the federal asset sales and transfer act would go a long way toward fixing the problems with federal real property. the psident has also continued to support reforms to the federal real estate since speaking on it in his 2011 state of the union. he's included in tissue it in his budget since then and i'm please to have had secured the commitment of this administration to advance legislation and work with myself and chairman chaffetz to see real ereform signed into law. additionally, both houses of congress have included this idea in their annual budget documents. i believe that we have the potential to save billions of dollars in real estate property. to be successful this with board -- this board will need to consolidate the federal footprint, house more federal employees in less overall space, reduce o

list the purpose of today's hearing to have a public housing on what is recorded as surplus and underutilized by to get community input how they want to see the properties utilized i want to thank the different residents how they want to see the sites utilized not only more affordable housing perhaps for community center and openly small property owner open space i want to recognize some of the affordable housing advocates who did work with us on crafting the surplus property ordinance last year in 2015 thank you for your work this is an ordinance that is many places in 2002 and work to strengthen but also articulate some of the specifications of the process so we can have better outcome with our existing property our existing pubically owned properties we know we're in the midst of a housing crisis despite building more housing since the 1906 san francisco earthquake and an vast and majority of residents all the way to middle-income san franciscans that make good income can't afford to live here in fact, 75 percent of san franciscans are shut out of houshth so administratively that earn betw

normalcy and reacquaint with families and frnds but it begins with places like this where it is underutilized with a run down hotel that is half occupied and a problem for the community that now we transform that. when you talk about doing this in a couple month, literally in homeless years we have dealing with the problem pfeels overnight this is transformed and it wouldn't be able to be done without the very strong partnerships we are developing on the community side ends and social uvs end and affordable housing end where agencies like chp and staff, case management of every from public health to human services to homeless outreach teams and making sure this will serve yet another real example that isn't just talk we are giving. we want to end homelessness for individuals in the sit eand we want to do the right way and when people visit this place they will feel we are not talking nonsense and not into the era of just saying we want to end homelessness, we actually want to do it on a unit by unit, person by person, family member by family member basis. this will be another broit shining st

kelly. >> i'm happy to add for this particular report those underutilized sites rather than look at aist we decided to consensus this and look at what we've uncovered from the two civil grand jury and the lyric report looked at over 5 hundred report and identified questionable properties underutilized not vacant but underutilized we began our process with that list and directly with the departments when we were convinced through observation and or reports provided that utilization was stepped up sympathy didn't make the list for the properties not the case they're on the list i hope that background is he felt. >> thank you complooup. >> next, we have presentations by your enterprise departments not within the jurisdictions of the ordinance so we do understand those departments have significant land holding that maybe appropriate more affordable housing development a good example the site on 12r50er9 and fulsome that is owned by the puc but we'll be built more affordable housing next to the brand new park that is under construction and that area under eastern neighborhoods with respect

it's underutilization of texas texas -- of tax dollars. >> flames, spaed overnight, crews extinguished the fire. now they have to figure out how to move the rail cars. >> my son rides the train and other students as well. their lives are in metro's hands. >> cook says even if metro gets back on track, she'll be driving her son to school from now on. in northeast, wusa 9. >> the red line was also experiencing trouble on the track today including a switch problem at friendship heights and speed restrictions at bethesda. some reported delays up to 30 minutes. >>> he's the only candidate standing on the donald trump still faces a bat toll win over republicans. ryan blindsided him when he refused to endorse him. donald trump could meet with ryan thursday in an attempt to i would be a unified republican party. >> it would be better if it were unified. i don't think it has to be in the traditional sense. >> on the democratic side bernie sanders met with workersers in atlantic city this morning. front runner hillary clinton will make a stop later today to meet with women and families on her br

is adjacent to our houses and the sale of those properties will case us harm their described as underutilized those are adjacent to our houses and neighbors we've actually been preempted to use this since 1956 as you can see in the letter we have permission to use the land and maintained it as a garden every sense then we've received no notification from sf water those land are proposed for sale we praerd heard from an real estate agent no idea that was going to happen, in fact, an hetch hetchy pipeline pipe under the land and development was not possible land is advertised for sale to developers and for sale signs r on the loaned that is causing us inconvenient people are knock on the doors we understand sf water is selling several prompts throughout the bay area and were we not here to contest that but we not to point out those property for sale are unique in rental neighborhoods we have permission to use those as on more than 60 years those properties have been allowed to be used by us so we're simply here to make the commission aware of the fact the sale of the land a lot directly handler

would have been a great group of housing units but seems to be the next best choice and takes an underutilized place with car sharing and attracted transients and from the stand point of satisfying every neighbors issues not a building that was built recently more have and seen the heartening i've been watching on to project that makes absolutely ink happy in terms of being productive for the neighborhood a good use of the space in keeping with the very, very next earth of that place i really applaud the developer for taking a dead peas of land and essentially using that for a positive purpose my only one bit of a small reservation would be that the retail use will be good to the neighborhood paw in the responding a lack of community and senior meeting space perhaps from the project proponent might think a of a good use in the dentistry office didn't go through i'm glad to see that project is going finally move forward. >> thank you. >> my serb not my first language i oppose this for two reasons one it adversity effects the quality of life of my life and the neighborhoods upstairs because this

is adjacent to our houses and the sale of those properties will case us harm their described as underutilized those are adjacent to our houses and neighbors we've actually been preempted to use this since 1956 as you can see in the letter we have permission to use the land and maintained it as a garden every sense then we've received no notification from sf water those land are proposed for sale we praerd heard from an real estate agent no idea that was going to happen, in fact, an hetch hetchy pipeline pipe under the land and development was not possible land is advertised for sale to developers and for sale signs r on the loaned that is causing us inconvenient people are knock on the doors we understand sf water is selling several prompts throughout the bay area and were we not here to contest that but we not to point out those property for sale are unique in rental neighborhoods we have permission to use those as on more than 60 years those properties have been allowed to be used by us so we're simply here to make the commission aware of the fact the sale of the land a lot directly handler

lack of coordination by emergency responders led to some hospitals being overutilized, others underutilized also found scoop-and-run may be a reasonable use of resources. >> fire rescue does an outstanding job, but they're just not as prevalent as we are. so typically we get to the scene first, and we don't waste time, and we get into the hospital for the trauma surgeons to do the spectacular work they do. >> reporter: the ntsb also found police fire and the office of emergency management policies of transport during a mass casualty are not integrated. and recommended the agency develop a plan and practice it including a full-scale drill every three years. police commissioner ross says such a plan is already in the process of being implemented. it will focus on ingress and egress routes that set up a -- the setup of a triage center and communication. >> you can always work to improve upon your training and your responses, and so that's not an indictment of what they did by any stretch of the imagination. we couldn't be more proud of them. >> reporter: and the ntsb also noted that police don

the west bay are limited connections in downturn and resulted in spite of the efforts with an underutilized term and port staff engaged with patricia and other stakeholders to explore the transformation of an active and lucrative maritime complex the port is financial risk with the reward of american people actually terminal creating for revenue and economic benefits for the community i would be neglected if i didn't thank a few people i don't want to forget them a number of port staff working hard for months specifically jeff from our real estate team jeff where are you and from the city attorney's office has been wonderful and aaron has been from the maritime has been great on the operation side and eileen thank you for your support to the approval of this in too weeks will be the port and patricia and the community will have to work together to insure that pier 80 with that we're all here to answer questions. >> at this time . you get in the queue scott i don't know him jim malone and myself he's here and shawn will be next (clapping.) (laughter.) >> that's a nice introduction. >> that's

would have been a great group of housing units but seems to be the next best choice and takes an underutilized place with car sharing and attracted transients and from the stand point of satisfying every neighbors issues not a building that was built recently more have and seen the heartening i've been watching on to project that makes absolutely ink happy in terms of being productive for the neighborhood a good use of the space in keeping with the very, very next earth of that place i really applaud the developer for taking a dead peas of land and essentially using that for a positive purpose my only one bit of a small reservation would be that the retail use will be good to the neighborhood paw in the responding a lack of community and senior meeting space perhaps from the project proponent might think a of a good use in the dentistry office didn't go through i'm glad to see that project is going finally move forward. >> thank you. >> my serb not my first language i oppose this for two reasons one it adversity effects the quality of life of my life and the neighborhoods upstairs because this

doctors can put a local anaesthetic into a surgeral site but these methods are underutilized. kathleen has struggled with constant pain for years, she went through the roller coaster of pain killers, she felt she needed them but they didn't work well. now the approach helps her with the pain. >> i meditate and rest when i have to. and before surgery, she talks to all of her doctors about pain control. about what to expect after and how long the surgeon expects you to be on an opioid. and how long you should need it. >> our focus on the growing problem of pain killer addiction, tonight at 11:00 we look at the innocent victims. this is video of a baby born addicted to pain killers, it happened once every hour in the u.s. we visit one local hospital to show how the babies are weaned off the drugs and talk to a mother who was hooked on percocet while pregnant. we'll have more on the problem and what is being done to stop t a special report tonight on "action news" at 11:00. >> thank you ali. >>> it's philadelphia week on the "wheel of fortune," and our local players are racking up

restored and preserved many of those historic buildings, which prior to the acquisition were vacant underutilized and in bad condition. specific examples the amount of money spent on seismic stabilization you heard how much it cost for st. marks, imagine what it cost for st. bridges and restoration of the beautiful stained glass windows at st. bridges. just a few examples you are probably familiar. 491 post, it was at a point where it was probably going to be lost. 620 sutter. those are all protected and preserved by the academy. that isn't to say there are not things the academy needs to do to deal with some of the issues the staff identified. we agree they do, but it is to make the point that we are aware of and academy knows the importance of these buildings which it controls. next question is what is the project? the project is not just a question of isolated buildings, it is a urban campus. i went to a college in baltimore university at johns hopkins and has facilities all over baltimore and shuttles that run between them. nyu is the same way so we are talking now not about a isolated campus

restored and preserved many of those historic buildings, which prior to the acquisition were vacant underutilized and in bad condition. specific examples the amount of money spent on seismic stabilization you heard how much it cost for st. marks, imagine what it cost for st. bridges and restoration of the beautiful stained glass windows at st. bridges. just a few examples you are probably familiar. 491 post, it was at a point where it was probably going to be lost. 620 sutter. those are all protected and preserved by the academy. that isn't to say there are not things the academy needs to do to deal with some of the issues the staff identified. we agree they do, but it is to make the point that we are aware of and academy knows the importance of these buildings which it controls. next question is what is the project? the project is not just a question of isolated buildings, it is a urban campus. i went to a college in baltimore university at johns hopkins and has facilities all over baltimore and shuttles that run between them. nyu is the same way so we are talking now not about a isolated campus

popular species, he passionately promotes the just as good and usually better, less known, and underutilizedhe low country is the flavor of our waterways, and that wasn't being represented properly in all of the restaurants. then all of a sudden, i hear about this guy who has the most beautiful fish you've ever seen, but you got to go to the dock and get it. [ laughter ] >> anthony: frustrated by the conventional wisdom, by the mishandling of fish by other distributors, and the narrow range available on the market, he became his own dealer, starting abundant seafood, one of the country's first csfs or community supported fisheries. he's changed the way people think about so-called "trash fish." >> sean: look at how beautiful that is. >> anthony: today's catch -- triggerfish. any market for these things? >> mark: oh my god. >> anthony: yeah? >> mark: we can't go and keep it in house enough. >> anthony: no really? >> mark: really. >> sean: but the crazy thing is it's like even five years ago there wasn't a single one of these on the menu. you know, before we all knew mark, everyone had the sam

when we return, the plan to rejuvenile night an underutilized san francisco pier into an economic bonanzafore earning enough cash back from bank of america to buy a new gym bag. before earning 1% cash back everywhere, every time and 2% back at the grocery store. even before he got 3% back on gas. kenny used his bankamericard cash rewards credit card to join the wednesday night league. because he loves to play hoops. not jump through them. that's the excitement of rewarding connections. apply online or at a bank of america near you. >>> the chp conducting its annual maximum enforcement period all over the state this memorial day weekend. it starts just after 6:00 tonight, goes right on through monday night. they will be looking for distracted drivers and drivers who are under the influence. they are also vikes you -- advising you you better buckle up. last memorial day weekend 31 people died in crashes, most of them did not wear seat belts and more than 1000 people were arrested for dui-related charges. >>> the port of san francisco has been working on new plans for an underused pier. the

their pockets of digital mobile that you think are underutilized as a marketer? >> there are probably smaller ones like i would say on digital , facebook for us is very effective. it gives us great targeting ability. they are very innovative and looking at what we can do with facebook this year is much more impressive than what we could do last year. >> what are some examples? >> intimate ways of targeting people. like on payments, instead of a cpm -- >> their product has changed? >> because they are shifting their product and it is becoming more advertiser friendly. benefit thatlso a you are not going to have the same sort of public profile to rile up more attorney general's? >> >> i think as>> we shift our messaging more about it being fun and kind of introduce people to the part of the product we did not really talk much about that is much better for the brand. >> part of your pitch is you work with -- investors and your competitor -- you work with individual teams. have any of them peeled off over the last year? >> not at all. the nba is an investor now. we h

project is located with the zoning district where the zoning district district is permitted and underutilizedd use to add one hundred and 80 new dwelling units to the shock in an area that encourages high density development the project is compatible with the character of rincon hill and designed with an appropriate massing and scale for the subject lot the project will include significant landscape with the shaping and street furniture and a new bulb out at the corner of harrison street the project provides at minimum 22 affordable units on site proposed for rentals staff would like to request the draft motion be all the time subject to change under the promoted charter amendments and ending the legislation to approve it at the june 2016 election the project will fully utility the rincon hill controls and contribute over $6 million in communities improvements transportation and childcare impact fees and finally it come paralyze with the hiring program in the draft motion the staff recommends the approval of the downtown authorization the project sponsor is present and like to address this co

housing by convert an existing tourist hotel to student housing that will xruk a new dormitory on an underutilized site next to exist student housing and will meet outline future student housing by adding san francisco housing stock they they make payments a total of $10 million in impact fees for housing and transportation and parks and other public benefits it would be implementing conditions of approval and mitigation measures these are the ones that have been generally suggested or outlined in the eir and e s t m and refined with the planning staff and ultimately adopted by the planning commission and how we protect the city's interests in seeing those benefits are provided we have the use of a development agreement common doesn't say used to insure that the obligations of the developers are, in fact, performed and the benefits to be conferred on the owner of the property the academy will be honored that will come back but approval by the planning commission of all the terms and conditions you have to be approved by the board of supervisors a complete policy review and consideration and will h

heritable with roughly 40% chance of your child having dyslexia if you have dyslexia is greatly underutilized when it comes to early identification. this critical information is a warning sign, and there should be a place to noted on the questionnaire of entering kindergartner. this, together with the child's performance and behavior lateres learn to predict outcomes can be used to signal that a particular child is at risk for difficulty in learning to read. hand, imaging is not used to identify the child who has dyslexia. brain imaging is used in research studies involving groups of participants. how the parents often ask for brain scans and a child because they see the difficulties in their childhood reading. they worry that the school is not recognizing the problem and they hope that a brain scan will provide some information. parents questhe for objective identification. my own daughter had an avoidance of reading as she described as a stupid activity. the school was not concerned by her gradual decline, i was in pursuit early intervention, or improvement measured objectively by standardi

concept of hub zones which could go beyond islanddy -- the entire qualifies as a historically underutilized business zone that would effectively give small businesses in puerto rico easier access to contracting opportunities. unfortunately only 24 businesses on the island currently enjoy the benefits of the program given a very complicated way the current hub zone formula applies to puerto rico. many severely distressed area of the island are excluded from the benefits because the way they in the wholed point of saying the entire island should be subject to these kinds of incentives. it will him anywhere businesses across the island to get the benefit of hub zones, with the proper adjustments like -- i believe it can be a more effective vehicle then lifting puerto rico up by its bootstraps. this is the type of policy that a future needvent for a bailout or costly solution. i yield back the balance of my time. >> i understand there will be a point of order but i would like to join in support of this amendment. i hope we can find a way to do this and instead of sending more money to puerto ri

normalcy and reacquaint with families and frnds but it begins with places like this where it is underutilizedwn hotel that is half occupied and a problem for the community that now we transform that. when you talk about doing this in a couple month, literally in homeless years we have dealing with the problem pfeels overnight this is transformed and it wouldn't be able to be done without the very strong partnerships we are developing on the community side ends and social uvs end and affordable housing end where agencies like chp and staff, case management of every from public health to human services to homeless outreach teams and making sure this will serve yet another real example that isn't just talk we are giving. we want to end homelessness for individuals in the sit eand we want to do the right way and when people visit this place they will feel we are not talking nonsense and not into the era of just saying we want to end homelessness, we actually want to do it on a unit by unit, person by person, family member by family member basis. this will be another broit shining star for everyon

up next a plan to rejuvenate an underutilized san francisco pier into an economic bonanza. >>> and wele bit better in some areas like highway 4. we will tell you more of what's going on straight ahead. >>> well, fog free at steel rock. a little bit more fog to the south. even montera now has sunshine. warmer weather on the way. >>> ♪ i got any first real six spring at the five and dime played it till my fingers bled was the summer of '69 ♪. >> there we go. brian adams, summer of '69. summer songs. it's been a joy to play these songs for you. every friday we play songs, statements with a different theme. the best way to get a hold of us is #ktvu. facebook, instagram, or twitter.. >> good choices. >>> the chp once again conducting maximum enforcement period all over the state this memorial day weekend. it starts just after six tonight, goes through monday night. they will be looking out for distracted drivers and people under the influence, and they want everybody to buckle up. last memorial day weekend 31 people died in crashes. most were not wearing seatbelts. more than 1,000 people w

adjust the definition of hope zone for the island of puerto rico to qualify for a historically underutilizedsiness zone that would effectively get small businesses in puerto rico easier access to contracting opportunities. unfortunately only 24 businesses on the island really enjoy the benefits of the program given the very common gateway the current hope zone format applies to puerto rico. it's very limited. many severely distressed areas on the island are excluded from the benefits of the program because of the way they are calculated and our whole point here is in the entire island should be subject to these kinds of incentives. my amendment would allow many more businesses across the island to get the benefit of home zones with the proper adjustments such as my amendment for a hub zone, i believe hr 5278 can be a more effective vehicle to hel puerto rico lift itself up by his bootstraps, complement and tax policy, regulatory forbearance. this is the kind of policy that could help prevent future need for a bailout for costly solution. i hope the chair and the committee will support my ame

. >> are there pockets of digital and mobile you think that are underutilized as a marketer? >> this will be smaller ones like i say on digital like facebook for us is very effective. it gives us great targeting. they're very innovative and were looking what we can do with facebook this year is more impressive then we can do last year. >> what are some examples? >> innovative ways of targeting people, innovative ways of for example like payments where there's a cross install instead of a cpm. >> is that because their product has changed or ... >> they are feeding more advertising and advertising friendly. >> and you want someone to download the gallego. >> they're doing very well. >> is there also benefits you are not going to have that same sort of public profile that's going to write more attorney general's . >> certainly we like that we have the awareness. i think as we shift our messaging more about this fun of the product and it being fun, and kind of introduce people to part of the product that we didn't really talk much about, i think that's better for us as a brand. >

fact that dyslexia is heritable with roughly 40% chance of your child having dyslexia is greatly underutilized when it comes to early identification. this critical information as a warning sign, and should be a place noted on the questioner of the someone entering kindergarten. this together with the chopper forms and pay for measures learned to protect later outcomes can be used to signal that -- a particular child is a risk or difficulty learning to read. on the other hand, imaging si just identify the child who has dyslexia. brain imaging involving groups of participants. how the parents often ask for brain scan in their child because they see the difficulties in their child with reading and they worry that the school is not recognizing the te problem and to help a brain scan will provide some information. i understand requests for information because my own daughter had trouble reading and exhibited anxiety and avoidance of read what she described as a stupid activity. while the school was not concerned by her grabs a decline, i was in pursuit early intervention. her improvement measured o

is an assessment of the vet centers, how they're being used, are there enough of them, are they underutilized, are they overutilized and how can we expand them because if there is that demand there, they certainly are not just for those with bad paper but for families as well. their criteria is much more broad than the va and they can do a lot more. >> if i can just make a comment. i applaud you. i would imagine how difficult it must be for you to get past what must have been enormous anger and for you to be able to deal with that and be sitting here and be such an advocate. i was at an event last night with an organization called penfed, and they support obviously our veterans, but also last night one of the caregivers for a veteran was given an award, and it was the mother of a service member who was severely wounded in his service. and i think it's time that we, you know, maybe focus on help to caregivers as well. >> absolutely. >> but it is an enormous population that we ask a lot of and you sacrifice an enormous amount, and i thank you very much. thank you, mr. chairman. >> well, thank y

saying that american women are being underestimated, underutilized in terms of intellectual compassionty that the happy suburban housewife is a myth and it's not satisfying to american women and the like. it led to the feminist movement, but craig touched on this earlier. it has changed us as an american people in terms of family structure. women saying, you know what? i may not need to get married earlier. why is my life about getting married and having kids as opposed to developing my career, my educational background. these issues, this change in america as we live in it as opposed to the america of the founding fathers, i think that's why betty friedan is one of the founders of modern america as we know it today. >> you know, i just want to say, you've stimulated a lot of thinking. i'm sure the founders wouldn't recognize america today, but i'm not sure that they would disapprove. the country they envisioned was a country of individual, of rugged individualists, of maximum freedom consistent with law and order, and people were allowed to rise to the highest level of attainment withou

adjust the definition of hub zones for the entire island of puerto rico qualifies as a historically underutilized business zone. that would affectively give small businesses in puerto rico easier access to contracting opportunities, unfortunately only 24 businesses on the island currently enjoy the benefits of the program. given the very complicated way the current hub zone formula applies to puerto rico, it is very limited. many severely distressed areas on the island are excluded from the benefits of the program because of the way they are calculated and our point here is saying the entire island should be subject to these kinds of in sentives. my amendment would allow many more businesses across the island to get the benefit of hub zones. with the proper adjustment such as my amendment for a hub zone i believe hr 5278 could help puerto rico lift itself up by bootstraps and complementing tax policy and regulatory forbearance and this is the type of policy that could help prevent a future need for a bail-out or a costly solution. i hope that the chair and the committee will support myments and i

continue using their existing authority and expertise to identify and dispose of other pieces of underutilized federal real estate as appropriate. i urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and i yield back the balance of my time, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from alaska. mr. young: mr. speaker, at this time i have no other requests for -- to speak on this legislation and urge my colleagues to support this legislation and urge the passage of it and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass senate 1492. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. renacci: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2832, the stolen identity

inheritable with roughly a 40% chance of your child having dyslexia if you have it, it is greatly underutilized when it comes to early identification. this is a warning sign and there should be a place to note it on the questionnaire of -- entering kindergartener. this together with a child's performance on behavioral later predict out come such as [ inaudible ] and letter naming could be used to signal that a particular child is at risk for difficulty in learning to read. on the other hand, imaging is not used to identify the child who v has dyslexia. brain imaging is used in research studies involving groups of participants. however parents often asked for brain scan in their child because they see the difficulties in their child with reading. and they worried that the school is not recognizing the problem and they hope that a brain scan will provide some information. i understand such parents request for identification because my own daughter had trouble reading and exhibited anxiety and avoidance of reading which she described as a stupid activity while the school was not concerned, i am an

test test test test test test test >> underutilized and how can we expand them if they are being, if there is that demand there? because they certainly are not just for those with that paper but with families as well. their criteria is much more broad than the v.a., and they can do a lot more. >> ms. ruocco, if i could just make a comment. i applaud you. i would imagine how i difficult it must be for you to get past what must have been enormous anger and to be able to deal with that and be sitting here and be such an advocate. i was at an event last night with an organization called penn fed, and theyport, obviously -- support, obviously, our veterans, but also last night one of the caregivers for a veteran was given an award or, and it was the mother of a service member who was severely wounded in his service. and i think it's time that we, you know, maybe focus on help to caregivers as well because it is an enormous population that we ask a lot of, and you sacrifice an enormous amount, and i thank you very much. thank you, mr. chairman. >> well, thank you for that. >> thank you ver