Floor Statements

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to this continuing resolution, a continuing resolution that I call the silly, the dangerous and the hypocritical. Budgets are more than just numbers. They are a statement of our values as a Nation.

As a Congress, we are faced with several serious challenges: growing our economy, putting people back to work, investing in the future, reducing the deficit, and ensuring the most vulnerable in our society are protected. Judging on that criteria alone, this CR doesn't pass the laugh test.

It would cut 300,000 private sector transportation jobs, ensuring our construction workers are receiving unemployment checks instead of paychecks. It would stifle our competition. It would stifle competitiveness by making Pell Grants less accessible to students and families. And it would run roughshod over women, children and the environment. With such an extreme proposal, I assume my good friends on the Republican side would be coming forward with ideas to improve it. But what we've gotten this week is a combination of the silly, the dangerous, and the hypocritical.

In the silly department, we have an amendment preventing funds from being used to repair the White House. Now ironically right now, going on in the Rayburn Building, are remodeling of hearing rooms that I guess the chairmen of these committees have found no need to halt. How much money is being spent there?

Or how about the amendment preventing funds from being used for President Obama's teleprompter. Oh, right. We're going to cut $3,000 from the budget. That's really going to help us. I would expect this sort of hyperpartisanship on cable TV, but not in a budget debate.

Under dangerous, we have: several provisions gutting environmental protection, rolling back EPA regulations on clean air and clean water, and reducing our investment in clean energy, making America even more dependent on foreign oil. How many more solar panels do we want manufactured in China?

How about the amendment undermining a third party testing requirement at the Consumer Product Safety Commission? Great. So let's have Chinese companies pour in more tainted toys, more lead- and cadmium-filled toys for our kids.

How about the reduction in funding for our first responders, meaning there will be less cops and less firefighters in every single neighborhood in this country?

Or how about the amendment preventing funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, meaning big banks can call the shots again? Have we learned nothing from the financial meltdown over the last 3 years?

Or how about the unprecedented attack on women's reproductive health which will result in more unplanned pregnancies and more abortions; not less.

And finally, the category my colleagues on the Republican side seem to relish the most--hypocritical. The party that ran on jobs has authored a budget that would increase the unemployment rolls. Asked about likely job losses in the CR, Speaker Boehner said, ``Well, so be it.'' It's like Marie Antoinette saying, ``Let them eat cake.''

The party that ran on cutting spending didn't take a scalpel to the defense budget; they took a toothpick. In fact, there's another $2.2 billion in the budget for the V-22 Osprey, which is basically obsolete; $495 million for nine Joint Strike Fighters; and $450 for a second engine that the military defense budget doesn't want.

And the party that ran on fiscal responsibility has offered a budget that will balloon the deficit by continuing tax cuts for the millionaires and billionaires that don't need them.

I agree with President Obama, that we must out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of the world. While not perfect, the budget he released this week will take an important step in that direction. As for the silly, the dangerous and the hypocritical CR we are considering today, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no.''

Budgeting is a serious process, and what we're doing this week is unserious at least.

Mr. Speaker, less than 3 weeks ago, a horrible tragedy in Arizona gave our Nation pause. All Americans were horrified at the news that Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, her staff, and constituents were shot in an appalling act of violence. Six people lost their lives that day. Even more were hurt. And our friend Gabby now faces a long road to recovery.

But some good came out of all of that horror. Ordinary Americans risked their lives to help those in need. Violence was denounced from the left and from the right. And Members of Congress pledged to not let this tragedy keep them from meeting with their constituents.

To honor Gabby, the other Tucson victims, and our great democracy, I have introduced a resolution today that designates the first Saturday in January as ``National Congress on Your Corner Day.''

We cannot allow one single gunman to alter our representative form of government. In that spirit, I will be holding a Congress on Your Corner in my district this weekend. And I know that when Gabby is fully recovered, she will do the same.

To honor all those affected by the Tucson tragedy, I urge support of this resolution.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Michele Jackson, Executive Director of Shelter Network for the last 10 years. Michele is a true professional and has been an exceptional leader of this wonderful agency. Shelter Network, a godsend to our country, has helped thousands of homeless families and individuals in San Mateo County find homes and become self-sufficient since 1987.

As a member of the advisory board I have witnessed how Michele and Shelter Network have turned lives around and reintegrated homeless families into our community.

She initiated the designing, opening and maintaining of shelters that meet the needs of homeless families. In 2000, she oversaw the rebuilding and reopening of Haven Family House in Menlo Park. She led campaigns to rebuild First Step for Families in San Mateo in 2004 and to renovate Redwood Family House in Redwood City in 2006.

Michele has turned Shelter Network into a model organization for our community, our county and the world. Under her guidance, services for homeless families and individuals have expanded and new ones created, among them the Motel Voucher and Homeless Outreach programs, The Vendome which houses chronically homeless adults, rapid re-housing and prevention initiatives like Housing First and HPRP, mental health services for children and the Shelter Network's Alumni Association.

In addition to running Shelter Network, Michele has dedicated her time and energy to volunteer for many worthy causes. She is a board member of HEART, the Housing Endowment and Regional Trust, and of Local Emergency Food and Shelter FEMA/EHAP. Michele is the Chair of the Executive Committee for the San Mateo County Continuum of Care, a member of the Interagency Council for HOPE: San Mateo County's 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness. She also is a member of CHRAC, the Community Health Reform Advocacy Committee, and San Mateo County's Housing Operations and Policy Committee. Michele serves as the secretary and board member of Riley's Place, a non-profit organization dedicated to enrich the lives of low-income or chronically ill children through interaction with animals.

Michele's altruism and dedication to those in need have earned her many friends and fans--including myself--and well deserved awards. In 2003, she received the Heart of Social Work Award from the National Council on Social Work Education for excellence in field instruction. In 2010, she was presented with the Housing Leadership Day Award by San Mateo County's Housing Leadership Council.

Michele earned both her Bachelor and Masters of Social Work from San Francisco State University.

She lives in Belmont with her husband Bill Jackson. I have no doubt she will stay engaged in the community during her retirement and find more time to enjoy her family, ride her horse Tywy, spend time with her new puppy, travel and read.

Mr. Speaker, I ask this body to join me in honoring Michele Jackson for her decade as Executive Director of Shelter Network and for her three decades in social work on this day of her retirement, January 26, 2011.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor William Boldenweck, who leaves behind an extraordinary legacy as a journalist and teacher. Mr. Boldenweck passed away January 11, 2011, at the age of 79 and is survived by his wife Lynn Boldenweck and two sons William C. Boldenweck III and Stephen Boldenweck.

Mr. Boldenweck spent over three decades as a reporter for the San Francisco Examiner and two decades as a journalism teacher at San Francisco State University. He started his journalism career after his military career with the U.S. Marine Corps reserve.

Mr. Boldeweck, a Portland, Oregon native, was called up in the Korean War in 1950. He was in combat in the Inchon invasion, a battle that recaptured Seoul. He was also at the legendary battle at Chosin Few, the decisive battle of the Korean War. He never missed a reunion of that veterans group.

After the war, Mr. Boldenweck enrolled in San Francisco City College and San Francisco State University. He became a reporter at the Marin Independent Journal and was quickly snatched by the Examiner in 1960.

Mr. Boldenweck was a classic newspaper reporter, the kind that are far and few between today. His colleagues admired his ability as a journalist saying he could cover any story and was the best barroom story teller of his generation. He was also loved by his friends for his affable personality.

On the first day of class every semester at San Francisco State University, he shocked his beginning journalism students by making them write their own obituaries. His justification for that was that it would help them impart the reality of journalism and make them focus on the facts that matter.

At the end of his own life, though, he left the writing of his obituary to his fellow reporters.

Mr. Speaker, I ask this body to join me in honoring an extraordinary man of letters, William Boldenweck, who I was blessed to call a friend, for his service to our country and for his dedication and contributions to the profession of journalism.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Battalion Chief Joseph E. Telles for his 25 years of service with the San Bruno Fire Department. He was a past president of the San Mateo County Operations Committee and a member of the San Mateo County Communications/Technology Committee. Joe also served as the Fire Departments Liaison to the Bay Area Rapid Transit.

Joe started his career as a Firefighter in 1985 at the age of 25. He was promoted to Fire Captain in 2002 and to Battalion Chief in 2004.

During the 2009 Shu-Lightening wildland fire incident in the Shasta Trinity Forest, Joe was

the Strike Team Leader, demonstrating--as he has throughout his career--his extraordinary leadership and organizational skills.

Joe has been successful in securing many grants to help the fire department obtain vital equipment, such as self-contained breathing apparati, EMS jackets, wildland shelters, truck rescue equipment, and portable radios.

The biggest accomplishment for a fire fighter is to not have anyone killed or seriously injured. Joe has a proud record of that accomplishment, even though he has fought a large number of big fires. Among them was a church fire in San Bruno that almost cost him his own life and the Salami fire in South San Francisco. In that fire Joe made what he calls ``the best decision of his life.'' He ordered 20 fire fighters out of the building right before its roof collapsed.

By far the biggest fire Joe and numerous fire fighters ever had to face was the ``Glenview Incident,'' the horrendous PG&E natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno on September 9, 2010 that killed 8 people and destroyed 37 homes. Due to the outstanding heroism of Joe and his colleagues, countless lives were saved. He was part of a world class emergency response team that prevented the disaster from reaching unimaginable proportions.

Joe has been married to his wife Cindy for as long as he has been Battalion Chief. They are the proud parents of three children, Jacquelyn, Joey and Wesley.

Mr. Speaker, I ask the members of this body to join me in honoring Joe Telles upon his retirement for his dedication to public service at the City of San Bruno Fire Department.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor James P. Fox for his public service as district attorney of San Mateo County for 27 years. Jim was first elected in 1982 and then re-elected every four years since without opposition.

I first worked with Jim when I served on the Board of Supervisors. Even then, he was known as the ``Silver Fox'' for the luxurious topping of silver on his head. During my time in the California Legislature, I received many calls from Jim who often offered suggestions regarding legislation. We worked closely together on strengthening California's laws so that non-paying obligor parents would pay up what was owed. He once told me he saw a local realtor depicted as a family man in an advertisement with his new wife and their children on a beach, all the while failing to support his former wife and their children. Jim wasn't afraid to name names. The realtor paid up.

Jim courageously opposed the Three Strikes Initiative. He is a district attorney who has the courage to favor punishment when appropriate and who also favors treatment and deterrence through crime prevention. Jim is tough as nails but also thoughtful--a true public servant. He decided at an early age to dedicate his career to the law. In third grade, home sick with pneumonia, he watched the McCarthy hearings on television and declared he would be an attorney.

Jim received his Bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of San Francisco in 1966 and his law degree from the University of San Francisco in 1969. In 1970 he started as a deputy district attorney for the San Mateo County District Attorney's office for four years before entering private practice for seven years in addition to serving as the city attorney of Half Moon Bay.

His dedication to public service has been outstanding. He has found time and energy to be a member of a number of commissions and committees, including the California Bar Association's Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluations, the Criminal Law Advisory Committee, the Court Profiles Committee and the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Cameras in the Courtroom. He is a past president of the California District Attorneys' Association and a past vice president of the National District Attorneys' Association. Jim has been appointed twice to the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

Additionally, Jim has been very active in civic affairs. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of Mercy High School in Burlingame, the Board of Directors of Notre Dame High School in Belmont and Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo and as a member of the San Mateo County Children and Family First Commission, now named First Five.

With all of these volunteer positions, Jim still finds time to pursue his culinary passion. His chocolate fudge is legendary. If you have attended county events with Jim, you may have encountered these delicious confections labeled with his signature golden sticker depicting a fox and proclaiming: ``County of San Mateo, FOX FUDGE (not produced at government expense).''

Jim's wonderful sense of humor and easy smile endear him to his colleagues, friends and his family. He and his wife Bonnie of 42 years are the proud parents of three and grandparents of seven.

Mr. Speaker, it is right to honor James P. Fox for his tireless dedication to the public upon the occasion of his retirement on December 31, 2010, after seven terms as the District Attorney of San Mateo County.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.

You know, the real question is who is supporting this repeal of health reform. Are the doctors of America supporting the repeal? No; the American Medical Association opposes it.

Is AARP supporting a repeal? No; they are opposed to it.

Are the hospitals supporting a repeal? No; they are opposed to it as well.

Who supports a repeal of health care reform? The National Chamber of Commerce, period.

So what do our constituents really want? They want the costs to be brought down. There is not one of us who hasn't heard a complaint from a constituent saying, I can't afford it anymore.

Well, health care reform requires that 80 percent of the premium go to providing health care. It is starting to put a governor on the costs of health insurance.

The second thing that people are concerned about is access for their kids and for themselves. Well, let's talk about these children.

In my district there are 30,000 children with preexisting conditions, and I know you have gotten the same phone calls I have gotten; a parent calling, crying on the phone, talking about the leukemia their child has or the asthma their child has and their fear if their spouse loses their job they won't have health insurance and they will go to the individual market and there will be no health insurance.

Let me tell you about Sophie O'Riley, who, at 5 years of age, had very serious asthma. Her parents went to every insurer in the individual market and could not get insurance. So what did they do? They went bare for a year in order to be able to access insurance.

H.R. 2 is bad medicine. I urge a ``no'' vote.

The Sixth Amendment: ``In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law.''

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for calling me young and for your able leadership on this issue.

A special recognition must be offered to Congresswoman Maloney for her effort in bringing this to our attention. And I'm very proud to be associated with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle who have come together in a true bipartisan effort here, because I think we recognize that this is a travesty.

To speak about 300,000 youngsters in this country, girls and boys-- mostly girls, but girls and boys--who are caught up in sex slavery is an abomination. And while this is a great first step--and I applaud it and embrace it and support it--it is a mere $45 million and six projects throughout the country. And we've all admitted that we're talking about hundreds of thousands of young people impacted.

So I hope as part of this effort today we are going to redouble our efforts and expand this program. Because I, like so many of you, have spoken to local DAs, have spoken to local U.S. Attorneys, have spoken to the FBI, have gone on ride-alongs in Oakland, and have witnessed firsthand what is going on. I've gone to Courtney's House. I've gone to many of the shelters and I've talked to the victims.

And I want to share just one story about one victim here in Washington, D.C., age of 16, who got caught up in this sex trafficking because she wanted to leave home and saw this as a way to make a new life because this young man took her to McDonald's and bought her lunch and then wanted to be her boyfriend. And then they needed money so, of course, she needed to sell herself. And I asked her, How many times a day were you forced to have sex? And she said between 10 and 15 times a day before she finally was able to run away.

This is horrific. And it's time for us to do much more than fund six projects across this country for $45 million. A good step--and I embrace it. But, Members, we have to do much more.

Madam Speaker, I rise to honor Julie Lancelle for her outstanding community service in Pacifica, California, since 1986.

Julie moved to Pacifica in 1986 with her husband and daughter and was quickly drawn into the public activism intrinsic to this coastal town. One of her first causes was the opposition to extending the Highway 1 freeway south of Rockaway Beach. The following year she was appointed to the Pacifica Open Space Task Force.

In 1992, Julie was first elected to the Pacifica City Council. After serving a two-year term, she left to spend more time with her children. In 1997, she recommitted herself to community service and became a member of the Pacifica Land Trust Board where she used her years of experience to preserve open space.

She was again elected to the city council in 2002 and during her eight years of service was instrumental in the completion of the Pacifica Strategic Plan, the Palmetto Streetscape Plan and the expansion of the Community Emergency Response Team Program. She advocated for the preservation of the habitat at Sharp Park, balancing environmental concerns with the recreational pursuits of golf and archery. Julie also represented her community on the Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee and the City/County Association of Governments.

Throughout her life, Julie has been passionate about the outdoors and the preservation of open space. One of the highlights in her career was the purchase of Mori Point and its inclusion into the Golden Gate National Recreational Area. She launched a campaign for that purchase and organized the community to raise money to partner with the Trust for Public Land, the Park Service and the Coastal Conservancy. Thanks to Julie, Mori Point is now a spectacular hiking area open to everyone.

Madam Speaker, it is right to honor my friend and colleague Julie Lancelle for her outstanding advocacy and dedication to her community, particularly on December 15, 2010, the day she retires from the Pacifica City Council.

Madam Speaker, I rise to honor John Fannon for his remarkable service to the town of Hillsborough, California.

John was--and is--never afraid to speak his mind, and that trait has proven invaluable

to the various causes and constituencies for which he has fought. First as a councilmember and then as Mayor of Hillsborough, he has prided himself on promoting precision and efficiency--as all proud Marines do--and always ran city council meetings in a strict and timely fashion. John began his tenure on the board of directors of the Bay Area Water Users Association in 2004, and was elected that body's chairman in 2009. His creativity, leadership, and determination proved vital during negotiations with the City and County of San Francisco on an agreement that dealt with the future of the Peninsula's water supply. He also served as the town's Building and Planning Commissioner during a time in which the municipal code was successfully improved.

It should also be noted that, in spite of his hundreds of hours on the clock working for the people of Hillsborough, John remains a dedicated family man to his charming and spirited wife, Georgeann, his seven children, and his many grandchildren.

Madam Speaker, John Fannon is a fearless and determined public servant, and it is only fitting that this House give him special recognition for his unique contributions to the town of Hillsborough and his 12 years of service on the Town of Hillsborough City Council.

Madam Speaker, I rise to honor Paul Regan for his remarkable 25 years of public service to the town of Hillsborough, California. Throughout every step of his career, Paul has provided strong leadership, insightful financial guidance, and an unwavering commitment to his community and his country.

Through 35 years of thoughtful, diligent work in the field of forensic accounting, Paul has become a world-renowned expert who is widely acclaimed for his skill in researching complex financial scandals and disputes. Most would agree that he is the leading forensic accountant in the United States. He has lent his expertise to the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and has testified as an expert witness before the

United States Congress as well as the World Court.

Alongside this remarkable work in the private sector, Paul has an equally impressive record of public service to the town of Hillsborough. His expertise in financial matters during his years of service has been critical to the town's success. He joined the Hillsborough City School District Board of Trustees in 1985, and served as that body's President from 1986 to 1987 and then again from 1993 to 1994. Paul has also been a member of the Town of Hillsborough City Council since 1998, and served as mayor from 2002 to 2004. In addition, he chaired the Sustainable Hillsborough Task Force, served on the Recreation Commission, the Central County Fire Board, and is currently our Finance Commissioner.

In addition to all of this, Paul is a loving husband to his equally involved and gifted wife, Barbara, and a devoted father to their three children.

Madam Speaker, I am proud to honor the dedication and leadership of Paul Regan, and I encourage other members to join me in wishing him the very best in all of his future endeavors.

Madam Speaker, I rise to honor Dr. Mitch Katz for his 13 years of remarkable service as director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health.

Mitch has worn many hats since he joined the public health department in 1991. He has served as the director and chief of research for San Francisco's AIDS office, director of the Emergency Medical Services Agency, and director of the department's health and safety branch. In 1997, he took the helm of the department as its director, and has been building a stunning record of achievements ever since.

In each of these capacities, he has been a champion for progressive, forward-thinking policies and programs designed to improve the health of all of San Francisco's citizens. As director of the Department of Public Health, he fought tirelessly alongside Mayor Gavin Newsom to create Healthy San Francisco, a groundbreaking, first-in-the-nation effort that provides a universal health care program to the city's uninsured. He has advocated labeling menus with calorie counts, banning the sale of cigarettes in pharmacies, and compelling employers in San Francisco to provide sick leave and health care to their workers. He has also overseen the mammoth reconstruction of the Laguna Honda Hospital & Rehabilitation Center and started the process of rebuilding San Francisco General Hospital.

In addition to this tremendous record, Mitch still finds time to teach and care for patients as Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF, and to be a loving and devoted father to his two sons.

Dr. Katz practices what he preaches, commuting everywhere by bicycle or by transit. The access to health care that all San Franciscans enjoy is because Mitch Katz was at the helm. He leaves a lasting impact on the City by the Bay.

Madam Speaker, you and I share representation of the city and I know we share great admiration for one of San Francisco's greatest health care leaders. I ask that the members join me in saluting Dr. Katz for his years of service to San Francisco, and extend our best wishes to him and his family as he assumes the directorship of Los Angeles County's Department of Public Health next year. He will be greatly missed.

Madam Speaker, I rise to honor Warren Slocum for his 23 exceptional years of public service to the residents of San Mateo County.

Warren has demonstrated a commitment to serving the public's interest ever since he took office in 1987. He is a graduate of San Diego State University, and has studied at both Harvard and Stanford Universities. Throughout his career, he has remained deeply committed to enhancing democracy through streamlining and bringing greater efficiency to the way people vote. He conducted California's first Poll Worker Academy, its first Internet Voting Demonstration Project, and founded the California Trial Court Training Institute at Stanford University.

Madam Speaker, Warren Slocum is that rarest of all public officials-- a policy wonk and green eyeshade administrator with a delightful personality. For example, he was passionate about helping people vote by mail. When others argued that it would be fraught with problems or high costs, Warren disputed this assertion through detailed--some would argue painfully explicit--discussions of the inner workings of modern voting. Warren's bottom line is always the same: The right of people to govern must always be supported by secure voting systems that make it easier to express the will of the people.

Madam Speaker, in an era when no one understood butterfly ballots or chads, Warren Slocum promoted the sound use of computerized equipment, and he also did something innovative--he hired high school workers to help run the voting machines. My staff reported a sharp contrast between a computerized polling place in Orange County and one in San Mateo. In Orange County, one of the baby boomer voters kicked the electric plug out of the socket at 7 p.m. on election night and a dozen computerized voting machines crashed. The result? 100 baby boomers scratching out their ballots on paper because the baby boomer poll workers couldn't get the machines up and running again. In San Mateo County, by contrast, the teenagers hired by Warren Slocum would simply roll their eyes with that, 'What will our parents do next?' look, and then reboot the computers. Madam Speaker, sometimes the old lead the young by example, but in the world of Warren, the savvy lead us all in pursuit of a better democracy, whether the savvy are old or young.

Warren Slocum is also the co-founder of the Smart Voter Project, a revolutionary website that was the first to offer personalized election information based on a voter's address. He created efficiencies in the valuation of property in his role as the county's tax assessor. He actively reduced the assessments of homes when values fell during times of economic hardship, and he found highly competent personnel to value newly-purchased property and improvements of property in a timely manner.

The result? Property tax assessments in San Mateo County are fair and governments receive a reliable stream of revenue for essential services.

Warren Slocum celebrated the right of all adults to marry, and was a leader in ensuring that the courthouse door was open for those who wished to formalize their relationships. In San Mateo County, we proudly welcome into our hearts all those who Warren's office welcomed into its lobby.

During his tenure, Warren's office has been called the ``Office of the People,'' and rightly so. His career of excellence in public service has been a living tribute to the mission of delivering smart, efficient, and accessible government to the people of California.

Madam Speaker, Warren Slocum is a remarkable Californian: he's a husband, a father, a veteran, an innovator, and a devoted public servant. It is indeed fitting that he receives special recognition for his retirement as the Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk- Recorder on November 18, 2010.

Madam Speaker, I rise to honor Brad Duggan, a basketball coaching legend in my district.

While Southern California basketball may lay claim to the coaching exploits of the late John Wooden, the North has Brad Duggan who, as a student-athlete at City College of San Francisco, led the men's basketball team to its first and only state championship in 1962. Later, as the college's coach, he won 10 consecutive Golden Gate Conference championships between 1976 and 1985. His teams recorded an overall 327-90 record, earning him one of the highest winning percentages of a junior college coach in our Nation.

After retiring as the team's coach, he chaired the school's physical education department for more than 20 years, where he continued to turn athletes into scholars.

His player management philosophy, in his own words, was based on this: ``There isn't a 17-year-old in the world who can drive me crazier than I can drive him.'' He not only drove his players to excellence on the hardwood, but also in the classroom. Ninety-five percent of his players went on to attend four-year institutions.

Madam Speaker, it is only right that for the first time in its history, the City College of San Francisco will name a sports facility after an individual. On November 13, 2010 its main court becomes the Brad Duggan Basketball Court. I ask that members join me in applauding Coach Brad Duggan.