Bob Filner: “Because San Diego is the poster child for the future of California what is going on in San Diego, what happened after…”

“Because San Diego is the poster child for the future of California what is going on in San Diego, what happened after the deregulation to a monopoly market, will happen to the rest of California in another year or so and perhaps the rest of the Nation if we do not take heed of San Diego's crisis. The measure before us tonight is not the proper response to the crisis that we have in San Diego. It is a very weak response. If the gentleman from California (Mr. Bilbray) was not my friend, I would say it was a meaningless response to the level of crisis that we face. The gentleman from California (Mr. Bilbray) introduced this resolution yesterday. Magically, it comes to the floor today. The Republican leadership, the gentleman from California (Mr. Cox), and the gentleman from California (Mr. Bilbray) could have brought meaningful legislation to this floor tonight to really help us in San Diego. I introduced, for example, H.R. 5131 on September 7. I will explain that bill in a minute. But it can solve the crisis we have in San Diego.”