last week as miss hale -- lastly, as ms. hale was noting, we have been sponsoring sp 970 that helps to clarify and clear up a lot of issues with the statutes to make the climate for cca more friendly and to level the playing field. thanks to the good work of miss hale, don weiss, the sierra club, and others, that was able to get through committee as barbara and noted. that is continuing to move forward. we're hoping to get some relief there as well. supervisor campos: commissioner moran? >> to have any idea on when they're likely to act on the fee issue? on the exit fees. >> there is no timeline set that is published. given where things are and having worked at the sfpuc for a number of years, they are taking final briefs. i would expect a decision from them in the next several months. a month or two after that, the commission may act. it is a big issue for cca and direct access. it is one that the cpuc a wrestle with for a while and the way making a decision on because of the political realities. supervisor campos: is there any

is ms. halee -- haile here? thank you. same format. if you could spend a couple of minutes telling us about your background and your interest on continuing to serve. thank you so much for your service already on multiple commissions for the city of san francisco. >> thank you. in my experience, i worked in senior agencies in chinatown, seel

is ms. halee -- haile here? thank you. same format. if you could spend a couple of minutes telling us about your background and your interest on continuing to serve. thank you so much for your service already on multiple commissions for the city of san francisco. >> thank you. in my experience, i worked in senior agencies in chinatown, self-help for the elderly, and the tenderloin. so i say my two main interests are aging and immigrants. i am on the immigrants rights commission. in aging, there seems to be no end of stuff to do this year. the advisory council is mandated by the older american debt, and we have certain things we have to do like review the area plan. we have to also select california's senior legislator -- legislature representatives from the city, but we find other things we need to do, too. currently, and chair of the legislative committee, and i have tried to avoid being chair of anything since i retired, not wanting to conflict with anything else, but nobody would do this, and people kept saying, "well, why don't you

is ms. halee -- haile here? thank you. same format. if you could spend a couple of minutes telling us about your background and your interest on continuing to serve. thank you so much for your service already on multiple commissions for the city of san francisco. >> thank you. in my experience, i worked in senior agencies in chinatown, self-help for the elderly, and the tenderloin. so i say my two main interests are aging and immigrants. i am on the immigrants rights commission. in aging, there seems to be no end of stuff to do this year. the advisory council is mandated by the older american debt, and we have certain things we have to do like review the area plan. we have tal

ms. buerkle, the distinguished gentlelady from new york. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you for halings hearing that will benefit with more action from the congress. the testimony from the witnesses is heart breaking. as a mother of six, i can only imagine what the pain is when a child is abducted by a former spouse, and it's probably the worst nightmare a divorced parent could face, and i want to applaud the vigilance and persistence of the left behind parent in your pursuit to get your child back. reading through the testimony was eye opening and especially disturbing was the nonreturn rate for the hague convention. in 2010, the return rate to the hague convention was 7% lower than the non-hague convention countries. last year alope, the state department handled 1501 child abductions for u.s. residents. we have to do better, and this congress will do better, and i assure you with our chairman here, we will do better. thank you, and i yield back. >> thank you. i want to thank ms. bass for joining us as well. i want to recognize ms. edwards and proceed as you would like. >> i'm sarah e