the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. -- is it leonhart? >> it's leonhart. think of the o being silent. >> thank you. what's your budget? >> well, currently -- >> approximately. >> $2 million. >> $2 million? >> i'm sorry. $2 billion. >> yes. >> is -- >> about $2 billion. >> expenses and then additional, with a fee account for our diversion program. so total budget is about -- >> over $2 billion. >> yes. >> do you get money from con if a kagss? >> i'm sorry? >> do you get any money from confiscations of monies and properties? >> you're talking about asset forfeiture? >> yes. >> there is money that the department of justice gives us from the asset for fitch cher -- >> how many money do you get particular that? >> i would have to -- >> do you haved in yt at all. >> if you give me a moment? >> i'd rather not take the time to research your files. you don't know. thank you. one of your staff meshes can give it to you. what is your number one drug you're fighting? what's your priority? >> well, our priority right now is pharmaceutical drugs. >> al

the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. is it leonhart? >> it's leonhart. think of the o being silent. >> thank you. what's your budget? approximately. >> well, currently, two million -- >> two million? >> i'm sorry. two billion dollars is expenses. and then we have additional, with a fee account for our diverse program. so total budget is -- >> over two billion dollars. did you get any confiscation money? do you get any moneys from confiscations of properties? >> you're talking about forfeiture? >> yes. >> there is money that the department of justice gives us -- >> how much money do you get from that? do you have any idea at all? >> if you give me a moment -- >> i'd rather not take the time for you to research your files. you don't know. maybe one of your staff members can give it to you. what is your number one drug you're fighting? what's your priority? >> well, our priority right now is pharmaceutical drugs. >> and what's your second priority? >> we don't prioritize specific drugs because the organizations that we are going after are

the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen. >> thank you. i want to follow up with an article i must have missed that one. you say it revealed they had been listening in on conversations of judges? >> the church committee report. yes. the church committee report goes into details about that. that was back in -- >> 7'70s. >> we don't have any knowledge of current? >> no. >> i tuned in a little late. 40 years is a long time. who was the member? >> i don't know. >> what was revealed about the purpose of which they wiretapped the individual or what they learned or was anything revealed? >> all i know is from that story, the story reports that a member of congress was traveling overseas somewhere in the middle east and the nsa sought the authority to wiretap the conversations of that member. i don't know if they got that authority. they're just three or four sentences in the new york times story. >> how much is available for us to know about the dealings as far as applications denied, basis for denial? is any of that available? >> almost nothing

the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms.leonhart -- >> think of the of being silent. >> thank you. thank you, ms. leonhart. what is your budget speak as well, currently -- >> approximately. >> 2 million -- >> 2 million? >> i'm sorry, $2 billion is -- >> what about -- >> then have additional with if you got part of version program, so total budget is -- >> it is over $2 billion. do you get any money from confiscation? >> i'm sorry? >> do you get any money from confiscation of property is? >> your talk about asset forfeiture? >> yes. >> there is money that the department of justice gets from the asset forfeiture -- >> how much money do you get from that? any idea at all? >> if you give me a moment speed i would rather not take the time for you to researcher files if you don't know. may be one of your staff members can give it to you. let me ask you this. what is your number one drug you're fighting? what is your priority? >> well, our priority right now is pharmaceutical drugs. >> what is your second priority is? >> we don't p

. >>> let's turn to mr. cohen, former at jpmorgan chase, author of "money and power: how goldman sachs came to rule the world." thank you for joining me, my friend. >> my pleasure, michael. >> somebody who used to work at jp morgan, what did you take away from today's testimony? how did it register to you? >> it really registered. the thing that lingers in my mind, michael, how did jamie dimon let this happen? he's known as a micromanager, he was a micromanager when he worked at citigroup, he was a micromanager at bank one. he was a micromanager when he came into jp morgan state. he even stopped the use of black sedans at night when bankers work late. he is a serious micromanager and yet he let this chief investment office with $350 billion of the bank's cash reserves be invested without so much as going to an investment committee meeting in that division to regulate, to figure out what was going on. it's like he said, i'm going to let this ina drew, the chief investment officer who since resigned, i'm going to le

the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mrs. leonhart. >> then of the o being silent. >> thank you, ms. leonhart. what's your budget? >> well, currently -- >> approximately? >> $2 million. >> $2 million? >> i'm sorry, $2 billion. and then we have additional wsh -- with the fee account. so total budget is -- >> over $2 billion. do you get any confiscation moneys? do you get any money from confiscations from properties? >> are you talking about asset forfeiture? >> yes. >> there is money that the department of justice is from the asset -- >> how much money do you get from that? >> i would have to -- >> do you have any idea at all? >> if you give me a moment? >> maybe one of your staff members can give it to you. let me ask you this. what is your number one drug you're fighting? what's your priority? >> well, our priority right now is pharmaceutical drugs. >> all right. what's your second priority? >> we don't prioritize specific drugs because the organizations that we are going after are polydrug. >> you are not going after the dr

the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen, is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i'll talk fast each though i'm from the south. in october 2008, the department of justice approved the merger between delta and northwest airlines. the department of justice issued a statement -- you may not remember this. quote. the proposed merger between delta and northwest is likely to produce stable and credible efficiencies that will benefit u.s. consumers. unfortunately, that forecast has in many people's minds in memphis in particular proved to be grossly inaccurate. many of the promises made by delta in front of this committee have been broken. as anybody in memphis can attest, the price of flying out of this quote-unquote fortress hub is much, much, much higher than it is flying out of other cities. and be you can fly to cities through memphis at cheaper prices than you can from memphis to x. it's cheaper than memphis to -- this has caused the city the loss of conventions, the loss of businesses who said we left memphis because the price of flight in and out was to

. >> the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen. >> thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you ms. leonhart. what is your budget? approximately triet >> 2 million. >> i'm sorry, $2 billion -- >> about $2 billion. and then we have additional with the account for the diversion program so the total budget -- >> over $2 billion. did you get any confiscation money? did you get any money for the confiscation of properties? >> more talking about the forfeiture? there is money that the department of justice gives. estimate how much money do you get from that? do you have any idea at all? >> if you give me a moment. >> what is your number one drug you are fighting what is your priority? >> our priority right now is pharmaceutical drugs. >> what is your second priority? >> we don't prioritize specific drugs because the organizations that we are going after or polydrug. stomachs and you're not going after the drugs for the harm they do that because the affected has on these organizations and you're going after the organizations? is that right? >> we are going after the organizations that are having the

supervisor cohen: i would like to thank mr. wolf for his service, as well as the members of the public here today. i am encouraged by the diversity of the candidates put forward, including members of the lgbt african-american women's community. it is important that we have a task force that reflects the diversity of the city and county of san francisco. they bring a significant experience in the legal profession, as well as consumer advocacy. all areas of expertise that i believe will lend themselves nicely to the task force. as some of my colleagues have already stated today, i am also very concerned about the task force position and how it applies. in the rules committee, the charter of the city is the democratic foundation. the center that all of us must live up to. all of our members of these appointed and elected bodies must live up to it as well i understand why you firmly believe in this issue, but i do not happen to share that opinion. i will be supporting the motion put that supervisor wiener has put on the floor. than

cohen. our clerk is mr. young. we have come back from recess on the budget deliberations. we have called obhboth items. as a reminder, we combined the enterprise department budgets. and the aso. a couple of actions to take. right before, i want to say that i want to thank people for the work they've done for the budget analyst. mr. victor young and cheryl adams. i want to say thank you for supporting us in this process. the controller's office. i appreciate the work you do. i don't think we could do it without you. kate, congratulations on your first budget. thank you for making the budget what it is. a place that we can come to an agreement. for having conversations with us. to katie tang -- she is a wonderful person, smart as a whip. really helps to get this smooth as possible. it is her who made this a good process. supervisor wiener: i want to congratulate the chair for another great year. this process is always difficult and challenging. you did a great job as always. commissioner chu: coleaguesllea, we need a cut on the budget for the adult probation department, $4,0

mr. cohen, the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i will talk fast even though i am from the south. the department of justice issued a statement, you may not remember, saying the proposed merger between delta and northwest will benefit u.s. consumers and is not likely to lessen competition. unfortunately, that forecast has come in many people's minds, proved to be grossly inaccurate. many of the promises made by delta in front of this committee have been broken. is anybody can attest, the price of flying out of the memphis hub is much higher than it is out of other cities, you can fly to cities through memphis at cheaper prices than you can from memphis to another city. this has caused the city the loss of conventions, the loss of businesses, many have left because the price to fly is too great. the conventions moved to kansas city or elena, one group moved to kansas city. people are very upset about this. services have been cut in minneapolis as well. now that the merger is in place, what type of enforcement mechanisms is your depar

mr. hwang? >> good afternoon. supervisor cohen and supervisor moore. it's good too see you. thank you for allowing me to speak today on behalf of this very important item. i'm an i.b.w. local six member. i work and live here in san francisco. today i stand in front of you speaking in favor of repealing the cpmc. i.b.w. local h

we have an illustrious supervisor like malia cohen and mr. avalos in what he has concerning jobs and employment and all of those things. i don't think it has to be about color. what about the economic stability with people living within the bounties and what can we do to help each other? and help our elected officials and our appointed officials and all the people who count to bring revenues to san francisco? we're putting on things and our biggest goal is to make it as one of the safest places in san francisco where you can come to shop and spend your money with us and our merchants and all the different things that we want to put out there for you. we're not just putting building houses. we want skating rinks. we want bowling alleys. all the stuff you see leaving san francisco, we want that as a part of development and the part of our economic development. not just for the adults and everybody. we want something for our kids to do. so they don't have to hang out all night. they don't have to worry about joining no gang. they have plenty of

mr. president? aye. supervisor:? r cohen? [takes role] l] there are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: the resolution is adopted. next item? >> an ordinance extending the film rebate program to june 30, 2014, increasing the total amount of available funds up to $2 million. supervisor chiu: thank you. supervisor farrell: this extends the film reprogram through june 30, 2014. a quick recap of the history of the program, it dates back to 2006, when reports from the film commission. since it was created, 135 san francisco residents were employed by this program, bringing in $12.5 million in -- -- wages to san francisco residents. film production spent over $6 million in the city of san francisco on labour, hotel accommodations, supplies and other services. i believe that we mean it -- we need to maintain the critical jobs in the city. there are a number of new jobs coming out, including a new woody allen film that was announced, which would continue to extend the film industry's prominence a little bit in 7 cisco. it would diversify our economy and i hope that this is some

mr. hwang? >> good afternoon. supervisor cohen and supervisor moore. it's good too see you. thank you for allowing me to speak today on behalf of this very important item. i'm an i.b.w. local six member. i work and live here in san francisco. today i stand in front of you speaking in favor of repealing the cpmc. i.b.w. local six has committed to provide a career path for san francisco residents for over 100 years and we are -- because we are a part of the community. today we continue our commitment, work closely with city build, crrment. a.a. and other -- c.a.a. and other community-based organizations in order to bring more qualified applicants to our program. review cpmc will provide opportunities for such applicants. we as building trades, already to make -- are ready to make hospitals in san francisco seismic safe. please put our members back to work, and i ask you to support this project and moving forward. thank you. >> up the. mr. san, we already called your name. so i'm going to read the last cards and if anyone else can come forward -- [reading names] next speaker? m

mr. cohen: fast and furious was a plan that went awry. started by the bush administration and went awry. it was fatally flawed and resulted in the tragic death of a border agent. but nothing in this resolution will get to the bottom of it and nothing will change it. the fact is, fast and furious is misnamed. fast and furious is what the republicans, starting with senator mitch mccobble, have been doing since president obama was elected, in a fast and furious way they have done everything they can to taint the president of the quites and anybody associated with him. that's what they're after with eric holder, they want to blemish him and the president. their fast and furious attack on the health care bill which will save lives in america and on this administration is shameless. we should be creating jobs, helping the middle class and putting america on the road to recovery. instead what we've been doing is a fast and furious attack on this administration. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from the

mr. cohen: i appreciate the time and i rise in opposition to h.r. 4480. this is a bill that is a giveaway to big oil. if we want to be energy independent we can't drill our way to energy independence but by having alternative green energies that will create jobs and make us independent. we can have wind and solar and we have higher fuel standards for automobiles and that's the best thing we can do is reduce the demand for oil by having higher fuel standards, which we don't have in this bill. the questions about the price of oil and make ourselves energy independent, not going to happen. the other side, my colleagues on the other side, at least some of them, for quite a while, about two, three months ago blamed the rising gasoline prices on president obama. president obama and rising gas prices. gasoline has come down considerably since that time and has one person had the veer asity, the bipartisanship to say, mr. president, thank you for bringing the price of oil down. no, they haven't because the president hasn't. just like he didn't take the price of o

mr. cohen: today is a great day. it's a great day for students who want to stay or on they parent's insurance until they're 26, for people who don't want co-pays for preventive care, for people who don't want lifetime caps on their insurance or to be denied because of existing conditions. it's a great day for america because the rule of law has been uphold. justice roberts ruled that this was appropriate and constitutional. let us not forget justices ginsburg and sotomayor and kay began and breyer. five justices who upheld the supreme court belief that the american people have that it is a rule of law and the court is not political. it was a great day for american health care and for american law and jurisprudence. i yield back the plans of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york seek recognition? >> to address the thousands for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: does the jeament seek unanimous consent? >> i do. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs

mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker.h emphasis has been put on the deficit and we do need to deal with the deficit, but at the same time one way to deal with it is to stimulate the economy. and there's no better way to stimulate the economy than a transportation bill that repairs our infrastructure, puts people to work here in america and improves the ability of industry to move its product and for consumers to get product. and yet the transportation bill that's been passed in the house, passed in the senate, differing bills, is stuck in a conference committee. we need to pass a transportation bill and put america back to work with american-made products by american workers. my city of memory cisis a transportation center. we -- memphis is a transportation center. we know how to move products. i urge that the conference committee comes back, doesn't have extraneous provisions and does what is necessary to put americans back to work and pass the highway bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: t

the gentleman from tennessee mr. cohen you are recognized. >> thank you mr. chairman and i will talk fast even though i'm from the south. mr. attorney general we appreciate you coming forward. in october 2008 the department of justice approved the -- of northwest airlines. the department of justice issued a statement indy may not remember this, quote the proposed merger for the dells and northwest is like you to produce substantial credible if deficiencies that will benefit u.s. consumers and does not like we to substantially lessen competition unquote. unfortunately that forecast has in many peoples minds in memphis in particular, proved to be grossly inaccurate. many of the promises made by in front of this committee have been broken and anybody in memphis can attest to flying out of this -- is much much higher than it does in flying out of other states and you can fly to cities through memphis at cheaper prices than you can from memphis if you go from another city to memphis through a city it's cheaper and memphis. this has caused the city the loss of conv

lesley stahl, richard reeves, jack matlock and steven cohen, thank you so much. >>> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> sundays night at 9:00 eastern and pacific on american history tv, mark the 25th anniversary of president ronald reagan's 1987 speech from the brandenburg gate in west germany. also this weekend on c-span3, our series "the contenders," 14 key political figures who ran for president and lost but changed political history. this sunday at 7:30 p.m., 1884 republican candidate james blaine. american history tv this weekend on c-span3. up next, we speak with national parks service chief historian robert sutton who tells us about the park's efforts toward accurate historical interpretation. we interviewed mr. sutton at the annual meeting of the organization of american historians in milwaukee, wisconsin. this is about 15 minutes. >> american history tv is at the annual meeting of the organization of american historians in milwaukee. and joining us is the national parks service historian, the chief historian, robert sutton. thanks for being here. >> thank you

supervisor cohen: i do not actually know mr. wolf well, but in the region direction with him i have had, i was impressed and would it be more than willing to support him in a different capacity. supervisor campos: on the issue that came up with compliance of the charter, i know that is an important issue. certainly, it is an important issue to me. during the committee meeting i strongly believe it was critical for all government agencies to follow the charter. i also know, having spoken to him following the hearing, he gets the message and the concerns that were raised. i am confident that if he is reappointed, he will make sure that compliance with the charter is something that happens. i do think that the diverse perspectives represented by this group are something that is a good thing. but, i think diverse perspectives also means having someone who comes with the background that mr. bruce will has. there is no question that he could also serve another commissions. but he has chosen to focus his energy on this. i think he has

mr. chair. >> thank you. i support the sentiments of supervisor cohen as well. and wanted to say that l.b.e. or the local business enterprise information would be really useful for other -- s.f. general was brought up at 7% but to know some of those numbers. also the project labor agreement or p.l.a., i think there was a question to ask if that could be shared with us. that would be really useful. and my understanding is if there's strong benefits and job security for some trades, kind of as the construction is done, that it's only fair and equitable if we consider that for the existing work force as well as one consideration, not conditioning the development agreement on that. but just as one consideration of fairness as well. so my hope is that we can get that information before the june 25 health care hearing. so with, that i'll just -- i'll move that we continue this, all the items, until june 25, at 3:00 p.m., monday, for the next hearing. so can we do that without objection? thank you. thank you, everyone, for getting through this stack of kind of cards and for all the testimony and fo

supervisor cohen: i would like to thank mr. wolf for his service, as well as the members of the public here today. i am encouraged by the diversity of the candidates put forward, including members of the lgbt african-american women's community. it is important that we have a task force that reflects the diversity of the city and county of san francisco. they bring a significant experience in the legal profession, as well as consumer advocacy. all

mr. clerk, could you read the roll? clerk: [reading roll ] president chiu, supervisor chu, supervisor cohen, supervisor elsbernd, supervisor farrell, supervisor kim, supervisor mar, and there are eight ayes and three nos. chair: the items are approved. president chiu: mr. clerk, if we could go to our next item, which i believe is our 4:00 p.m. special item. if you could call items 31 to 34? clerk: item number 31, the appeal of the final environmental impact report. item 32, emotion affirming the certification. item 33 is a motion reversing the certification, in item 34 is to direct the board to prepare findings. president chiu: colleagues, today, we will hear the eir on the cpmc project. just kidding. i understand what a continuance until july 17, and there will be four hearings at the land use committee to hear different uses. could i have a motion to that effect of the motion from supervisor campus, seconded from supervisor chu. is there anything to continue? without any discussion, colleagues, can we take the motion to continue without objection? as you can see, the item will be continued until july 17. [gavel] and why

mr. clerk, could you please call the roll? clerk: [readinig roll] supervisor cohen, supervisor cohen, supervisor elsbernd, supervisor kim, supervisor mar. there are 3 ayes and eight nos. clerk: the amendment fails. are there any other items? president chiu? president chiu: colleagues, thank you for your patience. i know there has been a long discussion. i want to thank staff and the team. i know this is likely not going to the end of the story in part because there will be a signature gathering campaign on the part of community activists around some of these issues, and i do understand that there will likely be a number of lawsuits to move forward. that being said, i do not think it is not a surprise that i do not tend to vote for the underlying items today. i understand that for a number of folks, there were deals that were cut with regards to this process, this project, due to politics. i get that. but from my perspective, this project is nowhere near where it needs to be a for the city and county of san francisco for us to ensure that all of us gets to continue t