mr. leavitt. mr. henderson. >> thank you, supervisors. i have somebody proctoring the final exam, in case anybody's wondering. thank you, supervisor breed. thank you, supervisor kim. thank you, supervisor peskin for shuttling during this long appeal process. thank you sa maen that for all of your help on this. many people have come speak in support of both the appeal that i filed against 1 oak back in july and also in favor of interim controls on the parking. gail baw and others cannot be present this afternoon. but are in support of the interim controls as you've heard multiple times. as you heard from mr. thornly and leavitt, more cars in the hub is going to be unworkable. it is going to be a major problem. from my perspective, i've been long advocating for zero parking in places like the hub. that is preferred but it is also good public policy. however, we have to realize that there are give and take process. here we are. we need to do these interim controls so it is my understanding that this is the best we can get done to get through

mr. azar. we'll start with secretary johnson didn't really from secretary leavitt. secretary thompson. >> thank you very much, chairman hatch, ranking member wyden, , d the distinguished members of this committee. i want to first thank you for this opportunity to appear before you this morning. before i start i would like to echo something that senator wyden said. mr. chairman, you've always been a friend, a distinguished member, a mentor to me personally, and always a great leader. and i feel that today's meeting is somewhat bittersweet for me, suite so that i can be here to endorse my colleague, better to find out that you are leaving this august body. thank you for your service to our country and thank you for being my friend. >> well, thank you. >> i could not be more pleased or prouder to introduce my friend and former colleague, alex azar. as the president's nominee to be the next secretary of health and human services, alex is an outstanding individual with a great family. his family jennifer, his two children are both ear as well as his father alex. and i'm

mr. azor. we start with secretary thompson and then secretary leavitt. >> thank you very much german hatch. ranking senator wyden and distinguish members of this committee. i first want to thank you for this opportunity to appear before you this morning. before i start i would like to echo something that senator wyden said. mr. chairman, you've always been a friend, a distinguished member, a mentor to me personally and always a great leader. i feel that today's meeting is somewhat bittersweet for me,i sweet so that i can be here to endorse my colleague, better to find out that you are leaving this body. thank you for your service to our country, and thank you for being my friend. >> thank you. i cannot be more pleased or prouder to introduce my friend and former colleague alex azor. as the president's nominee to be the next secretary of health and human services, alex is an outstanding individual with a great family. he has two children, both here as well as his father alex. i'm here to provide my strongest personal endorsement and to tell you that he has the capacity, the capability, the i

leavitt. >> thank you very much german hatch.- chairman to thank you for this opportunity to appear before you this morning. before i start i would like to echo something that the senator said. mr. chairman, you have always been a friend, a distinguished member, a mentor to me personally, and always a great leader. i feel that today's meeting is somewhat bittersweet for me. sweet because i am endorsing my colleague, bitter because i have found out that you are leading -- leaving. pleased or the more prouder to introduce my friend and colleague, mr. azar. alex is an outstanding individual with a great family. well as,y is here as his father. i'm here to provide my strongest personal endorsement and to tell you that he has the capacity, the capability, the until it to be an incredible secretary -- the intellect to be an incredible secretary. academiccredible credentials. the only thing i have against him is that he did not go to the university of wisconsin. i was privileged to have him as my general counsel when i had the honor of serving as hss secretary under george w. bush. excellentecretary -- counsel who developed a great understanding for hss. result, he deeply respected an