mr. larson. are there any questions? seeing none, is there any public comment on item number two? seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you for your presentation. mr. clerk, could you please read the next item. [ agenda item read ] >> is there any public comment on the minutes? seeing none, it's closed and a roll call, please. >> motion to approve the minutes made acommissioner tang and seconded by breed. [votin [voting] >> clerk: we have approval. >> all right. the minutes are approved. next item, please. [ agenda item read ] >> clerk: this is an action item. >> mr. pickford? >> good morning. the transportation authority has an 11 members as an advisory committee with each member serving a two-year turn. the board appoints individuals to fill seats and nor staff or the cac make recommendations on appointment. to qualify, applicants must be san francisco residents and appear before the board once to speak to their interests and qualifications. the enclosure has details on each applicants. the vacancy under consideration today is the suspension of bradley whitmire after miss

mr. larson correct?honest poll that just hit 50% which is higher than cheating obama at the same time. >> tucker: what does that mean mean? >> i did very well and multiple choice in high school. >> tucker: question two. a cnn reporter went off the deep end this week and started yelling in front of kids at the white house easter egg roll. which reporter was that? >> jim acosta. >> tucker: chief white house correspondent at cnn. was it? >> chief white house correspondent jim acosta facing some backlash for shoving questions about killing daca as president trump was coloring with his son. >> didn't you kill daca? >> tucker: you're guilty of killing daca. >> it can be a very emotionally charged events. >> tucker: especially when there is a daca murderer on the loose. question three, another multiple-choice. scientists just announced a major risk every overseas. footprints belonging to massive extinct dinosaurs, some as long as 50 feet were in which countr country? >> scotland. >> tucker: util think it would

mr. larson cracked? roll tape? >> thank you to rest moves in for theou honest pollen.me thing at his administration. >> tucker: what does that mean mean? >> i did very well on multiple-choice and high school. >> tucker: s.a.t. master. question two. a reporter went off the deep end and started yelling in front of kids at the white house easter egg roll. which reporter was that? >> jim acosta? >> tucker: jim acosta? to white house correspondent at cnn? >> chief white house correspondent jim acosta facing backlash for shouting questions about killing daca at president trump while he was coloring with his son. >> president, talk about daca. did you kill daca, sir? did you kill daca? >> tucker: "did you kill daca." >> the easter egg roll can be a very emotionally charged events. >> tucker: especially when there's a daca murderer on the loose. question three, another multiple-choice. scientists just announced a major discovery overseas. footprints belonging to massive extinct dinosaurs, some as long as 50 feet, were found in rich country? a, scotland. b, spain. c, sweden. >>

mr. larson. mr. larson: mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to the amendment offered by the gentleman. it's no doubt that time and time again the airlines have a lot of work to do in the rem of customer service. -- in the realm of customer service. airlines are no longer required to compete on the quality of services they provide to consumers yet the industry has become the world's most profitable cue to countless avens lair fees they charge to panels. mr. larsen: i believe more must be done to restore basic rights to passengers. however this takes a one-size-fits-all approach that ay be right for every airline. i think the committee should hold additional hearings and study these issues more thoroughly and i hope we can agree on that a recent lesson learned was with the department of transportation's tarmac delay rule. a rule of great intentions had several unintended consequences such as passengers being stranded overnight at diversion airports hundreds of miles from their destination. congress had to mitigate some of these issues in the 2003 extension. when we're prescriptionive on

mr. larson if two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. larson: i thank the gentleman. what a profiles in lack of courage this is today. exhibited in the house of representatives. but it does give us an opportunity, however limited the ime is, to expose a lot of the myths like this notion that the other side continues to perpetuate that social security and medicare are entitlements. newsflash. it's the insurance that the american people have paid for. newsflash. 10,000, 10,000 baby boomers a day become eligible for social security. newsflash. the average woman in this country, when they retire, gets $14,000 annually from social security. and for more than half of them, that's all they have to live on. and yet these bastions of courage on the other side would like to cut these programs. not by coming to the floor of the house of representatives and having a vote on it. not by having a discussion in a committee or even the semblance of a hearing. but somehow as mr. neal said, with a mask on, decide that you're going to introduce an amendment

larson has the story. >> this is hong kong like from mr.y. >> she has been receiving strange packages at her momi in san francisco. >> i found the stray packages having my name and cell phone number on them items i never ordered or looked at in my life. >> plastic watches that don't work. a flashlight. foam alphabet letter and sneak frers china, brunei. >> i can't wrapped my my head around the fact that shipping stuff around the world. >> this is a new phenomenon from niece coming from overseas. it's not dangerous but creep in. >> larry is an internet safety expert and believes that lorraine is a victim something called brushing when companies send unsolicited packages to boost sales appearance and presence online. lorraina said she started receiving the pass packages after she ordered enclosing from a chinese company online. >> there are very low post-age rates from mcsubsidized. it shows the company is shipping stuff. . it if you dent write what they're shopping or exaggerate the value could convince investors and others it's a successful

larson. you couldn't meet a better steel ma nola who has shown herself to be -- steel magnolia who has shown herself to be a good ambassador. mr. speaker, we will end, not about a bill, but what brought me to this hearing and why this is so important today as we move forward, i want to take you in time to a state trooper's kid in north georgia whose friends were books, music on the radio and songs that came through. it was those songs that would come out, the lyrics, the music would take me places far away from northeast georgia, let me travel long before i could drive a car. when we talk about copyright and talk about the creator's spirit that comes out of their hands, into their mouth, into the lives that touch everyone that we become a part of. his is something bigger than myself. hakeem and i and others showed that this can touch the very soul of america. we have new ways of hearing that music nowadays, long past the radio. the digital companies needed a place where they could give music to others but songwriters needed to be fairly compensated. when i think of my friends that write mumbinge, hakeem and i talked to many, i