thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i rise because i greaty country and i have concern for where it's headed. i'm very much concerned, madam andker, because i have seen the multitudes have seen photographs of children who have been separated from their parents. have here one such display. a child who was separated from a parent. a child that is distraught. and my concern emanates from the notion that, if you can tolerate , s, if you can look at this and if you have the power to do and you about it, won't, if your heart is so hardened that you can look at and picture of this baby conclude that this is just a part of a process, then that says to me i should be concerned about the direction of my country. we've come a long way in my lifetime. i had to drink from colored water fountains. i had to sit in the back of the bus. i had to go to segregated schools. i know what segregation looks like. i know what it smells like. i've had to go to these filthy colored restrooms. i know wh it snds like. i was called th

madam clerk, please call the roll. >> clerk: thank you, madam president. breed present. cohen present. fewer present. kim not present. peskin present ronan present. safai present sheehy not present stefani present tang present yee not present. madam president, you have a quorum. >> president breed: thank you, ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> president breed: thank you, madam clerk. are there any communications? >> clerk: there are none to report madam president. >> president breed: colleagues today we are approving the many meeting minutes of may 15th 2018, is there a motion? moved by ronan, seconded by supervisor yee. colleagues could we take that without objection? without objection, those meeting minutes will be approved after public comment. all right, madam clerk, let's go to our first item. >> clerk: item 1 ordinance to amend the planning code to reauthorize

madam president?>> supervisor breed: are there any other members of the public would like to provide public comment? seeing non, public comment is now closed. madam clerk, please read the item without adoption of reference to the committee. >> it is a motion to concur in the continuation of the declaration of local emergency by the mayor and in the actions taken, to me to the emergency of flooding affecting the san francisco public utilities commission, and the moccasin reservoir. >> can we take this item, same house, same colloquy that motion is approved unanimously. on behalf of supervisors, for the millions of black people held as slaves he was names we will never know, and for those children and family suffering because of the immigrant family separation policies. >> supervisor breed: thank you. colleagues, that brings us to the end of our agenda. is there any other business before us today? >> that concludes our business for today. >> supervisor breed: thank you everyone. we are adjourned. in thi

madam chair -- or madam director. >> thank you. thank you, madam secretary, through the chair, this item is before you because back in 2015, you had approved this item and approving this event center project, the agency also approved by resolution amendments to the design development, recognizing that some signs and displaced that would otherwise be prohibited would be beneficial due to the unique aspects of the operation and marketing of the event center as an arena for professional sports and other entertainment uses, and that general advertising, fines, video boards, electronic and other signs should be permitted at the event center and on the event center premises in accordance with the comprehensive sign program. what's before you is a proposal that we've been working on for the past year with a development partner and other city agencies, specifically, the planning department. and today, we will have a presentation on this item, as well as a development partner, and he will lead the presentation. >> good afternoon, madam chai

thank you, madam clerk. roll call vote. >> clerk: on item 33, yee aye breed aye cohen aye fewer aye kim aye peskin aye ronen aye safai aye sheehy aye stefani aye tang aye there are 11 ayes. >> president breed: the motion is approved unanimously. all right, it is past 2:30 and it is now time for our special commendations. we have two and the first will be given by supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam president, colleagues. as we all know early childhood education has played quite a central role in our policy discussions lately, thanks in large part to the work of supervisors yee and kim. to bring us closer to universal child care to a living wage for educators and child care providers. today i would like to recognize the critical work of one particular educator serving the families of north beach and chinatown for 20 incredible years suzy segal. she has caught since 1998 where she has provided early child to countless kindergarten students. i have heard from parents over many, many years.

lee: madam president. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. lee: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. lee: i appreciate the efforts made by my friend and distinguished colleague, the senator from south carolina. i wish to speak concerning the purpose for my making this request. and i do so with great respect for this body, for its customs, its traditions, its rules and for each of its members. at the same time it's imperative that we point out here what's happening. we've got a bill, one of the most consequential pieces of legislation we vote on each year, the national defense authorization act. and we've been effectively shut out of a meaningful amendment process, one that has historically marked this body is one of its distinguishing characteristics, one that has historically helped this body refer to itself as the world's greatest deliberative legislative body. we've tested that in recent months and years as members have started objecting with increasing frequency to tpheupbl getting a vote on -- to anyone getting a vote on any amen

madam clerk. >> the roster, madam president?ent breed: yeah, roster, thank you. >> thank you. the process for making nominations will include the following. once the president declare s nominations open, members will be called as their names appear on the roster. to state their nominations, a member may nominate and vote for themselves. a second is welcome but not required. nominations -- nominees should state on the record if they accept the nomination, but it is not required. nominees may withdraw their name without a second at any time. nominees may stay in the chamber. members may nominate one person as there is only one seat to fill. however, if nominations are reopened, then members may withdraw and nominate another supervisor. at the completion of nominations, the president will close nominations. and the president will open up discussion on nominations at the appropriate time. >> okay. with that, we will now proceed with the making of nominations for the office of the president of the board to become effective at the end

thank you, madam speaker. i yield back my time, remaining time to the gentlewoman, sheila jackson lee. you can hear e: the babies crying. when i went to south texas processing center, plays where they were holding children, you -- places where they were holding children, you could see the cages. you could hear and feel the warmth of roger that was nine months old that i held in my hands and who i did not want to let go. i could feel that roger's relatives had been taken from him. he was crying. the babies are coming every day. there are 2,000 children who have been snatched from their families. it is child abuse. mr. president, you can come to the republican conference and jokes and raise your fists, but you can sign right now on behalf of the american people will let these babies go to their families. pope francis said a person's dignity does not depend on them being a citizen, a migrant, or refugee, saving the life of someone fleeing war and poverty an act of humanity. this is a sin. please, for carlos, plea

. >> thank you, madam chair. madam chair, this is the first time an official from the department of health and human services has appeared before this committee since president trump took office. yet this opportunity to hear from the department is long overdue, and i appreciate the secretary giving us time this morning. it may not be his fault that nobody has been here before, but the fact is, we haven't heard from anyone from the department of health and human services. d of health and human services. i'll also implore the majority and the administration to try to schedule this hearing at a time when gives us time for statements and questions. i understand his appearance is truncated so that members will not have a full five minutes, even after a year and a half of questions. it's impossible to do oversight if you don't have time to ask questions and follow up. the mission of department of health and human services to enhance health and the wellbeing of all americans. unfortunately this administration appears to

madam president, this is a job skill for america. a lot of those jobs are in my home state of michigan. or proven agriculturaly economy supports one out of four jobs in michigan. p people look at us as in all the urgent auto state. we are, we make things but we make things that we grow things and i don't think you have an economy or middle-class, somebody makes things and gross things. that's what we do in this bill is critical to both of those things. things and grow things andke it's critical to our michigan economy and the economy of the country. even though agriculture supports the livelihood of so many family, the rest of us may take for granted the work they do and how much we depend on them to be successful. after all, we all have to eat and the food on our plate comes from a farm or a rancher. you may find dietrich orchards which produce the apple slices your kids might eat as a snack and the men and women who own and operate so many more farms in michigan and across the country. they are the reason our grocery shelves are st

madam clerk, please call the roll. >> clerk: thank you, madam president. [roll call] [roll call] >> clerk: madam president, you have a quorum. >> supervisor breed: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, please join us for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] >> supervisor breed: madam clerk, are there any communications? >> clerk: none to report. >> supervisor breed: we're approving meeting minutes from may 8, 2018. is there a motion? moved by supervisor peskin. seconded by safai. can we take that without objection? without objection, meeting minutes will be approved after public comment. all right, madam clerk, please call items 1-6 together. >> clerk: 1-6 revenue bond and appropriation ordinances. item 1, ordinance for issuance and sale of tax exempt or taxable bonds by season fran public utilities or p.u.c. in an aggregate principal not to exceed $155 million to finance the costs of various capital projects benefiting the power enterprise, requires nine votes to approve. item 2, issuance and sale of tax exempt or taxable water revenue bonds by p.u

thank you, madam speaker. i yield back my time, remaining time to the gentlewoman, sheila jackson lee. you can hear e: the babies crying. when i went to south texas processing center, plays where they were holding children, you -- places where they were holding children, you could see the cages. you could hear and feel the warmth of roger that was nine months old that i held in my hands and who i did not want to let go. i could feel that roger's relatives had been taken from him. he was crying. the babies are coming every day. there are 2,000 children who have been snatched from their families. it is child abuse. mr. president, you can come to the republican conference and jokes and raise your fists, but you can sign right now on behalf of the american people will let these babies go to their families. pope francis said a person's dignity does not depend on them being a citizen, a migrant, or refugee, saving the life of someone fleeing war and poverty an act of humanity. this is a sin. please, for carlos, plea

madam president, i yield the floor. mr. sanders: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: before i go to the substance of my remarks, let me just say what i think is on the minds of millions of americans today, whether they are progressives or conservatives, democrats or republicans or independents. and that the united states of america is not and must not never be about locking up little children in cages on the southern border. and right now, we have the opportunity and must take advantage of that opportunity to pass legislation to end this horrific practice. madam president, i want to take this moment to thank my colleagues for their very hard work on the department of defense authorization bill. unfortunately for a number of reasons which i will articulate right now, i intend to vote against it, and certainly one of those reasons is that when you have legislation that expends $716 billion -- let me repeat is totally unacceptable that we do not have a serious debate on the floor of the senate, that amendments

madam president, i yield the floor. mr. leahy: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: madam president, i appreciate the comments of my friend, the chairman of the appropriations committee. i know, as many know, that chairman shelby and i have been friends for decades. we travel different parts of the world trying to promote the united states agenda, and we've worked very closely together. that's why we're opening debate on the first senate appropriations bill for fiscal year 2019, the minibus before us concontinues the energy and water appropriations bill, the military construction and veterans affairs appropriations bill, and the legislative branch appropriations bills. now, these bills have strong bipartisan support, and i want to compliment on each subcommittee the chair and ranking members who worked very, very close together, setting aside partisan labels, to get these bills before the full committee so that senator shelby and i could then bring them up for votes in the full committee. and so far we've re

madame clerk, please call the roll. >> thank you, madame president. [roll call] >> madame president, you have a quorum. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. please join us for the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisable with liberty and justice for all. ok. thank you, madame clerk. are there any communications? >> yes. there is one to report. this is mostly for the members of the public as the board of supervisors is aware. we are in receipt of a communication dated june 20, 2018. from president linden breed resigning the office of board president. effective at the end of today's regularly scheduled meeting, june 26, 2018. and as required by charter section 2.116 and board rule 6.1.1, items 53 through 55 are on today's agenda so the board may consider nominations to take public comment on the nomination and to conduct an election for the next board president to become effective at adjournment. >> thank you. colleagues, is ther

thank you madam chair. according to the annual index report a family of four will pay on average a little over $28,000 in annual healthcare costs. as you know, costs are higher on average for rural americans. this is unacceptable particularly in a district like mine, i represent one of the most rural districts on the yeast, new york's 21st district. one of my legislative goals has been to lower the cost of healthcare while maintaining the quality and accessibility. so two of my legislative initiatives i wanted to highlight today and then ask you what you're doing administratively to lower costs and ensure that healthcare is affordable for rural americans. the two issues i wanted to highlight are how we can increase access to preventive care. i co-introduced the primary care patient protection act of 2018 which creates a primary care benefit for all high deductible health plan holders allowing two deductible free primary care office visits per year. as we're seeing the increase of high deductible plans i thi

thank you, madam chair. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. tillis: thank you, madam president. madam president, i'm doing something this week i wish i didn't have to do. as a matter of fact, for the past several weeks i wish i didn't have to do this. but i have to draw attention to something that's very important to me and should be important to everybody in the united states and every person on capitol hill. it's about a man who's been held in prison in turkey for 628 days. most of that time without charges in a cell that was designed for eight people that had 21 people in it. this man's name is pastor brunson. he's a presbyterian minister that spent most of the last 20 years doing missionary work in turkey, sometimes going into syria, going to syria in refugee camps in turkey, living in and around the izmir area. in october of 2016 after the coup attempt, they started sweeping up thousands of people, including people who were doing nothing but trying to bring the word to those who

madam president? >>> sir, i'm sorry. your time is up. i'm sorry. i apologize. your time is up. we have to give everyone equal time. thank you. >>> thank you. >>> tom gilberti, it doesn't seem like 28 is ready to go. but i'm gonna switch subjects. there was another election 50 years ago. and a gentleman won the election and then lost his life. robert kennedy, what does it mean to be against communism if one's own system denies the value of the individual and gives all the power to the government. just as the communists do. the cold war long provided for the allies to abuse their own populations. but kennedy was declaring those days must end. everywhere the senator went, he challenged his right host. in the last years of bobby kenne kennedy, he became increasingly estranged from the washington political light. his critique of the american foreign policy became more passionate as the war in southeast asia drew on and drew the doubtful eye of the white house that began spying on kennedy as if he was a hos

madam chair? >> do we have any speaker cards? >> we have ace washington. >> so if this commission would allow me to just speak, and i know you guys have this three-minute thing, and then you broke it down to two minutes. but i've been asking you all for the longest, let me present -- let me come and make a presentation to you all. give me three to five, ten minutes like you give every american, every immigrant, every person off the street. i've witnessed over my 20 years, 30 years, everybody gets up here to make presentations, even the ones that came up here and they're in jail right now, you gave them a chance. yes, i'm -- yes, before you came on, before you came on, they had people come up and get contracts, most of them in jail now, okay? what i'm saying is case: community assistance service enterprise. so i try to tell your executive people that. you ain't got no money, but now you're talking about outreach. that's been my downfall for the last 30 years, i've never asked you all for nothing. i

madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. a senator: thank you, madam president. i rise today to take you h.r. 5895, the energy, water, legislative branch, military and veterans appropriations act of 2019. i couldn't help but listen to my lleague senator rubio and the very fine way in which he has expressed the same thing that many americans feel and that is a compassion for those individuals who find themselves at our border and who simply want a better way of life for their families. mr. rounds: while at the same time expressing the frustration that our laws are very, very clear if you want to come into our country, you have to follow the laws. while at the same time the compassion that's been shown by people across this entire country with regard to these children who through no fault of their own find themselves in this serious predicament in many communities along our border. i'd like to also express my appreciation to the president for the executive order which he ha

lieu: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to address the house, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, you are so recognized or 60 minutes. mr. lieu: i am congressman ted lieu of california. if the statue of liberty could cry, she would be crying today. as i stands here there are 2,300 babies and kids ripped away from their parents by our government and are in detention facilities across america. america was a country founded by people fleeing from persecution. we are a land of immigrants. president ronald reagan called us that shining city upon the hill. unfortunately donald trump and homeland security secretary nielsen have per vetted that grand -- perverted that grand legacy and have engaged in the functional equivalent of kidnapping. you can believe in no god or any god at all and conclude that ripping kids away from their parents similar moral. i believe in jesus christ. every single thing in the gospels and what christ taught goes against the policy of family se

madam clerk, let's go to the consent agenda. >> clerk: items 1-5 are routine matters. if it is objected to, it can be removed and considered separately. >> supervisor breed: roll call vote. [roll call] [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> supervisor breed: adopted man news -- unanimously. number 6. >> clerk: refunding lease revenue bonds open space fund to not exceed $41 million and to finance various park projects, approving a second lease to the site and second amendment to the master lease and second supplemental and notice of sale and intention to sale and a purchase contract and disclosure certificate and ratifying previous actions. item 7, finance refunding lease revenue bonds not to exceed $26,530,000 to refinance revenue bonds to refinance various projects under the branch library improvement program. >> supervisor breed: colleagues, can we take the items same house, same call? without objection, the ordinances finally pass unanimously. next item, please. >> clerk: item number 8 is a resolution

and madam clerk. >> clerk: items 35-38, madam president. these items were continued from february 13th 2018. >> president breed: yes. let's call our first 3:00 p.m. special order. >> clerk: item 35 is public hearing in persons interested in a community plan evaluation issued by the planning department under the ceqa august 30th 2017 for the proposed project at 2918-2924 mission street approved on november 30th, 2017 to demolish an approximately 5,200 square foot one-story commercial building and adjacent 6,400 square foot surface parking lot to construct an 8-story 85-foot talleres den shall building with ground floor retail. item 36 is motion to affirm determination the mission street is exempt from further environmental review. item 37 motion to conditionally reverse the department's determination and item 38 is motion to direct appropriation of findings to reverse the community plan evaluation determination. >> president breed: thank you. colleagues, for this hearing today we will be considering the adequacy, accuracy, sufficiency and co

bost: thank you, madam chair. and i wish to thank chairman shuster and ranking member defazio for their support of the amendment. the purpose of this amendment is to help local communities recover from flood disasters. under current law, the u.s. army corps of engineers can only repair a nonfederal levee if the flood protection benefit outweighs the cost. however, the standard can't always be met, especially in rural communities, with specific economic and demographic changes. a small levee in southern illinois is a perfect example. the levee breached in the winter floods of january, 2016. several thousand acres of infrastructure and agricultural land were destroyed when the levee gave way. the crops estimate and the cost of repairing the leavee would be higher than the flood protection benefit, leaving local residents with no resources. or no recourse. my amendment provides new hope in my district and wrells. it also allows local -- elsewhere. it also allows local sponsors to pay the difference between the cost o

madam clerk, please call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] >> clerk: madam president, yo have a quorum. >> supervisor breed: supervisor tang is now present. ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the pledge of allegiance. dgelef allegiance] >> supervisor breed: thank you. madam clerk, are there any communications? >> clerk: there is. the mayor under 4.13 of transfer of funcons between departments within the executive branch. reorganization shall be effective 30 days after issuance unless disapproved by the board of supervisors. >> supervisor breed: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, today we're approving meeting minutes from april 24 and may 1asell as special budget and finance committee meeting minutes of may 3. is there a motion to approve those minutes? moved by supervisor peskin. is there a second? supervisor safai. can we take that without objection? will be approved after public comment. madam clerk, let's go to the consent agenda. >> clerk: items 1-5 are routine matters. if it is objected to, it can be removed

i've lived that, madam president. the point is this, even if an individual never drives a tractor, never plows, never milks a cow, he or she can still provide an important contribution to the vitality of the farm operation. it's a business, after all. businesses have marketing, they have finance, they have sales, they have operations, they have planning. management contributions are as important as manual labor in this industry just like it is in every other industry. amendments like this will lead to burdensome recordkeeping for family farms and could indeed put in jeopardy the ability to transfer that farm to the next generation. president trump has promised to roll back overreaching regulations and look out for rural america. since he took office, over 870 regulations have been reversed, bringing relief to family farms and rural americans. with this farm bill the trump administration and the u.s. agriculture committee have prioritized rolling back those overreaches. these should be our shared interests because it i

. >> thank you, madam chair. madam chair, this is the first time an official from the department of health and human services has appeared before this committee since president trump took office, yet this opportunity to hear from the department is long over due and i appreciate the secretary for giving us time this morning. it may not be his fougault that nobody's been here before, but the fact is we haven't heard from anyone from the department of health and human services. also employ the majority in the administration to try to schedule these hearings at a time that gives all members a full five minutes to ask questions. as i understand it, the conflict in the schedule will truncate his appearance here so that members will not have five minutes even after a year and a half worth of questions will not have a full five minutes. it's impossible to do oversight if you don't have time to ask questions and follow hup. the mission of the depth is to enhance and protect health and well-being of all americans. unfoshl

thank you, madam president. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. ernzensens -- mrs. ernst: i rief in support of the farm bill. thank you, chairman roberts and ranking member stabenow for bringing this critical piece of bipartisan legislation to the floor for consideration. farmers, ranchers, and rural communities are resilient. some of the toughest in the face of adversity. but low commodity prices, trade tensions, and unpredictable weather have taken a toll on many of our folks back home. mrs. ernst: these are the people that americans rely on day in and day out to put food on our tables, clothes on our backs, and fuel in our cars. and in trying times, it is essential that we provide farmers and ranchers with the certainty and the predictability they need and they deserve. these folks helped guide my priorities for this bipartisan farm bill which maintains a robust crop insurance, it makes improvements to commodity programs, and it promotes soil health and water quality. i'm thankful that several of my

>> thank you, madam chair. thank you for scheduling this important hearing and i, too, want to welcome all of the commissioners here. it is good to see a full and functioning ferc. your responsibilities and overseeing and a permitting the federal power act particularly as it relates to just and reasonable power rates is something the pacific northwest hold very dear. i know the past six months have been very busy time for the commission, the new energy sector that is cleaner, more sophisticated comes with many policy changes. i want to applaud the commissioner for several important unanimous decisions this year. in my view you start things off right by rejecting secretary berries radical proposal to force consumers to bear out unconverted call and i hope we can return to the topic intimate because i really do believe that'll is underlying policy wrong, i also believe that it is a threat on your independence ad oversight to be directed this way. in order it for when you directed operators to blueberries to energ

>>> madam president, madam clerk, i think we can vote on 28 today. it seems like you're gonna make unhappy. i have an item for you that probably won't make anybody unhappy. i sit in the back of the room and i kind of watch what's going well and what's not going well. there waan in memoriam for dwight clark. there was? there should be an in memoriam for dwight clark. we have 30 years of football omindce in the bay area if you include the high schools, the colleges. that had an economic and financial positive for the area as well. >>> thank your for your comments. next speaker? madam president? >>> any otherbe of the public who'd like to provide public comment at this time? seeing none, public comment is now closed. and just for clarity, i submitted an in memoriam for dwight clark and did not make any comments, thank you. madam clerk, please call the items for adoption without reference to committee. >>> if a member requests an item may be severnd considered separately. >>> thank you very much, i'd like to sever item number 28. > >>> supervisor fewer?

mad dam -- madame chair, board members. i'm here to is you to adopt a resolution that memorializes your leadership in a very important topic and is the topic

>> supervisor cohen: thank you very much, madam clerk and madam president. i'd like to amend the date from june 19, 2018 to june 26. i also would like to amend the proposed meeting time to be 3:00 p.m. >> president breed: supervisor cohen, is this for the full board? >> supervisor cohen: yes, this is for the full board. this is for the committee of the whole. it incorrectly states june 19. i'd like to change the date to june 26, 3:00 p.m. >> president breed: so supervisor cohen has made a motion to amend. is there a second? seconded by supervisor yee. colleagues, can we take the amendment without objection? without objection, the amendment passes. and on the item as amended, can we take that same house, same call? without objection, the motion as amended is approved unanimously. madam clerk, please read the in memoriams. >> yes. today's meeting will be adjourned on behalf of the following beloved individuals: on behalf of supervisor tang for the late mr. cory calcanye and mr. brook ann hantz and mr. dale robert jankowski. on behalf of supervisor safai for th

. >> madam chair, michael duffy. i'm struck by the inclusion of geothermal in the eco district area. is this a case of wildly optimistic, or given how the case has been going should it be filed under the standard beware of what you wish for? [please stand by] in addition caps on the board considers advising plumbing of including a simple thing like parking with these new developments are currently in district ten park parking is a real bad problem. we have to double parked. there are people parking and triple parking people are being ticketed par but there is simplo where to park to get people to their residence. not all people can ride a scooter or a bicycle pack and whatnot. public transportation is horrible in that district. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. are there any other members of the public and would like to address the board during this committee of the public hearing on the amendments to the hunter's point redevelopment plan? please line up to your right. please proceed check sir. >> i'm with t

curtis: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to first of all express my appreciationmy appreciation to my colleague from arizona for his good words and his acknowledgment of the economy in utah. shortly after i had been elected, one of my first votes cast in this chamber was for tax reform. since being signed into law the positive it of tax reform has had on our economy has been absolutely astonishing. t only has tax reform proven to be a tremendous success across america, it's proven particularly effective in my home state of utah. to simply say the u.s. economy is doing well would be a gross understatement. as a member of the small business committee, i believe that small businesses are the life blood of the u.s. economy and certainlyey are in my district. that's why i've been pleased to see that the small business optimism index has reached its second highest level in the survey's 45-year history. he umer confidence is t ght we've seen in decades and unemployment rate in the united states is currently under 4% an

. >> supervisor safai: thank you, madam clerk, madam chair. i have two things. first, an in memoriam, sister patricia anne clarity, may 12, 2018, passed away. she was born in 1932 in san francisco and served the community as a sister of the presentation for 69 years. sister patricia anne is survived by her sister, nora kelly, father, patrick clarity, and large, extended family as well as her sisters and the people they serve. sister patricia anne taught serving youth from st. elizabeth's, st. ann's from 1974 to 1985. she also served the director of religious instruction for 7ephinanc parish. generations of families remember and honor her life filled with faith and service to the education and ministry of youth. the funeral mass honoring sister patricia anne clarity was celebrated yesterday at mother house. if we could end in her honor. second thing, and i'm happy to introduce today, is a resolution urging all of us in support senator scott weiner's most recent bill, senate bill 221, which seeks to ban the sale of guns and ammunition at the cow palace fairgrounds