-- from sanford university. and although this technology is substantially similar to fuel cells, it faces an uphill battle and an uneven playing field in bringing these products to market, despite the many benefits of the technology itself. this amendment will ensure that the fuel cell technology's office at the d.o.e. invests in the next generation of fuel cell technologies and maintains u.s. leadership in this critical field. and that's why i urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan amendment. i reserve the balance of my time. . the chair: the gentlewoman from california reserves. . the chair: who seeks time in opposition? the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. eshoo: it's nice not to have any opposition. i urge my colleagues to support the next generation of fuel cell technologies and vote yes, and i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman from california. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from

. >> ladies and gentlemen, this is torres who is a graduate from sanford university with a degree in theater arts? >> also in creative writing. >> and creative writing. that is an hell an investment. >> thank you. >> no problem. >> next we are going to hear from -- we are going to hear from the planning department. john, are you here? all right. ladies and gentlemen, john ram is here. >> i'm asking for a decrease. >> asking for a small decrease. i can take six minutes. >> come on. we're ready to have you. >> good evening, commissioners. this is starting to feel like a planning commission hearing. phase to see you all, supervi superviso supervisors. thank you. here to present our proposed budget. i want to tank kelly and raven and the mayor's budget office for all their work on this. thank the controller's office, budget and legislative analyst and we'll move forward. we will -- the first slide just shares the current initiatives that we want to work on in the next two-year budget. we've been a real resource in the housing crisis and we are seeing more and more every week. it's a piec

bancorp, washington state advisory board, sanford school board of visitors of duke university, oregon health and science university foundation, and the george w. bush center. his family history and his understanding that comes with it comes with his extensive -- extensive business experience and managing competing interests ideally suited him for the task. i would also tell you he is a man of great character and a great mentor to two of his kids who had the good sense to go to a north carolina school. they are at duke university. did not get into unc chapel hill that duke is a good plan b. [laughter] i cannot think of a better person to take the pulse of ambassador to the eu. >> thank you. mr. chairman let me make this a filibuster free zone and perhaps just have my were remarks but in the record and give you a sense of why i am here. known gordon solomon or over 25 years. senator murphy asked how did that come about. was basketball what did it? not really. there is a really small jewish community in oregon. we pretty much know each other. we are just people who get causesr and back g

bancorp, washington state advisory board, sanford school board of visitors at duke university, oregon health and science university foundation, and the george w. bush center. his family history and his understanding that comes with the combined with his extensive business experience in large enterprise in negotiations and markets and problem-solving relationship building and managing competing interests ideally suited for the task. i would also tell you he's a man of great character and a great mentor to two of this kids who have the good sense to go to north carolina school. they are at duke university. so he didn't have the grades to get into unc chapel hill, , but duke is a good plan b. so mr. churkin thank you for only phishing. i couldn't think of a better person to take the post as ambassador to the eu, mr. gordon sondland. >> thank you. senator wyden. >> thank you. thank you very much, mr. chairman. and let me make this filibuster freezone and perhaps just have my remarks put in the record and give you a sense of why i am here. i have known gordon sondland known in pacific nort

bank corporation washington state advisory board sanford school board of visitors oregon health and science university foundation and the george w. bush center. his family history and the contextual understanding that comes with it combined with extensive business experience in negotiations and market and problem solving and managing competing interests. they sued him for the task. i like to tell you he is a man of greatharacter and a great mentor to two of his kids who have a good sense to go to a north carolina school they are at duke university. it's a good plan be. so mister chair thank you so much for holding this hearing i cannot think of a better person to take that to the basset or of the eu. senator wyden. thank you very much mister chairman and let me make this a filibuster free zone and perhaps had my remarks put in that record and give you a sense of why i'm here. i had known gordon sunland. as gordy for a while over a quarter of a century. how does that come about. does he want to play in the nba also. his basketball what did it. there's a really small jewish community in oregon and we pr

republican first congressional district nomination over mark sanford was in a fatal car accident late friday and taken to the medical universitytal. reports are she was seriously injured. rringont was in a car heading south on u.s. highway 17 towards hilton headad island when her vehicle was struck by another car. the driver in the other car was killed. we will keep an eye on updates on that as well. margine is calling from louisiana on the democratic line. caller: yes. i've had attempted murder on me. i have had to call the sheriff's department in the state of texas, carthage, texas. they were done not what i said when i called. what they wanted me to say because they wanted to in trap me. they ended up falsely arresting me, accusing me of blackening a grandchild's sun. i just had a senator's on the phone yesterday accused me of child abuse. of three children that chase me with machetes. with no water on my property at one -- for a week. i don't know how many times. what i want to talk about his these cell phones and these computers and facebook and google and every thing else. i have been trying to get on a cell phone becaus

university, walter isaacson. also with us, associate editor of commentary magazine noah roughman and evan osnose is with us as well. >> we're talking about conservatives, conservatism, talking about mark sanford the day he got to washington 1994 has been obsessed on small government, balanced budgets. i remember even before he got sworn in him lecturing us on entitlement spending how we could do a little in 1994 or pay the piper in a big way and watch the debt go up and watch our economy go down. and he's consistently fought for those conservative values. he got sidetracked and still got elected after a sex scandal? but being with trump nine out of ten times obviously is far more concerning to voters in south carolina than what was talked about by donald trump about the appalachian trail or argentina, or whatever. by the way, probably where donald trump will be watching the world cup in 2026 in argentina. >> the leader of the party is a strong poll, particularly strong with donald trump because the agenda is so fluid. so voters use fuelty to the president a metric by which you can gauge a person's loyalty to the party and ethicacy in office. it's sort of more an affectation that is attractive