tenants fees don't need to be continued. just the golf where there was clerical error. >> supervisor cohen: i was interrupted but that's okay. i wanted to approve item four send it to full board. item five is one that needs the amendment. thank you mr. deputy city attorney. the motion i like to approve item four and send to the full board with a positive recommendation. supervisor yee indicated a second. without objection. item five we will amend approve the amendment for item five. we'll continue to july 12th because recommendation of the clerk. is there a second. supervisor yee seconded that. we will see this again july 12th and we'll take that without objection. thank you. now on to the fun group. please. >> thank you supervisors. we have spent the week working with the budget analyst and we are prepared to accept the budget analyst recommendations. there are two outstanding policy issues. we only have a concern with one of them. that is a decision to put -- is do on reserve? question about a substitution of a 2708 custodian posit

the b.l.a. is arguing you won't need a workload study. >> i would suggest that the two academy classes are part of -- >> supervisor cohen: high priority? >> yeah, they're high priority. they're part of a larger analysis that will need to happen, and -- and i think that analysis still needs to happen. i mean, if we don't -- we don't do it, we'll still be asking the same questions next year, what's the right number? >> supervisor cohen: yes, you will be. and just a question for clarification, is that $125,000, is that what you allocated in last year's budget, the workload study? >> supervisor yee: last year, we were able to get some funding, and i think this is the amount. >> supervisor cohen: okay. >> supervisor yee: i think there's also a match that the police department was going to provide, so to study itself for the whole task force effort would cost more than the 125. >> supervisor cohen: okay. thank you. more questions. furniture and fixtures. now we're going to be making a move, right? you've got in the budget allocated $11.4 million, and we've been able to identify 375,000 savings. i'm th

the cuts can be to police staffing. we do not need the 250 new police officers that was in the current mayor's budget. thank you. >> good morning. i am here with the s.r.o. families united collaborative. i am here in full support of the hespa ask for $14.8 million. first i want to thank you for the partial fund to this ask. second to, i'm not saying anything new here, but as we know kak is the most affluent city in the united states click on any given night, we have between 7,000 or 10,000 homeless people sleeping on the streets. on top of that, there are about 700 families living in s.r.o.'s. eight by eight rooms living in substandard commissions -- conditions. the ask is for the 14.8 million ask for hespa. we don't need more budget for police. just feel the pulse of the community. we oppose criminalization of poverty and oppose criminalization of the mentally ill. thank you. >> good morning board of supervisors. thank you very much. i wanted to say thank you for the people who participated in the cuts on the tasers. that is the last

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for the needs of district schools they often must meet the facilities needs using the funds that they would otherwise support in their academic program. it is a situation that requires immediate and urgent assistance. recent funding increases in congress to help support the creation of hundreds of additional charter schools serving thousands of students and provide assistance to improve the charter school this studies. the public-school option we urge you to do all that you can to make sure charter schools are accessible to students who want or need them. thank you and i look forward to your questions. >> you are recognized for questions. >> ranking member scott and members of the committee thank you for the opportunity to speak with you this morning about charter schools. i am the president of the national association of charter school authorizers. we are all here today for the same reason. too many children in america do not have an opportunity to attend a good school that prepares them for success in life. charter schools are one way but not the only way to get markets access to a

that's the position a we need at the moment. which is not to say that we don't need additional custodians. in our oater budget, we have made substitution so that we have custodians. it's constantly -- it is little bit. you're responding to where the work flow gap is at the moment. >> supervisor cohen: so, that means there's gap in on the custodial level? >> what we could have done supervisor in other method to do this, it would have ended up with us in the same place. to have filled that custodial position last year but not to have had the payroll clerk. meaning lot of positions may not have gotten into the field. instead we took the vacant custodians position and made payroll clerk. we made another position substitution, i don't think the budget natural had a problem with to return that custodians position into our budget. it was a temporary change designed to meet mid-year weakness that we had. >> supervisor cohen: you're number two is behind you. i want give my colleagues a second to ask questions. >> i want to clarify too. we

mexico needs the united states but the u.s. also needs mexico. why do we ask for these visas to people who are come from countries that antagonist stick to the united states, iraq and iran, how many toriis have come to the united states through mexico? zero. let put a our cards on the table firmly. candidate calderon, your first rebuttal. how do re replace the corn experts you talk about? >> well, we need to step up to the plate and not allow any offensive behavior, either trade or another n other areas. andres doesn't seem to know about production. an advantage in the polls is not enough. santos deluca, despite those poll results well, export somewhere else. >> what if on july 1st you are elect president of mexico. and i know that you have declared that through the hamp hamburger strategy you will negotiate with president trump and assume that doesn't, and you wake up and get this horrible twitter announcing that the free trade agreement is now going to be nullified between mexico and the united states and canada. what would you do? >> well, obvi

do we do assessment on the need of the vehicles that the fire department would actually need? >> going back to our audit emergency medical services few years ago, which is one of the issues that was raised at the time. we do agree with their replacement plan for ambulances. i would say more specifically that is changed in the budget where they're selecting different kind of ambulance to try out. we thought in the process of that, that they could not continue to purchase the larger ambulances while they were trying out the smaller ambulance. we don't see as reduction and replacement plan. it'san alternative. >> supervisor fewer: you agree with the chief that 23 is the number. >> i would say that. over the last several years there have been ambulances in the budget as part of ongoing replacement plan. as part of that, we have look at the that every year and agreed that was necessary. this year while we're making the recommendation is different, they had four ambulances replacement plan. they still have ambulances in the replacement plan. it's the sprinters. which i believe is lit

we discussed the need to fix the problem. i understand the president just .alled on us to fix the problem for that to occur in the senate would require multitude of discussions. senator cruz and others are working on it and we hope to reach out to the democrats and results, whichet and not justa law getting into a sparring back-and-forth that leads to no conclusion. >> we want to keep families together. some people have suggested the only way to do that is to not enforce the law, which i believe is a false choice. togetherep families while we expedite their ability to appear before an immigration judge. qualify, they get a benefit sooner. right now there is a backlog of immigration cases. we would move the families to the head of the line. in the interim, they would be in a safe and secure family we will, and hopefully get the problem addressed right away. my hope is this is not something that will happen over weeks or months, but over a matter of days. hopefully this week. we had a spirited discussion about the subject at lu

having gone to public school all my life, i know the needs of the student. i would like to be the liaison between the school board and the public for stem education. i can work with computer lab teachers to present education and share my input. i'd be willing to speak with anyone in the school district who'd be willing to start these classes. secondly, i'm hoping the governing board can promote the classes i teach by putting them on the san francisco unified school district's school website. would you please consider my request? thank you for your time. [applause] >> thank you for joining us, mr. chen, here in san francisco. we really appreciate it. next speaker, please. >> hi again. i'm not going to take all two minutes, i promise, but i felt the need after our presentation a couple of our members who are here tonight pointed out two e egregious errors that i made in our presentation, and they were both on slide nine. we did not include uesf in the list of allies even though they have been unfailingly supportive of us in our request for professional develop

these are all things that can deal with the number of officers we need, the other 150 we need in the out years or the 100 that i don't think anybody would disagree that we need now. i have not heard anybody say we have an adequate amount of police officers on the streets and the decisions that we take today will influence this year and next year. we have 150 -- and the economy may look dramatically different two-years from now. so, the way in which we analyze that second set of -- that traunch of officers in that later two years of however budget, we can bring additional information to bear on that. we'll know the outcomes from adding 100 officers. to be clear, we're at 1971 now, a number we've only been at once since the voters told us that's what they required and what they expected of us. and it is clear that the city maz changed. so i still firmly hope that we can continue with the staffing that the chief needs and that the residents expect us to provide. >> let me jump in here. because i think the point at issue is that we actually don't know what that number is. we don't know w

the entire district. we cannot afford it. we need to focus on the schools that need it the most that are having and driving these numbers in a negative way. just my suggestion. i would say that the numbers are probably a little more dire than we even know. you did mention that the elementary school stoat report suspensions. i know that for first -- elementary schools don't report suspensions. i know that first hand. is many reasons for that. we also don't talk about kids being pushed out of a classroom. whether or not they were suspended or not. there are so many kids who are just not in class. they are finding a caring adult somewhere else to talk to. whether it is a school social worker, the nurse, the principal, the secretary, they're finding a warm place to be but they are not in the classroom getting their education. i think if you added up those numbers and he did a real profile of a typical african-american student and you added up the suspensions, their absenteeism, the referrals and time out of class for what ever it was, yo

services for seniors that the city currently needs. thank you very much. >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much. next speaker. >> hello. i'm from the coalition on homelessness. i just wanted to thank chair cohen and the rest of the committee for all their hard work on this very beautiful and democratic process that we are in a san francisco. i know, particularly president cohen is working really hard to make it more inclusive. that's been really wonderful. and transparent, and all of that. i wanted to quickly talk about one particular need to, that is around homeless families. they have very few options off the streets in our current system. except for short-term subsidies where they move out of town. one of the hespa asks is a deep subsidy to keep the san francisco families that are homeless in san francisco. it is really small. it is just for 12 more families. it is families that have medical situations. one of the family has a kid getting a kidney transplant. kids with special needs, and so forth. thank you so much. >> supervisor c

the ladies are here ready to go to work. i'm going to wait for my fellows to join me. i need them here. but we have sandy fewer to my right and to my left is cath ryan ancatherine. when the guys get here we're going to welcome them and keep moving. so, today we are going to hear from eight departments, ok. we're going to hear from oewd, dcyf, the sheriff's department, d.p.h., district attorney office as well as planning, homelessness. some of these departments have reached an agreement in this committee and some departments have already reached agreement and this committee is taking action but we've called them back for more in sight into specific spending, particularly for dcyf and d.p.h. as a reminder, after today's deliberations we will adjourn for the weekend. monday, we will have discussions on the outstanding policy issues. if we reach no resolution today, we always have monday. also, i want to introduce our revised -- i will reintroduce our revised split spending plan that will reflect public comment, which we will take on monday. yes, we are adding an additional day for public co

we agree with the free trade agreement. we needo maximize our relations with the united states relations of friendship, but also mutual respect. thank you. what are specific measures that will be taken by your government in order to redirect mexican exports elsewhere? >> thank you. i think it is a very key question. to reassess and rethink our relationships with the united states. 80% of our exports go to the united states. you don't make many mistakes. you make one mistake and you have to deal with the consequences. the error was to receive donald trump, who was attacking mexican people. he says you have to provoke the , wenent and if he is weak smash him and if he is strong, we negotiate. when my opponent is weak, we crush him. respected, yoube have to respect yourself first. a president needs to behave with dignity. i will defend the national interests. i would like to know, what are the specific actions to redirect mexican exports in order to reduce the economic impacts resulting from our overreliance on the nafta agreement? op

is the chance to attain it. more students need the freedom to seek an education that unlocks t potenal and allows them to pursue their passions. that is the focus of this administration and the focus of this budget. ank you for the opportunity to testify and i look forward to your questions. >> well, thank you, secretary devos. glad to have you and mr. cortis from the digit office there with you. let's talk about student safety. clearly, the idea that people go to elementary school and high school and any school anywhere with some sense tt that bad things have happened in other schools and can happen in their school, what are we doing to try to minimize that likelihood? there's $22 million in the spending bill that you just got at the end of march for school safety. and what are you doing with that and what ideas do you have of other programs that we might allo more flexibility to use those programs likeit ii and tle iv as an example for school sif theafety? the situation now, every parent, every grandparent, every citizen sees th

the second recommendation was the district needs to continue its administrative p.d. regarding instructional evaluation, and you can see lead and h.r. are partnering on the evaluation p.d. for site leaders, so this goes deeper into, once again, the questions that many of you asked, and you especially commissioner cooke. lead leaders have walk-throughs on-sites, and will receive training on given instructional and receiving feedback. the district needs to continue developing its strategy for attracting and retaining teachers. you can see the status there. h.r. is conducting exit surveys to gather data regarding the reasons employees leave the district. we've prioritized increasing salaries for attracting and retaining staff, and our collective bargaining and budget priority. and we're also partnering successfully with the city to provide affordable housing with the city. continuing on community engagement, e.p.c. should continue working with the board committee to bring a well articulated policy recommendation to the board, and the status is the staff continues to work

what are going to be the needs tomorrow. [applause] you all will help shape that especially inow, the realm of homeless veterans and their families. be aggressive about it. don't be timid. make it personal. if you take anything away from my remarks today, it is your mission, make it personal. because the more personal it is to you as individuals as well as an organization, the greater clarity and a greater impact you are going to have in the congress, as well is in the department. make it personal. youn't know how many of have heard of the speech by mcraven, make your bed. hands, that's a little less than half of the room. all you have to do is google, make your bed. it's about a 19 minute set of remarks from 2014 by admiral mcr aven, they had of the u.s. special operations command at the point he was retiring. shortly after that speech he retired and became chancellor at the university of texas system. i'm a graduate of the university of texas, the same rotc unit, samehorns, the unit in the arab to see as the unital,, -- the

some of the innovations are tied to our need for additional officer. the tactics that have reduced police officer invol situations have calmed down but those tactics require more boots on the ground. e second thingfoot pa so in my district we now have foot patrols on the cao. i know those guys, those folks. it's great the see them. people in the community know them. we had an incident at twin peaks. four officers assigned to -- so after the incident at twin peaks before the -- before the incident at twin peaks, the murder, we had ten car break-ins a day. after officers were assigned there for the following month one. so presence is prevention. in dolores park wn incident. the chief, other city departments, officers have been assigned to dolores park. every single neighbor surrounding that park talks about how improved that situation is. this is by having forces there, people there. it makes our neighbor safer. every day i talk to people in my district saying when c we get a foot patrol, have officers we can see. this will make that possible, not just in

mexico needs the united states. but the u.s. also needs mexico. y do we ask for visa for people coming from countries that are antagonistic to the united states so that we can maintain enforcement? how many terrorists come to the united states from mexico? zero. let's put all of our current on the table firmly. >> candidate, your first rebuttal. how will we replace the corn exports you were talking about? >> we need to step up to the plate and not allow any offensive behavior. either trade or in other areas. >> an advantage in the polls is not enough. --pite those poll results what if on july 1 you are elected president of mexico and declared through the hamburger strategy you will negotiate with the united states. assume that doesn't work, and you wake up and you get this horrible twitter financing that the trade agreement is now going to be nullified between mexico and the united states and canada. what are you going to do? >> the free trade agreement is not enough in itself. we have the capacity to negotiate and trade with any other part of the

so that the next job is also a better job. we also recognize that we need to adult new ways of measuring economic growth. if we want to build economies that work for everyone, it's essential we build the right -- developed the right tools to monitor progress and address some of the flaws of our current approach. [in french] my dear friends, the summit is coming to a close, but canada's presidency will go on to the end of the year. over the last two days leaders have made several commitments, which are added to the communique, which covers a whole variety. we intend to continue the momentum we have achieved of the over the last few days. the uncertainty which our world has to deal with, meetings like this will take on ever greater importance. they give us the opportunity to join forces and settle our disputes. the great challenges we have today, countries have great economic success and need to show a common front and promote the values that are at the very root of our success. i will leave the summit inspired by the discussions in which i have participated

you all are the echo chambers to make sure tt we in washington see, hear, and feel the needs, the unique needs that need to be addressed by the homeless veteran and their families. 15, 18 just ago thatll ph andheir families, was never part of the dialogue but now it is. that's progress. it's real progress, because on the hill now legislators when they say and they think of homeless veterans, it is now homeless veterans and their families. because there is an echoing out of, if you're going to dress and homeless veteran you are also going to be able to help address what may be dysfunctional family, what may be a disrupted family just by the simple act of helpomeless veteran. another point that i would like to make is that some people say that the va is broken because of all this bad press. is not broken. it is not broken. it's changing, and like any large department or healthcare system, we have problems. but let me ask you this. how many private healthcare systems are as open and transparent when a problem occurs than the department of veterans affairs? you tell me one -- is united healt

, this is the amount we need, this is the date we need them and we have that there. the support for the troops is also extremely important. we have a 2.6% raise for them. it's a small amount. it's a pat on the back to say you're doing a great job and that's what's so important. as we do this, as i said, we listened to those military leaders and said, what do we need to do? we took the first step. this is a multistep process to rebuild our military, but i know we can do it. we had 6,600 requests from members about what they saw in their districts and overall what the needs were and we tried to meet those needs in every way possible. they're very aware of what's necessary and the votes are there. we expect to have a good, strong support in this, looking at job bases as well as military strength. i think those that voted for it will be proud of it too. any questions? >> we'll give you that opportunity. mr. scalise: good morning. we have another busy week at the capitol addressing a number of issues important getting this country back on track and addressing serio

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that's the minimum we need to solve these problems together the world cannot be regulated by itself or by one major power so regardless of whether it's the administration in washington or in europe the appeal is still we need your support and we have to work together to overcome these problems of goodwill issues that could otherwise become a massive problem is closer to home and will be about a dozen stuff indeed so what if there isn't enough money for aid like this is syria a drastic example that. you have. the it's often forgotten that the waves of refugees a few years ago were ultimately interpreted by the lack of response to appeals from the united nations to get what it in the case of syria to we had refugee camps in the countries that border syria they were the first to take and refugees we had to close schools and clinics and cut food rations because we didn't get the funding that we needed to help the refugees there with the by. when people in desperate circumstances unable to get medical care or schooling for their children unable to feed their families they have only one opti

to establish protocols that will meet the needs of vietnam-era veterans. the v.a. must act now to implement clear and consistent standards of care for our veterans in need of hospice care. developing these standards would also be beneficial for iraq, afghanistan and syria combat veterans in the future. we have a responsibility to ensure that our nation's heroes are receiving the care and benefits they deserve and have earned. and that includes ensuring the v.a. has in place clear hospice care standards and services tailored to the unique needs of these veterans. thank you and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. chair, i rise to claim time in opposition, although i will not oppose the amendment. the chair: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> we understand the gentleman's concerns and we'll key -- will keep them in mind for the conference. we've included report language on the top knick both 2018 and 2019 reports. with that, i

there will be an increase in the population if they need help. it expands the definition who can be conserve. that would lead more work on top of the 500 cases existing now with the current definition. >> supervisor cohen: i need to take a moment. i have not read the legislation. i'm going to ask in my aide bring me a copy of it. i will review it. the b.l.a. believes this position is budgeted for next fiscal year. does that give enough time for you and your lawyers to address a staffing issue in the future? i actually think that there's a lot of credence to the argument made. you're asking for three positions. is that right? >> i am. >> supervisor cohen: i think that the b.l.a. made recommendation of denying one. maybe we put it on reserve and come back and revisit it. i don't know what the exact is. i do think that it's like -- you know when you buy goldfish and you got to put if in the water and you put if in a bigger tank. you know what i'm talking about dennis? >> i'm listening. >> supervisor cohen: for the rest of the folks who have kids. you

and the need for the international community to act together that. in addition europe is self having an identity crisis a clash between its values and objectives and the reality of dealing with all the pressure involved that these are real political points of debate in practically every country. at the same time there's a certain helplessness with these developments are taking place on a scale that we're not accustomed to the warmth in. europe is being seen as a continent that says development aid has to stop people becoming refugees because as in we give the africans money to put up the fences there that we don't want to see in your. right. this is the outside not how i would address the issue and sure there are people who use that argument but i've always said that if we help countries in africa to build up their economies so that people have jobs and opportunities for the future that will provide a boost for those countries developing. them on the fact that this also has the positive effect of getting people to stay in their countries and reducing

because of this focus and because that is the need for the future. why would a young woman want to go into the military, maybe even serve a career with the belief that i serve my country, my country will take care of me when i leave? especially if i incurred illnesses or injuries as a result of service. that is an expectation and a promise that the country makes. you have heard this. it is clichi. it is true. it is a promise. we owe this to you. like i said, make this personal. make sure that your voice is heard. >> okay, i just got the hook. >> again, i thank you, i wore my special tie for you all because this is my last event and my daughter happen to pick this out and it happened one day when i was getting dressed and i was going to speak to a research advisory group and i was face timing with my oldest granddaughter.. and they say boring -- my oldest granddaughter. and they say boring, and i said, this is a great group and it is a rewarding experience. they asked what i would wear and i said, i will wear a suit and tie. and i sent a picture aroun

the school certainly needs it. engineers, the american society of civil engineers gives schools a d+ rating, about a 30 minute -- $30 million gap to bring them up to standard. that certainly is a level that cannot be supported by states and counties alone. in one of the ironies is that we are spending money in schools because of the disrepair, are not functional. the kids are not being well educated, not because they don't have good teachers, it is just when the windows are broken, and the computers are damaged by rain, and all of those things. what are you doing to address this issue to improve facilities and get it into the infrastructure plan? >> thank you for the question. as you know, the specifics around school infrastructure were not part of the infrastructure proposal. and, that really does not fall under the department of education. these issues are left to the states and local communities to deal with. i think that is where those are best addressed. >> that is the issue, addressing them goes just like high

the u.s. right now. and a summit is needed. n believe to achieve the best results, you have to wait for a long time. but in order to sell it -- to settle this as you -- in order to settle this issue i believe , we have to be full of hope, and hope is the theme of this forum. john: do you have any advice for the world in terms of how to deal with president trump? because you, as somebody who is associated with the election of president trump, and you look to and see what has happened, there are many people here under sanctions. he has just withdrawn from the a -- the iran deal. there are doubts about the north korean deal. what do you think you have got from the relationship with him? the same question i asked mr. macron? president putin: he is a provocateur. certainly, we cannot be satisfied with the current level and the nature of the american-russian relations and we are willing to engage in this dialogue. mr. trump has suggested a separate meeting should be held. so far, we didn't manage to work it out yet because many issues

the president says we needs to act. the democrats say we need to act and we say we need to ask. when that happens, we act. this is the week when all of us can only come together and fix the problem. >> i just want to clarify, this will be a stand-alone bill to address family separation. >> the first thing is to see if we can agree. the second thing is to see how you process it. >> senator hatch called for a pause in the policy. do you agree there should be a pause in the near-term. >> you can ask senator hatch. i'll have anything to add to that right now but i think we need to fix the problem and it requires a legislative solution. they've said that we've set it we need to come together and fix it. >> this would be a narrow proposal. you expressed the desire to have a broader view. >> in order to fix this problem, you can't fix all the problems because honestly we've wrestled with this issue for a decade. as you know, i went to it in february wide open for amendment. this requires a solution. therefore, obviously, it would need to be a narrow agreement to fix the problem that we

we discussed the need to fix the problem. i understand the president just called on us to fix the problem. i understand the president just called on us to fix the problem. and obviously for that to occur in the senate would require bipartisan discussions. senator corbyn and senator cruz and others are working on it as well. and so we hope to reach out to the democrats and see if we can get results, which means making a law and not just getting into a sparring back-and-forth that leads to no onclusion. for that, let me turn to senator cornyn. >> we want to keep families together. some people have suggested the only way to do that is to not enforce the law, which i believe is a false choice. we can keep families together while we expedite their ability to appear before an immigration judge. and pren their claim for an immigration benefit on a short-timetable. and then if they do qualify, then they get that benefit all that much sooner. as you know right now there's a big backlog of immigration cases. but what we would do is mov

it would seem to be a step in the wrong direction. so we need ooh hear more details about the basis for this new direction. i would like to thank the distinguished members of our panel for being here today, and for your service to our country. i now recognize the ranking member of the subcommittee from colorado, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i know we agree that preparing this country for a buy unions dent is of critical importance. the threat as you said is real and it's growing. in april the cd dc report net 2017 colorado saw 25 cases of inantibiotic resistant bacteria, known as the nightmare bacteria because 50% of to the infects by i do it. thankfully the cases were isolate but the same study noted it's possible authorize these germs to, quote, spread like wildfire. if that happens, we need to know we're able to respond. we have look as this issue in this subcommittee many times over the years as our panel well knows, it's a regular appearance and i want to thank you for coming again. and again and again we found that the fed

the summit nations. today, we live in a time of hope. i know that i don't need to tell you this because canada is a leader. in the last four years, among industrial nations, only japan matched canada's economic growth. created more than a million jobs and confounding the experts of just a few years ago, did it while keeping inflation in check. deregulating industry. moving government out of the ownership and management of industry, and reducing marginal tax rates. answer, you have reaffirmed an old faith. --th in the a binding abiding universal truth that economic growth does not spring from the numbers and graphs and government bureaus. but from the hopes and aspirations of ordinary people. that the key to the future is in a simple human faith. not the face of someone famous. someone whose name is likely to appear in the history books. not of someone, a man or woman, who carries a dream. and excitement. outive and he or she goes and turns the dream into a business. dream is, the technologically sophisticated. sometimes it is as simple as the store on the corner

the needs of caregivers is a public health issue that cdc remains focused on. first funded for alzheimer's disease in 2005, cdc launched the healthy brain initiative providing leadership and a number of national-- in a number of national efforts. in 2007 we developed the first roadmap to maintaining cognitive health. cdc and the alzheimer's association will release-- release the latest one with an updated plan of 25 actions for state and local public health. health department's are focused on accelerating the progress of risk reduction. early detection and diagnosis, safety and quality of care for people living with a cognitive impairment and most importantly caregivers health. perhaps the greatest of comp-- accomplishment is the improved data collection. to measure the public health burden through the behavioral risk factor surveillance system, ongoing analysis is pivotal to identifying and addressing gaps in program delivery, monitoring and evaluation, and achieving healthcare goals. often the only available source of state-level data to develop alzheimer's di

say the government need to do fouror5% in experts say the government need to do four or 5% in order t our patients in this country deserve. what are planned at the election said it in the first year there would be substantial investment upfront, nearly £9 billion extra investment for the health and social care sector. that is around 5%. what we are saying now. . . is around 5%. what we are saying now... but not for the whole period, is the point i'm making? no, indeed but we have a new set of projections and other health care, a new baseline for the future of nhs funding. we are saying if we would form a government we would inherit these plans, we accept the man would match them but we are prepared to go further and make the tough decisions on taxation that we propose that the general election, asking the wealthiest to pay more tax than asking the big corporations to pay more tax to bring forward additional funding for the nhs and social care sector as well. when you analyse the remarks from the prime minister about the way this particular increase will be funded, she talks about, in