lesk yes: madam speaker -- mr. lesko: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania yield for purposes of this unanimous consent request? ms. scanlon: do not. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from pennsylvania does not yield. therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. the gentlewoman from arizona virginia tech. mrs. lesko: thank you, madam speaker. i yield to the gentleman from minnesota, mr. stauber. the speaker pro tempore: for? mr. lesk yes: the purpose of a unanimous consent request. mr. stauber: i ask unanimous consent to call up h.r. 8265 to extend the paycheck protection program to keep millions of employees on the payroll of america's small businesses. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair understands the gentlewoman from pennsylvania has not yielded for that purpose. therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. the the gentlewoman from arizona. mrs. lesko: thank you, madam speaker. i yield to the gentlewoman from -- ana, miss wore lou i as

hoyer thank you, madam speaker. that -- mr. hoyer: thank you, madam speaker. that bill will hold government officials more accountable, increase transparency and ethical standards, and increase voter protections, while instituting national redistricting reforms. where is it? n the senate, left untended, unconsidered. by the united states senate. because it's on mcconnell's desk and he will not move it. while this president and republicans continue to make it harder for americans to vote, and so confusion, unknown certainty about balloting, -- and sow confusion and unknown certain at the -- certainty out batting -- balloting, so many demonstrated and died for the act. but unfortunately too many in this country are trying to make it more difficult, not easier, to cast that central facet of being a citizen in a democracy. the right to vote. that is one of the 340, madam speaker, 340 bipartisan bills that are languishing on senator mcconnell's desk. he will not call them up. before the senate -- up before the senate for a vote. muzzling democracy. that's 340 impor

madam clerk, will you read the next item, please -- madam secretary, will you read the next item, please? >> clerk: item number 14. [reading item] this will be presented by mr. rich moralen. >> members of the commissioner, members of the puc, earlier today you heard some really good news about. (distortion) with them item i will hopefully be providing further good news. we're asking the commission to consider approval of a low-cost fund today (distortion). a loan that will partially fund the headworks project, a project of the sewer system. next slide, please. during the presentation i will provide a brief background of the puc's involvement to date with the loan program and also describe the proposed new loan under consideration today and finally i'll summarize the requested action. next slide, please. the puc's involvement in the loan program dates back over 20 years when we executed 13 loans for wastewater projects totalling $280 million. however, those loans didn't provide favourable financing terms as now and were somewhat less favourable than using traditional revenue bond funding.

thank you, madame clerk. before we get started, a friendly remy der for all the supervisors to mute your microphones when you're not speaking to avoid audio feedback. supervisor preston, a sound check? >> supervisor preston: yes, thank you, can you hear me this time? >> president yee: perfect, perfect. now you can mute yourself [laughter]. madame clerk, i understand we have received an aecccommodatio request from the member of the public who wishes to provide public comment. we'll open public comment at this time for the individual. madame clerk, is the person ready? >> clerk: yes, mr. president, he is. operations, please unmute the speaker. >> my name is -- i'm a disability advocate. despite what the board -- these are not public meetings and this is -- coronavirus pandemic. the disabled seniors, people with low vision, are excluded. we're not allow to visually participate due to limitations in the microsoft system that is set up. and it doesn't matter what is said here, this is not a public meeting. the min

madam clerk, let's go to our consent agenda.s 1 through 8. >> clerk: items 1 through 8 are on consent. these items are considered to be routine. if a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. >> president yee: okay. nobody on the roster. madam clerk, please call the roll. >> clerk: on items 1 through 8 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president yee: okay. without objection, the ordinances finally pass. madam clerk, let's go to our unfinished business. please call the next item. >> clerk: item 9 is an administrative code, an ordinance amending the administrative code to require city departments to report annually information about the number, cost, and usage of vehicles the departments have rented for periods of longer than 30 days, to authorize the city administrator to inspector provide maintenance upon request for any vehicle rents, leased, or owned by the city, to require departments to submit information to the city administrator and the board of supervisors regarding the usage and safet

speaker. >> the house will be in order. >> thank you madam speaker. to hold them more accountable and with those ethical standards and increase border protections with the redistricting reforms. where is it? in theen senate left unattended and then considered by the united states senate because it is on mcconnell's desk and he will not move it. and then to make it harder for americans to vote on to put confusion and uncertainty house democrats passed hr four to restore the john lewis act to restore the protections of the voting rights act that so many fraud on - - thought and demonstrated and died for. but unfortunately too many in this country are trying to make it more difficult not easier to cast that facet of a citizen of a democracy, the right to vote 340 bipartisan and those languishing on senator mcconnell's desk. he will not call them up before the senate for a vote to muzzle democracy. 340 bipartisan bills blocked were stalled or ignored. madam speaker let's not forget we began the majority in the middle of a government shutdown. nown longer

madame director? >> thank you, through the chair. thetime before you just stated is to approve the m.o.u. between the mayor's office of housing and community development and the office of infrastructure, more specifically the community benefits required under the phase 1 and phase 2 in hunters point shipyard and bayview hunters point. and we're asking for an allocation of funds for the phase 1 fund to help fund a down payment. we have our legacy foundation and most of the activity is governed by the plan that the legacy foundation approved. this is also overseen by the cac and we have members present as well. with that, i'd like to turn it over to the department to present on the item and also identify partners who are here from mohcd as well as -- [inaudible] >> good afternoon, everyone. commissioners. my name is -- i will be presenting today, the request to enter into with the mayor's office of housing and community development and oii for the homeownership grant program. action before you today, is a request to authorize the m.o.d

madam pra madam president, we have no public callers on the line. >> thank you. madam second, next item, please. >> clerk: item 5, approval of the minutes of the september 9, 2020 retirement board meeting. may i have a motion? >> so moved. >> may i have a second. >> yeah. >> second. >> it has been moved by commissioner chiu and seconded by commissioner casciato that we adopt the minutes from the september 9, 2020 retirement board meeting. we'll take public comment at this time. >> please press star, three to be added to the queue at this time [inaudible] moderator, are there any callers on the line? >> operator: madam secretary, there are no callers on the line. >> clerk: thank you. hearing no callers, public comment is closed. president bridges? >> thank you, madam secretary. roll call vote, please. [roll call] if . >> clerk: by a unanimous vote, the motion passes. president bridges? item number 6, action item, consent calendar. >> consent calendar. let's [inaudible]. >> i'd just like to ask about item number 6-e. >> 6-e, commissioner casciano? >> yes. >> yes. t

. >> thank you, madam secretary. next item, please. >> number 12, action item, update on strategies to address climate risk in the sfers portfolio - climate action plan. [indiscernible] -- on this item as well as the previous five, there's a great amount of information [indiscernible]. the tenor of the item is on page 37 [indiscernible]. >> bill, sorry to interrupt you but we can barely hear you. >> can you hear me now? (distortion). >> the centrepiece of this item is on page 37, table 10, additional companies to [indiscernible]. i did want to also draw attention to -- there's just a voluminous amount of information in the report and thanks to andrew for organizing it all. there is a significant decline as far as exposure in the oil and gas industry relative t to e public equity indices. i also wanted to draw attention to the watchlist on table 12 and also to the engagement list on [indiscernible]. andrew? >> thank you, bill. as bill said, this report sort of includes a variety of information. one is a bit of an outl

madam pra madam president, we have no public callers on the line. >> thank you. madam second, next item, please. >> clerk: item 5, approval of the minutes of the september 9, 2020 retirement board meeting. may i have a motion? >> so moved. >> may i have a second. >> yeah. >> second. >> it has been moved by commissioner chiu and seconded by commissioner casciato that we adopt the minutes from the september 9, 2020 retirement board meeting. we'll take public comment at this time. >> please press star, three to be added to the queue at this time [inaudible] moderator, are there any callers on the line? >> operator: madam secretary, there are no callers on the line. >> clerk: thank you. hearing no callers, public comment is closed. president bridges? >> thank you, madam secretary. roll call vote, please. [roll call] if . >> clerk: by a unanimous vote, the motion passes. president bridges? item number 6, action item, consent calendar. >> consent calendar. let's [inaudible]. >> i'd just like to ask about item number 6-e. >> 6-e, commissioner casciano? >> yes. >> yes. t

>> thank you, madam secretary. [indiscernible] roll call then, please. [roll call] [indiscernible] >> if he's present, he needs to vote. >> if kevin [indiscernible]. >> next item, please. >> item number 9 action item targeted divestment in sudan, level iii of sfers esg investment policy. >> board members, this is an update on the board's policy by targeted divestment in sudan. relatively speaking, the experience for the human condition [indiscernible] continues to occur and andrew will provide further context. andrew? >> thank you, bill. we initially divested from companies operating in sudan in 2006 at the height of the genocide in darfur. over the last, you know, 15 years or so, there's really been progress -- it's slow progress but a march towards peace and stability in the country, and that has really culminated in some changing political stances, particularly from the u.s., towards sudan. president obama and then following through president trump had loosened sanctions placed on sudan. by and large, there stil

>> i may madame chairwoman. very specific difference that still remains respect to what was occurring even then with new york. new york band and stopped transmitting any and every bit of information that they were prior and still capable of transmitting area that is still unique. was having with the other states and territories, we were still receiving these returns. again, there was nothing we were aware of readily by virtue of what we were receiving from those returns with respect to the trusted traveler program that would have alerted us to the fact that there was one of a several aspects of the data that was being provided to us that was in fact not being returned. but we were receiving information from every single one of those jurisdictions, something from them from the ones who were in. >> but it was not enoughand this is my question. shouldn't agency charged with running this program know how it actually functions ? how could you not know how these programs work before you band 19 million people from par

madam clerk? >> clerk: item 24 is a resolution approving terminal 2 book store lease number 20-0049 between books, inc. as tenant, and the city and county of san francisco, acting by and through its airport commission, for a term of ten years, and a minimum annual guarantee of $220,000 for the first year of the lease, to commence following board approval. mr. president, i believe you're muted. >> president yee: madam clerk, please call the roll. >> clerk: on item 24 -- [roll call] >> president yee: and without objection, the resolution is adopted. >> supervisor peskin: mr. president, i'm ready on items 22 and 23? >> president yee: okay. >> supervisor peskin: we are ready, so if you could call the roll on item 22. >> clerk: on item 22 -- [roll call] . >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president yee: without objection, the item is passed. >> supervisor peskin: and mr. president, item 23 is ready. >> president yee: okay. supervisor peskin, do you have anything to say? >> supervisor peskin: yes. last ye

madam clerk, that concludes my announcements. >> thank you very much madam clerk. can you please call item number two. >> item number two, approval of lafco minutes from september 18, 2020, regular meeting. >> those who wish to provide public comment should call the number on your screen, meeting id146-354-7117. if you have not already done so, please dial star 3 to line up to speak. is there anyone in line waiting to speak on this item? >> madam chair, there are no callers in the queue. >> seeing that, public comment is now closed on item number two. i would like to make a motion to approve the lafco minutes for the regular meeting. can i have a second please. >> second. >> roll call vote please. >> item number two, vice chair pollock. >> aye. >> commissioner haney. >> aye. >> commissioner mar. >> aye. >> chairperson fewer. >> aye. >> there are four ayes. >> thank you very much. madam clerk, can you please call item number three. >> community choice aggregation activities report. a, enrollment and service statistics, b, update on delinquency and bill assistance fo

madame director. >> thank you, madame secretary, i don't have a report but an announcement talking about the trainee program 2020. i wanted to give an overview of that in the fall of 2016l.c.i. launched the ocii engineering and training program. in collaboration with a community center and san francisco office of community workforce develop. they launched the program to assist professionals on ocii projects and meet trainee perspectives. over the years the office has managed to cultivate a network of university stakeholders and employers dedicated nurturing and guiding the next generation of design professionals. ta da-- to date we have 30 firm. the majority of the students attend public meth -- college or university of san francisco. 50% of part -- participants and in the past year the program has been held on an annual basis with the most recent class affirmed august 27, 2020 and i want to thank the commissioners who participated on that zoom commencement meeting and looking at [indiscernible] and because of covid the class was smaller than usual and same with the city office of opport

well, madam president, the a.b.a. gave judge barrett its highest possible rating, well qualified and the chairman of the american bar association standing committee on the federal judiciary, the a.b.a. committee that issues these ratings testified before the judiciary committee during judge barrett's hearing. and i'd like to read from the testimony that he submitted to the committee. and, madam president, i will quote. lawyers and judges uniformly praise nominee's integrity. most remarkably, interviews with professionals in the community that know judge barrett for decades not one person uttered a negative word about her character. the standing committee was not required to consider any negative criticisms of judge barrett. and his testimony went on and i continue to quote. all of the experienced, dedicated and knowledgeable sitting judges, legal scholars and lawyers to this have worked with or against judge barrett had high praise for her intellect and ability to communicate clearly and effectively. given the breadth

item has final approval. >> thank you, madame clerk. please call the next item. >> introduction of new items, this is an information item. >> any new items? not seeing anybody on the roster, are there any members of the public who would like to speak on this item? >> there is no public comment. >> great. public comment is closed. madame clerk, the next item. >> item 7, public comment. >> operator, are there any members of the public who would like to speak? >> there is. hello, caller. your two minutes begins now. >> thank you, supervisors. what i want to introduce to you for your consideration. the first one is delay the foundation somewhere down the road having some kind of -- to the island directly. you know to treasure island. a good example in london which is known as the wolf station. it's a station that is entirely submerged, run entirely by the private sector and they are below water and have been open for businesses for three or four years and trains getting there. it's a good example to go with. the other thing i wanted to tell

madam clerk, will you read the next item, please -- madam secretary, will you read the next item, please clerk: item number 14. [reading item] this will be presented by mr. rich moralen. >> members of the commissioner, members of the puc, earlier today you heard some really good news about. (distortion) with them item i will hopefully be providing further good news. we're asking the commission to consider approval of a low-cost fund today (distortion). a loan that will partially fund the headworks project, a project of the sewer system. next slide, please. during the presentation i will provide a brief background of the puc's involvement to date with the loan program and also describe the proposed new loan under consideration today and finally i'll summarize the requested action. next slide, please. the puc's involvement in the loan program dates back over 20 years when we executed 13 loans for wastewater projects totalling $280 million. however, those loans didn't provide favourable financing terms as now and were somewhat less favourable than using traditional revenue bond funding. sti

madam clerk, have a roll call vote. >> clerk: thank you, madam chair. can we have public comment prior to doing the vote? >> chair fewer: please. >> clerk: operation, please let us know if there are any callers that are ready. if you have not done so, press star 3 to be added to the queue. for those on hold, and wait until you are unmuted. let us know if there's any callers for item number 3. >> there are three callers in the queue. >> chair fewer: okay. >> clerk: good morning, caller. hello, caller? >> caller: i'm sorry. i'm trying to do on item 2. >> clerk: okay, please press star, 3, to lower your hand right now. >> chair fewer: next speaker, please. >> madam chair, that completes the queue. >> chair fewer: public comment for item 3 is now closed. we have supervisor walton has made a motion to have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: i'm sorry, madam chair, the motion is to continue this item to the next budget and finance meeting? >> chair fewer: to the call of the chair please. >> clerk: thank you. on the motion [roll call] you have three ayes. >>

madam clerk -- madam secretary, will you call roll, please? [roll call] >> clerk: you have four ayes. >> it's been moved and seconded. we >> the commission is back from closed session at 2:05. may i have a motion and a second on whether to disclose [indiscernible] in closed session? may i have a motion? >> motion not to disclose. >> second. >> whether to disclose -- whether not to disclose discussions. so the move is seconded. madam secretary, may we have a roll call vote, please. >> president maxwell? >> aye. >> vice-president? >> aye. >> commissioner paulson? >> aye. >> commissioner harrington? >> aye. >> you have four ayes. >> all right, thank you. moved and seconded. madam secretary, may we read item 8, please. >> item 8, approval of the minutes of october 13, 2020. >> the chair: is there any discussion or corrections to the minutes? may i have a motion and a second to approve the minutes of -- >> so move. >> second. >> madam secretary, will you open public comment, please? >> members of the public who wish to make two minutes of public co

madam clerk, have a roll call vote. >> clerk: thank you, madam chair. can we have public comment prior to doing the vote? >> chair fewer: please. >> clerk: operation, please let us know if there are any callers that are ready. if you have not done so, press star 3 to be added to the queue. for those on hold, and wait until you are unmuted. let us know if there's any callers for item number 3. >> there are three callers in the queue. >> chair fewer: okay. >> clerk: good morning, caller. hello, caller? >> caller: i'm sorry. i'm trying to do on item 2. >> clerk: okay, please press star, 3, to lower your hand right now. >> chair fewer: next speaker, please. >> madam chair, that completes the queue. >> chair fewer: public comment for item 3 is now closed. we have supervisor walton has made a motion to have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: i'm sorry, madam chair, the motion is to continue this item to the next budget and finance meeting? >> chair fewer: to the call of the chair please. >> clerk: thank you. on the motion [roll call] you have three ayes. >>

madam clerk, let's go ahead and call the roll on the motion. [roll call vote] there are 11 ayes. >> president yee: okay. without objection, this appeal hearing will go to october 27, 2020. please go to our next special order. please call items 56-59 together. >> clerk: comprised public hearing of associate motion for the appeal of determination of community plan evaluation for the proposed project 1088 howard street. >> president yee: okay. this will be continued to a later date. is there a motion to continue this item to october 6, 2020? >> i want to make a motion to continue the items to next week october 6th. i've in touch with the appellants and the project sponsors. they are amendable to the continuance. >> president yee: is there a second? >> supervisor mandelman: second. >> president yee: are there any public comments on the continuance of these items. >> clerk: operations do we have anyone in the queue? >> i have one caller in the queue. >> i didn't want to speak on this item. i'm just queuing up for the next item. you can identify my c

not one, madame speaker. what have they been doing?ter judge after that is what they are doing. to serve their ideological agenda, hoping they can control through the courts that which they cannot control through the democratic process. we have shown what it means to govern for the people. over the next few weeks americans will have a chance to choose the direction of our country. follows in the years ahead. they know republicans have failed them. bill.lth care no infrastructure bill. the president said he would invest in interest -- infrastructure. no bill has been presented. they know our republican colleagues have failed with action and irresponsibility. they know they offered a serious agenda of leadership. and have shown ourselves always to be for the people. madam speaker, today we will be considering a bill, we're in negotiations. i hope those negotiations work. frankly, speaker pelosi and secretary mnuchin reached four bipartisan deals. mr. meadows was not chief of staff, of course, at that point in time. let us hope that we ca

madam speaker, thank you so much for joining us. as you know, there are americans who are being evicted from their homes. they can't pay their rent. many americans are waiting in food lines for the first time in their lives. can you look them in the eye, madam speaker, and explain why you don't want to accept the president's latest stimulus offer? >> thank you very much, wolf. i hope you'll ask the same question of the republicans why they don't want to meet the needs of the american people. let me say to those people because all of my colleagues we represent these people. i have over 30 years represented my constituents. i know what their needs are. i listen to them. and their needs are not addressed in the president's proposal. so when you say to me why don't you accept theirs? why don't they accept ours? our legislation is there to do three things primarily. to honor our workers and honor our heroes and our health care workers and our police and fire and first responders, our teachers, our transportation, sanitati sanitation, foo

madam clerk, public comment, please. >> clerk: yes, madam chair.peration is checking to see if there's any callers in the queue. operations, let us know if there are callers that are ready. if you have not done so, press star, 3, to be added to the queue. for those on hold continue to wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted. and let us know if there are any callers to comment on item number 3. >> madam chair, there are no callers in the queue. >> chair fewer: public comment on item number 3 is closed and i make a motion to accept the amendments. a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes. on the motion [roll call] three ayes. >> chair fewer: i make a motion to move this to the board as amended with a positive recommendation. roll call vote, please. >> clerk: yes, on the motion [roll call] three ayes. >> chair fewer: this amendment passes. item number 4. >> clerk: item number 4, a resolution retroactively authorizing the department of public health to submit an application to continue to receive funding for the ryan white act h.i.v./

thank you, madam president. mr. durbin: madam president. the presiding officer: assistant democratic leader. mr. durbin: first, i ask unanimous consent that senator manchin's name be added as a cosponsor to s. 3190. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: thank you. madam president, we're asking for unanimous consent to pass a bill that has passed the house of representatives unanimously by a voice vote. unanimously, to empower and direct the law enforcement agencies of the united states to use their talents and resources to stop domestic terrorism, to stop the killing. we are identifying in the course of it the white supremacy and far-right extremism as one of the sources. listen to what a trump administration department of justice official wrote last year in "the new york times." quote, white supremacy and far-right extremism are among the greatest domestic security threats facing the united states. regret poly, over -- regrettably over the past 25 years law enforcement a lot federal and state levels have been slow to respon

>> clerk: yes, madam chair. the meeting after next would be on november 18th. >> chair fewer: is november 18th too late? bill? >> yes. >> chair fewer: okay, good. this is really exciting. okay, let's open this up for public comment. >> sorry, buddy. >> no worries. >> chair fewer: madam clerk, please. >> clerk: madam chair, operations is checking to see if there are callers in the queue. operations, let us know if there are callers that are ready. if you have not already done so, press star, 3, to be added to the queue. for those already on hold wait until the system creates that you have been unmuted. let us know if there are callers who wish to comment on that item number 4. >> madam chair, there are no callers in the queue. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. public comment on item number 4 is closed, i would like to move this to the meeting of november 18th. a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on the motion [roll call] three ayes. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. >> clerk: nothing further.e bef? >> chair

madam clerk, items 3 and 4, please. >> clerk: yes, madam chair. operation is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. operations, let us know if there are any callers that are ready. if you have not done so, press star, 3, to be added to the queue. for those already on hold, wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted. please let us know if there are any callers to wish to comments on items 3 and 4. >> yes, i have one caller in the queue. >> chair fewer: thank you. >> caller: so presenters, my name is francisco louisiana costlacosta and iwish a person k mÉnard shaw had listened to your presentation. we need people like that to review your b.s. i repeat -- b.s. we have the hospital, and we have laguna honda. if you do a needs assessment, whatever b.s. you are talking about stems from the deferred maintenance. the deferred maintenance stems from out of ignorance. so let me give you some history. way back in the 1960s, the bayview has built the building, that hospital, that portion of the hospital, before zuckerberg was b

chair. >> thank you, madam secretary.e there any questions or matters that the commissioners want to bring up at this time? seeing none, hearing none -- >> i'm sorry, i was referring to commissioner scott. i would like to raise not a question, but perhaps the executive director to explore the program to reach improvement work. i don't know how many more projects we have that would call for tenant improvement work, but i do think it's an easy or easier access to opportunities for our small businesses if we can include it in the small business program. >> do you want to respond? >> no, we'll take it under advisement back to the commission. >> yes. >> can i ask, mara, is that referring to the maintenance of the facility, is that what you're suggesting? >> when we have buildings, office buildings or any development that may have some tenants, the tenant improvement is simply the buildout of the space so that, for instance, there's a park tower where facebook went in, in trans bay, then our program would have been applicable t

madam chair? >> due to the covid-19 health emergency, this meeting is being held virtually, and all members and staff are present via teleconference. this will ensure the safety of all members and staff. on the meeting page, we've asked the public to participate remotely by e-mailing or mailing a comment. we continue to urge the public to write the board at mtaboard@sfmta.org. while this technology allows us to hold these meetings via teleconference, it may not be as seamless as we like it to be. there may be gaps and silence as staff is transitioning to presentations and speakers. please understand that we are doing our best for the hearing. if we lose connections during the meeting, we'll pause the meeting until the connection is reestablished. lastly, i would like to thank all those who have been working to make the meeting possible. >> clerk: madam chair and staff, there meeting is being televised on sfgtv. for those of you watching the live stream, please be aware there is a delay between the

thank you madam chairman. >> thank you. congressman cloud you are now recognize, congressman cloud. >> thank you and i appreciate you holding this hearing. this is certainly extremely important to the people we all represent and something we know we need to deal with for quite some time now and the extraordinary increase in drug pricing. dr. krishnamoorthi are any of you could speak to those but dr. iskander this is a hearing on drug pricing. could you speak to the pricing system so to speak, the difference between what you price a drug out and what the customer pays and the processor goes through, kind of a brief explanation. >> yes, thank you congressman. i'd be happy to do it. let me just start by saying pricing systems in the u.s. are very complex. one of the objectives we shoot at working together is to realign the incentives to make sure we help patients better. we do price our medicines in the u.s. based on the volume they deliver to patients and health care systems in society and we do take a patient's affordability

madam clerk, items 3 and 4, please. >> clerk: yes, madam chair. operation is checking to see if there are any callers in the queue. operations, let us know if there are any callers that are ready. if you have not done so, press star, 3, to be added to the queue. for those already on hold, wait until the system indicates that you have been unmuted. please let us know if there are any callers to wish to comments on items 3 and 4. >> yes, i have one caller in the queue. >> chair fewer: thank you. >> caller: so presenters, my name is francisco louisiana costlacosta and iwish a person k mÉnard shaw had listened to your presentation. we need people like that to review your b.s. i repeat -- b.s. we have the hospital, and we have laguna honda. if you do a needs assessment, whatever b.s. you are talking about stems from the deferred maintenance. the deferred maintenance stems from out of ignorance. so let me give you some history. way back in the 1960s, the bayview has built the building, that hospital, that portion of the hospital, before zuckerberg was b

madame secretary, please call the next item. ?secretary: the next order of business is item 8, report of the executive director. item 8a, informational mum dumb on the transbay essex hillside maintenance request proposal. item 8b informational memorandum on intension to issue a request for qualification for a lead developer replacement to develop up to 112 units of affordable housing on blocks 52 and 54 in the hunters point shipyard redevelopment project area. >> thank you, madame secretary. through the chair, item 8a before you is informational. responsible for monitoring and maintaining the property identified in the description. and we currently have existing contract with mgm management which expires january 31, 2021. and is planning extension because we know how much time it takes, staff is now requesting and seeking to issue a new request for proposal to maintain the property. maintenance of the existing park. the next item, with regards to hunters point shipyard block 52 and 54. in 2018, we had a development team that consi

thank you, madam chair. >> thank you very much, madam chair. my first question is for any or all of the witnesses. i understand your companies are working to develop new treatments and vaccines to fight the spread of covid-19. what country do you expect to deliver the first credible widely used vaccine? could the witnesses answer please? >> thank you, congresswoman. thank you for the question. companies around the world are working day and night to develop not only vaccines but also treatments and we are cooperating like we have never done before to assure the process. we are working 24/7. as has been said before, innovation in the industry happens primarily in the united states with many of the companies working on treatments and vaccines. there are companies of course in other parts of the world working on this as well. what i know is whether it is a new medicine or vaccine, whenever innovation is made available to patients, it is available right away. in our country sometimes it is delayed in terms of its access. we are working to make sure

thank you, madam clerk. thank you for your service to the board. pursuant to the americans with disability axe, through prior arrangement, an individual will making his public comment by telephone when you deem appropriate. >> president yee: okay. thank you, madam clerk. so before we get started, just friendly reminder to mute your microphones when you are not speaking, to avoid audio feedback. i also want to take this time to remind my colleagues on the board and also to the public that we will not be having a regularly scheduled board meeting next tuesday, to celebrate indigenous peoples' day. after today we will reconvene or have our next meeting two weeks from today. so madam clerk, did you say you have received accommodation request? >> clerk: yes, we have, mr. president. >> president yee: okay. please allow that person. >> clerk: operations, can you please unmute the caller. you'll have up to two minutes, sir. >> caller: thank you. my name is zach. the meeting for yesterday's land committee said in the

we have shown, madame speaker, what it means to govern for the people. over the next few weeks americans will have a chance to choose the direction of our country, follows in the years ahead. they know that republicans have failed them. no health care bill, no infrastructure bill, the president talked about in the campaign, i will invest in infrastructure, no bill as represented by the president to do that, no health care bill. they know their republican colleagues failed them through their in action and your responsibility. they know the democrats have offered a serious agenda of leadership, demonstrated the capacity to govern responsibly and have shown ourselves always to be for the people. today we will be considering a bill. we are in negotiations, i hope those negotiations work. nancy pelosi and steve mnuchin reach four bipartisan deals. mister meadows was not chief of staff at that time. let us hope we can reach a bipartisan deal. we are supposed to consider our heroes 2 bill, our statement of what we think is necessary to uplift the american peopl

thank you, madam president. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. hawley: madam president, i'm here to talk about who runs america, the big tech giants or the american people. i'm here to talk about the big tech oligarchs' attempts to install themselves as a de facto ruling class of this country to usurp the power of the people, and i'm here to talk about what we can do about it. for years, the tech giants, google, facebook, twitter, they have spied on us without our knowledge. they have taken our private information without our consent, and they have used all of it to manipulate us and turn massive profits in which the american people have had no share. that's their business model. it's like the strip mining of america. but now not content with exploiting and extracting the tech monopolies want to control our news and opinions, and they want to intervene in a presidential election. for the better part of a week, the tech giants have been actively suppressing the reporting of alexander hamilton's

madam vice president?> in terms of stations and programs, you guys run a real tight ship where you're going to let me in and where you're not. that's the whole department. it has nothing to do with any employee group or anything. the more command staff than anything else, but i appreciate the protection, so let me ask you about your academy. thank you just tell me a little bit about it, since i don't know about it? >> sure. it's typically from ages 12 to 18 -- >> commissioner feinstein: i'm taking notes when you're doing this, so don't think that i'm not paying attention. [please stand by] . >> i just feel like this is what i was born to do when i was a little kid i would make up performances and daydream it was always performing and doing something i feel if i can't do that than i can't be e me. >> i just get excited and my nickname is x usher my mom calls me i stuck out like a sore thumb for sure hey everybody i'm susan kitten on the keys from there, i working in vintage clothing and chris in the 30's an