thompson: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i rise today to recognize colonel halstrom of woodland, pennsylvania, for his distinguished military service. he's retiring from the pennsylvania air national guard after 36 years of service to our nation and to pennsylvania. colonel halstrom has served in the air national guard since 1985 and today is commander of the 193rd special operations medical group. he served this country and several missions including operations desert storm, continuing hope, enduring freedom and iraqi freedom. colonel halstrom also served the rank of chief flight sergeant by logging more than 173 combat hours. in addition to being a commanding officer in the air national guard, colonel halstrom is also a physician where he practices physical medicine, rehabilitation and pain m medicine. madam speaker, please join me in congratulating him on his many years of service. we understand freedom is not free. on behalf of a grateful nation, we thank him for his service and his commitment to our count

madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair now recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, madam chair. madam chair, i rise today to recognize the service of jason marie of northern cambria, pennsylvania. mr. marie had his pass and review for the united states navy, an important step in passing basic training and becoming a sailor. to his family and those who know him well, jason is an driven and dedicated person. when he graduated from northern cambria high school this spring, he knew military service was his best avenue for his life. coming from a family where his mother is a retired -- is retired from the army and his grandfather served in the marine corps, jason naturally felt the call to serve after high school. prior to serving in the united states navy, jason was an active member of his community and served on the northern cambria volunteer recreation board. we're thankful both as a community and as a nation for jason marie and f

that can you, madam speaker -- thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from reserves. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. graves: thank you, madam speaker. i want to thank -- i yield myself such time as i may consume. i want to thank the speaker for the comments. today we are here because of a failure by the biden administration to prevent a rail labor strike. it's unfortunate that we need congress to act quickly to avoid obviously a catastrophic economic disaster. or consequences as a result of this. freight rail is extremely important in our nation's economy and national security. approximately 40% of all the long distance cargo is transported by rail. in recognition of freight rail's economic importance, congress enacted the railway labor act. this legislation helps to ensure that collective bargaining rights for rail workers. it created processes, including congressional action, which we are doing, to ensure the prop settlement of labor disputes that could interrupt interstate commerce and damage the

thank you, madam speaker. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: and for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. takano: madam speaker, i rise today in honor of transgender awareness week. trans americans made history this year by running and winning in more elections than ever before. break the representations in media have led to historic numbers of transgender and nonbinary characters on screen. in many ways, transgender americans are more visible than ever. and at the same time, the trans community has been forced to withstand severe attacks. from laws that with strip fundamental rights to dehumanizing vitriol deployed by elected officials and public figures. these attacks treat trans people as threats to society rather than neighbors, parent

, madam clerk. welcome to the meeting, madam, mayor. >> thank you, president walton. good afternoon, supervisors. it's election day. i know there is a lot of work to be done. i will be brief. i want to thank the director for running our elections department. so often in the city we talk about the problems we have. this is a opportunity to recognize that our elections run pretty smoothly with little drama. that's credit to the process, the election staff doing the manning to get us here to the volunteer poll workers out there today making sure people can vote and have a good experience. i poe elections often heighten divisions. there are those of us that a free on different measures, candidates and those of us at that disagree. in san francisco unlike other parts of the country we have faith in our elections and process. when the poles close and votes are counted we honor the results. that's because of our fund ph-pt al belief in democracy and our elections are well ran. whatever happens tonight we c

madam clerk this concludes our 2:30 p.m. recognition of accommodations and we're now going to our first 3:00 p.m. order of business. items 34 through 37. >> items 34 through 37 comprise public hearing of persons interested in the exemption of environmental review under the california environmental quality act as a categorical exemption by the planning department on april 13, 20 one of for the proposed project at 45 bernard street for a proposed renovation of a three story four unit apartment building. item 35 is the motion to affirm the categorical exemption from further environmental review. item 36 is the motion to conditionally reverse the department's determination and item 37 is a motion to district the preparation of finds. >> thank you and colleagues we have a hearing on the appeal determination of exemption from environmental review. i believe the clerk's office received a withdraw letter? >> yes mr. president from the upper chinatown neighborhood association. >> thank you so much. we will entertain a motion to file

wilson: thank you, madam speaker. americans are experiencing inflation at 40-year high was families in south carolina paying over 14% more in the last year. under biden, inflation has outpaced worker wages for 18 months in a row and will cost the average american household over $8,000 annually, which is a loss of a month of income. a trip to the grocery store costs families 12% more from last year. eggs are up 43%. milk up 15%. the congressional budget office reports the irresponsible inflation expansion act will increase the deficit through 2026 and cost working families an additional $60 billion destroying jobs. our country is in crisis and americans need relief. which is why voters have achieved a house republican majority. republicans will fight biden nation undermining american families. congratulations speaker to be kevin mccarthy. in conclusion god bless our troops who successfully protected american for 20 years as the global war on terrorism continues moving from the afghanistan safe haven to america. i yield

>> madam secretary, we have three callers on the line. not sure if they are here for general public comment though. >> caller, please state your name. your 2 minutes begin when you speak. >> my name is max arnold. can you hear me? >> we can hear you. your 2 minutes begins as soon as you speak. >> perfect. my name is max, and work at (inaudible) in san francisco. i work as a bread baker. (inaudible) billion dollar real estate firm based out of la. we have been trying to get modest wage increases for over a year in conjunction with the union and by ourselves and they are very- >> sorry to interrupt, i wanted to make note this is public comment regarding our closed session. this is not general public comment. >> okay. >> i'm sorry. please stay on the line, we will have general public comment for the next item, but we are still wrapping up closed session motions. >> no problem. >> just hang tight, we will be back in one moment. >> i'll hang tight. >> madam secretary, any other callers on the line for commenting on whether or not to disclose r

. >> madam president. quick to senator from maine. >> thank you madam president. madam president, i rise today to express my strong support for tthe respect for marriage act. a bipartisan bill that senator baldwin and i have introduced with her colleague senator feinstein, senator portman, senator sinema and senator tillis. madam president, this bill recognizes the unique and external importance of marriage on it individual and societalou level. it would help promote inequality, prevent discrimination, and protect the rights of americans in same-sex and interracial marriages. it would accomplish these goals while maintaining and indeed strengthening important religious liberty in conscious protection. i am proud to be the lead republican sponsor of this legislation. and i am grateful that a similar billti passed the house with strong bipartisan support. madam president, as the senate considers and prepares to vote on this historicwo legislation,i would be remiss if i did not begin by recognizing the tremendous progress lgbtq individuals in this country, and our co

madam clerk. i don't see anyone on the roster so we'll take this item same house, same call and without objection this ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. [gavel] >> . madam clerk please call item 24. >> item 24. this is a res to approve a lease amendment for 1390 market street fox plaza with tv two market street llc with a term extension cited with the five years after the completion of certain tenant improvements by the office of the city attorney for approximately 5 million in annual rent with 3% annual increases and the city contributing 1.6 million towards the cost of the tenant improvements and to approve the continued use of a portion of the premises for child care services. >> thank you. i don't see anyone on the roster so we will take this item same house, same call and without objection this resolution is adopted unanimously. [gavel] >> madam clerk would you please call item 25. >> item 25. this is a resolution to retroactive three authorize the public defender's office to

. >> thank you madam chair. welcome back, this is lady and gentleman, there's folks on a larger issue today the effects of the consumer, consumers all over the world. which is heavy investment, volatile, and unfriendly countries such as russia and china. miss frazier, mr. diamond, there's banks that have significant investments with russia. after putin's invasion of ukraine. while american sanctions were impetus for those actions, it should be said you did the right thing by saving your assets. there we learned two things from that. number, one there is a large risk investing in volatile agents with volatile. governments number, to they play a significant role in managing the nation's economy. in recent, months china's continue to threaten taiwan with violent rhetoric. should the ccp follow through on its threat to taiwan, all your bank's prepared to pull your investments out? -- we go to start? first >> we will follow the government guidance, which has been for decades to work with china, and if they change the

that can you, madam speaker -- thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from reserves. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. graves: thank you, madam speaker. i want to thank -- i yield myself such time as i may consume. i want to thank the speaker for the comments. today we are here because of a failure by the biden administration to prevent a rail labor strike. it's unfortunate that we need congress to act quickly to avoid obviously a catastrophic economic disaster. or consequences as a result of this. freight rail is extremely important in our nation's economy and national security. approximately 40% of all the long distance cargo is transported by rail. in recognition of freight rail's economic importance, congress enacted the railway labor act. this legislation helps to ensure that collective bargaining rights for rail workers. it created processes, including congressional action, which we are doing, to ensure the prop settlement of labor disputes that could interrupt interstate commerce and damage the

at this time, we will take a brief recess -- >> madam chair. green from, texas unanimous consent request. >> without objection, such as the order. >> thank you. i have a special purchase credit program i'd like to submit to all the members of the panel. >> without objection. >> thank you. >> thank you. we'll take a brief recess for members to vote on the house floor. we'll resume immediately following the votes. let me just say to all the witnesses, i appreciate your patience with that work that we're doing today. you may want to take this as a time to grab some lunch. that committee will stand in recess. thank you. [inaudible]

. >> madame president. rise today for my strong support for the respective marriage active a bipartisan bill that senator baldwin and i have introduced with senator feinstein in, senator portman senator sinemall and senator tillis. this bill recognizes the unique and extraordinary importance on an individual and societal level. would help to promote equality and prevent discrimination andin protect the rights of americans with same-sex and interracial marriages. to accomplish these goals while maintaining liberty and protection. i'm proud to be the lead republicans sponsor of this legislation grateful a similar bill passed the house with strong bipartisan support. p madame president as the senate prepares to vote on this ishistoric legislation i would be remiss if i did not begin by recognizing the progress lgbtq individuals in this country and our country has made in recent times to achieve equal rights. not long ago patriotic americans cannot be honest about their sexual orientation while fighting to prot

madam clerk. we have to let a project manager with oewd and shauna gates who is a project manager with public works infrastructure task force. welcome. >> thank you very much, good afternoon. i'm philip wong a project manage with workforce development. if you allow me a moment pointing out my costume topical and seasonal on the street. and here to talk about an ordinance for the city to accept for ownership, liability and maintenance public improve ams part of the 5m project. why this is a review of the status of the project since the development agreement approved and executed in 2015. during that time we saw the construction and completion of 2 towers first being a building m2 in minna the george 302 units 91 are middle income below market rate. for15 natomah office, 640,000 square feet in negotiations with 10 an and then the merry court east and west. west has a beautiful public stage and access from an historic building the printing building occupied and managed and programmed by the community

thank you madame speaker. [applause] >> thank you madame chair know the energy and commerce committee that has they have jurisdiction over everything if you asked them but with that meeting wewe were at today thank you for the leadership. >> and to. with your effectiveness madame speaker you are the most effective speaker we have ever had in my opinion also thinking members of the special committee all you have done to initiate the climate action plan. i wasas at previous conferences when trump was president and was trying to take us out of the paris agreement. i was so proud nancy pelosi led the delegation to make the point that the united states was still very much in this. it's because of the inflation reduction act in the infrastructure bill that the main thing i just want to say is wes are here to demonstrate united states continues its commitment with our global partners in the fight against climate change. and then to accelerate that transition to a more sustainable future. and with the inflation reduct

madam clerk? >> item 2 vice chair fielder. >> aye. >> commissioner mar. >> aye. >> commissioner williams. >> aye. >> chair chan. aye >> thank you, madam clerk this motion has been approved without objection. could you call item 3? item 3 approval of the lafco minutes from october 21, 22 meeting. members who wish to comment call the number streaming across the screen. dial star 3 and wait until we call for comment on this item and the system indicated you have been unmuted. >> thank you. i don't see anything on the roster. so we will be no changes to the minutes. so, let's open this for public comment. >> thank you. press star 3 to line up to sfeek. we have no callers in the queue. >> thank you. is well a motion to approve the minutes. so moved. >> thank you. >> i will second commissioner mar's motion. and madam clerk call the roll. >> the motion for item 3 vice chair fielder. >> aye. >> commissioner mar. >> aye. >> commissioner williams. >> aye. >> chair chan. >> aye. >> there are 4 aye's. >> than

thank you madam hair. -- madam mayor. this is like breathtakingly beautiful. this is one of the most beautiful buildings in the entire city of san francisco. i don't say at that lightly because we always talk about the new design. this is one of those examples of what it means when we really put our heart and soul into what something looks like and what we deliver to the community. this so beautiful and i want to congratulate the community and puc and everyone who is involved in this amazing project. i'm a big fan of the san francisco puc. this is an organization committed to sustainability whether it's around clean water or clean energy. this is a clean environmental agency. it's awesome. this building, of course, is so incredibly sustainable. it's a model for what we need. we also know that environment sustainability, yes, it's about energy and water and all that. but it's also about the sustainability of the community. and this is a community -- the bayview hunters point is a community that's been under intense prescri

you >> thank you very much, madam chairwoman, i yield. bag >> -- on the side of the aisle, i applaud president biden on student loan forgiveness. very important the gentleman from pennsylvania, miss dean is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you madam chair. thank you to all our ceos for your time. i listened with interest to all your opening statements. there are certain phrases that popped out to me. for example, mr. cecere, you said you're one of the world's most ethical companies. miss fraser, and you spoke globally that our banks are the envy of the world. mr. dimon, he said part of your work is to help solve the problems facing our country. that's our mission to. to help solve the problems that are facing our country. one of the problems that's facing our country day in and day out, are the deaths from gun violence. since 2009, the united states has suffered a devastating 281 mass shootings. causing more than 1500 deaths and obviously, so many more injured and terrified. we know that some of the deadliest mass shootings, have bee

madam president, thank you. and i yield the floor. ms. baldwin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. ms. sinema: thank you, madam president. i rise today as our country takes an important step to protect the rights and freedoms of all americans. together with broad bipartisan support, the senate will provide certainty to millions of americans in loving marriages and enshrine into law the basic protections afforded all americans while respecting our country's critical principle of religious liberty. this historic milestone builds off of years of incredible strides we've made advancing freedom and equality, including hard-fought victories i've been honored to help lead. nearly two being dids ago in 200, at a time when our country was just beginning to debate marriage, arizona proposed a ballot proposition banning same-sex marriage in our state's constitution. this issue is personal to me and to many other arizonans. similar ballot provisions had passed in states across the country -- red and blue states alike -- you and the stakes were h

madam chair. >> good afternoon, director ison. >> madam chair. members of committee, thank you very much for taking this item out of order. i did want to appear in front of you today to make a few opening remarks. introduce you to our team. shortly, you'll be hearing from julian robinson. he's our incoming workers compensation director on the details of this contract but i would like to just make a few brief statements and then we'll hear from julian. this $29 million contract supports the city in providing critical workers compensation administration services for our employees. it's a mouth full but it has to do with employees who are injured at work and file claims with the city and the work that commences from that point resulting in payments to injured workers until they can come back to work is the essential work of our workers' compensation division. as you know, we're the second largest employer in san francisco just behind ucff, we're among the largest self-insurance workers' compensation in california so this is a big effort that resides

madam clerk? >> this is a report? >> yes, as a committee report. >> clerk: thank you, and to clarify the items will be going to the november 29th meeting on the motion. vice chair stefani. >> aye. >> clerk: member mel gar. >> aye. >> chair mar. >> aye. >> chair maraye, there are 3 ayes. >> this will be sent pardon with a positive recommendation. thank you very much mr. jesse. madam clerk, can you please call item number 2. >> clerk: item 2 is a considering to consider a on sale general public premise liquor license converted from type 47 on sale general for bo na find eating place liquor license. members of the public who wish to provide public comment on this item should call 416-665-0001 and press code number 24870695816. >> thank you, and thank you officer salmanson for presenting the alu report on this item. >> okay, for llc operating for piano fight. i have zero letters of protest and zero of support. they're on area that is considered high saturation area. and they recommend that petitioner should monitor under

>> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. cawthorn of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote no on h.con.res 119. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from michigan seek recognition? ms. stevens: madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. craig of minnesota, i inform the house that ms. craig will vote yes on h.con.res 119. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. paul gosar from the great state of arizona, i inform the house that mr. paul gosar will vote no on h.con.res 119. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? mr. butterfield: as the member designated by mr. clyburn, i inform the house that mr. clyburn will vote yes, he will vote yes on h.con. resolution 119. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. fleischmann: thank you, madam speaker. as the member designa

madam chair? >> thank you. madam clerk. thank you supervisor safai for joining us the floor is yours. >> thank you. colleagues today for item one it is an ordinance that amends 2 sections of the planning code this deal with temporary use. first is to allow the city to establish and maintain what we have termed vehicle triage centers. or safe parking cites for unhoused households as temporary uses and changing up to 5 years with 2 possible 6 month extensions after this. the second part of the section allow the existing businesses that operate under medical cannabis dispensary permits to continue until january of 24. with the absence of legislation the accidents under the medical cannabis permits have to cease operations the beginning of the upcoming year, which would lead to closure for many businesses increase risk for alegality of those that rely on this for their medical purposes. would create and support more e lipsit business in the city. on the first point on the vehicle triage centers. we a couple years ago as we star

>> thank you madam chair. we are checking to see if there are callers in the queue who wish to discuss any consent calendar item. if there are callers-please stand by. we have one caller in the queue. please stand by. thank you caller. your 3 minutes begins now. >> i do not want to speak on this issue. >> okay. >> thank you. >> if you can hit star 3 to lower your hand. madam chair, no further callers in the queue. >> thank you, public comment is closed. commissioners do i have a motion to adopt the consent calendar items 3 resolution continuation of remote hybrid commission meetings. item 4, ethic commission regular meeting schedule for calendar year 2023, 5, director of enforcement report highlighting enforcement division operations. 6 executive director report highlighting various departmental programs and operations. item 7, ethics commission annual report draft for the fiscal year ending june 30, 2022. i see a motion? >> i move to adopt the item on consent calendar and think just for clarty, item 5 isn't a

madam secretary, please call the first item. >> thank you mr. chair. the first order of business is item 1, roll call. commission members please respond when i call your name. [roll call] >> commissioner brackett and vice chair rosales are absent but all others are present. we have quorum. the next order of business is item 2, announcements. item a is next regular meeting is scheduled on tuesday november 15, 2022 at 1 p.m. announcement of public comment procedures. please be advised a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent public comments on each agenda item unless the commission adopts a shorter period on any item. please note that during the public comment period, all dial-in participants from the public will be instructed to call a toll-free number and use their touch-tone phones to register any desire for public comment. comments will be taken in the order that it was received. audio prompts will signal to dial-in participants when their audio input has been enabled for commenting. call 415, 655-0001. access code 24848270032

madam clerk would you please call item 40, 41 and 45 together? >> item 40 the board of supervisors will resolve into a committee of the whole for a public hearing to hold public hearing on the laguna honda hospital's strategy for recertification and the submission of a closure and patient transfer relocation plan and to request that the department of public health to present. item 41. this item is a public hearing on the settlement of the lawsuit filed on behalf of the city and county of san francisco against the u.s. department of health and human services. item 42 -- forgive me as i turn pages. excuse me. item 44. this item -- this item is a closed session for the board of supervisors to convene this afternoon for the purposes of conferring with or receiving advice from the city attorney regarding the settlement of the lawsuit filed by the city against the u.s. department of health and human services and item 45 is the ordinance to authorize the settlement of the lawsuit which is the subject matter of item 44 in the closed session. these items

thank you, madam president. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 1130, maria del r. antongiorgi-jordon, of puerto rico, to be united states district judge for the district of puerto rico, signed by 19 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of maria del r. antongiorgi-jordon, of puerto rico, to be united states district judge for the district of puerto rico, shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 51, the nays are 43, and the motion is agreed to. mr. brown: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: i ask my colleagues to join me tod