my name is andrea patterson. i live in bernal heights in san francisco. i have a dog, and 85 pound [inaudible]. i've been walking in the gg nra lands for like 20 years. i love all of them. especially fort constant. i've got a really bad back. i can't go to the gym. i can't run. walking is all i can do. it's hugely important to me. anyway, i think most of it's been said but i want to thank you, supervisor winner, and supervisor avalos, and that's go get some. good job. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is robin garcia and i'm a san francisco resident since 1991. almost from the beginning i had a dog so i've been in almost every dog battle that this dog this city has. and we had a lot. i don't want to repeat what all the people said, but [inaudible] the gg nra is just going to pass out what they wanted to. a few years ago we had those hearings it were really not public comments. we really got no way to really quantify what was said in those [inaudible] but my guess because i was there many times, most people maybe 321 or 4 to 1 were for

patterson age 24. your reaction to this fallout from the shutdown only being discussed now after an excellent report from andrea mitchell. i think people think it is sickening to be honest with you. >> i think it is heart wrenching to know newly we reefd families will not have benefits when they need to bring families together to grief. >> john, we talk with you often and you're a passionate guy and my team told me this is something you would really wanted to speak out about and we wanted to get your voice. what are vets telling you? >> i've gotten a lot of calls today, obviously. one of my buddies called me and did a couple of tours in iraq and called it the ultimate disgrace. i'm embarrassed today standing in front of the capitol. this $100,000 is important, supposed to come with the casualty assistance, $1200 of indem knit for the families. i can imagine, it's absolutely a shame and i think it's the absolute example why we need to completely fund the government. when we try to piecemeal this thing, it's an absolute slap in the face to those who died and certainly our organization, to continue to hold the gop