i appreciate that, leader mcconnell. i would also like to say appreciate the confidence that you have repeatedly placed in me. your recollections brought back many memories. one was the super committee. i served on the super committee, but what most of you probably don't know is that leader mcconnell had greatreservations about putting me on the super committee. oh yeah. and he grilled me for what seems like it was hours over several occasions. but here's why. he grilled me because he wanted an outcome, and his concern was will this fire brand from the club for growth be willing to compromise, be willing to reach an agreement that couldn't possibly be exactly what he wanted. and what was most important, as i recall from our conversations to leader mcconnell was thatthe people on that super committee, at least the ones that he could appoint, be interested in a successful outcome. madam president, i would suggest that one of the things that is underappreciated about leader mcconnell is how relentlessly focused he is on out

i appreciate your leadership in district 6. i get to chair the [inaudible] and the general manager of the san san francisco marriott marky. this neighborhood is important to the ambassadors. a year ago we stood here not far from here in yerba buena and introduced the san francisco welcome ambassador program. thanks to the support london breed, it has been successful, would you agree? good. today over 4 million welcomes later it is i pleasure to say and celebrate the success of the program to see how far we have some on the road to recovery. in quarter 3 of this year san francisco recorded the best tourism quarter since the pandemic started >> the san francisco market achiefed 70.5% occupancy, daily rate of 230 dollars. last year in quarter 3 it was 51% occupancy and 168 dollars of average daily rate. we have a ways to go to reach 2019 record tourism year it is important to celebrate mile stones the program has been successful and measures to support the economic growth in san francisco. i want to thank all the ambassadors for i

and then i appreciate as mr. pollock mentioned we had really good conversations over the past few weeks about the future. and -- so -- i guess starting with the funding -- and i think chair chan eludeed this i spoke with the general manager, 800 thousand dollars is the budget we like to start with. and you know it can grow from there in the future. and i think chair chan eluded to that. we can amend the mou in the future and course correct. extend. those are all options. we can do that any time by mutual agreement and approval from our commission. following approval from our commission we'll take all actions to secure funding that we are proposing. on the scope side, you know i think our approach has been to stay focused. and we have been concerned about having too broad a scope that result in a revisiting the scope. and a lot of wheel spinning. what we want to do is use this 800 thousand dollars of clean power repair of funds toward good use. and efficient use. and i think the best way to do that is to embark on

i appreciate your expertise. there is so much more to learn here i'm sure we'll talk about it often in the week as head. thank you so much. >>> and a busy day. for transcripts from the january 6 committee have been released including an interview with the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas. stick around. piled with turkey, ham and roast beef. this sub isn't slowing down any time soon. i'll give it a run fofor its money. my money's on the sub. it's subway's biggest refresh yet. mckenzie: being a first time parent is hard, you know? but then learning that your child has cancer is unbelievably hard. brennon: that's not something that we woke up that morning planning to hear. just hearing that she had cancer, it breaks you. mckenzie: eliza is diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma at four months. it's cancer of the eyes. it's aggressive and it's fast growing. and as a mom, hearing that, i still cry because you want to take away all of the pain and you don't want your kid to be sick, obviously. brennon: yo

anyway, but i appreciate everybody being here and i appreciate your recommendations. i look forward to this rules package being put together. i will say one thing that i did when i was, first became the chair is i went around all the different caucuses, not only talking to democrats but also to a lot of republicans and solicited their input. we actually have a bipartisan vote. we had a few republicans actually vote for the rules package when we first passed it, which is unprecedented. we had some stuff in there like the consensus rule to bring bills to the floor. someone suggested that we ought to modify that so that its revenue neutral. that something we ought to talk about. we have an offset on big spending bills. this modernization committee, the committee on diversity and inclusion, almost thanks kind of came out of discussions with a head with both people both sides of the islets i hope the process in the next few weeks follows that example. i'm not saying we did everything perfectly. i'm not saying -- there are things that i would've liked in our rules package t

but anyway, i appreciate everybody being here. i appreciate your recommendations. i look forward to this going back and being put together. one thing that i did when i first became the chair is i went around to all the different caucuses, talking to democrats but also to a lot of republicans. and soliciting their input. and they said, we had a bipartisan vote. that was unprecedented. we had some stuff in there like the consensus room, to bring -- we had to modify that, so that it was revenue neutral. this modernization committee, all of those things that came out of discussions i had with people on both sides of the aisle. so i hope that the process in the next few weeks follows that example. i'm not saying we did everything perfectly, i'm not saying that there aren't things that i would not have liked in our rules packages. but you are being here, you are representing these ideas. that is very constructive. >> i want to thank our witnesses for sharing their witnesses with us. i consent to the -- they have been helpful in obtaining witness testimony. so without obj

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so i appreciate your comments. i don't think you're right on the germaneness, but i do understand a lot of what you're suggesting and i yield back. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank the witnesses for coming in, a lot of other members who would like to speak for brevity, i'll yield back. >>. >> no questions, mr. chairman. >> mr. fishback. mr. morally. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i appreciate both gentlemen and their thoughtfulness how to proceed. i want to make one observation, i think that parts i would generally disagree with relative to passage of bills out of committee. and i serve like many of you in the state legislature in new york for a long time. and there are different bodies. congress is much, much different and the geographically and all kind of ways, it makes it a different place, but the idea that a committee discharged a bill and it immediately goes to the floor within a period of days, it seems to me too simplistic. there may be many reasons, may want to encourage debate with the senate and a real co

i appreciate your patience on that. the factual basis for the charges are summarized in what is called a probable cause affidavit that is on file with the court. according to the rules of the idaho supreme court, that is sealed until mr. kohberger is physically back in latah county and served with the idaho arrest warrant. at that time we expect that that affidavit will be available to you so you can share the true facts with all of your readers and watchers and listeners and all of the people interested and need to know what's going on. we hope to get that to you as soon as we can. as far as mr. kohberger, i can share with you that he's a graduate student in washington state university and has an apartment resident over at pullman. he's had an initial appearance in front of a judge in pennsylvania. he's being held without bond. the warrant from our magistrate judge here also provides for no bond. we understand that he's scheduled to be back in court in pennsylvania next tuesday afternoon and that the public defender ha

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we, you know, we appreciate, i appreciate your valuing the school districts, values, diversity, inclusion and equity. and i want to encourage to continue working. so i want to encourage that and again, thank you for your service, commissioner hsu, you will be missed. >> speaker: hi any name is cody my kid is a kinder garner. now the regular principal is retiring abruptly it seems like something is up. have any other school leaders or admin staff left or taken extended absences this year? please look into this? i hope that is no obvious pattern. we need a principal a lot of families would love to be a part of it. thank you for your time and attention. >> speaker: so i just want to thank the president jenny lam for announcing the policy regarding public comment. because my child which is 8-year-old third grade, he heard what the person said. that was not the first time and i appreciate that. i'm here today, i wanted to you know, say thank you to commissioner this is her last meeting and i believe i saw alita fisher. so i wish going forward, whenever there are resolutions for our talks among

anyway, but i appreciate everybody being here and i appreciate your recommendations. i look forward to this rules package being put together. i will say one thing that i did when i was, first became the chair is i went around all the different caucuses, not only talking to democrats but also to a lot of republicans and solicited their input. we actually have a bipartisan vote. we had a few republicans actually vote for the rules package when we first passed it, which is unprecedented. we had some stuff in there like the consensus rule to bring bills to the floor. someone suggested that we ought to modify that so that its revenue neutral. that something we ought to talk about. we have an offset on big spending bills. this modernization committee, the committee on diversity and inclusion, almost thanks kind of came out of discussions with a head with both people both sides of the islets i hope the process in the next few weeks follows that example. i'm not saying we did everything perfectly. i'm not saying -- there are things that i would've liked in our rules package t

we appreciate your willingness to sacrifice. let me just go through a few of our nominees we will listen to senator risch and give testimony. i will begin as been nominated to be the ambassador to armenia. it's a challenging moment for armenia. we've seen recent attacks videos of what appear to be war crimes as well as a long-standing humanitarian crisis brought on by the war. i was in credibly disappointed by the state department's responses and our recent hearing. i asked back to you to respect the committee's oversight role and be responsive to the committee's request for information. in the case of armenia legal responsibility to ensure the american people do not look the other way will may uncover human rights to atrocities against armenia. loving concern of countless families. this is a community that's on the edge the help anda peace. and the terror of ethnic cleansing. vassar fisher your appointment comes as this important country is growing closer to the united states. cyprus is a key part of the western response to rus

i really appreciate you coming on the show, mr. lambert.r time. >> thank you, chris. that's it for this episode, we will be back shortly. you are watching san francisco rising. thanks for watching. >> >> (indiscernible) faces transformed san francisco street and sidewalks. local business communities are more resilient and our neighborhood centers on more vibrant ask lively. sidewalks and parking lanes can be used for outdoor seating, dining, merchandising and other community activities. we're counting on operators of shared spaces to ensure their sites are accessible for all and safe. hello, san francisco. i love it when i can cross the street in our beauty city and not worry whether car can see me and i want me and my grandma to be safe when we do. we all want to be safe. that's why our city is making sure curb areas near street corners are clear of parked cars and any other structures, so that people driving vehicles, people walking, and people biking can all see each other at the intersection. if cars are parked which are too close to th

. >> we appreciate that. >> okay.n i think we are ready for our council president diane lawrence >> no, das. hello. >> item 8. >> das recognition. >> i should let ravi take his. >> item 8 the das employee recognition. deputy director and the das commission honor mark mcdougle and home supportive team. [applause] hello. >> this is the exciting part. i think -- kelly say this is and i agree it is so much fun it read when others say about it. if you are coworkers and the fact than i on notice it speaks volumes are employees of the month now i will read. so, mark mcdougle joined in home spicht service in 2017 as a 2018 social whoa an inspiation to all. mark's warm and welcome approach is the reasons clients and staff gravitate to him. with a client case load of 280 plus recipients, mark always takes the time to go above and beyond to ensure each client receives the appropriate care and support required to remain safe in their homes. despite demandos his time he will aulgsz offer undivide attention and engages his clients

i appreciate your kind words. we have served on this committee together, both in 2017 and dramatically in 2021, we were two of the four people who joined vice president biden and vice president pence to go through the process of certifying the election. only a few days later in 2021, at the same location where the metropolitan police force had been trying to defend the capitol, we are out there where we should be for the whole world to watch the peaceful transition of power. from that day, the chairman has some gavels to use. we worked on so many things. it has almost made the work of this committee seamless. we work on adoption, travel, commerce all at once. we have been great friends and i look forward to that continued friendship with you and others on the rules committee. i was chairman and then senator shelby was chairman and then i was chairman again. it has been great to work with you in this divided congress. i know i am leaving the committee in good hands as senator fischer moves into the position of rank

i appreciate that recommendation.i'm sure that the chairman can tell you, for example, milk products. so thank you for your response. >> thank you. i want to share my gratitude with all the witnesses from the fda. i think we had a good discussion, and i want to assure you that the committee is here to support you and the important work you do. i'm now going to dismiss this panel and invite the second panel to come forward, and i will be introducing them as this transition is taking place. we are -- you are excused and thank you for appearing. i want to welcome our second panel, mr. brian is the director of food policy at consumer reports. he leads consumer reports advocacy efforts with regards to food safety. he was previously a deputy undersecretary for food safety at usda and served as an agriculture appropriations associate for representative roso. he is the vice president of product policy. consumer brand association. she oversees the consumer brand regulation issues. she observes vice president of agriculture and

i appreciate your interest. if i'm confirmed i can commit to focusing on that. >> well, i would like to be a golden retriever being a junkyard dog sometimes is necessary. lastly, there's been, since 2015 there's been a a reported 45% drop in global prosecutions. we know the prosecutions for forced labor and other forms of labor trafficking remain particularly low. how can you as ambassador at large jtf increased attention in resources to combating forced labor and other forms of labor trafficking, which is very important to us as well? will compete against anybody in the world but if you are having your work done through labor trafficking, , not only is it uncompetitive but it is humanly wrong to the individuals being labor trafficked. >> thank you so much for that really, that very thoughtful question. and as a former prosecutor i love you focus on accountability. thank thank you so much. and i think that that is really important and particularly in the forced labor sphere. i think one thing if i'm confirmed i

the sessions so we appreciate his input as well. i should add commissioner fielder as well participated. we exchanged a number of drafts and worked with executive pollack to arrive at this draft and also appreciate the opportunity to meet with commissioner fielder yesterday to address her questions and comments and her expressions of comfort with the draft. so we are ready to get to work on this. with that, i join you and mr. pollack and recommending this mou and we are prepared to recommend to the sfpuc at our first available meeting in january. thank you. >> thank you director himes. let's open up for public comment. >> thank you madam chair. [providing instructions for public comment] we have 4 listners with 2 in the speaking queue. please forward the first caller. >> hello. this is (inaudible) i commented in writing. i think-i dont know if there are changes to the mou since i last saw it yesterday, but just want to express my support for really having a comprehensive study and decommissioning natural gas, because it very importa

i appreciate it. i do appreciate you talking about the role of the financial firms and so many of us were involved with the paycheck protection program during covid it was a great success but we did run into it she was when it came to fraud and so i am glad that you've had the opportunity to do investigative work. we did have unprecedented levels which i hate that we have to report that. i think it was close to an estimated amount of $100 billion in florida so that does have to be connected. it's very important that we make sure the underserved communities have equal access to sba programs but as we are looking at this we also have to make sure the taxpayer dollars are being adequately protected from fraud and waste caused by the lack of oversight so i appreciate you outlining some of those changes you would like to see and would love to work with you on the future so we can strengthen some of those antifraud protections so just wanted to start off with that. ms. murphy i would like to go to questions

i appreciate your kind words.e have served on this committee together both in 2017 and dramatically, in 2021. we were two of the four people to join vice president biden in 2017 and vice president pence in 2021 to go through the process of certifying the election and only a few days later, two weeks later at the exact same location where the great capitol police forest, the metropolitan police force had been trying to defend the capitol and did. we were out there where we should be for the whole world to watch the peaceful transition of power. from that day, the chairman of that event and the chairman has some gavels to use that day as necessary and here is one for you and the base says the 59th presidential inauguration, january 20, 2021. >> thank you. >> as you point out, we worked on so many things, it has almost made the work of this committee seamless as we go from two or three different issues, we are working on from adoption to travel to visa to converse all at once and we've been great friends and i look f

i appreciate steinbeck as a chronicler of places celebrated the inherent decency and humanity of those on the fringes of society, the countercultural types, the sex workers who developed mentally challenged, i relish the irony of how -- help create a tourist attraction from the rusted shelves of old canon factories. i suggest what became known as steinbeck country, that art of central california from san jose in the north through monterey county and bounded east and stretching further south and east to kern county can be re-envisioned as a metaphor for remembering progressive ideas and values in the present. published in january 1936 steinbeck's battle was the earliest example of his determination to write history while it was happening. he began crafting the novel in september 1934 shortly after san francisco's buddy thursday. he described the book as brutal, merely a recording of consciousness, judging nothing, simply putting down things. the story about strike organizing is almost entirely devoid of euros. steinbeck focused on the developing collective consciousness of the workers a

the response was overwhelmingly positive and reflected in appreciation for the author who hadly come to know them and understand the struggles that they faced. pressure from migrants the farm security administration camps actually help to determine where in the central valley the powerful movie adaptation of the novel was shown including early screenings in march 1940. the editor of one of the camp newspapers even referred to the camp residents as we the joad's, demonstrate and the affinity they t felt was steinbeck suppot trail. what played on the wake of the book's publication and movies release constituted one of those pivotal moments in the nation's history when a literary work strikes a chord that encapsulates the faultlines of the time so thoroughly and forcefully that it makes history while chronicling it. the grapes of wrath was aimed at the conscience of the white middle-class american reading the public at a time when that audience was beginning to grow bored of the struggles of the pooror. and the weight of evidence fell on the site of steinbeck's truth. williams searing i

let me just say i appreciate your rule explanation. you mentioned something to do with organizing the cdc. i just have to say that in my experience, it is been used to attack staff. that is how my friends have used in the past. but i have a question about the committee proposals. if you believe in a fair ratio reflecting the house, why would you have the rules committee, one of the most powerful committees in the house, i understand the ethics committee. on the rules committee, if we -- will be 76 up here. why is it will committee exempted. it seems to me that is where -- >> typically, the rules committee is a little bit different makeup than the rest. >> the rules committee and the -- >> if you got all my rules, it will be more like most of the other legislative bodies. -- without a substitute or a different bill coming from a different committee. i am actually taking power away for the rules committee by setting things straight. >> but you specifically made an exemption for the rules committee. >> i did, because of the history and in

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i appreciate that. i look forward to working with you in the future as we tackle these complex issues. for the benefit of subcommittee members, questions for the record are due within one week. for all our witnesses, panel one and final two, we would appreciate responses to questions for the record within four weeks. with that, this hearing is adjourned. >> very good. >> we will have a vote momentarily. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> on wednesday, a look at policies that need to improve health care access for veterans exposed to toxic substances. watching live coverage of the house veterans affairs committee hearing at 10 am eastern on c-span 3. you can also watch on our free mobile video app, c-span now, or online at c-span dot org. >> preorder your copy of the congressional directory for the 118th congress. it is your access to the federal government, with bio and contact information for every house and senate member. important information for presidents cabinet, federalhe agencies, and state governors. s

so they really appreciate that. bittersweet sense that but we know we can do more, we know you can do more, please help us, so you get both of those at the same time and that comes out in the way that zelenskyy carried himself. >> john: the weapons to fight back, do they have the munitions they need to beat back russia and then what happens if belarus were to invade from the north. all questions, ambassador, we'll have plenty of time to ask you going forward. we wish you a merry christmas and thank you for joining us. >> you too, john, take care. >> john: dangerous arctic blast, nearly 150 million americans are freezing. people in parts of the gulf coast will feel the coldest weather in years. ian oliver has got the story for us. how cold is it going to get, ian? >> too cold, john. good afternoon. this is a brutal forecast and the timing is especially problematic in the days leading up to christmas. it's a blizzard that we are tracking, but even more impactful than the snow is the wind and the arctic air that follow