my name is bob kerrey, the chair of the committee. daniel was a member of the committee, and he will be presenting as well. i am going to be making some general comments, and his will be more specific. the purpose of the civil grand jury is to represent the interests of san francisco citizens to ensure their tax dollars are being used to their maximum benefit. in issuing its report, the jury enters factual accuracy of the investigation, factual support for its findings, and a logical connection between its findings and recommendations. although we talked to a broad range of people, including current and former mta's employees, citizen groups, elected officials, industry experts, it is important for me to say that all factual information that was in the report were based almost solely on interviews with mta officials and with documents they provided us. having said that, i will just share a personal note. when i joined this committee, i knew virtually nothing about the central some waubway project. everything that i have learned has co

had -- he was trailing in the early polls behind the late paul tsongas, jerry brown, tom harkin, bob kerrey. and there's bill clinton. and you almost -- it was almost laughable. he worked and he worked and gutted and talked to the new hampshire people. even though he didn't win the primary, the perception was, he was the comeback kid because he came in a strong second. so great history. what comes to your mind when you look back on some of the primaries? >> you have to remember george herbert walker bush came in here and was the ambassador to the united nations, republican national committeeman but he was not a nationally recognized figure when he started in new hampshire. and governor hugh gregg used to put him in the front of his old station wagon and they would barn storm the state. they did it the new hampshire way, person to person, town to town and grabbed as many hands and had as many conversations as possible. >> were you there when he got up on the tractor at the farm? >> i was there at the farm. used to drive the station wagon as a senior -- >> campaign pop? >> i was following --

and he was trailing in the early polls behind the late paul tsongas, kerry brown, tom harkin, bob kerrey there is bill clinton. it was almost laughable. he worked anywhere and he just talked to the new hampshire people and even though he didn't win the primary, the perception was he was the comeback kid because he came at a strong second period but comes to mind when you look back on primaries? >> you have to remember george herbert walker bush came in here and was the ambassador to the united nations, republican national committee man, but he was not nationally recognized when he started in new hampshire. and hugh craig is to put them in the station wagon and they would just run the state committed at the new hampshire person-to-person town to town and grabbed as many hanssen had as many conversations as possible. >> or you there when he got up on the tractor? >> i despair. i used to guide the station wagon as a senior at king state college. >> the campaign pop. >> avaricious following -- never knew what i've involved in handing out literature. >> bill, does a picture of former presiden

. >> bob kerrey and i talked about it. and danforth and bradley were all involved in it years ago. you have to start. it will be called on american, cruel, evil, raping a contract. i can hear the music and the violins from the back already. and it will not work anymore. >> ok, let me go to a tougher one. >> can i chime in on that? we already do have in the part b premiums. and part d. and we are certainly in favor of increasing debt. >> first, can you talk about a little of some other ideas -- put you on the spot -- because one was raising the age. the eligibility age on medicare i am talking. >> we actually did not have that in our plan. as i have thought about it since that time, under the affordable healthcare act, we provide subsidies for people who have really chronic illnesses and for people that have limited incomes so they can afford health care insurance in the private sector. and that did not exist before the affordable health care act. and that means that people's 65- 66-67 would still be able to get health care insurance. so as i think about it, i could support raising

and he was trailing in the early polls behind the late paul tsongas, kerry brown, tom harkin, bob kerrey and there is bill clinton. it was almost laughable. he worked anywhere and he just talked to the new hampshire people and even though he didn't win the primary, the perception was he was the comeback kid because he came at a strong second period but comes to mind when you look back on primaries? >> you have to remember george herbert walker bush came in here and was the ambassador to the united nations, republican national committee man, but he was not nationally recognized when he started in new hampshire. and hugh craig is to put them in the station wagon and they would just run the state committed at the new hampshire person-to-person town to town and grabbed as many hanssen had as many conversations as possible. >> or you there when he got up on the tractor? >> i despair. i used to guide the station wagon as a senior at king state college. >> the campaign pop. >> avaricious following -- never knew what i've involved in handing out literature. >> bill, does a picture of former pres