>> chair butler. >> we have to have a second. >> second. >> sorry. >> thank you. >> chair butler. >> aye. >> commissioner definite tee. >> aye. >> commissioner guerrero. >> aye. >> 12.2 is approved. >> commissioner this moves us along to item 13 a through d, we have several action items so we would like to invite our hsh staff to come and make a presentation and wish of the commissioners, would you like all the presentations at once or each individual presentation? how do you? what is the pleasure of the commission. >> it will be fine to combine them? >> thank you, i actually agree with that. if you can xlien the presentation sxz then we'll have public comment and commissioners will respond and then we'll take a vote. thank you. my name is elizabeth houston i'm the manager at hsh and i'm here to present four new grant agreements with for approval with tenderloin housing clinics for elevator renovation and retairz at the master lease sites. a grant agreement with for the may fair hotel in the amount of 331 and in the agreement. and an agreement for the pier hotel and then an agreement

chair butler is excuses and.>> present. >> commissioner albright. >> present. >> commissioner williams. >> present. >> commissioner dufty excused. commissioner gerrero. >> present. >> commissioner laguana. >> i think he is present. >> the upon san francisco department of homelessness executive director mcfadden is present. we have a quorum. item 3 announcement of sounds producing device the use of cell phones and electronics are prohibited. the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of persons responsible for ringing or use of cell phones. thank you. item 4, announcements. >> could i note that vice chair that commissioner laguana is present. >> check, check, check. i'm here. >> thank you. >> welcome, happy to have a good and productive meeting today. hope everybody enjoyed the holiday break. i wanted to just share one item this i read over the holidays. i thought was really an extraordinary read. you might also enjoy. the esquire magazine an article, my life as a homeless man in america. extraordinary

because of some of the personalities that pop ulate the chairs of -- that populate the chairs of that committee. senator butlerics ain't bean bag in the senate judiciary committee. she stood up for her state effectively and she articulated her positions convincingly, and she was always there when needed. i want to thank her for being part of the process of filling these vacancies in the federal why shall with the most diverse group of judges in our history. it's something that will live on long beyond senator butler and myself. so i thank her for her friendship, her smile, her determination, and her success in the senate judiciary committee and the senate as a whole. joe manchin is going to give his farewell address on the floor, the senator from west virginia and i have served together. and i've come to appreciate joe's politics and the way he handles decision-making. sometimes i disagree with him vehemently and am frustrated by his position, but i understand he represents his own conscience, his people of west virginia and the relate -- and the reality of politics in the state. time and again he has made a d

chair. after her passing, she was replaced by senator butler, who was a partner in recruiting, nominating so many judges, and the last couple of weeks, senator adam smith, so we are ready for the work in the years ahead. the diversity, it has been said before but is worth reemphasizing, it is not just demographic diversity, gender diversity, race diversity, but also diversity of professional backgrounds, of legal experience and ideology. not only is it better outcomes that we can expect, but we can improve the confidence of the republic -- of the public in the judiciary, so again, a big thank you to my colleagues, to the white house, the staff that have helped us get to this point, and congratulations to our final two district judges that were just confirmed today. let me know introduce our colleague, new to this committee but not new to public service, senator from vermont, peter welch. >> thank you. the rule of law, which we used to take for granted, is under enormous stress. it is really threatened. the importance of what we do is we have 235 purest twitter to the rule of law, and that in

the chair, mike kelly, who represents butler, pennsylvania, said the focal points are what went wrongoing about it and what changes need to be made. they heard testimony from the acting secret service director ronald rowe. he said this was an abject failure by the secret service that underscored critical gaps in their operations, including deficiencies on communications, coordination and protective advance. listen to what rowe said. >> the face of this process, it does frustrate me. it is essential that we recognize the gravity of our failure. i personally carry the weight of knowing that we almost lost a protectee and our failure cost a father and husband his life. >> reporter: now rowe promised to conduct a thorough review of policies and procedures, some of which he said have already been implemented. he said he recognizes that an attempted assassin must be lucky once, the men and women of the secret service must be perfect every time and they'll be defined by their ability to act and learn from it. >> when will we see the committee's final report? >> reporter: they didn't announce

the chair lays before the senate communications regarding resignations from the senate of senator butler and senator helmi. without objection the communications will be printed in the record. the chair lays before the

dianne feinstein who was a longtime member of the committee, full-time chair and after her passing she was replaced by senator butler who 15 months again in recruitingnominating confirming so many judges . and the last couple of weeks senator adam schiff so we are ready for the work and big years ahead . the diversity that i spoke of, i've said it before but it is worth reemphasizing it's not just demographic diversity, it's gender diversity, race diversity but also diversity of special backgrounds of life experience, of legal experience in ideology. where there's more opinions and the deliberation of the judiciary not only is it better outcomes that we can expect but we've improved the confidence of the public and the judiciary as a republic. again a big thank you to all my colleagues from the white house, all the staff that has helped us get to this point and the congratulations to our final two district judges that were confirmed today, judge benjamin cheeks of california, the great stateof california . let me now introduce our colleague new to this committee but not new to public service, senator from vermont. >

i want to thank chairs blumenthal, booker, butler, coons, hirono and whitehouse and hirono and welch for their hard work. once again thank you to all the members of the judiciary committee for their cooperation. it has been the honor of a lifetime. mr. president, i want to make one other short statement. i remember polio. i remember it as a kid. it scared the hell out of us. nobody knew what was happening, how a kid could wake up in the morning and go to school, look as healthy as could be and die before dinner. that's what polio was all about. iron lungs, scary results and crippling kids, and we didn't know where it came from. every conscientious mom had a theory. my mom said playing in rain water in freshly fallen rain in our neighborhood was dangerous for polio. that was her interpretation. no one really knew. and then came the amazing news that someone had developed a vaccine to deal with polio. we couldn't believe it. no kid wants to take a shot, but to be protected from polio, you did it and you were happy to do it. i did when i was a kid in the 1950's. as a result of it, we br

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nation" including our conversation with the bipartisan chairs of a congressional task force investigating what went wrong with law enforcement in the butlerassination attempt, of former president trump. stay with us. >>> welcome back to "face the nation." on friday we sat down with republican mike kelly and democrat jason crow leaders of the bipartisan congressional task force investigating the assassination attempts on former president trump and wanted to know what they learned about the challenges facing the secret service when it comes to keeping protectees safe. >> the area that i looked at was the culture of the organization. i was struck by the stories and the recount of the specific actions of officers, agents on the ground that day and there were some heroic ones but also a lot of examples of people that knew that something was wrong and they didn't say anything. >> yeah. >> why didn't anyone say anything. were they unaware of vulnerabilities or is there a culture of silence or people speaking up, get smacked down for doing so. >> that is my concern. there's a culture of silence and that individual officers and agents are not in p

the vice president: the chair lays before the senate communications regarding the resignations from the senate of senator butler and senator helmy. without objection, the communications will be printed in the record. the chair lays before the senate a certificate of appointment to fill the unexpired term created by the resignation of bob menendez, former senator from new jersey, a certificate of election to fill the unexpired term caused by the resignation of ben sasse, former senator from nebraska, and a certificate of appointment to fill the unexpired term created by the death of the late-senator dianne feinstein of the state of the california. the certificates, the chair is advised, are in the form suggested by the senate. hearing no objection, the reading of the certificates will be waived and they will be printed in full in the record. if the senator-elect and senators-designate will now present themselves at the desk, the chair will administer the oath of office. the vice president: please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states a

the chair lays before the senate communications regarding resignations from the senate of senator butler and senator helmi. without objection the communications will be printed in the record. the chair lays before the senate a certificate of appointment to fill the unexpected unexpired term created by the resignation of menendez. former senator from new jersey. a certificate of election to fill the unexpired term caused by the resignation of ben sasse, former senator nebraska and a certificate appointment to fill the unexpired term created by the death of the late senator dianne feinstein of the state of california. the certificates, the chairs advised, are in the form suggested the senate hearing. no objection on the reading of the certificates will be waived, and they will be printed in full in the record. if the senator elect and senator designate will now present themselves at the desk, the chair administer the oath of office. we do this again together every congratulations. okay, everyone ready? okay. please raise your right hand. do you each solemnly swear that you support and defe