vacant seat 4, succeeding dion-jay brookter, term expiring on february 19, 2014, must be staff and/orrganization, preferrably committee members should be providing workforce development services or serving low-income residents and other with barriers to employment, for a two-year term ending february 19, 2017. the clerk: sf 41234 >>supervisor norman yee: we'll call the applicants in the order of the agenda. lily wong. >> hello, my name is lily wong. i'm one of the applicants. good afternoon supervisors and thank you for considering my application for the advisory committee. just a little brief summary about myself. i grew up in san francisco. my family came here in 1987. i have been here ever since. my family has worked hard to live here and my interest is in this. i have worked to improve the living conditions for city san franciscans. i worked at community educational services for the mayor's education employment program for low income youth in san francisco. i currently work at coleman advocates and where they have a unique perspective on adult work force. i get to provide work for

their term expires june 2015. if reappointed they can serve that. >> i read their second term expiration. >> thank you. and then seats 8 and 9 is a superintendant appointee which we just added. >> those are for superintendant appointment and they go basically from a term ending june 2015, second term ending june 2017. >> thank you, mr. davis. item m discussion of other educational issues. i believe deputy superintendant guerrero has an item. >> we have an opportunity this evening to hear the awareness and john burke accompanying her. i think we have a powerpoint. >> good evening everyone. this is to present to you about the new state test that is coming out this year. this is the new test in the state assess many system. it's called the smart balance assessment consortium. usually called the s back. this is the field test for this assessment. so the field test is really a test of the test where the publisher is testing the items to finalize the test. the advantages are that we'll have the experience and the school

seven me ending december 31, 2015, to the sro task force. clerk of the boarddvacant seat 1, term expiredmust be an sro tenant, for the unexpired 2015.vacant seat 2, rtion of a three-year term ending december 31, 2015. vacant seat 4, succeeding seth katzman, resigned, must be a profit sro operator/owner, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending december 31, 2015. vacant seat 5, succeeding joshua vining, term expired, must be a representative of the mission sro collaborative, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending december 31, 2015.vacant seat 7, succeeding angelahu, term expired, must be a representative of the chinatown 8, succeeding joyce lam, resigned, must be a representative of the families unexpired portion of a 31, 2105.vacant seat 9, succeeding victor nelson, term expired, must be a sro tenant ending december 31, 2015.1/3/14; received and assigned to the rules committee. the clerk: sf 51234 >>supervisor norman yee: okay. now we'll hear from the applicansted. first person is dan jordan. >> good afternoon supervisors, my name is dan jordan, a resident her

to the graffiti advisory board. clerk of the boardd vacant seat 14, succeeding debbie shea, term expired, must represent a business that operates in san francisco, for the unexpired portion of a two- year term ending april city clerk: sf 41234 >>supervisor norman yee: ms. deedey workman. >> good afternoon, i'm with the san francisco chamber of commerce. the chamber of commerce represents over 1500 businesses in san francisco. i would like to thank you for considering me in the graffiti advisory board and i have had the experience to interact with it and it would be my honor to serve on it. i joined with san francisco beautiful as executive director. san francisco beautiful is a longstanding civic improvement in the city. i was executive director there for 11 years and i had the capacity to address graffiti issues and support graffiti abatement across the city and giving funding to community groups to clean up graffiti and also includes giving a grant to the san francisco police department to use cameras to take pictures to document and track graffiti vandals and data base. i'm not sure w

vacant seat 2, succeeding robert muscat, term expired, must be active in labor organizations, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending y clerk: sf 51234 >>supervisor norman yee: okay. michael seville. >> thank you. it's my honor to be able to join the city. our city's ability to improve our capital infrastructure is one of the most important issues for our city. as san francisco continues on its economic revival and the transparent manner, the voters of san francisco have declared it's crucial for the government to keep up with our evolving city. having spent much of the past years with labor representative, with local 21, i now serve as a director of research and communications for local 216789 . i have worked with the city on impressive capital project including the water improvement plan and san francisco rebuild. through all of this whether meeting with engineers, architects, elected officials or before the civil service commission i have been informed about how to handle large scale projects and understand the contracting process of the city will make me a valuable ass

between $65 and $75 on march expiration you can make up to $9.50. you do not start to lose money in a meaningful way other than that 50 cent premium until $55 on march expiration. i think that risk/reward sets up great if you want to be long twitter. >> it's interesting that you talk about facebook and the first quarter and a good look at it. we did a study on all the ipos in 1998 when we were trying to figure out what facebook options would do. twitter is a textbook case. basically trading close to a high in terms of the price of options. what happens, the first quarter rolls out, implied volatility, the price drops significantly. what's important is you can actually make money right after earnings even if the stock stood here because of the vol suck that scott likes to refer to. this is one of the situations do i like twitter valuations? not particularly bu want to sel than you buy. the interesting thing is you could buy the stock at 65 bucks, but you don't want to do that. you're going to wait and buy it at a 12% discount and because you're long

31, 2015, to the sro task force. clerk of the boarddvacant seat 1, succeeding charles siron, term expired, must be an sro tenant, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending december 31, 2015.vacant seat 2, succeeding suresh patel, term expired, must be a private sro owner/operator, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending december 31, 2015. vacant seat 4, succeeding seth katzman, resigned, must be a non-profit sro operator/owner, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending december 31, 2015. vacant seat 5, succeeding joshua vining, term expired, must be a representative of the mission sro collaborative, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending december 31, 2015.vacant seat 7, succeeding angela chu, term expired, must be a representative of the chinatown sro collaborative, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending december 31, 2015. vacant seat 8, succeeding joyce lam, resigned, must be a representative of the families sro collaborative, for the unexpired portion of a three-year term ending december 31, 2105.vacant seat 9, succeedi

. >> the time of the gentleman has expired. the chair now declares a five-minute recess. >> we will have more that hearing with janet yellen in just a moment. first, a look at the u.s. economy with former u.s. white house economic adviser and he was on cnn this morning and he was asked about raising the minimum wage. >> is minimum wage an economic issue or is it a political issue in washington? certainly in washington it's a political issue. but everything in washington is a political issue. in the state of the union, he was calling for minimum wage, raising the earning income tax credit, earlyx education, community college -- he has identified the issue of incomes americans' being tied to an economic space where we want to get growth. and just marking on anyone policy saying, no, no, let's not do this one and let's not do that one, the overall issue is the fundamental issue. people don't get rich if they don't have customers. and if customers don't have income, they can't spend. and if we don't invest in the skill base of our

all time has expired. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 3308, as amended. as many as are in favor will signify by saying aye. those opposed will say no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. woodall: mr. speaker, by the direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 487 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 487, resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill h.r. 3865, to prohibit the internal revenue service from modifying the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare for purposes of section 501-c-4 of the internal revenue co

absolutely. >> time of the gentleman has expired. the chair now recognizes the gentle lady from wisconsin, ms. moore, for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chair. it is so nice to be able to say madam chair. and thank you for your indulgence in really sitting through a lot of questions. i don't remember the former chair indulging us this way. maybe things will change after you're here for a time or two. i have some questions. let me start out with some macro economic questions. there's a lot of criticism about quantitative easing and the positions that the fed has taken, the fed policy, and on the other end of the street here congress has been engaging in more and more and more fiscal austerity. is it fair to say that we're kind of working across purposes here, you know, on one end we're forcing real austere cuts, the economy is slowing while you're doing quan at this at this titi economy is slowing while you're doing quan at this at this titi? it's my thought that we might be able to slow down on quantitative easing if we we

thank you. >> the gentleman's time has expired. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from missouri, mr. cleaver, for five minutes. >> madam chair, thank you for being here. i want to talk consumer, spending and jobs. 5% of our population is doing about 35% of the consumer spending. and if you exclude food and energy, consumer spending would rise one, two, 3%, something in that area? >> with the distribution of spending, it's very unequal. >> yes. so my concern is, so how do we increase consumer spending, raise gdp, unless we are able to get a larger share of the population spending? and for them to spend, they need to have some form of income. so what is the impact, or what would be predictable impact, if we had unemployment benefits and a number of other programs that we've backed away from in congress? >> well, with respect to unemployment benefits, they certainly were serving to support the spending of individuals who had long unemployment spells. and, you know, ending does will have some negative effects on spending in the ec

. >> translator: the time of the gentle lady expired. the chair now recognizes the gentle lady from west virginia. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to add my voice to the course of congratulations to chair on her enl employment. i've been on the committee for many, many years and i've understood more of what you said than i have probably the last two folks that were in front of us. so thank you for that. >> well, thank you. >> i represent west virginia and energy state. in your report, you note the growth in the oil and gas development business, which i think has great promise for the country. it's also noted in notes for the richmond fed that the coal industry is suffering. low coal prices, regulation and a decrease in employment. energy has a great cause to bring jobs to this country and keep them here. what do you hear about energy policy and what effect would that have on economic growth? >> well, i think energy has been a great contributor to growth. and we've seen a huge shift in the u.s. position in terms of net reports in

those terms are now expiring and that is why we are before you today with new perpetual easements that succeed those 20-year term easements within the noise impact boundary. there is no fiscal impact, minor for the time and trouble of executing and notarizing a document and you have 33 of those before you today for these avigation easements, we are seeking your authority to accept them. there will be more of these. you have seen these in the past and we'll continue to bring these forward. in your file you have a general plan conformity letter from the department of planning. happy to answer any questions you might have and am joined by the representative of the airport if you have program questions. >>supervisor scott weiner: thank you. colleagues, any questions or comments? okay. in that case we'll open for public comment.is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed.. colleagues can i have a motion for full recommendation. can we take that wow objection? that will be the order. >> madam clerk, please call item no. 2. >> the clerk: item 2: agenda[planni

vacant seat 2, succeeding robert muscat, term expired, must be active in labor organizations, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending y clerk: sf 51234 >>supervisor norman yee: okay. michael seville. >> thank you. it's my honor to be able to join the city. our city's ability to improve our capital infrastructure is one of the most important issues for our city. as san francisco continues on

it's been 40 days since unemployment insurance benefits expired, mr. president, for millions of americans. that's 40 days too long for those who are downsized due to the recession and find their u.i. benefits downsized again by congress, downsized to practically zero. but i i'd also like to remind my colleagues about some of the reforms that we've already accomplished in 2012 because many of my colleagues have been very good ideas and they've talked about, well, if we're going to deal with unemployment insurance, let's deal with it in a way that we can also make some structural reforms. in 2012 i was part of the conference committee between the house and the senate where legislation was formally considered, in this body, in the other body, brought to a conference in regular order and we had a very vigorous debate about the structure of unemployment compensation and significant structural reforms were made to the program. so this is not a situation where we have neglected to look at the unemployment compensation for years and years. it's two years ago w

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey, mr. lance, for five minutes. mr. ance: thank you, speaker. this week we recognize the work of the tireless advocates for rare diseases. i have the honor of serving as the republican chair of the congressional rare disease caucus. i consider it a very important responsibility as part of my service here and in honor to -- and an honor to work for new innovative treatments, new technologies and to build an atmosphere of appreciation and understanding on capitol hill of the hard work of all the patient advocates. their passion is often driven and care of loved ones, their personal stories are profiles encourage. hearing from countless advocates, many of whom are here in washington this week, gives the members of the caucus renewed energy and purpose. events held during rare disease week highlight what has been accomplished and what still needs to be done and there is a lot to do but we will do it together. i am working on important legis

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. kelly: i thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from louisiana reserves. the gentleman from new york. mr. crowley: mr. speaker, how much time remains on each side for housekeeping purposes? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york controls 22 minutes. the gentleman from louisiana controls 21 1/2. mr. crowley: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. crowley: mr. speaker, we ve all heard the outrage and the innuendos of our republican colleagues and fox news. this is a phony, a phony investigation against president obama launched for political purposes. facts like the person who began these investigations was a self-described conservative republican. facts that 500,000 pages of documents have been provided to congress and there is no, no smoking gun. facts like the five dozen int

that is why these numbers come into play, the expiration dates. i don't know where they came from to begin with. melissa: there is list of stuff you should toss. infant formula. i feel like that is manipulation. with infant formula, it is not refrigerated. >> not refrigerated but about the nutrients. there is a lot of degradation when it comes to storage. certainly don't want to keep that for a long time. melissa: we say meat here and we were talking about hotdogs and packaged goods. >> fresh meat. chicken. melissa: lettuce and spinach that is dangerous one. people don't realize. why is that one you get rid of? >> look how many cases of food poisoning from fresh spinach and lettuce. melissa: yeah. >> as the lettuce oxidizes and everything is more embedded, more chances for bacteria grows and contaminates the foodfood supply, and ergo you get sick. melissa: keeping eggs for five weeks and eat them and sick i come to you. no, i will eat fritos instead. fritos are always safe. >>> quick shoutout to netflix, having fun in the drone zone. netflix is to

and the gentleman's time has expired. mr. johnson: if i may, madam speaker, i would also like to insert into the record the statement of the chairman of the full committee, ranking member -- excuse me, the ranking member, ranking member conyers. the chair: the gentleman's request will be handled under general leave as well. the gentleman from virginia is recognized for the remaining one minute. mr. rigell: the regulations are continuing to burden the small business owners and i yield to my friend and colleague, chairman goodlatte. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. goodlatte: i strongly support his amendment. title 3 makes important reforms to ensure that agencies identify their new regulations will have significant adverse effects on small businesses. one of the most important adverse effects is to identify whether these new regulations will make it harder for small businesses to obtain credit. small businesses create the new jobs in our economy but without access to credit, how can they do that? how can they surviv

one of which extends all of these expiring tax -- >> but in summary table one can you assume to expire. >> that's right. >> they were tax increases in 2013. they were tax increases in 2014, and they think there's even some in 2015. that are reflected in this which is what revenues go from 15 points 7% of gdp last year the summer between 18-18-point for. >> two key factors. one of them which is the change in a tax provision and the other is the strengthening of the economy which pulls in more revenues as a share of gdp. >> okay. but a number of tax increases from 2013-2014 are included. we have had tax increases. you mentioned four things and i have probably 30 seconds for each one. i'm not going to mention the order you did in your opening statement that you said are driving the deficit from certainly from the spending side. one was interest on the debt. two reasons for that, interest rates are not expected to stay at these historical low level but the others is the deficit itself feeds more debt which feeds more interest. so the best cure for that is to eliminate the deficit, right? >

this tax credit is almost expired for quite some time. i am taking a wait and see attitude because the industry has an incentive to how and what this tax credit should be extended, how much they will continue to build if it expires. i think we will see. one of the untold features of texas wind, i think, is a huge build out of transmission lines to the remote areas of west texas and so on where a lot of the wind farms exist. there are also wind farms close it to the gulf coast that work all little better with the grid but the state is spending $6.81 billion. you guys, everyone in texas is spending $6.8 billion to build out these lines, when they approve the lines in 2008 they paid it as $5 billion and it crept up and so i think now of course they say these lines will help power the oil and gas drilling operations in the midland basin area but that is a really fascinating story. it will be several dollars a month on everyone's electricity bill coming soon to your home and we will see how that plays out. >> one other quick thing, the viabili

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. johnson: well, welcome to president obama's america where labor force participation rates are the lowest since 1978, where good-paying jobs are scarce, where many health insurance premiums are either skyrocketing or being canceled, where jobs bills sent to the senate collect dust on harry reid's desk, where the state department concluded the job-creating keystone x.l. pipeline poses little environmental risk yet the president has not approved it, where yesterday the nonpartisan congressional budget office released a report stating that obamacare will have substantially larger negative effects on the economy than anticipated. the c.b.o. projects the number of full-time workers to fall by roughly 2.3 million while increasing financial burdens on our c

i yield back. >> the gentleman's time has expired. just want to keep us on the clock. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you, mr. director, for your testimony. i believe you testified last year that the imposition of sequestration would cost the economy potentially 750,000 jobs that would be lost, is that correct is? >> that sound right. i don't remember without looking. >> there are estimates that engineered unnecessary reckless government shutdown post a comment about $24 billion in lost economic productivity, correct? >> i've seen investment but we're not done investment ourselves. i can't vouch for it. >> i believe cbo itself is set as it relates to the failure to renew or extend unemployment compensation, that could cost the economy 200,000 jobs during this calendar year, correct? >> yes, that's right. >> so that our choice this congress has made or will make moving forward that could adversely impact the economy economic productivity and job creation moving forward, correct speak was yes, congressman. >> as it relates to the

>> well -- >> the time of the gentleman has expired. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from michigan mr. kildee for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, chair yellen, for being here and i know others have said this but having a daughter and a granddaughter who will now grow up in a world where the president of general motors is a woman and the president of the fed is a woman, it's something to celebrate. >> thank you very much. appreciate that. >> i wonder if you'd comment briefly. later today presumably the house will vote to extend for another year the nation's debt limit to ensure that we meet the obligation that is we have already made. i wonder if you might comment on what affect if any you think positive action by congress on the debt limit might be and i know your staff loves it when you speculate. if you might speculate on what the affect of the failure of congress to take that action before the february 27 deadline or date set by the treasury secretary might have on domestic and global markets. if you could

every day that i am talking to an employer in maine, i'm asked, are these provisions that expired at the end of last year going to be renewed? will they be retroactive? can we count on them? and they've put their hiring plans on hold until we give them the certainty that they deserve. so, again, it's been a great honor to work with my colleague, and i do urge our leaders to bring this important bill to the senate floor. thank you, madam president. madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: madam president, i do have another statement that i would like to give, seeing no one seeking the senate floor. and i would ask that i be permitted to proceed for up to 10 minutes, as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: thank you, madam president. madam president, the world's best athletes have come together in sochi, russia, for the 22nd winter olympic games. among them is russell courier from the small northern maine town of stock hol of stockholm,. it is very near caribou, where i grew up. i rise today to celebrate the