[gavel]. >> chair fewer: okay. let's move on to item four.enda item read]. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. mr. goebel? >> commissioner goebel: thank you, madam chair. at your suggestion earlier this year, the lafco partnered with the urban affairs program at the university of san francisco to assist with our study in emerging items. today, the professor and the students -- at least about half of the class is here today to present their findings, and i would like to thank all of them for their hard work on this report. i also want to let you know that i will continue to work with them and also do further research based on their findings. there work is already proving valuable and helpful to our survey team and to the overall study. with that, i would like to introduce professor diana nigrin. >> thank you so much for having us? i'm not going to say too much but introduce these lovely students. they worked in four teams to research a different series of aspects. the students are going to layout the methodology and some of their findings, bu

chairman. [ banging gavel ] . . >>> just -- you all be nice to each other. you ready? >> yep. >> so here's what's going to happen next. i'm going to write -- please, please. please, please. i'm trying to do a news conference. i'm going to write mr. mueller a letter. and i'm going to ask him if he has any dispute with what mr. barr said about the conversation that was just described. but senator blumenthal will give him a chance to correct the record if he thought attorney general barr in any way misrepresenting the findings of his report. and that will be it. i thought the attorney general did a very good job. i thought the committee asked very good, hard-probing questions. and i am confident that this investigation of the trump campaign was thorough, complete, exhaustive. there was no collusion with the russian government by the trump campaign. and the obstruction of justice charges in this case are, quite frankly, absurd. and if you think the president did something wrong, an impeachment would be the answer, because he's not going to be indicted. and i think it would

you do not treat and you do not have that lack of knowledge to hold the gavel. many people question his ability to hold a gavel based pon how he runs a meeting. you cannot allow somebody to demean a member on the other side because he disagrees with their amendment. ignore a privileged motion, to not let both sides debate before you call the vote, that is simple, basic knowledge of a chairman. yes. reporter: given your experience, your conference's experience with contempt on holder -- mr. mccarthy: yes. reporter: and what we're going through now, is there any public stain on a contempt of congress or is it just a messaging bill? mr. mccarthy: i don't think anything happens. i think it's a messaging bill. i am glad you bring it up. there are other times where there was contempt moved by congress and it's been on both sides of the aisle. you go back to harriett and bolton. you go also to holder. and now you have barr. so there's ability to compare these based upon, also, when other parties were the majority. look at the timeline to when you would claim you would

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[gavel]. >> chair ronen: thank you. mr. clerk, can you please read item number four. >> clerk: item four is an ordinance amending the code to authorize the board of supervisors for submission of question topics by supervisors in advance of the mayor's appearance at the board of supervisors for a question-and-answer session. >> chair ronen: great. supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: thank you again, chair ronen. so again, as a chief sponsor of this legislation, i just wanted to offer some brief explanation and overview. pursuant we took advantage of an extension, and -- however, its validity was called into question as the administrative code language itself makes no mention of how or when the deadline could be extended. this led to uncertainty as to whether or not our question topic was legitimately submitted or would be included on the agenda. both the mayor's office and clerk's office were gracious in working with us so our question would be asked in january yet the procedural uncertainty remained. to prevent this from hap

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she has the gavel and can make those decisions. we agree in some areas and disagree in others. we can function as a committee and try to find consensus where we can amidst bigger medical issues and day-to-day legislation can still occur. i think that is positive. >> one of the big fights is over disaster aid for states affected by various storms and floods. the president has more recently requested money for humanitarian assistance at the border. do you have concerns about trying to meld those considering how immigration has been of late? rep. mchenry: when you have a compromised product, you have a compromise. we need to keep the government open, and fund disasters, keep the government open and funding what is necessary at the border. because of the humanitarian issues there the wall and the presidents request on the border security measure, which i support, i think there is a bipartisan deal to be had absent the more polarizing elements. that is what tends to happen around government funding measures. the vote on disaster this , the democrats who hold the gavel's in the house

i do not have the gavel. i have my opinions about the committee action, i have laid that out with chairman waters on what i think would be the right set of hearings and legislation we need for the congress. she has the gavel, and therefore, can make those decisions. we agree in some areas and disagree in others. but we can still function as a committee, and try to find consensus where we can amidst bigger medical issues and day-to-day legislation can still occur. and i think that is positive. host: one of the big fights is over disaster aid for states affected by various storms and floods. the president has more recently also requesting money for humanitarian assistance at the border. do you have concerns about those two,eld considering how immigration has been of late? rep. mchenry: when you have a compromised product, you have a compromise. we need to keep the government a fund disasters, and keep the government open and funding what is necessary at the border. because of the humanitarian there, the wall an

we saw how she wielded that gavel from the speakers chair competence, skill, knowledge, and authorityfidence in you, catherine, and in your ability and her ability to succeed. ellen was awesome. maybe another word, jim. awesome. and there have been some pretty awesome ellens. ellen johnson sirleaf, president of liberia. it was rightly said yesterday and today that our own ellen could have president. -- could have been president. ellen j coleman. anyellen could have led fortune 500 company. alan bersten, picked as one of the best actresses and an academy award winner. was burstyn, our ellen worthy of being judged the best in whatever she did. baker,choa and ellen both astronauts. like ochoa and baker, our ellen's eyes were on the stars and she always had a vision of what could be. course, ellen to generous. degeneres.o -- nine years ago, ellen faced down her cancer with courage, determination and that sense of confidence. and when she won that battle, she continued to give up herself and her talents for others she fought -- for others. she fought every battle with the same toughness fo

. >>> i extend to you this gavel. >> reporter: the speaker's gavel has rarely been heavier. nancy pelosi is in a tough spot today even if she plays it down. >> she is under pressure for many in her own caucus to begin impeachment proceedings against especially as mcgan was a no show yesterday to investigate whether the president obstructed justice and some are resolute. >> the president of the united states of america needs to be impeached. >> reporter: but other democrats are more cautious like katie hill calling for investigations instead. >> hopefully it shows we don't have to go down the path of impeachment. >> she represents the people that come from swing districts who are probably at risk if they are going too far as impeachment. they come to blue districts where they are getting to the s so long to impeach him. >> would it actually help president donald trump? a recent poll shows a big voter divide with just 42% supporting impeachment. >> reporter: after this big meeting today, house speaker nancy pelosi heads to the white house to you guys. >>> thanks doug. >>> time

i have no doubt when things get tough up there they will put ellen in the chair and hand her the gavelwrote, your absence has gone through me like thread through a needle. everything i do is stitched with color. today that is just how i feel about losing ellen. to catherine, to kathy, sally, jack and the extended family, to friends and colleagues of ellen's, i wish we weren't here. i wish instead we were somewhere with ellen planning the next adventure. having fun together listening to her stories about the cruises she took. about her nieces and nephews weddings and graduations. about kathryn's sick dog that worried her so much. about every accomplishments that her beloved catherine achieved. we are here and it is time to remember and to promise that those remembrances are not just looking backwards but forward as well. remembering ellen's voice in our ears, her encouragements and her absolute devotion to helping those whom she loved and cared for see their way forward. i was always a little in all about ellen. not only because of her big brain and her amazing personality but because s

i hope people shop locally. [ ♪ ] [gavel] >> good afternoon and. it is now 1:00 p.m.nd i'm m miguel bustos for tuesday may 7, 2019 for the commission on community investment and infrastructure. welcome to the public both listening and seeing. madame secretary, please call the first item. >> clerk: the first item of business is item 1, roll call. please respond when i call your name. [roll call] >> all are present. the next meal meting will be held in city hall and please be advised the ringing and use of cell phones and pagers and sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited and the chair may thoerd removal of any -- may order the removal of anyone and c, be advised a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent comment on each agenda item unless the commission adopts a shorter period. it's recommended members of the public who wish to address the commission fill out a speaker card and fill out the card to the commission secretary. the next order of business is item 3, record on actions taken at a previous closed session meeting if any. there ar

[gavel]y , that means it's not on the agenda next week? >> that's right. [laughter] >> i would make a motion to move this forward without recommendation and let the full board weigh in and have a conversation at the full board about it, s.b. 1045. >> is that okay with you, supervisor mar? >> without objection, this item moves forward to the full board without recommendation. [gavel]. [applause] can you please call item number 3. >> that is a bad decision. that is a bad, bad decision. >> item number 3, the motion to improve and reject the mayor's appointment of bivett bureaucrat brac tett. for a four-year term ending november 3rd, 2020. >> thank you. if you could please move the conversations outside, i would appreciate it. we have a full rest of our agenda. thank you so much. good morning, miss bracket t. we are moving forward with the next item of the agenda. if everyone could please take their conversations outside. we would appreciate it. >> good morning, everyone. thank you for having me here today. just wanted to let you know that i was frankly shocke

[gavel]. [applause] can you please call item number 3. >> that is a bad

the house judiciary committee will gavel in even though don mcgahn says he will not show up to testifys outside the hearing room for us. what can we expect? >> reporter: well, there will be a lot of activity here, but it won't be the kind of main event house democrats had been hoping for where they had high expectations that there would be a chance to hear from donald mcgahn, former counsel at the white house to donald trump. you pointed it out. it's an empty chair day instead. a seat is waiting for him. his name is on the seat. no one expects he'll come. instead, the committee will gavel in and we will hear from the chairman and the ranking member talking about what each side thinks this hearing means. the subpoena that the committee has put forward and has been rejected by the white house, all the back and forth between the various lawyers and so forth. and what does it mean in the big picture? there are some members of this committee that will convene here briefly today who believe that the absence of don mcgahn is the last straw. they're arguing that a broader impeachment process s

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then secretaries of the army and worse outline their priorities in the senate gavel senate 3:00 p.m.astern to continue work on judicial nominations. night on the communicators -- >> it's amazing that push back. other countries in europe and around the world are basically saying you have not given us evidence of cyber security wrongdoing. >> u.s. efforts to convince other nations to not use it company's equipment's over fears it will be used to spy on americans. >> i have an able to be an advocate for a safer america in cyberspace. i'm basically saying, we need to be able to compete. it is critically important that we address the risk. i've never been told what i can say and when you look at the bigger picture, we don't speak through the china government and they don't speak for us. >> watch monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. c-span bus is stopping at middle and high schools across the country to meet an award the winners of our studentcam video competition. we were recently in colorado with comcast where we met with the first price high school west lenders. >> it didn't take lo

iraq war and in the secretaries of the army and air force outline their priorities and the summit gaveln onate gavels official nominations. >> monday night on the communicators. >> it is amazing, the pushback by countries in europe and around the world basically saying you have not given us evidence of cyber security wrongdoing by while way -- hu awei. >> concerns about u.s. efforts to convince other nations to not use his companies equipment over fears it will be used to spy on americans. he is joined by drew fitzgerald. >> i was an advocate for a safer american cyberspace. bestsaying we need the technology. we need to be able to compete. it is critically important week address the risk. -- we address the risk. frankly, when you look at the we do picture, huawei, not speak to the china government and they do not speak to us. >> watch monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. guide to congress is available. it has lots of details about the house and senate for the current session of congress. contact and bio information about every senator and representative plus information about con

the house is in session and we are committed to bringing gavel-to-gavel coverage of the house on c-spanhenever they are in session. the senate is in session and that is always on c-span 2. 3.ay's hearing is on c-span c-spanair willyou can watch itn tonight. we will follow-up on c-span. utah is where that caller was from. him wanting to have c-span3. we are taking your calls this morning on the attorney general's testimony. the job he is doing so far. and what you want to hear from him when it comes to the mueller report. what questions would you ask if you were a member of the judiciary committee? we want to show you another moment from his press conference earlier this month and what he had to say about russia's involvement in the 2016 election. [video clip] thes you know, one of primary purposes of the special counsel investigation was to treat -- where is -- was whether -- was to determine whether the trump campaign or any associated with it conspired with the russian government to interfere in the 2016 election. volume one of the special counsel's report describes the results of tha

we take you to the floor of the house of representatives for the gavel-to-gavel coverage. we will see you tomorrow morning on "washington journal." he house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. may 16, 2019. i hereby appoint the honorable sheila jackson lee to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate go beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. madam pson: thank you, speaker. madam speaker, i rise today to rec

i have the gavel. chief christiansen: you have to gavel. [laughter] sen. daines: i do, now i just got to get the right script. we will be keeping the record open for a week, for questions that need to be placed on the record. and with that, we will conclude this hearing. chief christiansen: thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: starting memorial day, may 27, all week in prime time c-span has coverage of commencement ceremonies at colleges and universities across the country. speakers include maryland representative elijah cummings, acting defense secretary patrick shanahan, former georgia house minority leader stacey abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. announcer: here is some of what is

while we wait for the committee to gavel back in again, 2:30 or so, we are going to take you back to the beginning, about 9:00 eastern this morning, to hear first from the chair, jerry nadler and then the ranking republican doug collins of georgia. >> the motion for consideration is adopted. the clerk will report the committee report. >> resolution recommending that the house of representatives find william p. barr attorney general u.s. department of justice in contempt of congress for refusal to comply with the subpoena duly issued by the committee on the judiciary. >> without objection, the committee report is considered as read. and open for amendment at any point. i will begin by recognizing myself in an opening statement. today, we consider a report recommended that the house of representatives hold attorney general william barr in contempt of congress for defying a valid subpoena issued by this committee. this is not a step we take lightly. it is the culmination of nearly three months of requests, discussions, and negotiations with the department of justice, with a complete unr

. >> coming up friday, the house gavels in and will debate a bill to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity. the army secretary will speak at 11:00 eastern at the atlantic council. at noon, congressman michael mccaul, lead republican on the foreign affairs committee, talks about foreign policy at the heritage foundation. on c-span3, how climate in the arctic is affecting infrastructure. >> in about an hour, we will talk to georgia representative about the effort to pass a $2 trillion infrastructure package. later, wisconsin representative mark pocan on today's health debate. a bill to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. >> we cherish the open door that we want to create for our country, but a big proportion of must come innts through merit and skill. >> good morning. we will begin with your reaction to president trump's immigration proposal. if you support it, (202) 748-8000. if you oppose it, (202) 748-8001 . if you are a green card holder, (202) 748-8002. you can also go to twitter or poster comments on faceboo

. >> i extend to you this gavel. roars the speaker's gavel has rarely been heavier. in a tough spot. she says no, but she is under pressure from many in her own caucus to begin impeachment proceedings against the president the as she meets with alhouse democrats this morning, she will get an earful especially after done mcgan was a no show for a hearing yesterday whether the president obstructed justice. the president needs to be impeached. >> there are other democrats who are much more cautious like katie hill calling for investigations instead. >> hopefully it shows we don't have to go down the path of impeachment. >> she comes from swing districts probably at risk if they are going too far as impeachment. those who are pro impeachment come from pure blue districts where they are getting things from the other side. why are you waiting so long for impeachment. but would an impeachment proceeding help president donald trump? there is a big voter divide with 42% supporting impeachment. >>> and democratic leaders here in congress are certainly keeping a close eye on nu

listen here. >> even gavelling in today's hearing without a witness is theatrical. the cameras love a spectacle and love to rant against the administration, i'm glad to see we don't have chicken on the dias. >> that is a reference to william barr's no-show a couple weeks ago, instead of william barr sitting at the dias, we saw a bucket of kentucky fried chicken. president trump insisting this is not about him. listen here. pres. trump: as i understand it, that is for the office of presidency for future presidents. i think it is a very important precedent and the attorneys say they are not doing that for me, they are doing it for the office of the president. so we're talking about the future. >> don't forget, the opinion about mcgahn's testimony came from office of legal counsel and famously back in 1999 during the clinton administration, the office of legal counsel rendered an opinion sitting presidents cannot be indicted. we're seeing here harris, office of legal counsel cuts both ways and in neither case is congress which was controlled by republicans are now cont

i have the gavel now. i just have to get the right script. we will be keeping the record open for one week for questions that need to be placed on the record and that will conclude this hearing. [inaudible conversations]

even gaveling in today's hearing without a witness is theatrical. the cameras love the spectacle. i just am glad today to see that we don't have chicken on the dais. the chairman orchestrated today's conversation when he could have avoided it because he was more interested in fighting than fact finding. the attorney general who volunteered to testify before the committee the chairman changed the rules for the first time blocking general barr from testifying. the closer he comes to obtaining information, the further rerun for it. the democrats claim they need today's witness to investigate the obstruction of justice. we are not a prosecutorial body. let's talk about that mueller report. it's really interesting to me that the mueller report was -- within 24 hours of coming out the chairman and the majority subpoenaed for all the documents. he cannot legally provide. that's been covered exhaustively in the last two weeks. even the panel last week agreed that the subpoena asked the attorney general to do something illegal. that was his own witnesses said that last week. you know what'

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then the senate gavels in at 3:00 p.m. eastern to continue work on executive and judicial nominations. on c-span3, we returned to the navy leaks the air and space as for a discussion on international labor -- labor neater ship. -- leadership. >> the house ended its legislative week on thursday and before adjourning, house majority leader sandy lawyer and minority leader kevin mccarthy engaged in a colloquy looking at next week's agenda and other legislative issues. >> on tuesday we will meet for morning our debate and 2:00 for votesative business with postponed until 6:30. on wednesday and thursday we meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning our debate and 12:00 legislative business. on friday the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. we will continue -- consider several bills on suspension of the rules -- and us by the close of business tomorrow. house will also consider h.r. 986, protecting americans with pre-existing conditions act of 2019. on october 22, 2018, the trump administration continued the republican as

do you think she travels with gavels? i don't know. at disneyland tomorrow i don't know if you know about this but they're having the grand opening of star wars galaxy's edge. [ cheers and applause ] this is basically -- do we bring in an extra load of nerds today? [ laughter ] it's basically "star wars" land. it's said to be a totally immersive star wars experience. you can stand in line to buy a chur roe just like a remember of the rebel alliance would. [ laughter ] there is a millennium falcon ride, a custom light saber shop, a custom droid shop. you can drink in the star wars cantina. and the best part is it's all totally free. no, i'm kidding. it costs a lot. you may have to sell your children to get in this. [ laughter ] you also have to have a reservation to get in which is almost impossible to get because it's so popular. they think the place is going to be filled to capacity for -- at this point it would be quicker to just become an astronaut and go to actual space than to try to get in there. i also mentioned that tonight was

i have the gavel now. i just have to get the right script. we will be keeping the record open for one week for questions that need to be placed on the record and that will conclude this hearing. [inaudible conversations] the/thepresidents -- c-span.org the/thepresidents. >> earlier today president trump was asked by a reporter whether the u.s. was going to war with iran, and he responded by saying, i hope not. on the senate floor, several senators gave their thoughts on the state o several senators gave their thoughts on the state of us relations with iran. >> mister president years before president trump came to the white house even before