they are richard hutcheson and melete passenger -- lasseter. i will turn it over to rich for the presentation. you have additional information provided to us after the report was in the final stages of preparation. one is a letter from the city of oakland. the other it is figures on estimated benefits the city receives from the contract. supervisor campos: i have a quick question about process. if there are additional questions or additional information that the commission would want, we can ask them to come back to us in the near future. >> that is correct. the consultant is available to you for any additional services you would like for them to provide. supervisor campos: great. thank you. is the microphone working? >> i am richard hutcheson. melody worked on the project with me. we're going to provide results of our study to examine the practices of procuring services for solid waste. supervisor campos: does your company have any relationship or employment agreement with any companies that could have any involvement in the industry we are di

before hutcheson died he wrote these words i am sometimes tempted to endeavor to forget i am an american and turned my who views from -- to turn towards remain of life in england, but my passion for my native country returns and though i know not how to reason upon it, i feel a fondness to lay my bones in my native american soil. justice peter oliver also from an old american family also fled to england and lies buried there. the george washington and other respected american leaders across the country condemned the boston tea party as vandals and they may have well ended in jail and faded into obscurity had the british government not responded so rash and violently by sending troops back to boston. bye cornering the troops in private homes of loyalists as well as rebels the british military commanders seemed to declare war against all americans and that provoked almost the entire massachusetts citizenry into open rebellion. lexington followed, but americans discovering the importance of the individual's right to bear arms. then came bunker hill and that was followed by a declaration of

so you get in this book and its relationship to his teacher, francis hutcheson, you also get flushed out conversations of the reliance on the department of other major figures of the time, david hume, keynes, adam ferguson, russo, edinburg the statute is just outside, all of these players to into the story, allowing the reader to make sense of the complicated constellation of stars that made up the scottish enlightenment. while professor phillipson has done i think is explained in clear and this can be emphasized too much, readable prose, smith's project as it found expression in the lectures he gave and the sec road, in a learned society join, the french he kept and, of course, the two books that he published. in philipson sans smith becomes a social scientist. a brilliant mind trying to understand what institutions are that lead to human happiness and flourishing, combined with the generosity of soul that smith had as a person severely committed to using his discoveries to help remove obstacles to the well being of the common man. it is an inspiring story. i say that in all sinceri

senator hutcheson -- hutchison? >> the nasa authorization bill allows nasa to modernize any contract from the constellation program and it seems that orion would be the perfect candidate for such action because the whole theme of the authorization bill is to use the technology, expertise and experience we have invested in to go to the next generation of vehicle. the president himself brought back orion west year. he wanted or ryan continued. your staff and managers agree that orion is the reference vehicle and falls and the scope of the authorization law that you have said you are following. yet it doesn't seem that the contract modification to achieve this results are happening. do you intend to modify the current launch vehicle and orion contract as directed in the authorization law, or is it going to be strung out so that eventually it just can't be revived? >> there may be no requirement for modification of the contract for orion. the present orion was designed as a deep space exploration vehicle and if it is fo

i would like to recognize a longtime member of the commander, senator kay bailey hutcheson, as rankingember of the subcommittee. i want to think both of you and the members of the said committee for the longstanding support that you have given to nasa. we have a common passion for science, aeronautics, and space exploration and the benefits they bring our nation. i look forward to continue to work together in the same collegial fashion as we have in the past. it is my privilege today to discuss the president's fiscal year 2002 budget request of $18.70 billion by nasa. recognizing the president's commitment to fiscal restraint, i am pleased we are proposing to hold funding at the level appropriated for fiscal year 2010. the fiscal year 2012 budget request continues the agency's focus on a reinvigorated path of innovation and technological discovery leading to an array of challenging destinations and emissions that engage the public. madam share, you and each member of the said committee should have two charts before you to which i call your attention. chart #1 is the pie chart and shows

i would like to recognize a longtime member of the commander, senator kay bailey hutcheson, as ranking member of the subcommittee. i want to think both of you and the members of the said committee for the longstanding suort that you have given to nasa. we have a common passion for science, aeronautics, and space exploration and the benefits they bring our nation. i look forward to continue to work together in the same collegial fashion as we have in the past. it is my privilege today to discuss the president's fiscal year 2002 budget request of $18.70 billion by nasa. recognizing the president's commitment to fiscal restraint, i am pleased we are proposing to hold funding at the level appropriated for fiscal year 2010. the fiscal year 2012 budget request continues the agency's focus on a reinvigorated path of innovation and technological discovery leading to an array of challenging destinations and emissions that engage the public. madam share, you and each member of the said committee should have two charts before you to which i call your attention. chart #1 is the pie chart and shows

i would like to recognize a longtime member of the commander, senator kay bailey hutcheson, as ranking member of the subcommittee. i want to think both of you and the members of the said committee for the longstanding support that you have given to nasa. we have a common passion for science, aeronautics, and space exploration and the benefits they bring our nation. i look forward to continue to work together in the same collegial fashion as we have in the past. it is my privilege today to discuss the president's fiscal year 2002 budget request of $18.70 billion by nasa. recognizing the president's commitment to fiscal restraint, i am pleased we are proposing to hold funding at the level appropriated for fiscal year 2010. the fiscal year 2012 budget request continues the agency's focus on a reinvigorated path of innovation and technological discovery leading to an array of challenging destinations and emissions that engage the public. madam share, you and each member of the said committee should have two charts before you to which i call your attention. chart #1 is the pie chart and sho