i have been working at the saint francis for 26 years. i am having a jury at work. a permanent injury but i still love to work because i need the healthcare for my wife and myself. i am asking for your help and tell them to sign the contract as soon as possible because we love to work. we want to come back to work. thank you so much. >> carlos. >> my name is carlos. i work in the banquet at the marriott marque hotel and i'm on strike. family healthcare is one with the most important things to me in this country. i cover myself, my wife, and our three daughters. with my healthcare at the marriott marques. my oldest daughter has a pacemaker. and we rely on having medical benefits to survive. we cannot afford to pay more family medical benefits. there is a lot of expenses in the cost of living that we cannot control. like gas, for example. like groceries, et cetera. we can control the cost of the healthcare. we know that the marriott can afford it. so we believe that one job should be enough. thank you for your support. >> jose perez. >> hi, good evening. my name is jos

i work as a attendant at the palace hotel. i am on strike. for working as a decade as a room attendant at the palace hotel, i have the worries, the stress of what will be my future and my family as well. because of the high cost of living, the small amount of money me and my husband are receiving every pay day, it is not enough to cover us or pay our rent or our apartment rent and the bills and most importantly our healthcare. at present, he can say that we cannot afford to pay more for the healthcare, especially my husband. right now he is sick and having dialysis. i have to look for one or more jobs. aside from that, we have no time to spend with my family. the gap in my workplace because of more work loads and lastly, despite the fact that the that i work for more in the palace. i have the fear, the fear of losing my job. this will lead to a very serious stress, which most likely leads to sickness, alcoholism, or even death. we are all here, our union, of course our respected supervisors, we are here to voice our demands and our support for

truth be told, one of the reasons i worked so hard is because i saw you working hard and i did not wanto let you down. in i also want to thank our campaign staff, who worked very, very hard throughout this process, starting with our campaign chairman suzy wiles, the best in the business. she worked and everyone worked so hard and were instrumental. i want to thank our wonderful lieutenant governor elect, jeanette nuÑez. [applause] when we started the campaign and she got on the ticket, she was kind of our secret weapon. i think now her force and presence has been witnessed by the entire state, and people know we are getting a special woman to be our lieutenant governor. [applause] she will be, when she takes office, the highest ranking hispanic female in the history of the state of florida. [applause] i would also like to thank governor rick scott for his leadership as governor. we have a lot of opportunities in florida, particularly building a stronger economy. that is in large part due to the hard work of rick scott for eight years focusing on bringing florida's economy back. it's nev

you see a lot of us wearing these pins that say i worked for natalie, and i think half of the people housing feel that way, whether you worked for the city, worked for a housing director or whether you worked directly for natalie. i know that, you know, by the time i accomplished next to nothing, natalie was already taking credit for whatever it is that i did, and whatever it is that i ever accomplished, she took double credit for. i know i'm not alone in the room when i say she deserves twice as much credit as she took, and she took a lot of credit. i'm not going to take a lot of time today, but i want to take a moment and thank mayor london breed, who's here with you all. went to bed last night, there was a housing authority. woke up this morning and suddenly discovered that the city is stepping in in a very profound way to assist with this big problem. i don't know how many of you read the chronicle, but it's one of the reasons to make me excited to have london breed in the mayor, i think there are many places in the united states that their housing authorize runs into the same pr

i work alongside nonprofit worker whose are paid less and work just as hard. we as society need to pause and honor you heroes and ihss workers. they are heroes. i can't tell you will the conditions these patientsra living. the patient may be incontinent. the resident may have had surgery, the elevator, can we talk about the elevators breaking down constantly? ihss people get them food and help them cleanup. some of the seniors in their 70 s are ihss working six or seven days an week. thank you for your yes vote. >> good afternoon, i am the president of local 86 represent ing janitors and secretary treasure for the san francisco labor council. i stand with the workers from the 2015 from from the sister local and nonprofit locals from 1021. i want to ask you today to make sure that this piece of legislation not just setting the standard on national level but all of the families you carry on your shoulders for all of the districts representing san francisco, this is a huge jump to what the standard is going to be set for, and i want to tell you the best way to com

i worked with a lot of children unfortunately with the physical and intellectual disabilities. as you can only imagine dealing with these types of crimes unfortunately subject so i devoted my career to working with the schools locally whether it is in the city of chester were others and making sure these children were getting the proper education in fact i certainly hope the school for meal of the state is working on will also help enhance and fund the schools appropriately. >> next question let's begin with ms. kim. tell us your position on the affordable care act regarding pre-existing conditions and reproductive rights and access to quality health care for all, and what you repealed, reform or keep it as is? >> like i mentioned before, i'm not interested in revealing the affordable care act until we have affordable systems in place. that being said as a cancer survivor i am here to protect pre-existing conditions, and again like i mentioned before there's been a systethere is ane public-private partnership that would ultimately work but i think that we need to continue to wor

believe i work at somewhere so special. i think one of the things we really do is we also have a big impact on the local community, as well as our employees. we heard from martha. i've actually worked with martha the past five or six years. we started a different company together that i left to work where i am now. she was one of the people that i wanted to come and work with me, just because she had such a strong work ethic, and i knew that this kind of style of working and hours would really benefit her life and her growing family. in addition to that, we also partner with some amazing people, not just the tea companies that are here today, but companies such as 1951 coffee, which is across the bay, which is -- has a program right now to help train refugees from other parts of the world, of course, how to become baristas. we celebrate them. we've also hired a few of them into our own staff to give them stable employment in a time of transition, as well as work with other tea companies such as the phoenix collection. i want

i work for the hotel. i am a janitor. i have to work two jobs. to be able to pay for my bills and my rent. i can't pay for healthcare coverage. my daughter has gone to the university and it is going to be harder for me with just one job. >> kirk. >> i've worked for marriott for 23 years. i was at the stanford court for 18 years, i thought i would retire there. in 2013 i was laid off so i had to look for another marriott job to stay with the company. i knew a manager at another marriott so i went to work for them, luckily. after three months, i lost my healthcare. i started getting letters for cobra, which is not cheap, as you well know. but luckily i did get a job. the marriott, i've worked for marriott for a long time. i know they can afford this. the healthcare is important, especially here in san francisco. with my brothers and sisters this strike has been tough. one job should be enough. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is candy and i work for the san francisco for 16 years being a supervisor. i strike marriott because i have to give up m

i the issues i've been working on is a public-interest lawyers are the issues i want to go to washington for. we are seeing the impact on the ground every day on issues involvingss immigration and involving public education and public health care to make the order of business to work on electoral and government report to work on three different areas campaign finance reform, electoral reform making sure everyone is eligible too do so and government ethics. the philadelphia health department hadepartment has beeo outlaw tobacco flavored with fruit. they said philadelphia can't do that and congress can trump the legislature. >> what do you think of the administration's approach to immigration segregating families, please be specific and tell us how you would promote or legislate and immigration policy in congress. >> some of you have heard me talking about the travel ban when that hit. to file petitions to help the people who followed all of the rules but while they were in the air the rules changed. we worked on that and then we developed a manual how to protect your families and assets i

i came looking for work but i didn't know what kind of work to take. so i fell into wireline it was very difficult at the beginning i had. accidents while pulling a trailer i could have been killed there were explosives in the trailer and it's fun three hundred sixty degrees and the explosives came out the back. but my boss didn't fire me they gave me another chance after the first year i was very playable i had a marketable skill. it pleases me that i had a hand a small hand but nevertheless i changed my career late in life and involved myself in american energy independence and in weaning this country of our foreign oil dependency. america would sell its own mother for energy. i live in st george utah. and my family's down there i need to come up here to make some money to pay off debt and stuff we're getting there. i went to school and became an teach school elementary school i could make twenty five thousand dollars as a teacher or i could make fifty thousand dollars a year and drove a truck so i chose to drive truck. i were usually twelve to fourte

truth be told, one of the reasons i worked so hard is because i saw you working hard and i did not want to let you down. i also want to thank our campaign staff, who works very hard throughout this process starting with our campaign chairman suzy wiles, the best in the business. she worked, and everyone worked so hard and were instrumental. i want to think our wonderful lieutenant governor elect, jeanette nuñez. [applause] gov. elect desantis: when we started the campaign and she got on the ticket, she was kind of our secret weapon. i think now her force and presence has been witnessed by the entire state and people know we are getting a special woman to be our lieutenant governor. [applause] gov. elect desantis: she will be, when she takes office, the highest ranking hispanic female in the history of the state of florida. [applause] i would also like to thank governor rick scott for his eadership as governor. we have a lot of opportunities in florida, particularly building a stronger economy. that is in large part due to the hard work of rick scott for eight years focusing on bringing

i felt like i was doing the lords work and everything i possibly could. process, helped to bridge the gap between democrats and republicans. the most notable was ted kennedy who came over to work for me party.ey became the and then the relationship blossomed into all kinds of important legislation. i worked with so many other democrats to do good work. to get it done they would have to come across and do it the right way. >> why do you call it the lords work? sen. hatch: i do not i would be not for here if it was extra help. i believe this is the most important government in the world. the most important country in the world. this nation was brought about by our father in heaven and that we have an obligation to keep it going. -- i don't see how anybody can have doubt when you see the original pilgrims and people during the revolutions and so forth were able to develop this country. all after year after year, of the problems, civil war, and the other world wars that we have had, we have been able to not only survive but become the world leaders. the world

work at the national level here in congress. i'm happy to welcome such a dedicated individual to this body. i know we all look forward to working with her and our colleagues in the pennsylvania delegation, to serve the commonwealth and this great nation. i would like to yield to the senior republican member of the delegation, representative thompson for some remarks also -- thompson, for some remarks also. mr. thompson: thank you, congressman. i just want -- obviously on behalf of our entire delegation, republicans and democrats both, we welcome our new colleague to this chamber and look forward to serving with her. we're pleased to have her here. thank you. mr. doyle: colleagues, mary gay scanlon. the speaker: the house will be in order. he house will be in order. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. scanlon: mr. speaker, members of the 115th congress, i am honored to have this opportunity to serve our country. i chose tonight to be sworn in on our constitution, a document that begins with our uniquely american creed, we the people. a charge and a challenge to faithfully represent the people o

i work at marriott hotel. for me, one job to be enough because it take all my time. 16 hours a day, i don't have time to play with my daughter. at midnight, when i go, i wake up my daughter to play with her, let's go an hour every day. we do this because our families, and we cannot spend time with them. that's the truth. one job should be enough. [applause] >> supervisor yee: next speaker. >> good afternoon, all supervisors. my name is yu lee. i'm room attendant. i want to show you some -- how hard is my job. [speaking native language] >> i want to talk something very painful story about the room attendants. actually, as far as i know, my -- my team has a 14-a staff, but they always will have to work injuries in the workplace. they always will have the back, leg, and hand injuries because of the -- in the workplaces, and we usually work in hours -- sometimes eight hours a day, and we also have multiple things to deal with for a day, as well. there's many -- always, it's sensitive, so many times, it's painful fo

so it's the team i work with. junior folks who i've had the honor of working alongside and growing them so they can say this is where they want to be, that it's a pathway of work for them. i want to be sure that beyond community development, growing jobs for construction folks and for small businesses it's been keeping those in place. it's not my honor. it's the honor for the folks that i work with i appreciate all of you. thank you so much. i think that's it. making sure i didn't forget anything. thank you. [applause] >> president cohen: thank you. congratulations. supervis supervisor nandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: i do. excellent. we're going to talk today about united against hate week, which is happening november 11-18. and it's a call for civic action for people to stop the hate and biases that are a threat to the safety and civility of our towns and cities. last fall, when members of white supremacyist groups wanted to hold demonstrations, there was an idea that they were not welcome in the area. united

i work at the marriott for 29 years. i work as a attendant. i am on strike because i believe that one job should be enough to have a dignified life to pay our rent and our bills and to be able to help out family. we live in this city with the cost of living is very, very expensive. what many ask is not enough to cover our needs. many of us have to work two or three jobs just to survive. we leave our homes very early and we come back very late. we don't have time for our families or for ourselves. our children and grandchildren are growing and we don't have time for them. sometimes i feel so bad when i see my co-workers. they live far, far away and they need to two hours to come to the city to make his day. marriott is one of the richest corporations in the world. we know they can make us just one job to be. it's time for marriott to take responsibility and sign our contract. thank you. >> one job should be enough. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is myers. i work at the marriott marques hotel for four years. i am a san francisco res

i have worked extensively to bring safety nets. championed and wrote five different bills that ended up in the last farm bill that give us a safety net. permanent livestock disaster programs to make sure we had a safety net for those who grew this world food. it is incredibly important. right now, agriculture is struggling. we are in the middle of a trade war. i have encouraged this administration to wrap that up as quickly as possible. we had four years of decreased prices to begin with and then this trade war hit. it has been pretty devastating to our farmers. we need more markets and the ability to do that. one thing i have advocated for as a federal level was ethanol. i am a big believer in ethanol and its part in our future. the president signed an executive order saying that he would allow us to sell e-15 year round was a historic win. every farmer will see increased prices because of that policy, so i was grateful to see that. in south dakota as governor, what i want to do is move the state fleet to e-30. our state vehicle sh

i worked at t.j. maxx. i studied environmental health and occupational health and safety at northridge. and my position now as a toxics residential associate, i do right now battery site visits at retail walgreens stores, and i do healthy home presentations. i'm getting ready to do that, too. there's also helping residents when they call, they ask me questions about where to safely dispose of their household hazardous wastes, so yeah. thank you. >> welcome. >> hello. my name's elizabeth felter, and i'm joining the climate team. i'm a hazards and climate resilience analyst, and as my title makes obvious, i'll be working on the hazards and climate resilience plan, which is across several different departments here in the city. before that, i was with the bay conservation development commission, working on their sea level rise adaptation planning program? and before that, i work with the national oceanic and administration digital coast partnership, so done several years of sea level rise specific work and real

i was glad to work there. i loved the people there, everybody working was struggling, knowing that the store was closing. that was the only income that i had. it had taken me a long time to start working. i didn't know the store was going to close, that it was in bankruptcy, and i had no other job planned. i helped close the store which gave me an extra month of work because i got transferred. my only income right now is my son working. he is paying the bills. it is hard. i have four kids. i am here today. i want to be here today because i want to share my story with you. solelas and other wall street companies did this to us. the slickwidation -- liquidation took our jobs away. we all have kids, family to take care of, pay bills, and they were depending on this. it was all just taken away. i ask you to please contact solelas to tell them to take responsibility in the part of what 33,000 are going through. they need to pay their share of the money. they need to contribute to if funds for toys-r-us employees. th

i work at sga. i am a pca which means patient care assistant. i have been working there since 2009. i never had any disciplinary action taken against me until last week when i was given a notice of dismissal because of an incident that occurred. out of all the employees that were present during the incident , i was the only one who got a termination letter. the city never gave me a response to the allegation against me. that week was the week of thanksgiving which gave my union exactly three days to prepare. i think it was on purpose against me. it was harsh, and it was nonnon expected. i was not given a warning, a suspension or anything. my boss went straight to determination. as i mentioned, no one else was involved who is getting terminated. ever since i received a letter from my boss, i haven't been the same. most of the stuff h.r. wrote about me and the package i received was completely untrue. the job is my only source of income that i have. that job is how i support my 1 -year-old grandson and my granddaughter who is going to nursing school. if i lose this job, me and my famil

although i do some work outside of my home office. nevertheless, i want to work with you too. i want to be able to reach out to people who are seniors that want to do the work that i do. it's like blazing a trail. it's exciting. all right. so go ahead. >> yes. >> i just said thank you. >> i have another comment. >> did you have a comment you want to respond? >> anymore questions? >> i think she has one more question if that's all right. >> sure. >> so the question we would ask is what is the most -- the question you just answered. it's what is the most important role technology plays for you as it intersects with your employment experiences. >> in my case? >> yes, it plays a major role. i've run into situations where i didn't have the technology. i've gone through quite a frustrating process. different financial groups, they're not interested in working with people with disabilities. i found one that does. the training, for example, i found out is all on mp3 files. i'm going yeah, that's what i want! because there's so many people who provide what's called focus technology. and

i want to thank my internal partners at wells fargo. we've always worked together with mercy housing to form this partnership, and i really appreciate this opportunity not only to partner with you, but to be part of natalie gub commons which is historic in its own way. like i said, i work for wells fargo, and wells fargo believes part of our culture is investing in our communities because we believe -- we can only be as successful as the communities that we invest in. and i work for a group that's called community lending investment, and that commitment extends nationwide, and we're the largest investor in low-income housing tax credits. we invest about $2 billion a year for the past four or five years, and we're very proud of that. we're also proud of the partners that we partner with, and i especially want to thank mercy housing, a cast of thousands, i think, and we're really proud to be partners with them, and we're proud to partner with ocii, the mayor's office of housing, london breed, everybody in san francisco that has made this project come togethe

[laughter] >> i love your work. someone who wants to be photo journalist i'm curious about your professional journey but right now i want to ask how has your emotional journey been, has there been moments in your work where you feel changed? >> every assignment changes me. every assignment i do affects me in some way and so i don't think there's one thing that has changed me more than others. i think they've affected me in different ways so, you know, two months and living on the side of the mountain with 173rd airborne, i had a tough time reentering after that. you know, it wasn't more or less traumatic than watching a woman bleed to death on camera. i think these are all things that affect me. >> thank you. >> i was wondering however briefly on the relationship between your photos and the written word in terms of telling the stories, do you view them as complements or substitutes or -- >> absolutely complements, i mean, i think that that's -- bobby and i have worked together for many years and i think that the gre

i work at collective impact. four years ago, i was leading a group of young ladies from different communities throughout san francisco, and we actually worked on a project partnering with the san francisco police department. very challenging. very challenging, but it created an opportunity for them to actually build relationships with the police department which was a great opportunity, and now i can say that a lot of those young women actually have relationships with officers. mayor breed was also -- she was very support him throughout the whole entire process. i was actually able to meet her then, back in 2015, for the first time. we as the interns knew she was fighting for funding that helped youth get experience in programs in these jobs. after the first summer, i decided to become a police cadet. one, i made the decision because they were paying youth who were still in college to actually just support as police officers -- well, support these police officers, i was also hired as the coordinator for the c.s.i.

he has worked all his life. it talbot, they asked me to come to shotton in the steel works and i loved it. but the trailers finished. so i was laid off and i went to ellesmere port. but anthony was laid off again last november. he hasn't been able to find another job. there is work out there. i know there is work out there. it may be my age, i don't know. come on. he should be getting around £700 a month, which has to cover his rent as well. but he has struggled to cope with the new system. this is the food from the food bank. that will last me two weeks. he is getting less universal credit than he should and is trying to raise some cash any way he can. that is what helps out, is that there. take them to the pawn shop over the road. that 32mm spanner ner would cost you £32, but you would be lucky to get £3 for it. universal credit is claimed online and anthony finds that hard. he's not the only one. half of claimants were unable to fill in the online application without help. anthony has rented his council home fo