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and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justicell. president mazzucco i'd like to take roll >> please do. >> president hwang. commissioner turman

and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. clearances we have our february 11th board of meeting minutes motion by supervisor mar without objection those are approved >> are there any compulsions. >> no one. consent calendar 1 through 8 those are the items to be severed if any member obtains >> roll call on consent calendar. >> supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. there are 11 i's. next item. an ordinance to amend the administrative code for the public utilities commission are considered local in the local hiring policy projects located within 70 miles of the jurisdictions of san francisco >> colleagues, same house, same call? . this ordinance is finally passed. next item and item 10 to accept the maintenance of shore alley approving an encroachment permit for the construction deferring a portion of occupancy and adapting the recite finding >> same house, same ca

and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all >> i go to church too much. >> please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room meeting room meeting room responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices. please be advised the public may speak up to 3 minutes unless otherwise stated. . item a public comment on items not listed on the agenda >> any. seeing none, call next. the executive director's report >> good afternoon port staff and members of the public i have a fun executive director's report i've been preempted so i'll get it that but i wanted to first start that the san francisco giant are planning a new special event they're getting it flaw in terms of the approval process i'm sure you're aware of we have a license with the china basis for the operation of what's known as a lot to the por

of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all >> please be advised that the ringing of cell phones and pagers are prohibited at this meeting the chair may order the removal of any person probable of responsible for the rhine of pagers or other electronic device. please be advised that the members of the public have up to 3 minutes. on the port commissions item that concludes my report any public comment on any items noted on accident agenda >> any public comment seeing none, public comment is closed. >> item a. >> good afternoon. thank you for joining you go us 0 a buff day. i want to start with the bragging if i could. as you probably know the city has a division within the city administrators office they're the bit that prelims the equal benefits ordinance but also the local enterprise section they report to the city administrator naomi kelly. they began an lbe group with the endorsement of supervisor breed and supervisor cowen and their vision was to have extensive training for the lbes to be

of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam secretary. item no. 1, please. >> roll call? >> sorry. roll call. >> vice-president, supervisor ferrel, commissioner expected, commissioner fraser,

of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> i would like to call roll. >> president mazzucco, present, vice-president turman, commissioner dejesus issen

and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. president mazzucco i'd like to take roll >> please do. >> president hwang. commissioner turman is sized. commissioner marshall commissioner dejesus is in route and supervisor tang is in route and commissioner loftus is accused. thank you very much spectator we have a educate situation we don't have a quorum present yet this is a good ole fashioned town hall meeting we have several commissioners out of town in order to do official business we have to have four we have one action o action item about accepting a grant. so this is the first time wife you done this we didn't think so many folks would show up. we are going to start this would your district captain and the chief and the members of the staff. the first thing we have the commissioners talk about themselves where we're start with doctor marshall and as other commissioners come in as we get to four we'll make it official >> dr. joe marshall i run the meg gay boy's club been on the commission forever. we've been here sev

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. >> we have been calling for the integrity and indivisibility of ukraine. >> the council halls are still flying the ukrainian flag. nobody here wants to see crimea and expired russia. >> i don't understand it. what more power does putin want? what more power does ukraine want? come to your senses and resolve it or diplomacy. >> if diplomacy fails, she may well have to fear for her grandson in the army. in recent days, ethnic russian forces have blockaded ukrainian bases in crimea, and once again, the fate of the crimean tartars rests with the power play in their homeland. >> since the revelations of edwin snowden, we've known the british secret service collects and stores data with the same impudence as their u.s. colleagues from the nsa, but "the guardian" newspaper in particular has published story after story about how the agency snooped around and violated citizens' privacy. british authorities are not amused and have openly harassed "guardian" journalists. >> "the guardian" newspaper took on a powerful opponent when it decided to push for greater internet freedom. the secret service

of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam secretary. item no. 1, please. >> roll call? >> sorry. roll call. >> vice-president, supervisor ferrel, commissioner expected, commissioner fraser, commissioner scott, excused. commissioner swain, expected. we have a quorum. >> all right. item no. 1. action item. approval of the meeting set forth below regular meeting of february 13, 2014. >> all right. are there any corrections to the minutes? no corrections. >> move. >> second. >> it's been moved and seconded. any public comment on this item? all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> opposed? it's unanimous. >> now we'll go into the section. commissioner scott is not here today today. our first item is action no. 2. city clerk: item 2. action item. preservation amount. >> good afternoon, my name is gabriel brigs and as you are all aware every year the survey is done where -- we survey the 10 most populus counties in california other than the city and county of san francisco and what the union an

of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> colleagues, we have our february 4th, 2014 board meeting minutes. could i have a motion to approve those minutes? motion by supervisor campos, seconded by supervisor breed. without objection, those meeting minutes are approved. [gavel] >> madam clerk, are there any communication? >> there are no communications, mr. president. >> and could you read our 2:00 p.m. special order? >> the 2:00 p.m. special order is the policy discussion between honorable mayor lee and the board of supervisors, this week representing the odd districts, specifically districts 3, 5, 9 and 11. the mayor may address the board initially for up to five minutes. the president will recognize the first supervisor who will have up to five minutes to present their own questions including any follow-up questions. >> thank you. mr. mayor, welcome back to our march question time. i'd like to ask if you have any opening statements. >> thank you, president chiu. i do not and i'd like to

of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> i would like to call roll. >> president mazzucco, present, vice-president turman, commissioner dejesus issen route. commissioner chan, lawson. >> thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen welcome to the wednesday march 26, 2014, community meeting. ladies and gentlemen, what we do a little differently to community meetings, the commission meets every wednesday at city hall. the last wednesday of the month we go out to the community. we have 10th district stations and we rotate to each district station. this is the best part of our job when we get to go out to the communities away from city hall and higher -- hear about concerns that happened in your district. we'll hear from our captain. we get a chance for the commissioners to introduce ourselves to you and tell you what we do on our day jobs in addition to the commission. i'm going to start to my left with commissioner chan. >> good evening, thank you for being out here tonight. as president mazz

of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. without objection, the house stands adjourned until noon >> the house ending this brief pro forma session. we spoke with a reporter about the week ahead in congress. host: on the phone with us this morning is the reporter who covers capitol hill for cq roll call. thank you for being with us. guest: thank you. host: what can we expect today? start to thea slow week, but the highlight, certainly for the c-span audience is the senate not coming in until 4:00 this afternoon, but once they start, they plan on spending all night in session. senators, at least 28 members of the democratic caucus so far, who plan on giving for speeches around the clock, basically, on the subject of climate change. this has been in the works for a few weeks. this thursday they finally locked it in and finalized it. they are going to be in session all night, probably until at least 8:00 or 9:00 in the morning on tuesday with speechmaking about climate change, as they burn thro

indivisible, with liberty... and justice for all.ans pledged to sacrifice life and limb to ensure our way of life. now, they deserve our support. find out how you can help disabled veterans in your community. visit dav.org. >> the typical sends 3,417 texts a month. that's 114 texts a day, 7 days a week. if you're not already on an unlimited-text plan, this might be a wake-up call. >> this teen from north carolina has a passion for making beats. >> i try to pump out at least a beat a day, sometimes even two or three if i'm into it. [ hip-hop music playing ] >> his name is ishmael, but call him ism beatz. that's the name he's making for himself in the music industry. he started producing hip-hop tracks at 15. with his parents' encouragement, he took his homemade beats to a competition in atlanta. >> it was basically like a beat showcase, and it was me and, i think, 25 other producers. and, you know, we were just all up there playing our beats, and mine got some of the big people's attention. >> he begins an idea and then starts buildin

of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam clerk, do we have any communications? >> there are no communications today, mr. president. >> all right. could you read the consent agenda? >> items 1 through 8 comprise the consent calendar. these items are considered routine. if a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. >> colleagues, would anyone like to sever any of these items? roll call vote on items 1 through 8. >> on items 1 through 8, supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim absent. supervisor mar? mar absent. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. there are 10 ayes. >> those ordinances are finally passed and resolutions adopted. [gavel] >> item 9. >> item 9 is an ordinance appropriating $4,515,000 from the general fund reserve to th

of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. mr. reid: mr. president? the president pro tempore: the senator from nevada, the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask that the senate proceed to a period of morning business and that senators be allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. the president pro tempore: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the order with respect to executive calendar 659 be modified. following leader remarks, on witness day, march 5, the time until 1 -- 11:45 a.m. will be equally divided between the chairman and the ranking member of the judiciary committee or their designees. all the provision of the previous order remaining in effect. if cloture is invoked, there will be four minutes equally divided between the chairman and rank member of the judiciary committee or their designees rier prior to a vote on the confirmation of the nomination. following disposition of adegbile nomination, the senate proceed to vote on the motion to invoke on the hernandez

of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, this is to notify you formally pursuant to rule 8 of the rules of the house of representatives that i have served -- been served with a subpoena issued by the commonwealth of pennsylvania, county of lucerne, for testimony in a criminal case. after consultation with the office of general counsel, i have determined that compliance with the subpoena is consistent with the precedents and privileges of the house. gned, sincerely, christa macadone, constituent co-worker. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, on march 13, 2014, pursuant to section 3307 of title 40 united states code the committee on transportation and infrastructure met in open session to consider resolutions to authorize 14 prospect tuss, including three leases, 10 alter

of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> colleagues, we have our meeting minutes from our january 28th board meeting minutes. could i have a motion to approve those minutes? motion by supervisor campos, seconded by supervisor mar. without objection, those meeting minutes are approved. [gavel] >> madam clerk, are there any communications? >> there are none today, mr. president. >> could you read our consent agenda? >> yes. items 1 through 12, the consent calendar are considered routine. if a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. >> colleagues, would anyone like to sever any of these items? roll call vote on the consent agenda. >> supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. there are 11 ayes. >> th

of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington d.c., march 31, 2014. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable christopher s. murphy, a senator from the state of connecticut, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks and those of the republican leader, we will proceed to h.r. 4302, protecting access to medicare act, with the time until 5:00 p.m. equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. at 5:00 p.m. the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of john owens to be united states circuit judge for the ninth circuit postcloture. at 5:30 then there could be up to four roll call votes. first on kreurgs of owens -- confir

of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to five requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentlelady from kansas seek recognition? ms. jenkins: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. jenkins: i rise today to congratulate mars chocolate north america on the grand opening of the state-of-the-art facility in topeka, kansas. this is the first mars chocolate factory built in the u.s. in 35 years. mars has invested more than $270 million to build this facility, bringing hundreds of jobs to the topeka area. we will be manufacturing snickers as well as 39 million individual mand m's per day. i -- m&m's per day. i want to thank them for attracting world class jobs. they reviewed 80 potential sites, access to key infrastructure and positive bu

of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from washington, mr. heck, is recognized for one minute. mr. heck: thank you, mr. speaker. it is my pleasure today to welcome to the nation's capital pastor john rosenberg of the lutheran chump of good shepherd in olympia, washington. pastor rosenberg is a graduate of concordia senior college with luther seminary and has a graduate degree for one of -- alma maters, olympia college. he announced his retirement on june 30 and we will miss him grateful. i have no fear for how he will spend his retirement times because he's an obsessive compulsive fisherman which is a great thing to be in the pacific northwest, as a matter of fact. i am deeply appreciative for his presence here today. and more importantly, for living the example of the scripture which he quoted today, by far my favorite, that which i believe is the most holy and that which i believe s the wisest and that is micah 6:8,. in all thes

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flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: without objection, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer, is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, it is my honor this morning to express the gratitude in the house for this morning's opening prayer by one of maryland's most dynamic and inspirational faith leaders, my dear friend, pastor jonathan leslie weaver. pastor weaver likes to share with visitors to his church this verse from salms 68. blessed be the lord who daily loads us with benefits. for the past 25 years, mr. speaker, reverend weaver has been sharing the benefits of his care and his wisdom with his flock at the greater african memphis church in maryland. pastor weaver has overseen its growth from 100 members in 1988 to more than 1,600 today. and it now has more than 50 minute strers serving the church -- ministries serving the church. under the pastor's leadership, the church has engaged in numerous charitable works, including re-entry p

of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the president of the united states. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker: mr. secretary. the secretary: i am directed by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives a message in writing. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to five requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. lance: mr. speaker, this week in washington we welcomed representatives from across the country attending the american-israel public affairs committee policy conference, the largest gathering in our nation of friends of the jewish state. representatives come to the nation's capital to highlight the importance of the partnership betwe

of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. mr. reid: mr. president? the president pro tempore: the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 309, the child care and development block grant. the president pro tempore: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 309, s. 1086, a bill to reauthorize and improve the child care and development block grant act of 1990 and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president? the president pro tempore: the senator from -- mr. reid: because of the inclement weather, we've had to rearrange things. senator mcconnell and i have been directing our staff to help us get through what we need to do. we should be able to finish this week's work tomorrow, but that's not an assured thing. so we're going to be working throughout the day to move afforforward as quickly as we c. everyone should be atwhair we could have -- aware that we could have some votes into the evening tonight and tomorrow, and we may have to be in here

the western part they just be part of the austria-hungary in empire, indivisible in the interwar years looks much more to europe and it's much more suspicious of russia and speaks, speaks ukrainian. we are reminded ukraine, put pressure on in terms of cutting off trade. if it's signed and agreed with the european union. and then increasingly as we near the date of the signature it was offering carrots to mr. yanukovych. there are quite a few people who believe that mr. yanukovych never intended to sign an agreement with the european union but he was trying to get the best deal possible, the ukrainian possible is in a very patchy. ukraine is going to default if it doesn't get economic assistance. and so in the last couple of days rush has offered $15 billion rescue package to ukraine that installed making sure that ukraine doesn't default and then cutting the gas prices from around $400 to 283, but cutting substantially so that ukraine would be doing much lower prices for russian gas. and the european union has sort of taken a step back now. interestingly enough, you suddenly had a rash

referendum organized tomorrow runs contrary to the constitution of ukraine that says the territory is indivisible. the referendum is contrary to the constitution of the .utonomous republic of crimea the international community can in no way recognize its res ult. this is part of a vicious cycle. of russiane the use armed forces on ukrainian territory and subsequent actions consequent the international law. these actions violate the commitments russia entered into within the framework of the budapest manure and him. -- referendum. the draftn adopted, resolution would have been a contribution to halt this vicious cycle and it's accompanyhining nationalism. essentially for russia. would it be naive to hope failure we can find a peaceful resolution? luxembourg is not wish to abandon this hope. diplomatic efforts must continue to achieve a solution respecting the political independent territorial integrity with in ukraine within the interest of prosperity in europe. i shall resume my function as president of the council. i now give the floor to the representative of ukraine. thank you, madam president

of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker: without objection. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, yesterday the president unveiled his budget and used the military as a punching bag to push his big government programs. according to a recent charleston post editorial, quote, congress should proceed with extreme caution before going along with the latest recommendations for savings through deep defense cuts. if america rapidly retreats from the world power status, our enemies will jump into the void. we can't unilaterally end the islamic readycal terrorist war on us and we shouldn't ignore history lessons about what happens when the united states tries to isolate itself from the menaces that threaten the international communi

on the 16th of march in crimea was contrary to the constitution of ukraine, which provides for indivisible and unviable -- inviolable territory in ukraine. there has been no legitimacy in it. crimea has been occupied and cut off from the rest of crimea -- ukraine. the freedom of the media has been seriously impeded. representatives from the united nations and the oecd were refused access to crimea. the international community could under no circumstances recognize the results of this unconstitutional and illegal referendum. the international community could not recognize messieurs dear to annexing crimea to the russian federation. pleased with the very large convergence of views on this issue. russia onertaken by ukrainian territory is a flagrant violation of international law, specifically the charter of the united nations. to commitmentsr undertaken by russia in the contents of the budapest memorandum as in the context of the treaty of friendship and partnership and cooperation. it was signed the thing russia and ukraine. luxembourg is deeply concerned about the increase in tensions caus