our country had to be indivisible, president lincoln argued, if it and the concepts of liberty and democracy upon which it was founded were to survive. the events that happened in atlanta 150 years ago, even more than a gettysburg, produced what lincoln described as a new birth of freedom. they redefined america as a nation committed not only to liberty, but to equality no matter how poorly we have lived up to that commitment at times. on november 4, 2008, the people of the united states went to the polls and by a majority elected the nation's first african-american president. politics aside, the election of barack obama would not have been possible or at least would have been delayed by at least a century if the united states had not destroyed slavery by force of arms. just as important as what happened in that day in 2008, is what did not happen. after the winner was declared, i decided that, having just seen the legacy of the civil war on television, i wanted to hear it. as i stepped out of my front door, i listened and i was struck by just how quiet it was. there was no gunfire. no tanks

compounding the problem is the fact where concept of democracy and one nation indivisible are taken for granted. the 19th century experiment in american self-government has become the international experience of self-government. a largely successful democratic venture that is the norm among the nations of the world, rather than the exception it was 150 years ago. looking at the war through this lens, it is different to understand what the union calls represented, and why so many considered secession nothing short of treason, and fought with determination against it. there were those to this day who insist on seeing the federal government as the aggressor in the war. launching an and illegal invasion of the southern states. on its face, the doctrine of secession of withdrawing from the union sounds reasonable, even seductive to some. a manifestation of an idea deeply embedded in our national ethos that government should exist at the consent of the governed. those folks are not just in georgia. there was talk recently in wisconsin, in their state legislature, about secession despite the f

pledge of allegiance of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you. >> excuse me. sir, you are out of order. >> (inaudible). i'm sorry to ask for a temporary recess we're recessin >> colleagues, we're back in session with the approval of the minutes motion that i supervisor cohen and second by supervisor mar the may 2014 minutes are approved madam clerk, any announcements? >> items 51 through 55 for the condominium conversion from friday june 19th we received a communication stat she was with drauld her appeal the hearing shall be open and we will table the motions to approve and prepare vntsd and colleagues we'll take that up at an appropriate time. >> items one through 368 commission on community investment & infrastructure and may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. >> would anyone else want to sever any items. >> supervisor chiu. supervisor cohen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. supervi

allegiance 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 april 22nd and 29 minutes to approve we'll take that without objection. those minutes are approved. madam clerk any communications >> we have one the honorable mayor ed lee has submitted the appropriation ordinances for fiscal years 2015- 20162014-2015 and 2015- 2016 we have the stated intention to reorganize duties and functions within the executive branch specifically the following various position 4 positions from the mta to the department of human resources for the equal opportunity and 6 position if the mta to the airport for taxi investigative work and 3 positions to the general services agency and transferring the committee on technology one position on the environment to the general services to the purchasing and operations and one position inform the h.r. transferring the cat traffic images program such the organization a shall be effective thirty days unless disproved by the board of supervisors. >> colleagues could c

to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." >> colleagues we have our may 6, 2014 board meeting minutes, motioned by supervisor farrell and seconded by campos. without objection, the meetings are approved speaker: any communications? >> none today, mr. president. >> and with that, let's move to our 2 p.m. special order. >> pursuant to charter owe honorable mayor lee is scheduled for the board of supervisors policy discussions. there were no questions submitted from supervisors, however the mayor is welcome to address the board for up to five minutes. mr. mayor, we want to welcome you back. do you have opening comments. >> thank you president chiu, and members of the board and the public. thank you for being here. even though there are no questions this month. i want to take the tunlt to make sure you knew that by law i must physically appear here, so i'm fulfilling that part of the charter. but i also wanted to come back and again say thank you to the supervisors, even though there's no quest

and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. mr. president, i'd like to take roll. please do. commissioner hwang. commissioner turman. vice president marshall. president gloria's. sxhuch. supervisor tang. we have a quorum and with us are the police chief chief greg suhr >> welcome to the june 11, 2014, police commission without further ado,. >> think public comment of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission up to three minutes. during public comment neither the police norway commissioners are required to respond to questions by the public but may provide comments they should not enter into personal discussions members of the public may address the commission up to 3 minutes. time for general public comment. good evening >> good afternoon. i'm mary i was born and raised i

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 majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 409, s. 2432, the warren college affordability legislation. the president pro tempore: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to the consideration of s. 2432, a bill to amend the higher education act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain federal student loans and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, following my remarks and those of the republican leader, if any, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 5:30 this evening. at 5:30 there will be three cloture votes on nominations of united states district judges. lauck of virginia, sorokin of massachusetts, and boulware of nevada. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that chrisie johnson an intern to senator heinrich's office be granted privileges to the floor for today's session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, there is a lot o

business with that lame we're america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. mr. president, irving. please do >> president mazzucco. commissioner turman is excused. vice president marshall >> is in route. >> president gloria's is excused. commissioner loftus. supervisor tang is in route >> here comes commissioner right now. put this obtain. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the last wednesday of the month san francisco police commission meeting we don't have a quorum so this is not an official meeting a town hall community meeting but having 4 commissioners we have no action items the only action is for captain silver man's presentation and to hear from you. when we do those communities meetings we have 10 district applications and one month a year is station gets a community meeting so we meet no our community and this is my favorite part ever being on the commission i go to different neighborhoods and schools and get to meet people from that neighborhood. so it's a little bit different we're going to see an agenda the only a

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. and now i'd like to honor and introduce >> honor our honored guests on my left the honorable mayor ed lee (clapping) we have supervisor scott wiener (clapping) we have father green of st. robert church (clapping) we have deputy director of the d e.c. robert smut (clapping) we have assistant to the executive director of d m david (clapping) and he may not be seated but the vice president of the education and outreach at the san francisco fire credit unit len (clapping.) we have the president of the fear commission steve (clapping) vice president of the fire commission andrea evans (clapping) and have fellow fir commissioners ken cleveland (clapping) france i didn't cove ton (clapping) and michael hard man (clapping) we have fire chief of department chief joanne haynes-white (clapping) deputy chief of operations mark gonzales (clapping) deputy chief of administration raymond guzman (clapping) we have assistant deputy chief of support services ken lomba

and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justiceor all >> and i miss sfadings booming voice. and use of cell phones, electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices. complained that a member of the public has up to 3 minutes to make public comments on each item. item 8 public comment on items not listed on the agenda >> is there any public comment oh, please come forward. >> hi i'm shawn farley. >> sorry to interrupt you this is for items not on the agenda. >> the agenda is not on the agenda i'm here to say that, you know, quite often the front line people taking care of the ports business get a kick in the butt and don't get the recognition they deserve is i'm sure the port director has given you are them kudos but they've been amazing working with us that's connecticut i can't and dan we're putting together 9 peer 77 memorial that's a tough, t

and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. mr. president, i'd like to take roll. please do. commissioner hwang. commissioner turman. vice president marshall. president gloria's. sxhuch. supervisor tang. we have a quorum and with us are the police chief chief greg suhr >> welcome to the june 11, 2014, police commission without further ado,. >> think public comment of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the

please visit america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. mr. president, irving. please do >> president mazzucco. commissioner turman is excused. vice president marshall >> is in route. >> president gloria's is excused. commissioner loftus. supervisor tang is in route >> here comes commissioner right now. put this obtain. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the last wednesday of the month san francisco police commission meeting we don't have a quorum so this is not 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 may 13, 2014 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 are >> there are no communications today, mr. president. >> if you could read our consent agenda. >> items 1 through 4 comprise the consent calendar. these items are considered routine. if a member objects an item will be removed and considered separately. >> colleagues, would anyone like to sever any of these item? if not, roll call vote on the consent agenda. >> supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim absent. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed. breed aye. there

stand for the pledge >> america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. our clock is 5 minutes slow that's why we were need to starting all right. roll call >> president breslin. vice president. supervisor farrell excused. commissioner frazierier. commissioner scott. commissioner slain excused we have quorum >> item one, please. >> item one action item approval with the modifications of the minutes set forth below the meeting of april 8th. >> any corrections in the minutes no corrections. >> i move the adaptation of the minutes as distributed. >> any public comment on that item? all right. all in favor of adapting the minutes say i. opposed no opposition it's unanimous thank you with your in the rates and benefits section i'll i'm going to turn it over to commissioner scott. >> i'd like to start out with a general comment with our work of the past year. we started with a rather mixed bag of activity at the conclusion of this process last july and subsequentially the health plans the staff harassing have been very, very d

and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> please be advised the ringing of any use of cell phones, pagers and similar devices are prohibited at this meeting. please re advised the chair may order removal from the meeting room any person with the ringing of any cell phone or any similar sound producing device. please be advised that any member of the public has three minutes to make public comment on each agenda item. >> public comment? >> okay. >> next item. >> item 9a, executive director's report. >> thank you commissioner adams for chairing our meeting today. welcome to the public and to the port staff, we thank you for being here today. i have quite a few numbers of items to report on today, starting with the very first, bads is holding a interesting summer camp for three weeks, three one week sessions in the period of june 16, which is next week, through august 8. this summer camp is called a coable sailing summer camp, that will allow disabled sailors and able-bodied sailors to take lessons. the type they're

indivisible, with liberty... and justice for all.ice 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. >> henry hudson was an english explorer who discovered one of america's most treasured islands. now a replica of his ship serves as a floating museum. i got to take a tour. >> in april 1609, henry hudson set sail from europe. he was looking for a shortcut to the orient and found new york city instead. to honor the explorer, a replica of his famous ship, the half moon, was built. let's take a look inside. captain reynolds, tell me what is so special about the half moon. >> well, this is the first european ship that documented entry into and exploration of the hudson river, and it sailed here in 1609, and within a handful of years, you had dutch beaver traders here and the development of new netherland, which was the dutch colony based on commerce and trade that extended from central connecticut all the way to delaware. >> captain reyno

nation will be divided or, as we are taught in our pledge of allegiance, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. it was an emotional. -- it was an emotional appeal from a crusader for equality. i say to my colleagues of the senate that perhaps in your lives you will be able to tell your children's children you were here for america to make the year 1964 our freedom near. finally, everett dirksen took the floor reflate summarizing the compromise package, including the final amendments, you spoke in support of the bill with his customary eloquence. jokester onhe wry display that day, but the serious legislator who had worked hard to find a workable compromise. america grows, he says. america changes. and on the civil rights issue, we must rise with the occasion. that calls for cloture and the enactment of the civil rights bill. noting the day marked the 100th anniversary of abraham lincoln's second presidential nomination, dirksen proclaimed in words that acted -- go to victor hugo. stronger than all armies is an idea whose time has come. it will not be denied. i

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 384, the hey gan sportsman -- the hagan sportsman act. the president pro tempore: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 2363, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing and shooting and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president? the president pro tempore: the majority leader. mr. reid: following my remarks and those of the republican leader, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 11:00 this morning with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. at 11:00 a.m. the senate will proceed to executive session and we'll have five roll call votes which will be to confirm three judges from florida and one from vermont and also a very important nomination: rodriguez to be director of the united states citizenship and immigration services, department

compounding the problem is the fact where concept of democracy and one nation indivisible are taken for granted. the 19th century experiment in american self-government has become the international experience of self-government. a largely successful democratic venture that is the norm among the nations of the world, rather than the exception it was 150 years ago. looking at the war through this lens, it is different to understand what the union calls represented, and why so many considered secession nothing short of treason, and fought with determination against it. there were those to this day who insist on seeing the federal government as the aggressor in the war. launching an illegal invasion of the southern states. on its face, the doctrine of secession of withdrawing from the union sounds reasonable, even seductive to some. a manifestation of an idea deeply embedded in our national ethos that government should exist at the consent of the governed. those folks are not just in georgia. there was talk recently in wisconsin, in their state legislature, about secession despite the fact

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 409, s. 2432, which is the warren affordability act. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to the consideration of s. 2432, a bill to amend the higher education act of 1965, to provide for the refinancing of certain federal student loans, and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president? the president pro tempore: the majority leader. mr. reid: following my remarks and those of the republican leader if any there will be a roll call vote on confirmation of a judge who will serve in the state of virginia. his name is lauck. following that vote the time until noon will be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. at noon there will be two roll call votes on confirmations that come from the judicial committee. one is a judge that will preside in massachusetts by the name of sorokin,

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 presidinmr. president?offic. the president pro tempore: the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to the hagel sport sportsmen legis. the president pro tempore: clouter. the clerk: motion to proceed to s. 2363, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, following my remarks and those of the republican leerksd the senate will be in a period of machine until 11:00 a.m. this morning. the majority will control the first half, the republicans the final half. at 11:00 a.m., the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of keith harper to be united states representative to the united nations human rights council. this is postcloture time. the time until noon will be equally divided and controlled in the usual form. at noon then there will be two roll call votes. one on confirmation of the harper nomi

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. without objection, the house stands adjourned until noon on eric cantor is stepping down at the end of next month after losing his primary in virginia last tuesday. you can follow the house live on c-span. the new york times is reporting that the senior shiite cleric in a call to arms. in a statement during prayers today, a representative said it was the legal and national responsibility of whoever could hold a weapon should hold it and defend the country. we expect to hear more today. panels will discuss the escalating hostility. yesterday, president obama says the u.s. plans to send more military aid to that country. they are also considering providing airstrikes. we will bring you that live at 12:30 p.m. eastern. throughout the day, we are asking you should the u.s. .ntervene john brown says yes, but in a limited way. drones, missiles and limited airstrikes. no american ground troops. mark writes no, they had their chance. followhamed they cannot

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 been served with a subpoena issued by the united states district court for the northern district of ohio for documents and testimony in a criminal case. after consultation with the office of general counsel, i will determine whether compliance with the subpoena is consistent with the privileges and rights of the house. signed, sincerely, jim renacci, member of congress. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house an enrolled bush administration. -- an enrolled bill. the clerk: senate 11, an act to make a technical amendment to the preservation trust area act and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-b of house resolution 604, the house stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m. on thursday, jun >>

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., june 4, 2014. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable edward j. markey, a senator from the commonwealth of massachusetts, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: 384, the hagueen sportsmen's act. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to s. 2363, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting and for other purposes. mr. reid: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: following my remarks and those of the