miss lahood? >> yes. >> supervisor safai: did i say that right? >> yes. hi. i'm lila lahood. i've lived and voted in san francisco since 2002. i have been a member of the board of spj nor-cal since 2010. i am president from 2014 to 2016, and in that role, i got a birds eye view of the challenges that journalists face in meeting access and information across the region. [please stand by] >>> and i might say that is perhaps in part due to changes in the media industry. fewer journalists are doing the essential work of covering local government. in all of my roles as publisher and board member and advocate for first amendment and public access i am eager to promote best practices to make san francisco a leader. i see my role on the sunshine ordinance task force to assist all members who need help navigating the law to better understand and participate in the workings of local government and increase civic engagement. thank you for your consideration. >> thank you. any members of the public wish to comment on this item? please come forward. >> good afternoon. i am aaron field pro

lahood, does he have thoughts on this line of discussion? mr. lahood: i thank you, mr. hill. and you laid out four different objectives which i think are very pertinent and you mentioned state-owned enterprises and i think about that in china. i think about how in many ways they have cheated the system and done things. but this is a problem that's been going on for a long time. and one of the requirements with any trade agreement is you have to have enforcement. i don't think we've had proper enforcement like we need. you know when it comes to a number of these initiatives we've had over a series of 20, 25 years. but enforcement is important. that means law enforcement, that means getting department of justice involved. holding bad actors accountable. but i think you have more ability to do that and more leverage if you partner with the e.u., you partner with japan, you partner with our other allies to do that. and we simply haven't done that. i think, again, going at it alone is not the right approach to take. are there things we ought to be working on to change? of course.

lynn jenkins, darin lahood, this concludes my remark. >> mr. chairman, you are recognized. >> good morning, chairman c- span, ranking member 23, and distinguished embers. i am gloria l. jarmon, deputy inspector general for audit services at the department of health and human services office of the inspector general . i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss oig's strategy to combat fraud and promote program integrity in medicare. medicare represented more than 50% of all federal spending in 2017. expenditures can be expected to rise further as the number of beneficiaries increases and the per capita health care costs continue to increase. the -- this makes it more important than ever to protect integrity by fighting fraud and reducing improper payments, a central component of oig's mission. the team conducts audits, investigators -- investigations for identifying payments, and build cases against those who seek to defraud the medicare program. this work has led to numerous fraud convictions, and has generated recommend

ray lahood was appointed. to thewas appointed veterans affairs. gregy to appoint judge through the commerce department but ultimately he did pullout at the end because he saw the direction it was going. another important point, the health care bill, everybody forgets that it has become so contentious. on as actually paste republican idea passed by mitt romney. provided universal health care. single-payerrsue a system.ed we had a republican thinking when you had a system in place -- mitt romney promoted that plan and he had to tie whyelf in knots to explain the same plan he was for as governor was terrible now that obama did it as president. in this opportunity. trying to find the common ground , we see that happening now. and you are right to be frustrated. it is enough to say to democrats that you have to work with republicans, they have to work with you. host: let's go to nick, next. caller: i am a retired, disabled veteran. awould like to ask your guest little bit about the robert mueller investigation. it has been over a year. either there is

. >> that's transportation secretary ray lahood.ne of the things we decided or when pete was always with the president, we had a hard time getting in the chuck myself, samantha, or sonia or amanda, we tried to do other things. one of the ideas was to document the cabinet secretaries, spend like four or five days with them. this particular trip was with lahood, he went across the country doing different types of events. so it was you know, i think we did maybe seven or eight. maybe nine. of the secretaries, it was like a photo essay, a weak with and one of the pictures. >> that's the final cabinet shot. and we did it on a front lawn. instead of doing it in the cabinet room. the first one das done in the cabinet room by bob mcnealy. what else can be done? we've not tried the lawn out in front. and this is our last shot together. everybody, it took time to get everybody's schedule together. then you got to deal with secret service, bless them. the military, the guys that move the furniture. the head usher of the white house. you have t

ray lahood was a republican that was appointed. the transportation in our administration, bob mcdonald appointed to reform that agency. we frankly tried to appoint greg, republican member of congress, to the commerce department and ultimately, he pulled out at the end because he saw the direction toward obama and the congress. a number of appointments had different levels as well. another important point, though. you have been here from massachusetts. the healthcare bill, everybody forgets that it becomes so contention. the idea of a democratic legislature having worked with the republican governor, mitt romney, to provide universal healthcare. we drew from that idea. we did not pursue a single payer, completely socialized healthcare system like today we have in the united kingdom. this idea had come out of a lot of republican thinking. theway you have exchanges in place and give more options. that was very much modeled on the plan. it was interesting, i think it's a window into how peculiar they can get. while running for presiden

lahood, for going on the route 66r

it is whipping through ray lahood support, all of that is boosting capacity. that is the thing. exporter. this is a similar position. a lot of iron ore is coming up, i guess you would see some reduction in prices. though,not seen that prices have held steady at over $60 a ton. benchmark prices have ticked up. the net impact on the market is not as pronounced. we are seeing a lot of lower quality, higher cost production exit the market. the net impact is probably only about in addition of 2 million tons. that is kind of why we are uping that #rise really hold in that 60-70 dollars a ton range. ramy: why are there some doubts about whether that might continue to mark -- continue? aren't -- are diverging opinions. they're trying to reduce pollution from heavy industry. china's steel mills have been gravitating toward higher-quality iron ore. a bigas really driven premium for the product. we are seeing that trading right now. not quite $30 above the benchmark. certainly those elevated levels. this fight to about $100 per ton. we are hearing caution. longis casting down on how steel

. >> that is transportation secretary ray lahood. we had a hard time getting in. chuck, samantha and myself, so -- amanda, so we tried to do other things, one of the things was to document the cabinet secretaries. this particular trip, he went across the country doing different types of events. i think transportation week. i think we did maybe 7, 8 or nine of the secretary. it was a photo essay. that is just one of those pictures. >> that is the final cabinet shot. we did it on the front lawn. instead of in the cabinet room. first one done by bonnie neely in the cabinet room. we have not tried the lawn out in front. this is our last shot together. it took time to get everybody's schedule together. then you have to deal with secret service. the military. -- the guys to move the furniture. had asher, gardner -- head as usher,gardner -- head gardener to make sure you will not step on the plants or anything, because you want to make everybody happy. i have to talk to everybody to make sure it is all on board. beside having them out there like that, we do mock stuff to

lahood, for going on the route 66 tour and passing legislation through the natural resources committee, when he was a member of that committee, to ensure this mother road gets the recognition it deserves when it turns 100 years old. i will tell you, you talk about economic impacts, this road has a tremendous economic impact in rural america, central illinois. when i pulled in to the antique elephant mall -- the pink elephant antique mall yesterday it was tough to find a parking lot on a sunday in livingston, illinois, when that town has 850 people that reside there. this is a big deal. mrs. napolitano: if the gentleman will yield? my communities are very excited about this bill and the celebration of the 100th birthday. mr. davis: again, i want to say thank you and urge a yes vote and yield back the balance of my time. . the speaker pro tempore: will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 66 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the

this particular trip was with lahood. i think it was called transportation week and he went across the country doing different types of events. so i think we did maybe seven or eight, maybe nine of the secretaries. it was just like a photo essay, kind of a week with and that's just one of the pictures. >> that's the final cabinet shot and we did it on the front lawn instead of the cabinet room. the first one was in the cabinet room with bob mcneely, but what else can be done? let's try the lawn out in front and this was our last shot together, everybody. it took time to get everybody's schedule together. then you got to deal with secret service, bless them, the military, the guys that move the furniture, the head usher of the white house. you have to talk to the gardener, you know, to make sure you're not going to step on the plants or anything because you want to make everybody happy. so i had to talk to everybody to make sure it's all on board and besides having them out there like that, we got to hope it's not going to

ray lahood was appointed. to thewas appointed veterans affairs.gy to appoint judge through the commerce department but ultimately he did pullout at the end because he saw the direction it was going. another important point, the health care bill, everybody forgets that it has become so contentious. on as actually paste republican idea passed by mitt romney. provided universal health care. single-payerrsue a system.ed we had a republican thinking when you had a system in place -- mitt romney promoted that plan and he had to tie whyelf in knots to explain the same plan he was for as governor was terrible now that obama did it as president. in this opportunity. trying to find the common ground , we see that happening now. and you are right to be frustrated. it is enough to say to democrats that you have to work with republicans, they have to work with you. host: let's go to nick, next. caller: i am a retired, disabled veteran. awould like to ask your guest little bit about the robert mueller investigation. it has been over a year. either there is noth