why would you be interested in madame nhu? >> who wouldn't be interested in madame nhu? she, from an early age, just captivated me. everything i had come to know about vietnam, i was born in 1976, so after the war had ended. and my father anywhere -- narrowly missed being drafted into the war, and my memory is books and things associated with vietnam, and nothing what a beautiful and interesting country was. it was defined to me as the war. so to see madame nhu's picture jump out, and she was called the face of evil or something. i had to know more. >> well, before we get to her, there is a narrative that runs parallel in the book, which is your own relationship with her and your search for madame nhu, and if think as a journalist who has been working for 20 years, the investigative part is what i find really intriguing, because you didn't know her address and here you are in paris, searching for her, from sort of very loose pieces of information that you have seen. tell the audience about this. >> sure. if my husband was here he would tell you i'm very persuasive, and i

why would you be interested in madam nhu? >> who wouldn't be interested in madam nhu? [laughter] she from an early age just captivated me. everything i had come to know about vietnam -- i was born in 1976, so after the war had ended. and my father narrowly missed being drafted, so for me vietnam was images in books of all the terrible images of war that my generation of america has come to associate with vietnam. and nothing about what a beautiful or interesting country it was. it was really just defined for me as the war. so to see madam nhu's picture jump out and especially, you know, i think the captions called her the face of evil or something. i had to know more. >> well, before we get to her, there is a narrative that runs parallel in the book which is your own relationship with her and your search for madam nhu, and i think in some way as a journalist who's been working for 20 years plus, the investigative part is what i find really intriguing, because you didn't know of her, and here you are in paris searching for her from sort of very loose pieces of informati

thank you, madam president. ms. collins: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mrs. feinstein: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. feinstein: what's the parliamentary situation? the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mrs. feinstein: i ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. feinstein: i've come to the floor to give my views on the employment nondiscrimination act, better known as enda, because this is essentially a bill with a long history. and it means a great deal to me personally because of work that i did in the city and county of san francisco a long, long time ago. actually, over 40 years ago i was a brand -- in 1978, i was a brand-new president of the board of supervisors. actually, it was my third term as president. that's not quite right. when an ordnance to prohibit discrimination in both housing

why would you be interested in madame nhu? >> who wouldn't be interested in madame nhu?he from an early age just captivated me. everything that had come to know about vietnam. i was born in 1876. so after the war had ended. my father barely missed being drafted into the war. someday, vietnam was sort of images and books of all the terrible images of war that my generation of america has come to associate with vietnam. nothing about what a beautiful or interesting country oppose. it was really just a fine for me is the war. to see madame nhu's picture jump out, especially the captions called her the face of evil. i had to know more. >> well, before we get to her, there is a narrative that runs parallel in the book, which is your relationship with her in your search for madame nhu. i think in some ways a journalist who's been working for 20 years plus, the investigative part is what i find really intriguing because you didn't know her address in here you aren't curious, searching for her absurdity. this piece of information that you've seen. tell the audience about this. >

indeed, no madame. very wrong, madame. very wrong. you speak like that, madame? yes, you speak like that. but how's that? never been better. it would bring a comic relief into the crudity of the situation. yes, you speak like that, madame. it'll be absolutely wonderful. wonderful, and why not? when you're hear a certain sort of suggestion made to you in a lingo like that, there isn't much doubt about what your answer is going to be. it almost seems like a joke. you feel inclined to laugh when you hear that there's an old senor who wants to amuse himself with you. an old senor, madame? not so very old. not quite so young, yes. and if he does not please to you, well, he has prudenza. you old devil. you old witch you, madame! no! please! calm yourself. calm yourself. what are you... and sit down here just for a minute. please, take that woman out of my sight. it is impossible for my mother to remain here. oh, they can't be here together. that's why when we first came in, that woman wasn't with us. if they're around at the same time, the whole thing will inevitably b

madam president? madam president, i -- excuse me. there's been a lot of discussion about the major rules change that occurred here today. in my capacity as president pro tempore, i was presiding during that time and did not get a chance to speak. i just wanted to say a few things. in the four decades i've served here -- i've been here with both democratic majorities or republican majorities, during republican and democratic administrations -- and we've had moments of crises that i worried our political differences outweighed the senate's common responsibility, and yet we were always able to steer our way out of trouble. majorities of both parties have come and gone, but i've never lost faith in our ability to see ourselves through the divisions and do what's best for the nation. but the past five years has been discouraging. ever since president obama was elected, senate republicans have changed the tradition of the senate in escalating obstruction on nominations. they crossed the line from the use of the senate rules to abuse of the

kelly: thank you, madam speaker. last week i met with businesses around my district as part of the economic development tour. i went to a coffee shop in hyde park where people go for great coffee and conversation. i met with one ranked 63rd on the foshese list of best small businesses in america. they are keeping our troops safe by investing in technologies that protect them from the harmful effects of radiation. i spoke with workers at new course steel in kankakee who are helping lead the manufacturing renaissance in the united states. these businesses take pride in the work they do, but they need a congress that's willing to work just as hard for them. we need folks on both sides who will reduce the barriers to business growth and support the small businesses that create 65% of the new jobs in our economy. i recently introduced h.r. 3328, the american work opportunity act, which extends the work opportunity tax credit for businesses that put americans back to work. i urge my colleagues to support this bill and to w

madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from idaho. mr. crapo: before i make my remarks, i ask unanimous consent that senator reed from rhode island be recognized immediately following my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. crapo: thank you, madam president. i rise today also to speak about a subject on the mind of all americans, and that is the rollout of the affordable protection -- the patient protection and affordable care act or obamacare. many of us have predicted the implementation of obamacare would result in difficulties for american families, businesses and our still-fragile economy. we spoke about the tax hikes that would come to the rising premiums, the canceled policies, the benefit cuts to medicare programs for seniors and other problems in the flawed law. still, the president insisted that he was right and that he knew best what americans wanted. since then, countless opportunities have been provided for our colleagues to join us in defunding or at least d

welcome, madam secretary. you are a distinguished gentleman -- general woman. -- woman. and now working for the american people, i salute you for it. i want to really congratulate my republican pals for being absolutely, 1000% insistence. you love what is wrong with the website, and you'd assessed what is working in the affordable care act. i think that that is on full display here. but let's get back to the website because that is what the hearing is about. understanding that is a hard date for having everything up and running. now, hhs did- testify in september that they were 100% confident that the site would be launched and fully functional on time on october 1. that cannot work. do you have full confidence in this new hard date? >> congresswoman, i can tell you that the assessment that we have made is that it will take until the end of november for an optimally functioning website. i know that the only way i can restore confidence that we get it right is to get it right. so i have confidence, but i know t

thank you, madam president. ms. ayotte: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. ms. ayotte: thank you, madam president. today i rise to talk about the impact that obamacare is having on the people of my state, the state of new hampshire. it's been over a month since the health care exchanges have opened, and in that short time we've already seen so many problems with obamacare. frankly, it's a mess. the failure of healthcare.gov is something that has revealed deeply troubling incompetence in terms of implementing a web site that people can use and have access to and is security and protects their private information, and, frankly, we're in a position where really the web site is merely the canary in the coal mine. the flaws in this law are much deeper than the web site. even former supporters of obamacare are telling me that it's not working. i'm hearing from my constituents about this, and, frankly, i feel very badly for them because so much of what's happening to them is as a result of how the law is drafte

welcome, madame secretary. you're a distinguished woman. you have distinguished yourself and your state, the offices that you've held, and now working for the american people, and i salute you for it. i want to really congratulate my republican pals for being absolutely, 1,000% consistent. you love what's wrong with the website, and you detest what's working in the affordable care act. and i think that is on full display here. but let's get back to the website, because that's what the hearing is about. it's my understanding that november 31st is a hard date for having everything up and running. do you have -- now hhs did testify in september that they were 100% confident that the site would be launched and fully functional on time on october 1st. do you have full confidence in this new date? >> -- it will take until november for an optimally functioning website. the only way i can restore confidence to get it right is to get it right. so i have confidence, but i know that it isn't fair to ask the american publi

thank you, madam president. mr. alexander: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: thank you, madam president. i thank the senator from alaska for her excellent remarks. i was glad i was here to see them. seshe and the senator from massachusetts and i all were at the hearing this morning where the head of the center for medicaid and medicare services talked about the health care law. i thought the senator from alaska was especially cogent in pointing out the difficulties and the differences between those who live in alaska and their inability to connect to the services in the new health care law. if i remember correctly, she said only three have been able to enroll, and she pointed out the differences in time. i'd like to spend a few minutes reflecting on what happened this morning and what i said to the administration's witness. i began by telling her a story, a story about 16,000 tennesseans who have insurance through something called cover tennessee, a low-cost coverage state program. obamacare is

god's wounds, madam. pshit. i'd rather be poor as the stingiest mouse, than rich as the cruelest cat. and your bonnet and your umbrella and your officer's greatcoat? and then what, you old cow? [music] pfart, pshit, what a stingy bastard. but pfart, pshit. i think i've got him pshitting just the same. thanks be to god and myself, within a week, i may be queen of poland. [music] you're looking exceptionally ugly tonight, madam. is it because we have company? pshit. i'm rather hungry. i think i'll bury my teeth in this bird, a chicken. i fancy. not bad at all. you wretch. what are our guests going to eat? there's plenty left for them. i shan't touch another thing. go look out of the window, ma ubu, and see if our guests have arrived. ah, here comes captain manure and his merry men. old ubu, what are you eating now? nothing, nothing, just a spot of veal. the veal. he's eaten my veal, the lout. the veal. help. help. by my green candle, i'll gouge your eyes out. [music] good day, gentlemen. we have been awaiting your

madame secretary. >> mr. president, we need public comment on consent calendar. >> i would like to call for public comment on the consent calendar, please. is there any public comment? thank you, doctor. >> espinola jackson, on no. e, i think when i was here the last time, i think you may have misunderstood me. i would like to give you some history on hetch hetchy. my husband is named james rich. he was the first black man to be hired by hetch hetchy here in san francisco. he was the one that trained other blacks when they came in and trained other workers when they came here and worked in san francisco. the reason he could not join the electrician union because they did not allow blacks in the union at that time. and that was one of the reasons i was in support of local hiring, and explained the situation to the supervisor about what happened to my husband. because i had to live that. in fact, when he was going to become the general manager up there, at hetch -hetchy, we went up there to look around because

madame secretary, next item, please. >> item 13, approve project no. cuw36702 peninsula pipeline seismic upgrade project in northern san mateo county, california, et cetera. >> move it. >> second. >> any public comment on this item, seeing none, public comment is closed. all those in favor, signify by saying aye? >> aye. >> the ayes have it and the motion carries. madame secretary, next item, please. >> item 14, approve project no. cuw2730502 san andreas piper jaffray 2 and pipeline 3 improvements project in the city of south san francisco, et cetera. >> move it. >> second. >> it's been moved and seconded. >> any public comment on the item? seeing none, public comment is called. i will call for the vote. all those in favor, signify by saying aye? >> aye. >> and opposed? the ayes have it. the motion carries. we're going to move into closed session madame secretary, but is it appropriate to call up mr. richard hanson who submitted a card. >> yes. >> mr. hanson. >> yes, hi. my name is richard hanson and i'm speaking as a private citizen of san francisco i

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. ms. klobuchar: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: madam president, i come to the floor today because there are three extremely talented, well-qualified women nominees who are ready to get to work on the united states court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. it's time they are confirmed. i'll be joined this afternoon by several of our colleagues, senators hirono, cantwell, kaine, and blumenthal, because we all know that it's time for the senate to stop the needless blocking of these women. enough is enough. and i want to thank chairman leahy for his persistence and the fact that we are not giving up on these three qualified women for the bench. our courts need judges in order for the third branch of our government to function. the senate should not be shutting down another branch of government. some of my colleagues in the senate won't even allow an up-or-down vote on these nominees. i don't know if they've even met these nominees, but if they met these nominees, i don't

those minutes are approved. >> madam clerk any communications? >> i have no communication. >> item 1. item 1:[administrative code - mayor's fund for the homeless] sponsors: mayor; farrell, kim and campos ordinance amending the administrative code to transfer administration of the mayor's fund for the homeless from the director of the human services agency to the director of the mayor's office of housing opportunities, partnerships and engagement hopee >> item 1. item 1:[administrative code - mayor's fund for the homeless] sponsors: mayor; farrell, kim and campos ordinance amending the administrative code to transfer administration of the mayor's fund for the homeless from the director of the human services agency to the director of the mayor's office of housing opportunities, partnerships and engagement >> item 1. item 1:[administrative code - mayor's fund for the homeless] sponsors: mayor; farrell, kim and campos ordinance amending the administrative code to transfer administration of the mayor's fund for the homeless from the director of the hu

cantor: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding and would say that the gentleman's correct. certainly the sooner the better as far as i'm concerned about any resolution on the budget committee conference. i know that the gentleman has spoken to chairman ryan as well as the other body's chairman. in speaking to chairman ryan, he tells me that there has been a lot of discussion, not only public discussions in meetings but certainly his meeting with the chairman from the senate in trying to find a way forward. as the gentleman knows, the issue that's central to these discussions is not unlike the issue that's been under discussion for sometime here and that is, how do we go about seeking reform of some of the mandatory programs and in trying to reach resolution there in exchange for a commensurate relief on the across-the-board budget cuts that are currently in place. i don't know, madam speaker, whether they're going to meet the deadline next week or not, that the gentleman says will be preferable.

hoyer: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute for the purposes of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week to come. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: thank you, madam speaker. i yield to my friend, mr. cantor, the gentleman from virginia, the majority leader. mr. cantor: madam speaker, i thank the gentleman from maryland, the democratic whip for yielding. on monday the house will meet at noon for morning hour -- mr. hoyer: madam speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: will the house come to order, please. mr. hoyer: thank you. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, on monday the house will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. on tuesday and wednesday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour, and noon for legislative business. on thursday, the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. last votes of the

>> thank you, madam, secretary, for being here. last week we had a guess and the president talked about the alternatives to the website. his phone calling or using paper applications. what he said, i think you said it with the phone, they take the paper applications but they enter them in the same web portal. i know you get the issue of being logged on and off:but there rish u there a -- but there are still issues. it is six to eight weeks to be processed. so if this will be ready in november 30th, you're getting close to january 1st if it's eight weeks and somebody does lose their insurance so they're signing up for this. even though you have a march 31st open enrollment, what happens to these? is there a contingency plan for the people to continue their insurance? >> sir, i think that we have improvements every day on the speed of the site. circo was giving you early snapshots of difficulty of accessing the site. i think that's greatly improved. >> they said just processing the paper, actually. >> i understand. but it is the site

okay madam clerk, can you please call items five through ten together? >> i teams number five through ten are the ordinances /tpwraoepb building codes by repealing and placing the 2010 codes with provisions with codes and directing the clerk of the board state agencies. >> okay. just wait one second to let the chamber clear. if folks could please take their conversations outside. if folks would please take their conversations outside, we have further business to conduct. okay. okay, go ahead. >> my name is clerk means, i'm an inspector for the technical services division there and what we have today for you is a reenactment of our building codes based on the new set of codes that california issues every three years. by way of just the rule's short /-r /h*eugsly, san francisco came up with its own building codes around the turn of the century, 1900, late 1800s and that carried on through with new ordinances and earthquakes and fires and things like that that had to be addressed. after >> for your consideration. planning department makes an environmental r

madam president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 4:30 p.m. with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: i come to the floor to speak in opposition to the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination for the d.c. circuit nominee, cornelia pilllard. although her record makes clear her views are well outside the mainstream on a host of issues, i'm not going to focus any attention on those concerns today. i'm going to focus instead on the standard the democrats established in the year 2006. based on that standard, the court's caseload makes clear that the workload simply doesn't justify additional judges, particularly when those additional judges cost approximately $1 million per year per judge. i've walked through these statistics several times now, and i'm not going to go in depth again. the bottom line is this, th

i want to thank sftv specifically john madam clerk, are there any announcements? >>. yes chair wiener. please silence all electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any files should be submitted to the clerk and agenda will appear on the 2014 nools otherwise stated >> thank you and to members of the public at the 345 we'll be taking a 15 minute recess so we'll be briefly recessings. madam clerk, please call item one >> it's an ordinance amending the transportation code are inform the division of parking meter and president chiu is the author of this measure. >> is that working now? >> you might want to turn it off. >> great this is a measure that i'm carrying at the request of the department to a state law that needs to go both effect jan marcason could you please present. >> good afternoon sxhirgz janet mary ton from mta. the ordinance will revise a overnight parking at the meters. we need this local amendment to come into inclination assembl bill was signed into law by the governor when it goes to o into effective it will change the mta to permit vehi

hastings: thank you, madam chairman. growing debts and deficits and energy prices that are far too high, the united states needs to implement an all-of-the-above energy plan to responsibly harness our nation's energy, resources on our federal lands. new energy production is one of the best ways to grow the economy and create new jobs to put people back to work. one needs to look no further for proof to that than go to the states like north dakota economies ushished and low unemployment rates and due to energy production. because of the energy boom, the united states will be the world leader in energy production, surpassing saudi arabia. the production is happening on private and state lands, which is good, madam chairman. places that aren't as restricted as federal onerous regulations and policies. however, federal lands are being left behind. however, this lack of production on federal lands is not for a lack of resources. we have tremendous potential for new onshore oil and natural gas production on federal lands. but

thompson: thank you, madam speaker. thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, millions of americans are now experiencing firsthand the failures of a massive undertaking to roll out the affordable care act. while well-intentioned, our colleagues who had a democrat supermajority in the white house, the senate and this house pushed through a partisan bill, ignoring warning like those like myself who worked in health care for decades. prior to working in congress, i spent nearly three decades in a nonprofit health care setting, serving my neighbors who were facing life-changing disease and disability. when it was time to weigh in on public policy, members like me were muzzled. we were told to pass a bill to see what was in it. well, that's exactly what happened despite our continued dess sent. folks were ringing the phones office. ook in they are angry. they were made a promise by the president that they could keep their health plans. reportedly more than five million individuals have lost their policies. undoubtedly, this is just the beginning of am

madam president, i yield the floor. mr. sessions sessions: madam pr? the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. sessions: madam president, we need to be moving forward with the defense bill. it's very important. i'm a member of the armed services committee and we've had a good bipartisan vote out of committee to bring the bill to the floor. chairman levin has been fair to us in committee so we had a good committee process. but there are some disagreements over a number of issues that the full senate needs to discuss and vote on. they just should be able to do that. and we're drifting into a process that's absolutely contrary to the history of the senate, the real concept of the united states senate where we bring matters up and vote on them. and just because it cleared our committee doesn't mean that the full senate doesn't get to vote on some of these differing opinions. i voted in the committee on a number of amendments that didn't pass, we had amendments up in committee that we decided not to vote on, and the phrase was, well, we will carr

miller for your service and madam clerk any announcements >> yes. please silence all electronic devices. completed speaker cards to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. >> madam clerk, call item 1. >> this is the instructions on the academy of scientists in gblg park. >> i will let you know techniques agenda is a beau's one but this is a small item to continue for a week. so is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues can we have a motion to continue the motion >> we can do that without opposition. madam clerk, please calls items 2 and 3 together >> item 2 the resolution making changes to the special tax districts 2009 to authorize the retrofit and a item 3 is a resolution for the local goals and policies for the communities district and special tax district. >> thank you a staff is here from the mayor's office. >> thank you very much for having me. just wanted to reiterate those two items are two more of the administrator steps for the loans for seismic retrofits. happy to answer any q

thanks for serving again >> madam clerk item 5. >> item 5 hearing to appointing one member 2014 to the selma community advisory committee that increase with an seat. >> sir, are you here? seeing none. any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. i actually does not know who this is but i know this is specific to south of market and the supervisor has indicated no objection to this >> i've never known this person but maybe we could make a motion. >> item forward. >> i'd like to make some comments. >> so i'm sorry, i missed what the comments were as to why the gentleman was not going to be able to be here. >> there weren't any comments nobody reached out to my office by there was no objection to the expletives south of market on the nominee. i actually know the gentleman he was i guess and still is according to his resume on the development committee. i'm not certain without a conversation with him to know the balancing of the responsibilities and understanding directly from him why he wants to serve on this that and how it plays into the rule. the supervisor o

madam clerk, item number 7? >> i'm the number 7, hearing to consider appointing one member term ending february 23, 2014 to the citizen's committee on community development. there is one seat and two applicants. >> okay. let's see. ms. augustine called to inform our office that she is not able to attend today's meeting and is no longer interested in this seat. mr. pearl, would you like to come up and say a few -- mr. penn, would you like to come up and say a few comments. >> good afternoon, supervisors, i'm miquel penn, i came here to go to san francisco state and ended up staying here for the last 23 years because of the beauty and diversity of the city. i'm before you now for a seat on the citizen's committee on community development because of my work experience, passion and belief. my work experience, i'm a workforce development professional working mostly in the construction field but also in what we would consider in-use jobs. i was sector coordinator of the city build academy, construction program manager

madam clerk, any communications? >> no communications today. >> can you read our 2 p.m. special order. >> it is the policy discussion between mayor edwin lea representing the odd districts, distributes 1 and 3, the board may address initially up to 3 minutes, the supervisor will present their own question to the mayor, follow-up questions are in order, five minutes per supervisor. >> mr. mayor, welcome back to the boerpd, if you have any initial comments, we'd love to hear them. >> thank you, president chiu. thank you supervisors for inviting me back and also thank you to the audience for being here as well. good afternoon. yesterday i had the opportunity to meet with 2030 transportation task force as they concluded their work. as you know, i convened this task force to plan for the city's future transportation needs. task force included supervisor chiu, supervisor wiener and supervisor avalos and i want to personally thank each of you for the valuable time you spent with that very large group of people who were thinking through all these needs. i also wanted to thank th

madam secretary please call the next item. we're on five c. >> five c adopting environmental review findings pursuant to the california environmental quality act, and conditionally approving combined basic conceptual and schematic designs for block 49, a 60 unit affordable housing project on parcel a pursuant to the hunters point shipyard phase 1 development and disposition agreement; hunters point shipyard redevelopment project area. >> five c adopting environmental review findings pursuant to the california environmental quality act, and conditionally approving combined basic conceptual and schematic designs for block 49, a 60 unit affordable housing project on parcel a pursuant to the hunters point shipyard phase 1 development and disposition agreement; hunters point shipyard redevelopment project area. discussion and action is solution number 50-2013. madam director. >> good afternoon commissioners and good afternoon to the members of the public. thank you for joining us. commissioners at your first meeting of last year yo

madam clerk, are there any announcements and please silence all electronic devices. and all documents should be submitted to the clerk and all items on this agenda will be on the list for - >> please announce the finding. >> supervisor breed to be put on the supervisors list for the finding and any comments by my colleagues. any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. . colleagues, can we have a motion to forward this appointment for the full board recommendation arrest without objection. motion passes. madam clerk, call item 2 >> the mayors nomination for the appointment to the treatment commission. >> before i call mr. perez i'm trying to make this go fast and all of us want to get back home to get the treats out for halloween. i believe mr. perez come to the microphone >> good afternoon. chairman yee and commissioners breed and cowen. thank you for allowing me to come before you today >> i'd like to thank mayor ed lee for the appointment and ask for your support for that nomination or i want the opportunity to continue as a commissioner

thank you. >> thanks. >> madam clerk do we have any other business before us? >> no, mr. chair. >> thank you. we are adjourned. >> >> the meeting will now come to order. welcome to the meeting. my name is malia cohen. to my left is supervisor tang and campos. i would like to thank sfgtv for broadcasting this meeting. >> madam clerk, are there any announcements? >> the clerk: please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. items will be appear on the board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> very good. please call item no. 1. >> the clerk: item 1: 131008:hearing - eastern neighborhoods plan infrastructure improvements]1310081.sponsor: cohenhearing on the city's strategy for funding and implementing the estimated $250,000,000-$390,000,000 of infrastructure improvements that have been identified to support new development in the eastern neighborhoods plan. 10/8/13; received and assigned to the government audit and oversight committee. >> the clerk: item 1: 131008:hearing - eastern neighborhoods

thank you. >> thanks. >> madam clerk do we have any other business before us? >> no, mr. chair. >> thank you. we are adjourned. >> hi, i'm japanese with the san francisco public utilities combination sometime people call me sewer girl our systems has served the area for 1 hundred and 50 years we're planning you understand public health and our environment don't think that so come in down and see how

madam clerk can you call item six. >>

any second >> thank you madam secretary please call the really. >> (calling names) madam chair the vote is four i's. the next sort of business is rem the approval to the oversight board of the long rages property plan governing the disposition of real property under the dissolution law madam director >> thank you, ma'am secretary good afternoon. commissioners we've had two previous workshops on the property plan which is required the preparation is of which is required now that we've paid the tax amenities approximately $11 million. it sets forth the time clock for this disposition plan and that outside date tar the submittal to the state is november 29th. you've heard this in a series of workshops there's the actual property plan. with that, i'll to ask tracy for oc ii to present this item >> thank you executive director. still having technical difficulties interest it doesn't show the whole screen. well, we're having technical difficulties. as executive director mentioned today, we're before you to seek our recommendation to the oversight board for the successor agencies for long-term

with that, madam president, i would yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: madam president, yesterday morning i was pleased to be able to come to the floor of the united states senate, join with a good strong handful of women on both sides of the aisle to express our joint commitment, really i think the commitment of every member of this body to address the scourge of sexual assault, sexual misconduct within the military. i think it was a good way to start off the debate yesterday on the issue of sexual assault within the military, recognizing that we are coming to different places in terms of how we deal with these very important issues. but ultimately the goal of each of us is the same. the goal is that we make right for those who are serving our nation and when it comes to instances of sexual assault, military sexual trauma, sexual harassment, that really there is no place in our military for this. so it was a good way, again, to start the debate on these very important topics. we use differen

>> madam, madam! listen to me! if i was storing fish in my neck right now as i were speaking, so that i could disseminate -- [ cheers and applause ] >> stewart: would you do it? madam secretary, i yield my spot. of course the master of anti-obamacare grandstanding, tennessee congressman marcia rayburn no matter how (bleep) it is, some people like it. >> how what do you say to lucinda, they liked the plan, it was affordable and liked it but it is being terminated and now they do not have health insurance? >> i will remind you, some people like to drive a ford, not a ferrari and some people like to drink out of a red solo cup and not a chri crystal stem, yoe taking away their choice. >> stewart: i believe in choice except in marriage and reproductive rights but actually you know, now that i think about it, hold on. let me just -- really, i actually only believe in cup or car choice, that's it. it is just those two. but, it is hardly surprising that blackburn came to the hearing with a witty line prepared like that. s