thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. garcia: madam speaker, i have always been a strong supporter of medicare for the simple reason that our nation's seniors deserve to keep their hard-earned health care. that is why we've been working on a bipartisan basis to fight any potential cuts to medicare and medicaid. i am pleased to announce that yesterday the administration reversed cuts on these potential -- cuts to these health care plans. i'd like to say a few words in spanish. [speaking spanish] it's a good day for our nation's seniors. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is

thank you, madam president. madam president, i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reid: i would ask unanimous consent the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: madam president, yesterday, all america watched while commissioner adam silva and -- adam silver and the national basketball association punished donald sterling for his racist behavior. commissioner silver banned sterling from the nba for life and a $2 million fine. i with almost all of america applaud the nba's work to swiftly move to stamp out bigotry in its ranks. commissioner silver and the league have set the standard for how professional sports associations should act in the face of racism. i wonder today, madam president, how the leadership of the national football league, the nfl, that money-making machine, i wonder if they have taken notice of the nba's decisive action. how long will the nfl continue to do nothing, zero, as one of its teams bears a name that inflicts so much pain on native a

thank you, madam president. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: madam president, one year ago i rose to speak in this chamber. i rose with a heart heavy with mourning and yet filled with gratitude because one year ago cowards set off bombs in our pwhrofpbd marathon trying -- beloved boston marathon but boston responded with courage. today i rise to commemorate the anniversary of the boston marathon bombing and to celebrate the strength and character of the people of boston. one year ago terror knocked on boston's door. it was not just the momentary terror of smoke and sound, but the terror of uncertainty and speculation, the terror of siege and lockdown. such terrors can break a people's spirit. they seek to do no less. but boston was fearless. our first responders, our protectors and investigators, our heroes, our citizen heroes, our families, our friends, and our neighbors, we did not waiver. in that moment when all the world had its eyes upon us, we responded with a pride of def

reed: thank you, madam president. mr. blunt: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. blunt: madam president, i'd ask unanimous consent that it be in order for me to offer my amendment on this bill numbered 2885. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. reed: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: reserving my right to object, because of the emergency nature of the underlying bipartisan bill to aid about 2.7 million americans, i would object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. blunt: madam president, let me talk about why i think we should have this and other amendments on this bill. my friend from colorado just talked about an amendment that he said he supported last week. of course none of us got to support it on the ukrainian bill because it wasn't allowed to come up. just like on this issue of talking about unemployment extension or the other things that our friends on the other side have announced in a pretty aggressive way that they intend to bring up

reed: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five lennell slative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject oif -- of my special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. reed: thank you, madam speaker. thank you to my colleagues that have joined me this evening to talk about an issue that is very personal to me and i think something that we need to discuss across america in an open and honest fashion. madam speaker, this month, april, is sexual assault awareness month. i am joined with many of my colleagues here today to discuss the issue of sexual assault, domestic violence, and in particular a national effort that we have become familiar with in our office and in my household called the no more campaign. more is a group that is represented by numerous entities across the country that are coming together to say no more to sexual assault and domestic violence. madam speaker, you may recall, i this this floor of chamber on mar

madam president, what can we do? what can those of us do who hope that on the 17th of april, who hope that those who are going to be meeting in geneva will have constructive dialogue and that they will find a peaceful political solution to this crisis. what we can do, we as members of the international community, is a great deal, a great deal. on the 17th of april, this meeting will begin. it is greatly needed, and we hope that it will be in a different climate. and we, those of us who will not be there on the 17th at that meeting, we must make sure that we do not detract from that meeting. human rights are not the property of anyone, but the right of everyone. and we must recall that the united nations charter doesn't just have isolated chapters, but an unshakable truth. with that constructive, process attitude, with this desire to have a positive discussion so that ukraine can find serenity and peace. that's what with we hope for. thank you, madam. >> i thank the representative of argentina for her statement. i giv

madam president, i yield. mrs. mccaskill: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mrs. mccaskill: you know, madam president, every once in a while it is probably a healthy thing for all of us to sit back for a moment and reflect on why we're here. what is the united states senate supposed to be about? why do we come to the senate? why did our founding fathers lay out a constitution that had these branches of government, and in the branch of government that we reside in, we are called the legislative branch. so what is that about? i think what the founding fathers wanted us to do is to make our laws reflect the values and priorities of the american people. and the paycheck fairness act is a simple step towards making our laws reflect two of the most important values we have in the united states of america. i guarantee you if i walked up to any of my colleagues that intend to vote against this and said do you believe in equality and justice, they would say of course we believe in equality and justice. then why would y

thank you, madam president. >> madame president, the senator from california. >> madam president, it is my honor to rise today to support this very important bill, the minimum wage fairness act of 2014 and i am very proud of my colleagues who has just spoken. and particularly i want to say, the only woman here in the senate was both the governor and senator. is that correct? when she was a governor she stood up for the people. as a senator, she's ugly fights for people. part of this fight involves making sure that when you work hard and you work full-time you don't have to live in poverty. it just is not fair. remember, most of the people on minimum wage are adults, not teenagers, not children. and so many of them are trying to raise their children and jobs at the minimum wage level, and you don't have to be a mathematician to know that the current minimum wage leaves you in poverty. you have a full-time job, work your heart out and wind up in poverty. now, i went back into my memory book and found my son's first paycheck when he was working his way through school. he came in to a su

here's the thing, madam speaker. go back to that washington math that i talked about coming from town hall meetings because i know everyone here has been a part of that. i know everyone here has had that hand go up when we talk about cutting spending and they say, is that a real cut or is that a washington cut? when you say cut in spending, rob, do you mean cutting spending or do you mean you are only going to increase it by $10 and the projection was it was going to go up by $20. only here is increasing spending by $10 considered a cut. there is no family in america that considers that a cut. think about your budget back home, madam speaker, whatever that is, i remember buying milk for $1.99 a gallon. i'm a big milk drinker. skim is my favorite. but $1.99 i was comfortable. today i'm prepared to pay for it. i'm prepared to $4 a gallon for a gallon of milk, but i didn't assume that i was going to drink the same amount of every day going forward. i found powdered milk, madam speaker, it was on the discount shelf at gi

mc- mott: madam speaker -- mr. mcdermott: madam speaker, i take some time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcdermott: a little history might be helpful here. there was a time in this country where people worked 60 hours a week, seven days a week, six days a week. the only reason we have a 40-hour week at all were labor unions. who went out and struck and forced the process to get a 40-hour workweek. they also were the ones who created the health care system in this country after the second world war. there was no -- people didn't have health insurance prior to that. and labor unions said when the president said we can't have an increase in wages, and we can't have any increase in benefits, prices can't go up, labor unions said, let's have something called the been fit -- benefit package. the benefit package that was created in the middle 1940's, included health care and pensions. it came from the union movement. they are the ones that stood in the rain and the sleet and the snow on the pickett lines to get these changes. now, we hav

with that, madam president, i would yield the floor. mr. enzi: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: thank you madam president. i rise to offer rebuttal to the claims my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are making about their proposal to enact an unprecedented increase in federal minimum wage. i come at this issue from a former small business owner and an employee who once worked for the minimum wage. i once started as a stock boy. another time i was a window washer. i learned some important things while i was doing that. i learned some work ethic. i learned to show up on time. i learned to do the job well. and to learn what the other skills were that went with it so that i could advance. and eventually i got the schooling and the skills and the work ethic to own my own business. my colleagues gloss over the fact that minimum wage is for entry-level employees unskilled workers. young people and those new to the work force are those who typically earn the minimum wage because itsbecause it's their first job or it's th

madam president, our appeal to russia is simple. stop interfering in the internal affairs of ukraine. move your troops away from ukraine's borders. rescind the authorization to use , andary force in ukraine enter into dialogue. the european union want to see russia as a partner, as a friend, and as an ally stop a stable, peaceful, and prosperous ukraine is just as much in russia's interest as it is in our own. a strategy pursuing of destabilization, we call on russia to take its place at the negotiating table and explain its concerns. we hope that the talks scheduled for 17th of april will provide just such an opportunity. thank you. >> i think the representative of the united kingdom for his statement. theve the floor to representative from the united states. lex thank you so much, madam president, and thank you assistant secretary-general for your briefing today and for your diligent work on this controversial issue. we meet today to discuss the work of the u.n.'s human rights monitoring mission in ukraine and a timely report of t

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. moremr. moran: madam president, thank you. it is april fools day but it feels like groundhog day because we're here considering an extension of unemployment benefits for the millions of americans who have been out of work for months and some of them even years. mr. moran: while assistance for those without work serves an important purpose in helping americans transition, we are failing to address the underlying and more important issue, how do we grow the economy and create jobs for all of our citizens? a growing economy creates new opportunities for americans to find meaningful work and for meaningful work comes an opportunity for americans to improve their economic security and advance up that economic ladder. it's one of the reasons that senator wyden and i started the economic mobility caucus. we wanted to study the facts and explore policy improvements that could make a difference to increase the likelihood that all americans can do

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 yr eyesut. [music] good day, gentlemen. we have been awaiting your arr

reed: madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: yesterday president obama held an event at the white house to talk about his health care law. the president said -- quote -- "the debate over repealing this law is over. he said the affordable care act is here to stay. that's what president obama said yesterday. of course, last october president obama said that his health care law was -- quote -- "the law of the land." then he went ahead and changed or delayed the law more than 20 times after that. on his own, without coming to congress. if it's the law of the land, how does he get to change the law of the land 20 times? back on march 6, president obama said that the democrats' health care law he said -- quote -- "is working the way it should." if the law is working the way it should, why do people in wyoming keep telling me how bad the law is for them personally? just the other day i heard from a woman in rollins, wyoming, she wrote "my husband has been self-employed as a

thank you madam chairman, madam acting chairman. first of all, i want to thank chairman landrieu are holding this hearing. the security and electric grid is important to most americans come and as with many things, most americans don't realize how important it is to them. when an incident happens, and everybody starts wringing their hands saying why didn't we do this or that. i want to focus on something that is available to electric utilities and the government agencies that a lot of people don't know about. in my state we have a facility called the idaho national guard story that is a flagship for nuclear energy and has been since the 1940s. it is the leading laboratory in america for nuclear energy but most people don't realize that's where the first reactor was built. what most people don't realize is they have a lot of other missions and one of them is exactly what we are talking about and that is grade security. since this is a relatively come and i use the word relatively come a new area of focus on the electric utilities hav

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kuster: thank you, madam speaker. as we continue the long process of bringing our troops home for more than a decade of war, i want to recognize activists in my district and all across this country who are taking action to improve the lives of our returning heroes. for many of these brave men and women, the invisible wounds of war present unique challenges as they return to civilian life. thousands of these veterans come into contact with our nation's criminal justice system every year. of we our heroes a debt gratitude and every american who has worn the uniform deserves to thrive after their service is complete. that's why i've signed on in support of h.r. 2187, the salute act, legislation that would allow for grant funding to support the establishment and improvement of veterans' treatment courts for nonviolent offenders. activists in my district have already begun the process of establishing a veterans justice track, and i commend them on their efforts. it's time for us to recognize the sacrifice our service membe

scalise: thank you, madam chair. i want to thank my colleague from georgia for yielding and his leadership at bringing forth this budget as the chairman of the republican study committee's budget and spending task force. mr. woodall brought this forward budget called back to basics. that's what we are here to talk about right now. madam chair, what are those basics we should get back to? i think it's the basic fundamentals our founding fathers laid out when they created this great nation. still the greatest nation in the history of the world, but a nation with serious challenges. if you look at our economy, our economy is struggling in many parts because of policies coming out of washington. because of washington's failure to confront those challenges. madam chair, people across this country are ready to confront those challngs. they are looking to us to finally start laying out a vision that says we are going to start living within our means. we are going to do the things that families across this nation do every si

and with that, madam president, i would yield the floor. ms. murkowski: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: madam president, i come to the floor just about an hour or so after a motion to proceed to take up the paycheck fairness act. and i struggled with my decision as to whether to move to a measure that i feel was flawed in terms of its approach to a solution, or to recognize that perhaps this was more an exercise in political messaging than an effort to try to resolve what i believe is an issue. and in sorting through all aspects, not only the merits of the legislation, the facts as they exist back home, the facts as they exist around this country where we see pay disparity between men and women. i had a lot on my mind. i had a lot to weigh. i did not come to the floor yesterday to speak with the many who rose to either offer amendments, proposed amendments to the paycheck fairness act, or those who wrote to speak to defend the act. and skwropbt my silence yesterday to be construed that t think this is an issue here, that i d

madam president, i yield the floor. mr. murphy: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: thank you very much, madam president. i applaud senator mikulski for her great work, despite the result today. madam president, i'm here on the floor to congratulate my uconn huskies for a double national championship. it's only been done once before in the history of college basketball, the men winning a national championship and the women winning a national championship in the same year, and the last time it was us, too, 1994, and now -- excuse me, in 2004 and now in twurt. -- in 2014. so very briefly, i want to add my congratulations to those offered by senator blumenthal. our new coach, kevin ollie, when he took the job went on tv and said that despite some of the tough times surrounding the uconn program, that his intent was for uconn basketball to take the stairs and not the elevator. he said that elevators were cowards and they were going to walk one step at a time towards a national championship. now, given the e

scott: thank you, madam president. madam president, i rise today to discuss my two amendments to the legislation that we've been debating this week. i think most of us would agree that we need to give folks a hand up. that makes a lot of sense. but we also need to ensure that they have a solid foundation on which to stand. the best way we can help the unemployed is to help them find a job. my amendment aims to do just that. first, we will restore the 40-hour work week which was destroyed in obamacare. the employer mandate currently requires employers to provide health insurance to full-time employees and the new definition of a full-time employee is 30 hours per work week. as a result, employers are cutting hours for many of the employees to fewer than 30 hours per week. i've heard from several employers at home in south carolina representing institutions as large as clemson university and as small as the local surf shop, who are suffering the consequences of this new 30-hour definition. a few weeks ago, i was on a bus

madam president, i yield. mrs. mccaskill: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mrs. mccaskill: you know, madam president, every once in a while it is probably a healthy thing for all of us to sit back for a moment and reflect on why we're here. what is the united states senate supposed to be about? why do we come to the senate? why did our founding fathers lay out a constitution that had these branches of government, and in the branch of government that we reside in, we are called the legislative branch. so what is that about? i think what the founding fathers wanted us to do is to make our laws reflect the values and priorities of the american people. and the paycheck fairness act is a simple step towards making our laws reflect two of the most important values we have in the united states of america. i guarantee you if i walked up to any of my colleagues that intend to vote against this and said do you believe in equality and justice, they would say of course we believe in equality and justice. then why would y

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. mr. sanders: madam president, let me just respond. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: to say i stop my intention to get involved in louisiana politics but just to say senator landrieu voted for this legislation. she has been a champion of veterans rights, and i look forward to working with her on comprehensive legislation that will benefit all of the veterans of louisiana and the other 49 states. madam president, i want to change subjects if i might. i want to touch upon an issue which i believe is far and away the most significant issue facing the american people, and that is a struggle not just to make sure that we can preserve and expand the vitally important programs, the life and death of tens of millions of middle-class and working-class families, programs like social security and medicare and medicaid; the issue we're discussing now is not just whether we must create the millions and millions of jobs that we need. real unemployment, madam president, is not 6.8%. it is close to 12%, and youth unemplo

madam chair, i will submit this question. the new orleans police department entered into a consent decree with your office. review thatave the was required yet. my question in writing was causing the delay -- what is causing the delay and what process are you using to review the nopd justice? >> thank you. senator, that was excellent. senator bozeman, you have been very patient. asthank you, madam chair, always. thank you for being here. i was looking -- when you look back 15 years ago, the bureau of prisons enacted budget was $3.1 billion. this year we are asking for 9 billion,r is $6. which again i am very supportive. senator landrieu identified some of the problems we had in the prisons and things. and see that there are really difficult situations. the problem is right now it is taking up 25% of your budget. and as opposed to not too long ago, just 16%. we have to do something to bend the cost curve. one of the things i've been very interested in is the drug courts. 2011 confirmedn that drug courts reduce crime about 58%.

. >> madam clerk. next item. >> madam clerk, read -- today's meeting will be adjourned for the late mrs. jane kennedy. on behalf of the of supervisor campos and kim for the late john jack casey. >> i want to take a moment and thank sfgtv and folks bringing this to you and jesse lar son and with that madam clerk, do we have anymore business. >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> good morning, everyone. the the meeting will come to order. welcome to the regular meeting of san francisco transportation authority finance committee i'm mcly cowen the chair of the meeting and to my left a supervisor cowen and to my right is supervisor scott wiener and supervisor farrell will be joining us as well the clerk is erica changing i'd like to thank our friends jonathan and others for broadcasting in meeting. thank you very much. madam clerk, any announcements? >> there are no announcements. to meet new requirement i'll do roll call. supervisor chiu absent. supervisor

so madam clerk, are there any announcements?> please make sure to silence cell phones and any electronic devices. items acted upon today will appear on the april 15th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> i am glad to see all of you here today. i'm going to see if i can stall this for another 30 seconds to give supervisor campos a chance to make the sprint over here. would you like me to sing a song for you guys? i will get started. so i know that -- on john ball? >> mr. chair, would you like me to call the item first? >> i'm sorry, madam clerk, item no. 1. >> item no. 1 is a motion confirming the appointment of john-paul samaha to the treasure island development authority board of directors. >> come on up. >> good afternoon, chairman yee, members of the board, my name is john-paul samaha and i request your support in my reappointment to the tida board. i've been on the tida board for 5 years, we are underdwoing and will be undergoing an expensive process of community building the next few years as the navy tra

. >> madam clerk take public comment on this item. seeing none, public comment is closed. madam clerk, please call item 5 >> item 5 is the construction of new items. >> thank you. colleagues, any of you have anything to introduce. well, i have an item to introduce today. our city as it begins to reaccess our priority and refocus our attention on the pedestrian safety and bicycle safety i want to thank sfmta i'd like to i would like the sfmta to prioritize the caesar chavez and bay shore improvements. anyone that's driven or tried to bike or walk this intersection it's really dangerous. there's an existing 2012 study that details the background and the historical challenges that exist at the this intersection. the number of improvements it can enhance the safest of the pedestrians and bicyclists liquor we're quickly growing and a lot of things are happening on the south western region and it's a violate connection between dog patch and the heights as well as the bay area may be there this is a social and environmental project i'd like to ask the mta to prioritize. and its w

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. mr. cardin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from marylandment mr. cardin: first let me thank senator shaheen for her leadership on these issues and so many other issues in the united states senate. she's listened -- i listened to your comments and i fully concur in the information that you have brought forward, that paycheck fairness is not just a matter of fairness for women, it's a matter of fairness for our country. and not only will women benefit, our economy will benefit and our country will benefit by making sure that equal pay for equal work is what happens in our country. so i just really wanted to thank you. i'd be glad to yield. mrs. shaheen: will my colleague yield the floor for a minute? i thank you very much, senator cardin from maryland, and point out that i know this is an area where you also have worked very hard over many years. and it's the kind of issue that men and women should be able to agree on. this is something that is not fair for women but it's also not fair for thei

thank you, madam president. >> senator? >> madam president? >> the senator from north dakota. >> thank you so much, and i want to thank our great friend and leader from the state of maryland for continuing her hard work. i wonder if she wakes up in the morning wondering when it will be done and when we'll see justice. she's learned over the years that until you stand up, every day, and live that life, live a life where you make positive change in america, it doesn't get done, and she's somebody who never has given up. i think it's interesting. north dakota like west virginia is a state where women earn less than men and below the national average less than men. looking at the national average, 77%, that is a horrible, horrible statistic. you know what's horrible? it's really horrible if you live that status tig. one person in this body lives that. we're all treated equally. it doesn't matter, you know, what gender we are. if we're members of congress, we're treated equally. could you imagine what the outpouring of sympathy and support would be

>> madam chair, thank you very much. i want to welcome the attorney general to the subcommittee today which has great leadership on both sides of the aisle. i am going to being directing my questions to you on several topics. one has to do with our broken asylum granting system when the department of justice has jurisdiction with the department of homeland security over. another is the testing of the boundaries of executive power by this administration in particularly the aggressive position the administration has taken with regard to the president's enforcement discretion and third i hope that if you are don't do so in your testimony, i will ask you for an update on the department of j t justi justice's activities to bring justice to the attackers in the benghazi case. thank you, madam chair. >> mr. attorney general. >> good morning. and thank you chairwoman, and ranking member shelby and senator collins and senator curt. thank you for allowing me to speak to you todayi. i know we are mind full of the mass shooting at f

madam chair >> thank you very much. i'd like to pull the second item on the garage management agreement that will be the first item for this meeting. right now we're going to talk about the approval of the minutes i want you to receive a copy it's in our packet. any public comment on the minutes >> there are no speaker cards madam chair. >> thank you very much any questions or comments on the minutes seeing none, i'd like to entertain a motion. >> thank you very much is there a second. >> i left early last time so i move. >> thank you very much. and, of course, we're noting in the minutes when people leave the meetings so that's in there. seeing none, please call the roll >> commissioner please announce our vote. commissioner mondejar. commissioner singh. commissioner rosales absent. chairperson johnson. madam chair the vote memoranda in our packets. this is to extend the agreement to allow the successor disposition plan to the drawn. you you'll recall the agency proposed selling the garage it was submittal to the state

hispanic madam president? >> senator from kentucky. >> number one, we have more judges at this point for president obama then president bush had approved at the same time in his presidency. the bill is because as soon as we get on the bills there are no amendments allowed. people that maybe listening who are not deeply on the senate rules. the majority leader has made it impossible for members of his party for hours to offer amendments more often than the last 6 liters combined. in other words he gets to decide whether he's on our side. that is what has degraded to the senate looking more like the house and i'm told they are more amendments in the senate than the assistant majority leader used to say, and he was quite right at the time. if you want to have a chance to vote come to the senate. that's what the senate is about. all it really requires is to get the senate back to normal for the one member of the senate that has a prior recognition that has the right to set the agenda to open up the senate and let

and madam clerk, go to our adaptation calendar. supervisor campos >> i'd like to go back to item 12 and resend that. >> the vote shall be resend. supervisor campos. i want to make sure we have a full compliment of the board voting >> colleagues, same house, same call? >> roll call apologizes roll call vote and we, take it same house, same call? >> roll call vote. >> on item 12. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. no arrest supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. no. there are 9 i see and 2 nos >> with that, madam clerk the adaptation calendar. those are being impacted if the matter is obtained on it can be removed >> roll call vote. >> is supervisor jane kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. there are 11 i's pr those months ago are approved and the resolution adapted. >>

i thank you very much, madam speaker. i rise today to honor the distinguished public service of the honorable brendan t. byrne, the 47th governor of new jersey, who today celebrates his 90th birthday. he's lived longer than any governor in the history of our state. governor byrne was born on orange, 924, in west essex county, and currently lives in the short hills section of essex county in the congressional district i have the honor of serving. he was graduated from west orange high school in 1942 and served during world war ii in the army air corps where he advanced to the rank of lieutenant and was awarded the distinguished flying cross and four air medals. one of his fingers was frostbitten as a result of the conditions during his heroic air service over germany late in the war. governor byrne was graduated from princeton university in 1949, majoring in public and international affairs. our first governor to receive an undergraduate degree from princeton since woodrow wilson in 1879, 70 years earlier. governor byrne r

. >> madam clerk. next item. >> madam clerk, read -- today's meeting will be adjourned for the late mrs. jane kennedy. on behalf of the of supervisor campos and kim for the late john jack casey. >> i want to take a moment and thank sfgtv and folks bringing this to you and jesse lar son and with that madam clerk, do we have anymore business. >> that concludes our business for today. >> ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned. >> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission school and realized there was a pre-qualified school you had to apply to, so i applied to the. >> how long did it take you to develop t

yoho: thank you, madam speaker. i want to thank my colleagues for joining me tonight to talk about foreign aid and saving hard-earned american taxpayers' dollars. with april 15 fast approaching, americans will be filling out their tax returns and sending a portion of their hard-earned tax money to the federal treasury. it is up to us as members of congress to be good stewards of these funds, making sure that they are used to the best ability that we can to get the results desired. time and again we hear of wasteful spending in washington, d.c., and it is long overdue that we commit ourselves to giving proper oversight to how we spend the people's money. i have made it a priority of mine since having the honor of joining the people's house to committing myself to doing the proper oversight of government. there are numerous examples of domestic programs that are questionable, that -- that are a questionable use of taxpayers' dollars and money of them should be eliminated. however, there is a united states foreign aid

i am so sorry, madam chair, but mr. kimmelman, comcast has argued that this deal won't jeopardize the open nature of the internet. in the public interest statement that it filed with the fcc yesterday, comcast promised regulators that it has no incentive to enter fear with internet traffic. if this goes through comcast will control 40% or more of the broadband market, and it won't just own all those pipes. it will also own a bunch of content because it bought nbc universal a few years ago, and the 20 or so cable networks that came with it. mr. kimmelman, doesn't that give comcast both the power and the incentive to manipulate internet traffic in its favor and didn't we see a preview of that with the recent deal comcast struck with netflix. >> senator franken, if you go back to all the big numbers mr. cohen had and professor yu had about the many myriad interconnections of the internet all around, all accurate in that space, but when you get close to the home, to the customer, the last mile, the ports that have to bring

madam secretary please. >> next item items 23, 24 and 25 will not be heard and have been removed from the calendar item 26 anticipated litigation as plaintiff item 27 conference with property negotiation reservoir tract in san francisco , san francisco recreation and park department terms of payment and price and item 28 will not be heard and is removed from the calendar. >> thank you very much donna. >> so i'd like to call for public comment is there any? seeing none public comment is now closed we'll begin moving in. >> actually we need a motion on item 22. >> item 22 whether or not to assert the attorney client privilege. >> i guess i'm not fast enough on my feet. >> that's on me you were there on time. >> just want to say that i hope the puc negotiates item 27 the parcel and i hope you get the best price possible. >> i'm required to. >> you are required to. >> thank you thank you very many for coming. public comment is closed. >> did we get a second? then seconded. all >> we're here to raise awareness and money and fork for a good accuse. we have this incredible gift probably the

thank you madam clerk. >> it's has been hard to concentrate. i wanted to say on monday, i'll work with senior organizations with a rally to advocate for free muni for low income senior and disabilities so that's on monday and wednesday, an important hearing on the funding of san francisco bike plan before the budget committee. i'm calling today for a hearing on commuter shutter vehicle and buses after the issue of the budget and analyst report by fred bruso and the others on the environmental and housing infrastructure impacts of these shuttles. last week in the board's meeting, there was a debate on the impacts of these commuter shuters, -- shuttles, but they should be looked at careful. ly. i wanted to -- the reporter lamb from yesterday highlighted the public's response to the shuttles. i think he referred to the survey that was done, i believe over the past few weeks, but he pointed out that 2/3 of san francisco, and 60 percent said their view is wealthy tech workers are pushing out others and making the city more an inclusive city and i th

madam clerk, any other items? >> no, that concludes. >> thank you, meeting adjourned [gavel] >> good morning today is tuesday, april 22, 2014. earth day welcome to the san bernardino i'm supervisor avalos the chair of the authority madam clerk, call the roll and supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos absent. supervisor chiu absent. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. absent. supervisor kim. absent. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. we have quorum >> thank you. i forgot to mention our clerk is eir can chang we're broadcast by sfgovtv jennifer lowe and others thank you for your work. madam clerk, call item >> item 2 approval of the minutes this is an action item. >> seeing no comments seeing no member of the public come forward and madam clerk, any announcements? roll call and supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. absent. supervisor chiu. absent. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. absent. supervisor kim. absent. supervisor mar. supervisor tang.

our clerk i want to thank and sfgovtv for broadcasting specifically jonathan madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes. please silence all electronic devices. and speaker cards and any cardio's shall be submitted to the collect and the items acted upon will be on the next meeting. >> thank you and i will not for anyone that's here for the knob hill supervisor chiu will be here he indicated that he'll be dividend out the subsequent meetings later. madam clerk, call item one >> it's an ordinance amending the planning code for the describe the cannabis dispensaries maybe loud within 5 hundred feet of another. >> supervisor yee is the author. >> thank you chair winn this was to address the clustering of medical cannabis dispensaries on ocean avenue intention included in the green zone it allows for the medical cannabis dispensaries, however, it's growing and attracting new business merchants and planners it has two distennessee's pepsi with others being comprised there are loitering and double parking complainants. this is when neighbors and other 0 members of the ocean avenue expressed the number

[gavel] >> madam clerk, can you call item number 4? >> item number 4 is a resolution designationing the san francisco county transportation authority as the treasure island mobility management agency for certain purposes pursuant to the treasure island transportation management act. ~ >> owe kay, thanks. mr. beck, thanks for being here. >> thank you, members of the committee. bob beck, treasure island director. the treasure island mobility management agency was conceived and its designation authorized by ab 98 1 in 2008 ~. the treasure island transportation management act. the ~ role of the tema is [speaker not understood] treasure island transportation programs including the preparing of studies, adopting of rules and regulations for the administration of transportation programs on the island and to administer revenues from the island. the treasure island development authority has worked with the san francisco transportation authority and the san francisco municipal transportation agency to develop the treasure island transportation i

seeing no member of the public come forward and madam clerk, any announcements? roll call and supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. absent. supervisor chiu. absent. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. absent. supervisor kim. absent. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. and supervisor chiu on item 2 item passes. >> item passes. >> item 3 report this is an informational item. >> good morning, colleagues happy earth day i want to commend walk sf who participate in walk to workday on mark 8 i understand that -- excuse me. >> that was a cheer to right to ride day. >> already anticipating bicycle i understand that 5 seven hundred people took part and francis shay and i walked from the excelsior and enjoyed the walking see and smell and fresh and not so fresh air along fifth street and it was an important opportunity to be reminded about the need to insure there are safe and attractive walking routes. unfortunately, this recommender is as urgent as even the walk to workday was after the zero committee of the transportat

madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: madam president, today is equal pay day, and i mentioned that to someone early, and they said, "what's that mean?" what that means is that an american woman working full time in america today, average -- i'm saying the average american woman working full time -- had to work all last year and up to today of this year to earn what the average male in that same job made last year up to december 31st. that's what equal pay day is. that -- just think about that. same job, same job classification, man gets paid up to december 31st; woman has to work all that year and up till today to get the same pay. shocking. that in 2014 that is still happening in america. shocking. because we passed the equal pay act in 1963. well, in 1963, the -- a woman made about 60 cents on the dollar for what a manmad man mae job. today it's 77 cents so i guess you can say we made some headw headway. 1963, 1973, 1983 -- 40 years. we've gone from 60 cents to

madam clerk are there any announcements? >> please turn off any electronic devices and please turn in cards and documented part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. the items will appear on a future agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you and public comment is two minutes for public comment and this are cards in the front of the room. madam clerk will you call item one. >> item one is a resolution approving the acquisition of 28 avigation easements for the noise insulation program. >> and number one was sent to the land use and economic development committee. it's for the budget and finance committee and my motion after public comment to refer the bottom to the budget and finance committee. if there are no comments we will open it up for public comment. any public comment on item one? seeing none public comment is closed. [gavel] colleagues could i have a motion to refer this to the budget committee? >>i am happy to make the motion so this say motion we can make. it doesn't have to happen through the president?