madam clerk do we have other items? >> that concludes our business for today. >> we are adjourned. . >> good afternoon. well good morning, everybody. and worriment special meeting of san francisco full board of supervisors july thirst your last meeting of legislative madam clerk please call the roll thank you madam president commissioner avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cohen supervisor farrell not present supervisor kim kim not present supervisor mar supervisor tang not present supervisor wiener supervisor yee yee not present madam president we have quorum thank you ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the pledge of allegiance of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all okay. colleagues can we have a motion to excuse supervisor farrell, supervisor yee supervisor tang a supervisor kim moved by supervisor christensen and seconded by supervisor cowen colleagues, can we take that sa

madam president. >> okay. we're adjourned

madam president. >> okay. we're adjourned

madam president. >> okay. we're adjourned . >> thank you. this is great day a historic day i'm going to make it quick with this large historic budget i know we're all rushed to get what can to work we have san francisco and the exciting things we get to do i'm t

madam president. >> okay. we're adjourned . >> it seems like everyone in san francisco is talking about housing san francisco housing prizes are among the highest it tops anyone million dollars and rent rise unfortunately, this is not the first time housing has been in the news thought california the cost of a home has made headline the medium prices for a house in the the $207,000 in california it is more than twice that amount and the laura u bay area is higher it's more than doubled the states so while more than half of the americans can afford the medium fewer in california and quarter in the bayer and now fewer than a 6th of san franciscans can afford it so why it housing in san francisco so go cheven condition tharz the obviously a high demand to live here the city is known for cultural diversities that attacks new residents and the credible opportunity our city diverse and will daytime committee grows jobs as a result we estimate the number of jobs is at ann an all-time 0 hive of 6 hundred thousand in t

madam president. >> okay. we're adjourned >> good morning everybody. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors budget and finance sub-committee meeting for wednesday july 22, 2015. my name is mark farrell. i will be chairing the committee. i am joined by supervisor katy tang and i would like to thank the clerk linda wong and sfgtv covering this meeting. madam clerk do we have any announcements? >> yes mr. chair. please silent all cell phones and

madam president. >> okay.ourned >> ts to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to reform. >> suffrage in the middle of the 19th century accomplished one goal, it was diametrically opposed to this idea. >> many feared it would be corrupted by politics. >> women in the 19th century had to convince male voters that having the vote would not change anything. that woman would still be devoted to the home, the family, that they would remain pure and innocent, that having the vote would not

madam clerk can you please call the roll. >> madam president i said understand we need to amend the item 78. >> thank you madam clerk for capping that. let's call the roll on the remaining items. >> on item 79-83. supervisor campos, aye. supervisor christensen, aye. supervisor cohen, aye. supervisor farrell, aye. supervisor kim, aye. supervisor mar, aye. supervisor tang, aye. supervisor wiener, aye. supervisor yee, aye. supervisor avalos, aye. supervisor breed, aye. there are 11 ayes >> those resolutions rudopted unanimously. >> item 78 is motion to authorize preparation of written proopponent and aopponent ballot argument squz rebuttal argument for submitted to the voters sat the novemberthry, 2015 consolidated general election. >> okay. i'm not sure what we need to do with this particular item other than potentially continue it until- >> no madam president i understand staff have -amendments have been distributed to the board >> can someone please explain what these amendments are? >> i do not have them in front of me >> supervisor tang >> i didn't drop it amendments but my understandi

madam clerk the rest i submit >> thank you madam prez dependent. seeing no other names on the roster that concludes introduction of new business. >> okay, madam clerk let's go to public comment. >> it is my understanding deputy city attorney john gibner has a point of clarification on 639 peralta avenue >> thank you john gibner. just to clarify for the record and benefit othf public and the parties in that appeal, the board voted to continue all of those items. the hearing item 47 will remain open squand will be heard on the date of the continued hearing. >> okay. at this time madam president the public may address the entire board up to tw ments on item in the subject matter jurisdiction to include the minutes and items on the adaumgz without ref rnss to [inaudible] you may not make public comment on items already subject to public comnlt by a board committee as is the case with the unfinished and new businessper sunt to boards rules direct remark tooz the board and not individual supervisors nor audience. speakers using translation will be alloye

madam clerk the rest i submit >> thank you madam prez dependent. seeing no other names on the roster that concludes introduction of new business. >> okay, madam clerk let's go to public comment. >> it is my understanding deputy city attorney john gibner has a point of clarification on 639 peralta avenue >> thank you john gibner. just to clarify for the record and benefit othf public and the parties in that appeal, the board voted to continue all of those items. the hearing item 47 will remain open squand will be heard on the date of the continued hearing. >> okay. at this time madam president the public may address the entire board up to tw ments on item in the subject matter jurisdiction to include the minutes and items on the adaumgz without ref rnss to [inaudible] you may not make public comment on items already subject to public comnlt by a board committee as is the case with the unfinished and new businessper sunt to boards rules direct remark tooz the board and not individual supervisors nor audience. speakers using translation will be alloye

chair rosales okay i have madam chair the vote is 4 i's. >> okay.he supplement is approved thank you. can you, please call the next item. >> the the next order of business is item 11 adjournment. >> madam chair. >> yes. as 318 the meeting is adjourned thank you the inteblt of our everyday life everyone with the seniors use it for work and play. although there's a many valuable websites on line. >> the first thing a senior will ask me is about viruses if they go on websites what are the discharges of being on the internet. >> for instance, you see something that maybe from the bank and the first thing it starts asking you for a private information where you get intiger's offers and they're not real. the way to tell where it's a fishing scam or not is who it's from. they can fake a name that says paypal but they can't fake an e-mail address it would be from a bank if they have any issue it's not going to be over an e-mail. >> stay away from e-mail all the same can be said on networking sites. the user should make sure they know the person before click

chair rosales okay i have madam chair the vote is 4 i's. >> okay.he supplement is approved thank you. can you, please call the next item. >> the the next order of business is item 11 adjournment. >> madam chair. >> yes. as 318 the meeting is adjourned thank you >> the aging and adult service commission, could we have the roll call. >> president james. >> present. >> commissioner seriina. >> here. >> loo. >> here. >> commissioner sims. >> here. >> and note that executive director anne hinton is present. >> thank you, could we have approval of the august 5, 2015 agenda? >> so moved. >> second. >> been moved and second that we approve the agenda for august 5, 2015. all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> opposed? ayes have

madam clerk can you call item 6. >> item 6 is approval of bookstore lease - books inc. and the city and for a five-year term with two one-year options for 575,000 during the first year of the lease. >> thank you. >> thank you. cathy wagner with the san francisco international airport. item number 6 seeks the approval for a new lease with books inc. for a book store comprised of the square footage listed in the airport and has a term through june 2020 and two one year options to extend and minimum annual guarantee rent of $575,000 or a percentage of gross revenues whichever is greater and the result of a competitive process and books inc. receiving the highest store and the budget analyst office recommends approval and i am happy to answer questions. >> okay. thank you. any questions colleagues? mr. rose report on item 6? >> yes mr. chair on page 13 of the report we note under this lease they're required to pay the airport the greater amount as $575,000 or percentage rent and on page 12 the subject lease will generate guaranteed guarantee revenues payable by books inc. t

chair rosales okay i have madam chair the vote is 4 i's. >> okay.he supplement is approved thank you. can you, please call the next item. >> the the next order of business is item 11 adjournment. >> madam chair. >> yes. as 318 the meeting is adjourned thank you >> being a pedestrian in san francisco is not easy for anybody. >> [inaudible] people push tables and chairs outside the sidewalk. >> i have to be careful not to walk the sidewalk. it is very hard. >> sometimes people get half way across the intersection. >> you have to be alert because there is always something coming up that you need to know about. >> i learned to listen to the traffic patterns. sometimes i notice the other pedestrians, they are crossing, on occasion, i have decided i'm going to cross, too. i get to the middle of the intersection, and i find out that the light has changed. >> we need to be able to work and go from one place to the other and have public transportation. the world needs to be open. >> people on disability has the task of addressing all the disability. when we

chair rosales madam chair, i have 4 i's. >> okay item is approved thank you. >> please call the next item. >> 5 d. >> the next item is 30 years a loan agreement with the housing partners a california limited partnership nuchld of $16 million for the development activities related to the construction of 79 affordable units plus one managers unit at transbay block 8 as long as 250 fremont street and adopting the finding prudent to the california air quality accusation and action resolution 472015 madam director. >> thank you, madam secretary commissioners as you recall in april you approved the do so position agreement for block 8 with related n t n d c and approved the schematic we're at final financing and the occ sources so with that, i'd like to introduce you to benjamin brandon the development specialist in the housing with an ininaugural presentation for the commission. >> good afternoon madam chair rosales and director bohe and commissioners i'm ben i'm here to discuss the loan for the transbay affordable projects with 80 units of affordable units to low income families project

madam clerk do we have other items? >> that concludes our business for today. >> we are adjourned. >> san francisco parks, golden gate park transforms into one of the greatest music festivals of all time, let's journey, inside, outside land. ♪ >> to this, our 6th year doing the outside lands and our relationship with san francisco, rec and park. and we work very closely with them in the planning and working very closely with the neighborhood organizations and with the city supervisors and with the city organizations and with the local police department, and i think that the outside lands is one of the unique festivals in the world and we have san francisco and we have golden gate park and we have the greatest oasis, in the world. and it has the people hiking up hills and down hills and a lot of people between stages. >> i love that it is all outside, the fresh air is great. >> they have the providers out here that are 72 local restaurants out here. >> celebrating, and that is really hot. >> 36 local winerries in norther

madam clerk the rest i submit >> thank you madam prez dependent. seeing no other names on the roster that concludes introduction of new business. >> okay, madam clerk let's go to public comment. >> it is my understanding deputy city attorney john gibner has a point of clarification on 639 peralta avenue >> thank you john gibner. just to clarify for the record and benefit othf public and the parties in that appeal, the board voted to continue all of those items. the hearing item 47 will remain open squand will be heard on the date of the continued hearing. >> okay. at this time madam president the public may address the entire board up to tw ments on item in the subject matter jurisdiction to include the minutes and items on the adaumgz without ref rnss to [inaudible] you may not make public comment on items already subject to public comnlt by a board committee as is the case with the unfinished and new businessper sunt to boards rules direct remark tooz the board and not individual supervisors nor audience. speakers using translation will be alloye

thank you madam clerk. let's get rolling here.r of items here and at the end we have two hearings and please call item 1. >> item 1 hearing hearing to consider the release of reserved funds, arts commission to build out the secure basement storage space and related location costs for the city's civic art collection. >> great. we have tom mckinney here. >> good morning supervisors. as you know it will move to the veterans building in september of this year and our request is for the release of reserve funds for $50,000 to complete the move of the art collection to the war memorial. we are glad that the capitol planning committee has allocated a historic amount for the art collection and afford us to the opportunity to properly store the city's civic art collection and by many artists. this is where the documentation for the civic art collection is stored as well as any works that are coming through for conservation and care so i have our senior registrar here alice coming to answer questions and we appreciate you're considering thi

thank you madam president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president this weekend i watched the planned parenthood videos that are in the news, including one in which the organization's leadership says very clearly that the statements made by some of their staff are totally unacceptable. i believe that's important for everyone to hear. with that said, here's the great danger with the legislation before the senate today. this bill paints a big red target on some of the most basic, essential health care services for women in america. bill control gone. pregnancy tests gone. prenatal services, gone. h.i.v. tests gone. breast cancer screenings, gone. cervical cancer screenings, gone. ovarian cancer screenings, gone. vaq sun nations that -- vaccinations that prevent cancers, gone. treatment forrure nature for usm rinary tract infections gone. treatment for sexually transmitted infections, gone. basic physical exams exams gone. treatment for digestive or breathing problems, gone. treatm

chair rosales okay i have madam chair the vote is 4 i's. >> okay.he supplement is approved thank you. can you, please call the next item. >> the the next order of business is item 11 adjournment. >> madam chair. >> yes. as 318 the meeting is adjourned thank you@p >> i have 2 job titles. i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building is multifaceted to say the very least it's a municipal building that operates the city and county of san francisco. this building was a dream that became a reality of a man by the name of james junior elected mayor of san francisco in 1912. he didn't have a city hall because it was destroyed in the earth wake of 1906. construction began in april of 1913. in december 1915, the building was complete. it opened it's doors in january 1916. >> it's a wonderful experience to come to a building built like this. the building is built as a palace. not for a king or queen. it's built for all people. this building is beautiful art. those are architecture at the time when city hall was b

madam president. >> okay. we're adjourned . >> golden gate parks largest body of water ska great labor for scrolling and picnicking and both miking which can both be rented at the boat house and the lakewood design for leisure boatings and carriages and a treasure trove passing hunting ton water falls two bridges connect the strawberry island and inclient to the hills the highest upon the in golden gate park and more than free hundred feet and you can catch glimpses will from the city at the top of a romantic look out and for - >> the commission will please come to order at secretary will call roll commissioner taylor-mcghee commissioner chow commissioner chung commissioner sanchez and commissioner walker second item it did approval of the minutes for july 21st, 2015. >> so the minors are before us for approval a motion for approval is in order. >> so moved is there a second. >> second. >> are there corrections to the minutes if not we're prepared for the >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? minutes have

thank you. >> thank you, madam secretary. the light did not even turn red. [ laughter ] i'm unprepared now. i'm at a loss. seriously, i want to thank you, madam secretary, for your ongoing efforts to keep us informed about the department's progress and implementing the child care and development block grant act of 2014 as well as opportunity for committee staff to communicate directly with your staff. can you update us briefly on the timeline for the release of guidance and proposed rules in accordance with the act? >> with regard to, i think, our staff had an opportunity to go back and forth, and i think that's helpful in producing the guidelines, and hopeful that -- i think that -- i'm not sure which particular piece you are referring to, and i want to make sure and can follow up on that, but we have made progress and hope to get them out. one piece with regard to the implementation of the authorities you all gave us, there's an important piece of the budget related to the implementati implementation, and one of the things

chair rosales okay i have madam chair the vote is 4 i's. >> okay.he supplement is approved thank you. can you, please call the next item. >> the the next order of business is item 11 adjournment. >> madam chair. >> yes. as 318 the meeting is adjourned thank you. >> today is tuesday, july 28, 2015, time is 508 first item is roll call. >> commissioner arce

and madam clerk, any other business before this committee?no, that concludes our business today we're adjourned good morning, i 2015. welcome to a special rules committee. my name is john avalos the chair of the committee joined to my left by committee supervisor cohen and president of the bord london breed. the clerk of sth board today is alisa samary. can you share announcement >> silence all cell phones and electroning devices. complete speaker cards and documents to [inaudible] item acted upon will appear on sept8.

chair rosales okay i have madam chair the vote is 4 i's. >> okay.he supplement is approved thank you. can you, please call the next item. >> the the next order of business is item 11 adjournment. >> madam chair. >> yes. as 318 the meeting is adjourned thank y issue. >> homeless in san francisco is a challenging issue that effects owner in the city in many different was as of the 2014 homeless census over 64 homeless in individual in the city to try to address the issue we've got a program for chronic homeless welcome to the navigation center. >> this pilot project is for people living on the street what makes it different the navigation center is able to accommodate homeless encampments lowell u allowing people to keep their pets and bring their personal bloonlz. >> the full realization that people don't want to be homeless not refuse services but from the services don't meet them and not relevant they're not going to be successful if you look at the budget losses we've got a community sacrifice important people to get food and laundry we're standin

and madam clerk, any other business before this committee?no, that concludes our business today we're adjourned good morning, i 2015. welcome to a special rules committee. my name is john avalos the chair of the committee joined to my left by committee supervisor cohen and president of the bord london breed. the clerk of sth board today is alisa samary. can you share announcement >> silence all cell phones and electroning devices. complete speaker cards and documents to [inaudible] item acted upon will appear on sept8. >> just would like taannounce that todays rules committee meeting is broadcast by s frfx gtv staff, jennifer low and [inaudible] >> item 1 is motion [inaudible] it define clean, green energy and renewable [inaudible] election to be held november 3, 2015. >> thank you very much. the rules committee meeting was to insure that we had our committee meeting to review the last minute changes that were made to this ordinance for the ballot and not sure if president breed has anything to share, but we have jason breed the director of [

and madam clerk, any other business before this committee?no, that concludes our business today we're adjourned good morning, i 2015. welcome to a special rules committee. my name is john avalos the chair of the committee joined to my left by committee supervisor cohen and president of the bord london breed. the clerk of sth board today is alisa samary. can you share announcement >> silence all cell phones and electroning devices. complete speaker cards and documents to [inaudible] item acted upon will appear on sept8. >> just would like taannounce that todays rules committee meeting is broadcast by s frfx gtv staff, jennifer low and [inaudible] >> item 1 is motion [inaudible] it define clean, green energy and renewable [inaudible] election to be held november 3, 2015. >> thank you very much. the rules committee meeting was to insure that we had our committee meeting to review the

thank you madam secretary, for being here. there are some questions i want to bring up to begin with. then we will get to the questions. these are things i want your shop to answer. one are the medicare wage indexes. if you look at those around the country, it was never intended to be like that. 20 of the highest are in california and massachusetts. 14 of the lowest are in alabama and tennessee. for instance, what you get paid in santa cruz, california is 1.7 with a medicare wage index. and .73 where i live. it's putting us out of business. that needs to desperately be looked at. the second thing, and i want to know your solution to that. certainly we're all against fraud and abuse. but in my state the medicare comes in, does these audits, withholds the payments. we win 72% of them. and we now, the backlog is so long, you can't get in front of anybody to get your money back that you have earned. and that's unfair. and i think you absolutely need to re-do the audits. and thirdly, this is a much deeper one. and it may take some

and madam clerk, any other business before this committee?no, that concludes our business today we're adjourned good morning, it is july 31, 2015. welcome to a special rules committee. my name is john avalos the chair of the committee joined to my left by committee supervisor cohen and president of the bord

madam president i yield the floor. mr. cornyn: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: madam president came to the floor expecting my friend and colleague talking about the bill that we're actually trying to get on. that's the cybersecurity bill. but again i hear him returning to his favorite topic, which is climate change, which i know he thinks is the most important subject that we could possibly discuss on the floor of the united states senate. i would just say i'm certain -- i certainly don't purport to be the expert that he is, but i would say, when you look at the president's proposed new rules with regard to electricity generation it looks to me like it's all pain and no gain. some experts -- the experts perhaps that he has referred to -- said co2 reductions would actually be less than .5% and of course, energy prices on low-income individuals seniors and people on fixed income would go up. people who already have been suffering through flat wages and slow wage grown for a long time, and of course in this econ

madam president, the parties to the conflict must ensure that humanitarian aid is facilitated and notders. all parties must respect and implement international humanitarian law and possible violations must be investigated and perpetrators held accountable. i have seen the anguish of the yemeni people with my own eyes. men, women, and children alike, unsure of where their next meal will come from. in sana'a, i witnessed queues for fuel which were several kilometers long. i visited the hospital where the lights flickers as the generator ran out of fuel. there i saw a young man injured by shrapnel, he said he had been a soldier since he was 15 years old. i saw a young somali man with tuberculosis. the hospital has run out of examination gloves, and the supply in dubai is unable to fly their aircraft to sana'a. hospital staff informed me that the blood bank recently closed due to a shortage of laboratory reagents. a neighborhood in sana'a, i saw homes destroyed by air strikes. neighbors told me of the numerous civilian deaths and injuries. in aden an entire road of homes were destroyed, l

madam director. >> thank you madam secretary. good afternoon to the commission and good afternoon to the members of the public. commissioners this item was continued from a previous meeting. as knroi among the many community benefits under the hunters point ship yard candle stick agreement is provide for new artist replacement facilities and xhilsh kitchen and this particular item before you is required under relocation law, there is a notice and plan you consider and approve. you have seen the scumatic dw d zine frafr both facilities. new artist replacement and the kitsch squn this is in furtherance of the previous action now that construction is under way at least under one component. with that i would like to ask [inaudible] assistant projoket manager to give background and walk you through the proposed item for your consideration. >> thank you. good afternoon president rosales and members. the item today is request to approve the hunters point shipyard [inaudible] released junethry, 2015 and also to approve the studio assignm

madam clerk can you call item 6. >> item 6 is approval of bookstore lease - books inc. and the city and for a five-year term with two one-year options for 575,000 during the first year of the lease. >> thank you. >> thank you. cathy wagner with the san francisco international airport. item number 6 seeks the approval for a new lease with books inc. for a book store comprised of the square footage listed in the airport and has a term through june 2020 and two one year options to extend and minimum annual guarantee rent of $575,000 or a percentage of gross revenues whichever is greater and the result of a competitive process and books inc. receiving the highest store and the budget analyst office recommends approval and i am happy to answer questions. >> okay. thank you. any questions colleagues? mr. rose report on item 6? >> yes mr. chair on page 13 of the report we note under this lease they're required to pay the airport the greater amount as $575,000 or percentage rent and on page 12 the subject lease will generate guaranteed guarantee revenues payable by books inc. t

and madam clerk, any other business before this committee?no, that concludes our business today we're adjourned (clapping.) the airport it where i know to mind visions of traffic romance and excitement and gourmet can you limousine we're at san francisco inspirational airport to discover the award-winning concession that conspiracies us around the world. sfo serves are more 40 million travelers a year and a lot of the them are hungry there's many restaurant and nearly all are restaurant and cafe that's right even the airport is a diane designation. so tell me a little bit the food program at sfo and what makes this so special >> well, we have a we have food and beverage program at sfo we trivia important the sustainable organic produce and our objective to be a nonterminal and bring in the best food of san francisco for our passengers. >> i like this it's is (inaudible) i thank my parents for bringing me here. >> this the definitely better than the la airport one thousand times better than. >> i have a double knees burger with bacon. >> i rea

madam director. >> thank you madam secretary. commissioners there is a item in transbay as part of our support for building neighborhood infrastructure to support the dense housing and mixed income housing and the commercial development component. we also have a charge to facilitate the open space and streetscape improvements so this contract is building out that complete neighborhood and propose to extaepd our contract with department of public work tooz move into the the next phase of work for the folsom street improvements which are critical for providing that neighborhood infrastructure. with that i would like to ask kevin mat sooda to walk you through the proposed contract amendment >> thank you exectev director bohe, president rosales and directors. this item is to approve the first amendment to the memorandum of understanding with the san francisco department of public works transbay folsom street improvement project. the mou incorporates a scope of work of transbay folsom street project agreement which divided into 2 phas

thank you madam clerk. let's get rolling here. we have a number of items here and at the end we have two hearings and please call item 1. >> item 1 hearing hearing to consider the release of reserved funds, arts commission to build out the secure basement storage space and related location costs for the city's civic art collection. >> great. we have tom mckinney here. >> good morning supervisors. as you know it will move to the veterans building in september of this year and our request is for the release of reserve funds for $50,000 to complete the move of the art collection to the war memorial. we are glad that the capitol planning committee has allocated a historic amount for the art collection and afford us to the opportunity to properly store the city's civic art collection and by many artists. this is where the documentation for the civic art collection is stored as well as any works that are coming through for conservation and care so i have our senior registrar here alice coming to answer questions and we appreciate you're

thank you madam clerk. let's get rolling here. we have a number of items here and at the end we have two hearings and please call item 1. >> item 1 hearing hearing to consider the release of reserved funds, arts commission to build out the secure basement storage space and related location costs for the city's civic art collection. >> great. we have tom mckinney here. >> good morning supervisors. as you know it will move to the veterans building in september of this year and our request is for the release of reserve funds for $50,000 to complete the move of the art collection to the war memorial. we are glad that the capitol planning committee has allocated a historic amount for the art collection and afford us to the opportunity to properly store the city's civic art collection and by many artists. this is where the documentation for the civic art collection is stored as well as any works that are coming through for conservation and care so i have our senior registrar here alice coming to answer questions and we appreciate you're

thank you, madam chair. >> senator tillis. >> thank you, madam chair. thank you all for being here and for your testimony and for your advocacy on the hill. i had an opportunity today to meet with some north carolinians. i don't know, i see rachel confront and trinity down there ken turner. i know the others are in the room. i think a map of all north carolinians we appreciate you all wearing our teal blue today. [laughter] but i want, mr. amato, you mentioned something that as i was speaking with my guess in my office, we look at the need to provide coverage for cgm i think we have to take a look at benefits in economic terms think far outweigh the cost. because when you look at your situation, the stella, mother of stella, young girl, for your old was among us today we take issues relating a story about an accident that occurred and her car was damaged as a result of someone who is obviously in circumstances similar to what she described. as we go forward and build support for coverage for cgm we really need to articulate about the hidden cost that pr

madam secretary can you call the first item >> thank you madam chair,