director >> thank you madam secretary. good afternoon commissioners and thank you to the memberoffs public for joininguts commissioner as you know, the build out of the transbay neighborhood has a mished income mixed use neighborhood is a core obligation. the gement of the nairnd service infrastructure provides fl neighborhood feel in the area which is currently the number of vacant former state owned cal trans parcels. we have partnered with various city deparmtz to efex wait the build out of the transbay obligations along folsom street and in coordination with private development partners and other city departments so this contract is in cord nns with the effort to create the neighbor. i would like to ask ceben mu [inaudible] and joined by a representative from cmg as well. among others. >> thank you. good afternoon, my name is kevin masude seen yf civil engineer with ocii. these items for design contracts interrelate through the transbay folsom [inaudible] entered into a contract with [inaudible] in a amounts of 2, 479,

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. feinstein: thank you, madam president. i ask unanimous consent that mark mendenhaul, a detailee to the appropriations committee, have floor privileges for the remainder of the debate on the energy and water appropriations bill. the presiding officer:the presit objection. mrs. feinstein: thank you, madam president. madam president, it wasn't long ago that towns like columbine, aurora, blacksburg, newtown and now roseburg were unknown outside their states. but today these towns have witnessed the worst kind of tragedy -- mass shootings, bodies torn to pieces, families shattered. the common element in each has been an unstable individual who had easy access to deadly weapons. i stood here 2 1/2 years ago to argue for restrictions on the manufacture, transfer and importation of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. that vote failed. i stood here to argue for universal background checks. it makes sens

sessions: thank you, madam speaker. on tuesday evening the rules committee circulated a dear colleague, outlining the amendment process -- madam speaker -- madam speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: if the gentleman would suspend. the house is not in order. members are advised to take their conversations off the floor. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. sessions: thank you very much, madam speaker. i'll start over. on tuesday evening the rules committee circulated a dear, colleague, outlining the amendment process for the senate amendments to h.r. 22, the drive act. this will be the vehicle for onsideration of h.r. 3763, the surface transportation re-authorization and reform act. an amendment deadline has been set for friday, october 30, at 2:00 p.m. this is an unusual amendment process, so i ask all members to please read the dear, colleague, which can be found on the rules committee website very carefully, and refer any questions to the rules committee staff or myself as the chairman.

with that, madam chairman -- madam president, i yield the floor. mrs. feinstein: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. feinstein: thank you, madam president. i want to thank the distinguished senator from utah for his words. they are much appreciated, and your friendship is as well, senator. i think you know that. and i believe the chairman feels certainly as strongly, if not more strongly, than i do. i rose to be able to be able to make a brief statement on the sanctuary bill on morning business, if that would be possible. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. feinstein: thank you very much. madam president, i voted against senator vitter's bill. i believe it goes much too far. my longer statement is in the record, but i want to respond to some of what i heard here today. i do believe that we should ensure there is a notification prior to release of a dangerous individual with a criminal record, just as senator schumer said on this floor. i do believe we could take a narrow action to do just that. we could focus on dangerous individual

thank you, madam president. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: madam president, today democrats from the most moderate, conservative members of our kaw caus caucus to the mt liberal unielted around a series of principles overwhelmingly supported by the american people. over 90% universal background checks. it's principles that are supported according to pew by 85% of gun owners. and it will save tens of thousands of lives without impinging on the right of any legitimate gun owner. the gun owners know it. that's why 85% of them support it. gun owners don't want felons to get guns. gun owners don't want people who have been convicted of stalking and abuse to get guns. we know that. and yet our colleagues on the other side of the aisle refuse to move on anything. senator cornyn -- i know senator stabenow and senator murphy and others have done great work on mental health. senator cornyn came to the floor tad and talked about mental health. first, we want to do things on mental health. we

madam president. >> madam president through the president to the audience i'll remind you of our policyhat problems the vocal or other applause before the board. >> thank you commissioner avalos supervisor david campos. >> thank you madam president i to begin supervisor cohen by saying that i don't think that anyone can really say what needed to be said better than you i will rest with what you said and want to thank you for understanding and capturing what this is about for so many of us not only in san francisco but throughout the country and this someone who is not an immigrant herself would be able to do that a understand that is very moving on a personal note so it means a grateful to me and in the spirit you made your motion i would once again ask my friend mark farrell to consider withdrawing this resolution i don't think that there was any ill intent and sometimes what happens whether intended or not it comes across a certain way we have an opportunity to work in a united fashion to address those issues in a thoughtful way we have an opportunity to. today in a unified way i will

thank you, madam president. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: madam president, today democrats from the most moderate, conservative members of our kaw caus caucus to the mt liberal unielted around a series of principles overwhelmingly supported by the american people. over 90% universal background chec. it's principles that are supported according to pew by 85% of gun owners. and it will save tens of thousands of lives without impinging on the right of any legitimate gun owner. the gun owners know it. that's why 85% of them support it. gun owners don't want felons to get guns. gun owners don't want people who have been convicted of stalking and abuse to get guns. we know that. and yet our colleagues on the other side of the aisle refuse to move on anything. senator cornyn -- i know senator stabenow and senator murphy and others have done great work on mental health. senator cornyn came to the floor tad and talked about mental health. first, we want to do things on mental health. we s

thank you madam president traded i yield the floor. >> madam president. >> the majority whip. >> madam president i know as the president is traveling to oregon tomorrow and there is a lot of focus and appropriately so on the tragedy that occurred last thursday afternoon in oregon and i want to start out my remarks this morning by offering again our deepest condolences and heartfelt prayers to the family and friends who suffered so much in a senseless what seemed like a senseless acts of violence. and perhaps stating the obvious that it's terrible for our nation to experience yet another tragedy like this and what i hope is that we don't become known to hearing these reports and so we end up frozen in an action or dysfunction but that we actually look for ways to try to work together to try to make some progress to deal with the root causes of incidents like this. the family and friends of those that lost loved ones last week like so many others who have lost their children and their friends and their siblings in one of the shootings we know the emotions are still raw and real. so it is

madam president. >> madam president through the president to the audience i'll remind you of our policyhat problems the vocal or other applause before the board. >> thank you commissioner avalos supervisor david campos. >> thank you madam president i to begin supervisor cohen by saying that i don't think that anyone can really say what needed to be said better than you i will rest with what you said and want to thank you for understanding and capturing what this is about for so many of us not only in san francisco but throughout the country and this someone who is not an immigrant herself would be able to do that a understand that is very moving on a personal note so it means a grateful to me and in the spirit you made your motion i would once again ask my friend mark farrell to consider withdrawing this resolution i don't think that there was any ill intent and sometimes what happens whether intended or not it comes across a certain way we have an opportunity to work in a united fashion to address those issues in a thoughtful way we have an opportunity to. today in a unified way i will

madam chair rosales, here.ommissioner mondejar is absent and all other members are present thmpt next order of business is item 2, announcements. a, the next regularly scheduled meeting of november 3, 2015 is held at 1 p.m. at city. announce of prohibition of sound producing electronic devices. the rings of and use of cell phones, pagers and similarly sound producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised the chair mayordser removal of the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing of or use of cell phones recollect pagers or other sound producing electronic devices. c, announcement of time allotment public comability. be advised the member of piblic has up to 3 minute to make public comment on each agenda item unless the commission adopt as shorter period. it is strongly recommended that members the public who wish to address the commission fill out a speaker card and submit to the commission secretary. the next order of business is item 3, report on actions taken as

madam chair rosales, here. commissioner mondejar is absent and all other members are present thmpt next order of business is item 2, announcements. a, the next regularly scheduled meeting of november 3, 2015 is held at 1 p.m. at city. announce of prohibition of sound producing electronic devices. the rings of and use of cell phones, pagers and similarly sound producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised the chair mayordser removal of the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing of or use of cell phones recollect pagers or other sound producing electronic devices. c, announcement of time allotment public comability. be advised the member of piblic has up to 3 minute to make public comment on each agenda item unless the commission adopt as shorter period. it is strongly recommended that members the public who wish to address the commission fill out a speaker card and submit to the commission secretary. the next order of business is item 3, report on actions taken a

madam president. >> madam president through the president to the audience i'll remind you of our policyhat problems the vocal or other applause before the board. >> thank you commissioner avalos supervisor david campos. >> thank you madam president i to begin supervisor cohen by saying that i don't think that anyone can really say what needed to be said better than you i will rest with what you said and want to thank you for understanding and capturing what this is about for so many of us not only in san francisco but throughout the country and this someone who is not an immigrant herself would be able to do that a understand that is very moving on a personal note so it means a grateful to me and in the spirit you made your motion i would once again ask my friend mark farrell to consider withdrawing this resolution i don't think that there was any ill intent and sometimes what happens whether intended or not it comes across a certain way we have an opportunity to work in a united fashion to address those issues in a thoughtful way we have an opportunity to. today in a unified way i will

madam clerk? city clerk: in memoriams. today's meeting will be in adjournment on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for ms. audrey carrie and ms. grace lee bogs. >>supervisor london breed: okay, madam clerk, is there any other business for today? >> we are adjourned. >> thank you. [ meeting we are adjourned. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >>. >> working for the city and county of san francisco will immerse you in a vibrate and dynamic city on sfroert of the art and social change we've been on the edge after all we're at the meeting of land and sea world-class style it is the burn of blew jeans where the rock holds court over the harbor the city's information technology xoflz work on the rulers project for free wifi and developing projects and insuring patient state of at san francisco general hospital our it professionals make guilty or innocent available and support the house/senate regional wear-out system your our employees joy excessive salaries but working for the city and county of san francisco give us employees

you want us to hold up, madam? okay. and so going back, today, so these questions again were many asked and answered. the new documents we obtained and the interviews we conducted don't contradict the conclusions from the previous investigations. they simply confirm them. even after this marathon grilling the select committee has found no evidence of any nefarious activity on the part of the secretary. she did not order the military to stand down. and there is still no indication that she approved or denied requests for security in benghazi. as the day has dragged on, the select committee's cost has raised up to $4.8 million. that's taxpayer dollars, by the way. two weeks ago the state department informed the select committee that it has spent $14 million responding to requests relating to benghazi over the past three years. this does not include the costs incurred over the past three years by other federal agencies such as the department of defense. in a letter to congress on march 11th, 2014 the defense department esti

do you want us to hold on, madam? okay. and so going back, today so these questions again were many asked and answered. the new documents we obtained and the interviews we conducted don't contradict the conclusions from the previous investigations. they simply confirm them. even after this marathon grilling, the select committee has found no evidence of any activity on the part of the secretary. she did not order the military to stand down. and there is still no indication that she approved or denied requests for security in benghazi. as the day has dragged on, this select committee's cost raised up to $4.8 million. that's taxpayer dollars, by the way. two weeks ago, the state department informed the select committee that it has spent $14 million responding to requests relating to benghazi over the past three years. this does not include the cost incurred over the past three years by other federal agencies such as the department of defense. in the letter to congress on march 1 1th, 2014, the defense department estimated tha

madam secretary. then he read remaining 270 plus. you know how many of those pages of 20 had to do diplomatic security? >> it was about balancing risk and reward. not only about diplomatic security but about larger question of our mission around the world. >> madam secretary, there was no balance. there was two pages. out of 270 pages. you talked about a lot of things in there. you talked about a lot of improvements. that didn't have anything to do with diplomatic security in any material way in that report. you talked about being disappointed too, you said that several times, you were disappointed. you read arb? when did you fire someone? in kansas, i'm asked constantly, how come no one is held accountable. how come no single person lost a fay check given fact we had first ambassador killed since 1979. how come no one has been held accountable to date? >> well, congressman, the accountability review board pointed out several people working in the state department who they thought had not carried out their responsibilities adequately

madam clerk? city clerk: in memoriams.oday's meeting will be in adjournment on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for ms. audrey carrie and ms. grace lee bogs. >>supervisor london breed: okay, madam clerk, is there any other business for today? >> we are adjourned. >> thank you. [ meeting we are adjourned. [ meeting is 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

i thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. flake: i ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with the senator from wisconsin. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. flake: thank you, madam president. we're here to discuss a process for the border jobs for vets legislation that is going to pass shortly. i would yield to the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. johnson: i want to thank my colleague from arizona, first of all, for yielding, but also for his leadership in working with on a bipartisan basis members from the other side of the aisle to really accomplish something, to produce a result. what i have been trying to do as chairman of the senate committee and homeland security and gaffers is reach out to every senator and ask them if you have identified a problem, if you have a piece of legislation that solves that problem, bring it in front of our committee, and i will do everything in my power to mark it up, report it out of our committee and then work with you t

madame clerk, any other item? >> s no further business. >> meeting is adjourned [ gavel ] >>supervisor london breed:. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting. madam clerk, please call the roll. city clerk: [roll call. supervisor wiener, yee, present, supervisor cohen, you have a quorum. >>supervisor london breed: thank you, madam clerk, are there any communications? >> there are none to report, madam president. >> okay, would colleagues like to serve items from the consent agenda? seeing none, madam clerk, please call the role on the consent agenda. city clerk: items 1-14. supervisor mar, aye, tang aye, wiener aye, supervisor yee, aye, supervisor avalos, aye, supervisor breed, aye, supervisor campos, aye, supervisor christensen, aye, supervisor cohen, aye, supervisor farrell, aye, supervisor kim, kim absent. there are ten ayes. >> these items are finally passed unanimously. madam clerk please call items 15-18 item 15. multifamily housing revenue note 491-31 avenue. item 16. multifamily housing re

madam clerk? city clerk: in memoriams.oday's meeting will be in adjournment on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for ms. audrey carrie and ms. grace lee bogs. >>supervisor london breed: okay, madam clerk, is there any other business for today? >> we are adjourned. >> thank you. [ meeting we are adjourned. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> (clapping.) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i think we have more companies anywhere in the united states it's at the amazing statement we're not trying to be flashy or shocking just trying to create something new and original were >> one of the things about the conduct our you enter and turn your your back and just so the orchestra. the most contrary composer of this time if you accountability his music you would think he's a camera come important he become ill and it was crazy he at the end of his life and pushed the boundary to think we're not acceptable at this point for sure it had a great influence he was a great influence on the harmonic language on the contemporary up to now. i thought it would be

madam clerk? city clerk: in memoriams.oday's meeting will be in adjournment on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for ms. audrey carrie and ms. grace lee bogs. >>supervisor london breed: okay, madam clerk, is there any other business for today? >> we are adjourned. >> thank you. [ meeting we are adjourned. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> 7 and a half million renovation is part of the clean and safe neighbor's park fund which was on the ballot four years ago and look at how that public investment has transformed our neighborhood. >> the playground is unique in that it serves a number of age groups, unlike many of the other properties, it serves small children with the children's play grounds and clubhouses that has basketball courts, it has an outdoor soccer field and so there were a lot of people that came to the table that had their wish list and we did our best to make sure that we kind of divided up spaces and made sure that we kept the old features of the playground but we were able to enhance all of those fea

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madam clerk? city clerk: in memoriams.oday's meeting will be in adjournment on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for ms. audrey carrie and ms. grace lee bogs. >>supervisor london breed: okay, madam clerk, is there any other business for today? >> we are adjourned. >> thank you. [ meeting we are adjourned. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> good morning and welcome to the budget and finance committee meeting and, my name is supervisor mark farrell and i am joined by tang and i want to thank the sfgtv as well as the clerk. do you have any announcements? >> please silence all cell phones, items acted upon today will be appearing on the october, 20th board of supervisors agenda, unless

and with that, madam president, i yield the floor. ms. collins: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: madam president, what is are the pending business? the presiding officer: we're in a period of morning business, senator. ms. collins: thank you, madam president. i ask unanimous consent that i be permitted to speak for up to 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: thank you, madam president. madam president, i rise to speak in favor of the cybersecurity information sharing act of 2015. and i urge my colleagues to support this much-needed legislation. nearly three months ago the senate was unable to find a path forward to adopt this important bill. let's look at what has happened since the time that the senate has refused to proceed. the fact is our country has continued to endure a wave of damaging and expensive cyber attacks. these incidents include the first major hack of apple's popular app store. the compromise of 15 million t-mobile users due to a breach at experion. the exposure of data of up

it started with you, madam secretary. at 10:08 on the night of the attack, you released this statement. some have sought to justify the vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the internet. at 10:08 with no evidence. at 10:08 before the attack is over. at 10:08 when tyrone woods and glen doherty are still on the roof of the annex fighting for their live, the official state department blames the video. why? >> during the day, on september 11th, as you did mention, congressman, there was a very large protest against our embassy in cairo. protesters breached the walls. they tore down the american flag. and it was of grave concern to us because the inflammatory video had been shown on egyptian television, which has a broader reach than just inside egypt. and if you look at what i said, i referred to the video that night in a very specific way. i said, some have sought to justify the attack because of the video. i used those words deliberately. not to ascribe a motive to every attacker but as a warn e

madam chair rosales, here. commissioner mondejar is absent and all other members are present thmpt next order of business is item 2, announcements. a, the next regularly scheduled meeting of november 3, 2015 is held at 1 p.m. at city. announce of prohibition of sound producing electronic devices. the rings of and use of cell phones, pagers and similarly sound producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised the chair mayordser removal of the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing of or use of cell phones recollect pagers or other sound producing electronic devices. c, announcement of time allotment public comability. be advised the member of piblic has up to 3 minute to make public comment on each agenda item unless the commission adopt as shorter period. it is strongly recommended that members the public who wish to address the commission fill out a speaker card and submit to the commission secretary. the next order of business is item 3, report on actions taken a

madam president. >> madam president through the president to the audience i'll remind you of our policyhat problems the vocal or other applause before the board. >> thank you commissioner avalos supervisor david campos. >> thank you madam president i to begin supervisor cohen by saying that i don't think that anyone can really say what needed to be said better than you i will rest with what you said and want to thank you for understanding and capturing what this is about for so many of us not only in san francisco but throughout the country and this someone who is not an immigrant herself would be able to do that a understand that is very moving on a personal note so it means a grateful to me and in the spirit you made your motion i would once again ask my friend mark farrell to consider withdrawing this resolution i don't think that there was any ill intent and sometimes what happens whether intended or not it comes across a certain way we have an opportunity to work in a united fashion to address those issues in a thoughtful way we have an opportunity to. today in a unified way i will

do you want us to hold up, madam? okay. so going back today, so these questions today were many asked and answered. the new documents contained and the interviews conducted don't contradict the conclusions so the previous investigations, they simply confirm them. even after the marathon grilling, the select committee found no evidence of activity on the part of the secretary. to not order the military to stand down, and there is still no indication that she approved or denied requests for security in benghazi. as the day has dragged on the select committee's cost has raised to 4.8 million - that's tax payer dollars by the way. two weeks ago the state department informed the select committee that it spent $14 million responding to requests relating to benghazi over the past three years, this does not include the costs incurred over the past three years by other federal agencies such as the department of defense. in a letter to congress on march 11, 2014, the defense department estimated that the total cost it expended during

reed: madam president? thank you, madam president. madam president, i request dispensing with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, the time until 1:30 p.m. will be controlled by the democratic manager or his designee, and the time from 1:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. will be controlled by the chairman of the committee on armed services or his designee. mr. reed: thank you, madam president. i rise once again to speak about the fiscal year national defense authorization conference report. yesterday i spoke at length about the o.c.o. funding issue. that is to me the most critical issue in the bill and one that has reluctantly caused me to support the conference report. but this time i'd like to take a few minutes to discuss the conference report in its entirety, and again i'd like to thank chairman mccain and chairman thornberry and ranking member smith for a very thoughtful and cooperative process which allowed us to reach agreement on some very difficult issues. i'd also like to thank in partic

[coughing] >> you need some water, madam?[coughing] >> would you like to us take 60 seconds, two-minute break? >> no. let me grab -- >> i have the jut most confidence in both of them. >> thank you. >> let me say this. this hearing began with chairman reading a list of questions he claimed were unanswered. in fact, those questions have been asked and answered many times. matter of fact. when we go back to the last questioner, it was speaker boehner who -- matter of fact last tuesday, madam secretary, speaker boehner acknowledged that fox news, the allegation that the u.s. government was involved in an illegal weapons program in libya has been -- and this is according to him -- investigated by the house intelligence committee and it bombed. that's what speaker boehner said about this elicit weapons transfer situation. you want us to hold up? okay. so, going back today -- so these questions again were many asked and answered. the new documents we obtained in the interviews we conducted don't contradict the conclusions from the p

do you want us to hold up, madam? okay. so going back today, so these questions again were many asked and answered. the new documents we obtained and the interviews we conducted don't contradict the conclusions from the previous investigations, they simply confirm them. even after this marathon grilling, the select committee has found no evidence of any nefarious activity on the part of the secretary. she did not order the military to stand down, and there is still no indication that she approved or denied requests for security in benghazi. as the day has dragged on, the select committee's cost has raised up to $4.8 million. that's taxpayer dollars, by the way. two weeks ago, the state department informed the select committee that it has spent $14 million responding to requests relating to benghazi over the past three years. this does not include the costs incurred over the past three years by other federal agencies such as the department of defense. in a letter to congress on march 11, 2014, the defense department estimate

it started with you, madam secretary. at 10:08, on the night of the attack, you released this statement: some have sought to justify the vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the internet. at 10:08, with no evidence, at 10:08, before the attack is over, at 10:08, when tyrone woods and glenn dougherty are still on the roof of the annex fighting for their lives, the official statement of the state department blames a video. why? >> during the day on september 11th, as you did mention, congressman, there was a very large protest against our embassy in cairo. protestors breached the walls. they tore down the american flag. and it was of grave concern to us because the inflammatory video had been shown on egyptian television, which has a broader reach than just inside egypt. and if you look at what i said, i referred to the video that night in a very specific way. i said, "some have sought to justify the attack because of the video." i used those words deliberately, not to ascribe a motive to every

cummings and then, you, madam secretary. chris stevens, sean smith, glen doherty and tyrone woods served this country with courage and with honor. and they were killed under circumstances that most of us could never imagine. terrorists pour through the front gate of an american facility, attacking people and property with machine guns, mortars and fire. it is important that we remember how these four men died. it is equally important that we remember how these four men lived and why. they were more than four images on a television screen. they were husbands and fathers and sons and properties and family and friend. they were americans who believed in service and sacrifice. many people speak which is fully of a -- wisttfully about better world but do little about it. these four went out and tried to make it better and it cost them

. >> thank you, madam secretary. i'm going to follow up on what the congresswoman from illinois is discussing, which is facility. and i appreciate the laundry list that you just listed with respect to the security improvements or whatever happened with respect to benghazi. but i have to ask you if you're familiar with the fact that in the wake of the 1998 bombing attacks in nairobi, congress passed the secure embassy construction and counterterrorism act which requires the secretary of state to issue a waiver if -- under two conditions. if the u.s. government personnel work in separate facilities, or if u.s. overseas facilities do not meet the security setback distances specified by the bureau of diplomatic security. pt law specifies that only the secretary of state may sign these waivers, and that requirement is not to be delegated. was a waiver issued for the temporary mission in benghazi and the cia annex after the temporary mission compound was authorized through december of 2012, and did you sign that waiver, ma

cummings, and then you, madam secretary. d and then you, madam secretary. chris stevens, sawn smith, glen doherty and tyrone wood served this country with courage and with honor. and they were killed under circumstances that most of us could never imagine. terrorists pour through the front gate of an american facility attacking people and property with machine guns, mortars and fire. it is important that we remember how these four men died. it is equally important that we remember how these four men lived and why. they were more than four images on a television screen. they were husbands and fathers and sons and brothers and family and friends. they were americans who believed in service and sacrifice. many people speak of a better world but do little about it. these four went out and actually tried to make it better. and it cost them their lives. so we know what they gave us. what do we owe them? justice for those that killed them. we owe their families our ever lasting gratitude, respect. we owe them and each other the truth. the truth about why we were i

it started with you, madam secretary. at 10:08, on the night of the attack, you released this statement: some have sought to justify the vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the internet. at 10:08, with no evidence, at 10:08, before the attack is over, at 10:08, when tyrone woods and glenn dougherty are still on the roof of the annex fighting for their lives, the official statement of the state department blames a video. why? >> during the day on september 11th, as you did mention, congressman, there was a very large protest against our embassy in cairo. protestors breached the walls. they tore down the american flag. and it was of grave concern to us because the inflammatory video had been shown on egyptian television, which has a broader reach than just inside egypt. and if you look at what i said, i referred to the video that night in a very specific way. i said, "some have sought to justify the attack because of the video." i used those words deliberately, not to ascribe a motive to every

do you want us to hold up, madam? okay. so going back today, so these questions again were many asked and answered. the new documents we obtained and the interviews we conducted don't contradict the conclusions from the previous investigations, they simply confirm them. even after this marathon grilling, the select committee has found no evidence of any nefarious activity on the part of the secretary. she did not order the military to stand down, and there is still no indication that she approved or denied requests for security in benghazi. as the day has dragged on, the select committee's cost has raised up to $4.8 million. that's taxpayer dollars, by the way. two weeks ago, the state department informed the select committee that it has spent $14 million responding to requests relating to benghazi over the past three years. this does not include the costs incurred over the past three years by other federal agencies such as the department of defense. in a letter to congress on march 11, 2014, the defense department estimate

thank you, madam secretary, for coming again to answer our questions. we know that over the last 17 months, there have been a number of allegations that have been made with respect to you and when the facts and the testimony and the record don't support that, we seem to move on to the next new allegation. one of the more recent ones is that republicans are claiming that because you received e-mails from sidney blumenthal that he was your primary source for intelligence. now, chairman gowdy claimed that mr. blumenthal was, and i'm going to quote him here, quote, secretary clinton's primary advisor on libya because nearly half of all the e-mails sent to and from secretary clinton regarding benghazi and libya prior to the benghazi terrorist attacks involved sidney blumenthal, end quote. he also claimed that mr. blumenthal was, and i'm quoting again, one of the folks providing her the largest volume of information about libya. secretary clinton, was sidney blumenthal your primary policy advisor or your primary intelligence officer? >> no. of course not. >>

and madam secretary, he had unfittered access to you. and he used that access at least on one occasion to ask you to intervene on behalf of a business venture. do you recall that? >> you know, mr. chairman, if you don't have any friends who say unkind things privately i con gooj late you. but from my perspective -- >> i'd like to think i'd correct them. >> i don't know what this line of questioning does to help us get to the bottom of the deaths of four americans. >> i'll be happy to help you understand that, madam secretary. >> but i want to reiterate what i said to congresswoman sanchez. these were originally unsolicited. you've just said that perhaps the main if not the exclusive author was a former intelligence agent for our country who rose to the highest levels of the cia and who was given credit for being one of the very few who pointed out that the intelligence used by the bush administration to go to war in iraq was wrong so i think that, you know, the sharing of information from an old friend that i do not take at face value, t

secretary please call the next item the nobd is workshop discussion madam director. >> thank you, madam secretary commissioners really in response to our request to have a dialogue with mta staff to better understand how the city overall transportation policies fit within the major developments in the hunters point shipyard and candle stick and transbay and other points this presentation is a broad offering overview to inform your decision making efforts and certainly an opportunity to speak with mta staff with that, overview sally deputy director will be joined by mta staff. >> thank you director bohe i'm sally you've heard we're here to provide parking and development guidelines that the city strongly believe that are critical for guiding and development in san francisco especially during this time we're seeing significant growth in to the city so tom maguire the streets program will walk you through walk you through the presentation and give us updates on the near term pipeline projects that mta is working on and what that will mean for transit and other transportation choices for fo

madam clerk, can you please call the roll. >> thank you madam president. supervisor avalos, not present, supervisor breed, supervisor campos, supervisor christensen, supervisor cohen, supervisor farrell, supervisor kim, supervisor mar, supervisor tang, supervisor weiner, supervisor yee. there is a quorum. >> ladies and gentlemen, can you please join us in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge of allegiance, to the flag of the united states of america and to the rep ublic for which stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam clerk, are there any communications? >> yes madam president. we're in receipt of two communicates. first from supervisor mar and the second from previe supervisor avalos, educating their ab-- -- indicating their absence. >> motioned by supervisor campos. seconded by supervisor farrell. can we take this without objection without objection. they are excused. all right, let's go to our consent agenda. >> items one through eight comprise consent calendar. if a member objects, an item maybe removed and

feinstein: madam president? madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. feinstein: thank you very much, madam president. i rise, regretfully, to speak against the amendment directly following one of the idols my life's important monument of 15,000 votes. the presiding officer: the senate be in order. mrs. feinstein: but so be it. as it might become very clear here, senator burr and i, on a bill that came out of committee 14-1, have tried to keep a balance and have tried to prevent this kind of information sharing from being a threat to business so they won't participate. and, therefore, the words that are used are all important as to whether they have a legal derivation. senator leahy's amendment would essentially decrease the amount of sharing by opening up the chance of public discloash you're through the free -- disclosure through the freedom of information act of cyber threats shared under this bill. now, we seek to share information about the nature of cyber effects and suggestions on how to defend networks. this information clearly should not b

madam clerk? city clerk: in memoriams. today's meeting will be in adjournment on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for ms. audrey carrie and ms. grace lee bogs. >>supervisor london breed: okay, madam clerk, is there any other business for today? >> we are adjourned. >> thank you. [ meeting we are adjourned. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> 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

. >> madam president that concludes the introductions to new business. >> madam clerk please read. at this time the public may address did entire board of supervisors up to 2 minutes to include the minutes and items without reference to committee claurld items 26 and 27 public comment not out loud on 22 and 23 those have been subjected previously as a whole and not to individual board members, no one is required to comment on your matter. speakers using translation services get up to twice the time. talked about tooibdz advise sfgovtv, and take it down when you are finished. >> thank you, madam clerk first speaker please. good afternoon. i'm freddie from the coalition filipino borders i'm a political scientist i want to talk about what is happening within the community the latino community we are being victimized since the incidents kate steinle happened on the peers not two long ago we're demonize in his this is our faults our supervisors we have none of you came to our defense none of you coming and saying nothing you discriminated guns we have suffering not last week on thursday

secretary please call the next item the nobd is workshop discussion madam director. >> thank you, madam secretary commissioners really in response to our request to have a dialogue with mta staff to better understand how the city overall transportation policies fit within the major developments in the hunters point shipyard and candle stick and transbay and other points this presentation is a broad offering overview to inform your decision making efforts and certainly an opportunity to speak with mta staff with that, overview sally deputy director will be joined by mta staff. >> thank you director bohe i'm sally you've heard we're here to provide parking and development guidelines that the city strongly believe that are critical for guiding and development in san francisco especially during this time we're seeing significant growth in to the city so tom maguire the streets program will walk you through walk you through the presentation and give us updates on the near term pipeline projects that mta is working on and what that will mean for transit and other transportation choices for fo

murphy: thank you, madam president. i'm here on the floor this afternoon to talk about a young man named bill smolinsky, and a law that senator hoeven and i are introducing on behalf of him, his family, and the, quite literally, millions of other families throughout the united states who have had to deal with the trauma, the angst, the grief of a loved one missing. let me tell you a little bit about billy. bill liszt parents don't think that he's alive any longer, but they aren't sure because on august 24, 2004, at the age of 31, billy went missing. billy was a vibrant young man who lived in waterbury, connecticut, along with his treasured dog, and he didn't respond to calls and communications from his family over the course of a number of days, and his parents -- and i'll speak about his mother in particular, jan smolinsky, who has been the driving force behind billy's law, his parents went to law enforcement at the waterbury police department. it is a great police department. i have a lot of friends there. even they w

madam clerk? city clerk: in memoriams. today's meeting will be in adjournment on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for ms. audrey carrie and ms. grace lee bogs. >>supervisor london breed: okay, madam clerk, is there any other business for today? >> we are adjourned. >> thank you. [ meeting we are adjourned. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> this coffee memory i remember having coffee with any grappled. in the old days myelogram ma get together >> i was six or seven i made a faces a good face. >> when i was younger i know it did something to my body. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i've been drinking coffee since i was 17 really the only thing i'm good at i was trying to find out what i was good at i got a job at the coffee shop i decided to do that the rest of my life. i like the process of the coffee and what are those beans where do they come from oh, they come from a fruit. >> the coffee stays with me since i was a kid i grew up and opened coffee shops everybody. in the 8 i visited over 11 hundred coffee shops maybe more

madam clerk, please call the roll. city clerk: supervisor avalos, breed, present, christensen, cohen present, farrell present, kim present, mar present, tang present, supervisor yee, present. madam president you have a quorum. supervisor london breed: thank you. ladies and gentlemen please join us for the pledge of allegiance. >> thank you. madam clerk are there any communications. >> there are none to report today. madam president. >> please read today's consent agenda. city clerk: these items are considered routine. supervisor london breed: please call the roll. city clerk: on items 118, >>supervisor jane kim: >>supervisor eric mar: tang # >>supervisor katy tang: >>supervisor scott weiner: >>supervisor norman yee: >>supervisor john avalos: aye, supervisor london breed: aye, >>supervisor david campos: aye, >>supervisor julie christensen: aye, supervisors cohen aye, supervisor farrell, aye. there are level ayes. >>supervisor london breed: those items are passed. item 19. [administrative code - amendments to residential