cruz: madam president, our nation is at war. five das ago, we saw a horrific -- five days ago, we saw a horrific terror attack in orlando, florida. from september 11 to the boston marathon, from fort hood to chattanooga, from san bernadino to this attack in orlando, radical islamic terrorism has declared jihad on america. as the facts have unfolded, it now indicates that the orlando terrorist has pledged his allegiance to isis in the process of murdering 49 and wounding more than 50 at a nightclub. all of us, our hearts go out to those who were murdered, to the families of those who were victims and who are grieving, we stand in solidarity, we lift them up in prayer at this horrific act of terrorism. but it is also a time for action. we need a commander in chief who will speak the truth, who will address the enemy we face, who will unleash the full force and fury of the american military on defeating isis and defeating radical islamic terrorists. in the wake of the attack, many of us predicted what would unfold, and it was sadly

thank you, madam president. mr. mccain: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: does that complete work on the amendment? the presiding officer: the amendment is now pending, senator. the amendment is the pending business. mr. mccain: i just want to say to the senator from florida, i thank him for his intermediary work and his effort to reach this compromise. he brings unique credentials to this issue given his experience up in space, although some have argued that he's never returned, i don't agree with that, with that assessment. and i want to -- but seriously, i want to thank the senator from florida for his intermediary work without whom this compromise will not have been achieved. and i know that the senator from florida shares my commitment to freeing this nation from dependency on the use of russian rocket engines which then provides an economic boost, in some cases millions of dollars to vladimir putin and his cronies. i want a special note of appreciation to the senator from florida. mr. nelson

>> thank you madam. i want to reiterate what president breed said which i also noted before and i think it's very important that one of the bottom lines here is the purpose of these notices is to get them out broadly and on and here in terms of broad dissemination i would be doing the same exact thing if the roles were reversed and in terms of what happened here we have a bit of a swearing match going on between the examiner and the chronicle and i don't know why the burden shifts one way or the other but for me especially when you have this kind of dispute and the chronicle is stating on the record that they did not get the e-mail either they think there was an issue with the address why would we not give the benefit of the doubt to having broader dissemination of our notices and i would take the exact same position with respect to the examiner. they reach overlapping and different audiences and that's a good thing. >> thank you supervisor wiener. supervisor kim? >> thank you president breed. i will be

all right madam clerk please read the consent agenda. >> consent calendar. considered routine. >> all right seeing no names on the roster madam clerk please call the roll. >> breed aye. >> campos aye. >> cohen aye. >> supervisor farrell aye. >> supervisor peskin aye. >> tang aye aye. >> wiener aye. >> there are ten ayes. >> item number 3 an order san francisco sustainable financing and improvements to privately owned buildings and property. the ordinance is finally passed unanimously. >> item number 4. same house same call without objection ordinance is finally passed unanimously. mad >> item number 5. fiscal years ending 2017 and june 30th 2018. , 2018. >> same house same call. without objection those ordinances are finally passed unanimously. >> item number 7 ordinance. >> same house same call the ordinance is finally passed unanimously. >> item number 8 please. >> would you like me to call 8 and 9 together? >> no, just 8. >> item number 8. supervisor peskin. >> thank you madam president and colleagues as we are all aware this is the result of several year

>> thank you madam. i want to reiterate what president breed said which i also noted before and i think it's very important that one of the bottom lines here is the purpose of these notices is to get them out broadly and on and here in terms of broad dissemination i would be doing the same exact thing if the roles were reversed and in terms of what happened here we have a bit of a swearing match going on between the examiner and the chronicle and i don't know why the burden shifts one way or the other but for me especially when you have this kind of dispute and the chronicle is stating on the record that they did not get the e-mail either they think there was an issue with the address why would we not give the benefit of the doubt to having broader dissemination of our notices and i would take the exact same position with respect to the examiner. they reach overlapping and different audiences and that's a good thing. >> thank you supervisor wiener. supervisor kim? >> thank you president breed. i will be

>> thank you madam. i want to reiterate what president breed said which i also noted before and i think it's very important that one of the bottom lines here is the purpose of these notices is to get them out broadly and on and here in terms of broad dissemination i would be doing the same exact thing if the roles were reversed and in terms of what happened here we have a bit of a swearing match going on between the examiner and the chronicle and i don't know why the burden shifts one way or the other but for me especially when you have this kind of dispute and the chronicle is stating on the record that they did not get the e-mail either they think there was an issue with the address why would we not give the benefit of the doubt to having broader dissemination of our notices and i would take the exact same position with respect to the examiner. they reach overlapping and different audiences and that's a good thing. >> thank you supervisor wiener. supervisor kim? >> thank you president breed. i will be

reed: thank you, madam president. madam president, i would ask unanimous consent to dispense with the calling of the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reed: madam president, we have been moving very steadily through this authorization bill. i want to once again commend the leadership of chairman mccain. it began, really, months ago when he decided that he was going to do an in-depth analysis of the department of defense, calling upon experts from an extraordinary range of academic, military leaders, diplomatic leaders. and as a result, we became very much knowledgeable -- more so than we did previously -- about those things within the department that we should look very call ofl call -- we shouldy carefully at, we should review and perhaps change. because of his leadership, this is the most fundamental revision of the goldwater nichols procedures that were adopted three decades ago. and we have spent a lot of time here discussing important issues, but i don't think we have given quite enough credit

>> are you now the retired manhattan madam? >> i would love to say that i'm the x manhattan madam but the subject is still so interesting to people. >> i can't seem to leave it behind even though i'd like to. >> michael rizzi was accused of running a high-end prostitution ring online. >> i met him at an event, a plastic surgery center opening for a well-known surgeon and he approached me and said i want to pick your brain. i want to talk to you. i'd be interested in doing business with you. and i said but i'm out of business. >> she said she did not want to discuss any legal activity with him and basically brush them off. >> i had no idea he was a former nypd officer. >> that makes them more interesting to me because i might have wanted to speak to him and get his take on how he was going to evade law enforcement, which obviously he was not successful in doing. >> exactly. michael rizzi's attorney said his client and the manhattan madam never met. the manhattan madam is supporting prison reform. she served time twice per the fi

madam president. >> thank you madam clerk. today i want to acknowledge an amazing woman in our community. yesterday eileen clark hernandez celebrated her 90th birthday and i wanted to take this opportunity to honor her and recognize her work as a local and national activist. miss hernandez was born in brooklyn in 1926 and excelled in school and attended howard university. she was drawn into politics. in 1951, she took an organizational job with the west coast divisional job to begin a life-long battle against discrimination in all its forms. she became the first woman to be appointed to the united states equal employment opportunity commission in 1964. then in 1966, she cofounded the national organization for women, the largest grassroots organization in the country that focuses on advocatin advocating for women's lights, lgbt rights and racial justice. years later she became the organization's second priz and led the women's strike for equality on august 26th, 1970. here in san francisco she founded and became president of th

>> thank you, madam president. and no, we're not trying to set the record for the number of times we can continue an item. but we might very well just do that. i know that this item has been continued many times before. and today, colleagues, in the hope that the partis can have some sort of resolution, i am asking to once again continue this item open to september 6th, 2016. and i would like to make a motion to do that. >> okay. so moved by supervisor campos and seconded by supervisor tang. and at this time i will open this up to public comment. any members of public who would like to comment on this particular item? seeing none, public comment is closed. [ gavel ] and on the motion to continue, madam clerk, can you please call the roll. >> supervisor wiener. >> aye. >> wiener aye. >> supervisor yee. >> aye. >> supervisor avalos. >> avalos absent. supervisor breed? >> aye. >> breed aye. >> supervisor campos. >> aye. >> campos aye. >> cohen aye. >> farrell aye. >> supervisors kim aye. >> supervisor mar. >> aye. >>

thank you, madam secretary any members of the public who would recycle to speak at this time okay. >> item 3 proposed legislation from the board of supervisors public safety and neighborhood services committee file number - ordinance amending the fire code and housing code with at tenant of a smoke alarm and require the building owners to file with the testing and inspection requirements every two years and amending the fire code and other codes to upgrade did fire systems by 2021 and upon completion of 50 thousand of work whichever occurs for the buildings to submit an action plan within thirty days of the fire and the owners or groups occupancy to install fire blocks in at&t ice cream when having 50 thousands of construction work under the california health and safety code and directing the clerk of the board of supervisors to forward this to the california standards commission upon passage as required by subtly. >> thank you, madam secretary excuse me - supervisor campos is not coming this morning and sent and representative that's correct. >> please introduce yourselves. >> thank

payne: thank you, madam speaker. first i want to start by thanking congresswoman beatty for that very kind and generous introduction. we in our class are very proud of our colleagues and we support each other in times of need and i just would like to also congratulate and acknowledge congressman hakeem jeffries, the gentleman from new york, who is special order.is i appreciate the opportunity to discuss an issue that is very person to me -- that is very personal to me. before i begin, i just want to say that my heart goes out to the families and friends of the victims of the horrible tragedy in orlando. and i can only imagine what they are going through. the other thing that is very illuminating to me is that as we me here and stood up for a moment of silence, after that moment of silence, i believe members were given a one-minute opportunity to speak on any topic that they'd like to on the floor, as is customary, and not one person from the other side of the aisle mentioned what happened at orlando. so not only was

madam secretary >> item 7 agenda for next fiction meeting of june 8, 2016, regular meeting. >> madam secretary we want to carry over the item regarding the proposed legislation so and he anticipate that we will have supervisor campos as a guest at that time any other items commissioners. >> no oh, airport presentations has been requested by our staff and on the schedule now for the next meeting. >> commissioner vice president cleaveland commissioner hardeman any items? okay. well the vice president and i will consult with the chief of the department and file out the rest of the agenda okay is there any public comment regarding agenda items? seeing none, public comment is closed and we have had a couple of meetings since two names were given to me to adjourn in memory of former members of the department and i unfortunately gave them short because we had a hectic and close this meeting in honor of firefighter denise a dedicated 11 and a half year veteran of san francisco fire department she was hired open june 10, 2002, and retired january 14, 2014, with just over 11 years of service s

afternoon, everyone we welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors of tuesday, june 28, 2016, madam clerk call the roll. >>. >> supervisor avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar absent supervisor peskin supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee madam chair we have quorum ladies and gentlemen, please join us for the pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> madam clerk any consumption. >> i have no communications today madam president. >> colleagues, any changes to the may 2016 board minutes seeing can i have a motion by supervisor campos seconded by supervisor mar colleagues without objection those meeting minutes will place after exceptional or extraordinary. >> items 1 through 7 comprise the are considered to be routine may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items cal's seeing no other names on the roster. >> on the consent calendar supervisor ca

clerk any consumption. >> i have no communications today madam president. >> colleagues, any changes to the may 2016 board minutes seeing can i have a motion by supervisor campos seconded by supervisor mar colleagues without objection those meeting minutes will place after exceptional or extraordinary. >> items 1 through 7 comprise the are considered to be routine may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items cal's seeing no other names on the roster. >> on the consent calendar supervisor campos supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor peskin supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee supervisor avalos supervisor president london breed there or 11 items. >> those items are passed on the first reading and adopted unanimously madam clerk the regular agenda. >> item 8 an ordinance amending did administrative code for the department of homeless in transportation and homelessness recommended fupthsz and establish the homeless cooperating board and sever as a continuum of care ac

madam president. >> thank you madam clerk. today i want to acknowledge an amazing woman in our community. yesterday eileen clark hernandez celebrated her 90th birthday and i wanted to take this opportunity to honor her and recognize her work as a local and national activist. miss hernandez was born in brooklyn in 1926 and excelled in school and attended howard university. she was drawn into politics. in 1951, she took an organizational job with the west coast divisional job to begin a life-long battle against discrimination in all its forms. she became the first woman to be appointed to the united states equal employment opportunity commission in 1964. then in 1966, she cofounded the national organization for women, the largest grassroots organization in the country that focuses on advocatin advocating for women's lights, lgbt rights and racial justice. years later she became the organization's second priz and led the women's strike for equality on august 26th, 1970. here in san francisco she founded and became president of th

madam secretary? >> iletm 9, public comment on item 11, public comment on all matters per taining to items 11 below including public comment on whether to hold item 11 in closed session. >> any public comment? public comment is closed. >> item 10, vote on closed session. vote on whether to invoke the attorney client privilege and hold item 11 in closed session. admin code section 6710 and vote whether to hold in closed session section 6710 >> i will entertain a motion at this time. >> so moved. >> all in favor say aye? >> thank you. we will now go into closed session and for that we will need to have everyone out o thank you, we r open session from our closed session and i will entertain a motion to disclose or not to disclose the results of the roseedings >> i make a motion we do note disclose the proceedings >> there is a motion on the floor. and a second and all in favor of not disclosing the results of closed session say aye. >> aye >> alright, there are no other matters before us and so this meet

madam president, i yield the floor. mr. mccain: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: i would like to thank the senator from texas for his very compelling statement and just one example of what the senator from texas has referred to as the whole issue of qadda qaddafi. i would remind my colleague from texas that we got rid of qaddafi without losing a single american and then walked away. we walked away from it and now we see isis now establishing a strong beach head, a direct fail lir of leadership of the obama administration and then secretary osecretary of state. there were many of us including the senator from texas who said, look, we've got to do a the low of things with -- now that you've gotten rid of qaddafi. this country has known no democracy. it has no institutions. we could have taken care of their wounded. we could have helped secure the borders. instead we kill qaddafi -- his own people killed him but we set up a scenario and walked away, just as we walked away from iraq, just as we're sort of wa

san francisco redevelopment agency for tuesday, june 21, 2016, welcome to members of the public and madam secretary first item. >> thank you. the the first order of business is roll call commissioner pimentel absent commissioner bustos commissioner singh commissioner mondejar madam chair rosales commissioner pimentel ask absent and all other members of the commission are present the the next order of business is announcements a the next regularly scheduled meeting on july 5th at one p.m. in city hall room 416 b please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices. c announcement of times allotment for to address the commission unless the commission wishes to address the commission fill out a speaker card and submit it to the commission secretary. it is strongly recommended that a member of the public who wishes to address the commission fill out a speaker card

special order 106 of market street madam clerk call those items. >> item numbers 25 to 28 comprise the 3:00 p.m. that was continued from may 17th to hear under persons interested in the planning commission certification of a conditional use authorization dated march 17, 2016 for the proposed project on 1066 market street and item 26 through 28 comprise the motion to approval or disapproval for the conditional use authorization and to direct corps as the finding and okay looked like we have at sponsor has withdrawn the cu and we will need to take public comment since this hearing was scheduled are there any any public comment on this item? to commitment on it particular item seeing none, mr. washington you want to comment on 106 of market street there i like to comment on anything that is public comment in this city. >> would you call san francisco but i'll wait. >> thank you very much. >> a thanks mr. washington. >> all right. seeing no other members of the public public comment is closed. and this hearing has been held and filed is there a motion supervisor kim. >> thank you, colleagu

corso. >> commissioner michael hardeman. >> thank you, madam chair. >> good job mr. corso you know you and the chief and staff work hard it is refreshing to see finally the patience has paid off for all the equipment to get is one fell swoop is very nice it shows the patience has been awarded and the ballot measure something to insure funds for the fire department didn't have to take place because it would be after 2008 and the decline in falling behind especially the fire engines and fire trucks terrific he had a question only is defibrillators i didn't know they were that expensive what is approximately the cost of a defibrillator. >> their approximately 25 to thirty thousand each we had a grants to renovate, upgrade the ambulance with current defishlz but a trickle down with the trucks we are trying to get a replacement plan and replace the complete century. >> okay. well a great report and again like commissioner nakajo the mayor's office deserves a pat on the back and the staff and you for a great negotiation and sorry i don't see anyone from the landmark organi

. >> this come out of committee with no recommendation madam clerk can you please call the roll. >> on items 31 and 32. >> supervisor campos supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar sxhoenlz supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee supervisor avalos supervisor breed there are 11 i's. >> the ordinances is passed unanimously on the first reading all right. let's go to roll call for introductions. >> first on introduction is supervisor campos. >> thank you supervisor cowen supervisor farrell thank you colleagues i have one in memoriam to with a heavy heart for the former clerk of the board john l taylor that passed one the city's most respected clerk's office and worked for the supervisors for 16 years and brought experience to the board acting with the sense of humor and fairness and served many members on the board of supervisors and public are division and created a bulletin board for city employees to interact and - he had a distinguished spanning criteria outside of san francisco serving on fresno and berkley and working with the stanford research ins

. >> thank you, madam secretary i see we have some representatives here from nert and we're going to hear first from our chief the department. >> thank you good morning. >> commissioner president covington and commissioners before inviting the representatives up from lieutenant and others from the executive board and sally hear as well i want to talk about the award we'll officially present on behalf of the government we this deputy chief williams attend the state of california 2015 governors volunteering and sifrgs award above and beyond the call of duty in the volunteer ism and happy to report the san francisco emergency response team commissioner president covington you or are nert the disaster got the program of the year award honors outstanding volunteers that demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the local community a quote from the california's governor governor jerry brown the men and women radio california heros they're an inspiration at the ceremony karen baker presented the honors to the honorees in the state capitol in sacramento and quoted we recognitions the amazing

toomey: thank you, madam president. i rise this morning to discuss the pending legislation that would prevent terrorists from being able to legally purchase guns. this general topic of background checks for the legal firearm sales is not new to me. it's an issue that i've been wrestling with for some years now, shortly after the horrific murders at the sandy hook elementary school. my democratic colleague, senator joe manchin from west virginia, he and i teamed up and worked together and produced a bipartisan bill that was designed to ensure that we would do background checks for commercial gun sales, so that if someone wants to buy a firearm through a commercial mechanism -- not a private transaction like from a sibling or a neighbor or friend, but a commercial sale -- would be subject to a background check so that the very criminals who have forfeited their second amendment rights and those who are dangerously mentally ill, who also should not have guns, we would find a mechanism to prevent the sales. that was legisla

madam secretary. >> do you want me to recall item 5? >> yes, ifia could. >> item 5, chief of department report. report from mark gonzalez, report on currents iges as, actaveties and esuperintendent since meeting june 8, 2016 including fiscal year 2015-16 budget academies and 150th an zrsry, update and special eventsen communication and outreach to other government agencies and the public. rortd from administration, report on the admin straisive division of fleet, facilities, status and finance support services, home land security and training within the department. >> it would be a few weeks before we would address the fire that happened over the weekend but i did visit the site yesterday and chief suhr was very kind to show me around and talk about some things so i asked for a detailed report to the commission this evening regarding that and it will be part of chief gonzalez report. >> thank you. good evening commissioners. i'll start off the chiefs report with the 5th alarm in bruno heights saturday. i did respond to it. assistant chi

clerk any consumption. >> i have no communications today madam president. >> colleagues, any changes to the may 2016 board minutes seeing can i have a motion by supervisor campos seconded by supervisor mar colleagues without objection those meeting minutes will place after exceptional or extraordinary. >> items 1 through 7 comprise the are considered to be routine may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items cal's seeing no other names on the roster. >> on the consent calendar supervisor campos supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor peskin supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee supervisor avalos supervisor president london breed there or 11 items. >> those items are passed on the first reading and adopted unanimously madam clerk the regular agenda. >> item 8 an ordinance amending did administrative code for the department of homeless in transportation and homelessness recommended fupthsz and establish the homeless cooperating board and sever as a continuum of care ac

madam secretary? >> iletm 9, public comment on item 11, public comment on all matters per taining to items 11 below including public comment on whether to hold item 11 in closed session. >> any public comment? public comment is closed. >> item 10, vote on closed session. vote on whether to invoke the attorney client privilege and hold item 11 in closed session. admin code section 6710 and vote whether to hold in closed session section 6710 >> i will entertain a motion at this time. >> so moved. >> all in favor say aye? >> thank you. we will now go into closed session and for that we will need to have everyone out o thank you, we r open session from our closed session and i will entertain a motion to disclose or not to disclose the results of the roseedings >> i make a motion we do note disclose the proceedings >> there is a motion on the floor. and a second and all in favor of not disclosing the results of closed session say aye. >> aye >> alright, there are no other matters before us and so this meet

madam chair, thank you for your participation. and we know it has been long, but thank you for appearing before the committee again. the committee is adjourned. >>> that is the fed chair wrapping up day one of her testimony on capitol hill, and ms. yellen saying that the economic activity is uneven and global growth should pick up offtime. and she did say in a considerable latter part of the hearing, the brexit could have significant economic repercussions involving in risk-off markets, and steve liesman is listening to all of this, and what caught your eye? >>le with, the general tone, scott. the yellen more opt mimistic or cautious. i heard a more cautious yellen and one waiting for some of the uncertainty to clear when it comes to the brexit vote this weekend or this thursday when it comes to the uncertainty of the weak jobs and the low prod productivity and the global headwin upds and she is golg to be waiting for it to clear. the markets are sensing it, looking at the 10-year or the 2-year, and status quo situation on the way

corso. >> commissioner michael hardeman. >> thank you, madam chair. >> good job mr. corso you know you and the chief and staff work hard it is refreshing to see finally the patience has paid off for all the equipment to get is one fell swoop is very nice it shows the patience has been awarded and the ballot measure something to insure funds for the fire department didn't have to take place because it would be after 2008 and the decline in falling behind especially the fire engines and fire trucks terrific he had a question only is defibrillators i didn't know they were that expensive what is approximately the cost of a defibrillator. >> their approximately 25 to thirty thousand each we had a grants to renovate, upgrade the ambulance with current defishlz but a trickle down with the trucks we are trying to get a replacement plan and replace the complete century. >> okay. well a great report and again like commissioner nakajo the mayor's office deserves a pat on the back and the staff and you for a great negotiation and sorry i don't see anyone from the landmark organi

i thank you, madam president. i appreciate it. i yield the floor. mr. cornyn: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, the two main amendments that we will hear tonight regarding the no-fly list or the watch list known and suspected terrorist list, in both instances we agree, terrorists should not have guns. terrorists should not have guns. the only difference between the senator from california's amendment and mine is that once the gun purchase was stopped under her amendment, the bad guy walks away and like the bombers who use the makeshift bomb in massachusetts or some other device, they'd be able to go buy guns illegally or create some other weapon of mass destruction and commit terrorist acts. mine would make sure that the law enforcement officials were notified on a timely basis and then they would have up to three additional days to go to court, to show probable cause to get a wire tap, listen to phone conversations, to execute search warrants, to get additional information and go before a judge and not just deny access

thank you, madam chair. >> senator rounds. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam chair, welcome. as i listened to your monetary policy report, it strikes me that as the ranking member had indicated earlier that when we talk about productivity growth and the need for both public and private investment that requires the dollars come from someplace. i did like your thoughts, just in terms on the basis of what the joint economic committee had reported earlier this year, and delay that out in support of stark terms. the indicated that 99 -- let me put it this way. 10 years from now in the year 2026 which by the weight is a 250th birthday of our country, we can look forward under current conditions 99% of all the revenue come into the federal government, highway taxes, corporate taxes personal taxes, personal income tax at the 99% will go back out into categories, interest on the federal debt and mandatory payments on entitlements. that doesn't leave a lot for public investment, and clearly it does not drive private investment. you are working on short-term activity right now and you a

madam president, i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska. a senator: i would ask that the quorum call be vitiated, please. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: i have 1212 requests for committees to peat during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and the minority leaders. the presiding officer: so noted. a senator: i would yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum of. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator washington. mrs. murray: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. i am on the floor today to focus on some really flynting news -- frightening gnaws we got -- news that we got late last week, news that shows how important it is that we get emergency

madame chair, welcome. as i listen to your monitored policy report it strikes me that the ranking member indicated earlier that we talk about productivity growth and the need for both public and private investment, that requires the dollars come from someplace. i would like your thoughts on just in terms of on the basis of what the joint economic committee had reported this year and they indicated that nine, let me put it this way ten years from now 2026 by the ways the two and a 50th birthday of her country, we can look forward to, under current conditions 99% of all coming into the federal government, highway taxes, personal taxes, 99% is going to go back out 22 categories. interest on the federal debt, and mandatory payments on entitlements. that does not leave a lot for public investment and clearly does not drive private investment. you are working on short-term activity right now and you are monitoring very closely. you are on a day-to-day basis following the economy right now which as you suggested i

. >> thank you, madam chair for being here and your service. >> thank you. >> madam chair in april the fed finally releesased the results 20115 resolution plans of eight systematically important banking institutions, and five of the nation's largest banks failed that exercise including jpmorgan chase and bank of america. i have three questions related to that. first, "the new york times" in april described this federal lease as suggesting that, quote, if there were another crisis today, the government would have to prop up the largest banks if it wanted to avoid financial chaos, close quote, and question one, do you agree with that. and two, what do the five banks need to do by october 1st to fully remediate their deficiencies? and question three is if they don't by october 1st, will the fed take more systemic action like raising capital levels. >> so those banks over the span of the last several years in which they have been preparing living wills greatly increased their ability to be resol nevve the event of the trouble of bankru bankruptcy oral alternative ti title ii is available.

. >> thank you madam clerk. for the last five years i have been working with the neighbors and and recreation and park to turn this into a park, a project we voted on a year and a half ago and we have been working with the francisco park conservancy and made up of the four largest neighborhood groups in the area. the neighborhood stepped up and the project wouldn't be possible without their partnership and support. they have helped build a broad group of support of over 40 organizations that have been involved in the effort. they have commitments for the funding to maintain run the park in perpetuity and with their help we can turn this dilapidated site of concrete and fence to a area that the city can enjoy everyday. the puc agreed to turn jurisdiction over to the rec and park department. in the ordinance are four components in the next milestone in this process to build this park at the site of the old francisco reservoir and authorizes parking on the site and accept an in-kind grant for construction services

madam president, i yield the floor. mr. cornyn: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, we will soon vote on a bill that would provide funding for a coordinated response to the zika virus, a virus that has already ravaged many parts of latin america and places like puerto rico. over the past few weeks, our democratic friends have repeatedly stressed the urgency of this matter, and of course with the summer months coming, they're likely to bring us more mosquitoes, which of course is the primary vector of -- that carries this virus. thankfully, in the united states, no one who has contracted the zika virus has done so through a mosquito. it's been from people traveling to central and south america who have been bitten there. at least that's according to the most current statistics from the center for disease control. but we know they're coming, and we need to act with dispatch. i know many of our friends across the aisle were very eager to get this done because they came down and made unanimous co

thank you, madam president. i yield to my friend from ohio. mr. portman: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: madam president, i thought those remarks beautifully described a great public servant, george voinovich. i'd like to add a little to it and at the end of my remarks i'm going to offer a resolution for the entire senate to vote on as a tribute to the life of george voinovich. we have put together a resolution which talks about a lot of his accomplishments and as i think my colleague has said very well, gives us an inspiration for the future. and from his life, hopefully we can learn about how to better do our jobs right here on the floor of the united states senate. he was an amazing public servant. he was just, as some know, not just mayor of cleveland during a critical time but governor of ohio, of course here for two terms. i think he represented the very best of public service. by that i mean whether it was his efforts to tackle the debt, give children more choice and parents more choice in their schools, modernize infrastr

the infamous manhattan madam providing services to eliot its air as he was the governor of new york. >> at yoda while she served time in jail. who is the bader of the baby? a conservative organization released video showing robert klein how they offered cocaine to other conservative activists. >> but this school i know. this is a systemic problem in the teachers' union. >> now they're looking how they could access the school. >> it is a bird? is a plate? >> what is that? >> a controversial undercover video has led to an investigation and the second how they are selectively edited. >> released by the conservative organization claims to be a watchdog of various policy issues showing robert klein who teaches at the middle school offered cocaine to undercover conservative activists but they never showed the actual drug although he brags about his access and how his inside knowledge of the police k-9 dogs allowed him to get away with it. >> they teach us how the drug dogs sniff out the drugs if you put in your pocket. >> the meeting took place 70 hotel conference room in 2015 he says the

clerk, if you have any announcements. >> yes, thank you madam change.ilence all cell phones and electronic devices and completed speak egg cards and documented to be completed should be submitted. events w

hill: madam -- mr. westerman: i would like to congratulations to parker of hot springs, nicholas of pearcey and christian. these star students from the 4th district of arkansas will attend the service academies this fall. benjamin, kimberly and west point. arkansas has a history of academy alumni and this includes general macarthur, supreme ally commander in the pacific and brigadier general william o'dashy leader of the army rangers. their example is one of courage and excellence. with this rich tradition before them and through their own accomplishments there is no doubt these students will do their very best to bring honor to themselves, their families and state. i wish them good luck. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you very

madame chair, welcome back to the committee, we're so glad you're here. since your last appearance the economy has made only modest gains, inflation remains low, job creation seems to have slow, the economies of our training partners are struggling, uncertainty most notably with are struggling, uncertainty most notably with the possibility of britain's exit from the european union and that certainly remains high. in the face of these headwinds you would think that politicians here at home would do everything we could to promote our economy. instead, many of them seem intent on doing just the opposite. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are failing to invest in infrastructure and public works and research development, education and training, the very building blocks of economic success. at that were not enough they're trying their best to undermine the safeguards that dampen the economic crisis and were erected to prevent the next one. we'd like to read field that frank and return our country to the casino capitalism that caused so much ruin for

madam chair. >> thank you, madam secretary. before we entertain the consent agenda can you let me know if we have speaker cards. >> i do not have speaker cards. >> okay the record will reflect comicser pimentel has joined us. any comments or questions on the two items on the consent agenda, commissioners? >> not from me. >> i will move to approve. >> thank you. commissioner mondejar has moved the consent calendar. >> i second. that. >> commissioner singh has second thafpltd. >> call the roll. >> commissioner pimentel. >> yes. commissioner bustos absent. commissioner singh. >> yes. >> vice chair mondejar. >> yes. >> madam chair rosales. >> yes. >> consent agenda is approved. please call the next item. >> the next order of business is regular agenda item 5c. august rising an option to ground lease agreement with 1300 fourth street other associates, a california limited partnership for construction of 143 units including one managers unit. low income affordable family rental housing development at mission bay south, block six east

. >> thank you madam chair for being here and for your service. >> madam chair, in april the fed finally released the results of the 2015 resolution plans of a systemically important domestic banking institutions and five of the nations largest banks failed that exercise including j.p. morgan chase and bank of america. first the new york times in april described this release is stating that suggest that if there was another crisis today the government would need to hold up the largest banks to avoid financial chaos. western number one is your gray. question number is what today's five banks need to do october 1 to fully remediate their deficiencies and question three is, if they don't back tober first, will the fed take more systemic action like raising capital levels? >> so over the span of the last several years in which there have been preparing have greatly increased their ability to be resolved by bankruptcy or alternatively title to is available. i couldn't guarantee at this point, it depends just what the circumstances are in which a bank fails that bankruptcy would work at this p

. >> but -- >> jimmy: oh i'm thinking of "madam." sorry. >> madam? >> jimmy: yeah. >> the puppet?de. >> she didn't have sex. she couldn't even have an abortion. >> jimmy: i didn't watch the whole season of "madam." >> i have a friend who sometimes -- >> jimmy: oh my god, i was like, wait, what? that's a -- >> wait, wait, i have a friend who -- i don't know why i'm telling this. i have a friend who -- we were looking at -- oh this is so stupid, on national tv. we were looking at old pictures and she's a very pretty woman and she went through a choker phase where she wore a lot of chokers. and do we look at them now -- she's still beautiful but she said, she says, "i looked like madam." and i was like, oh, my god. it's really funny. [ light laughter ] where the hell's madam? why isn't she on your show? >> jimmy: yeah, because madam hasn't aged. she's a puppet. >> exactly. >> jimmy: she can be on forever. >> she's already old as god but then -- >> jimmy: oh, i think the puppet, the ventriloquist died. >> well she's still holdable, right? >> jimmy: no, way, no, you can't -- [ laughter