thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by chris stewart of utah, i inform the house that mr. stewart will vote yea on h.r. 6943. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by members jones, meng and allred, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 6943. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. brooks of alabama, mr. cawthorn of north carolina, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 6943. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by members cardenas, swalwell and gomez, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 6943. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpos

thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska rise? >> thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated by mr. brian fitzpatrick of pennsylvania, i inform the house that mr. fitzpatrick will be a yes on en bloc one. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah rise? >> as the member designated by mr. garbarino from new york, i inform the house that mr. garbarino will vote yea on en bloc number one. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? >> madam chair, as the member designated by mr. al green, i inform the house that mr. green will vote yes on the amendments en bloc one. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. fallon of texas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. fallon will vote no on the first en bloc package. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from m

>> madam secretary -- madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. fallin of texas -- fall listen of texas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. fallon will vote yes on h.r. 6824. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. nehls of texas, i inform the house that mr. nehls will vote yea on h.r. 6824. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. dunn of florida, i inform the house that mr. dunn will vote yea on h.r. 6824. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. porter, ms. bourdeaux, mr. allred and mr. mceachin, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 6824. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from iowa seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. spartz of indiana, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the ho

thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated by mrs. walorski of indiana, i inform the house that mrs. walorski will vote aye on s. 66. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the member from new jersey seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. sires, mr. lamb, mrs. kirkpatrick and mr. payne, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on s. 66. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 412, the nays are 7. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentlewoman from michigan, ms. stevens, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 7077 as amended. on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk: h.r. 7077, a bill to require the united states fire administration to conduct on site investigations of major fires and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is

green: thank you, madam speaker. and still i rise, madam speaker. and i rise today to express any sympathies and my condolences to the families of the many who have suffered from hate. more specifically, the families who have lost loved ones to hate. the latest example that is being discussed quite widely now is what happened in buffalo. 13 people wounded. jerrett of them, theover whelming majority, african-americans. some were white. but i express my sympathies ancon doe lenses to all persons who have family members, who have suffered from hate violence. and i do so because i understand that sympathies and condolences are important. people need to know that you care. but i also know, madam speaker, that sympathies and condolences are not enough. it's not enough now to express our sorrow. it's important to express our sorrows but it's not enough. too many have died. and the truth is this impacts all segments of society. the african-american community had thine people murdered on june 18, 2015. at the charleston, south carolina, church shooting. the

steel: madam mrs. steel: madam speaker, it is undeniable that the nationwide baby formula shortage has created immense panicking and desperation among families. from skyrocketing inflation and gas prices to rising violent crime, the american people are being faced with crisis after crisis. the last thing families need right now is a shortage of such essential goods as baby formula. in the united states of america, no parent should be unsure of how they will feed their infant child. we need to act today to reverse the effects of this shortage on american families and the bipartisan bill before us today offers an opportunity to right the ship. i urge my colleagues to support this bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california yields back. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. scott: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself the remaining time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. scott: thank you, madam speaker. as i sai

foxx: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: on that i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-s of house resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings are postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 28 printed in part c of house report 117-325. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from iowa seek recognition? mrs. miller-meeks: the clerk will designate the amendment i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 28 printed in part c of house report 117-328 offered by mrs. miller-meeks of iowa. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 119, the gentlewoman from iowa, mrs. miller-meeks, and the member -- and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from iowa. mrs. miller-meeks: thank you, madam speaker.

green: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, and still i rise. and i rise today, madam speaker, to defend a woman's right to choose. to defend the law of the land. to defend roe vs. wade. and i rise to do so because it's the woman's choice not the man's. i happen to be a male. it is not my choice. i defend a woman's right to make that choice, whatever it may be, and roe vs. wade has to be a part of it, or the right to choose should be a part of it. so today i'd like to share a brief vignette to make my point. let us assume that you are a person of means, you have resources, and you are adamantly developmentally totally and absolutely opposed to abortion. let us assume that abortion is banned across the land. and let us assume that your daughter is raped. ban on abortion, your daughter is raped. you are developmentally, adamantly, totally, and completely opposed to abortion. but you have the right to change your mind. and you have the right to use your resources to go to some distant place on vacation, take a road trip, and come back after you hav

duncan: thank you, madam speaker. you know, these stickers here of joe biden keep popping up on gas pumps all across the nation. let me be clear. joe biden absolutely did that. he raised gas prices. on the campaign trail, he told the american people he was going to kill the fossil fuel industry, and he's trying to do that. from day one, he canceled the keystone x.l. pipeline. he embolden vladimir putin. suspending oil and gas leasing on federal lands. drained the very t.j.ic petroleum reserves. he canceled oil leases in alaska and the gulf of mexico. you know, you democrats can try to play the blame game because your policies are not working and you have tried to play the blame game. first, you blamed it on covid-19. then, you blamed it on vladimir putin and the war in ukraine. now price gouging. nothing can be further from the truth. it's simple supply and demand. joe biden lessened the supply available to our refineries to meet americans' needs. supply and demand. demand goes up, supply's got to go up to meet it. if

madam _ it to this house. shadow chancellor, rachel reeves. madam deputy- it to this house.deputy speaker, after today's announcement let there be no doubt about who is winning the battle of ideas in britain. it is the labour party. today it feels like the chancellor has finally realised the problem is that the country are facing. we first called for a windfall tax on oil and gas producers nearly five months ago to help struggling families and pensioners. today he has announced that policy but he can't dare say the words, it is a policy that dare not speak its name with this chancellor. and it was labour that first highlighted the unfairness of this government's by now, pay later compulsory loan scheme. it should not have taken a rocket scientist to work out that this would have cut it and we pointed it out at the time. but that is just the mark of this chancellor, announced now, ditch later. here he is once again the treasury's one man rebuttal unit, the chancellor himself. for months, it has been clear that more was necessary to help people bring their bills down, so what

thank you, madam secretary. please call the next item. >> item no. 4, closed session. >> can i make one comment, i believe commissioner driscoll is off camera at this time. >> thank you. go ahead, madam secretary. >> item no. 4, closed session. >> okay. great. the board will move into closed session for item in our. before moving into closed session, we'll take in-person public comment first and open the phone lines for public comment callers. madam secretary, please call the first speaker. >> you're on mute. >> we have no in-person public comment at this time. a reminder to callers to press star three to be added to the queue. moderators, do we have callers? >> madam secretary, there are no callers on the line. >> thank you, hearing no calls, public comment is closed. president safai. >> public comment is closed >> commissioner bridges. >> present. >> commissioner driscoll. >> commissioner gandhi? >> present. >> commissioner heldfond? >> present. >> commission safai hasn't arrived yet. >> he'll be back. >> comm

madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recog recognition? mr. lamalfa: i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: california. the gentleman from california is recognized. the gentleman from california is recognized. miss lamalfa: thank you, madam speaker. the biden energy crisis doesn't just extend to gas and diesel but our power grid. shutting down our hydroelectric plants, etc. we also have in california a nuclear power plant which produces just under 10% of all of our power in california, slated to be shut down in 2024. our california independent system op pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 is a critical reflection point of the stability of the grid and would require a shift to get this, more fleus fossil fuel which would then require more co-2 to be produced. even though co-2 is only.04% of the sphere. summer -- atmosphere. summer blackouts are predicted by the energy commission. just last october.

madam preside evening. and it's because eight days ago our country received a terrible wake-up call, a leaked draft opinion from the supreme court of the united states indicated that a majority of five justices may be on the verge of overturning the constitutional protections of reproductive freedom set forth in roe v. wade we don't know if this draft opinion will be the final decision, but we do know there's a very high chance that the supreme court of the united states will soon blow up 50 years of precedent and strip women of their constitutional right to make choices about their own bodies. and their own self-determination. and while the content of this opinion is shocking, it's not totally surprising. this is the premeditated outcome of years -- years -- of plotting and planning by the right wing legal movement and the republican party. candidate donald trump promised the nation he would handpick justices who would overturn roe v. wade. on the campaign trail, he even claimed that roe would be overturne

madam president, i yield the floor. >> madam president. >> the senator from rhode island. >> madam president, i'm here for the 14th time to keep unmasking the scheme to control our supreme court, a scheme that's now poised to destroy a woman's right to make her own reproductive health choices and to smash foundational supreme court precedent to get there. last week, politico confirmed a fear that many of us had for years. we now see that the supreme court has at least five votes to eradicate roe versus wade. one of the most important decisions in the court's history. for nearly half a century, women in this country have relied on roe's recognition that our constitutional riot to privacy includes the right to decide when to have a child. this is one of the most profoundly personal and life-changing decisions anyone can make. now the draft opinion from justice alito shows in black and white how the court plans to steam roll over that right, and then afterwards, probably many others that are anchored in that same american right to privacy. if justice alito's draft opinion becomes law, women in

madam secretary, welcome.i'd like to discuss in these five minutes what more the united states treasury can do to defeat russia and ukraine. the central bank sanctions written by you and secretary adeyemo must have been the brass knuckles of nato's 12 punch on russia, plus support for ukraine. they were unexpected, they hurt bad and you ended up secretary deserve a lot of credit for crafting those. >> thank you. >> i'm concerned though, that russia's continued exploitation of nearly 1 million barrels of oil continues to fund their barbaric war machine. the united states and canada, as you know, have barred russian oil. the european union is trying to, but hungary is exercising a veto on that effort. first, white carrots and sticks do we have to support an eu blockade of russian oil? >> we're working very closely with our european allies, i'm actually traveling to europe next week and we will have discussions with them. most of them were in washington -- >> with hungry in particular, the? >> with hungary, i hav

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. >> madam president, lets get two things straight about the abortion legislation on the floor before us today. one, this legislation does not represent the views of a a majority of the american people. and two, this legislation is some of the most extreme abortion legislation in the world. madam president, it's a little hard toil believe we're having a vote on this bill against mir weeks after it was defeated in the senate, butlo i guess when e abortion lobby calls, our democratic colleagues come running. madam president, the bill before us today the so-called women's health protection act would prop up the abortion industry and mae abortion on demand at any time for essentially any reason, the law of the land. my democratic colleagues t would like to convey the impression that this legislation, with this legislation they are merely tempting to codify widelyf, held belief from which no reasonable person to sense. that, madam president

madam clerk, could you please call the roll. >> clerk: yes, chair. for the nomination of commissioner dorsey as chair of timma board -- [roll call] >> clerk: the motion passes. >> supervisor mandelman: congratulations, chair dorsey. we will now exchange. >> thank you, colleagues. nominations are now in order for the position of vice chair. commissioner? >> supervisor stefani: i would like to nomination commissioner mandelman. >> we have a motion. is there a second? are there further nominations? seeing none, public comment. >> operator: mr. chair, there is no public comment. >> madam clerk, would you please call roll. [roll call] >> clerk: the motion passes. >> congratulations, vice chair mandelman. madam clerk, would you please call the next item. >> clerk: yes, chair. the next item is executive -- >> oh, my god. i made it. thanks. everybody. >> clerk: the next item is item 7. this is an information item. >> good morning, commissioners. it's been a while since we convened, so i'd like to update four items. [indiscernible] caltrans has approved this

madam chair -- >> thank you, madam clerk. to add to madam clerk's announcements, masking recommended but not required throughout the building so please continue to be respectful of those around you and provide adequate spacing if you are seated or speaking in the chamber. madam clerk, please call item number 1. >> clerk: item number 1 is a resolution approvalling the list of projects to be funded by fiscal year 2022-2023. road maintenance and rehabilitation a count funds as established by california state ben at bill 1 the road repair and accountability act of 2017. members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call the number 415-655-0001 and the meeting idea is on the screen. press pound and pound again. if you have not done this already and would like to speak press star 3 and the system will indicate you have raised your hand in confirmation. >> thank you, madam clerk. we are joined virtually today by victoria wong from the office of financial management administration at the department of public works w

thank you, madam secretary. please call the next item. >> item no. 4, closed session. >> can i make one comment, i believe commissioner driscoll is off camera at this time. >> thank you. go ahead, madam secretary. >> item no. 4, closed session. >> okay. great. the board will move into closed session for item in our. before moving into closed session, we'll take in-person public comment first and open the phone lines for public comment callers. madam secretary, please call the first speaker. >> you're on mute. >> we have no in-person public comment at this time. a reminder to callers to press star three to be added to the queue. moderators, do we have callers? >> madam secretary, there are no callers on the line. >> thank you, hearing no calls, public comment is closed. president safai. >> public comment is closed >> commissioner bridges. >> present. >> commissioner driscoll. >> commissioner gandhi? >> present. >> commissioner heldfond? >> present. >> commission safai hasn't arrived yet. >> he'll be back. >> comm

thank you, madam speaker. i thank the representative, mr. raskin, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes and i yield myself as much time as i may consume. today we are here to discuss a rule providing for consideration of h.r. 903, the rights for t.s.a. work force act, h.r. 5129, the community services block grant modernization act, and h.r. 2499, the federal firefighters fairness act, which would provide needed benefits to firefighters and other federal workers suffering from occupational related diseases and simplifies the process of providing care and benefits for these workers to ensure they will not be caught up in bureaucratic red tape. finally the rule provides for consideration of a supplemental appropriation to ukraine to ensure they have the necessary funds to counter russian aggression. mrs. fischbach: the community services block grant or csbg, aims to reduce poverty by improving economic security for low-income individuals and creating economic opportunities in their communities. this program ha

murray: thank you, madam president. madam president, last week the country learned that the supreme court is preparing to overturn roe v. wade, end the constitutional right to abortion and make this the first generation of women in this country to have fewer rights than their mothers. think about that for a second. my daughter, my granddaughters will have fewer rights than i did. i truly never thought i would say that, and it breaks my heart. these past few days have just been heart wrenching. i've seen the emotion, and i have felt it. but let me tell you something, madam president, as heart broken as people are, they are also mad, and you can't blame them, and i am mad too because we are watching the supreme court prepare to drag this country backward by half a century. across the country, republicans and state legislatures are banning abortion, and they are making it crystal clear they are going to go even further. they're coming after your mail because they want to make it illegal to send abortion medication in the m

madam clerk any communications? >> yes, the general public watching the last 12 hour meeting understand they are welcome to this next board of supervisors meeting. they know they are welcome to be here with us in the legislative chamber as well as on the remote call in system. for those calling in to be remoat, i will provide access information. id is different than the previous meeting. to put yourself in the queue dial 415-655-0001. when you hear the prompt enter id24953898001 s.press pound twice and you will know you have joined the meeting when you hear discussion. your line will be muted. when you are ready to provide comment press star 3 to put you into the speaker's queue. listen for the system prompt that you are unmuted. begin speaking your comment. agenda content eligible is limited to the first item to speak to is the special order of the public hearing 21-24. palo alto tentative map approval. this is continued to may 3, 2022. you will be able to speak to the merits of appeal. second item special order it

madame secretary, welcome. i would like to discuss in these five minutes what more the united states treasury can do to defeat russia in ukraine. the central bank sanctions crafted by you and deputy secretary have been the brass knuckles of nato's one-two punch of sanctions on russia plus support for ukraine. they were unexpected. they hurt bad, and you and the deputy secretary deserve a lot of credit for crafting those. >> thank you. >> i'm concerned, though, that russia's continued exportation of almost 8 million barrels per day of oil continues to fund the barbaric war machine. the united states and canada have barred russian oil. the european union is trying to, but hungary is exercising a veto on that effort. first, what carrots and sticks do we have to compel hungary to support an eu blockade of russian oil? >> we're working very closely with our european allies. i'm actually traveling to europe next week, and will have discussions with them. most of them were in washington -- >> with hungary in particula

thank you, madam speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from iowa, mrs. miller-meeks, for five minutes. mrs. miller-meeks: thank you, madam chair. madam speaker, i rise today to honor the accomplishments of some outstanding students in my district. recently, the principals of engineering class at pella high school won the high school division of the build iowa's future design challenge. this design challenge asked students to create innovative projects to improve their community. now, pella is the home of some global worldwide excellent manufacturing facilities such as pella windows so the students drew inspiration from their own hometown. the class designed and advanced manufacturing lab to be created at the career academy of pella to provide experiences and opportunities for students looking to pursue a career in manufacturing. congratulations to isaac, christa, jacks, steven, kaiser, emily, grace, wyatt, and jackson on the win. i'm t

madam chair. secretary yellen, many of us on this committee are concerned about the potential use of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets to evade international sanctions imposed on russia for its illegal invasion of ukraine. the u.s. and other g7 nations recently pledged to work together to ensure the russian state, it's elites, and oligarchs will not be able to utilize digital assets -- . house a treasury department working to carry out this pledge? recognize the digital assets presents opportunities for doing exactly that. first, i would say we are monitoring for any attempts to use crypto currency and we have ample enforcement authority that we won't hesitate to use. we are tracking all the tools at our disposal. the assets of we're working very closely,exchs with our partners and the repo task force. the department of justice announced a new task force called crypto capture which is to use u.s. law enforcement resources to identify and prosecute sanctions evasion. and fincen issued an al

minutes >> thank you madam chairwoman and madam secretary, thank you. i appreciate your testimony today. and i'm just curious, do you believe that pursuing globalization through executive policies are aligned with our goals of promoting an international competitive environment through domestic? policy >> i'm sorry, promoting globalization? through wet? >> i mean did we sign a treaty or something like basel, there's some sort of u.s., did i miss something to the senate -- affirming u.s. treaty with some of the international global framework? and the reason i ask, you know one of the most recent examples is this global minimum tax imposed on under oecd pillar too. and it says it would protect national sovereignty. your rationale seems perplexing because i'm not sure about why anyone would think that sovereignty is derived from some sort of international degree agreement, particularly on tax policy. and of course in our constitution it says all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives. and so, what is the logic of submittin

madam speaker, u.s. financial institutions are already prohibited from engaging in transaction with sanctioned russian entities. but h.r. 7066 extends that prohibition to entities owned or controlled by u.s. financial institutions as well. this is a commonsense provision, and it's helped other sanctions programs be more successful and i cite particularly the efforts to isolate iran and north korea. under the president's ongoing russia measures, anyone providing support to a sanctioned person runs the risk of being sanctioned themselves. we know that u.s. financial institutions are fully aware of this and congress expects their full compliance and to be watchful on their affiliates that may also do business with russia. as the u.s. continues to pressure the putin regime, we must seek and prevent opportunities for russia to find loopholes through non-u.s. financial institutions. i'm glad to see that our current sanctions on russia are making it more difficult for moscow to find alternatives to western bank

madame clerk, will you please call the roll? >> supervisor chan: present. >> supervisor dorsey: present. >> supervisor mandelman: present. >> supervisor mar: present. melgar not present. >> supervisor peskin: present. >> supervisor preston: present. >> supervisor ronen: present. >> supervisor safai: present. stefani not present. >> president walton: present. >> you have a quorum. >> president walton: thank you, madame clerk. the san francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders

madam -- madam correct. >> thank you, no in-person public at this time.der to callers to press star three to be added to the queue. moderators, do we is callers on the line -- do we have callers on the line. >> madam correct, no callers on the line. >> no public commenters, public comment is now closed. >> great. public comment is closed. i guess, we can move to the next item. >> thank you. item no. 17, action item. review and approval of the credited interest rate policy. >> good afternoon, commissioners. this is really a housekeeping item as it has been more than five years since the commissioners had reviewed this policy. however, i'm not recommending any changes at this time. as of yesterday, the average nationwide five-year cd rate was 3.9%. as reported by bank rate dot com and i imagine that these interest rates will be rising and when they get close to 4% and the policy come in play again we'll be reviewing it at that deep. >> i move we continue the review and credited interest rate at 4%. >> is there a second, okay? any additional comments or ques

lamalfa: thank you, madam speaker. it's become painfully obvious in recent months how important energy and the energy supply is and all aspects of our lives here in the united states and our allies around the world. the effect of not enough energy, indeed, has been very harmful for our economy. yet we are in a space where we have so much abundance, so much potential, so much we are doing just before this administration came into place. of course we are sitting on the largest untapped oil reserve in the world. amazingly enough here in the united states. we have been utilizing this properly instead of launching on an assault on domestic energy production or union would be in a much better state. of course as we know on the first day in office president biden shut down the keystone pipeline, on and off, on and off, over the years, suspended pending oil and gas leases. and halted domestic energy production, which stopped exports on liquefies natural gas to our allies overseas. we have seen how important that is when europe

madam clerk, please call item 38. >> thank you so much, madam clerk. i want to start off by thanking supervisor chan for bringing this resolution for asian-american and pacific islander day against bullying and hate. and in light of recent events that happened over the weekend, and last week at a grocery store in a black neighborhood in buffalo, new york, at a taiwanese church in southern california, at asian-american salons in koreatown in dallas, texas, it is even more important that our communities unite against hate. tomorrow, wednesday may 18th at 12:00 pm, supervisor chan, district attorneys, myself, along with other leaders and community members will be hosting a black and asian unity rally against hate. everyone is welcome. our communities are stronger together and we need to support one another to take a stand against violence and hate towards all of our communities. with that said, colleagues, and i don't see anyone on the roster, we will take item 30 out -- 38 -- oh. roll call vote, please. >> on item 38... [ roll call ] >> stay here. >> on

thank you, madam president, i'll yield the floor. senate will be in order. [applause] >> the senate will be in order. thank you. expressions of approval are not allowed by the gallery. >> madam president. >> majority leader. >> i first thank my dear friend and colleague from washington for her powerful and heartfelt words and for her leadership as well. now, madam president, the question before the senate is simple as women's rights face their greatest threat in half a century, will this chamber step into the breach and protect the basic right to choose? will we enshrine into law what courts have held for decades that decisions women make about their pregnancies belong to them and them alone? or will five unelected justicing, presiding without accountability in a courtroom across the street, take a fundamental right away from millions upon millions of women in this country? in a few minutes, it will be time for members to vote. the legislation before this chamber is straight forward. it would codify what americans already believe, that the right to choose wh

madam clerk, please call item 38. >> thank you so much, madam clerk.t to start off by thanking supervisor chan for bringing this resolution for asian-american and pacific islander day against bullying and hate. and in light of recent events that happened over the weekend, and last week at a grocery store in a black neighborhood in buffalo, new york, at a taiwanese church in southern california, at asian-american salons in koreatown in dallas, texas, it is even more important that our communities unite against hate. tomorrow, wednesday may 18th at 12:00 pm, supervisor chan, district attorneys, myself, along with other leaders and community members will be hosting a black and asian unity rally against hate. everyone is welcome. our communities are stronger together and we need to support one another to take a stand against violence and hate towards all of our communities. with that said, colleagues, and i don't see anyone on the roster, we will take item 30 out -- 38 -- oh. roll call vote, please. >> on item 38... [ roll call ] >> stay here. >> on item 3