madame nhu -- before the laws. so madame nhu recognized what her husband and her brother did that was the 50% of the population was being just ignored except by the communists were doing a great job of recruiting women. so madame nhu thought okay, let's give these women some rights and some power, and she did and sort of took it upon herself to be the voice of the women. she doesn't like most vietnamese women. she came from a very aristocratic family. they spoke french at the dinner table. so for her to suddenly declare herself a voice of the vietnamese woman was all presumptions. >> she couldn't msha's unable to write in vietnamese, is that correct speak what she didn't write, i mean she could, but she expressed herself most will only in french which is what of course she studied in school and what they spoke at home. so the other laws that she passed were a little ridiculous. i mean, thinking about them in context it seems to make sense. vietnam was a country at war and the north vietnamese, the communist were to

>> madame nhu said she was given the apartment.said it wasn't anonymous gift and implied had given to her by the american government because they felt bad about knocking off her husband and her brother-in-law. they wanted to keep her in a safe place so she would rent out that apartment and get that extra cash from it. that is where i found herself -- my vietnamese is very bad but from now on i go on line and try to dictionary decipher my dear little article and i found this article written in early 2000's by a guy who claim to have interviewed madame nhu. she was on the 12th floor of this building and that run the bell to me so i went back to my notes and i thought oh i see her that she wrote a letter to clare boothe luce from this actress close to the eiffel tower. i will go there and see if i can find her. as osama thought there was no way i would ever get her to talk to me. >> this was around 2005. >> around 2005. it turns out i go to this address and it's only eight stories high so my vietnamese is really bad. i totally miss tr

new," -- madame nhu. aff demery holds a master's degrees. from harvard university in east asian regional studies, and when she made contact with madame nht who was the unofficial first lady of is south vietnamese government in 19 -- 2005, you were the first journalist toshe interview her in almost 20 years. and themly's based in chicago, and we're happy to welcome you, ho anemic. hicago where happy to walking, monique. >> thank you for having me. thank you for coming today. >> it's such an interesting book. i'm curious how you first became interested in writing a book about what i think a lot of people might be somewhat unlikely an unknown subject, someone who was known to scholars of history of the vietnam war, but probably not that well known to so many other people. how did you become interested in madame nhu? >> it started sort of by a mission. my mother is french and my dad is american, so it was a very clear to me what had happened there, and every time i tried to ask the adults around, it was too c

. >> thank you, madam speaker. for over a year, the ways and means committee has led an investigation into the i.r.s. targeting conservative individuals for their beliefs. we found that the i.r.s. subjected americans to harassment, going so far as to question the content of their prayers and their political beliefs. subjecting them to audits and leaking their personal taxpayer information. they worked on rules behind closed doors that would restrict the rights of groups to organize, to speak out and to educate the public. mr. camp: they destroyed over two years' worth of emails, emails that are key to the investigation. the i.r.s. has spent years denying, delaying and obstructing. the american people deserve some answers and i'm committed to ensuring they know the truth of really happened at the i.r.s. -- of what really happened at the i.r.s. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the hou

klein: thank you, madam speaker -- mr. kline: thank you, madam speaker. i can unanimous consent for members to submit extraneous material. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. kline: thank you, madam speaker. now it is my great pleasure and honor to yield one minute to the majority leader, the gentleman from virginia, mr. cantor. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia, our majority leader, for one minute. mr. cantor: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the chairman, the gentleman from minnesota. madam speaker, i rise today in support of work force innovation and opportunity act. for america to work, we need effective education and work force development programs to strengthen the middle class. today, however, too many americans are looking for work without the necessary skills to match job openings. this skills gap is keeping our economy from recovering and reaching its full potential. a recent study by georgetown university indicated that we'll be short by 11 million workers in the year 2022 because of the lack

madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. blunt: madam president, i want to talk principally for the next few minutes about a bill that senator boxer and i have filed this week on israel and talk about what's going on in israel. but on the work that's the bill before us right now, i'm always hesitant to disagree with the chairman of the appropriations committee, my chairman, my good friend, senator mikulski. i just think we're headed in the wrong direction here. providing money and not trying to solve this problem, not sending the right message i think is a mistake. people are leaving these dangerous countries. if they're dangerous to be in, they're also dangerous to travel through. they're dangerous to leave. one of the concerns i've had during this whole debate is how many kids leave their home country and never get to the american border and what happens to those kids. and we've heard stories in briefings that weren't classified about kids that never get here because th

thank you, madam speaker. recent news has been filled with stories about india's sanitation crisis. the -- mr. blumenauer: the horrific murder and rape of two young girls that could have been prevented if they didn't need to sneak out into the night to relieve themselves. today's paper has a link between the nutrition crisis to lack of adequate sanitation. many of the children under 5 who are malnourished suffer less from a lack of food and more from poor sanitation. even those children lucky enough to survive are left with mental and physical deficits that will haunt them their entire lives this crisis that leaves women vulnerable, needlessly ends lives early and undermines economic growth has solutions. i strongly urge my colleagues join me and judge poe in sponsoring the water for the world act to make american efforts more effective, preventing the needless los of a child's life every minute and the threat to young women and girls. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose

thank you, madam president. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: madam president, just to briefly respond to the senator from -- mr. cornyn: if the senator would yield for a unanimous consent request? i would ask that following the remarks of the senator from oregon, that the senator from kansas be recognized and that i be then recognized following that. that nor sanders from vermont would be following me. i would ask unanimous consent for that. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. wyden: madam president, reserving the right to object, just so i can be clear. so senator cornyn would speak next and then senator sanders would speak after you? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, the unanimous consent would be the senator from oregon, the senator from kansas, the senator from texas and the senator from vermont. mr. wyden: very good. i withdraw my reservation. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: madam pre

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mr. burr: madam president, i stand today not to rehash with my colleagues the crisis that exists at the veterans administration or to share it with the american people. they know the story, and especially to our nation's veterans who have been given the runaround. i'm here to highlight a success in the senate. see, my colleagues on july 7 of 2014, not even a month ago, we received the nomination for the new v.a. secretary from the president. on july 22 of this month, we had a confirmation hearing on that nomination, and on july 23, the next day, robert mcdonald was passed unanimously out of the committee. and today, before the end of july, we're on the senate floor to confirm robert mcdonald as the next v.a. secretary. now, madam president, i rise to urge my colleagues to support this nomination. the v.a. needs a confirmed secretary in place to begin a long, arduous process of reform and cultural change. by now, our colleagues pr

madam clerk item 10 >> general public comment. is there any general public comment seeing none, public comment is closed madam clerk number 11 adjournment >> we're adjourned thank you very

madam clerk item 10 >> general public comment. is there any general public comment seeing none, public comment is closed madam clerk number 11 adjournment >> we're adjourned thank you very my very big pleasure to welcome i to the opening of our convention 2014 and this convention is carried by the person he is still trying to get the governor going both the room and co- organizer i want to welcome pat from the tv pod

reed: thank you, madam president. i would ask that the calling of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reed: thank you, madam president. i come to the floor today to once again press for action on my bipartisan legislation to restore emergency unemployment benefits. over 3.5 million americans have lost benefits since the program expired last december. and the need to help these individuals, their families and the economy remains compelling to all of us. in april senator heller and i were able to craft a bipartisan bill, and with the help of many of our colleagues the senate acted to restore these benefits. unfortunately, house republican leadership has refused to take up the senate-passed bill or consider their own. and while the president has occasionally talked a good game about the need to extend this aid to job seekers, it has never been made a must have by the administration. indeed, it is hard to understand why an extension of these benefits wasn't included in the president

hoyer: madam speaker. madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the ouse will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for the purpose of an announcement. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. mccarthy: i want to advise all members that additional votes are possible today. we will send out information as soon as it is possible. mr. hoyer: if the gentleman will yield? mr. mccarthy: yes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman. we're going to have to call some members back. they already left on the representation that this was the last vote of the day. i would imagine you have some members are in that category themselves. can the gentleman give me any idea of when we will have notice as to whether or not there will be further votes today? i yield to my friend. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. knowing that some members -- and this vote now closed, and earlier announced they would not walk off the floor at 3:45, i think it's possible to advise

madam clerk, any other business before this commission? >> john gibner, deputy city attorney you amended the resolution to add the chronicle and to the full board of recommendation. >> did he need to rede need tw. >> we've never been in so much focus worldwide and will not be this this is a the moment in time when a story going and make a wish is a program that fulfills wishes for children we operate in every cities there are 62 chapters. our chapter was formed in 8984 we fulfilled 24 wishes. our chapter covers from movntd ray 17 communities and we expect to fully 3 hundred and 50 wishes this year. we send verizon's it out to the wish families and interviews the wish child and if you do their heartfelt wish then go to work to make it happen. dismissals is a 5-year-old boy who was diagnosing diagnosed with life without parole when he was 20 months old he's 5 hose now in remission he had his port removed hose monopoly on the chemotherapy. this particular wish the parents wanted to wait until he had energy. i began assigning this wish with th

madam clerk, any other business before this commission? >> john gibner, deputy city attorney you amended the resolution to add the chronicle and to the full board of recommendation. >> did he need to rede need tw >> good afternoon edge welcome to the san francisco budget & finance committee i'm mark farrell i'll be chairing this committee and i'm joined by scott wiener and supervisor london breed and i want to thank sfgovtv and clerk linda sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. . any documents should be submitted to the checker and they will appear on the july 14th agenda >> colleagues before we call item one i want to have a motion to canoes one of the supervisors. >> item one motion order submitted and an election on november 4th and an ordinance for the text education code on the direction of sugar sweetened beverages to fund food and health program. >> thank you madam clerk that was supported by a number of colleagues and over supervisor mar and supervisor wiener to talk about this topic. >> you want to go f

dent: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in very strong support of this border security legislation presented to us today for a number of reasons. it does provide for humanitarian assistance. this does deal with -- this legislation does deal with this issue in a compassionate, thoughtful way to deal with unaccompanied children. it secures the border, provides funding for the national guard and does many other things in terms of policy changes that will treat these children just as we would treat unaccompanied children who cross the border from canada or mexico. s the right policy for a whole host of reasons. congressman k, gerlach, meehan and i visited a resettlement program in pennsylvania. those children are treated compassionately. but let me tell you what will happen if we do nothing here today. the children who are coming into children willhese in fact keep coming into our communities and they will be treated humanely and then they'll be resettled and reunited with parents or family members who already -- were al

madam clerk item 10 >> general public comment. is there any general public comment seeing none, public comment is closed madam clerk number 11 adjournment >> we're adjourned thank you very >> you're watching quick bites, the show that is san francisco. and today you're in for a real treat. oh, my! food inspired by the mediterranean and middle east with a twist so unique you can only find it in one place in san francisco. we're at the 55th annual armenian festival and bizarre. this is extra special not only because i happen to be armenian, but there is so much delicious food here. and i can't wait to share it with all of you. let's go. armenia, culture and cusine has had much cultural exchanges with its neighbors. today armenian food infuses he flavor from the mediterranean, middle east, and eastern europe. >> this is our 55th year and in san francisco we're the largest armenian food festival and widely recognized as one of the best food festivals in the area. we have vendors that come up from fresno, from los angeles showing off t

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: madam president, i rise today to talk about the assault on women's health that has come from the majority on our supreme court in recent weeks. it's unfortunate and, frankly, shocking that in the year 2014, we are still debating the issue of access to birth control. but here we are. and millions of americans are looking to the senate today and counting on us to stand up for women's rights. they're counting on us to put health care back between a woman and her doctor. they're counting on us to stand up for millions of americans' access to affordable preventive health care of every kind. they are counting on us to say that birth control is not your boss' business. in short, they're counting on us to right this huge wrong from the supreme court. and we have that ability to right this wrong. we have that ability here in this room. the court in its decision lays out a structure in which congress does have the power to overturn th

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. >> thank you, madam chair. this is a for sale development and the developer has the right and i can't recall the exact agreeing integral but the d b.a. must happen within 12 months but it will expire prior to the execution the developer has to decide the unit are for sale or rental and it will be locked in or we'll have to amend the d b.a. >> i apologize maybe i misread that but if it was going to be rental there would be an option to buy. >> right if they convert after the hearing we can have a discussion that will be more appropriate for the market if everything is for sale for example, we'll invite the commission and they'll market them as rental unit and not for sale at this point bus it is a rental project it will be an amendment to the d b.a. if they want to sell certain units. >> got it. and then good job on the s b e i think we would clap but i don't think we do that at commission meetings. and then is latins last thing one of the conditions as approval i didn't see any doors i thought people would have

madam chair. there was a prepared presentation, but i don't see the staff here that has copies so i want to be sure that we have it. here you go. excellent. i want to make sure that you have these in front of you. also f it helps, i would like to... there is a story also in today's san francisco chronicle that highlights our ongoing reforms on the exorbadant cost that the families who are incarcerated have to pay and this contract before you is step two of an ongoing menu of reforms that my administration is pursuing before this committee. not that long ago, you all helped make history that we were the first county, sheriff's department, in the united states, to dramatically reduce phone rates, even though some attention has been placed on the federal level. what, i think, many do not know in the general public, in the world of consumer activism is that those utility and retail industries that provide services to the prison and jail systems, throughout this country, are virtually unregulated and h

durbin: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. -- the assistant majority leader. mr. durbin: madam president, yesterday at 6:00 p.m. on capitol hill there was a gathering at a nearby restaurant known as the monocle. it was a gathering of former staffers ostaffers of united sts senator alan dixon of illinois. they picked the monocle because he would have picked it. it was his favorite place on capitol hill, and it was a sad day because senator dixon had passed away sunday morning in fairview hate heights, illinois. his staff gathered at the monocle the next day which would have been his birthday to toast him and pay tribute to a great boss, a great friend, and a great senator from the state of illinois. senator dixon passed away in his sleep in the early hours on sunday morning. his son jeff had dropped him off at hope and threfs with his wife jodie when he passed away. so instead of celebrate ago birthday on monday, we had a day of remembrance of an extraordinary public servant for the s

madam director >> thank you. this is the refunding of bonds we have an opportunity to refund bonds given the current market that refunding will save us monies our debt portfolio will taper down those are professional services contract that is enable us to refund and with that, i'd like to ask our senior financial analysis to talk about those. >> good afternoon. i'm john senior financial analysis items 5 e and f the authorization of the personal services contract for the bond council for the bond issues for the city and county of san francisco finance authority revenue refunding revenue bonds serious 2014 b and c on may 1, '89 this year, the staff issued an rfp for the city's bond approval on may '86 firms respond and 3 proposed a bond council for the disclosure council a panel compromises of deputy and others evaluated the proposals. our primary consideration was to have the successor agency 3 of the firms have subsequential qualifications and one has a lower fee and was selected by the panel i'll like to introdu

madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: madam president, i ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. research and development -- mr. reed: iz rise to support the national transportation law. it is urgent we keep the highway trust fund solvent and avoid a shutdown of work on our highways, bridges and transit systems. a recent letter from 62 national organizations, including the american association of state highway and transportation officials, the american public transportation association, the chamber of commerce, the labors international union echoes what the white house has warned. if we don't shore up the trust fund, we put at risk 100,000 instruction projects that support more than 700,000 jobs, including 3,500 jobs in my home state of rhode island. we have to save these jobs. but i have to say that the legislation before us is inadequate on two fronts. first, instead of a short-term bill, we should be un

hoyer: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i rise today alongside my republican colleague from illinois, representative aaron schock,who --, who is here, to speak about the full community schools act of 2014 which we will be introducing later today. this is something that i have been working on for several years, one that will close the achievement gap that too many of our children face. it will expand the full service community schools model across the country. full service community schools are an innovative approach to help students and their parents access a full range of critical services all in one place. let me emphasize, these are services that are currently available but not as accessible because they are not centralized. we will encourage communities to put together the services that they already provide in an accessible way for children and their families. working, come parents finding time to provide them for adequate checkups and medical screening is often difficult. the full community services low

reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: for those -- are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: no, we're in a vote. mr. reid: madam president? [no audio] the presiding officer: are there any other senators wishing to vote or change their votes? on this vote, the yeas are 41, the nays are 56. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. mr. reid: madam president, for those students that are out there trying to learn what goes on in the senate and for those professors who teach what goes on in the senate, this is not totally new but it's -- it's in the category of being fairly new. this is an example of republicans filibustering not one of our bills but their own bill. how about that? 26 republican cosponsors and they filibustered their own bi bill. we have asked on a number of occasions what we've done around this body for decades -- you come up with a list of amendments, you come up with a list

holt: thank you, madam speaker. i commend the authors of this resolution, representatives mcgovern, jones, and lee, for their leadership on this issue of war and peace. the topic of limiting our future military involvement in iraq deserves more than one hour. it deserves an entire legislative day to discuss this resolution and the larger question, the issue of the war making powers of congress. the history of our involvement in iraq and exactly how we came to this point is of paramount importance. in understanding why it's vital that the house pass this resolution. but since time is limited, let me come to the point. no more american soldiers should kill or be killed in iraq to redeem our past mistakes. the united states has spent years and billions of dollars trying to rebuild iraq's armed forces to no end. sending 300 or 3,000 or 30,000 advisors to iraq would be a pointless exercise when the iraqi army continues to melt away in the face of rebels. unless the iraqi government can inspire confidence in kurds, sunni,

avalos and be joined by sxhooifr i want to thank clerk linda wong as well as jim smith and jonathan madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes. phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. copies of the documents should be submitted to the clerk items on today's agenda obey e will be in the next meeting. >> thank you very much madam clerk call item one. >> the resolution of the revenue obligation for the california statewide development authority for the school not to exceed $9.4 million. >> thank you, ms. shall you from the controller's office thanks for being here. >> thanks good morning members of the supervisor wiener subcommittee i'm from the controller's office office of federal bureau of investigation's i want to thank you for hearing this today, i have mark from the city attorney's office and the presidio hills school and from other organization. they'll be happy to answer questions regarding presidio hills school and it's operations and projects economy and the financing. city and county of san francisco is arrest participating member

madam president, i yield the floor. mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: first let me commend my colleague from montana. since he's been here, he's been one of the strongest and most stalwart voices in defending the rights of native americans, and i know they populate his state in large numbers and i know he's made it a passion and he's been extremely effective here. and i want to compliment him for that. madam president, i rise today to dispel a dangerous notion, one that i have seen too frequently in newspapers, heard on tv and just among people, commentators and others in the wake of the violence in israel. the dangerous notion is that there is a moral equivalence between the actions and reactions of israel and the palestinian state to the violence and response in the middle east or the palestinian people really more so than the state. madam president, it must be said there is no moral equivalence between the actions and reactions of israel and hamas and the palestinian authority to the viol

[gavel] >> madam clerk, could you read our adoption calendar? >> item 62 through 69 are being considered for immediate adoption without committee reference. a single roll call vote may enact these item. if a member objects a matter may be removed and asker separately. >> colleagues, would anyone like to sever any item? supervisor campos. >> 62, please a. supervisor mar. >> 66. >> and on the balance, madam clerk? >> supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? ~ kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor yee? yee aye. supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. there are 11 ayes. >> those resolutions are a doddthv. [gavel] >> item 62. >> item 62 is a resolution urging the city and county of san francisco to commit resources towards addressing the need of the rising number of unaccompanied minorses fleeing from central america to migrate the mounting international humanitarian crisis

madam clerk item 10 >> general public comment. is there any general public comment seeing none, public comment is closed madam clerk number 11 adjournment >> we're adjourned thank you very >> yaerth preparedness is a way of life in san francisco san francisco we hope the new law requiring the upgrades is soft story building will help keep residents safe and sound. so bill tell me about the soft story building program what is it >> it's a program the mayor signed into law a year and a half ago the whole idea was to help homeowners strengthen buildings so they wouldn't collapse. >> does the soft story program apply to all buildings. >> it only applies to buildings built in a timeframe of 1978 and earlier it's aimed at wood framed building 3 or more stories and 5 are more units but the openings at the garage level and the street level are not supported in many buildings without the support in a major earthquake the professionals sent them to flatten and many are under rent control so everybody's advantage to do the work and make sure

madam clerk item 10 >> general public comment. is there any general public comment seeing none, public comment is closed madam clerk number 11 adjournment >> we're adjourned thank you very >> well, good morning, everyone welcome to the city hall san francisco the people how's house of san francisco. i am so delighted to be joined by the park commission of the rec and park and as well as phil ginsburg who has the presumption responsibility for the park recreation around san francisco their buses i didn't because the summer has thousands of kids running around and experiencing and playing i want to thank them and welcoming a good friend and someone i like to see in this city the pga tour president ted bishop thank you, very much for being here (clapping) >> i'm just excited, in fact, i'll as excited when former willie brown asked me to build that clubhouse at harding park in the earlier 2000s said you have to build it on time o pga officials are coming in and can't be detailed i was happy to put our skill sets together a revitalize

engel: thank you, madam chair. on may 24, 2011, president obama issued a memorandum on federal fleet performance that requires all new light-duty vehicles in the federal fleet to be alternate fuel vehicles, such as hybrid, electric, natural gas or biofuel, by december 31, 2015. my amendment echoes the presidential memorandum by prohibiting funds in the energy and water appropriations act for being used to lease or purchase new light-duty vehicles except in accord with the president's memorandum. this amendment has been supported by the majority and minority on appropriations bills eight times over the past few years and i hope it will receive similar support today. our transportation sector's by far the largest reason we send $600 billion per year to hospital nations -- hostile nations to pay for oil at ever-increasing costs. but america doesn't need to be dependent on foreign sources of oil for transportation fuel. alternative technologies exist today that when implemented broadly will allow any alternative fuel t

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. madam president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. a senator: madam president, i ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hoeven: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that i be allowed 30 minutes for colloquy for myself and senator king and senator barrasso. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hoeven: thank you. we're here today to talk about energy, energy for our country but also energy for our allies. and this is a discussion not just of energy, but it's about jobs, good-paying jobs. it's also about economic growth. it's about generating cash revenues to help reduce the debt and the deficit without raising taxes. and it's about national security. not only our national security, but also working with our closest friend and ally, canada, as well as our allies in europe, the european union, and working to help countries like the ukraine t

thank you, madam chair. >> senator durbin. >> thank you, madam chair. each year under presidents republican and democrat the united states of america issues a report card on human rights to the world where we grade other nations as to their record on human rights. that's pretty bold of us, isn't it? to hold ourselves out in judgment of other nations? and one of the things we ask is how those nations treat refugees and children. we don't have a very long record when it comes to refugees in this country primarily because of location. haitians, cubans, vietnamese, hmongs. we've had some, but certainly when you look at the state of the world with 2.3 million refugees coming out of syria and fewer than 200 coming to the united states, we are kind of on the periphery of this issue until now. now we get to face it, our backyard, our border. i just got a report about two children that came from the young center for immigrant children's rights at the university of chicago law school. samuel and emily are siblings, amazingly ages 3 and 6. 3 and 6. they got here f

[gavel] >> madam clerk, can you call item number 9? >> item 9, resolution approving amendments to two contracts between the department of public health and richmond area multi services, inc., to provide behavioral health services to: 1) children, youth, and families increasing the total contract amount to $20,819,627; and 2) adults, increasing the total contract amount to $23,135,605 for a total value of $43,955,232 for the term of july 1, 2010, through december 31, 2015. >> good morning. department of public health. the rams contract is one of our largest barth health programs for children and adults. and we have the director for both children and adult mental health here if you have question about the contract. we have reviewed the budget analyst report and we concur. >> okay, thank you very much. seeing no questions right here -- supervisor mar? >> actually, i see an amended version of the resolution that [speaker not understood]. i know the great work that richmond area multi-area -- i used to be the receptionist there in '84. but

madam clerk call roll >> supervisor avalos absent. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. absent. supervisor chiu. supervisor cohen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar absent. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. we have quorum. thank you. item number 2 >> item 2 approval of the meeting of the june 24th. >> can you have is a motion to approve the june 24th meeting minutes and can we same house, same call? - you want to we'll take a roll call. >> on item - public comment. >> public comment on the minutes seeing none, public comment is closed. if you have public comment please come forward you don't need to raise your hand >> man has only the sole purpose even if existence no matter what is the position in life all pertains to the wholly mission. everywhere in time and in status thank you. >> okay is there any additional public comment on item two the minutes seeing none, public comment is closed. madam clerk call roll >> supervisor avalos absent. supervisor breed. supervisor campos absent. supervisor chiu. supervisor cohen. supervisor farrell. supervi