madam president, i yield the floor. ms. collins: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, madam president. madam president, i rise today on the eve of veterans day to urge my colleagues to support the fiscal year 2016 military construction and veterans appropriations act. this marks the first time in two years that we have had the opportunity to debate, amend and vote on this important legislation on the senate floor. it is vital to those who serve and to those who have served our nation. madam president, i first learned to honor our veterans from my father. my father is a world war ii veteran who was wounded twice in the battle of the bulge and earned his purple heart and his bronze star. it was he who would take me to the parades on veterans day and on memorial day and boost me high on his shoulders, and from the best vantage point in the parade, i would watch our veterans march by. and he taught me of their sacrifice and that we have a never-ending obligation to thank those who wore the uniform of ou

clerk on the amendment madam clerk, please call the roll. >> madam president. >> i'm sorry, i didn't catch the second and i'm sorry is there a second seconded by commissioner avalos madam clerk call roll. >> supervisor yee commissioner avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener there are 11 i's. >> okay. the amendment passes unanimously to the original file at this time colleagues and probably should have done this in the beginning we have in the audience today several of our department heads specifically ed reiskin with mta, john ram with the planning department we've heard and tilly changing with the transportation authority if any of you have comments or concerns based on the discussion now is the time. >> thank you madam president and mbes i want to thank all the members of the boards what i think is a thoughtful and robust legislative process which followed many years of work and under oath analysis and outreach and work to get us to this point i release appr

clerk on the amendments to the duplicated file madam clerk, please call the roll. >> and then madam president you'll call the reference to committee afterward are we voting on that. >> we're voting on the reference to committee now but i don't want to send it back to committee until we have all the amendments in the specific duplicated files. >> we'll not include that. >> supervisor yee. >> commissioner avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener there are 11 i's. >> okay. the amendments to 9 duplicated file passed unanimously. >> commissioner avalos. >> thank you just my last amendment to the original ordinance that was before us before duplication and that would be to add a new subdivision 411 a .9 a i'm sorry commissioner avalos i didn't hear what you first said. >> what i want to do is amend. >> subdivision 4 hundred and 11 a .9 of the original ordinance adding a subdivision an amendment made in committee not fully incorporated i want to make sure it gets in t

clerk on the amendments to the duplicated file madam clerk, please call the roll. >> and then madam president you'll call the reference to committee afterward are we voting on that. >> we're voting on the reference to committee now but i don't want to send it back to committee until we have all the amendments in the specific duplicated files. >> we'll not include that. >> supervisor yee. >> commissioner avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener there are 11 i's. >> okay. the amendments to 9 duplicated file passed unanimously. >> commissioner avalos. >> thank you just my last amendment to the original ordinance that was before us before duplication and that would be to add a new subdivision 411 a .9 a i'm sorry commissioner avalos i didn't hear what you first said. >> what i want to do is amend. >> subdivision 4 hundred and 11 a .9 of the original ordinance adding a subdivision an amendment made in committee not fully incorporated i want to make sure it gets in t

clerk on the amendments to the duplicated file madam clerk, please call the roll. >> and then madampresident you'll call the reference to committee afterward are we voting on that. >> we're voting on the reference to committee now but i don't want to send it back to committee until we have all the amendments in the specific duplicated files. >> we'll not include that. >> supervisor yee. >> commissioner avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener there are 11 i's. >> okay. the amendments to 9 duplicated file passed unanimously. >> commissioner avalos. >> thank you just my last amendment to the original ordinance that was before us before duplication and that would be to add a new subdivision 411 a .9 a i'm sorry commissioner avalos i didn't hear what you first said. >> what i want to do is amend. >> subdivision 4 hundred and 11 a .9 of the original ordinance adding a subdivision an amendment made in committee not fully incorporated i want to make sure it gets in th

the resolution is adapted unanimously madam clerk can you please call item 2. >> madam president supervisorndicated 19 and 20 they're prepared to speak on it. >> i was for item 22 i'll speak to item 22 when it comes back. >> we're on item 19 and 20 would you like to speak on items 19 and 20. >> no i'll speak on item 22. >> supervisor cowen i want to speak on item 19 to continue this item to work with the parties involves i've got the blessing the mayor's office as well. >> as for 20. >> 20 we were able to go ahead and vote on supervisor cowen has made a motion to continue item 19 seconded by supervisor wiener colleagues take the continuance to the meeting of. >> three weeks. >> november 17th. >> thank you. >> seeing no objection the motion passes to the meeting of november 17th. >> and item 20 colleagues, can we take this item same house, same call? we'll take that without objection. the resolution passed unanimously madam clerk call item 22. >> item 22. >> an ordinance to establish a citywide transportation ostensibly and is it your understanding the impact fee with expectations along the

clerk on the amendments to the duplicated file madam clerk, please call the roll. >> and then madam president you'll call the reference to committee afterward are we voting on that. >> we're voting on the reference to committee now but i don't want to send it back to committee until we have all the amendments in the specific duplicated files. >> we'll not include that. >> supervisor yee. >> commissioner avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener there are 11 i's. >> okay. the amendments to 9 duplicated file passed unanimously. >> commissioner avalos. >> thank you just my last amendment to the original ordinance that was before us before duplication and that would be to add a new subdivision 411 a .9 a i'm sorry commissioner avalos i didn't hear what you first said. >> what i want to do is amend. >> subdivision 4 hundred and 11 a .9 of the original ordinance adding a subdivision an amendment made in committee not fully incorporated i want to make sure it gets in t

. >> so supervisor kim made a motion to approve item 30 and table 32 and 33 madam clerk madam clerk, please call the roll. >> commissioner avalos supervisor breed. >> supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener supervisor yee there are 11 i's. >> the final environmental impact report is finally certified unanimously madam clerk let's go back to our regular business please call item 33 and 3 that together. >> item 33 through 27 madam president if you yes. >> are the resolutions to approve sentiments of unlitigated claims against the city specifically 33 is filed and by a individual for an amount 34 for 66 thousand files by march 2015 and filed by larry against the city for 50 thousand filed on march 5 and item 36 filed and a company against the city for approximately 29 tlordz and item 37 filed and laurence against the city for approximately, $63,000 on may 2015. >> roll call. >> commissioner avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farre

lewis: thank you, madam speaker. with the discussion and words of the chairman and the ranking member, i withdraw the amendment. the chair: the gentleman withdraws his amendment, without objection. it is now in order to consider amendment number 31 printed in part b of house report 114-325. for what purpose does -- for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: madam speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 31 printed in part b of house report 114-325 offered by mr. takano of california. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 507, the gentleman from california, mr. takano and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. takano: madam chair, the nationally significant freight and highway projects program in this bill will address critical infrastructure needs that will improve america's economic competitiveness. but will also bring tremendous b

. >> thanks, madam president.tlemen. >> translator: allow me to begin, the current f france and thent french people and representatives of other peoples who are with us work all of the paris and beirut all to us in the most tragic fashion that we are all vulnerable to violent extremism. today more than ever, we must come together and work together to find solutions to the extended conflicts that can feed these acts of terror. >> thank the u'ited kingdom, presidency of the security council and the secretary of state for international develoñment for this opportunity to brief you on the situation of children syria. syria continues to have disastrous humanitarian consequences for children, and i highlighted some of what is happening. after five years of intensifying hostilities and in the absence of inn nat /* innate humanitarian lieu continue to be violated dalely. increasing outflow of refugees and displacement democrat straight deteriorating. displaced are children. madam president, children are exploited by pa je

clerk on the amendments to the duplicated file madam clerk, please call the roll. >> and then madam president you'll call the reference to committee afterward are we voting on that. >> we're voting on the reference to committee now but i don't want to send it back to committee until we have all the amendments in the specific duplicated files. >> we'll not include that. >> supervisor yee. >> commissioner avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor mar supervisor tang supervisor wiener there are 11 i's. >> okay. the amendments to 9 duplicated file passed unanimously. >> commissioner avalos. >> thank you just my last amendment to the original ordinance that was before us before duplication and that would be to add a new subdivision 411 a .9 a i'm sorry commissioner avalos i didn't hear what you first said. >> what i want to do is amend. >> subdivision 4 hundred and 11 a .9 of the original ordinance adding a subdivision an amendment made in committee not fully incorporated i want to make sure it gets in t

san francisco redevelopment agency for tuesday, november 3, 2015, welcome to members of the public madam secretary first item. >> thank you, madam chair the the first order of business is item one roll call commissioners, please respond when i call your name. commissioner mondejar commissioner pen commissioner singh commissioner bustos madam chair rosales all members the commission are present. >> the the next order of business is item 2 announcements a the next our next regularly scheduled meeting will be held at one p.m. city hall room 4 to 56 b announcements of prosecution

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

thank you, madam president. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, the senate's not in order. the presiding officer: the senate shall come to order. the senate will be in order. mr. cornyn: thank you, madam president. madam president, i'd like to congratulate our friend and colleague, the senator from iowa, on this strong vote on the motion to proceed to this congressional resolution of disapproval of this overreaching regulation issued by the environmental protection agency. but i want to talk a little bit about this rule, but i also want to talk about how symptomatic this is of the overreach we're seeing coming from the executive branch, particularly when it involves rule making. this actual rule is a product of a -- actually a response to a supreme court decision and a number of other decisions by the lower courts which held previously that the federal courts -- that the federal government had overreached when it comes to trying to regulate so-called navigable waters of th

. >> madam president, thank you very much.i would like to express my deepest condolences for those affected by the recent attacks in france and lebanon. syria crisis is a chronicle of missed opportunities by the security council and member states with influence on the party's and the broader international community to bring the conflict to an end. more than five years since the unrest in syria began, their art atrocities on a daily basis, punching people into darkness. i very much welcome the recent talks in vienna in this must leave no stone unturned that has cost an estimated 250,000 people their lives giving rise to extremist and terrorist groups. and this has also propelled the largest humanitarian crisis of the 21st century with some 13.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, including 6 million children and driven over 4 million people to seek refuge outside of their home country. they are shouldering most of the burden with remarkable sacrifice, yet many syrians who have lost hope and unspeakable violence a

and with that, madam chairman -- madam president, i yield the floor and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr. udall: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. dawp dawp thank you -- mr. udall: thank you, madam president. i would ask to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: thank you very much today. i rise to introduce the hardrock mining and reclamation act of 2015. first i want to thank senator heinrich who will be here in a moment and be speaking for working with me on this bill. he's a dedicated conservation senator and really, really cares about this issue, and we've both been working together on this. i so much appreciate all of his hard work and his commitment to this important legislation. and i also want to thank senator bennet and senator wyden, thank them for their support and hard work on this bill. i'd also like to thank our new mexico colleague, congressman lu juan for his efforts on the house side. we're proposing th

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

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

madam clerk item 6 please. mr. chair item 6 was called. >> chair farrell ms. foreclosures a simple accept and expend on september 24th the port was award one $.44 million from the port of homeland security and the grant is from cement first 2014 to august 2016 the port has a 25 percent match of 4 hundred plus million dollars and this supports 3 projects that benefits the port in terms of enhancing the security for security for pier 31 and poa 50 security and phase 3 of the systems in terms of the timeline we're awarded the grant september 2014 and we expect to have project implementation as august 2016 and here with the security director they'll answer any questions about the project. >> thank you very much supervisor tang. >> super quick i know you mentioned the 25 percent i want to confirm on the record the port has those funds. >> those fund with in 412014 and on capital budget. >> okay. thank you. >> thanks very much mr. rose, can we go to your report. >> yes. mr. chairman, and members of the committee on page 22 we show in table 2 a total budget for the p

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

special order madam clerk this will bring us to the first 3:00 p.m. special order and somewhat complicated we have before us appeals for the 5m project in district 6 there are 3 appeals related to the environmental impact report the conditional use authorization, and the office allocation we're going to hear all 3 appeals together apparently, there are piece of legislation potentially 30 years the project a general plan amendment the creation of a special use district and a development all the time that is a complex set of appeals to lemon quickly explain today is procedure i've received with the it don't make any difference and our clerk i'll get to that we'll hear the 3 appeals together and the board will have even though on the environmental impact report it takes of votes to either affirm or reverse the internal revenue if the eir is reegd not other approval action about took place and table the other items the eir is upheld we'll will vote on 3 pieces of authorizing legislation that may seem premature on the conditional use but we need 0 votes op

jim smith and leo from sfgovtv for broadcasting this meanwhile madam clerk read the anonymous completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the september 17th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated thank you very much can you please call to me the and she is the author. >> on oversee phenomenon is planning code for all demolition and mergers and with the kitchen stove or bathroom is being removed. >> supervisor wiener. >> madam chair p in legislation is a simple but important step forward in trying to insure the during this housing crisis people are able to remain stable in their housing specifically this legislation will close a loophole that allows the owners of illegal units to seek and obtain a demolition permit without having notified the attendants that lived in those units which could lead to a situation the tenant has no ability to challenge the demolition permit we have tens of thousands of illegal units and rental unit and san francisco residents living in those units they live in those

motion to strike to approve 16 and table 17 and 18 is there a second seconded by supervisor cowen madam clerk call the roll. >> oh, supervisor campos. >> want to make sure we have some discussion i want to thank all the folks on both sides of this issue that came out to discuss this project and i have to say that for me it is a challenging decision it is challenging on so many levels i want to begin by saying that, you know, the focus right now is the eir but i do want to take the opportunity to thank supervisor kim so for the work she and her office have done on this project i think that the level affordability is commendable and the idea we're near 40 percent is very significant i also believe that the issue of affordability is something that has to include the middle-income and marching to struggle to say stay in the city i think for me, the challenge is will you have a project that has many benefits one the benefits i want to be clear having worked with many developers over of the years i believe that forest city is a very respected and very good player i think from my commerce havi

clerk any communications. >> i have no communications madam president. >> colleagues, any changes to the regular board meeting minutes of october '68 sienna motion by supervisor mar and seconded by supervisor christensen colleagues we'll take that without objection. those minutes passes unanimously they'll be passed unanimously after. madam clerk can we please go to our terrors item >> the the first order of business is today is appearance of the honorable mayor ed lee no questions from supervisors the mayor may address the board up to five minutes. >> unfortunately, the mayor couldn't join us today all to taken a motion to a data of december 1st board meeting is there a motion supervisor cowen and supervisor mar colleagues we'll take that without objection. the that motion carries unanimously madam clerk go the consent agenda. >> items 1, 2, 3 comprise those items considered route if a member observe it will be separate. >> roll call vote. >> commissioner avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor ma

madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. cotton: in september, we learned shocking news that the u.s. secret service, armed agents of the executive, violated the law to intimidate a congressman from doing his constitutional duty. 45 secret service employees accessed the personal records of congressman jason chaffetz in violation of the privacy act. they shared with hundreds of personnel the fact that congressman chaffetz had unsuccessfully applied to join the service, leading to a leak of information to the news media. this activity was not limited to low-level employees. the service's assistant director and head of training ed lowery encouraged the sharing of information, writing in an email -- quote -- "some information that he might find embarrassing needs to get out, just to be fair." end quote. and the director of the service, joe clancy, failed to act to rein in behavior when information was raised to him. he had no reaction when he heard what he deemed to be a spec

madam clerk, can you please call the roll. >> thank you madam president. supervisor avalos, not present, supervisor breed, supervisor campos, supervisor christensen, supervisor cohen, supervisor farrell, supervisor kim, supervisor mar, supervisor tang, supervisor weiner, supervisor yee. there isuo

foster: thank you, madam chairman. i thank the chairman and ranking member for their hard work on this bill. my amendment is simple. it requires the department of transportation to send an annual report to congress on how much funding each state has received from the highway trust fund and how much each state has contributed to the highway trust fund, both directly through the gas tax and related fees and taxes and indirectly through transfers from the general fund. to understand why this is important, let's step back and ask how it is that we actually decide how much transportation money is spent in each state. the bulk of this funding takes the form of formula grants to states with the overall allocation set by whatever was done in previous years. this may tell us a lot about congressional politics in years gone by but it tells us very little about good public policy. oall of this serves as a smoke screen which begs the real question, how to we actually allocate our highway spending? now i'm a scientist and i look at

madam chair you have 3 ayes. the motion passes unanimously. is there any other items before this body? >> no that concludes the business for today. >> thank you this meeting is adjourned.

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think about that, madam president. republicans want to know how long one of secretary clinton's staff took for her maternity leave. is that ludicrous? of course it is. those who know miss abedin best vouch for her integrity and her work ethic, as a close aide to senator clinton for decades. when her reputation was attacked in the past -- that is, miss abedin's, republicans, including senator john mccain, defended her. here's what senator mccain said, and i quote. an intelligent, up standing, hardworking, loyal servant of our country. the daughter of immigrants who has risen to the highest levels of our government on her substantial personal merit. close quote. can you imagine wanting to know if she took off too much time to have a baby? let's remember that she is a staff member, not a principal. it's one thing to level charges at an elected member of congress or the administration. it's a completely different matter to target a staff member, especially someone who john mccain says -- quote -- represents the best about

madam clerk, can you please call the roll. >> thank you madam president.visor avalos, not present, supervisor breed, supervisor campos, supervisor christensen, supervisor cohen, supervisor farrell, supervisor kim, supervisor mar, supervisor tang, supervisor weiner, supervisor yee. there is a quorum. >> ladies and gentlemen, y

jim smith and leo from sfgovtv for broadcasting this meanwhile madam clerk read the anonymous completedspeaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the september 17th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated thank you very much can you please call to me the and she is the author. >> on oversee phenomenon is planning code for all demolition and mergers and with the kitchen stove or bathroom is being removed. >> supervisor wiener. >> madam chair p in legislation is a simple but important step forward in trying to insure the during this housing crisis people are able to remain stable in their housing specifically this legislation will close a loophole that allows the owners of illegal units to seek and obtain a demolition permit without having notified the attendants that lived in those units which could lead to a situation the tenant has no ability to challenge the demolition permit we have tens of thousands of illegal units and rental unit and san francisco residents living in those units they live in those

clerk madam clerk can you read do immemoriams. >> none presented this brings us to the ends of the madamadam clerk, is there any further business before this commission? there's no further business. .> >> happy thanksgiving everyone enjoy the holiday we'r name is ed reiskin, director of transportation here in san francisco. which among other things gives me the great honor of operating our transit system, muni which is one of the busiest transit systems in the country. and one that is really important for san francisco. it's how a lot of san franciscans get to work and to school and around the city and how a lot of folks who visit the city and a lot of people who work in the city get around in the city. it's a really important part of san francisco. we are always working for ways to make a better experience for our riders. we are really excited to be here today. let's talk about the launch of our muni mobile and we are already seeing the benefits. without further a do, mayor lee was planning to be here but unable to attend unfortunately but we are happy to have ben mattranga. please join

special order madam clerk this will bring us to the first 3:00 p.m. special order and somewhat complicated we have before us appeals for the 5m project in district 6 there are 3 appeals related to the environmental impact report the conditional use authorization, and the office allocation we're going to hear all 3 appeals together apparently, there are piece of legislation potentially 30 years the project a general plan amendment the creation of a special use district and a development all the time that is a complex set of appeals to lemon quickly explain today is procedure i've received with the it don't make any difference and our clerk i'll get to that we'll hear the 3 appeals together and the board will have even though on the environmental impact report it takes of votes to either affirm or reverse the internal revenue if the eir is reegd not other approval action about took place and table the other items the eir is upheld we'll will vote on 3 pieces of authorizing legislation that may seem premature on the conditional use but we need 0 votes op

thank you, madam president. mr. reed: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: this whole process was begun and been moved forward by the leadership of chairman collins. she and her staff have done an extraordinary job of taking the additional resources made available through the budget agreement and focusing them in a very, very constructive way. in addition, focusing very clearly on the policies inherent in transportation and housing in the united states. and as she discussed, we have about nine or more amendments, bipartisan amendments that have been agreed to that focus on these housing and transportation issues exclusively, and they also recognize the giving back and forth that's necessary, the compromise that's necessary. one example was the amendment that senator cornyn proposed, which dealt, along with senator harry reid, dealt with small airports throughout the united states. those are the types of ish you'reissuesthat really are thed should be the central focal point on the transportation

perry: thank you, madam speaker. i request such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. he gentleman will suspend. the gentleman is recognized. mr. perry: thank you, madam speaker. the export-import bank has a portfolio annually somewhere in the tune of $120 billion. i think under the new proposal, $130 billion. 51%, madam speaker, 51 -- fully 51% goes to 10 companies in our country. $120 billion. isn't that fantastic? whether you support or oppose the ex-im, everyone can welcome the fact that the re-authorization we're considering today raises the bank's small business target. right? 25%. republicans and democrats in both houses, have called on the bank to focus on small business needs more effectively. now, this amendment keeps that 25% small business target in the underlying bill. doesn't change that. but it would then raise the target by 5% a year through the re-authorization period. madam speaker, $120 billion a year, $130 billion a year, 51% goes to 10 companies in the united states. and

madam director. >> thank you madame secretary. good afternoon to the commissioners and good afternoon to the members of the public. thank you so very much for joining us today. commissioners, as you are aware, there are a number of bond proceeds that you've authorized transfer to the city for for use in the selma, bayview, and other /kwra*ers. this is the last of our bond proceeds that were issued pre-2011 and state disillusion law allows 1 if we've completed a series of audits and made payments to the state, we're allowed to transfer to the state for purposes of those bond proceeds, these dollars, or rather taxable proceeds for purposable consented with the issuance and we've worked diligently with the city's housing of community development and through consult with other stakeholders to identify a proposed program of uses which you've seen and we've previewed as part of over the course of the last budget season. and now we're ready to propose a particular m o d with with your consideration of the city's 8.2 million. with that, t

madam director. >> thank you madame secretary. good afternoon to the commissioners and good afternoon to the members of the public. thank you so very much for joining us today. commissioners, as you are aware, there are a number of bond proceeds that you've authorized transfer to the city for for use in the selma, bayview, and other /kwra*ers. this is the last of our bond proceeds that were issued pre-2011 and state disillusion law allows 1 if we've completed a series of audits and made payments to the state, we're allowed to transfer to the state for purposes of those bond proceeds, these dollars, or rather taxable proceeds for purposable consented with the issuance and we've worked diligently with the city's housing of community development and through consult with other stakeholders to identify a proposed program of uses which you've seen and we've previewed as part of over the course of the last budget season. and now we're ready to propose a particular m o d with with your consideration of the city's 8.2 million. with that, t

jim smith and leo from sfgovtv for broadcasting this meanwhile madam clerk read the anonymous completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the september 17th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated thank you very much can you please call to me the and she is the author. >> on oversee phenomenon is planning code for all demolition and mergers and with the kitchen stove or bathroom is being removed. >> supervisor wiener. >> madam chair p in legislation is a simple but important step forward in trying to insure the during this housing crisis people are able to remain stable in their housing specifically this legislation will close a loophole that allows the owners of illegal units to seek and obtain a demolition permit without having notified the attendants that lived in those units which could lead to a situation the tenant has no ability to challenge the demolition permit we have tens of thousands of illegal units and rental unit and san francisco residents living in those units they live in those

jim smith and leo from sfgovtv for broadcasting this meanwhile madam clerk read the anonymous completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the september 17th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated thank you very much can you please call to me the and she is the author. >> on oversee phenomenon is planning code for all demolition and mergers and with the kitchen stove or bathroom is being removed. >> supervisor wiener. >> madam chair p in legislation is a simple but important step forward in trying to insure the during this housing crisis people are able to remain stable in their housing specifically this legislation will close a loophole that allows the owners of illegal units to seek and obtain a demolition permit without having notified the attendants that lived in those units which could lead to a situation the tenant has no ability to challenge the demolition permit we have tens of thousands of illegal units and rental unit and san francisco residents living in those units they live in those

chairman and madam.i sent a letter to you a couple weeks ago when a public outreach ne meeting was held at the chicago fed. i'm very supportive of their process and imagine you're her hearing many concerns from the banks in my district. in addition to the report mandated to be provided to congress, what regulatory relief can we expect as a result of this process? >> we are listening very carefully to the concerns that are raised in the hearings and taking course in this process. i am very hopeful there will be things we can look to to address and reduce regulatory burden. for example, it has to do with appraisal requirements many community banks think the cutoff are too low and make lending particular lly difficult in rur areas. i'm sure that's something we'll take a look at reporting and so forth. >> can i jump in on that. your written notes say the ba banking regulators have taken steps to reform the call report grown from 29 pages in 2003 to nearly 80 pages today. would you support legislation requiri