thank you, madam president. >> madam president? >> the senator from washington madam president, i am here today to stand with parents and students and teachers and families and communities across our country to make sure they have a voice to strongly oppose betsy devos and her plans to privatize public schools and destroy public education in america, and to urge my colleagues to stand with theirui constituents and joined democrats and republicans inre rejecting this nomination. madam president, i come to the floor today as a former preschool teacher, someone who got my start in politics fighting for strong public schools, a former school board member, as senator committed to standing strong for public education in america, a mother and grandmother who cares deeply about the future of our students and our schools.ross and someone who, like so many people across the country, owes everything i have two a strong public education i received growing up in this country. so madam president, i believe it's my responsibility to do everything

clerk madam clerk, please call the roll. >> thank you, madam president supervisor president breed supervisor cohen supervisor farrell supervisor fewer no present supervisor kim supervisor peskin supervisor ronen supervisor safai supervisor sheehy supervisor tang supervisor yee madam president we have quorum thank you, ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> all right. madam clerk will you please read the consent agenda we're joined by supervisor fewer tema 1 through 8 is the consent agenda at this point, the public may comment up to 2 minutes on matters within the jurisdiction of the board pursuant separately. >> supervisor yee and i'd like to remove item number 3. >> all right. seeing no other names on the roster, madam clerk on items one through 8 excluding item 3 madam clerk, please call the roll. >> supervisor fewer supervisor kim supervisor peskin supervisor ronen supervisor safai supervisor sheehy supervisor tang supervisor yee supervisor breed super

messer: thank you, madam speaker. the federal government should not fund abortions and it should not force states to fund them either. that's one reason this body recently voted to make the hyde amendment permanent and government-wide. the vast majority of americans support this policy as a matter of conscience. and agree that tax dollars should not fund abortion procedures. today's bill is consistent with that principle. despite the rhetoric across the aisle, the bill permits but does not require states to direct title 10 funds to health provides that are do not provide abortions. without this bill, states would be forced to fund the abortion industry by federal bureaucrats. this is an issue of states' rights, as well as one of conscience. i'm proud to support the measure, stand up for states and defend life. i want to thank my colleague, diane black, for her hard work and leadership on getting this bill to the floor. and i urge my colleagues to vote for its passage. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlem

madam president, -- mr. cornyn: madam president, i would ask that -- unanimous consent that all remaining quorum calls on the tillerson nomination be equally divided. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. cornyn: madam president, i yield the floor and i'd note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: madam president, i am coming back to the floor to correct the record on my earlier comments. there i said republicans insisted on 60 votes for each of president obama's nominees. 60 votes is the bar that was met by each of president obama's nominees, but at the time there was no need for a cloture vote because we knew each of them would garner 60. it's important to clarify because i believe 60 votes is the right standard for this nomine

madam president, i yield the senatoro >> madam president? >> the senator from washington thank you, madam president. madam president, over the last few weeks people across the country have continued to make their voices heard in opposition to the nomination of betsy devos. moms and dads, grandmothers and grandfather's, students youngg and old, in cities and intense and urban, suburban and rural communities. people are standing up and they will not be silenced.un thousands upon thousands have joined protests in their communities. hundreds of thousands had emailed or called their senators jamming our phone lines, swapping the voicemail system and shattering records. millions have engaged on social media, sharing information with her friends and signing petitions and pressuring their elected officials. and madam president, it has made the difference. every single democrat will be standing with their constituents and opposing betsy devos. and just last week to republicans announced their opposition as well. and i can tell you, i know for a fact

seeing no other names on the roster, madam clerk on items one through 8 excluding item 3 madam clerk, please call the roll. >> supervisor fewer supervisor kim supervisor peskin supervisor ronen supervisor safai supervisor sheehy supervisor tang supervisor yee supervisor breed supervisor cohen supervisor farrell there are 11 items. >> those items are passed unanimously madam clerk item 3. >> an ordinance to amend the administratively tax regulations and police code for the fees imposed by the city and supervisor yee. >> so i just wanted to make a slight non-substantive amendment to this i was notified by the police department they wanted to make a slight change so it is on page 15 addition of line 17 include the line this says second dealer license fees we have limited it but want it to be included back in there. >> okay supervisor yee has made a motion to amend supervisor peskin. >> can supervisor yee restate the amendment. >> it is on page 15 i don't know if - you have it in front of you. >> i have it in front of the me. >> it is on line 17 to reinstate the second dealer license fees

president okay thank you madam clerk all right. >> okay.the vote for president can you please on the nominations of the supervisor president london breed for president can you please call the roll. >> commissioner breed. >> i. >> madam president you'll is a breed when our name is called. >> breed for breed supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor sandra fewer supervisor kim supervisor peskin restraining order none supervisor there are 11 vote for supervisor president london breed. >> okay. i guess i'm the next president. >> (clapping.) >> madam president i'll call on supervisor farrell. >> to present the president's plaque to you. >> thank you, madam clerk and colleagues first of all, welcome everybody and congratulations supervisor president london breed once again and i want to say it is an honor working with you the last few years as supervisor president london breed in the chambers and supervisor peskin we have our differences but a lot to work on together as an aide i have the great honor with the senior member to present supervi

madam president, i yield the floor. mr. merkley: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: madam president, when president richard nixon created the environmental protection agency in 1970, he recognized that we all share, and i quote, a profound commitment to the rescue of our natural environment and the preservation of the earth as a place both habitable by and hospitable to man. that's a pretty powerful commitment. that's the commission of the environmental protection agency, to rescue our natural environment and keep our planet, our world, our earth as habitable and hospitable to humankind. and for more than 46 years, the environmental protection agency has been the top cop on the beat safeguarding our natural environment while also protecting critical aspects of public health, controlling toxic and poisonous chemicals, improving air and water quality, enhancing vehicle efficiency and emissions controls. the lifts of the environmental protection agency -- the lists of the environmental protection agency's acco

clerk madam clerk, please call the roll. >> thank you, madam president supervisor president breed supervisor cohen supervisor farrell supervisor fewer no present supervisor kim supervisor peskin supervisor ronen supervisor safai supervisor sheehy supervisor tang supervisor yee madam president we have quorum thank you, ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> all right. madam clerk will you please read the consent agenda we're joined by supervisor fewer tema 1 through 8 is the consent agenda at this point, the public may comment up to 2 minutes on matters within the jurisdiction of the board pursuant separately. >> supervisor yee and i'd like to remove item number 3. >> all right. seeing no other names on the roster, madam clerk on items one through 8 excluding item 3 madam clerk, please call the roll. >> supervisor fewer supervisor kim supervisor peskin supervisor ronen supervisor safai supervisor sheehy supervisor tang supervisor yee supervisor breed super

schumer: madam president, are we why a quorum -- are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: no, we are not. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate select committee on intelligence hav cn meet after -- meet today. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. schumer: madam president, that's -- okay. whatever. it's leftover remarks from yesterday. madam president, i rise today on a matter of great importance to everyone in in body -- in this body and everyone in america, the future of the supreme court. last night the president nominated judge neil gorsuch. we in the senate have a constitutional duty to examine his record robustly, exhaus exhaustively and comprehensively and advise and consent if we see fit. we have a responsibility to reject if we do not. we democrats will insist on a rigorous but fair process. there will be 60 votes for confirmation. any one member can require it. many democrats already have, and it is the right thing to do. on a subject as important as a supreme court nomination, bipartisan support s

that's pretty straightforward, madam president. the entity -- the identity and value of all assets held directly or indirectly with a value in excess of $1,000 was to be disclosed. mr. mnuchin failed to do this as well. on his initial paperwork, committee staff noted mr. mnuchin listed membership in a vacation resort in mexico, but he didn't disclose any related property. and that was the only -- that was only the first case of missing mnuchin real estate. after questioning by committee staff, mr. mnuchin disclosed still more missing mnuchin real estate, an additional $95 million in real estate holdings that have not been listed -- had not been listed on his initial paperwork. the fact is the committee had to take the time and ask the questions to track down these multimillion dollar properties, mr. mnuchin's unreported businesses and his undisclosed business relationships. and i will say again, madam president, i am convinced that none of what i have described is undisclosed assets, substantially undisclosed assets would have ever

madam clerk.nd madam president that was five days after the 1906 earthquake. >> thank you. >> once the board of supervisors could finally meet, this was the first entry into the journal of proceedings by the clerk of the board, mr. george keen on monday, april, 23, 1906. on the 18th day of april, 1906, about the hour of 5:15 a.m., san francisco was visited by an earthquake of unusually severe magnitude, many structures collapsed and were dismanled and every business throughout the city was injured to a greater or less degree. not only did the earthquake shock, injure or destroy many buildings and streets and suers, but the water and gas mains were broken and the electric light service dismantled thus, shutting off the water and the light supply, the fires started in several sections of the city and being without water, the fire department was utterly unable to check the flames. the united states troops were called out to aid the fire and police departments and dynamiting was resorted to, which con

madam president, i yield the floor. mrs. murray: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: thank you, madam president. madam president, over the last few weeks, people across the country have continued to make their voices heard in opposition to the nomination of betsy devos. moms and dads, grandmothers and grandfathers, students, young and old, in cities, in towns, in urban, suburban, and rural communities, people are standing up and they will not be silenced. thousands of upon thousands have joined protests in their communities. hundreds of thousands have e-mailed or called their senators jamming our phone lines swamping the voice mail system and shattering records. millions have engaged on social media sharing information with their friends and signing petitions and pressuring their elected officials. and, madam president, it has made a difference. every single democrat will be standing with their constituents and opposing betsy devos. and just last week two republicans announced their opposition as well, a

seeing no other names on the roster, madam clerk on items one through 8 excluding item 3 madam clerk, please call the roll. >> supervisor fewer supervisor kim supervisor peskin supervisor ronen supervisor safai supervisor sheehy supervisor tang supervisor yee supervisor breed supervisor cohen supervisor farrell there are 11 items. >> those items are passed unanimously madam clerk item 3. >> an ordinance to amend the administratively tax regulations and police code for the fees imposed by the city and supervisor yee. >> so i just wanted to make a slight non-substantive amendment to this i was notified by the police department they wanted to make a slight change so it is on page 15 addition of line 17 include the line this says second dealer license fees we have limited it but want it to be included back in there. >> okay supervisor yee has made a motion to amend supervisor peskin. >> can supervisor yee restate the amendment. >> it is on page 15 i don't know if - you have it in front of you. >> i have it in front of the me. >> it is on line 17 to reinstate the second dealer license fees

thank you madame president. with this vote in the senate will move early next week to confirm the nomination of betsy devos to be the united education secretary.untry. about the divorce to the united states education secretary. excellent secretary in my judgment. the number one job of the united states ex to cajunwh secretary is to create an environment in which our 100,000 public schools succeed because that's where nine out of ten of our children go. when i was education secretary in the early 1990s i have the privilege of working with a man name david kern. who has been a chief executive officer of the corporation. he came in as a deputy b education secretary and the time he was the only one of the leading build --dash like businessman and he was also the leading businessman who tried to help change public education. and david kearns believed it'so very difficult to help children by changing public education be try to do from within. he respected as all of us do the teachers and the parents in the students wh

president okay thank you madam clerk all right. >> okay.the vote for president can you please on the nominations of the supervisor president london breed for president can you please call the roll. >> commissioner breed. >> i. >> madam president you'll is a breed when our name is called. >> breed for breed supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor sandra fewer supervisor kim supervisor peskin restraining order none supervisor there are 11 vote for supervisor president london breed. >> okay. i guess i'm the next president. >> (clapping.) >> madam president i'll call on supervisor farrell. >> to present the president's plaque to you. >> thank you, madam clerk and colleagues first of all, welcome everybody and congratulations supervisor president london breed once again and i want to say it is an honor working with you the last few years as supervisor president london breed in the chambers and supervisor peskin we have our differences but a lot to work on together as an aide i have the great honor with the senior member to present supervi

a senator: madam president?

>> madam president. >> thank you, madam clerk and members of the public who wants to provide public comment at this time seeing none, public comment is closed. the board of supervisors will now go into closed session to confer with the pursuant i'll kindly ask the members of the public to exit the board chambers at this time we'll reopen at the end of closed session thank you all for coming today >> okay. we're back bipolar demand the board took no action in closed session can i entertain a motion not to disclose what was said in expedition closed session moves and second colleagues without objection the board will not disclose what was discussed in closed session all right. madam clerk let's go to the would you reference to competent 49 through 51 are immediate adoption with 9 and single roll call vote and it be clipper card separately paw seeing no other names on the roster, to sever items madam clerk. >> on 49 to supervisor farrell supervisor kim supervisor peskin supervisor ronen supervisor safai supervisor sheehy supervisor tang supervisor yee supervisor breed supervisor cohen there ar

madam president, the single biggest challenge is what to do to reconnect working americans with this country economic engine. there are communities across the land including many in my home state of oregon where folks are just waiting for economic recovery to show up. they see their homes foreclosedo stores boarded up and they just feel stuck. aside from the president himself , nobody in america has greater influence over this nation's economic future than the united states treasury secretary. that's the case whether it's through tax reform that sitesde unfairness and wall street home. abuses and infrastructure in trade policy that creates good paying jobs here at home. they call them red, white and blue jobs. the person who becomes treasury secretary has to be somebody who is ready to work on behalf of all americans including those americans from the corners of our nation where optimism has dimmed. if steven nguyen's record is any indication, he simply doesn't fit that mold, not even close. there is a lot to debate as the senate considers his nomination. particularly significant is

hatch: i thank you, madam president. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska. mr. sasse: thank you. first of all, i would like to thank the senator from washington state and the senator from michigan for allowing me to sneak in here quickly. thank you to the senator from utah for his comments. i just wanted to come -- sir? mr. hatch: i have one more speech to give. mr. sasse: i yield to the chairman of the committee. mr. hatch: i will try and make this fairly quickly. the presiding officer: the president pro tempore. mr. hatch: now, madam president, i would like to turn to the business currently before the senate and express my support for the nomination of representative tom price to be the secretary of health and human services. i think that dr. price is an exceptional nominee. with the right experience and credentials to lead the department of health and human services at this critical juncture. h.h.s. encompasses an extremely large and diverse set of agencies, including the centers for medicare and medicaid,

madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. warner: thank you, madam president. are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: no, we are not. mr. warner: i want to compliment my friend from ohio, his comments. i know my friend from washington is going to make comments after n. i will try to make mine as brief as possible. and apologize. i join the majority of senators who are a little bit raspy today after our late night last night. madam president, i rise today in opposition to the nomination of mr. steven mnuchin to serve as our nation's next secretary of the treasury. as the president's prince pal economic advisory, the secretary of treasury holds a special significance r significance in our government. they must ensure america areas debtors played, secure our role as a global economic power and develop policies that help build an economy that works for all americans. based on mr. mnuchin's record, my meeting with him along with his answers during the senate finance hea

. >> thank you, madam chair. i understand you are the ranking member now but he will always be madam chair to me and thank you, madam leader, and i say sincerely without hesitation that she will always be madam speaker to me, thank you, madam speaker and colleagues. friends, in a world with alternative facts, it is sometimes difficult to know the truth. the ultimate truth that can set ou free. it is sometimes difficult understand that carlisle is right, no lie can live forever. that william cullen bryant is help. no lie can so please allow me to share a few truths with you. at the genesis of this crisis, several events took place. that were absolutely striking. you may recall that the stock market fell 778 points one evening. you may recall that we had to come back and we had to take another vote. you might recall that banks were not lending to each other because the crisis was so ire. we literally were on the precipice of an abyss the likes of which we hadn't seen since 1929. so with these facts, there was one o

king: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, it's my honor to address you here on the floor of the united states house of representatives, and i came here to the floor with a bit different topic in mind. but as i listened to the gentleman from texas, i thought it would be a good idea while there still was a captive audience on the topic to refresh some things with perhaps a bit different perspective. and that would be that from my time and experience, i've traveled most every mile of the southern border, that would be 2,000 altogether. i think it would be true i traveled every mile of california and arizona and new mexico and most all the miles in texas. i've flown a lot of it. i've driven a lot of it. i've been on the water on some of it, and i spent some nights down on the border, a number of them, in some of the dangerous crossing like san miguel's crossing on the reservation. it's one of those without any night vision and without what we would call official security . so when i hear that the border is as secur

president okay thank you madam clerk all right. >> okay.e vote for president can you please on the nominations of the supervisor president london breed for president can you please call the roll. >> commissioner breed. >> i. >> madam president you'll is a breed when our name is called. >> breed for breed supervisor cowen supervisor farrell supervisor sandra fewer supervisor kim supervisor peskin restraining order none supervisor there are 11 vote for supervisor president london breed. >> okay. i guess i'm the next president. >> (clapping.) >> madam president i'll call on supervisor farrell. >> to present the president's plaque to you. >> thank you, madam clerk and colleagues first of all, welcome everybody and congratulations supervisor president london breed once again and i want to say it is an honor working with you the last few years as supervisor president london breed in the chambers and supervisor peskin we have our differences but a lot to work on together as an aide i have the great honor with the senior member to present superviso

public speaker: good morning, madam chair, madam president. it's nice to say the words, madam president. my name is david perry. i have lived in san francisco for 41 years. i have the president and the cofounder for the lgbtq heroines. i'm not a politician. i'm a citizen of san francisco and in very broad terms i want to thank you for hearing us today. i don't know all the details of this legislation, but i do know that colton winds and many of the people that depend on the san francisco values are dependent upon your wisdom. not to be too dramatic, but we are living in a time when san francisco is under attack. if san francisco does not previous the values of this city, to previous affordable housing for people like colton who have made it possible not only on the rain bow walk, but the education in our historic of castro, tens of thousands of visitors everyday come to our city to learn how we have helped most of our vulnerable citizens. then we will have failed. i'm not here to speak to the details of this legislation, but i am here to say,

madam president, i yield the floor. mr. thun madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: madam president, two weeks ago major health insurer humana announced its decision to withdraw from the obamacare exchanges for 2018. the company's decision was not particularly surprising. humana had already sharply reduced its participation in the exchanges for 2017. but the decision did confirm yet again that president obama's health care law is on its last legs. choices on the exchanges declined sharply for 201 as insurer after insurer cut back on participation. nearly one-third of u.s. counties have just one choice of insurer on their exchange for 2017. meanwhile, premiums on the exchanges are soaring. exchange premiums increased a staggering 25% on average for 2017. that's a 25% premium increase for just one year. how many working families can afford a 25% increase in their health care premiums for one year? things were even worse in some states. seven states on average premium increase of more than 50%. 50% for one

>> thank you, madam chair. a appreciate the fact that the reduction is in the amount of 34% and i had one house cleaning question, why the retroactive nature of the resolution? and after the fact contract signing on december 1st of last year? >> we were anxious to move forward with this contract, and we wanted to make sure these were memorialized, but we had it signed with the understanding that the contract would not be formally approved by the city until it was approved by the board of supervisors >> so somewhere in this 24-page contract is some clause to that effect, counselor, mr. givner. >> not looking at the contract in front of me so i'm not sure, but all of our contracts become effective only if the board approves the contract, if it's subject to 9.118. so occasionally departments will enter into agreements, but those agreements are not binding on the city unless the board approves. i don't know whether that is memorialized in the contract itself -- i believe we have some boilerplate in our contract to

thank you madame president. with this vote in the senate will move early next week to confirm the nomination of betsy devos to be the united education secretary.untry. about the divorce to the united states education secretary. excellent secretary in my judgment. the number one job of the united states ex to cajunwh secretary is to create an environment in which our 100,000 public schools succeed because that's where nine out of ten of our children go. when i was education secretary in the early 1990s i have the privilege of working with a man name david kern. who has been a chief executive officer of the corporation. he came in as a deputy b education secretary and the time he was the only one of the leading build --dash like businessman and he was also the leading businessman who tried to help change public education. and david kearns believed it'so very difficult to help children by changing public education be try to do from within. he respected as all of us do the teachers and the parents in the students wh

madam clerk let's go to the next item >> item 4 it through 45 madam president. >> yes. person's interested in the adopted midst negative declaration under ceqa for the promotion project on market street, items 43, 44, 45 are the motions associated with that appeal. >> colleagues he understand the appellants are withdrawn the appeal recommended to the negative declaration for 950 through 974 market street can i entertain a motion to adopt items 43 and table 44 and 45? move forward by supervisor sheehy - i got that seconded by supervisor tang is there any public comment on this particular item next year please come forward >> hello supervisors my name is bryan the director of the key foundation here in san francisco and here to represent the appellants t gi p and the saint james and thank you supervisor jane kim for your leadership through this sometimes difficult process we've been able to create a compton transgender cultural district the first transgender legal district in the world that as profound profound accomplishment i thank everyone for your support and thank yo

madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. a senator: i know we're going back and forth. i inquire how long my colleague seeks to speak. go ahead because we're expecting someone on our side. go ahead. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. a senator: i would ask to speak in morning business up to five minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: thank you, madam president. i rise to discuss president trump's supreme court nominee judge neil m. gorsuch. as you know the vacancy exists because last year supreme court justice antonin scalia died at the age of 79 leaving an unexpected vacancy on our nation's highest court. mr. rounds: as i said at the time of his passing replacing justice scalia, one of the court's strongest defenders of our constitution would be extremely difficult. for nearly three decades with his brilliant legal mind and animated character, justice scalia fiercely fought against judicial activism and

a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: last evening, i had the pleasure of being at the white house when president trump introduced his nominee to be associate justice of the supreme court, judge neil gorsuch. who happens to be serving on the tenth circuit court of appeals, and it shouldn't surprise anybody that president trump delivered on a promise made during the campaign when he listed 21 people that he would choose from. everybody knew ahead of time what sort of a judge he would put on for this vacancy or any future vacancy. judge gorsuch's decade of service on the tenth circuit has earned him a reputation as a brilliant, principled and mainstream judge, just exactly the sort of mainstream that senator schumer just must have been thinking about when he said he wants a mainstream judge. it's already been widely reported that he was unanimously confirmed by a voice vote to the tenth circuit in 2006. there are still 31 senators in this body who voted for the judge at that particular time. 11 of them are democra

black: thank you, madam speaker. it is really my honor to yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, who has been a champion for life, and been fighting for life for a long time. the gentleman the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you. subsidized by over $500 million taxpayers each year, planned parenthood dismembers or chemically poisons a baby to death every two minutes. mr. smith: killing over seven million innocent children since 1973. undercover videos in 2015 exposed in numbing candor several high-level planned parenthood leaders nonchalantly talking about pro pro-curing children's organizes -- procures children's organs for a price. they talked about gruesome dismemberment procedures to preserve lungs from freshly killed babies. all of this begs the question, madam speaker, why are u.s. taxpayers giving half a billion dollars each year to planned parenthood? h.j.res. 43 simply allows states to redirect funds away from abortion clinics and does not reduce funding for title 10 b

thank you, madam chair. >> thank you. senator tillis. >> thank you, madam chair. and thank you all for coming before the committee. and at least in one case returning to the committee. i've got a more general question. you know, this committee is intended to provide insights into the senior accuse caregiver programs, those sorts of things over the course of the last two years that i was on it. and then we've had discussions about legislative proposals here at the federal level and we've talked about potential best practices down in the states. but it doesn't seem to me we've made much progress. so could you give me, in any of your opinions in the capacity before the committee, examples of where i should be kinder in my assessment? what kind of progress are we making at the state or federal level that is moving the ball in the right direction. mr. camus, i want to start with you. >> one i've been working with staff here. as we investigate crimes we learn, we learn how they're doing it, how they're shifting. as senator colins pointed out, the criminals are watching

commissioner pimentel commissioner bustos commissioner singh commissioner moore madam rosales madam chair the vote is 57 i's and very good the consent calendar is adopted please call the first item on the regular agenda. >> 5 b selecting mercy housing for the development of one and 80 rental unit for low income families and a childcare facility and michelle south area discussion and possible action resolution 2015 ma'am, terrain director. >> through the chair health code man will be presenting it to say to get the selection of mercy housing as the development team as well as authorize the executive director to continue to negotiate on the future years with that. >> thank you good afternoon madam rosales and commissioners and directors and i'm greenwich the specialist with the housing team at the occ has the director mentioned i'm here to present on item 5 d the selection of mercy housing california with paulette a local sbe to operate one and 40 unions with the childcare community on block 6 from the mission bay project area this approval will allow occ to move forward with another round

. >> ambassador, madam ambassador -- >> thank you. this is -- since you are member of the administration many people -- imfrom iraq and kurds are main partners of the united states in the fight of terrorism in syria and iraq. they want clarity. what is the administration residents policy? what does the administration want to do in iraq and in syria when the fighting of terrorism and isis. >> we want to stop the violence. and find a way to bring some stability to the area. but you're seeing that the administration is starting to develop plans and actions. it's not just about what are the talking opinions on the area going to be. it's the actions to facilitate peace and stability and that's where the focus of the administration the united states is going. >> do you have any plans to undo the monthly talk about the palestinian question and the three monthly open debate on it that is on the agenda of the security council? >> i just put tout the members the security council to help me understand when we have so much going on in the world,

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. van hollen: madam president, i'd like to start where the senator from maine left off. and that's with respect to the approximately 3,000 e-mails that scott pruitt, the nominee to lead the environmental protection agency, has been hiding for public view, and i hope all senators know now that last night a federal judge, judge timmons, ordered that those e-mails be released so that the american public can see exactly what's going on, and here's what the judge said, and i quote. there was an abject failure to provide prompt and reasonable access to the documents that had been requested. madam president, willful ignorance is always a bad policy, and i really hope that the senate will not engage in willful ignorance when it comes to the nomination of scott pruitt. why not wait a few days to see what's in the e-mails that were so deliberately hidden from public view? that should worry every senator, republican and democrat alike. madam pr

madame president, i completely agree. parents across the country want the government and their representatives fighting tooth and nail to improve public schools for all students in every community. betsy devos is committed to privatizing public schools and diverging public funds into taxpayer-funded vouchers that will leave too many of our student behind. i will at i have many friends in the senate representing states that would be severely impacted by the secretary of education who implemented an agenda like this. the bottom line is strong publication is at the heart of true opportunity in america, something we strive for and work for every day. people understand that and they see that betsy devos's vision for this job is a direct attack on that core national value. i truly believe this is what has motivated so many people around the country to stand up and speak out. they saw her disaster is hearing on the news and going viral on social media and it is clear people across the country care so deeply about education and a

>> thank you, madam chair. a appreciate the fact that the reduction is in the amount of 34% and i had one house cleaning question, why the retroactive nature of the resolution? and after the fact contract signing on december 1st of last year? >> we were anxious to move forward with this contract, and we wanted to make sure these were memorialized, but we had it signed with the understanding that the contract would not be formally approved by the city until it was approved by the board of supervisors >> so somewhere in this 24-page contract is some clause to that effect, counselor, mr. givner. >> not looking at the contract in front of me so i'm not sure, but all of our contracts become effective only if the board approves the contract, if it's subject to 9.118. so occasionally departments will enter into agreements, but those agreements are not binding on the city unless the board approves. i don't know whether that is memorialized in the contract itself -- i believe we have some boilerplate in our contract to

yes. >> thank you very much, madam ambassador. as a quick follow-up on settlements, the president asked the israelis to hold back on settlements. was this something that you raised during the council meeting? was it discussed? was there any welcome for this? and secondly, when you arrived here, one of the first things you said was that the u.s. was going to have the backs of its allies. you hoped that the allies had the back of the united states. and for those who didn't, you were taking names and that there would be some kind of accountability. are you making a list, and who's on it? [laughter] >> you want to see my list, don't you? you know, what i'll tell you is, first of all, when it comes to the settlements, we don't think that that is the sole reason that we are not getting peace in this process. what the president has said and that we agree on is expanding settlements at this point is not helpful. and so that's basically what we're saying to both sides is, okay, let's take a pause, and at some point let's both come together

with that madam clerk, i would like to be rereferred. >> thank you, madam prezden. supervisor cohen. supervisor farrell. >> thank you madam clerk. first of all i ask supervisor tang cosponsor her piece of legislation she introduced as someone who switch today a electric vehicle shocking the lack of infrastructure we have in the city of san francisco and both in response to the federal government is doing now with president trump and getting the epa, and the policies that are sure to come down the road from washington dc, but also simply the right thing to do in san francisco, the more we can encourage folks the be using electric cars the better we will be as a city so a huge supporter and want to thank supervisor tang. i have a piece orphlegislation to introduce today with a number of colleagues. organize labor is under attack. with trumps anti[inaudible] we need to be prepared tostand and #230ig9 with the working men and women who help build the city in san francisco and continue to doso. as with many issues we have to do everything we can locally to continue to su

farenthold: thank you, madam chairman. you know what, we've got over a million pages of regulations. we've got so many laws nobody could possibly know them. i would venture to say there are very few people today who can't go a day without violating some law or some regulation. it's gotten too complex. nobody wants a dirty environment. nobody wants dirty water. but we need a reasonable amount of regulation that we can understand and that we can follow and that will protect america and create jobs. the scrub act creates a commission that comes back to congress with recommendations of what to get rid of. you know what? i'd like to do it all here in congress, too. but we sure face a lot of obstruction in getting things done here. it doesn't move fast here. let's get a commission to dot basic work. let's bring it back to congress and let us decide and let us get rid of regulations. let's make the agencies pick and choose what regulations they think are important. and they'll do it. this is commonsense legislation to get the reg

everyone and welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting for tuesday, january 31, 2017, madam clerk please call roll. >> madam president supervisor breed supervisor cohen supervisor farrell supervisor fewer supervisor kim not present supervisor peskin supervisor ronen supervisor safai not present supervisor sheehy supervisor tang supervisor yee madam president we have quorum thank you, ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you, everyone are there any communications. >> i have one communication to present madam president we're in receipt of a communication from the small business commission dated january 23rd forwarding not board for consideration rules and regulations and for the application of the legacy business program under the san francisco administrative code these rules and regulations are subject to disapproval by 30 days of this notice to the board if you, your from transferred in disapproving those let me know by wednesday

madam clerk let's go to the next item >> item 4 it through 45 madam president. >> yes.lease ass and those comprise the person's interested in the adopted midst negative declaration under ceqa for the promotion project on market street, items 43, 44, 45 are the motions associated with that appeal. >> colleagues he understand the appellants are withdrawn the appeal recommended to the negative declaration for 950 through 974 market street can i entertain a motion to adopt items 43 and table 44 and 45? move forward by supervisor sheehy - i got that seconded by supervisor tang is there any public comment on this particular item next year please come forward >> hello supervisors my name is bryan the director of the key foundation here in san francisco and here to represent the appellants t gi p and the saint james and thank you supervisor jane kim for your leadership through this sometimes difficult process we've been able to create a compton transgender cultural district the first transgender legal district in the world that as profound profound accomplishment i thank everyo