thank you madam. ambassador, madam chair, thank you. madam president, and dear colleagues, the stakes in syria today are very high. we all know why. in light of the reason developments, two paths lie before us. one is more outrages, more destruction and death stoked by regional and international divisions. or even escalation to deeper confrontation. this is what all syrians fear. and i share their fears. but there is another path. more serious discussion, a real de-escalation and cease fire and a rallying behind the only way out of the syrian nightmare. we urgently need a consensus, among major takeholders to support concretely to u.n. pled negotiation process. this is concretely to u.n. pled the reason for doing it. with a goal for a package for an orderly, mapped out, credible, and irreversible agreed political transition as per2254. before the events of last week, we had made modest but incremental progress towards that goal. the fifth round of talks in geneva saw no breakthroughs, let's be frank, but no break downs either. the parti

you madam president. >> thank you to the representative of bolivia. the floor toive the representative of the united kingdom. >> i think this shows more outrage against the united states then against the assad regime. men, women over 100 and children with chemical weapons in the most barbaric fashion. more than three point five years ago, the syrian regime made a pledge that they would join the 189 countries who had already joined the chemical weapons convention. they would reveal the extent of their chemical arsenal and proceed with its distraction. hundreds if not thousands were dead in contact. were men and women choking and foaming at the mouth. clearly asphyxiated. historically heinous war crimes were committed after the stockpiles were supposed to be destroyed assad showed us yet that, this time in idlib he is capable of redefining horror. attack must be investigated. impunity cannot be the norm. we will work with our partners on this security council to ensure that those responsible are brought to

. >> madam president, thank you very much. on 15th of april the people of syria suffered yet another horrendous attack. scared and starved, men, women and children, from the towns d two towns were hit by a car bomb while stopped the checkpoint. there were 67 children among the 125 ted. such a terrible price for those already robbed of so much. yet i do not raise the incident solely because of the loss of life or the -- rather the ewany of the humanitarian response to the attack in the headlines. humanitarians from four directions rushed in to save lives. syrian arab red cross workers first responded. medical staff. some 15 syrian ng os,ing along with countless civilians. bound together to aid survivors as best they could. out of a deplorable terrorist act, a test of the strength of the syrian spirit, all civilians coming together to help others regardless of the background. all too sadly, two actions inhumanity, acts we see every day the local level across syria, overshadowed with the sheer number and fer wasty -- ferocity of

thank you madam president. >> i now give the floor to the representative of china. >> madam president the conflict -- recently we concerted efforts in the community and the cease-fire has allowed for optimism including to maintain the cease-fire in hopes that a new round of dialogue can't ho holdback or implement them and send out more to take measures to coordinate with the assistance efforts while providing the access. the condition and the political settlement of the issue welcomes the conference on the issue and we look forward to the meetings and outcomes. the committee must stay committed to the issue. the round of the talks will take place in may and parties must favor the employment of efforts as continuing to support. all must continue to peace talks in a constructive way in the negotiations for the complete and lasting solutions to all parties. to service the tax would include international assistance efforts and recent attacks that occurred with civilians. we've [inaudible] unify standards and combat all organizations in the council. they have been supporting the efforts in

i think you very much, madam president. i will not give the floor to the representative of ethiopia. thank you very much. >> thank you for organizing this meeting. let me express our condolences to the government of sweden and to our swedish colleagues in condemning the terrorist attack. and now the point i would like to raise. continuesuation here and the result would be the state,e of the syrian those who win would be the terrorist. times. seen it too many this perhaps is another indication that the international community has no political --, so in a united and consented manner. there is no justification for the crime committed on april 4. second, there is a very ancient issue that requires gratification, and handling with wisdom. that have to do with the fact s are veryany state much active in syria. who does not know that syria has in an open field for quite some time? the point is that the questions >> who doesn't know that syria has been an open field for quite some time? the point is, the situation has been worsenin

you madam president.>> i will now give the floor to the representative of ethiopia. >> thank you madam president. thank you for organizing this meeting. condolencesss our to the government of sweden and to our swedish colleagues. we are condemning the terrorist attack. proceedings to 2-3 points and want to raise. first, if the situation is here continues and the result will be the collapse of the syrian would beose who'd win the terrorists. we have no doubt. we have seen it too many times. this perhaps is another indication that the noernational community has united stand on giving priority for resolving the syrian crisis through political dialogue, and countering the spread of terrorism in a united into consented manner. there is no justification for the crime committed. is an urgent issue that requires gratification. and him playing with wisdom. facthas to do with the that too many states and non-state actors are very much active in syria. syria hast know that been an open field for quite some time? the

and seconded madam clerk madam clerk, please call the roll. >> commissioner london breed supervisor cohenupervisor farrell supervisor fewer supervisor kim supervisor peskin supervisor ronen supervisor safai ? not present supervisor safai absent supervisor sheehy supervisor tang supervisor yee there are 10 i's that will be continued to the meeting of may 9, 2017 at the 4:00 p.m. madam clerk call the special order 3:00 p.m. >> items 23 through 25 are the special order this hearing has been scheduled pursuant to a motion approved in 2016 for a hearing of persons interested in the determination of exemption from the environmental review under the california environmental quality act issued as a - by the planning department on july 2016 and approved by the planning commission on august 11th. >> providing an additional information and analysis regarding a location of 1515 south van ness avenue will result in the greater soviet in the eastern neighborhoods rezoning districts and ifrpt and item 24 to have the departments determinations this project is further exempt from environmental review unde

madam president, i yield the floor. mr. durbin: madam president? the presiding officer: the democratic whiep dush during madam president, i hasn't -- mr. durbin: madam president, i hadn't planned to speak but i thought i ought to add my version. it's slightly different. justice antonin scalia passed away in february of last year. president barack obama, president of the united states of america, had a constitutional responsibility under article 2, section 2, to nominate a person to fill the vacancy on the supreme court as every other president had and he did. he came up with the name merrick garland, the chief judge on the d.c. circuit court of appeals, a man who was widely respected. juneed unanimously well -- judged unanimously well qualified by the american bar association and president obama submitted his name to this congress, to the senate, a senate which is with a republican majority and a leader, senator mitch mcconnell of kentucky. senator mcconnell and the republican senators did something that had never happened in the history of this cl

thank you madam president. and i thank undersecretary-general o'brien for his comprehensive briefing today. each month he returns to this council to report on the humanitarian situation in syria. each month the situation becomes more acute. the number of people driven from their homes increases and the number not knowing where the next needle come from grows. and the number of people killed rises. mr. undersecretary-general, we heard from you again today about the worsening plight of the syrian people. over six million people brutalized, displaced and trapped in syria in need of humanitarian assistance. five million people ran from their homes and loved ones to seek refuge in the region and beyond if they survive the journey. now they're waiting in towns and villages and refugee camps in jordan, lebanon and turkey, waiting for the assistance they need, waiting for the war to end. waiting for the moment when they can begin to rebuild their lives. madam president, it seems unlikely that the way will end soon as w

i think you very much, madam president. i will not give the floor to the representative of ethiopia. thank you very much. >> thank you for organizing this meeting. let me express our condolences to the government of sweden and to our swedish colleagues in condemning the terrorist attack. and now the point i would like to raise. continuesuation here and the result would be the state,e of the syrian those who win would be the terrorist. times. seen it too many this perhaps is another indication that the international community has no political --, so in a united and consented manner. there is no justification for the crime committed on april 4. second, there is a very ancient issue that requires gratification, and handling with wisdom. that have to do with the fact s are veryany state much active in syria. who does not know that syria has in an open field for quite some time? the point is that the questions >> who doesn't know that syria has been an open field for quite some time? the point is, the situation has been worsenin

madam president, in sum, dr. wilson is a person of great intellect, strong management skills, and superlative be an outstanding secretary of the air force, which is why i strongly encourage my colleagues to confirm or without delay. madam president, confirming dr.c wilson is necessary to address the many challenges currently facing our military. after all, there are fundamental issues regarding the readiness of our armed services, especially the air force, which de training is -- i've especially concerned about the air force because of its unique missions and responsibilities. two words to describe each set of problems facing our air force. quote, too few, unquote. too few aircraft, too few of hos personnel including pilots come to view a flight training hours, regarding the shortage of aircraft as the air force chief of staff recently testified before the sass, readiness subcommittee, less than 50% ofdy the services aircraft are readye to perform all other combat missions to which they are assigned. the average

madam president, these are enormous challenges. it's a herculean task in front of us and doctor wilson will develop the strategies required to restore our air force to a full state of readiness. madam president, i hope the senate will speed the confirmation of doctor wilson to become the 24th secretary of the air force. madam president , on the other subject, i'm very concerned with the way neil gorsuch has been treated. we could not have a finer n, person , more ready person, more knowledgeable person , a more legal expert type of person then neil gorsuch. to this very, very important calling on the supreme court. it's amazing to me how some of my colleagues on the other side have ignored all of the facts, all the evidence, all the experience , all the goodness of this man. and i hope they will not vote against him but it looks to me as if many of them will vote against him. if you can't support neil gorsuch, who can you support? are you going to support people who do your bidding? are you going to support people who can do the na

madam president shes we have a -- madam president, we have a qualified mainstream jurist before us. that is judge gorsuch. i encourage all of my colleagues to give him their consideration and to advance his nomination to an up-or-down vote. i'll be voting to confirm him and i the senate floor passing 11-9. >> thanks, everybody for being courteous to everybody else and hearing everybody else out. we are ready to vote on neal gorsuch to be the associate judge of the supreme court. i would ask the clerk to call the role. [inaudible conversations]

and seconded madam clerk madam clerk, please call the roll. >> commissioner london breed supervisor cohenupervisor farrell supervisor fewer supervisor kim supervisor peskin supervisor ronen supervisor safai ? not present supervisor safai absent supervisor sheehy supervisor tang supervisor yee there are 10 i's that will be continued to the meeting of may 9, 2017 at the 4:00 p.m. madam clerk call the special order 3:00 p.m. >> items 23 through 25 are the special order this hearing has been scheduled pursuant to a motion approved in 2016 for a hearing of persons interested in the determination of exemption from the environmental review under the california environmental quality act issued as a - by the planning department on july 2016 and approved by the planning commission on august 11th. >> providing an additional information and analysis regarding a location of 1515 south van ness avenue will result in the greater soviet in the eastern neighborhoods rezoning districts and ifrpt and item 24 to have the departments determinations this project is further exempt from environmental review unde

with that, madam president, i would yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. mr. schatz: madam president whrks our country was -- when our country was founded, corporations were on the minds of no one. they aren't mentioned in the constitution or the bill of rights. and when the topic finally came up to the supreme court, chief justice john marshall called corporations the mere creature of the law. people have certain inail -- inalienable rights. corporations do not. we established corporate personhood so the companies could raise capital and enter into contracts but nobody ever thought that this term that was used, personhood, actually meant that corporations were people. they are not. it's not complicated. corporations don't eat. they don't sleep. they don't worry about their children or their elderly parents. they don't get sick. they don't retire. and they don't have complex motivations. in fact, under the law, they only have one motivation which is to max pliez profits -- to maximize profits. any logical per

thank you, madam president. grateful for the briefing. russia was closely involved in the march round of negotiations in geneva and have encouraged all participants to search for mutually acceptable solutions and compromises on a political track. we have been actively in touch with the syrian authorities and a broad range of opposition movements. we support your efforts and hope that you will further step up these efforts. the geneva process has been developing and the parties the agreediscussing backers of the agenda is important, and the fact that they agreed to some conceptual proposals made by your mediation , all this we consider a significant achievement. the geneva process to continue in a sustainable way and there should be no link the pauses in it. you cannot fly in your efforts. you must continue in your work delegation ton della tatian finding common denominator's, but the statement of the representative of great britain showed that the only thing he is thinking of is to complicate the efforts to prev

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today madam president, the new , u.s. administration -- and we had hopes when that new administration started its work in washington -- this same administration who claims that counterterrorism is one of its goorities, could not but back to the same pretext, the red line pretext, and to fabricate the incident of chemical weapons to launch an attack against syria and to and toe the geneva talks save the armed terrorist groups from their predicament and to help other opposition groups to relatedeir obligations to the political settlement and counterterrorism. why was that? because we were able to add another basket to the talks in geneva, the basket of counterterrorism, something that the enemies of the political process did not like. otherwise, how can a sane and reasonable person accept the lies and the accusations against my country, syria? accusations of the use of chemical weapons we do not even possess. we do not have these weapons and this has been confirmed in the statement in june 2014, before this exact counsel. i

madam president shes we have a -- madam president, we have a qualified mainstream jurist before us. that is judge gorsuch. i encourage all of my colleagues to give him their consideration and to advance his nomination to an up-or-down vote. i'll be voting to confirm him and i urge my colleagues to do the same. i yield back the balance of my time. madam president, i have one request for committees to meet before today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the minority and majority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted mr. flake: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mrs. mccaskill: is there a quorum call, mr. president? the presiding officer: there is. mrs. mccaskill: i would ask it can set aside. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mrs. mccaskill: mr. president, today -- the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mrs. mccaskill: thank you. today i rise asking my colleagues to support the bill in front of us, sen

today, madam president, the new u.s. administration -- and we hoped that this same administration who claims that counterterrorism is one of its priorities could not but go back to the same pretext, the red line pretext, and to fabricate the incident of the chemical weapons in khan sheikhoun to launch an attack against syria and to sabotage the astana and geneva talks. and to save the armed terrorist groups from their predicament and to help other opposition groups to shirk their obligations related to the political settlement and to counterterrorism. why that? we were able to add another basket to the talks and geneva, the basket of counterterrorism, something the enemies of the political process did not like. otherwise, how can a sane and reasonable person except the lies and accusations against my country, syria, accusations of the use of a chemical weapon we do not even possess. we do not have this weapon, and this has been confirmed in the statement in june 2014 before this counsel. it was said that syria nolan has

adam president and dear colleagues -- madam president, and dear colleagues, the stakes in syria are very high. we all know why. ,n light of the developments two paths lie before us. one is more outrageous, more destruction and death, stoked by regional and international division and deeper confrontation. fearis what all syrians and i share their fear. there is another path. more serious discussion, a real de-escalation and a rallying behind the only way out of the syrian nightmare. consensusy need a among major stakeholders to support concretely, the un's lead negotiation process. this is the occasion for doing it, with the goal of a package of an orderly, mapped out, credible and a reversible agree to political transition after 2254. before the events of last week, we had made modest but incremental progress towards that goal. talks in round of geneva saw no breakthroughs, but no breakdowns either. for ninees engaged full days, not a small thing. the discussions were mostly businesslike. on the final day, they told me all of them that they were ready to return to geneva for a sixth roun

and seconded madam clerk madam clerk, please call the roll. >> commissioner london breed supervisor cohenupervisor farrell supervisor fewer supervisor kim supervisor peskin supervisor ronen supervisor safai ? not present supervisor safai absent supervisor sheehy supervisor tang supervisor yee there are 10 i's that will be continued to the meeting of may 9, 2017 at the 4:00 p.m. madam clerk call the special order 3:00 p.m. >> items 23 through 25 are the special order this hearing has been scheduled pursuant to a motion approved in 2016 for a hearing of persons interested in the determination of exemption from the environmental review under the california environmental quality act issued as a - by the planning department on july 2016 and approved by the planning commission on august 11th. >> providing an additional information and analysis regarding a location of 1515 south van ness avenue will result in the greater soviet in the eastern neighborhoods rezoning districts and ifrpt and item 24 to have the departments determinations this project is further exempt from environmental review unde

madam president, i yield the floor. mr. durbin: madam president? the presiding officer: the democratic whiep dush during madam president, i hasn't -- mr. durbin: madam president, i hadn't planned to speak but i thought i ought to add my version. it's slightly different. justice antonin scalia passed away in february of last year. president barack obama, president of the united states of america, had a constitutional responsibility under article 2, section 2, to nominate a person to fill the vacancy on the supreme court as every other president had and he did. he came up with the name merrick garland, the chief judge on the d.c. circuit court of appeals, a man who was widely respected. juneed unanimously well -- judged unanimously well qualified by the american bar association and president obama submitted his name to this congress, to the senate, a senate which is with a republican majority and a leader, senator mitch mcconnell of kentucky. senator mcconnell and the republican senators did something that had never happened in the history of this cl

madam president, more than 30 million require humanitarian assistance every day. the tragedy of the syrian people will continue to be at risk with social consequences. as we have been consistently saying and only active coalition to end the daily misery based on resolution 2254 and the geneva communication and the auspices of the u.n. while the syrians have the responsibility to ensure sustainable, the international community particularly the security council has an essential role to support them in achieving a coalition in stabilizing and constructing syria. in this regard, the conference which has support is an important initiative which contributes to the regional impacts. we believe that strengthening guaranteed by russia, turkey and iran and ensuring the full compliance is important to create a supporting environment for the next negotiations which should take place with constructive and serious engagements of all parties. to conclude, madam president, it is an undeniable fact it has caused a humanitarian crisis that will have a damaging impact on syrians for

madam prezden. >> thank you madam clerk. today i have just a few items and i want to start with one that i'm really excited about. so, you know in san francisco if you grew up here and went to high school here like many of us did included galileo, low eland washington, we fight in supports. we have a good time and also very proud to represent our high school and very territorial about that especially with our sports teams. but, there is something that we have to celebrate. none went to mission high school but there is a school that did something that no other high school in san francisco has ever done before and that is when a -win a state championship. we will be honoring the team at a later date at the board and also have a large public celebration here at city hall next week, but i wanted to take the opportunity to say something about it because it was a significant accomplishment. many of these young men live in my district and one in particular i was really good friends with his dad good friend with his mom and just so

madam prezden. >> thank you madam clerk. today i have just a few items and i want to start with one that i'm really excited about. so, you know in san francisco if you grew up here and went to high school here like many of us did included galileo, low eland washington, we fight in supports. we have a good time and also very proud to represent our high school and very territorial about that especially with our sports teams. but, there is something that we have to celebrate. none went to mission high school but there is a school that did something that no other high school in san francisco has ever done before and that is when a -win a state championship. we will be honoring the team at a later date at the board and also have a large public celebration here at city hall next week, but i wanted to take the opportunity to say something about it because it was a significant accomplishment. many of these young men live in my district and one in particular i was really good friends with his dad good friend with his mom and just so

clerk any communication. >> none to reporter madam president. >> any changes to the approval of the minutes for february 28, 2017. >> seeing none, a motion to approve those minutes by none oman move forward by supervisor kim colleagues, can we take that without objection? without objection those approval of the minutes will be passed after public comment. our special order 2:00 p.m. - no questions the mayor may begin to address the board up to 5 minutes. >> welcome mayor ed lee pr to the board chamber you have the floor. >> thank you supervisor president london breed and good afternoon, supervisors and good afternoon members of the public thank you for being here in the day air force opening day i'm going to speak today about what we're doing to support the next generation of san franciscans if we want our young resident to succeed we need to make sure they have strong communities and homes and apprenticeship programs and well paying jobs we need to create pathways for the youth by insuring everyone has processed period of time in the city every plan we develop has to be thought of

>> good afternoon, everyone and welcome to the sfrnz of tuesday, april 11, 2017, madam clerk please call the roll. >> thank you supervisor president london breed supervisor cohen supervisor farrell supervisor fewer supervisor kim no present supervisor peskin supervisor ronen supervisor safai supervisor sheehy not present supervisor tang supervisor yee madam chair we have quorum thank you, ladies and gentlemen, please join me 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 madam clerk any communication. >> none to reporter madam president. >> any changes to the approval of the minutes for february 28, 2017. >> seeing none, a motion to approve those minutes by none oman move forward by supervisor kim colleagues, can we take that without objection? without objection those approval of the minutes will be passed after public comment. our special order 2:00 p.m. - no questions the mayor may begin to address the board up to 5 minutes. >> welcome mayor ed lee pr to the board chamber you have t

madam chair mondejar? >> here. >> commissioners, pimentel and bustos are absent and all members of the commission are present. the next order of business is item 2, announcements. the next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on april 18, 2017 at 20 p.m. city hall room 416, b, announcement of prohibition of sound producing electronic devices during the meeting. please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting, please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person. c, time allotment for public comments, the member of the public has three minutes to make pert tent public comments unless the commission orders a shorter time, members bho wish to address the commission fill out a speaker card and submit a card to the commission secretary. the next order of business is item 3, report on actions taken at a previous closed session meeting if any, there are no reportable actions

i yield the floor. >> madam president. >> senator from massachusetts. >> thank you, madam president. matter president, i rise to speak in opposition to the nomination of judge neil gorsuch to serve as an associate justice of the united states supreme court. let me begin by making clear my view, that the vacancy on the supreme court created by the death of justice antonin scalia was president obama's to filled but in an act of unprecedented obstructionism that makes a filibuster pale in comparison, senate republicans broke with long-standing senate tradition and refused to hold a vote or even a hearing on president obama's nominee, judge merrick garland. as we now consider president trump's nominee, judge neil gorsuch, we cannot ignore or forget this hyperpartisan action. we also cannot ignore how trump came to nominate judge gorsuch. president trump went to two of the most partisan conservative organizations which he could find, the koch brothers supported heritage foundation and the right wing federalist society. and said to them who do you want on the supreme court? they compiled t

finally madame president, on syria, i sai salute the professionalism and skill of our armed forces. the people of syria have suffered violence at the hands of ashad. making sure asad knows when he commits such despicable atrocities he will pay the price is the right thing to do. it is now incumbent on the trump administration to come up with a coherent strategy and consult

madam clerk, could you call item three? >>resolution approving in accordance with internal revenue code, section 147(f), the issuance of revenue bonds by the california municipal finance authority in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $45,000,000 to refinance all or a portion of certain outstanding debt obligations that originally financed and refinanced the acquisition, construction, equipping, and furnishing of facilities owned and managed by institute on aging, a california nonprofit public benefit corporation, in connection with the provision of health care and other support services for low-income, frail older adults. >> welcome back supervisor to this meeting. what is your item? >> my item. okay. before we get started with the reports then, supervisor fewer is here to speak on our item. >> yes, thank you supervisor yee. colleagues i just wanted to say that the institute on aging is in my neighborhood, and actually serves a broader senior population than just in the richmond, and it has been the life line for

alicia and others from sfgovtv for covering this mooring and madam clerk, any announcements? >> electronic devices. completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the april 25th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> okay. thank you very much madam clerk temperature item no. 1 - green building and environment codes - requirements for installation of electric vehicle electrical vehicle chargers undergoing major alterations and making appropriate findings. >> thank you this was sponsored by supervisor katie tang so i'm going to turn it over to you. >> very much we're here to make a simple amendment to the ev readiness we heard at land use and hearing concerns from various associations the indictment has met with organization as much as as sf apartment association and we'll have a proposed change on page 7 starting listen 6 through 8 essentially we are exempting projects that are undertaken specifically to meet the you may have a seat. schematic retrofit program from the ev readiness o

. >> yes, madam chair and members of the committee, supervisor tang, that is what i was going to say. mr. updyke made reference to the fact there has been reduction in lease space. i'm not talking about any reduction in lease space that has been made. i'm talking about a new building that has, as you stated, 154,000 -- results in 154,000 net additional square feet. does the city get any reduction in lease space specifically as a result that have new building? you know, i used to rent -- we used to live in park merced, my wife and i and two daughters. we accumulated enough money to purchase a house. guess what, we terminated the lease where we were living and we moved into the new house. i would like to know specifically as a result of this 154,000 square feet of lease space, will the city show us in writing what reduced lease savings -- what leases are going to be terminated a as a result of this new building? consistent with what the board of supervisors was previously advised in 2014. if we're talking about in the future, right now, the mayor has indicated that we're in a period now

the secretary: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i am directed by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives a message in writing. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. waters: i continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. huizenga: thank you, madam speaker. at this time i am very pleased to welcome our chairman of the financial services committee, mr. hensarling of texas, and yield to him such time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. hensarling: i thank you, madam speaker. first, i want to thank the gentleman from michigan not only for yielding but more importantly for his leadership in helping improve our capital markets and our economy here. i want to thank all, all of the republican and democrat co-sponsors of h.r. 1219, particularly our vice chairman of the full committee, mr. m

madam clerk, there are any other nounsments? >> yes, silence all cell phones and electronic device and completed speaker cards to be part of the file should be submitted to the clerk items it acted upon today should be on the april, 8th board agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you, why don't you go ahead and call item one. >> resolution, retroacting the public of health. to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $1,336,000 from the california department of public health to participate in a program entitled hiv care program supplemental for the period of november 30, 2016, through september 29, 2017; and waiving indirect costs. >> okay. so with this presentation. >> good morning, supervisors my name is dean and i am the administrator of the hiv sections and i i am here to request the retroactive approval of the grand in the amount of $1336 million, in the one time funds, this came from the state office of aid as a new opportunity for the local health jurisdictions to request part of an appropriation provided to them fro

madam clerk, could you call item three? >>resolution approving in accordance with internal revenue code, section 147(f), the issuance of revenue bonds by the california municipal finance authority in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $45,000,000 to refinance all or a portion of certain outstanding debt obligations that originally financed and refinanced the acquisition, construction, equipping, and furnishing of facilities owned and managed by institute on aging, a california nonprofit public benefit corporation, in connection with the provision of health care and other support services for low-income, frail older adults. >> welcome back supervisor to this meeting. what is your item? >> my item. okay. before we get started with the reports then, supervisor fewer is here to speak on our item. >> yes, thank you supervisor yee. colleagues i just wanted to say that the institute on aging is in my neighborhood, and actually serves a broader senior population than just in the richmond, and it has been the life line for

colleagues can i entertain to continue for one week. >> without objection madam clerk call item 57 item no. 5 - planning code - dwelling unit mix requirements. >> add an option for the dwelling unit mix for 50 percent of the bedrooms in more than one bedroom and making the appropriate understanding. >> it was sponsored by supervisor yee ultimatums but want to ask the madam clerk to be added as a co-sponsor thank you. >> thank you chair peskin and colleagues the legislation before you today has been you know words for over a year and as you may know i've been working with the planning department on identifying ways to make housing for family-friendly when we started working on the family-friendly housing policy that was published earlier this year we held a number of focus groups one of the urban forester meetings was with the market-rate developers to understand where the family-friendly units were not built in san francisco one the ingredient that supports this family-friendly 0 housing is the number of bedrooms and in the unit and obvious reasons they didn't feel a demand for three be

thank you madam chair. thank you. [ applause ] >> senator donnelly. >> thank you, madam chair. so all of you, to mrs. gallagher, god bless you in what you're doing. it is god's work in every way shape and form. and to dr. yaffe, thank you for your work and to dr. callahan, we're so proud of you. you're doing such extraordinary things. and as you know, we have a large rural population in our state as well. and you shared that rural americans often live miles away from necessary services and have difficulty accessing the care they need. could you elaborate a little bit on the challenges that face rural americans with alzheimer's? and what we can do to ensure that everyone with alzheimer's, rural or not, has access to care and help? >> yes. about one out of five people with alzheimer's disease is in a rural area. and if you think about how -- so all day we've been hearing about how caregivers feel alone and the care recipients feel alone. you can't really get much more alone than being a caregiver of alzheimer's disease in a rural area. it's the lack of services. we've heard about

thank you. [ applause ] >> malala, madam trudeau, madam chief justice, speaker, my friend and classmateellencies, members of the house of commons, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, madam and mon sure. >> translator: it is my privilege to thank you on behalf of your fellow canadians for your inspiring words today. you have been a champion for education rights, in particular for girls, since you were 11. and it's clear that over the years your passion for this cause has only grown stronger. >> i know that you yourself have given credit for this determination to your father and your mother. both of whom nurtured your love of learning and encouraged you to pursue your dreams. as a father, i know it can't have been easy for them to set aside a parent's natural desire to protect their child from the dangers that are all around and to let her follow her heart. so i would like to thank your parents, malala, for their courage and their generosity in sharing their only daughter with the world. [ applause ] >> translator: you have been a pilgrim for education and peace for many years now