san francisco resident for 44 years known as maxine. was a member of the tavern guild of san francisco and worked in gay bars for more than 40 years. the last few years, maxine was working at new mars. texting was elected in 1973. the rest i will submit. thank you for your indulgence. >> thank you. supervisor campos. supervisor campos: thank you very much, madam clerk. i do want to thank supervisor mirkarimi for introducing the hearing requests on a number of issues, but certainly, issues involving public safety. along the same line, introducing a hearing request that i'm asking be sent to the board's public safety committee to look at the current condition of the community police advisory boards. all of the 10 police stations in the city have a citizens advisory board that essentially serves as the cornerstone of community policing in the city and county of san francisco. my request is that we hear directly from the police apartment as well as members -- the police department as well as members of the community about the current state

this is maxine albroro. it's been destroyed and one of my favorites done by helen bruten. it's to remind us, while i was looking at these projects, they employed 42 percent women. it's very unusual in the art world. and then of course, in san francisco, benny lafono. we had the first and the last of the new deal. coit tower is the first. it is i think, one of the best in the country. it shows san francisco's history and that of human civilization shown through the eyes of labor. these are things that happened in san francisco's history. lynchings. again, coit tower, shows you the stock market dropping. something people weren't used to seeing. and a business many being held up. and in george washington high school, the farther of our country pointing the pioneers west as they walk over a dead indian. most of the art is not controversial. most of the artists celebrates local produce. this is one of the most extraordinary murals i have seen. at a tuberculosis cemetery. they also painted a mural in san francisco. finally, it's on the outside of the berkeley community theater.

he goes for russia's entry to the world trade organization could be completed this april so says maxinemedved the calls head of the country's delegation to the talks he also addressed existing doubts that a session will have a positive impact on small business in russia. some companies. because it's true it's because. conditions. changed respect to the. marketplace but it's. this new situation that is in no. position for many years and you've got to take. a look at the markets in the u.s. the markets are trading up this hour boeing aircraft is up over three percent despite news of its revised delivery date of the first seven eighty seven dreamliner to the third quarter reflecting the impact of an in-flight incident during testing last november. and british billionaire and virgin founder richard branson is in talks with russian businessman and media tycoon alexander lebedev to acquire a stake in his low cost carrier red wings that's according to r.b.c. daily the talks are political area with both parties interested in striking some kind of cooperation in two thousand age brackets and cla

she asians for russia's entry to the world trade organization could be completed this april so says maxine medved cause of head of the country's delegation to the talks he also addressed existing doubts that a session will have a positive impact on small business in russia there could be progress some companies because it's true is its position. conditions to. be changed to respect to the. marketplace but it's. to prepare for. this new situation is there no going home to bad terms of in for many years and eventually. the board of impled com has approved the purchase of telecom assets owned by egypt in billionaire no good so where it's for a total of six and a half billion dollars this despite opposition from norwegian shareholder tele norm . russia's second big. russian second biggest mobile phone operator was to take over so where is the talian mobile operator wind telecommute and his five point one . rather fifty one point seven percent stake in egypt's telecom holding this would create the world's sixth largest phone company it's simple calm side a new agreement after telling all reject

it was started by maxine harris and helen bergman. community connections provides a range of services. we have our community support teams, and there at least five specialties within those teams-addictions and co-occurring disorders, criminal justice involvement and recovery from the criminal justice system, wellness and recovery, and recovery from violent victimization. we also provide a host of other services. we have a psychiatric clinic, we work with children and adolescents, we have a huge housing program. so there's really a range of services that we offer here at the agency. i didn't know what direction i was in. i didn't know what's going to happen to me. i, i was on the verge of giving up life and everything, until community connections decided to take me in. there's people in here that know my name and know me, and i don't even know them, but i always hear them call my name out. so i feel very comfortable realizing that, you know, i have people around here that care about me. there are really three different things that we t

representative maxine waters from california said about lawmakers, "we're vulnerable and there is no real way to protect us." is there a need to provide better safety and security for all members of congress? congressman, first. >> well, i think so. i have, i really feel strongly that we ought to take a look at our accounts and whether than cut, cut, cut, we ought to look at whether or not we may need to beef up the funding for individual accounts so that congress people can work with the state and local law enforcement officers. i want to thank the law enforcement division in south carolina for reaching out to me and my family yesterday, and the mayor of columbia, mayor benjamin called last night. i noticed in my neighborhood and in front of my house there was additional security. but i do believe that they can supplement, they cannot substitute. i think we need to take a hard look at even how members go through airports. i really believe that that is the place where we feel the most ill-at ease is going through airports. t.s.a. i think need to begin to interact with our capitol hil

representative maxine waters, 35th district california. carine brown. sixth district south carolina. representatival c.hastings. representative eddie johnson. third district, texas. first district, illinois. robert c. scott, virginia . representative sakafa trn a, representative sheila, jackson lee, 18th district texas. jessie jackson june yor ee lija kuc cummin dpfrns. representative gregory meeks. mike >> representative an draw carson. donna edwards, maryland. karen bass. . representative terry sull. second district. fredericka willson. ladies and gentleman, please join me in congratulating the 112 j congress of the black caucus. >> thank you. it's my pleasure to introduce the ref rant mccompany. join me in welcoming dr. myron mccompany. >> i invite us all to be in an attitude of prayer. god who has walked with us, we thank you for a rich legacy of heroes and heroins that have stood in the gap. they stood in the midst of all man r and organized oppression. we thank you for them allowing us to stand on their shoulders and build on their efforts. >> we

maxine waters telling politico this morning that she has her own fears about security for members. this is what she said. we can be shot down in our district but we can also be shot walking over to the capitol. we have a lot of people outside who appear to be fragile emotionally. we don't know when one will walk up and shoot us down. we are vulnerable and there's no real way to protect us. is this a wake-up call in terms of thinking about security for these kinds of events? >> i think it needs to be a wake-up call for members who treat security in -- their own personal security in a cavalier way. i know when i had town hall meetings, which i had regularly, and very open public meetings, there are always officers present. not a cavalier of officers, but at least a show of law enforcement so that we can make sure that my staff is protected. because, remember, as we saw with mr. zimmerman's death, it's not just our personal safety that matters. it's also the personal safety of our constituents. then they come in and target the member, but the people in the room are all subject to a se

we saw the investigations of charlie rangel, of maxine waters, so they were in the news a lot, particularlys. now that will also be chaired by a republican. bottom line, it's a new day here on capitol hill. we're expecting more than 100 fresh faces to be sworn in in just a few hours. >> thanks a lot, we'll be watching the new congress. >>> meantime veteran senator dianne feinstein will not be there for the senate swearing-in today. she is here in the bay area getting ready for knee replacement surgery. the 77-year-old will not be able to travel for about three weeks. she's going to recover in her pacific heights home, but she does say she will work from home on important issues. >>> maryland democrat barbara micaluski will be there. she was first sworn in as a senator back in 1987. the senate now ha 17 females, including feinstein and barbara boxer from california. the previous longest serving senator was republican margaret chase smith who represented maine for 24 years. >>> it is 5:44 right now. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm brent cannon.

we have congress when maxine waters from the great state of california. [applause] we have congressman bobby scott from virginia. we of congresswoman donna christiansen from the virgin islands faugh . we have congressman green from texas. [applause] and we have the honorable gwen moore ny will not forget from wisconsin. thank you for to joining us and we will be joining your expertise as well. with that, dr. margaret is an institute fellow at the urban institute in washington, d.c. where she directs the low-income working family project. prior year to joining the urban institute in july, 2007, she was the vice president of the joint center for political and economic studies. she has all the economic appointments at atlanta university and the university of california at santa cruz. she has edited many books and monographs on black economic well-being and has written extensively on issues of employment and training, education, income, poverty and minority the filament. dr. simms serves as the editor of the political black economy from 1983 to 1988 to beat s

we have cumbersome and maxine waters from the great state of california. -- we have congresswoman maxine waters from the great state of california. [applause] >> we have congressman bobby scott from the great state of virginia. [applause] >> we have cumbersome and the christians and from the virgin islands. -- donna christiansen from the virgin islands. we have congressman green. and we have to embezzlement when more. thank you for joining us. -- glenn more. dr. margaret simms is a member of the urban institute. she was the vice president at the joint senator for political and economic studies. dr. simms has held economic appointments at atlantic university and university of california at santa cruz. she has edited many books and monographs on that the -- on black economic well-being, and has written extensively. dr. simms is the editor of the black political economy from 1983 through 1988. shi'ahs and elect a member of the american academy of arts and sciences, -- she is and how elected member of the american academy of arts and sciences. after dr. margaret simms, we will be joined by d

representative maxine waters, 35th street california, representative sanford bishop, jr., the secondistrict, georgia. representative corrine brown, representative district florida. representative james e. clyburn, sixth district south carolina assistant democratic leader. representative l.c. hastings, 23rd district, florida. representative eddie bernice johnson, 30th district, texas. representative bobby rush, first district, illinois. representative robert c. scott, third district, virginia. representative melvin l. watt, 12th district, north carolina. representative vinnie g. thompson, second district, mississippi. representative shocka pata, second districts, pennsylvania. representative sheila jackson-lee, 18th district, texas. representative jesse jackson, jr., second district, illinois. representative elijah cummings, seventh district, maryland. representative donna christensen, delegate, virgin islands, first vice chair congressional black caucus. representative danny k. davis, seventh district, illinois. representative gregory meeks, sixth district, new york. representative w

we have congress when maxine waters from the great state of california. [applause] we have congressman bobby scott from virginia. we of congresswoman donna christiansen from the virgin islands faugh . we have congressman green from texas. [applause] and we have the honorable gwen moore ny will not forget from wisconsin. thank you for to joining us and we will be joining your expertise as well. with that, dr. margaret is an institute fellow at the urban institute in washington, d.c. where she directs the low-income working family project. prior year to joining the urban institute in july, 2007, she was the vice president of the joint center for political and economic studies. she has all the economic appointments at atlanta university and the university of california at santa cruz. she has edited many books and monographs on black economic well-being and has written extensively on issues of employment and training, education, income, poverty and minority the filament. dr. simms serves as the editor of the political black economy from 1983 to 1988 to beat s

one of the great things about the dodd-frank though, in our opinion, is that comes with maxine waterson. it was a great impact on minority owned businesses and businesses in general because it requires an institution and other corporations doing business with the federal government to submit data to them regarding not only the risk of their employees, but the contract, if you will. and as was pointed out earlier called the federal government we've been trying to get data for the past two years to find out what percentage of the contracts or lending business is? right down the we have is from 2005, says that less than 1% of latinos like on businesses, asian owned businesses, so we think this legislation is critical. and we have taken it on ourselves that the banking industry is where some people have contracts with the federal government adhere to that part of the legislation. >> dawn and steve, let me ask you, why are the numbers so low as you cited? and secondly, why is the data not better? jorge was saying we needed more data, why don't we have it? i can't speak because i don't know

host: maxine from california, democrats, you're on with the commerce one did.ler: people have got to come to the realization that a lot of the jobs are not coming back due to technology, and it will be important for parents, teachers, and the government to ensure that our children are educated to be more marketable on regulation -- graduation. as far as spending -- if a person has a leak in their home and its bigger, this means that by the time the problem is bigger -- had a fix did when it was small, they would have had to spend less. i feel the president inherited -- he had to spend more with what the country was experiencing. host: congresswoman, what about that argument? guest: the caller is right. the president inherited debt and deficits from the republicans who preceded cantor the problem is he made the situation much worse. so now that both parties have failed at the tax and spend or borrow and spend models, we need to try something new. that is why i support paul ryan's road map as a way to try something different, which is to get a handle on spending

economists have come from all over the nation to share with us and i will be joined by my colleagues maxine waters and congressman bobby scott sharing three discussions. congressman will give closing remarks and we're also joined by the congresswoman, christiansen from the u.s. virgin islands. the moderator's today are maya rockymore president of global marketing solutions and jonathan of the "washington post" and jamal simmons of the rayburn group, and we are elated that despite the snow, and i'm from texas originally, and i had never seen mass panic by a sprinkling of snowflakes like i have seen here in washington where it snows every year. nonetheless, you have taken time out of your busy schedule to come and share in this exciting and what we believe to be necessary discussion today. we will begin with panel one moderated by maya rockymore. like me, she is originally from wichita falls texas and also, like me a graduate of a and m university. she also happens to be married to a friend, my colleague and former chair elijah cummings. dr. maya rockymore leaves the global policy solutions t

the dodd-frank pill, in our opinion -- bill, in our opinion, is the the subsidy that congresswoman maxine waters supported. that is a significant piece of legislation, if you will. it's going to have a great impact on minority-owned businesses and business in general, if you will. because it requires financial institutions and other corporations that are doing business with the federal government to submit data to them regarding not only their employees, the board, what have you, but the contracting, if you will. and as was pointed out earlier with the federal government, we've been trying to get data from are the department of defense for the past two years to find out what percent of their contracts were awarded to minority and women-owned businesses. right now the data we have is there are 2005 says that less than 1% of latinos, black-owned businesses, asian-owned. so we think this piece of legislation is critical, and we have taken it on ourselves to make certain that the industry as well as corporations who have contracts with the federal government adhere to that piece of, part of t

[applause] [applause] >> nine members of the financial services committee following our leader maxiner until we were successful in getting this through. had we slept, during the 11th congress, there would be no fair sentencing act which reduced the disparity between crack and powder cocaine. [applause] >> had we slept in the congress, african-american and native american farmers would be waiting for the $4.6 billion that has been owed to them for over a decade. had we slept during the 111th congress, there would be no american recovery and reinvestment act that injected $800 billion into our economy and helped families, small businesses, and our work force. >> that's right. >> recovery during what most of us believe to have been a depression. had we slept during the 111th congress, there would be a major gap in funding for the historically black colleges and universities. had we slept in the 111th congress, the pell grant program would be a pittance of what it is. had we slept during the 111th congress, there would be no health care reform. and this congress congressional black caucus

maxine, you should have interrupted us in the beginning. >> move their chairs over and come right in front of the panel. >> move the chairs. >> could we put their name in the record? >> their name is in the record from the beginning. >> but they are doing such important work. >> i don't think they are that shy really. >> what we can't get some of the uninformed and misinformed to understand in the congress coming from the opposite side of the aisle, maybe the children will be able to do that. could we get their names in the record? >> madelyn and hannah are in the record. >> thank you so much. i certainly aim to live up to your expectations. that would be the highest honor that i could afford to the people who have elected me to come here and serve. thank you so very much. >> thank you. congresswoman moore. >> well, thank you so much, mr. chairman. and before i address this distinguished panel, i just want to revel in praising my colleagues who put together this outstanding panel of citizens because i think one of the most important things to reflect is this entire debate is that unl

one of the great things about the dodd-frank bill, in our opinion, is the peace that congresswoman maxine you will. it will have a great impact on minority owned businesses and business and in general into a. because it requires financial institutions and other corporations that are doing business with the federal government to submit data to them regarding not only their employees, the board, what have you, but the contract, if you will. as was pointed out earlier, with the federal government we have been tried to get data from, in a sense for the past two years. to find out what percent of the contract was awarded to minority or women-owned businesses. right now the data we have is 2005, says that less than 1% for latinos, blackout businesses, asian on businesses, same thing. so we think this piece of legislation is critical, and we have taken it on ourselves to make certain that corporations have contracts with the federal government adhere to that piece of legislation. >> don and steve, let me ask you why are the numbers so low as he cited? and secondly, why is the did not better? jor

but maxine waters' districts is more hispanic. there's a reason why san francisco -- even before the race issue came up used cumulative voting but as big as california is and as big as your population is, you know, you just want to stay in the neighborhood that's historically black, you better move over to houston or south carolina or something. [laughter] >> or get over it. [laughter] >> state of illinois, i chair the redistricting committee in the illinois state senate. we're not quite -- >> your name. >> kwame rowe. we're not quite out of time in illinois. this week, in fact, we passed voting rights expansion with regards to redistricting that would codify what justice kennedy in the bartlett decision said was permissionable in a crossover of commission districts. and i'm going to -- >> anita? >> obviously, you're clapping. >> i think that's a wonderful model. there's also a california voting rights act. and there are some really important ways that legislatures can add to the protections of the federal voting rights act. that'

talking about earlier regarding the carrots, one the great things in our upon is the diversity that maxine waters and obviously mr. frank supported. that is a significant piece of legislation, if you will. it's going to have a great impact on minority-owned businesses and businesses in general. it requires financial institutions and other operations that are doing business that not only the employees, but the contract if you will. i've already pointed out, we've been trying to get data from the department of defense for the past two years to find out what percent of the contract is minority-owned business. the data that we have more 2005 is one percent on latinos, asia-owned businesses, same thing. this is critical. we have taken on ourselves to have make that we have contracts at the federal government that adhere to this piece of the positive legislation. >> don, why are the numbers so low as we sited, and we need more data. why don't we have it? >> i can't speak to the first issue. i know the president has a strong commitment and secretary geithner has a commitment to this and administr