delauro: mr. chairman, i yield four minutes to the gentlewoman from florida, the chair of the military construction and veterans' affairs subcommittee, ms. wasserman schultz. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for four minutes. ms. wasserman schultz: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. mr. chairman, i rise in strong support of h.r. 8294, the appropriations minibus for fiscal year 2023. i really want to start out my remarks, mr. chairman, by saying what a joy it is to work with my counterpart, judge carter, as our ranking member. he and i work hand in glove. we were personal friends and we work very closely together along with the ranking member, ms. granger, and ms. delauro. in a very divisive process, it's just really nice to have met and befriended someone like judge carter and i wish him the best. by all we know that president biden's wise words, don't tell me what you value, show me your budget and i will tell you what you value. this minibus truly reflects our values. the values of promoting

mr. horsford. the chair: the gentleman is recognize. mr. horsford: thank you, madam speaker, it's great to see you at the chair. i thank chairman grijalva for yielding time and bringing this important bill to the floor and i applaud my friend and colleague, the gentleman from colorado, mr. the news -- neguse for leading this legislation. i madam speaker, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 5118, the wildfire response and resiliency act. as a native of las vegas, i grew up with frequent trips to lake immediate which is part of my district. that is why it is heart breaking to see levels at lake immediate at their lowest point since the reservoir was first filled in 1937. it is currently only 27% full. madam speaker, nevada and much of the west of the u.s. has experienced a very hot and dry summer, fueling drought and even fires in some areas. in this year's appropriation bill, we secured $6 million for lake immediate, the las vegas watch program, to directly address the falling water levels. and this legislation, the wildfire response and r

pallone: mr. chair, as the member designated by mr. albio sires and mrs. ann kirkpatrick, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 7. the chair: for what purpose does gentlelady new hampshire seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. pingree, ms. meng, ms. stevens and ms. leger fernandez, these members will vote yes on amendments en bloc 7. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. katko of new york, i inform the house that mr. katko will vote yes on en bloc 7. the chair: for what purpose does gentlelady texas seek recognition? ms. garcia: as the member designated by ms. escobar will vote yes on amendments en bloc 7. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by lowey gohmert and carter. they will vote yes. and as the member designated by mr. gosar, i inform the house he will vote no on en bloc 7. the chair: for what purpose does gentlelady california seek recognition? >> as the m

mr. lahood will vote nay. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: as the member designated by mr. deutch and crist, they will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does mr. mchenry of north carolina, mr. guthrie and mr. bower of kentucky, mr. mchenry and mr. guthrie will vote aye on amendment number 2 and mr. andy bar will vote no. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: as the member designated by mr. sires and johnson and mr. garamendi and mr. payne and mr. san nicholas, these members will vote yes on the velazquez amendment. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. soto: as the member designated by mr. cardenas and ms. plaskett, these members will vote yea on the velazquez amendment. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. steel of california, i inform the

mr. chair? >> mr. chair seeking recognition. >> for what purpose please? >> is a couplere of letters i would like to introduce for the record of the chair would allow. i alsore wanted to point out for the chair on the rest of the folks on the hearing, ralph norman our colleague. >> excuse me sir your time forgiving your statements have left brief like to introduce something into the record the chair willer entertain. >> is only welcoming ralph norman to the committee in your subcommittee server. >> all right well you may consider him welcomed. >> i would like to mention two letters we received in advance of the hearing for the first is from the national rental home counsel regarding the question posed by the title of today's hearing which is where have all the houses gone? the letter says the answer is simple they were never built inn the first place. it describes the gap between supply and demand and how it dries up home prices. >> the second one for. >> excuse me the chair speaking sir.lt you may enter your exhibit without objection. but we would do witho

in texas alone, mr. chair man, and it's your home state as well as mine, the cost of gun violencece annually is $23.7 billion, billion dollars or about $839 per person. i'm confident we can think ofk better ways that this money could be better spent, like educating your children, because schools should be about books and not bullets. it's our duty to prevent such widespread gun violence for the safety constituency and economic success. i know the chairwoman mentioned the shooter in uvalde. i read the texas house committee report over the weekend and it found there was no legal impediment to the attacker by you to ar 15 rifles and magazines and over 2,000 rounds of ammunition when he turned 18. most of which he did online in preparation when he was still 17 online. and as she said, some of these platforms are allowing these sales and at the question that i have on my mind is where did he get all that money because i totaled it up and it was around $5,000. so, can you shed some light on how financial technology

mr. chair, could the other two answer briefly? mr.s: thank you for working on the global fragility act. we have worked with our regional bureaus orange implement -- on implementation of the strategy. i could talk for a long time. i don't have a lot of time. we'd love to spend time getting into detail what we're doing, what we need. we do need additional flexibility. thank you so much, all of you, for the flexibility we've been given not just under the terms of g.f.a. but we could more. we need to do more to get your trust so we can have more flexible resources and keep that communication going. that's something we'd like to have from you, that partnership. we need your patience. 10 years is a long time but we're still 23 1/2, you know, 10-year plans in our own country and we're not sure what the constitution always means in agreement with each other. so i love that you reference plan colombia. colombia is an example i often use because once security was there and the political will was there and the strategic patience was there, our g

mr. chair. >> vice-chair chan is the sponsor. thank you for bringing this forward and turn it over to you to take the lead on the hearing. >> thank you, chair preston. i really appreciate the opportunity to bring this hearing before you to. pg&e negligence continued to contribute to our worsening climate crisis and cause devastating wildfires all around california. while san francisco has the privilege of having clean power sf that has helped our city move away from relying on the monopoly of pg&e hold, we still rely on the company distribution and transmission lines to deliver our power. so, according to san francisco public utilities commission, nearly 70, 7-0, city projects were delayed due to pg&e for connection for parks and housing and emergency services and these projects, their delay caused the city more than $10 million annually and that's why this resolution would reclaim our power justice campaign which i'm grateful for. i'm grateful for their leadership and advocacy. they are the la

mr. chair. >> vice-chair chan is the sponsor. thank you for bringing this forward and turn it over to you to take the lead on the hearing. >> thank you, chair preston. i really appreciate the opportunity to bring this hearing before you to. pg&e negligence continued to contribute to our worsening climate crisis and cause devastating wildfires all around california. while san francisco has the privilege of having clean power sf that has helped our city move away from relying on the monopoly of pg&e hold, we still rely on the company distribution and transmission lines to deliver our power. so, according to san francisco public utilities commission, nearly 70, 7-0, city projects were delayed due to pg&e for connection for parks and housing and emergency services and these projects, their delay caused the city more than $10 million annually and that's why this resolution would reclaim our power justice campaign which i'm grateful for. i'm grateful for their leadership and advocacy. they are the la

thank you mr. chair. >> senator warner from virginia is recognized. >> thank you mr. chairman. i'm glad you are having this important hearing. administrator fernandez lemmy say how happy i am -- let me say how happy i am -- as you know our system here is in the hole national capitol region. we have staff members that use the model on a daily basis. transit systems around the country are having some challengesas in getting ridershp levels back up. on a more generalized basis in a generalized basis can you talk about fta's relationship with the community and what fta is doing to help them get active pre-covid ridership? >> senator thank you very much for that question. because the transit authority is here in the nation's capitol is where we are located as well. i use metro all the time and i can tell you the ridership the metro system is continuing to grow. we have to sometimes wait for another train. nonetheless a relationship is a very good one. we have a responsibility for providing safety oversight through the metropolitan safety commission. the operations of the metro and w

mr. chairman. administrator, welcome. today we will hear directly from the fta on the implementation of last year's infrastructure law and as i've stated before, we shouldn't pay by borrowing billions more dollars but that is precisely what happened in this law. it authorized so much new spending that $118 billion had to be transferred from the treasury's general fund highway trust fund which is a specific account financed with federal gas tax revenue to cover the mass transit and highway construction costs. president biden would make the shortfall worse by suspending for three months into reasoning that the solution to the high gas prices isn't more supply but rather more debt. if we want to help commuters and families from suffering from inflation we could start by reversing the administration's actions that keep us from using america's own fossil energy but that infrastructure federal spending should be driven by a region assessment of the nation's needs. last year's infrastructure law seems

representative cohen. >> thank you mr. chair. mr. secretary thank you coming before the committee and yourld introductory remarks outstanding service of our chair, our former chairman mr. young who was a dear friend. on the work of this committee. last time i think we spoke you called me about supporting the bill from the senate. i told you i could not do it i was supportive of my chairman and the hard work of this committee. forget about all that i voted for the bill. we had a hearing last week on how on the impact of outdated road design and the highway safety crisis. we learned speed is a factor both increasing the riskig of crashes and disparity. certain high class risks or locations a response for disproportionate numbers of totality and serious injuries. memphis was unfortunate rid the third worst city for pedestrianm injuries. an accident% are mark and i got the complete streets act passed part got into the jobs act. certain percentage of money to go into that. how will those included in the jobs act changed the way we design o

so again, mr. chair, thank you for holding this hearing today, because americans should never feel the sliver of unsafety in their own communities. we must return to a society of law and order. i yelled back -- i yield back. >> i now recognize the chairwoman of the full committee, the gentlewoman from california, mrs. waters, for one minute. >> to everyone here today,, thank you for coming to help us deal with this very difficult and complicated issue. the first thing i must say is, not all democrats have said defund the police. so let's be clear about that. the mass shootings in buffalo, new york, the recent tragedy in highland park, illinois, these horrific incidents have been far too frequent. in this year alone, there have been more than 300 mass shootings devastating families and communities. the reverberations of loss and grief are felt long after the last bullet is shot. neighborhoods and local businesses in affected areas struggle to cope with changing dynamics within the community, including neg

mr. chair. >> thank you, so first we're hear from officer samleson from the abc unit on this item for the liquor license transfer for olive. >> morning, members of the board, golden state and if approved this would allow them to operate in offset general promise. to located in plot 723 which is considered high crime. they're in census track 401 which is considered a high saturation area. police station has no opposition and alcohol liason recommends with following conditions that the petition in an effort to prevent the loitering to anybody. as depicted. >> thank you, officer samson. do we have a representative from olive here who would want to speak? or on the line? maybe not. >> yes, you do, this is nicole counsel, but i think my client intends to speak but i think he's still muted. ma'am, if he can get off mute. >> can you hear me? >> yes, we can hear you. >> okay, hi. this is amet owner of consulting llc doing business as olive specialty grocery store. what we dream of doing in that locatio

first, mr. chair, madame co-chair, on behalf of this committee and this party and i'm sure on behalf of this great country, i would like us to extend our condolences to the people of japan. they have just witnessed a horror that have not seen at that level in a long time. for a culture that does not worship guns and have to deal with this type of violence, i know we extend our well wishes to his family, to his friends, to the many people of japan, to let them know that we, the american people come our thinking about them. and we are honoring the spirits that they often call upon to bury our dead with dead and dignity. -- with grace and dignity. i will be quick, i did not feel like writing. i think, he has summed up many things we have already stated, whether in the media, or in this room, or elsewhere. we know our calling. a call and we have is a great calling. it was a call we had in 2006, 2005, and we answer to the call. we answered the call by having two small states, i don't think nevada is that d

. >> thank you, mr. chair man and mr. sec. i want you to know that in nevada we share your enthusiasm for the funding that is going into infrastructure and i would point out a couple of things we are doing. we've got 2.5 million for the roadss and highways, 225 million for the bridges, 100 million for ourr institutes for connecting with the internet and 5.5 million for the charging stations. that's a lot of people to work or goodwill and it will help us to grow and develop and we invite you to come out and see any of those projects in the work. we had the highest unemployment at 35% but we are recovering that at a rapid rate thanks to these and i hope we continue in nevada. my question though i would like to go back my colleagues from phoenixx talked about intercity passenger rail and i want to be sure i understand how that partnershipba grant program is going to work. so much of the investment in real and the northeast corridor but we need to investsu in the southwest as well. we need greater availability. i want to be sure t

mr. chairman. >> the gentleman yields back. the chair will now -- now recognizes the gentleman from south carolina. my friend mr. timmons for five minutes. >> think you missed her chairman. thank you to our witnesses for being here today. another day, another new excuse from our friends across the aisle trying to explain their role on causing record-breaking inflation. first, as you recall, inflation was transitory. then it was a high-class problem. then it was just use cars and energy. then it was prudence fault. now it isn't able corporations -- it is people corporations and they are trying out a new bogeyman wall street institutional investors. none of these attempts to explain why inflation worked and with the midterms quickly approaching and the president approval ratings in the gutter, and they are throwing mud at the wall with the hope that something sticks. the american people are too smart for this it will not work. they know exactly who is responsible for the 40 year high levels of inflation we are seeing to blame merrily lies

john sharer is the director of unc press mr. chair. what does a university press do or an academic? press do well, there's probably a hundred and fifty hundred and sixty different members of the association of university presses and they all do slightly different things, but in general the things that we have in common is we are we are based usually at a university or an institution of higher learning. we're doing a type of publication that the commercial marketplace just doesn't support usually an academically focused issue or topic we call these monographs these specialized humanities volumes, and then we do peer review which is a rigorous external review of every manuscript and every journal that we publish and having worked in both trade and university press publishing. i will say there's not a return on investment in peer review, which is one of the reasons that the commercial marketplace doesn't support it, but it enhances books it helps keeps us out of trouble. it helps stop publishing people who just want to pump their fist and make points and actually focus on the research

mr. chair i think we're ready for public comment. >> let's go to public comment. >> clerk: anyone who would like to speak, you can line up. and for those joining us zoom. enter the meeting id. we have our first speaker at the podium please proceed. >> hi, i've been homeless over 20-something years. i wanted to know why, can everybody else get section 8 and mine was taken back each and every time? i'm at the goode hotel where i'm called the snitch, i don't do drugs, i do smoke weed. i was suppose to stab somebody and this guy was talking about out out out. they call the police every day on me and make false police report. they have something in my room that scares me. i'm called bitches and mother fuckers, everywhere i go. the tv was taken apart and hooked to security downstairs. so i know they are looking at me, so i unplug the tv, right now, i look like i'm crazy but i would rather be some place else. can you put me some place elsewhere i'm safe? i walked in and i was given a permanent section

mr. speaker. as co-chair of the service organization caucus which highlights the great work offer is vision -- service organizations across our country i rise to recognize and honor the kiwanis club of warren, pennsylvania. mr. thompson: they are celebrating 100 years of service. since july 12, 1962, they have worked to fulfill the mission ofky waughs any -- kiwanis international, to improve the world one child at a time. it's made a positive impact for children and families everywhere. the kiwanis club of warren has raised money to eliminate ido dine dependency disorder and maternal neonatal tetanus worldwide. the kiwanis club also makes a difference at home. in an effort to raise the next generation of service leaders they have three scholarships to focus on leadership and character building. they focus on events like the salvation army bell ringing and annual blood screenings. con garagelations, kiw narvetion is club of warren for 100 years of service. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the hou

>>clerk: mr. chair, there are no no other callers in the queue. i apologize, we have one last person. public speaker: hi, i'm carrie from san francisco and i'm in opposition to this policy. this will increase the police surveillance powers and sfpd private cameras. the policy is a threat to our fundamental rights to lead to abuse and discrimination. we care about justice and activist, we must do everything we can to protect privacy protection and not more surveillance. thank you. >> thank you. next caller, please. >> public speaker: hi my name is # arianna. a resident and strongly opposed to this. i do not agree with this -- [inaudible] >> the footage -- i think this is a severe over reach, and i strongly urge you to oppose this and vote no. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you, next caller, please. >> public speaker: hi, my name is raymond and i support the legislation. security cameras are important for our safety. >> thank you. next caller, please. public speaker: hi, my name is lloyd silverstein of the merchants association. i have

mr. chair, there's nobody in the queue. >> thank you. public comment on this item is closed. and i would like to be added as a cosponsor on this item. and reiterate the thanks extended by supervisor mandelman to ms. sitrin and others and thank professor beslon for her leadership and work on this project and again, recognize da budine's leadership on this and i think this is really essential work. this is reexamination of cases as required and also evaluating wrongful conviction and it's incredibly important work and i do share and want to reiterate the sentiment that we hope that this work will be priority of any da's current or future and this kind of, our capacity to do this will be expanded going forward. so thank you to everyone at the da's office involved in this. and i would like to move to send this item to the full board with recommendation. madam clerk. >> on that motion to send this item to the full board of positive recommendation, member mandelman? >> aye. >> vice-chair chan? >> aye. >> and chair preston? >> aye. >> you have three ayes. >> thank you, madam clerk.

. >> such an opening, mr. chair. >> i know, i know. >> mr. charan, thank you [inaudible] my remarks about the hearing for the time when it comes for me to ask questions because i do want to address the topic senator tester raised in regard to the first class robinson honoring the act. we are currently considering this act tonight at midnight 30 hours will expire and we should have another set of votes. we are able to have the hearing because we are not being intruded on by any votes or amendments and passing toxic exposure legislation has been a significant priority for senator tester and for me in this congress and the last congress in my view we were able to deliver it number of landmark pieces most importantly mental health legislation for veterans. in this congress we are committed to long-lasting solutions for veterans. about a month ago we announced a bipartisan agreement and introduced legislation the senate is considering. a part of that as the chair indicated he and i agreed there would be to amendments considered on the senate floor

. >> thank you, mr. chair. like several members of the committee, i want to share a couple of remarks in response to the tragedy from yesterday. i know our time is so limited. i will give my questions first and then finish with the remarks on what happened in uvalde yesterday. mr. dettelbach, welcome. as u.s. attorney, i understand you prosecuted a number of suspects for violent crimes, including those using guns. we know president biden has made it a priority for the administration to disrupt what experts refer to as the iron pipeline. the pipeline refers to the path by which guns flow from southern states with looser restrictions up i-95 to northern states with stricter gun laws. by the way, it is not the only region to have these pipelines, there are pipelines with similar dynamics in other parts of the country, including out west. but the iron pipeline has undermined efforts of major states and cities to protect their communities who pass laws to help prevent gun violence. a number of states continue to exp

. >> thank you, mr. chair. members of the public who wish to speak and join nothing person may line up to speak. if you are joining us remote call 415-655-0001 enter access code 2493 392 7760 # #. once connected press star 3 to enter the line. for those in the queue continue it wait until you have been unmuted that will be a queue to begin. i'm seeing no in person and 8 upon listening and one in our queue. can you put that caller forward? >> good morning, commissioners i would like to thank director heminger and director walton on the caltrain for getting us [inaudible]. my only comment this morning is i support approving this mou. the thing i'm correspond moving forward is going along the same lines in casting this proposal of governors in concrete amending the jpb. and past performance and for the future. moving forward must be consider changing the [inaudible]. i want all the supervisors to be very alert and making sure that nothing happens that we may regret after 10 years down the road. >> thank you. >> th

so with that -- yea -- [applause] >> chair ronen: so with that, mr. clerk, can we have a roll call vote? >> clerk: on that motion by chair ronen, seconded by president walton -- [roll call] >> clerk: we have five ayes. >> chair ronen: that motion passes unanimously. >> supervisor preston: chair ronen, were the amendments taken. >> chair ronen: yeah, it was one item. >> supervisor preston: thank you. >> chair ronen: no problem. mr. clerk, can you please call item 4? is. >> clerk: yes. item 4 is a resolution authorizing the recreation and park department to amend its agreement with the francisco park conservancy, to provide f.p.c. a credit of up to $443,000 against its obligation to fund maintenance at francisco park over the next five years to account for a portion of project cost increases generated by pg&e construction requirements. madam chair? >> chair ronen: thank you. and i'm going to make a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair. can i have a second? >> president walton: second. >> chair ronen: seconded by president walton. can i p

thank you, mr. chair. >> senator ossoff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to our panelists, thank you for your testimony and your presence today. i believe i may be concluding this hearing, one more after this. well, i would like to focus these few minutes, if i might, on the real world impact on the consequences for women's health. women's lives, women's risk of death or grievous injury. of laws, such as the one that we have on the books, not yet in force, but perhaps to be. hb-41 in georgia, which bans abortions beginning at six weeks before many women even know they're pregnant, with limited exceptions. and in other states where even more draconian and extreme bans on abortions are on the books, just waiting to be enforced as this decision and its implications make their way through the courts. doctor mcnicholas, based upon your experience, when a state government steps in and decides that we'll regulate pregnancy and forbid a woman in consultation with her doctor from making the personal choice about her pregnancy, as early as six weeks in pre