. >> so the materials that have been presented to us by staff mr. coke particularly were those turned over to her. >> they were public documents i think they were provided directly to mr. young in particular and whether they read them or not is another issue they were voluminous and, yes access to all the material by staff. >> so show you we've made effort to address people i i know there are opportunities to meet at their requests we've been accused of proposalstizing i make the statement in the june meeting we have a duty to educate the madam clerk, any other business before this committee? members to see why we come to the recommendations i want to make sure that staff in their best efforts to the members to explain what we're doing and there are vacuums of information and actually on with an thing on the information that the issue of urgent care to see was brought up when i talked about the non-traditional issues. >> commissioner myburg. >> if you will, i've been a educator for a long time one must communicate in the person asking the lawns there's a

. >> so the materials that have been presented to us by staff mr. coke particularly were those turned over to her. >> they were public documents i think they were provided directly to mr. young in particular and whether they read them or not is another issue they were voluminous and, yes access to all the material by staff. >> so show you we've made effort to address pe

mr. smika. >> you say you left about two? he left the apartment before you did? >> yeah. >> where should the money and the coke be found?d be in the apartment. >> despite what we heard from thayne smika, no money was found on sidney wells' person, nor was any money or cocaine found in the apartment. >> several days after the murder of sid wells, the police drove back to akron, colorado to search the house of thayne smika's mother. thayne smika was not at his mother's house at the time of the search. >> thayne smika's mother talked about some not very complimentary character traits. mrs. smika thought that her son may be a psychopath and may very well have been involved in the murder of sidney wells. it was pretty significant coming from a parent, and especially a mother. we had our search warrant for the house. one of the first areas that we searched was the bedroom closet. we pulled a box off the shelf and inside that box, we found a 20 gauge shotgun. we knew that mr. wells had been killed with a 20 gauge shotgun. what added to that suspicion was thayne smika's sister lived in the house, telling us that they had just c

piles of petroleum coke suggest the future of canadian tar sands oil," dated november 18, 20136789 ma, 2013.may i place te record as well. the presiding officer: without objection u. mrs. boxer: now, when this pet coke started to blow all across the communities, reserve -- ress felt they cannot safely open their windows in the summer for fear the black clouds would trigger their children's as mavment we know thattime type of toxic air pollution can increase the number o and severity of asthma attacks and contribute to other lung diseases. asthma, the federal government has said asthma has become a national epidemic. this is a picture of a little girl who's having a hard time breathing. i'd say to my friend from kansas, i have another 15 minutes, just for his information. so this is a photo of a little girl who is having difficulty breathing because she has asth asthma. the federal government has said, asthma has become -- and i'm quoting -- "a national epidemic, which affects one out of every 1012people or 26 million americs and 7 million of these are children." we don't need more asthma. american communities don't need more pet coke. but my republican friends aren't

coke, you have to say what is in the national interests? i ask for one minute. the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. mrs. boxer: i ask for an additional minute. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: and i would add a minute to senator landrieu as well. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: so to me, all of these health reasons are reason enough to say let's not interrupt what the administration is going through now, which is careful study of whether or not this is safe for our people. two million people sent in their comments. don't shortcut that. and then it's the whole issue of the climate. we know this tar sands oil is far more carbon intensive and it is going to hurt our planet. and we want to have a planet that's habitable for our children and our grandkids and generations to come. so i embrace this debate. i think it is an important debate to have. but you really have to ask yourself the question, is it worth exposing our people to these risks who i stood with shoulder to shoulder, and is it worth exposing the planet to these risks when we can create millions of jobs

piles of petroleum coke suggest the future of canadian tar sands oil," dated november 18, 20136789 ma, 2013.may i place te record as well. the presiding officer: without objection u. mrs. boxer: now, when this pet coke started to blow all across the communities, reserve -- ress felt they cannot safely open their windows in the summer for fear the black clouds would trigger their children's as mavment we know thattime type of toxic air pollution can increase the number o and severity of asthma attacks and contribute to other lung diseases. asthma, the federal government has said asthma has become a national epidemic. this is a picture of a little girl who's having a hard time breathing. i'd say to my friend from kansas, i have another 15 minutes, just for his information. so this is a photo of a little girl who is having difficulty breathing because she has asth asthma. the federal government has said, asthma has become -- and i'm quoting -- "a national epidemic, which affects one out of every 1012people or 26 million americs and 7 million of these are children." we don't need more asthma. american communities don't need more pet coke. but my republican friends aren't