i just want to say thank you, mr. fried, ms. miller, and to francesca, our great intern, and to the advocates out there, and to many who are not here that we expect to see at this event on august 5 who helped make the reason why we're having this event happen. i just want to say that lafco's been accused in both subject matter and style at being rather dry over the last few years. and the subject matter, a littles soteric and sometimes, you know, just hard, other than for those who have the nuanced interest in what we want to do. we have such a festive flier. we're talking about having a party together. so this is a real break-out period for lafco and public power and c.c.a. energy advocates. so i see this in itself culturally a real milestone, among other things. i think it will be great to celebrate, not just celebrate, because this isn't just a san francisco thing, although we are obviously the epicenter of everything in our own minds, but yet it's people from, i think, around the state that are going to be joining us. that's

mr metro from the airplanes on the fifteenth of may nineteenth french fries. but it's not just enough of the transport system it's one of the most impressive. of the soviet era it's grand the breathtaking it was built as a visual proof of the socialist state's power. one of the best things about the most a metro puffiness cape in the banning so the size of the trains at least on the time tell that to the london underground. controvert square in the kremlin it's one of the main tourist attractions in the capital a must see for any visitor. from commuters rubbing very strong statues to good luck to fascinating stories behind the peaceful mistakes it's a breathtaking world below full of interesting stories on various legends. take a stand station for example looks more like an on gallery legend has it that it wasn't even meant to be built in the first place for the simple style in places called the cops on the angeles times and they saw it as a sign situated in constructed timeline and indeed so we see this around the measurements today. and before we explore mos

i want to thank neil fried and mr. carton the minority staff for their work on this legislation. on the majority side, i want to thank roger shern, tim poderly, sarah fisher, for many years, clin crowe on this staff worked -- colin crowe on this staff worked on this legislation. i thank you, mark, for your incredible effort on this issue. we could not be here without the incredible work that was put in by all of these people. back 20 years ago we had a force of nature, tony quello, the majority whip, who said -- tony coelho, the majority whip, who said it was time for all the people to have access. he had a handicap himself and. and tony coelho was on the floor with us and he was an inspiration to us. that inspiration was carried by steny hoyer to ensure that that legislation did pass here in 1990, was signed by president bush into law, and all of the advances that were made thus far that make it possible for the historic moment where we have a speaker who is sitting up there today, mr. langevin from rhode island, and all the people who are using today's devices who gain access t