mr. hastings: mr. speaker, the people's house should be approaching our work in a manner that is fair to all americans. in a manner where the committees of jurisdiction hold hearings and markups. in manner where experts in the field are consulted. in a manner where members of both parties have an opportunity to offer amendments and debate the contents of the bills that come before this body. none of that happened with oday's bill. instead, for reasons beyond understanding, instead, for had sufficient time to understand, let alovene alone time to consider that no people living in country and on our constitution. the fact that republican leadership insists on governing in such a manner is, as always, as disappointing as, in my opinion, it is shameful. listen, 96 closed rules. i'm fond of talking about when i first ran for congress in 1992. the then leadership of the republican party did an effective job saying to the american public that the then leadership of the democrats were having closed rules and c

mr. hastings. mr. -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized for three minutes. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i thank my good friend, the chairman of the committee, for bringing this forward. i rise in support of this measure urging all nations to outlaw the inhumane dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing laws against this barbaric practice. in june of 2017, i introduced this measure with my distinguished colleague and co-chairman of the florida delegation, congressman buchanan. it is estimated that tens of millions of dogs and cats are killed for human consumption annually across the globe. this display of animal cruelty is not only inhumane but also a threat to public health for citizens and international visitors. this resolution affirms the united states' commitment to the protection of animals and advances the animal protection movement rapidly growing worldwide. these innocent animals, often personal pets, forcibly t

mr. sessions: i would also yield the customary 30 minutes to the distinguished gentleman, judge hastings from florida, my dear friend, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. mr. speaker, i rise in support of this rule and the underlying legislation. the rule provides for consideration of h.r. 3798, the save american workers act of 2018, and h.r. 5895, energy and water legislative branch and military construction veterans' affairs appropriations act of 2019. mr. speaker, today is a -- quite an unusual day, not only for our nation but also for the members of congress. and as a result of that, i have had a discussion with my dear friend, judge hastings, and we have decided we're going to try and expedite that which we do today so all members need to be advised, we might finish the process and the rule on the floor some 55 minutes early. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempor

mr. hastings. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. hastings: thank you very much, mr. speaker. and i thank my distinguished colleague and good friend from the virgin islands, as well as the distinguished gentleman from louisiana, for putting this measure forward today. obviously i support 6720, fro hint the slaught -- to prohibit the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption. i was pleased to join my distinguished colleague and co-chairman of the florida delegation, congressman buchanan, in reintroducing the measure. it might surprise you to learn that consumption of dogs and cats is still legal in 44 states where there are no laws prohibiting the purchasing, shipping, transporting, selling or donating of dogs or cats to be slaughtered for human consumption. this bill would prohibit these actions and impose penalties to ensure that individuals involved in the dog or cat meat trade are held accountable. the united states' position on this cruel and brutal practice should be unequivocal. dogs and cats should not be killed in this

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote please rise. eing a sufficient number risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 230, the nays are 188. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished stpwhizz question on suspending the rules and passing h.r. 5420 as amended which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: union calendar number 758. h.r. 5420, a bill to authorize the acquisition of land for addition to the home of franklin d. roos vement national historic

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring the recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of -- esentatives. house house any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 225. the nays are 179. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that i be removed as a co-sponsor of h.r. 6417. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the chair lays before the house an enrolled bill. the clerk:

mr. chairman, commissioners. i'm mark aaronson. i'm a professor emeritus at u.c. hastings college of the law and associated with our community development clinic which provides legal counsel to san franciscans for health care, housing, jobs, and justice. i am speaking on behalf of the coalition. we ask you to find contrary to the recommendation of the director that these transfer of services overall will have a detrimental impact on san francisco. the reason is -- one of the reasons is that the transfer may result in a loss of proposition q oversight, what you are doing today. proposition q clearly covers hospitals. it is not as clear in terms of its coverage of the sutter pacific medical foundation, which is an arm of sutter health. this loss of public oversight would have a detrimental impact. the proposition q hearings do not result in follow up enforcement action, but they do serve a very important function in bringing to the attention of the public, to the attention of the department, to the attention of the commission, to the attention of others in san francisco city

hastings college. they were also out today in numbers helping us. let's give them a big hand. [applause] >> another partner who we will hear from is my friend, mr clean s.f. and we have mr parks here as well. phil ginsberg is a general manager of recreation and park. we have over 131,000 trees and 4,000 acres. let's hear from phil ginsburg. thank you. [applause] >> thank you mohammed. we are the recreation and park department are very proud to be part of the green team. captained by our mayor mayor, my favourite tree. [laughter] >> but with the incredible partnership and help of private and public partners. and mohammed's incredible leadership. it does take a village, as mohammed noted. he also noted that we have 131,000 trees in our park land in san francisco on 4,000 acres of parkland. these 131,000 trees were planted over 150 years in the very birth of this city's park system. interesting that we have about ten trees or so that surround the spots. this used to be a parking lot 30 years ago. and now admittedly, it is a fixer upper, but if you come back because we break ground on a beautiful renovation to the site in january with mohammed's pa

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