mr. herrera made. he's not going to help us move in the direction of collaboration that we've all been working on. i question a lot of the information in the sfpuc's lawsuit. it's like it's cycled information that we no longer believe. for example. in a petition for reconsideration for water quality certification back in february, his office used a current demand member of 2009 and we open from your water management plans, projections for 435 or 236 it's going to be hard to get people to apply and i think mherrera, it's time for him to withdraw his name. this has been a long meeting and i fear that we're going to see a lot more of this if mr. herrera is the general manager. let's work together to find somebody who we can all believe in. there's so much potential to turn around the sfpuc, and you really deserve to have a general manager you can count on who's going to make your job a lot easier. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. hello, caller. you have two minutes. >> you had a run today

mr. herrera and having you consider him. it is appropriate if you choose to do so to consider him when you conduct whatever interviews you choose to conduct as part of your closed session interview of anyone you choose to interview to include mr. herrera if you choose. that choice is yours. what is on the agenda for this meeting is the discussion of just that process, and what i am happy to answer any questions you may have to the extent there are legal questions that arise. it is on the agenda for discussion as to what are next steps are. i would defer to you and any questions you have of me specifically if any and allow you to proceed with that discussion in terms what you would like to do next and what your options may be. >> thank you. commissioner paulson, would you like to make your comments at this time? >> again, a process question. this is on the full public agenda, and we have now heard from our council from santa clara. i have some comments. i think what i am hearing we are open to questions about process to the c

mr. herrera is being appointed to head the public utilities commission and his vacating of the elected officeorney of san francisco. let me start by thanking city attorney herrera for his two decades of work. we are recognized as a model for other municipal committee offices with some of the best minds due in no small part to attorney herrera's leadership in office. last year following the indictment of the former public works head, the mayor announced that the city attorney and controller offices would take the lead in "laying out a clear and comprehensive plan to investigate any departments impacted by these federal charges and committed to fully investigating any issues they come across." over the last year the city attorney's office has conducted a public integrity investigation of many agencies in the city. the city attorney's office and the controller office have issued numerous reports and made policy recommendations to address corruption in san francisco. meanwhile six heads of major departments have now either been charged or resigned due to alleged misconduct. under our charter, the

mr. herrera is being appointed to head the public utilities commission and his vacating of the elected office of the city attorney of san francisco. let me start by thanking city attorney herrera for his two decades of work. we are recognized as a model for other municipal committee offices with some of the best minds due in no small part to attorney herrera's leadership in office. last year following the indictment of the former public works head, the mayor announced that the city attorney and controller offices would take the lead in "laying out a clear and comprehensive plan to investigate any departments impacted by these federal charges and committed to fully investigating any issues they come across." over the last year the city attorney's office has conducted a public integrity investigation of many agencies in the city. the city attorney's office and the controller office have issued numerous reports and made policy recommendations to address corruption in san francisco. meanwhile six heads of major departments have now either been charged or resigned due to alleged misconduct. under

herrera beutler: i yield two minutes to the ranking member of the house on committee administration. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. davis: thank you, madam speaker. thank you to my good friend, ms. herrera beutler. this is one of the most disappointing days that i've had when it comes to figuring out a way to protect this capitol complex. one of the most disappointing parts of this legislation is that both parties -- both parties from both sides of the capitol were working together on a bill and out of nowhere house democrats stopped negotiating and introduced on friday their own partisan bill. the press has even pointed out the senate will have to renegotiate this bill before it can pass. i can't helped but wonder why we're voting on this bill today when we could be voting on a deal that actually has a chance at becoming law. even worse, this bill is being sold as an appropriations bill. but there's a lot of legislating happening here. permanent security changes buried in this nearly $2 billion supplemental bill. as ranking member of the house administration committee, i can tell you that some of these permanent

herrera beutler: i yield two minutes to the ranking member of the house on committee administration. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. davis: thank you, madam speaker. thank you to my good friend, ms. herrera beutler. this is one of the most disappointing days that i've had when it comes to figuring out a way to protect this capitol complex. one of the most disappointing parts of this legislation is that both parties -- both parties from both sides of the capitol were working together on a bill and out of nowhere house democrats stopped negotiating and introduced on friday their own partisan bill. the press has even pointed out the senate will have to renegotiate this bill before it can pass. i can't helped but wonder why we're voting on this bill today when we could be voting on a deal that actually has a chance at becoming law. even worse, this bill is being sold as an appropriations bill. but there's a lot of legislating happening here. permanent security changes buried in this nearly $2 billion supplemental bill. as ranking member of the house administration committee, i can tell you that some of these permanent

mr. secretary. i yelled back. -- i yield back. rep. delauro: congresswoman herrera-butler. >> thank you madam chair and thank you mr. secretary. obviously throughout the pandemic, i have heard from parents nonstop who have struggled to help their kids during remote learning. whether it was seeing incredibly scary increases in mental health challenges and suicide, or attempts, to just learning loss. i was looking at a study from the end of last year, learning loss experienced by blacks students was 10.3 months. latino students, 9.2 months. students from low income, 12.4 months. it could be even greater. i thought it was really interesting, the seattle times have been following this issue significantly and that just last year, seattle teachers finally came back to the classroom after the governor, the demo credit governor announced we could reopen schools months ago. even put teachers the front of the line getting vaccinations, recognizing you need to make sure you are safe. all of those things i applauded however the story i just found talks about how basically those

herrera butler. >> thank you madam chair and taking mr. secretary. on that last question, obviously through the pandemic i have heard from parents nonstop who have struggled to help their kids during the remote learning and whatever -- whether it was we are seeing incredibly scary increases in mental health challenges and suicidal ideation or attempts, to just learning loss. i looked at the study from the end of last year talking about learning loss experienced by black students was about 10.3 months, latino--well they use the term latin that as a latina person. x, i hate and they had about 10%. the seattle -- the use the term latinx, i hate that as a latina. -- just last week seattle teachers given to the classroom after the democratic governor announced we could reopened schools month ago -- month ago and put teachers in the front of the line getting vaccinations and i said you need to make sure they are safe if you're asking them to go back, all of that i applauded. however the story i just found talked about how basically those districts that pri