mr. holmes a monique the port director will present on behalf of the port. >> good morning, chair breeding and president chiu's and members of the public and members of the jury and staff thank you for being here today can i have the power point if you can put that up for me? all right. let's see thank you very much tonsillitis it's my pleasure to be here i thought i'd define the boundaries the port of san francisco we have the extreme privilege of not having our port behind that fences it's a unique privilege unknown to the 85 other ports in the country and unphone neon to port around the world it's hard to understand the boundary of the port but essentially from the he northeast side awe consecutive park to the boundaries of hundred hunters point in the basin it's 7 and a half miles and all on either filled or structured structures on the east side of the bay they're in numerous business lines 14 separate maritime lines a lot of are commercial enterprises and a are tremendous amount of sole proprietors as well as big names we all know and love we've been around since 1950 most of our inf

mrs. holmes once said the best disinfectant as sunlight. the best disinfectant is sunlight.e just shine a life, what happened to so many other women and by the way, abuse is an equal opportunity employer. doctors abuse, lawyers abuse, plumbers abuse, street people abuse. i found in all the time i have spent on this i find no education, based on background, economic standing. some of the worst most imprisoned women in america are woman of so-called privilege. because it is not to be spoken of in polite society. people are required to look , we are required to look at these crimes straight in the eye. that is when things began to change. i said to ruth, i was giving her a hug and telling her that much i loved her and how brave she was. i said it to you and i will say to everybody. you helped pull the band-aid off. you helped heal away the scab. that is why we held public hearings. i had some senators say some of this is so salacious we should do it in camera. we should do it not publicly in secret. ring and witnesses but build a record that is to salacious. knowd to let the na

mr. jonas holmes who will continue the introductions. >> thank you, general jones and thank you avner huntsmansuchnot easy to come up to distinguished general one, but allow me to elaborate a little bit about why we are sponsoring this event. it's a pleasure to have general bead love here today -- general breedlove here today. we've been partners with the counsel for many years now. i think this is a fantastic relationship as both the company and counsel continue to grow. i think we as the north european defense company makes business globally, but also on both sides of the atlantic equal to the atlantic council. we breathe the transatlantic so to say values and we share them. the events we see around the values, it'sthese even more important than before. this is the core thing for our partnership with the atlantic council to continue to share these values. before the general is giving his remarks, let me add something to general jones describing what the general did before he assumed his, and i agree, very nice title, supreme allied commander. it is something you could kill for to have that t

mr. speaker. i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from the district of columbia, ms. eleanor holmes norton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from the district of columbia is recognized for two minutes. ms. norton: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate what has gone into the amendment before us. i perhaps should be more involved than most reasons because my district, the nation's capital, is a perpetual high-level target of terrorist, like isil. today i'm compelled to come to the floor to convey the indignation of the residents of the district of columbia, that the congress would even approach another period of war where participation of residents of the district of columbia is virtually they have no le vote on this preeminent matter of war and peace, district residents pay $12,000 per capita, more in federal taxes than residents of any other state to support our government in war and peace. regardless of what is decided on this amendment, mr. speaker, district residents will be there for america as they have been during every war our country has fought. the nation, however, should not