mr. kline: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of s. 1086 the child care and development block grant of 2014. and yield myself such time as i may consume. countless men and women are trying to build a better life for their families. some are working more for less to make ends meet. some are seeking a degree or improving skills at a nearby community college. whether going to work or school, most parents face a difficult question -- who will take care of my child? is there a trusted child care provider who will keep my son or daughter safe? and if there is, can i afford it? for nearly two decades, the child care and development block grant program has helped answer these tough questions. the program funds state efforts to provide vulnerable family access to child care. parents receive assistance in the form of a voucher or certificate to pay the provider of their choice. approximately 1.5 million children under the age of 13 are in a child care arrangement funded through the program, including over

in october 2013 mr. kline wrote to all residents and invited them to stop by or e-mail only one resident responded and that's someone wanting to enroll his child the planning department sent out the nose only then did the residents pay attention and circulated a petition focusing that on too main issues diminished property values we immediately hosted a meeting at the school approximately 10 residents showed up. after the jill 29 meeting we wrote to the residents again explaining how research indicated property values are not damage by the schools in their neighborhood and their enhanced and cited newspaper studies the property will remain zoned rh1 and we explained how drop-offs and picks up will be stalgd and future some students are only part time and picked up in t in the middle of the day. i understand that today, the planning department had a special seminar on the subject of responding to childcare facilities a practical guide in that it says for those reasons in discussing parking for smaller childcare

mr. kline's letter says they use 3 spaces without the expansion in place pr that variance this parking variance will be moving another one or two parking spaces in the white zone depending on how it's laid auto this will leave space to park in front of my house without blocking the entrance to my garage and driveway. when you factor in the parking for the staff and the parents this reduce street park and not included are the transfer appointments and the elementary staff and the after school staff for myself and other neighbors that signed the port commission petitions objecting to the project i ask you to deny this where both requests thank you, thank you >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, everyone. commissioners. my name is is a commissioner earl lynn louie we live across the street from the project. i want to bring to your attention loving ton middle school is located one block away age over 6 thousand students and staff they've got no parking for that site. so in the past we've had teachers parking in front of our house all day from 7 to 6 clock the picture open the scre

mr. kline. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, gentlemen for being here.his morning i saw a brief news story that said that decisions for approving targets for air strikes in syria would be made by the president and only by the president. is that true? >> no, it's not true. that story in "the wall street journal" was not true. >> i can't tell you how relieved i am to hear that. i think that's a terrible mistake if we're going to make daily tactical decisions in the white house. >> i might say, i was sitting next to the president yesterday when this entire issue was being discussed. and he was very clear with general austin, once he makes decisions, he gives general austin and our military leaders the authority to carry out those policies. >> outstanding. as i said, i'm very, very relieved to hear that. that does lead me to the larger question though. i have three or four minutes here. could one of you outline what the command structure, what the command and control structure is going to be? what is the role of general austin and what is the role of iraqi c

mr. kline. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, gentlemen for being here.his morning i saw a brief news story that said that decisions for approving targets for air strikes in syria would be made by the president and only by the president. is that true? >> no, it's not true. that story in "the wall street journal" was not true. >> i can't tell you how relieved i am to hear that. i think that's a terrible mistake if we're going to make daily tactical decisions in the white house. >> i might say, i was sitting next to the president yesterday when this entire issue was being discussed. and he was very clear with general austin, once he makes decisions, he gives general austin and our military leaders the authority to carry out those policies. >> outstanding. as i said, i'm very, very relieved to hear that. that does lead me to the larger question though. i have three or four minutes here. could one of you outline what the command structure, what the command and control structure is going to be? what is the role of general austin and what is the role of iraqi c