mr. leavitt. >> good afternoon, supervisors. robin he visit. i've lived three blocks from market and van ness for the past -- over the past 25 years. for all the reasons that mr. thornly mentioned, while i support interim controls on parking in the hub, i don't support the legislation in its current form and i want to refer you to an e-mail that i sent you in november as well as a letter i send you in november outlining all the reasons for that. simply put, less parking means less traffic and congestion. more pork parking leads to more traffic and congestion. allowing additional parking in the hub is irresponsible. it is irresponsibles to delay the thousands of muni riders who pass through the hub every day. it is irresponsible to compromise the health and safety of thousands of bicyclists, pedestrians and residents who with live, work and pass through the hub every day. it's irresponsible to tie up and delay emergency service responders in traffic. we also all pay for the congestion by the increased costs of goods and services that we all need

mr. leavitt. mr. henderson. >> thank you, supervisors. i have somebody proctoring the final exam, in case anybody's wondering. thank you, supervisor breed. thank you, supervisor kim. thank you, supervisor peskin for shuttling during this long appeal process. thank you sa maen that for all of your help on this. many people have come speak in support of both the appeal that i filed against 1 oak back in july and also in favor of interim controls on the parking. gail baw and others cannot be present this afternoon. but are in support of the interim controls as you've heard multiple times. as you heard from mr. thornly and leavitt, more cars in the hub is going to be unworkable. it is going to be a major problem. from my perspective, i've been long advocating for zero parking in places like the hub. that is preferred but it is also good public policy. however, we have to realize that there are give and take process. here we are. we need to do these interim controls so it is my understanding that this is the best we can get done to get through

mr. leavitt, mr. thornly, on lunch again, mr. henderson. >> i'll just step ahead. good afternoon, committee members. i'm andy thornly, speaking as a neighbor, citizen. thank you, president breed, for bringing this forward. thank you supervisors kim and peskin for co-sponsoring. i'm supportive but very skeptical or worse of the notion of the loophole for on-site inclusionary. while we watch london t mayor of

governor leavitt, please introduce mr. azar. leavitt: thank you, members of the committee. senator alexander and senator murray have very ably described the complexity and the importance of this role. and therefore, it's my privilege to introduce and to recommend he -- alex azar. he is up to the task and supremely well qualified to carry out this important work. as mentioned during my service as secretary of hhs, mr. azar was deputy secretary. chiefence, he was the operating officer of this large and complex department. prior to his service, he served as the general counsel under sec i secretary thompson whom believe later will also introduce and robustly recommend him to the finance committee. that, plus his experience leads me to conclude that there may not have been a nominee to this office of secretary better prepared to hit the ground running than alex azar. it was mentioned that hhs is a large and complex place. while deputy secretary, alex azar was the manager of the day-to-day operations of 90,000 employees and $1.1 trillion budget. just a brief example of what i th

mr. chairman. this question is for governor leavitt.thank the panelists coming all the way from utah to washington. i hope that is not calling us to vote. i want to understand, there have been a lot of issues raised about the initial legality and process under which president clinton had done this. there were questions that were, had been raised in hearing. i want to make clear that right after he issued the proclamation, executive order, we are aware in the 105th and 106th congress that congress ratified these new boundaries. it talked about buying out and provided resources to buy out the mineral interests. that governor, you signed the land exchanges in that between the state and the federal government pursuant to the federal law that was passed. that the federal courts have dismissed all claims about the legality, especially the 2004, the federal district court in salt lake city upheld the legality of this and dismissed all claims, challenging the legality of the courts. and that has been upheld in the appeal courts also. so ply que