. -- a mr. leon. >> i apologize, commissioner garcia. i went out on a limb, assuming that the m.t.a. would put out a complaint the way they normally do, and they did not. it is attached, and i can read from it if you would permit. vice president garcia: i want to ask about something. is that policy or a practice that sfmta only tries to go after drivers in certain circumstances? >> as far as i know, that is an unwritten practice. vice president garcia: then the other thing i would ask you to talk about is that a point was raised about medallion 997 being totally idle, according to records, police records, from january to wrote june. >> it was not. -- from january to june. >> it was not. there was no record in their schedules of it having been driven at all, but that is not what happened. it was being driven during the day and not at night, and that is not what happens. they are interested in making money. 365 days a year, someone driving at night, whether it is mr. arvin or someone else. recordkeeping that mr. arvin cannot be held respon

mr. carnahan's commitment to africa runs in his veins. his grandfather a.s.j. carnahan became the first american ambassador to the newly independent sierra leone in 1961, so he has a strong interest and has had a number of conversations with me about africa. we are also pleased to be joined by mrs. karen bass she is not only new to the committee, but new to congress. however, this former speaker of the california assembly, the first african-american woman to hold a speaker's gavel in the history of this nation, and so we are very pleased and honored to have her as a member of our committee, and so she's no stranger to legislating. i welcome the opportunity to help ms. bass turn her experience in women's health, and economic empowerment into policies that can benefit the enterprising women of africa and their children. i'm excited to have this small, but powerful team with us here on our committee. i want to also recognize representative mcdermott, author of the bipartisan conflict minerals act which is an important tool for accomplishing long-term stability and economic growth, and he's also the authority of the agoa act. we call him the father, but he is older

mr. carnahan's commitment to africa runs in his veins. his grandfather a.s.j. carnahan became the first american ambassador to the newly independent sierra leone in 1961, so he has a strong interest and has had a number of conversations with me about africa. we are also pleased to be joined by mrs. karen bass she is not only new to the committee, but new to congress. however, this former speaker of the california assembly, the first african-american woman to hold a speaker's gavel in the history of this nation, and so we are very pleased and honored to have her as a member of our committee, and so she's no stranger to legislating. i welcome the opportunity to help ms. bass turn her experience in women's health, and economic empowerment into policies that can benefit the enterprising women of africa and their children. i'm excited to have this small, but powerful team with us here on our committee. i want to also recognize representative mcdermott, author of the bipartisan conflict minerals act which is an important tool for accomplishing long-term stability and economic growth, and he's also the authority of the agoa act. we call him the father, but he is older

mr. carnahan's commitment to africa runs in his veins. his grandfather, a.s.j. carnahan, became the first united states ambassador to the newly-independent sierra leone in 1961, and so he has a very strong interest and has had a number of conversations with me about africa. we also are pleased to be joined by ms. karen bass. she's not only new to the committee, but she's new tosed congress. however, this former speaker of the california assembly, thess first african-american woman to hold a speaker's gavel in the history of this nation, and so we are very pleased and honored to have her as a member of our committee. and so she's no stranger to legislating. i welcome the opportunity to help ms. because turn her -- bass turn her experience and interest in health, women's rights and economic empowerment into policies that can benefit enterprising women of africame' and their children. i'm excited to have this small but powerful team with us here on our committee.en o want to also recognizesmal representative of mcdermott, author of the bipartisan conflict minerals act which is an important tool for accomplishing long-termnfli stability and economic growth, and he's