for public comment any public comment on item number 2 seeing none, public comment is closed and mr. olson would you like to make a motion. >> yes. to send this with with a positive recommendation i want to thank sfmta to assure we have the most efficient project moving forward and i'm excited about the brt moving forward over or on van ness boulevard the motion we'll without objection madam clerk call item 3. >> an ordinance amending the planning codes to narrow the distinction and setting the background on housing. >> supervisor kim and supervisor cohen are the co-sponsors supervisor kim. >> so thank you, colleagues for hearing the trailing legislation for the fair chance ordinance for myself and supervisor cohen this past february with a unanimous vote with a difference group of stakeholders from the housing community we're able to craft the most progressive and band the enar necessary barriers and create housing opportunity for those who have an arrest or conviction history it's been a fact over 3 months we've received recommendations from the office of labor enforcement regarding clar

mr. whitfield: i recognize a mber of the energy of -- and olson. commerce, mr. mr. olson: mr. speaker, this week, the house will pass a bill to complete the keystone pipeline system. he first pipeline in the system, known only as keystone. at pipeline has been sending 600,000 barrels a day from canada to illinois. it has been four years and counting. and the water in nebraska is still clean. the second pipeline this system is called the keystone xl. it sends the same oil into merica as keystone does, but slightly longer and different route. it has been approved twice. secretary kerry has approved it once. and yet, the politician in chief has threatened to veto the keystone xl pipeline. anada will export their oil. or it goes to china. president obama has on simple choice, oil for america or oil for china. oil for america or oil for china. please join congress in choosing america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. waxman: may i inquire how much time

mr. whitfield: i recognize a mber of the energy of -- and olson. commerce, mr. mr. olson: mr. speaker, this week, the house will pass a bill to complete the keystone pipeline system. he first pipeline in the system, known only as keystone. at pipeline has been sending 600,000 barrels a day from canada to illinois. it has been four years and counting. and the water in nebraska is still clean. the second pipeline this system is called the keystone xl. it sends the same oil into merica as keystone does, but slightly longer and different route. it has been approved twice. secretary kerry has approved it once. and yet, the politician in chief has threatened to veto the keystone xl pipeline. anada will export their oil. or it goes to china. president obama has on simple choice, oil for america or oil for china. oil for america or oil for china. please join congress in choosing america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. waxman: may i inquire how much time

now recognize mr. olson for five minutes. >> i thank the chair and welcome to our witnesses. my home is texas 22. it's a suburban houston district. many folks who live there work down at the texas medical center. and they live in rural parts of texas 22. meadeville, texas, with cotton is still king. the ebola case in dallas spooked them. it spooked them badly. two schools in cleveland, texas, shut down for days because two students coming back from cleveland with that nurse who had been exposed. cleveland is closer to houston than it is to dallas. galveston, texas, had a cruise ship docked there, and came home early because a nurse from dallas self-imposed quarantined herself in her cabin. the waste coming from dallas is coming down to galveston. utmb to be incinerated in 55 gallon drums. 1,800 degrees fahrenheit burned the waste from treated ebola cases in dallas. everything goes to galveston comes through texas 22. one common frustration i've heard over and over back home is the deluge of information coming from cdc and all of y'all, it's confusing, and overwhelming. i've h

mr. rasmussen is well-known and respected why the committee. he has appeared numerous times in closed session as a deputy to her of nctc. and since matt olson's resignation as the acting director, it is my intention pending today's session to move this nomination quickly to the senate and seek his confirmation before our adjournment in december. mr. rasmussen has been the deputy director of nctc since 2012. prior to this he served from 2007-2012 as the senior director for counterterrorism at the national security council. he is well-versed in terrorist threats to the united states and the growth of terrorist groups around the country. mr. rasmussen's government service goes back in 1991, with a series of positions at the department of state, the nsc and nctc. mr. rasmussen, i enjoyed reading in the background materials for this hearing the public service is part of your family. i am pleased to welcome your family here who have been in public service as well. i know i speak for the vice chairman of the committee, senator chavez, who regrets he can't be here with us today, and for myself, when i say that we need a full-time senate confirmed dir

center.erterrorism olson's resignation, it is my intention pending today's session to move this nomination quickly to the senate and seek his confirmation before our adjournment in december. mr. rasmussen has been the director since 2012. prior to this, he served from 12 as the senior director for counterterrorism at the national security council. in terroristrsed threats to the united states and the growth of terrorist groups around the country. mr. rasmussen's service goes back to 1991, with a series of positions at the department of state, nsc, and nctc. mr. rasmussen, i enjoyed reading in the background materials for this hearing that public services part of your family. and i am pleased to welcome your family here who had been in public service as well. i speak for the vice chairman of the committee who regrets he cannot be with us today, and for myself, when i say that we need a full-time senate-confirmed director of the national counterterrorism center as soon as possible. not go into the threats to our nation, but they will go in to the record, and it is clear i think to all of us who deal in this situation with the andmic state of iraq levan, we continue our efforts