mr. smith, would you please connect us to our first caller. >> good morning, supervisors. calvin quick, legislative affairs officer for the san francisco youth commission. i will be fairly brief, given that we presented to the budget and appropriations committee yesterday specifically for funding for c.a.r.t. and the nonpolice response to homelessness proposed by c.a.r.t., funded by corresponding cuts to the sfpd budget. we, as you all know are very, very strong advocates for, you know, permanent solutions for homelessness, permanent supportive housing, and we're very encouraged to see progress being made in those areas, but we also very much recognize the -- and support and uplift the need for a nonpolice noncarcerial response to the people living on our streets, and we urge you to support them. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you very much for your response, calvin quick. mr. smith, could you bring us the next caller, please. >> hi. my name is kristin, and i'm an s.f. resident in the ric

mr. smith. >> caller: hi, folks, my name is jessica, and i'm calling in late but i don't know if you have already taken comment for number 4? but i am calling to encourage lafco to invest in actual local clean energy build-out, local solar, battery storage, wind. you know, the time is now really to transition into local clean energy in our communities because what we're really dealing with is transmission lines from these big utilities that are causing fires and killing folks. what we really need is to create those clean energy jobs and benefits that would come from building out local clean energy within the city of san francisco. if we can't buy the transmission lines right now and create a municipal utility, then we need to invest everything that we can into building out supply and creating our own clean energy infrastructure at home. so i just want to encourage y'all to do that. thank you very much, clean power to the people. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. i believe that was the last

mr. smith, you would please connect us to our first caller? is there a caller on the line? as a reminder -- >> operator: i'll move to the next one. >> clerk: okay. >> i'm calling in as a resident of the mission as well as a volunteer with a human rights worker with the division of health and human homelessness. and i really appreciate this conversation in this context. the standards that have been applied is one toilet for every person, and that's for the first six months for the emergency. we're currently at a higher level standard, which is one toilet for every 20 persons. so if you use that standard of measure, we are short 130 toilets in the city, and then, there's an additional standard that says no person should be beyond 50 meters from access to a toilet, which is a much, much higher standard to reach. i really like how the data was broken up per district. if you look at district 6, looking at the last count in time, using the one-to-50 standard, we're still short ten toilets, and if you

mr. smith, could you please connect us to our first caller. caller, are you on the line? we can hear a caller on the line, but we're getting a bit of feedback from the broadcast delay. caller, are you there? mr. smith, perhaps we should go to the next caller and come back to this one after they've had an opportunity to turn their television or streaming device down so we don't hear their echo. >> caller: hello? >> clerk: please begin. >> caller: can you hear me? >> clerk: yes, we can. >> caller: my name is rena, and i'm a community organizer, and i'm calling on behalf of a member who was unable to call today. her statement reads as follows: "i live in downtown san francisco. i am a member of the community, and i'm a member of (indiscernable). i thank everyone present. it is a great joy to share with the community leaders, that we're fight because our city must have a public bank to finance many things that the community needs, especially the low income community. one of the needs that the commu

mr. smith, could you please connect us to our first caller. caller, are you on the line? we can hear a caller on the line, but we're getting a bit of feedback from the broadcast delay. caller, are you there? mr. smith, perhaps we should go to the next caller and come back to this one after they've had an opportunity to turn their television or streaming device down so we don't hear their echo. >> caller: hello? >> clerk: please begin. >> caller: can you hear me? >> clerk: yes, we can. >> caller: my name is rena, and i'm a community organizer, and i'm calling on behalf of a member who was unable to call today. her statement reads as follows: "i live in downtown san francisco. i am a member of the community, and i'm a member of (indiscernable). i thank everyone present. it is a great joy to share with the community leaders, that we're fight because our city must have a public bank to finance many things that the community needs, especially the low income community. one of the needs that the commu

mr. smith, do we have anyone in line for this matter? >> we have one person of two. >> clerk: thank you. go ahead, caller. >> caller: good morning, commissioners, eric brooks, californians for energy choice and the local grassroots of our city, san francisco. i wanted to first of all clarify that the public will still have -- the three minutes each to speak, and then i wanted to note that in july that perhaps it might be a good use of those funds to direct them and to get a request to the board of supervisors for a draft of local build out plan that we'll discuss in more detail. hopefully in item 4. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. do we have the next caller, please. >> caller: thank you, chair and commissioners. (indiscernible) and a resident of san francisco district 5 as well. thank you for the presentation. -- and in the next several months that we'll take -- we'll need to take some time to basically to replace both of those positions and -- or both of those roles. so i gue

mr. smith: this is complete madness that the dem cats are trying to push through a resolution to spend $1.5 trillion and yet to bring it up in the debate. they want the american people to believe that what we are about to vote on this floor right is a bill in financial services or a bill that is in foreign affairs. but yet, they are trying to pass a resolution to bypass the budget process to spend $1.5 trillion the democrats have been in power almost 900 days and they have yet -- they have yet to put a real budget on the floor of the house of representatives. even though the budget control act of 1974 clearly states the process. what is it? what are you trying to hide? why don't you want debate over $1.5 trillion of spending? why are you hiding it from the american people? why are you being so dishonest. $1.5 trillion. is a lot of money. your president submitted a budget just two weeks ago that -- two weeks ago, the latest budget in the history of the united states. are you not wanting to debat

mr. smith: this is complete madness that the dem cats are trying to push through a resolution to spend $1.5 trillion and yet to bring it up in the debate. they want the american people to believe that what we are about to vote on this floor right is a bill in financial services or a bill that is in foreign affairs. but yet, they are trying to pass a resolution to bypass the budget process to spend $1.5 trillion the democrats have been in power almost 900 days and they have yet -- they have yet to put a real budget on the floor of the house of representatives. even though the budget control act of 1974 clearly states the process. what is it? what are you trying to hide? why don't you want debate over $1.5 trillion of spending? why are you hiding it from the american people? why are you being so dishonest. $1.5 trillion. is a lot of money. your president submitted a budget just two weeks ago that -- two weeks ago, the latest budget in the history of the united states. are you not wanting to debat

but if you only know about the filibuster from jimmy stewart's classic role in mr. smithn, there is a whole lot more to it. >> tell you that a certain man in my state, a mr. james taylor, wanted to put through this for his own profit. a man who controls a political machine and controls everything else worth controlling in my state. yes, and a man even powerful enough to control a congressman, and i saw three of them in his room the day i went up to see them. no, sir, i will not yield. let's talk more about the filibuster with the former deputy chief of staff to senator harry reid. he is the author of "kill switch: the rise of the modern senate." i'm so happy to have you on. it's so important what you write about. can you please tell us about the filibuster, how it's being used today. >> yeah. so the thing about the filibuster is it has a very sordid history. it came into existence primarily to support the existence of white supremacy. you showed the clip of jimmy stewart in "mr. smith goes to washington." that movie came out in 1939. during the entire jim crow era, the fi

mr. smith: very quickly, for almost four decades the u.n. population fund has supported, co-managed, and white washed the most pervasive crimes against women in human history as part of the child limitation policy. there are missing girls, daughters, maybe as many as 60 million which has exacerbated, in and of itself it's a gender side, a crime against women. my hope is you would raise with them no unwed mothers in china can give birth, period. what a horrific -- unfpa has not been a part of reform of the it's been complicit. >> the gentleman's time has expired. i now recognize representative brad sherman of california for five minutes. mr. sherman: thank you. ambassador, thank you for being with us. if you can't define it what's interesting is some argue that calling for the abolition of israel and the elimination of the only jewish state isn't anti-semitic. i put it to you that if i were to start screaming death to albania, people would think i was an albania bigot. if i called for the elimination of poland, it was eliminated in the 19th c

thank you. >> thank you, mr. smith. and now i recognize the chairman of the oversight subcommittee, mr. pascal, for the purposes of an opening statement. >> thank you, chairman thompson. i am are pleased to be holding this joint hearing on the pervasive tax gap and improving tax administration to address it. the tax gap, or the measurement of the difference between what taxpayers owe and what they actually pay has become hugely significant. this gap matters immensely as we come to terms with a tax code that fosters one system for the wealthy and another system for average americans. the disclosure this week that some of the wealthiest americans pay barely any tax was shocking but also not surprising. the revelations should give us greater urgency to address fairness in our tax laws that's what i'm looking for. i don't know what you're looking for. i don't know what other people are talking that when you talk about harassment but when they talk about, this is a voluntary system. we know is a voluntary system. we certainly

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mr. o'donnell. >> thank you ranking member smith. quick, first off, before we ever moved to a lien or levy, their notifications andnd opportunitis for tax payers that are representative's to interact with internal revenue service so there's the taxpayer is afforded every opportunity to take an appropriate step orr arrangemens to resolve the issue. i'm happy to spend time to understand more clearly the question and make sure we provide information that would be useful tos you and your constituents, and happy to schedule asc time to put wor into. >> i appreciate your offer there and we can look into that, my underlying concern about the irs continues to have a big part. as the airport i noticed an irs agent empowered to walk around the magnet monitors at the airport because they have the power to do so. i am very concerned -- even the clinton administration pulled back on the aggressiveness from the irs triggering product because it was agreed upon across the spectrum harassment was taking place. i think we need to be very careful, i r

mr. smith: thank you very much. madam speaker, i thank my friend for yielding. more than 20 peer-reviewed studies show more than 2.4 million people are alive in the united states today because of the hyde amendment. with about 60,000 babies spared death by abortion each and every year. over 2.4 million girls and boys who would have been aborted instead survived because taxpayer funding was unavailable to effectuate their violent demise. growing number of americans, madam speaker, continue to be shocked to learn that the methods of abortion include dismemberment of a child's fragile body, including decapitation, and that drugs like ru-46 starve the baby to death before he or she is forcibly expelled from the womb. there's nothing benign or compassionate about abortion methods. the multibillion-dollar abortion industry goes to extraordinary lengths to ignore trivialized and cover up the baby battered victim. . unborn children have been denied justice and the most fundamental of human rights, right to life. the right to life is for everyone, not just the planned, t

mr. smith and the secretary blinking did not bring and to sniper complex with him. but know that he will give you one either nor a date. i have no doubt that we will, we will receive a number of items from our list. this does not require a reiteration. it's meant a matter of cooperation of certain technicalities, but i have no doubt that we will give them miss good labor. let's talk if we may about the frozen law in the eastern part of your country. if we can talk about it that way, there's been some de escalation intention with moscow. it withdrew many of its troops off to the southern massive deployment close to your joint border. if they had crossed that border, what do you think the west would have done for you? expressions of condemnation made some sanctions. while 1st, there is no withdraw low, adequate to the number of russian troops and the military machinery assembled along the border of ukraine and in the occupied territories. what is happening cannot be called it was all russian forces largely stay where they are. what has changed is a drop in military fo

a recent polls showed most of those quiz, significant amounts were against that to mr. smith thinks the concept is just the bind winning the black votes. as a kid, i was in a 3rd grade and i noticed that the teacher would tell children about sack lunches from home. she would tell them to get in the line 1st and then she would say every want to have the lunch car. you guys, i'll go to the back as the days went by every day we had lunch, i started becoming very, very upset and sad and angry. so i began to get mad at my friends because i felt like they were better to me. i felt like that they thought that they were better to me. they couldn't figure out why i was mad at them. and as a 3rd grader, i couldn't articulate the words to say to them why i felt the way that i did. so my friends, they didn't look down on me, my friends, they didn't this like me, my friends, they didn't think they were better to me. so when you teach things to children, they take it in as if it's truth. and if they believe that they will go out and actually start to implement these behaviors in society, t

i wanted to ask mr. smith, what did you find most difficult? in writing and researching of this book, what did you find the most rewarding and inspiring in the writing and reading and researching of this book. thank you so much for the question. i the most difficult thing was my trip to angola. i've worked in prisons and taught in prisons and jails for the past 7 years. the teacher and i thought i was, i was familiar with the landscape of incarceration in the country. and so i went to and goal at the context in goal prison is the largest maximum security prison in the country. it's 800000 acres. why bigger than the island of manhattan to its place where 75 percent of the people held. there are black men, 70 percent, are serving life senses, and it is built on top of a former slave plantation. and what i tell folks is that if you were to go to germany and you have the largest maximum security prison insurance, and it was built on top of form, a concentration was the people held. they were disproportionately jewels. that place would rightfully be

mr. whitman you are recognized for five minutes. smith thinking mr. chairman from the thinker witnesses today. general smith i would like to start with you. we know there's been a lot of focus on the changing nature with the marine corps is going to be faced with. we know you have to be able to reach out and placed at risk our adversaries at long distances. one of those elements in the common of the planning about ground based antiship missiles. i want to refer to testimony not just from the commandant the page help commander, emphasized this. i'm going to use his words. he said the expansion ground-based virus enables the maritime and air forces because what you get is the requirement for much more intense search out of our adversaries. we also to look for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and that work. if we want our adversaries to work harder to find our stuff and defend against it, that is what it's about. it's about imposing costs. and as i looked at admiral davidson's word and i ponder them as well as the comments planning guidance i

mrs. smith. mr. jones. everybody is a human being. and we know that. and everybody here understands that they're hoping against hope and searching against time, remember, the last victim taken out was eight day, last one in the mexico city earthquake was 12 days. and i know when we made the decision after september 11th, that was september 26th, to move from rescue to recovery, there were tears streaming down our faces, as we made that choice to go from rescue to recovery. and it's a heart breaking thing. >> i would never want to be in those shoes. a really tough time. let me ask you about the dangers, the concerns that you have for the firefighters, and the rescue teams there, and anyone who might still be trapped in the rubble. what is it that, what's the first thing that comes to mind of the challenges they're facing right now? >> the conditions are shifting on a second by second basis. they may put a buoy in to walk through, or lift through, it may change in a second's notice. there may be an appliance that may be underneath the rubble pile, and th

mr. smith, please let us know if there are any callers that are ready. >> good morning, supervisors. thank you for the time to talk during the hearing today. my name is john anderson. i'm the general manager here and i just want to call today to say thank you, dr. sue, last july we had the privilege of connecting and obviously our industry was extremely devastated with the pandemic but nothing compared to the devastation was dealt to our families and children within the community here in san francisco. we offered up the space from meeting perspective and they aligned us with some great partners they've made great use of our space and we've also extended that partnership out to include the summer programming. so thank you again for having these programs. i think it's made a tremendous impact on the families and the children in our communities and we are just pleased and thrilled that the experience has kind of changed all of our associates' mind sets and dealing with our community and supporting

jimmy stewart, mr. smith goes to washington. that's what we want right now. we want to see the bad guys being jimmy stewart. having to stand on the floor for four days making these ridiculous arguments. if that happens, you can maybe mobilize and make some progress in this area. so joe biden had one-on-one meetings with joe manchin and senator sinema. now you can see one reason is they are not the same on this 60-vote threshold. joe manchin has said there are variations on this that he's willing to do, he's open to it. this op ed piece by senator sinema is a completely close document. there is no hole in it anywhere where she can change her position on this down the road. >> that was my first reaction to it as well. i just read it a few minutes ago. she's talking about 60 votes. that's just the reverse of 40 votes. so you wouldn't be getting rid of that and changed the burden of proof, the onus on responsibility so it fell on the minority. and she could, you know, you're right. she would not have to say that she was retreting, if you documented the idea that

mr. smith: 166 members of congress have co-sponsored h.r. 18, no taxpayer funding for abortion act. to make the hyde amendment and other current abortion funding prohibitions permanent. and to ensure that the affordable care act conforms with the hyde amendment. according to public opinion polls, most americans, almost 60%, according to one poll, agree that taxpayers should not be forced against their conscience to fund abortions. years ago then-senator biden wrote to constituents explaining his support for the hyde amendment and said it would, quote, protect both the woman and her unborn child. he said, i have consistently, no fewer than 50 occasions, voted against federal funding for abortions. those of us who are opposed to abortion should not be compelled to pay for them, then said senator biden. i totally agree. i ask unanimous consent that the committee on energy and commerce, ways and means and judiciary be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 18 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: as the chair previously advised, that reque

and we are going to be back to the way that filibusters were in the time of jimmy stewart, mr. smithgoes to washington. that is what we want right now. we want to see the bad guys, in jimi stewart. having a stand on the floor were for days -- making these ridiculous arguments. and if that happens, you can mobilize even more attention nationwide and maybe make some progress in the area. >> so, joe biden heads up or one-on-one meetings with joe manchin and senator sinema. and now you can see one reason for that is that they are not the same on this 60 vote threshold. joe manchin has said that there is a variation on this that he is willing to do including an idea that -- this op-ed piece tonight by senator cinema is a completely closed document. there is no hole in it anyway. you can see where should be able to change your position on this down the road. >> well, that was my first reaction to it as well. i just read it a few minutes ago. but she is talking about 60 votes. and 60 votes is just the reverse for 40 votes. all right? so, you would be getting rid of the 60 vote requirement -

let me recognize the gentleman from nebraska, mr. smith, to inquire. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary, for your appearance here today. i do want to kind of reflect on how, you know, the cares act came about at the beginning of the pandemic. it's gone on a very partisan basis and operation warp speed was done on a bipartisan basis and i'll be very direct and tell you, i am a concerned that things are being done without a spirit of negotiation and compromise. more specifically i want to talk about the cmmi, center for medicare and medicaid innovation and my underlying concern is that providers and patients aren't able to get the feedback or for feedback to be received. perhaps it can be given, i'm not sure if it's being received as i think it can and should be. we've worked on a bipartisan basis on the committee here and beyond to move this forward in a way that can really move us towards value-based health care that i think is-- it's supported on both sides, shall we say on all sides. alternative, the pavement models, there's concern that the election stood in the way there a

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let me recognize the gentleman from missouri, mr. smith, to inquire. >> thank you, mr. secretary, for being here today to provide us y with more insight into the president's budget request.. before i jump into the request, i will -- while i have you here, on april 21st, senator lee and i sent a letter to the cdc director requesting informationd on the cdc's mask guidance for children, which i'm sure you know is the most strict in the world. this guidance makes no sense, given current case numbers, ra evidence of lower transmission among children, and the negative impact this guidance has on their daily lives.r we requested a reply to this letter by may 5th. it is now over a month past the deadline and we have received no response.f in light of the summer heat being upon us and reports of il some children being forced to wear masks in sweltering re temperatures, i think the f american people urgently need ta know the full picture around how the cdc had arrived at its decision that children over 2 r should be masked.ri mr. secretary, will you commit to ensuring the cdc di

mr. smith's execution unless he was provided with a christian pastor in the chamber. this unexplained disparity is dangerous. consider the potentially devastating public impression of our justice system. the muslim prisoner he may be executed without an advisor. the buddhist man, well, his advisor can't be selectively excluded by the muslim person's but maybe taken away if done right. and when the christian man comes to court, well his right to have a pastor present, that can't be taken away. my point today is not that is how the supreme court viewed these cases. i don't think it viewed these cases in such a opponent at a thim too much my point in the use of the shadow docket we have no idea what was the difference epibetween these men. thank you and look forward to your questions. >> thank you, mr. ali. next we will go to mr. moorely. five minutes, the floor is yours. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman, ranking member issa, members of the subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to testify. it's a privilege to have this chance to speak with you again. today's h

we all remember the movie mr. smith goes to washington where he withered and fell to the floor at his desk carrying on an endless filibuster. it isn't that way any longer. senators now can start a filibuster with a phone call and head home for the weekend. that is not what the filibuster was designed for. if a senator feels strongly enough about an issue to grind the senate to a halt, they should be willing to stand up and speak their mind and stay on the senate floor. some have proposed changing the number of votes needed to end the debate, possibly lowering the 60-vote requirement for cloture to 55. that's a precedent that at least is consistent with modern miss tore cal trends -- historical trends but leaders of both parties need to agree on it. i'm willing to consider any plan that promotes genuine bipartisan cooperation and ends the tyranny of the minority. what we cannot do is nothing. after a north of senators used the filibuster to prevent now the creation of the january 6 commission, we all went home for a long

for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia, mr. smith, seek recognition? -- mr. scott, seek recognition? mr. scott: pursuant to house resolution 486, i call up h.r. 2062, to amend the age discrimination in employment act of 19 6r7 and other laws to clarify appropriate standards for federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2062, a bill to amend the age discrimination in employment act of 1967 and other laws to clarify appropriate standards for federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: in lieu of the amendment recommended by the committee of education and labor, the amendment consisting of rules committee print 117-6 modified in part a of house report h.r. 117-1, is don'ted and the bill, as amended, is considered as read. it shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and the ranking minority member of the committee on education and labor or their

. >> let me recognize mr. smith to inquire.hank you madam secretary for your service and appearing here today. obviously my time is short. i have many concerns with the president's tax proposals, repealing the tax and capital gains will hurt nebraska's farmers, ranchers and businesses at the absolute worst possible time. your recommended exemption won't have most working farms, treasury only stretch out the pain and we have seen in the past exemptions simply are not workable. i am concerned about the president's proposal to raise the corporate rates with the g7 g7minimum tax agreements which would undermine the success of the more competitive investment and job creations making the company's return profits from abroad and paid the tax on them. obviously, many concerns to expand the enforcement to the mandatory standing would harm the vast majority of americans who are law-abiding taxpayers most and that your protections for the revenue would collect overly optimistic in light of much more pessimistic projections at least your t

. >> i now recognize the gentleman from missouri the ranking member mr. smith 10 minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. given china's negligenceha regarding covid-19 america's real gdp dropped by 2 trillion in the first half of 2020. the unemployment rate skyrocketed from 3.5% to 14.7% in two months. 21 million jobs were lost from february to april of 2020 and more than 600,000 americans have tragically died. given the detrimental economic effectct of covid-19 what was noticeably absent from your budget when he plans to hold china accountable for its role in spreading covid-19. what is the administration's plan to seek retribution recoup american taxpayer dollars? >> as you probably know the president is asking the intelligence community to take a 90-day review.t >> we will be watching those 90 days to make sure will be compensated for the damage thatr china has put on the united states. over the pastt few weeks it has become increasingly evident covid-19 originated from a lab in wuhan china. lwhat concerns me as a republin leader on the budget committee is the do

gentleman's time has expired and i now recognized the gentleman from missouri the ranking member mr. smith for 10 minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman k.. given china's negligence for covid-19 america's gdp dropped by 2 million in the first half of 2020. the unemployment rate skyrocketed to 3.5% to 14.7% in two months. 21 million jobs were lost from every and april of 2020 and more than 600,000 americans died. given the detrimental economic effect of covid-19 what would -- what was noticeably absent from their budget to hold china accountable for its role in spreading covid-19 and what is the administrations planned to seek retribution and recoup american taxpayer dollars? >> thank you congressmen. as you probably know the president -- is under review. start we will be watching to make sure we are compensated for what china has put onto united states. over the past few weeks it has become increasingly evident covid-19 evident covid-19 originates from a lab in wuhan china. what concerns you as republican leader on the budget committee the doctor anthony fauci published an e-mail showing clear

mr. scott: i yield to my colleague from mississippi, senator hyde-smith. mrs. hyde-smith: i join my colleagues today in defense of our longtime friend and trusted friend israel and argue absolutely no american taxpayers dollars should be pent to benefit terrorist organizations. israel has no greater friend than the united states, and the israeli people have long relied on assistance from the american people and other allies. it is an unshakeable bond based on mutual respect, shared democratic values, and common interests that existed long before the modern state of israel was founded. we must continue to support and foster that relationship with everything we have as israel faces growing threats from hamas and other terrorist groups in the region. as the annual appropriations process moves along, i'm concerned, as are many of my colleagues, that foreign aid, u.s. taxpayer dollars could end up in the hands of those who have boldly proclaimed that their intent is to do harm to israel and our interest in the region. the most recent wave of violence in the middle ea

and instead of saying mr. smith or mr. jones. as a result, she found those kind of informal titles and use of first names instead of last names were dramatically more common in black stops and after surveying black folks in the community found that was significant indicator of disrespect to them personally. the last one that jumped out to me, put your hands on the wheel. that phrase was used disproportionately with black motorists more often. that was one of the most glaring findings of the study. at a minimum, the officer may think i'm up to no good even if that's unfair. we try to have officers do that if there's a safety reason opposed to just when they might think to do it spontaneously. that study is available on our website, too. >> president cohen: i would love to post that on our website. i'm going to turn it over to my colleagues. does anyone have questions or comments for mr. alden? commissioner brookter? >> commissioner brookter: no questions. i think -- one, thank you john for coming out. as we're having the discussio

and instead of saying mr. smith or mr. jones. as a result, she found those kind of informal titles and use of first names instead of last names were dramatically more common in black stops and after surveying black folks in the community found that was significant indicator of disrespect to them personally. the last one that jumped out to me, put your hands on the wheel. that phrase was used disproportionately with black motorists more often. that was one of the most glaring findings of the study. at a minimum, the officer may think i'm up to no good even if that's unfair. we try to have officers do that if there's a safety reason opposed to just when they might think to do it spontaneously. that study is available on our website, too. >> president cohen: i would love to post that on our website. i'm going to turn it over to my colleagues. does anyone have questions or comments for mr. alden? commissioner brookter? >> commissioner brookter: no questions. i think -- one, thank you john for coming out. as we're having the discussio

smith and mr.yndyk is so great to see you and i can tell you -- [inaudible] >> i think represented came maybe having some connectivity issues. let's see if we give them a few seconds to get back on. are right you all while we wait for andy to get his connection in better shape why don't we take a second round questions now because i think that completes first round of questions. again for the members don't feel compelled to ask questions on the second round take the opportunity for something you're dying to ask that you didn't have a chance and this will be an opportunity. i will begin with the question here and if you've got a question members please have your staff reach out directly to our committee staff so they can let me know who is in the queue on second round questions, okay? all right. i wanted to ask you all about the u.s.-mexico border communities. the biden administration recently announced they will share 1 million covid-19 vaccines with mexico and many of these doses will go to commun

mrs. gracie lee mcclure smith. [ applause ] >> reporter: for 94-year-old grace lee mcclure smith, this momente was 16, she dropped out of high school so that her husband could fight in world war ii. >> she never, ever mentioned regretting anything in life. you know, she would never take it back because she absolutely loved my grandfather and that was just what she wanted to do, but i think this was very important to her. >> reporter: for 30 years, grace worked as a bus driver for the madison county school system and still recognizes many of the former students she drove to school. >> she'll say, i can't remember exactly who you were, go ahead and tell me where you lived. so they'll give an address and she'll say, oh, yeah, i remember you. and then she'll start with stories. >> reporter: grace always encouraged her 7 children, 16 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren to take education seriously. and many of them were present to witness that life lesson play out with this grandma graduate, all decked out in her cap and gown. >> i am so grateful. thank you so much. it's better late than never