mr. clemons and mr. mcnamee have both cooperated fully with us and both have given us sworn statements. they both insist they are telling the truth, that there -- but their accounts could not be more different. they do not disagree on a phone call or one meeting. they disagree on whether over a four -- 8 time frame of four years -- whether over a time frame of for years mr. mcentee repeatedly injected mr. clemons with steroids and hgh. it is impossible to believe this is a simple misunderstanding. someone is not telling the truth. if mr. mcnamee is lying, then he has acted inexcusably and he has made mr. clemons an innocent victim. if mr. clemons is not telling the truth, then he has acted to shamefully and smeared mr. mcnamee. i do not think there is anything in between. after we have completed our depositions, my instinct was to cancel this hearing and issue a written report. we have learned a lot about mr. mcnamee's allegations and mr. clemons' account and i thought a bipartisan report to mr. davis mi

i would like to introduce mr. ford. >> welcome to the 47th annual cable car bell ringing competition. this is one of a kind. this is a comptation -- competition for the world championship and thank you for coming. i also have to thank our cable car grip men and conductors. every day they help move people around our city, they're great ambassadors and do a great job entertaining visitors to our fine city. we have two members from the mta board, bruce oka and malcolm hideke here today. i'd like to thank our judges. we have judges representing a lot of president businesses here in the union square area. with that, to all the mta employees and fine citizens of san francisco, thank you for joining us today and thank you for your support. >> matt ford, ladies and gentlemen. the bell ringing competition is a two-part event today. we have professionalscompeting for a number of prizes in the coveted title of world champion bell ringer. for the amateur portion we have executives from some of our local media outlets competin

ladies and gentlemen, mr. frankware. -- mr. frank wear. how's it going today? >> great. >> if you weren't driving the cable car what would you be doing? >> i'd be bar-hopping. >> start at one end of clement street and go all the way down, hitting all the bars. if you could choose anybody to pick your partner, who would you pick? >> i would say the governor but i knows -- know he's busy clearing up all this mess we're in. ity would say the superintendent. he was a conductor at one time. >> excellent. then we could just take the car and go on that bell-hopping or bar-hopping run. i'm hammered already. ladies and gentlemen, mr. frank ware. [ringing bells] [applause] >> ah-ha! yes! oh, yeah. >> frank ware, ladies and gentlemen! got a little body english in there. frank ware. our fifth contestant is his second time to qualify for the finals. he is a grip. he's been with muni for nine years and spent seven years with the cable car division. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome mr. trini whittaker. so trini -- >> like i told frank, the cable car has two people. who wo

mr. rangel: that, hey, i'm 0 years old. all my life has been from the beginning public service. that's all i have ever done. been in the army, been a state legislator, been a federal prosecutor, 40 years here. and all i'm saying is that if it is the judgment of people here for whatever reason that i resign, then have the ethics committee expedite this. don't leave me swinging in the wind until november. if this is an emergency and i think it is, to help our local and state governments out, what about me? i don't want anyone to feel embarrassed, awkward. if i was you i may want me to go away, too. i am not going away. i am here. and i do recognize that -- i'm not saying there's any partisanship in this because if i do all the people that have been accused of accusations, i'm in a close district, and i -- they were republicans, i would give a couple of moments of thought to see whether or not, especially if i didn't have anything to work with to get re-elected, i would say, hey, take a look

mr. hasson, and i thought if we just discussed it, he would understand what we wanted to do. h mr.asso -- mr. hasson refused to talk to me on the telephone and only by email, and i do not think that is my preferred method of communication. the telephone hubs to conveyed the sentiment much better than doing something in the email -- the telephone helps. i am not certain he would believe what we are saying. having said that, issue is that we want to comply with the nov > -- nov. we have a tenant. we have something that's as this needs to be abated. -- that says this needs to be abated. mrs. giannini has brought in another issue, which is the issue of privacy. let me show you a picture about what -- if you can see this. this is your property. we have got a window on the property line, and maybe you can look in your property. i do not think that means a boarding up his window. this would make it a very dark not very pleasant place to live. frankly, we do not find this to be a viable issue of

mr. ken mcdonald.ons officer, please come forward to help me present the second place trophy. second place, ladies and gentlemen. mr. frank ware. and before we announce the winner i'm going to drag this out even longer. i'm going to take a moment to thank the kind people who made the 47th annual cable car bell ringing contest possible the the vice chair of the sfmt board of directors. and friends of the cable car music, union square association, trophy masters shanghai restaurant, ghirardelli chocolatesing, and the american automobile association and the $250 cash prize, deluxe sightseeing. let's bring up gilberto gad oy with the hand-crafted bell. and the winner is -- >> mr. leonard oates. congratulations. >> leonard oates. he retains the crown. [applause] that concludes the 47th annual cable car bell ringing contest. thank you, everybody, for coming. don't forget next year the 48th annual cable car ringing contest. stay tuned for details. >> welco" today we are visiting southern exposure in san franc

mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield such time as he may consume to the ranking republican on the judiciary committee, mr. smith of texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: madam speaker, i want to thank the gentleman from kentucky, a senior member of the appropriations committee, for yielding me time. madam speaker, i support the passage of this bill. additional funds for border security are always a step in the right direction. but if the democrats were serious about immigration enforcement, they would include more funds for interior enforcement. u.s. immigration and customs enforcement says it doesn't have enough resources to enforce our immigration laws. yet, this bill contains no funds for enforcement that is needed to protect jobs for citizens and legal immigrants. last week an illegal immigrant drunk driver killed a nun and critically injured two others. he had two earlier convictions for drunk driving. if i.c.e. had sufficient funds for enforcement, this

yang cut me off and said who's mrs mrs yang is the head of the company and she cut me off and said well before some show. did you understand he was asking you to do something that was illegal i was a republican i thought tom feeney thought the democrats had something planned ok and he was trying to prevent it so i built it delivered it the next day to her i have a little document all written up on you know how in order to make sure that you know fraud was found what elements you would need right and she cuts me off and says you don't understand in order to get the contract we need to hide the code this is for flipping vote in south florida this is the same timeframe who as speaker of the house in two thousand claimed no matter what the supreme court said he was going to give the electors to george w. bush yes that's the guy the same tom feeney as i understand it who was jeb bush's running mates for governor back in ninety four when jobs lost by the way yes so feeney did him no good they're no good at that time that they were right and so he was basically feeding of contracts and saying

i think both mr. mcnamee and mr. clemens for having the guts to show up without having been subpoenaed. mr. clemens, much of what we are about here turns on concrete evidence, but much of it on credibility. my question's really go to your longstanding relationships with mr. mcnamee. almost 10 years of relationship from 1998 with the blue jays until 2007. there is evidence about the closeness of that relationship. you train with him in kentucky. you got him bruce springsteen tickets. i would call that love. you lend him fishing gear. to "your statement, "i trusted him, put my faith in him. i treated him like i have done others i met in my life, like family." is it fair to say you were on quite good terms with mr. mcnamee until you found out what he told senator mitchell? >> congresswoman, i did not get him bruce springsteen tickets. >> let us correct the record. [laughter] >> yes. i trusted brian mcnamee like a trusted any other trainer. >> but i ask you. those statements show that you were on good terms with him unti

mr. hasson, you have three minutes of rebuttal if you want to use it. >> we would like to have a window in our bedroom like everybody else on the planet. >> i want to let you know that i agree with some of what that person is saying. ms. gould had explored various options it, and one of those options was two definitely sealed up a window and create another window in another part of that room in that area. mr. hasson had obviously strenuously objected to having the windows sealed up, and, frankly, i understand why. it has been mrs. gould's intention all of this time to maintain a window in this space, so with all due respect, at some point, he might have understood that mrs. gould had attempted or contemplated ceiling that space up, -- sealing that space up, but she has always wanted to maintain a window in that room for obvious reasons. the property value will be affected if that window is sealed up. there was another consideration. mr. hasson is a tenant of hers. he has a right, whether

mr. meek, mr. meek, hold up a second. >> i'm sorry. >> michael, i'm going to ask would you like to continue with the followup? because it is another additional minute. >> well i think the followup, i think mr. greene deserves an opportunity to respond to say the references to the story in "the st. petersburg times" and "miami herald" about your role in this deal where you appear to the stated on the edge of -- in which you appear to have speeded -- skated along the very edge of ethical behavior. >> absolutely not, michael. michael, that mcconville matter, this is a guy i never met. i sold a building through a licensed real estate broker with the biggest real estate firm in the country. the found this guy. -- they found this guy. i have never spoken with this guy. i have never seen him. i am a victim, too. i am suing him. it is very different when you sell a building and he turns out to be a crook after you sell it. everything in the deal that i signed was done with my attorneys and alone agents. --

mr.inus oha fulfilled the requirements. in order to qualify for the medallion, the applicant must be able to prove that he is driving 1564-hour shifts per year or four out -- 156 4-hour shift per year for four out of the last five years. he had to under 27 hours in 2006. -- he had 227 hours in 2006. in none of the years did he satisfy april time driving requirement. -- a full time driving requirement. mr. linus oha claims there should not be a full-time driving requirement for him because of the legislation, but that is an incorrect. the board of supervisors has the authority or the right to adopt regulations that operate in the same province. commissioner garcia: i did not hear your last words. >> they have the authority to adopt legislation that regulates the same process as a voter ordinance. the only difference is the board of supervisors cannot create legislation that conflict with the ordinance. the establishment of that criteria, the 800 hours, does not conflict with the ordinance

mr. blanchard, mr. cooper, mr. melancon, everyone wants the gulf seafood industry to rebound from the b.p. disaster. your city -- your industry did not cause this mess. your industry, your business and livelihoods were harmed by the spill. what would each of you ask the federal government to do to help establish the safety of gulf seafood and to help reassure the consuming public about the safety of gulf seafood? you heard the question that i posed to the government panel that appeared here earlier about the need for additional tests to be done to help address some of the issues that have not yet been definitively addressed such as the metabolytes of the oil, heavy metals and long-term impact that this disaster could have on the quality and productivity of seafood in the gulf. do you agree that those should be priorities and what other issues would you like the government to address? >> well, what i didn't like what i heard about the government is they looked like they were checking the open places. if it would be

mr. chairman, i ask for consent that these be allowed into the record. i think you. and, mr. smisek, you talked about this, as did mr. tilton. to effectively compete against the large, combined european carriers, if this merger were not to take place, what are the implications for you? >> congressman, we are very proud at continental of the carrier we have created. our culture has allowed us to work together and provide great customer service and a great product for our customers. however, we are simply too small to compete effectively on the global stage that we find ourselves. we are finding greater and greater difficulty attracting and retaining our business customers and our other customers. we are facing increasing competition, not only in the united states, but as you mentioned, abroad with powerful foreign competitors who are well financed. sometimes, subsidized by government, and who are profitable and can invest in their products and services, outstripping our own. it is very imp

mr. adkins and won it, was for us to concede to something that would trigger notice for variance. the other portion of the interpretation that apply to us says that decking may be placed on the flat roof of the nine complying structure, provided it is placed flat against the roof and below any parapet, providing it does not exceed the minimum height by the building code. the addition of a penthouse would be permitted obstruction, only if the debt would require variants. on the topmost, we had to do without the stair penthouse. we carved out a portion of the third floor so it could be a stair that would not require arrested go through the various process. we worked through the process. everything was noticed correctly. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. president peterson: mr. sanchez? >> thank you, scott sanchez, planning department. it just a few points. at first, in regards to notification. out of the planning code referred to, the 311 requirements. the replies to bridge it applies t

clerk: mr. president, item 12, a discussion and possible action to authorize the general manager of san francisco public utilities commission to execute on behalf of the city and county of san francisco a memorandum of agreement with the united states department of the interior, national park service, in yosemite national park, for an amount not to exceed $30 million in with a duration of five years to provide for watershed protection, collaborative environment and stewardship studies, and security for the yosemite national park watersheds that supply water to the san francisco regional water system. >> there are a couple of things that are different about this agreement. this was reconstructed around the filtration. this time, there are actually more things that we do. it is still absolutely essential. there is also the environmental stewardship component, so it is threefold. when the original agreement was signed, that was about $2.75 million per year, which was about $3.50 billion over the la

through these actions mr. hung has taken with esthetics and function and arousing the committee's energy and support, i am in support of this project, especially in its journey from the past to the present, and hopeful for the future possibilities this project brings. so please keep going. thank you. >> thank you. there any other public comment? ok, seeing no other public comment, we will move into or bottle. -- we will move into a bottle. -- into rebuttal. are you a member of the public? >> ok, my name is annie, and i am speaking for an architect who has written a letter about this project, and he is an architect who supports this project. i don't know if you would like to hear about this. if so, then nod your head. commissioner fung: you have three minutes. >> to whom it may concern, as an architect living in the city of san francisco, i fully understand the intricacies of navigating through the maze of rules and regulations involving working in such an historic fleet ridge place. -- historicallt rich place.

supervisor mirkarimi: mr. brooks, do you have a letter from mr. fenn and local power? >> no, that's not what i sent to you guys. supervisor mirkarimi: but i want to know this. we spent thousands of dollars and i'm hearing a communication vicariously that now we have a disagreement here. so instead of anecdotal communication, then i want to know that this is actually substantial and real. >> so if i can speak to that, because i don't disagree with much of what mr. brooks has said because of the following -- if mr. fenn had his druthers, we would take another year or two and we would spend city rue sources to identify where we are going to locate specifically with the ceqa work the inn-city renewable sites. what we have talked about -- and that is his preference. but given that i said to him i don't believe that we have the -- i don't believe that i am going to recommend that we wait another two years to launch this program, we can do the in-city renewables identification at the same time that we are contracting with our local -- our provider, which will also allow us to

mr. meek, mr. meek, hold up a second. >> i'm sorry. >> michael, i'm going to ask would you like to continue with the followup? because it is another additional minute. >> well i think the followup, i think mr. greene deserves an opportunity to respond to say the references to the story in "the st. petersburg times" and "miami about your role in this deal where you appear to the stated on the edge of ethical behavior. >> absolutely not, michael. michael, that mcconville matter, this is a guy i never met. i sold a building through a licensed real estate broker with the biggest real estate firm in the country. i have never spoken with this guy. i have never seen him. i am a victim, too. i am suing him. it is very different when you sell a building and he turns out to be a crook after you sell it. everything in the deal that i signed was done with my attorneys and alone agents. i did not do anything. what kendrick meek -- he has a responsibility in the case of stackhouse. getting $4 billion of our taxp