mrs. elliott for the work. this is a difficult task and there is may be no perfect way to do this, but you are getting it, i think. this may not be the end all, and may be a few years from now things change. this is a good start. i appreciate the local partners and the equity partners, and giving a chance for local business to have a crack at keeping the money in san francisco. as far as the office of cannabis , i -- we rely on some degree on those offices chiming on good operators are not. i think the system works in san francisco and it will work for cannabis as well. i am in support of the proposed language today. >> great. just to have clarification, are you okay with staff's recommendations on the modifications to the ordinance? i don't think we asked your feedback. >> i'm comfortable with being able to recommend those implementation his. >> i want to clarify motion includes staff recommendations. >> just a question on overall, the rollout to recreational cannabis, to me, in walking around the city, things

elliott williams the medal of honor. in the 20th century, three sailors of american indian heritage received the medal. petty officer williams was one of three. mr. speaker, it's my great privilege to put forth this legislation with the entire south carolina delegation and have it signed into law, to honor the life and service and sacrifice of james elliott williams. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from alabama, mrs. roby, for five minutes. mr. roby: thank you, speaker. just over a month ago hurricane michael, the third most powerful hurricane to ever make landfall on the united states mainland, ravaged areas of alabama, florida, and georgia. hundreds of americans lost everything, and more than 30 people were killed. hurricane michael appears to have done its worse in panama city, florida, and nearby areas. but alabama's second district was also badly impacted in several counties in the wire grass region. in fact, hurricane michael is the most powerful storm to ever hit houston county, according to recorded history. in my district, the agricultural community faces the most significant devastati

mr. whitaker knew before he took the job. >> all this, to elliott's point, heightened import. >> absolutely. this is -- so i completely agree with everything that's been said. i think this is -- especially when you take it in totality, with all of the incidents of abuse of power that we've seen this president try to assert in many ways, including, by the way, publicly saying that he fired comey with the mueller investigation in mind. i mean, we could go down a very long list of this preponderate actually trying to use the department of justice as his own personal tool, including protecting himself and his family potentially from crimes. but at this point what we have is congress absolutely needs to get right on top of hearings with mr. whitaker to say what conversations -- >> yes. >> -- did the president have with you? truthfully he should not be in that job. >> i want to pause, michael schmidt of the "new york times" has an update. he joins me by phone. michael, you have some new information? >> caller: yeah, trump had repeatedly pressed jus it department officials as well about the status