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mr. smith and mr. rios both faced officer suguitan. immediately, officer suguitan realized mr. smith's and were behind his back and concealed from officer. officer suguitan directed mr. smith to "show me your hands." instantly, officer suguitan here's what he believes is an item quickly being taken out of a sheaf, and without notice, mr. smith raises a large machete above his head and in close proximity to officer suguitan. officer suguitan, fear for his life, draws his department farm, and that close proximity begins to rapidly backup. mr. smith begins to advance on officer suguitan. of a suguitan continues to back up, but begin to officer fong and mr. johnson in the doorway. nor were they aware of it at this moment that their lives were in danger. officer suguitan, fearing for his life and that of his partner, and for ms. johnson, discharged at least two rounds of his firearms that mr. smith and his willful attempt to stop the threat posed by mr. smith. noticing that mr. smith was still advancing, officer suguitan discharged more rounds, mortally wounding him. mr. smith collap
mr. smith and mr. rios both faced officer suguitan. immediately, officer suguitan realized mr. smith's and were behind his back and concealed from officer. officer suguitan directed mr. smith to "show me your hands." instantly, officer suguitan here's what he believes is an item quickly being taken out of a sheaf, and without notice, mr. smith raises a large machete above his head and in close proximity to officer suguitan. officer suguitan, fear for his life, draws his department...
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but it ultimately relied on the drawing which was handed to mr. smith. that is the drawing and that is what is accurately reflected in what he in yellow outline showed a few minutes ago. i went back through the entire case, looked at what the intent of the motion was, and that was indeed to cut back all the way to what i believe is really the critical edge, that is the edge where the two building masses, the built-out masses meet. and in order to respectfully stay away from the gardens which meet in-between somewhere, that might require to cut the back of the deck back, because that is the intent of that yellow line. in addition to that, just for the record, the architect had not shown in his own drawing that is the roof plan on the first page of what the commissioners have in front of them, that there was indeed a deck protruding into that notch. and i believe that is the right decision when you plan an expansion as substantive as this will be, although one which has been approved. so i have always -- i've gotten numerous emails, responded simultaneousl
but it ultimately relied on the drawing which was handed to mr. smith. that is the drawing and that is what is accurately reflected in what he in yellow outline showed a few minutes ago. i went back through the entire case, looked at what the intent of the motion was, and that was indeed to cut back all the way to what i believe is really the critical edge, that is the edge where the two building masses, the built-out masses meet. and in order to respectfully stay away from the gardens which...
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so i have always -- i've gotten numerous emails, responded simultaneously to secretary avery and mr. smith. i do not than gauge in independent communication with -- do not engage with independent communication with any of the parties involved. and i always say go back to the drawing. that is where the interpretation and the meaning of the motion lies. ends of story. >> i don't understand the disagreement. there's a feeling that's not accurate. >> well, what people are referring to is there was a side meeting after the hearing to clarify what the motion was. and this drawing is from the project sponsor. but this is a different notch than what is reflected in the -- this is a smaller one than what is reflected in the yellow that i showed you. and so this was drawn after the hearing. we didn't have the benefit -- it was kind of brushed -- didn't have the benefit of maybe looking at the same scale of drawings when we did that. but when we tried to clarify it after the hearing, it didn't match what i drew at the hearing. >> my feeling i have to go with what your showed that it was consistent wi
so i have always -- i've gotten numerous emails, responded simultaneously to secretary avery and mr. smith. i do not than gauge in independent communication with -- do not engage with independent communication with any of the parties involved. and i always say go back to the drawing. that is where the interpretation and the meaning of the motion lies. ends of story. >> i don't understand the disagreement. there's a feeling that's not accurate. >> well, what people are referring to...
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mr. smith's roommate, and should be considered heroic. mr. smith considered killing himself and that of the responding officers as evidenced by a phone call the made to his doctor prior to the incident. the message he left his doctor was, just call the cops. the number was inaudible. then he stated, not my house anymore. i am going to try to take them out when they come to take me. it is all over today, doctor. it is all over today. bye-bye. for his heroic actions, the police department has offered officer suguitan the bronze medal of honor. [applause] in the audience, i would also like to acknowledge his partner, samuel fung. if he could remain standing and let everyone know who you are. congratulations. [applause] officer fung, we think you every day for the work that you do as well. i would also like to the knowledge the presence of angela kang. now if i could have officer michael peregoy and officer james trail come up. >> on wednesday, march 10, 2010, at 1653 hours, officers trail, peregoy, and obot were in uniform and part of the seven d
mr. smith's roommate, and should be considered heroic. mr. smith considered killing himself and that of the responding officers as evidenced by a phone call the made to his doctor prior to the incident. the message he left his doctor was, just call the cops. the number was inaudible. then he stated, not my house anymore. i am going to try to take them out when they come to take me. it is all over today, doctor. it is all over today. bye-bye. for his heroic actions, the police department has...
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first we have mrs. smith. she's's senior advisor to mayor gavin newsom. david onick. malik senfero. director of bay view safe haven. children youth and families. cheryl davis. momagic. last but not least, we have jenay. >> we have tyre and then we have cheryl. john. i have a question for you. i hear there's a summer school safety plan that started in may 2007. >> they were 4 partners that collaborates on looking at summer school sites. the 4 were the mtap with muni, the youth services with san francisco police department and the security guards through the san francisco unified school district and d.c. yf. we rolled out responsibilities and it was within the scope of work we were doing and to form what that looked like. they are going to be the primary lead but have support of m tap to deal with interventions outside the perimeter the school. and the police department was a supportive roll if it escalated. previous to this, there had been incidences almost riots at different schools. lots of arrests and last year there were minimal, if none. >> this was last summer? this was the fir
first we have mrs. smith. she's's senior advisor to mayor gavin newsom. david onick. malik senfero. director of bay view safe haven. children youth and families. cheryl davis. momagic. last but not least, we have jenay. >> we have tyre and then we have cheryl. john. i have a question for you. i hear there's a summer school safety plan that started in may 2007. >> they were 4 partners that collaborates on looking at summer school sites. the 4 were the mtap with muni, the youth...
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mr. smith, thank you for waiting to speak. >> thank you for this very interesting hearing. we take it as a very sincere question of how we can cut costs. one way that we can tell you is cutting $40 million of the city costs by doing one then. but you asked for an economic figure. i called my office and they brought it over. what do i do, but this sunday -- i want to make clear that these are zero well-deserved wages. we have an effect of work force. the hospitals in northern california, particularly in the bay area are the most effective anywhere in the country. that is because of our incredibly effective work force. here is the information you have asked for. nurses received about -- ken dollars more an hour. i want to look forward to working with you on reducing costs. supervisor campos: is there any member of the public that would like to speak? >> of what to say thank you for organizing this hearing. it comes at a very timely point in the city's development. i was blown away by some of these statistics. quality doesn't change. it is a factor of looking at the market. th
mr. smith, thank you for waiting to speak. >> thank you for this very interesting hearing. we take it as a very sincere question of how we can cut costs. one way that we can tell you is cutting $40 million of the city costs by doing one then. but you asked for an economic figure. i called my office and they brought it over. what do i do, but this sunday -- i want to make clear that these are zero well-deserved wages. we have an effect of work force. the hospitals in northern california,...
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>supervisor elsbernd: i just wanted to thank mrs. smith and mta for strategically prioritizing mid-richmond traffic calming. lipophilic the supervisor, with concerns over 19th avenue, i know that part presidio is one of the key concentrated areas that we are looking at. it has been a good process for me to see how mta is strategic. like the supervisor, i know that after last year's death of a bicyclist between the kentucky fried chicken and the response vinyl, the young child was dragged under the bus for many feet. we have been waiting for any information from the mta about that and how we can work with residents and businesses to calm traffic. with the 87 year-old woman that was killed, we are working with the institute on aging and roosevelt middle school. as we know, many hundreds of seniors will start to move into this area. with the dph gis mapping systems around schools and senior centers, we want to work with the mta as well, but sometimes it takes time to get proactive solutions. i want to say that from the report, there are relea
>supervisor elsbernd: i just wanted to thank mrs. smith and mta for strategically prioritizing mid-richmond traffic calming. lipophilic the supervisor, with concerns over 19th avenue, i know that part presidio is one of the key concentrated areas that we are looking at. it has been a good process for me to see how mta is strategic. like the supervisor, i know that after last year's death of a bicyclist between the kentucky fried chicken and the response vinyl, the young child was dragged...
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look forward tohe debate and discussion that will follow and if i did not say it earlier, i had a mr. smith goes to washington experience as governor of new mexico. i recognize there are a lot of mr. smith's they go to washington, but i was one of them and i felt like i made a difference and feel i could make a difference in this process. thank you. [applause] i will take some questions, comments, insults' -- describe my approach in new hashire? i have been to 34 states and one of the places i enj more than anywhere is new hampshire, which is good because new hampshire is key in this whole process. i want to do really well in new hampshire, so i'm going to spend a lot of time in w hampshire, where you can go from obscurity to prominence overnight. i'm going to go out on a limb and say i will not be out worked when it comes to going to new hampshire and talking to people. >> it is a key to the equation to do well in the early primary states where you can go from obscurity to being in a place where the lights don't shine any brighter. i love retail politics. i love the fact that it is a one-o
look forward tohe debate and discussion that will follow and if i did not say it earlier, i had a mr. smith goes to washington experience as governor of new mexico. i recognize there are a lot of mr. smith's they go to washington, but i was one of them and i felt like i made a difference and feel i could make a difference in this process. thank you. [applause] i will take some questions, comments, insults' -- describe my approach in new hashire? i have been to 34 states and one of the places i...
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it's a building over a garage, as mr. smith had described. and with that, we will remove that staircase and within that we'll put a front door that leads into a staircase and to the elevator that reaches each one of the floors. a little bit more about the elevator itself. currently the building does have an elevator that has accessability only through the garage of the building. it does not have accessability through the front entrance of the building. that's another reason why we are moving that entrance to the elevator from the back of the building to the front. and that elevator also will be reaching into the garage as well in case a handicapped person comes in via the garage and can access each one the floors via the elevator itself. some comments about the church itself. we currently have about 330 regular attenders in our church. in the last year and a half we've experienced a growth in our church and that's one reason why 401 taraval became available and we felt that moving there would be a good solution to an overcrowded church that w
it's a building over a garage, as mr. smith had described. and with that, we will remove that staircase and within that we'll put a front door that leads into a staircase and to the elevator that reaches each one of the floors. a little bit more about the elevator itself. currently the building does have an elevator that has accessability only through the garage of the building. it does not have accessability through the front entrance of the building. that's another reason why we are moving...
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to seven years in jordan in prison but they're trying to get back money owed to lots of leasing mr smith taishan from the georgian prime minister tony formal dinner the last thing he was expected to serve was a prison term meeting that was to finalize assessments of a hundred million donors and part of the joint government that's with all facing problems yes stay with us i got the full story and. i'll be back with a sister headlines in just a few moments statements. it's the secret incursion into the country. is the invasion by means of. traditions the language tell you the. best coffee please. and culture.
to seven years in jordan in prison but they're trying to get back money owed to lots of leasing mr smith taishan from the georgian prime minister tony formal dinner the last thing he was expected to serve was a prison term meeting that was to finalize assessments of a hundred million donors and part of the joint government that's with all facing problems yes stay with us i got the full story and. i'll be back with a sister headlines in just a few moments statements. it's the secret incursion...
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europe's role in the crisis has crossed local brussels would join them but then it hit me pretty good mr smith punched me with a service messersmith italian prime minister silvio berlusconi's describe the migrant crisis as a human tsunami as me just how serious is the situation as you see it and it's only . well of course it's a critical situation but i think it's a common european obligation to try to limit the amount of people who who come to europe through to this cause first of all we need to help people in their own neighborhood in their own countries by building a camp so that they don't feel the need to take up this very often hopeless chance to cross the mediterranean and secondly we need to be very clear that those who come here are not all branded permission to be in easily or europe but we have the strictest definition of the conventional frontin negress ever possible so that we don't create any further incident but for these people to come to europe but encourage them to stay in their own countries well what you're saying sounds great in theory but when's it going to happen these p
europe's role in the crisis has crossed local brussels would join them but then it hit me pretty good mr smith punched me with a service messersmith italian prime minister silvio berlusconi's describe the migrant crisis as a human tsunami as me just how serious is the situation as you see it and it's only . well of course it's a critical situation but i think it's a common european obligation to try to limit the amount of people who who come to europe through to this cause first of all we need...
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chases and explosions and but you know political films and been successful all the way back to maybe mr smith goes to washington with jimmy stewart films like they were very popular end and we'll see how atlas shrugged performs this week it ok now on rotten tomatoes there was an interesting obviously we're starting to see numbers now for atlas shrugged we've got there we have a graphic there we go excellent so from the reviewers or the official critics we have a six percent rate i have to give a little coffee out here that is. what is a preliminary number but still huge discrepancy from the audience rating of eighty six percent what do you think explains that had a discrepancy you know particularly if you if you can without a list rog but in general when you see films that are widely praised by the audience and the general viewing public and then totally dismissed by credits critics how does that happen what is the point of critics if if that's the advice they're given us going to the movies that we're going to love it well to critique it there is always been a goal between critics and the ma
chases and explosions and but you know political films and been successful all the way back to maybe mr smith goes to washington with jimmy stewart films like they were very popular end and we'll see how atlas shrugged performs this week it ok now on rotten tomatoes there was an interesting obviously we're starting to see numbers now for atlas shrugged we've got there we have a graphic there we go excellent so from the reviewers or the official critics we have a six percent rate i have to give...
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a fun facts about mr. smith, professor smith i should say. he left his wife and the finished blackly a long week. [laughter] so professor smith, one topic of your book is that the population of the earth is going to grow 50% in the next 40 years to 9 billion people. so the question arises can the world support so many people? and should we be paying as much attention to overpopulation as climate change? >> guest: that is a great question. and i would actually -- i might surprise the audience by saying i feel we should perhaps worry less about the absolute number of people living on earth and think more about the material consumption and lifestyle choices because it is the truth of the matter is even if we do grow populations 30, 40% by the mid century and it isn't my projection that is the united nations population division model. the truth is that the rural to urban migration that's taking place and the dumping world of china, india and africa is amazing. thank you. is the better? i don't need to start over. should i keep my answer to three
a fun facts about mr. smith, professor smith i should say. he left his wife and the finished blackly a long week. [laughter] so professor smith, one topic of your book is that the population of the earth is going to grow 50% in the next 40 years to 9 billion people. so the question arises can the world support so many people? and should we be paying as much attention to overpopulation as climate change? >> guest: that is a great question. and i would actually -- i might surprise the...
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for a short periods of time, some ambiguity might be helpful to ensure his demise. >> thank you, mr. smith. mr. ackerman, the ranking member of the subcommittee on the middle east and south asia is recognized. >> thank you, madam chair. i find it interesting that we're in favor of killing gadhafi but we don't want to be there when we kill him. i continue to be troubled, as i listen to some of our colleagues, both in this room and outside of the room. and i welcome some of our friends to the newly found, newly discovered by them, question of the war power act. it's an interesting piece of work. i wonder where those questions were, and to be clear i supported my president when we went to war in iraq. but where were those questions from some of our friends who newly discovered the constitution about that war? where were the statements about the clarity of the mission when we engaged in that? where were the demand for the end game? eight year into that war, over eight days, and no then and for eight years demanded to know what the end game was. and it's interesting, eight days, eight days, int
for a short periods of time, some ambiguity might be helpful to ensure his demise. >> thank you, mr. smith. mr. ackerman, the ranking member of the subcommittee on the middle east and south asia is recognized. >> thank you, madam chair. i find it interesting that we're in favor of killing gadhafi but we don't want to be there when we kill him. i continue to be troubled, as i listen to some of our colleagues, both in this room and outside of the room. and i welcome some of our...
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i like to yield one minute to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. mr. smith: thank you very much for yielding. mr. speaker, it is slick tv ads and p.r. blitz, the multibillion dollar a year giant planned parenthood appears to be hiding something. could it be that they're hiding the fact that just one organization, planned parenthood, performs over 25% of all abortions in america? no other chain of abortion mills even comes close or is it the fact that 97% of all the so-called services rendered to a woman with child ends in an abortion or the fact that since 1977 planned parenthood has deliberately caused the brutal death of well over 5.4 million babies, a staggering loss of child life? and in 2009 alone, 332,278 babies were killed in planned parenthood clinics. there is no organization in america, mr. speaker, perhaps even on earth, that stabs, dismembers, decapitates or chemically poisons more unborn children to death than planned parenthood. and that's a reality o
i like to yield one minute to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. mr. smith: thank you very much for yielding. mr. speaker, it is slick tv ads and p.r. blitz, the multibillion dollar a year giant planned parenthood appears to be hiding something. could it be that they're hiding the fact that just one organization, planned parenthood, performs over 25% of all abortions in america? no other chain of...
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mr. smith, you can get the mri. this is what it costs you, personally, out of your pocket, and frankly, studies show that an mri is only necessary in this kind of injury 5% of the time. is there a chance the mri will help? sure. but there's a 95% chance it does nothing, and you forked over money for nothing. you mean that conversation? >> right. there's at least one physician in the country who does this, and then if the patient says, well, i guess i won't do it, then you have to get the patient to sign a note that says this has been explained to me and i agree because of course the legal system then could cause a problem. >> i would have that same conversation, but start it by saying, mr. smith, you're going to be okay, and you explain to him and here's what happened to your shoulder, and i think good physicians do this. you take out a model and say this is what's going on. now, at the end of the day i don't believe you need an mri. the experts don't believe you need one, ect.. i think the right conversation in the
mr. smith, you can get the mri. this is what it costs you, personally, out of your pocket, and frankly, studies show that an mri is only necessary in this kind of injury 5% of the time. is there a chance the mri will help? sure. but there's a 95% chance it does nothing, and you forked over money for nothing. you mean that conversation? >> right. there's at least one physician in the country who does this, and then if the patient says, well, i guess i won't do it, then you have to get the...
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for a short periods of time, some ambiguity might be helpful to ensure his demise. >> thank you, mr. smith. mr. ackerman, the ranking member of the subcommittee on the middle east and south asia is recognized. >> thank you, madam chair. i find it interesting that we're in favor of killing gadhafi but we don't want to be there when we kill him. i continue to betroubled, as i listen to some of our colleagues, both in this room and outside of the room. and i welcome some of our friends to the newly found, newly discovered by them, question of the war power act. it's an interesting piece of work. ionder where those questions were, and to be clear i supported my president when we went to war in iraq. but where were those questions fromome of our friends who newly discovered the constitution about that war? where were the statements about the clarity of the mission when we engaged in that? where were the demand for the end game? eight year into that war, over eight days, and no then and for eight years demanded to know what the end game was. and it's interesting, eight days, eight days, into the
for a short periods of time, some ambiguity might be helpful to ensure his demise. >> thank you, mr. smith. mr. ackerman, the ranking member of the subcommittee on the middle east and south asia is recognized. >> thank you, madam chair. i find it interesting that we're in favor of killing gadhafi but we don't want to be there when we kill him. i continue to betroubled, as i listen to some of our colleagues, both in this room and outside of the room. and i welcome some of our friends...
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mr. smith, you can get the mri. this is what it costs you, personally, out of your pocket, and frankly, studies show that an mri is only necessary in this kind of injury 5% of the time. is there a chance the mri will help? sure. but there's a 95% chance it does nothing, and you forked over money for nothing. you mean that conversation? >> right. there's at least one physician in the country who does this, and then if the patient says, well, i guess i won't do it, then you have to get the patient to sign a note that says this has been explained to me and i agree because of course the legal system then could cause a problem. >> i would have that same conversation, but start it by saying, mr. smith, you're going to be okay, and you explain to him and here's what happened to your shoulder, and i think good physicians do this. you take out a model and say this is what's going on. now, at the end of the day i don't believe you need an mri. the experts don't believe you need one, ect.. i think the right conversation in the
mr. smith, you can get the mri. this is what it costs you, personally, out of your pocket, and frankly, studies show that an mri is only necessary in this kind of injury 5% of the time. is there a chance the mri will help? sure. but there's a 95% chance it does nothing, and you forked over money for nothing. you mean that conversation? >> right. there's at least one physician in the country who does this, and then if the patient says, well, i guess i won't do it, then you have to get the...
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the clerk: for the majority, mr. smith of texas, mr. sense brenner of wisconsin, and mr. poe of texas. for the minority, mr. serrano of new york, mr. nadler of new york and ms. edwards of maryland. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? mr. mica: there being no further business before the house, at this time, mr. speaker, i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the virginias -- ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands >> the measure authorizes funding through 2014 and terminates the essential air service. there were over 30 amendments offered to the bill and we should see more votes on those as well as a final passage vote tomorrow. members plan to work on legislation related to 2012 spending. follow the house live when members return tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >> republicans and democrats were negotiating about the best way to fund the government for the rest of the year. we will hear from john b
the clerk: for the majority, mr. smith of texas, mr. sense brenner of wisconsin, and mr. poe of texas. for the minority, mr. serrano of new york, mr. nadler of new york and ms. edwards of maryland. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? mr. mica: there being no further business before the house, at this time, mr. speaker, i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those...
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i'll hold my other questions for later, ranking member smith. >> thank you, mr. chairman.'ll make a quick comment. i have a question. i think you gentlemen have answered all the pertinent questions in the opening statement. to the chairman's questions, is it a fair process, is there time to implementment it. you seem to be working through it. it seems to be better than expected. we'll see what happens. there was not a rush to judgment. we didn't automatically repeal don't ask, don't tell. part of the way we put it in place the way we did was to give you a gentlemen a chance to do what you're doing now. it ultimately has to be approved by the joint chiefs. the comment on unit cohesion and effectiveness, i would imagine there's a fair number of things on a day in, day out basis that challenge unit cohesion and you have to pull together to make it work. i think you ask the question in a survey do people have concerns. they may very well express them. if you follow up what happens on numerous occasions in the military part of the job, you have to do a lot of difficult things.
i'll hold my other questions for later, ranking member smith. >> thank you, mr. chairman.'ll make a quick comment. i have a question. i think you gentlemen have answered all the pertinent questions in the opening statement. to the chairman's questions, is it a fair process, is there time to implementment it. you seem to be working through it. it seems to be better than expected. we'll see what happens. there was not a rush to judgment. we didn't automatically repeal don't ask, don't tell....
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mr. smith, quote, there's no indication that hydraulic fraction has ever caused damage to the ground water or other resources in michigan. in fact, the ogs has never received a complaint or allegation that hydraulic fractions has impacted ground water in any way. victor coreyo, that's the organization in texas that has the jurisdiction, i might add, though hydraulic fracturing has been used for 60 years, our railroad records that records do not reflect a single documented service or ground water contamination case. came thing true with fred, -- from the south dakota and all of these others. and so i have the other statements that i'll include in the record. now let me show you why this is the case. we've got a chart -- pull the chart up here. it's very important. everyone is spread out and hold it up high enough so that people can see it if you would. very good. now the chart illustrates a cross section of a typical well drilled in the grew drew. in between the ground water and shale are dozens
mr. smith, quote, there's no indication that hydraulic fraction has ever caused damage to the ground water or other resources in michigan. in fact, the ogs has never received a complaint or allegation that hydraulic fractions has impacted ground water in any way. victor coreyo, that's the organization in texas that has the jurisdiction, i might add, though hydraulic fracturing has been used for 60 years, our railroad records that records do not reflect a single documented service or ground...
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if i did not say it earlier, i had a "mr smith goes to washington" experience. i realize there are lots to go to washington, but i was one of them. i feel like they made a difference and i feel like i can make a difference in this whole process. thank you very much. [applause] i will take some questions. questions? comments, any insults that any of you have? describe my approach in new hampshire. i have been to about 34 states in the last 16 months. one of the places i really enjoyed more than anywhere is new hampshire, which is really good because of new hampshire is key to this whole process for me. i have to do and what to do really well in new hampshire. i will spend a lot of time in new hampshire where you can go from obscurity to prominence overnight with a good showing in new hampshire. i will go out on a limb and say that i will not be at work when it comes to being in new hampshire and talking to people. [applause] yes, it is. it is key to the equation. it is key to the equation to do well in the early primary states where, again, you can go from obscur
if i did not say it earlier, i had a "mr smith goes to washington" experience. i realize there are lots to go to washington, but i was one of them. i feel like they made a difference and i feel like i can make a difference in this whole process. thank you very much. [applause] i will take some questions. questions? comments, any insults that any of you have? describe my approach in new hampshire. i have been to about 34 states in the last 16 months. one of the places i really enjoyed...
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mr. smith, quote, there's no indication that hydraulic fraction has ever caused damage to the ground water or other resources in michigan. in fact, the ogs has never received a complaint or allegation that hydraulic fractions has impacted ground water in any way. victor coreyo, that's the organization in texas that has the jurisdiction, i might add, though hydraulic fracturing has been used for 60 years, our railroad records that records do not reflect a single documented service or ground water contamination case. came thing true with fred, -- from the south dakota and all of these others. and so i have the other statements that i'll include in the record. now let me show you why this is the case. we've got a chart -- pull the chart up here. it's very important. everyone is spread out and hold it up high enough so that people can see it if you would. very good. now the chart illustrates a cross section of a typical well drilled in the grew drew. in between the ground water and shale are dozens
mr. smith, quote, there's no indication that hydraulic fraction has ever caused damage to the ground water or other resources in michigan. in fact, the ogs has never received a complaint or allegation that hydraulic fractions has impacted ground water in any way. victor coreyo, that's the organization in texas that has the jurisdiction, i might add, though hydraulic fracturing has been used for 60 years, our railroad records that records do not reflect a single documented service or ground...
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. >> mr. smith, you want to -- weigh in on that? >> sure.ther -- another difficulty is when you're trying to enforce whether it is in the ethical context or criminal context there can be difficulty where the ethical rule is slightly different than the criminal rule, and so what you end up with in that situation is people who have a legal defense to either or both because they follow the advice. i thought the rule was this because the rules are close enough and they got a lot of rice from somebody and what this will was consistent with that, so for us to have an enforceable conflict of interest while both either in the house or senate or any sort of state body i think there's the need for the coordination and consistency with the criminal law because efforts to kind of add another layer sometimes can complicate things so much that it makes it very difficult to enforce. on the other side i would just say this in the beginning one of the issues that was talked about is everybody does this. and i can't help you as a prosecutor oftentimes when we
. >> mr. smith, you want to -- weigh in on that? >> sure.ther -- another difficulty is when you're trying to enforce whether it is in the ethical context or criminal context there can be difficulty where the ethical rule is slightly different than the criminal rule, and so what you end up with in that situation is people who have a legal defense to either or both because they follow the advice. i thought the rule was this because the rules are close enough and they got a lot of rice...
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. >> mr. smith, do you want to weigh in on that?>> just to complicate matters further, another difficulty is when you're trying to enforce whether it's an ethical context or criminal context, there can be a difficulty with the ethical rule is slightly different than the criminal rule. so which you end up in that situation with his people at the legal defense to either or both because they followed advice. i thought there was this because the rules are close enough, take up legal advice from somebody and that this row was consistent with that rule. so for us to have enforceable conflict of interest either in the house and senate are any sort of state body, i think there is a real need for coordination and consistency with the criminal lot because efforts to kind of added another layer sometimes can complicate things so much that it makes it difficult to enforce. on the other side i would say this in the beginning one of the issues that was talked about is everybody does this. i can tell you as a prosecutor often times when we investi
. >> mr. smith, do you want to weigh in on that?>> just to complicate matters further, another difficulty is when you're trying to enforce whether it's an ethical context or criminal context, there can be a difficulty with the ethical rule is slightly different than the criminal rule. so which you end up in that situation with his people at the legal defense to either or both because they followed advice. i thought there was this because the rules are close enough, take up legal...
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. >> mrs. smith, when it comes to credit unions, i have had a number of credit unions come visit me in my district. credit unions do provide services to low and moderate income family households, correct? >> that is correct. >> do you see a director -- it's one of my concerns about having one director who maybe doesn't like credit unions or maybe doesn't like the way credit unions are going that may affect the ability to serve as low and moderate income families? >> absolutely. in answering your first es
. >> mrs. smith, when it comes to credit unions, i have had a number of credit unions come visit me in my district. credit unions do provide services to low and moderate income family households, correct? >> that is correct. >> do you see a director -- it's one of my concerns about having one director who maybe doesn't like credit unions or maybe doesn't like the way credit unions are going that may affect the ability to serve as low and moderate income families? >>...
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smith and mr. newton, in what way do you grapple with your own perm world view and judgments when you write history, when did you suspend it, and what times do you decide upon a theme that sort of shapes how you judge the subject of your work? >> well, when i say i suspended judgment, i really ought to say that i was held judgment -- withheld judgment. when you work in a field of this kind, in the beginning you have to retain a certain openness and a nonquarrelsomeness. if you have ideas where the book is to go and what it means, you'll miss a lot. you have to do that in a human way. hold back. when something comes up that makes you uncomfortable, listen to that, you know? pursue that, stick with that, so i was forming judgments all the time, but i did not the text to be a text of judgment. i wanted it to be a text of narrative so the events are there, the people say things at a certain time, so you see certain things. something's lying on the ground bleeding and people fight over it whether or not
smith and mr. newton, in what way do you grapple with your own perm world view and judgments when you write history, when did you suspend it, and what times do you decide upon a theme that sort of shapes how you judge the subject of your work? >> well, when i say i suspended judgment, i really ought to say that i was held judgment -- withheld judgment. when you work in a field of this kind, in the beginning you have to retain a certain openness and a nonquarrelsomeness. if you have ideas...
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i'll hold my other questions for later, ranking member smith. >> thank you, mr. chairman.'ll make a quick comment. i have a question. i think you gentlemen have answered all the pertinent questions in the opening statement. to the chairman's questions, is it a fair process, is there time to implementment it. you seem to be working through it. it seems to be better than expected. we'll see what happens. there was not a rush to judgment. we didn't automatically repeal don't ask, don't tell. part of the way we put it in place the way we did was to give you a gentlemen a chance to do what you're doing now. it ultimately has to be approved by the joint chiefs. the comment on unit cohesion and effectiveness, i would imagine there's a fair number of things on a day in, day out basis that challenge unit cohesion and you have to pull together to make it work. i think you ask the question in a survey do people have concerns. they may very well express them. if you follow up what happens on numerous occasions in the military part of the job, you have to do a lot of difficult things.
i'll hold my other questions for later, ranking member smith. >> thank you, mr. chairman.'ll make a quick comment. i have a question. i think you gentlemen have answered all the pertinent questions in the opening statement. to the chairman's questions, is it a fair process, is there time to implementment it. you seem to be working through it. it seems to be better than expected. we'll see what happens. there was not a rush to judgment. we didn't automatically repeal don't ask, don't tell....
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i'll hold my other questions for later, ranking member smith. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'll make a quick comment. i have a question. i think you gentlemen have answered all the pertinent questions in the opening statement. to the chairman's questions, is it a fair process, is there time to implementment it. you seem to be working through it. it seems to be better than expected. we'll see what happens. there was not a rush to judgment. we didn't automatically repeal don't ask, don't tell. part of the way we put it in place the way we did was to give you a gentlemen a chance to do what you're doing now. it ultimately has to be approved by the joint chiefs. the comment on unit cohesion and effectiveness, i would imagine there's a fair number of things on a day in, day out basis that challenge unit cohesion and you have to pull together to make it work. i think you ask the question in a survey do people have concerns. they may very well express them. if you follow up what happens on numerous occasions in the military part of the job, you have to do a lot of difficult things
i'll hold my other questions for later, ranking member smith. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'll make a quick comment. i have a question. i think you gentlemen have answered all the pertinent questions in the opening statement. to the chairman's questions, is it a fair process, is there time to implementment it. you seem to be working through it. it seems to be better than expected. we'll see what happens. there was not a rush to judgment. we didn't automatically repeal don't ask, don't...
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ranking member smith. >> thank you, mr. chairman.irst question if you could play out a little bit, general mcnabb, how things are going in the logistical challenges i guess about earlier working to pakistan and the other areas are we able to get what we need and i know there is major movement now of equipment for the afghan national security force, how is that working and what are the challenges going forward? >> we presently take about 35% and everything that's high value we taken by air. sometimes its short-haul i was mentioning before from the port that is close and. sometimes that is the state's depending on the nature of the stuff coming in. it's about the surface side about 45% coming through the pakistan block and about 55% of the surface move coming through the northen distribution network. we've adjusted more of the flow to the north but we are not able to bring military equipment through. we can only bring that to the pakistan lot which gets to the question about fms for the nma. we've been working with the pakistan militar
ranking member smith. >> thank you, mr. chairman.irst question if you could play out a little bit, general mcnabb, how things are going in the logistical challenges i guess about earlier working to pakistan and the other areas are we able to get what we need and i know there is major movement now of equipment for the afghan national security force, how is that working and what are the challenges going forward? >> we presently take about 35% and everything that's high value we taken...