ms. brown. >> good afternoon. i am happened to be here today as your acting administrator for 2011 and to be presenting to you the ad and services portion of the general services agency budget. the general services agency is a broader array of departments, divisions, offices, and programs. you have heard previously about our capital budget, and you will hear later today separately from the department technology and the department of public works, also part of the gsa. gsa's primary mission is to promote efficient delivery of services, and the majority of services we provide are to support the operations of city government. examples of these functions include maintenance operations and management of city-owned buildings and infrastructure, per german and contract administration, fleet management and vehicle maintenance, real estate leasing and acquisition, city-wide mismanagement, and city-wide capital planning. while i am very proud of the achievements of everyone in the gsa, i did not have tim

ms. brown to follow-up on the outstanding questions, and we look forward to seeing you next week. >> very good. thank you very much. supervisor chu: ok, we have mr. walton from the department of technology. >> good afternoon. john walton, department of technology. briefly, we have a for your slides to go over with you -- we have four slides to go over with you. i brought some hard copy is just in case folks wanted to follow along. briefly jumping into the slide, i wanted to revisit for a moment, we had a lot of conversations around technology in the city. just to remind everyone, to put our department in context, i was listening to the hearings this morning. i was glad to hear, frankly, many of the department's talking about how important technology is to them in delivering their services, how they are looking to improve their technology. our department is making sure -- in charge of making sure there are good data centers and a secure robust network they can run these applications over and pol

brown, will please let ms. cheh finish. >> brown showed up by the way to the hearing in sun glasses, not sure why. refused to take them off throughout the testimony. he told the economyee he was paid off by then council chairman convincement convince -- vincent gray and two campaign workers for verbal a -- for verbally taxing mayor adrian fenty radio he did everything i said he did and then he turned around and disrespected the not only our agreement but the fact that he disrespected me personally. >> mayor gray and his cam pawn staff deny the allegations but gray will not speak publicly about this until the investigation is finished. committee chair mary cheh got into several verbal exchanges with brown during his testimony. we'll talk live with the ward three councilmember coming up in the 7:00 hour. >>> kwame brown scheduled to meet with fellow councilmember to discuss how to move forward in the case of harry thomas. councilman thomas now accused of misspending d.c. fund and could face criminal charges. he is

mccurry and ms. brown, before i come back to you, let me have the participants introduce themselves and the institutions you're from. >> michael rodriguez. i teach politics at richard stockton college in new jersey. >> i'm from the university of florida. >> kevin, political scientist at clairen university of pennsylvania. >> john smith, communication studies and political communication at the state university of new york. >> good morning. university in nigeria. >> joe foster. i teach political science at the united states air force academy. >> thank you for coming. i'm ryan and i teach political science at college of the redwoods in northern, california. >> janet brown, could you start and help us understand what we might be able to teach students about what's coming up in 2012, please. . . >> needless to say, these aren't just four nights that take place and then go away and are not part of a continuum of conversation and learning, they really haven't filled their potential. so this is what we are looking

miss base runner: i listened -- ms. brown: i listened with great interest last night on the debate pertaining to cutting funds for children and women with the agriculture urel department. i'm greatly disturbed by the assertion that we should do that and cut programs for senior citizens and the disabled because of the budgetary problems that we are having here in washington. yes, we are having problems. but those problems did not start 18 months ago. and those problems have been going on for a very long time. and we are making decisions. when we voted, not i, in december, to give billionaires and billionaires $780 billion and then in june and april you say you don't have money for pension checks and you don't have money for senior citizens and you don't have money for children and babies, it's a mispriority. and for people to get on this floor and constantly talk about the recovery and the number of jobs, well, i want to submit for the record the number of jobs that were saved in florida and georgia and other places because of

brown, would you let ms. cheh speak. >> in any event, we'll pull them out. i have no independent knowledge of you being a pest. i will ask about that. others said you were a nuisance, a pest. we'll see. but you were looking for an excuse not to come. >> reporter: that is how it went all afternoon. despite the drama, this is a serious matter. the u.s. attorney's office is also investigating. back to you. >> thank you. >>> today, d.c. council chair kwame brown will meet with fellow councilmembers to discuss how to proceed with the alleged scandal involving councilman harry thomas. thomas is accused of spending city funds meant for youth baseball on trips to vegas and california and on an audi suv. he could face criminal charges and he is currently being sued by attorney general irvin nathan for $1 million. nathan says he who be willing to accept a settlement but the councilman denies the charges and says he will not settle. >>> now to this morning's other big story of congressman wiener's shocking public confession. the new york democrat had told the press for

--brown, agreg que no quiere un presupuesto insostenible que requiera de ms dinero prestado y maniobrasegales. --los legisladores aprobaron el presupuesto a tiempo por primera vez en 25 aÑos. cu --un reporte reciente que sugiere que hay menos casas embargadas, podria no ser lo que parece. --expertos seÑalan que el estudio podria basarse en el hecho de que los bancos temporalmente pusieron en espera estos casos y que ademas, a nivel estatal, la venta de casas se ha ido hasta el fondo. take vo --los casos de ejecucion de hipoteca en estados unidos han bajado un 2 por ciento en mayo, comparado al mes de abril...y bajaron un 33 por ciento al mismo mes pero en 2010. --en mayo, la venta de casas bajo 13 puntos; 3 por ciento, menos a la misma fecha del aÑo pasado. cu ---la policia de morgan hill identific a los sospechosos del secuestro de una beb que produjo una alerta "amber" el 31 de mayo pasado. take vo ---maribel jimnez meja de 33 aÑos, es seÑalada por la polica de morgan hill como la persona que se rob un carro con un beb dentro ...afuera de un banco de comida hace 2 semanas. ---las auto

--brown, agreg que no quiere un presupuesto insostenible que requiera de ms dinero prestado y maniobras legales. --los legisladores aprobaron el presupuesto a tiempo por primera vez en 25 aÑos. cesar ---la situacion se esta poniendo dificil para muchos! ---decenas de trabajadores han perdido sus empleos, pero no se estan quedando de brazos cruzados y buscan recuperarlos. ---pilar niÑo nos amplia. take pkg asi es cesar, en este caso se trata de trabajadores de la limpieza de la universidad de stanford, que no se resignan a perder sus puestos. take pkg estos son los rostros del desconsuelo y la desesperacion. onelia herrera/perdio su trabajo 27:48 es que es bien dificil para uno, somos siete de familia para pagar comida comprar renta todo eso 27:55 acompanados de amigos y algunos de sus hijos, hoy se reunio una vez mas un grupo de trabajadores que lucha por recuperar sus puestos.... angela serrano/perdio su trabajo 29:44 de donde va a salir para la renta, para los billes, y es ahora cuando mi hijo me dice mama voya a salir de la escuela para trabajar varios de ellos dicen que perdieron su

brown que firme un proyecto de ley que les favorece. take vo ---el trato justo para campesinos dara a los trabajadores agrcolas una herramienta para imponer leyes diseÑadas para protegerlos, como la sindicalizacin . ---ms mil firmas a favor de este proyecto fueron entregadas al gobernador, ya que hoy es el ltimo da en que o se firma o rechaza el proyecto y jerry brown tiene hasta la medianoche para decidir... de hecho a esta hora de la noche unos cien campesinos hacen una vigilia a la espera de la aprobacion del gobernador. cu ---en oakland tambien se llega a un acuerdo para equilibrar el presupuesto del ayuntamiento. take vo ---los 4 principales sindicatos que representan a los empleados de la ciudad aceptaron recortes a salarios y prestaciones para tratar de eliminar el deficit de 58 millones que la ciudad enfrenta. ----segun la alcaldesa jean quan, los recortes para los empleados de dichos sindicatos llegarian a unos 28.7 millones de dolares. cu ---tani cantil-sakauye, la presidenta de la suprema corte de justicia de california, take vo ---advirtio hoy que los recortes al sistema judicial planeados en el presupuesto estatal son una amenaza para los servicios publicos. ---para eliminar el deficit pre

ms. snowe: i would lieu now like to yield to the senator from massachusetts, senator brown. the presiding officer: the senator from maine has four minutes and the remaining time for the democratic side is 35 minutes. the senator from maine. ms. snowe: yes, i would ask unanimous consent for additional time since the bill -- since the vote isn't going to occur until 2:15, so we could equally diswied it? ms. landrieu: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. ms. snowe: mr. president, i now yield the remainder of the time to senator brown. it is regrettable since this is an important issue, that wouldn't couldn't have more time until then on this key issue. the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. i'd like to begin by expressing my support for what senator snowe has been doing and for the e.d.a. reauthorization bill. i applaud the committee for producing a good and comprehensive bill, and as you know, these e.d.a. grants provide vital resources not only for massachusetts' economic development and businesses but also o

---la meta, segun brown, es ahorrarle a los contribuyentes mas de 13 millones de dlares. take vo ---la empresa pg & e podra estar en msen san bruno, deborah hersman, la titular de la junta nacional de seguridad en el transporte, realiz un recorrido en donde ocurri la explosin. ----y dijo que pg & e reconoci hace unos dias, que ya habia previamente reparado una ruptura a la tubera que exploto el aÑo pasado. ---la reparacin se hizo hace 23 aÑos a unas 9 millas al sur de donde ocurrio el estallido. cu ---y las niÑeras que trabajan en san francisco podran adquirir un permiso de estacionamien to similar al que utilizan los residentes de la ciudad. take vo ---esto despues de que la agencia de transporte municipal aprobra la entrega de dichos permisos. ---muchas niÑeras tenian que mover sus vehiculos del lugar donde lo estacionaban cada 2 horas mientras cuidaban niÑos para que no les pusieran multas. ---si el permiso se utiliza en horas que no son de trabajo las multas alcanzarn los 500 dolares. cu --el estado de california esta amenazando con revocar las licencias de cuidado infantil a 4 escuelas del este de la bahia. --est

brown quien se espera lo firmar... ---a decir del concejal ignacio de la fuente, los campesinos son los trabajadores que ms sufren de lacin laboral en el pais, y que el concejo de oakland har todo lo que puede para apoyarlos, porque esto beneficiar a todos... take deko ---por cierto maÑana miercoles 8 de junio habra un foro comunitario de servicios legales en la ciudad de san jose... ---si usted tiene preguntas legales de inmigracion, de tipo laboral, o economico habra abogados contestando a sus inquietudes... ---el foro se realizara en el salon sullivan de la iglesia santa maria goretti y sera de las 5: 45 de la tarde a las 8:30 de la noche... ---la asesoria es gratis. cu - bump out nos vamos a la pausa, pero ms adelante... sot "involucrense en las vidas de sus hijos.." vo --- a pesar del dolor de perder a su beb de 3 meses.. una madre inspira reflexin sobre la importancia de ser buenos padres.. take vo ---ademas le diremos que compaÑia aseguradora reembolsara 167 millones de dlares a su clientela... take vo ---tambien enterese quien sale a la defensa de los estudiantes con menos recursos econmicos que son el blanco d

brown que firme un proyecto de ley que les favorece take vo ---el trato justo para campesinos dara a los trabajadores agrcolas una herramienta para imponer leyes diseÑadas para protegerlos, como la sindicalizacin ---msirmas a favor de este proyecto fueron entregadas al gobernador.. ya que hoy es el ltimo da que puede firmar o rechazar la ley. cu ---se realiza un dramatico rescate en las aguas de la bahia... take vo ---varios elementos de la guardia costera respondieron esta manana poco despues de las siete a un llamado de auxilio ya que un hombre estaba en el agua cerca de la orilla oeste del puente... ---se envio un bote y un helicoptero y poco despues lograron rescatar al individuo quien no sufrio ningun tipo de lesin... ---todavia se desconoce porque el sujeto brinco al agua... topvo ---la policia de san jose se encuentra en alerta al reportarse cuatro robos a mano armada y con violencia dentro de un plazo de 16 horas... ---esta racha comenzo el lunes por la maÑana... take fs deko ---el primer robo ocurrio a las 9 de la maÑana en el centro comercial"val ley faire"... --a las cuatro de la tarde ocurrio el segundo y el caso mas dramatico fue en el que un ladron jaloneo a una anciana para despojarla

ms. foscarinis. >> thank you very much. chairman carper, ranking member brown, members of the subcommittee, i appreciate the opportunity to testify today. i am the executive director of the national law center on homelessness and poverty. our mission is to serve as the legal arm of the nationwide movement to prevent homelessness in america. each year more than 3 million americans experience homelessness, including 1.3 million children. these numbers have increased as a result of the recession and foreclosure crisis. in fact, the u.s. conference of mayors estimated a 9% increase in family homelessness in 2010 alone. over 70% of the official survey for the report expect family and child homelessness to increase further during the coming year. the united states government has committed itself to ending homelessness. just a year ago the u.s. interagency council on homelessness released opening doors, the federal strategic plan to end and prevent homelessness. the plans central belief is that no one should experience homelessness, no one should be without a safe, st

ms. foscarinis. >> thank you very much, et chairman carper, ranking member brown. i appreciate the opportunity to testify today. i and the executive director of the national law center on homelessness and poverty. our mission is to serve at as the leaders of the nationwide effort to end homelessness in america. the numbers have increased as a result of the recession and foreclosure crisis. in fact, the u.s. conference of mayors estimated a 9% increase in family homelessness in 2010 alone over 70% of the officials surveyed for the report expected family and child homelessness to increase further during the coming year. the united states government has committed itself to ending homelessness. just a year ago, the u.s. interagency council on homelessness released "opening doors, the federal strategic plans the two end homelessness." the central belief is that no one should experience homelessness, no one should be without a safe, stable place to call all bahome. recently, our government stated that homelessness implicates our human rights commitment and renewed a pled

brown: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: ms. collins: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: madam president, i ask that the quorum be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the question occurs on amendment number 499 offered by the senator from louisiana, mr. vitter. is there a sufficient second? there is. there appears to be. there is. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or change their vote? on this bill -- on this vote the yeas are 47. the nays are 51. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. under the previous motion, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. toomey: madam president, i have an amendment at the desk and i ask for its immediate consideration. the p