ms. jackson. i believe you wanted to speak. >> she looks awfully nice today. >> especially for you, sweetheart. [laughter] >> espinolda jackson. i am representing the black human rights council of san francisco. i came today in order to congratulate the three commissioners that were reappointed. i am so happy because i have talked to some of the supervisors prior to the fact that you all knew what was going on especially in my community. and that's your skirt. made the honest point. i'm so happy you all was reappointed because you know the concerns of the community and also came to congratulate the new mr. harlan kelly. i would like to say to you, mr. kelly, i know you have some shoes to follow. big shoes to follow. and i am looking to be working with you and also the organization that i represent. as well as we are going to work with all of you commissioners. but i wanted to just say thank you, thank you, thank you, for everything that you have been involved in with my community. because most peo

ms. jackson? >> i will like to say this is very good. you know, it takes me back when it was under the water department. the water department staff. that's where they were. it's great to see that all of the staff of puc in that area will be in one location. it's very good for the department. and i just like because see i go a long way back. i can speak about and i asked the director a minute ago about something i brought up about the meetings of the c.a.c. to be brought back to bayview, hunter's point. mr. bryant. >> president moran and board members, first of all, this is a great building. i want to, you know, i didn't come here to speak on the building. over time, i have always asked why it wasn't being used. as somewhat younger employee in the city and county of san francisco. i was taken out to that location by none other than leeroy king and met alex pitcher, whose office it was at one time. i said this to many folks, this is a, he gives me a chance to get it and i'm buying it. i'm glad the p.u.c. is now reconsidering it. and i just

ms. jackson? >> thank you. espinola jackson, bayview hunters point. i listened very carefully to some of the statements that were being made. i remember when we were getting our sewage, this commission was talking about raising the sewage years ago. what we stated at that time, and i am going to state it again, because i know you were not here. one of the ways that you can get information is through the sewage bill. everybody gets a sewage bill. and put it in the different languages so they will know what is going on. that is the best way in the world. that is old hat. now, we talked about the .e. -- th e -- the e.r. less than six months during the america's cup. now, i know you can do the same for bayview hunters point. my good friend, commissioner caen, we can talk about as low- income -- i get $991 per month social security. a figure that out by 12 months, that came to $11,892, i think. do you know what? we have a lot of old people in the community, older than me, that get less than $20,000 per year, and there should be away like at&t do or those o

ms. jackson lee. nies jackson lee: that ining the chairman very much. mr. chairman, this is an amendment that i believe common sense would allow us to work together and pass because this amendment would simply maintain the current deadline that existed under the previous administration of 90 days under the clean water act by striking section 503 of the bill which artificially limits agency comment period on water quality permit to 30 days with no possibility for extension. this existed under bush administration's administration. why then would my friends on the other side of the aisle not join with me and say let's have regular order. let's ensure that we give everyone the reasonable opportunity for -- and response on their quality of life. on the surface the intent of h.r. 3409 appears to be to prevent the interior department from revising a bush administration midnight regulation that significantly weakened protection ops the destructive practice of mountaintop removal mining. let me remind you they did not alter the comment period. mountaintop removal mi

ms. jackson. thank you for understanding. i appreciate that. we ask members of the public to exit the room as we convene into closed session >> coming out of closed session i understand the committee has continued item 7 to the call of the chair, and will be moving forwarding items 8 and 9 to the full board with recommendation. >> chair kim: thank you. do we have a motion to not disclose? >> so moved 1234r-6 motion and second. we can do that without opposition? are there any other items on the agenda? seeing none, the meeting is adjourned. thank you. >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on top of each other to present to the public. >> other types of gis are web based mapping systems. like google earth, yahoo maps. microsoft.

ms. jackson. thank you for understanding. i appreciate that. we ask members of the public to exit the room as we convene into closed session >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on top of each other to present to the public. >> other types of gis are web based mapping systems. like google earth, yahoo maps. microsoft. those are examples of on line mapping systems that can be used to find businesses or get driving directions or check on traffic conditions. all digital maps. >> gis is used in the city of san francisco to better support what departments do. >> you imagine all the various elements of a city including parcels and the critical infrastructure where the storm drains are. the city access like the traffic lights and fi

ms. jackson. thank you for understanding. i appreciate that. we ask members of the public to exit the room as we convene into closed session. >> (the committee has went into closed session) >> coming out of closed session i understand the committee has continued item 7 to the call of the chair, and will be moving forwarding items 8 and 9 to the full board with recommendation. >> chair kim: thank you. do we have a motion to not disclose? >> so moved 1234r-6 motion and second. we can do that without opposition? are there any other items on the agenda? seeing none, the meeting is adjourned. thank you. i'm derek, i'm hyungry, and ready to eat. these vendors offer a variety of the streets near you. these mobile restaurants are serving up original, creative and unusual combinations. you can grab something simple like a grilled cheese sandwich or something unique like curry. we areher here in the average eight -- upper haight. you will be competing in the quick buy food challenge. an appetizer and if you are the winner you will get the title of the qu

ms. jackson, a number of folks in this room, they have been in the struggle a lot longer than me. the compliance of section 3 that has been referenced by a number of you, i work with dominica and the housing authority. it is good faith, it is not a mandatory compliance. the first source is good faith. redevelopment policy is good faith. the new policy is mandatory, but a lot of these projects are not subjected to that. what good faith means is that we work hard getting folks ready, we spend a lot of money looking at -- there are a number of cbo's the receive those dollars to get the folks reheaready. we contacted out to help get the folks ready. to the degree that it is a perfect system, i get criticism on both sides of the i/o. i think it is a collective process to try to figure that out. hunter's view, i thinkw e have -- think we have some decent numbers of there. it is impossible to get the folks to see that. we are working hard to figure that out. the three policies that have been on the books for a number of years have been the full faith federal requirements. there is no man

ms. jackson. >> tim paulson, executive director of the san francisco labor council. i didn't know this was on the agenda today but i'm very pleased to do it because we in organized labor like to raise the floor, and i just want to comment that all the different community and business groups that are being represented at the microphone are people that have worked with the labor community, the organized labor. and i just commend you guys for moving this forward, and i hope this task force is as successful as it claims to be. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is tiffany crane. i'm codirector at young workers yubtd. i'm here to say thank you for establishing this task force, and to support all of the members of the -- the future members of the task force who have presented today, in particular ace ha on our board r the last year, and our members, at young workers united, an organization that has worked to improve the positions of young immigrant workers, they have voted unanimously to support him as our representative. so i just wanted to add that as well. so thank y

ms. jackson. i'm going to be very short. espinola jackson. the c.a.c., when it was set up, was set up under the water department. the meetings were being held on felts. they are being held to market street and it's very inconvenient for those of us where the sewage plant is and all the discussion is going on is not held in the community. i would like for the c.a.c. to take note of the fact that they could hold some of their meetings in bay view, hunter's point where the discussion is going on about. i remember when lanceburg was one of first members on the committee years ago. he had moved to bayview hunters point. i would like to see the people from bayview hunter's point that live in the community be on that committee. i also would like to state that p.u.c. has a department that contacts everyone that receives a bill. i just got one after standing up here talking to you all the last time to see what we income is. and whether or not i could stay on the same. you have a department sending out notification for those of us that are low income a

ms. jackson lee, for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the speaker. i ask unanimous consent to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: my country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty. god bless america. i'm glad that we have songs that can capture our spirits and the love that we have for our nation. reminded as a child seeing the words -- singing the words to "my country 'tis of thee" and reminded of that day, 9/11, members of congress gathered to stand on the steps of the united states capitol to sing "god bless america." i rise today to pay tribute americans and the myriad of persons whose lives remain forever changed because of 9/11. we honor and mourn still those who fell on that day. it was the world, a potpourri of personalities, nationalities, languages, different descriptions and life stories. it was the world that was in america, a country that welcomes all. and then of course those of us who are reminded of the rushing in of heroes and she-ros, nypd, civilian volunteers, firefighters, port police, feder

ms. jackson. >> i don't know if i'm looking -- is this dealing with the successor agency? >> chair kim: no. this is the childcare planning and advisory council. this is supervisor campos. >> i don't have my glasses and i can't see with them on anyway. >> chair kim: thank you. is there any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor campos made a motion to move his appointee out with recommendation. my only question was i didn't realize that there was an advisory committee to the secret garden but i'm excited to find out that there is. i'm happy to support that and without opposition. madam clerk, please call item 6. >> linda wong: hearing to consider appointing one member, term endin ending ending july 1e entertainment commission. there is one applicant. >> chair kim: i want to appreciate many of the members that came to speak on this item and also our applicants for are your patience as we move through our previous items. i will be calling you in the order that you are listed on the agenda. and i will ask you to speak for two minutes, both on y

ms. jackson lee, is recognized for three minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the subcommittee ranking member on the ways and means committee for his leadership and i thank my friend from texas, congressman johnson, for managing and the sponsor of this legislation as well. let me rise in support of what i think is a recognition and not simple, but a recognition of the sacrifice that families make and those who remain behind after our soldiers fall in battle or fall pursuant to a service-related injury. and to not have the added burden of having any for given debt be included as income to the -- to be assessed by the i.r.s. i believe this is a fair and important collaborative exercise of reasonable response to taxation. and i hope as we come together around veterans and this removal of this burden we can clearly see pathways to address the question of tax reform that responds to working americans. that protects working americans. for that is obviously what this family is. they sent a son off to war or a daughter off to war or a mother or fath

ms. jackson lee: i ask unanimous consent. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, just recently it was announced that 50 million americans experience food insecurity and experienced it in the last year. what that means is that families in the united states suffer without food. predominant number of those are single parents and children. what are we as a country if we allow children to go hungry in this particular great land? i just came back from africa and saw children who were hungry but yet we were there to encourage better technology to promote agricultural development. but today this congress, this house, republican congress, is cutting $16 billion from the supplemental nutrition program. we can do better. i want to work with this congress to ensure that 50 million people, 50 million americans are not hungry in this great land. let us revisit the cutting of the supplemental nutrition program because our children are begging, they're asking us, do we care? we do care. we cannot cut $15 billion, $16 billion from the supplemental nutritio

ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. jackson lee: let me thank mr. turner and the ranking member, mr. thompson, for their courtesies of yielding to me and allowing me to take this moment on the floor, 9/11, to again acknowledge the members of congress who this morning joined each other, if you will, two houses that came together on the east steps to be able to acknowledge those who were lost. and i'd like to say those who still live in the backdrop of the tragedy for many are still pained by the loss of their family members, as we know in new york, the reading of the names and, of course, the laying of the reef that occurred today at the pentagon. we cannot get those lives back and what we recognize is that those lives represented places around the world, but it also represented moms and dads and children today have grown up without those loved ones because of the horrific and heinous tragedy. and some might say america's naivity. but i'm glad to live in a country that believes in her freedom. i'm glad to live in a countr

ms. jackson lee, for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: i'd like to join my colleague in asking for the blessings on this nation and to remind america that we gathered on tuesday together in commemoration, in recognition of 9/11. but america also needs us to do better. and i speak in the backdrop of a horrific tragedy that we are all reminded of in the loss of americans and what continues to be an attack on our values. that's why it's important for us to shed all that partisanship leads to. the lack of bringing forth bills that would help all of america. so i am here this morning to remind us of work undone. that we had just 61 bills that have been signed into law this year, the fewest in more than 60 years, and all of 2011, only 90 bills were signed into law. and so we know in the last session, the 111th congress, 258 bills were signed into law. we have got to do better. , and -- we have got to do better, and the most difficult thing i speak about is the lack of presenting the president's jobs bill that would invest in small b

ms. jackson lee: thank you, mr. chairman. and to mr. speaker, i'm delighted to join the chairman of the full committee and the ranking member of the full committee in this vigorous debate on the constitution. but i'm also delighted that the ranking member has indicated by his reference to the previous speaker that this is a bipartisan challenge and question about the re-authorization. this does not have a partisan place. it does have a place in the constitution. and as i do this, might i take just a moment, mr. chairman, and ranking member, just to acknowledge the loss of our americans who fell in libya, the ambassador stevens and those who were securing him. it is a recognition that we live in a difficult world. but one of the distinctive aspects of america is that we live in a free country. that we are willing to accept the distinctions and differences of all people and we respect the privacy and the fourth amendment. so i might refresh my fellow colleagues as to what fisa does from the very beginning. it is electronic surveillance, p

ms. jackson lee, for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the speaker.nt to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: my country tis of thee, sweet land of lerty. god bless america. i'm glad that we have songs that can capture our spirits and thlove that we have for our nation. reminded as a child seeing the rds -- singing the words to "my country 'tis of thee" and reminded of that day, 9/11, members of congress gathered to stand on the steps of the united states capitol to sing "god bless america." i rise today to pay tribute americans and the myriad of persons whose lives remain forever changed because of 9/11. we honor and mourn still those who fell on that day. it was the world, a potpourri of personalities, nationalities, languages, different descriptions and lfe stories. itas the world that was in america, a country that welcomes all. and then of course those of us who are reminded of the rushing in of heroes and she-ros, nypd, civilian volunteers, firefighters, port police, federal workers. all in some way hel

ms. sheila jackson lee, 25 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: if we pass the american jobs act we will help hispanic youngsters, anglo youngsters, african youngsters. what an insult to america's values to suggest that those who come to this country to give by the way of a legal process, diversity visas are not contributing, i do not want to insult anyone who comes with the idea of helping america. that means wherever they've come from, africa, iran and elsewhere. if they come for a good reason, through the diversity visa, to reunite with their famil, that is the american way. immigration by law, that is the american way. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield to the very patient member from texas, mr. hinojosa, 1 1/2 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. hinojosa: mr. speaker, mr. speaker, i rise to strongly oppose h.r. 6429, the republican stem proposal, before the house today under suspension of the rules. as the ranking member of the subcommittee on higher education and work force and vice chair o

ms. espanola jackson, mr. brooks, a. philip randolph institute, sierra, that stopped the city from building power plants. commissioner caen used to say, i just think it's not right we're going to build these power plants and i wish that we didn't have to. and that theme really carried to the point that we did it and we didn't have to do that. she was the spiritual center of that, and that was great. commissioner vietor, a strong champion of the environment, solar power, has helped us to keep the gosolarsf program afloat, despite budget cuts. we're going to need her help again. she is an advocate of energy efficiency, solar. we got another million for the gosolarsf tuesday, which is great. the program's run out of money again so we're definitely going to need commissioner vietor's leadership on solar to do that. commissioner courtney is my brother in labor local 261, have worked with him a lot. he has had the community's back for years, before even becoming a commissioner, has worked to make sure the local hire law is suc

ms. jackson lee: thank you, mr. chairman. and to mr.the chairman the full committee and the ranking member of the full committee in this vigorous debate on the constitution. but i'm also delighted that the ranking memberas indicated by his reference to the previous speaker that this is a bipartisan challenge and question about the re-authorization. this does not have a partisan place. it does have a place in the constitution. and as i do this, might i take just a moment, mr. chairman, and ranking member, just to acknowledge the loss of our americans who fell in libya, the ambassador stevens and those who were securing him. it is a recognition that we live in a difficult world. but one of the distinctive aspects of america is that we ve in a free country. that we are willing to accept the distinctions and differences of all people and we respect the privacy and the fourth amendment. so i might refresh my fellow colleagues as to what fisa does from the very beginning. it is electronic surveillance, physical searches, the installation and

ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, it is a great privilege for me to rise on the floor of the house today to pay tribute to astronaut neal armstrong, an american hero. yesterday at the national cathedral we paid tribute to him as a national hero, recognize his name will forever be a testament to our nation's will to prevail in the challenge for successful space explorations and push the boundaries going where no man has gone before. as a 12-year member of the house science committee and member of the space and aeronautics subcommittee, i can tell you that i am deeply indebted but also embedded with the idea of human space exploration, how can i not be? representing and coming from the community where nasa's johnson space center is. today i rise in tribute to all of them and recognize the great leadership that neal armstrong gave as a numberble american. he along with fellow astronauts, buzz aldrin and michael copins, shared a most significant time in our history. one small step for man but a great and gigantic

ms. sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one and a half minutes. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much to the ranking member of the budget committee and thank you to madam speaker. we rise today to try to bring some logic and sense because as americans debate sequestration they throw their hands up and say, what is that? what is that in the minds of children and the elderly? what does that mean in a real, rational way of coming together and saying there are some cutsened there are some revenues enhancers and increases to be able to invest in the american public. in order to create jobs you expend dollars, you invest you create, research and development you help to create opportunities for small businesses. you help to promote manufacturing. that's how you create jobs. but let me tell you what the underlying bill says this bill will only take effect one year later. is has no opportunity, no desire new york rationale to raise revenue. every thinking economist says we mus

ms. sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is rcognized for one and a half minutes. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much to the ranking member of the budget committee and thank you to madam speaker. we rise today to try to bring some logic and sense because as americans debate sequestration they throw their hands up and say, what is that? what is that in the minds of children and the elderly? what does that mean in a real, rational way of coming together and saying there are some cutsened there are some revenues enhancers and increases to be able to invest in the american public. in order to create jobs you expend dollars, you invest you create, research and development you help to create opportunities for small businesses. you help to promote manufacturing. that's how you create jobs. but let me tell you what the underlying bill says this bill will only take effect one year later. is has no opportunity, no desire new york rationale to raise revenue. every thinking economist says we must

ms. jackson lee: thank you very much to the ranking member of the budget committee and thank you to madam speaker. we rise today to try to bring some logic and sense because as americans debate sequestration they throw their hands up and say, what is that? what is that in the minds of children and the elderly? what does that mean in a real, rational way of coming together and saying there are some cutsened there are some revenues enhancers and increases to be able to invest in the american public. in order to create jobs you expend dollars, younvest you create, research and development you help to create opportunities for small businesses. you help to promote manufacturing. that's how you create jobs. but let me tell you what the underlying bill says this bill will only take effect one year later. is has no opportunity, no desire new york rationale to raise revenue. every thinking economist says we must raise revenue in order to reduce the deficit and continue to expend and spend dollars that invest in the americanublic. do you want your military families to be on food stamps? do you want

ms. and applebom writes from jackson hole, wyoming. ben bernanke delivered a forceful speech with steps to stimulate the economy reinforcing that the fed is on the verge of action calling the persistently high rate of unemployment a, quote, grave concern, language that several experts describe as unusually strong, he clear that a run of tepid rather than terrible economic data had not altered the fed's will to act because the pace of growth remained too slow to reduce the number of people who lack jobs. that's how it's playing in the new york times. "wall street journal" -- fed sets stage for stimulus. the chief defends past measures. weak labor market requires more help. and in "the washington post" this morning, their lead story again, same topic, fed chief implies stimulus to come, central bank to be forceful. they write that in a widely anticipated speech here in jackson hole, wyoming, bernanke said the growth is far from satisfactory and pledged the fed would be forceful in taking action to drive faster growth. the tone of bernank

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ms. warren practice law without a license, and what would the consequences of that be? joey jacksonanalysts. william jacobson comes out with this allegation saying, let me tell you, she did it, and it's a violation of law, and then you have some legal heavyweights who know and like ms. warren coming out and saying he's completely off base, it's not true, and now professor jacobson is coming out and saying, it is true, and not backing down. so you've got this battle of the legal scholars about whether she violated the law. we'll have our own battle now. [laughter] mercedes, what is the argument that she did violatesome. >> well, finally, professor jacobson, who has no skin in the game, all he's thinking about are the ethical ramifications here, but we know that ms. warren had already consulted with clients, we know that she worked with a law firm on a particular case -- megyn: in massachusetts. >> in massachusetts. we know that she's not -- i mean, you have the the admission on tape. she's inactive in jersey, so she can't practice there. she claims on her resumÉ that she was admitted