ms. johnson, it's a pleasure to hear from you again. i think that you were here back in 2007. i sat and listened to you extol the wonderful opportunities and passion of manufacturing, and i have used the illustration many times without asking your permission of you going into middle schools and telling the students what they can experience in manufacturing and the opportunities that were there and even seeing some of the parts that they produce go to the moon or go in space and so i would like to foster that passion as opposed to just dealing with excess of the limit regulation and in pensions upon you doing those things and i will inform you that i'm going to use your quote without innovation manufacturing is just a good idea commit so thank you for being here. let me ask you some questions in my district in michigan and a factor in state that's gone through some tough times and now just hearing from the governor how we are turning that around and seeing the value of manufacturing again. i hear so often from the manufacturers and business people, small business people the cha

ms. johnson, it's a pleasure to hear from you again. i think that you were here back in 2007. i sat and listened to you extol the wonderful opportunities and passion of manufacturing, and i have used the illustration many times without asking your permission of you going into middle schools and telling the students what they can experience in manufacturing and the opportunities that were there and even seeing some of the parts that they produce go to the moon or go in space and so i would like to foster that passion as opposed to just dealing with excess of the limit regulation and in pensions upon you doing those things and i will inform you that i'm going to use your quote without innovation manufacturing is just a good idea commit so thank you for being here. let me ask you some questions in my district in michigan and a factor in state that's gone through some tough times and now just hearing from the governor how we are turning that around and seeing the value of manufacturing again. i hear so often from the manufacturers and business people, small business people the cha

ms. johnson received her evangelicals calling and began her christian event -- evangelist our reach to the committee. i believe this shows her true hard as a christian. she worked with a community to begin a tradition of feeding the poor and needy before thanksgiving at the property where she lived. carmen has worked hard to continue this tradition which has taken place for more than 22 years. she has done work in community violence and has raised ostrich -- foster care children as well. she is a true example of someone who has followed the christian lessons of compassion. i am proud today to present both of you with these commendations for african-american history month. [applause] >> thank you. i am so honored on today. kind of a blessing and an honor to be part of this celebration of black history month. it is long time coming. i have been here before the supervisors board on many occasions fighting for housing and asking you to support which is supported us when we were about to lose our housing critic supported this recently when we were getting into rehabilitated. we just want to tha

ms. johnson. are you the beneficiary of a small woman-owned businesses of the federal women small business owned contract? >> yes. >> has it worked for you or been an undue burden or difficult to comply with? >> not necessarily, and i think that in fact it probably works more in favor for the customers who have some offset programs where they have to divert or, you know, contract with, minority-own can -- minority owned, or women-owneded businesses. >> so there are contracts that actually work in favor of those like yourself and others? >> you bet there are, and i would agree with the injury and illness preventative program as we well. there is no doubt that there are regulations that are necessary, and we are not disputing that by any means, but we are talking about the difficult and uncertain economic times that we are in right now, and just with so much that we hear in the news and the media and the noise, it is just that we need to stop for a second and figure it out. >> all right. i appreciat

ms. johnson's east wing really works with the west wing. so she's doing environmental things. she's national park talking about the environment. we have a scarf in here that i love and i have never seen the connection before but the scarf promotes the discover america program if discover america program is something the west wing has put out and it's an effort to put american tourism dollars in america. it's encouraging you to vacation to america, so mrs. johnson can promote that at the same time she's promoting environmentalism. >> is this all part of the great society agenda? >> yin

ms. gail johnson. at sfgtv, we have john and nona. we have announcements? >> yes, all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you have materials, please submit an extra copy for the file. if you wish to submit speaker cards, please put them in the container in front of you to your left. items recommended out of committee today will be considered by the full board tuesday of next week unless another date is indicated. supervisor chu: thank you very much. can we excuse supervisor elsbernd? yes. we will do that without objection. >> item 1, hearing to consider that the issuance of the type 40 aren't-sell beer license to mark e. rennie for bart downtown, doing business as craft, located at 440 mission street to serve the public convenience or necessity of the people of the city and county of san francisco. supervisor chu: thank you very much. >> inspector for the police department. good morning. the applicant has applied for and the original type for the on-sell beer license at 440 mission street, located between

ms. gail johnson. >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you submit copies of materials to the members of the committee, please submit an extra copy to the file. if you wish to hand in speaker cards, please put them in the container by the rail in front of you, to your left. supervisor avalos: ok, thank you. please call the first item. >> hearing on the city's response to the surge in homelessness, and families and for various city agencies, including the her -- human services agency in the housing authority to outline the response to the crisis, including any plans to expand the rental subsidy programs, and he plans to address the loss in federal homeless prevention and rapid re-housing funds, any plans to increase, is prevention efforts, any plans to expedite the filling a vacant san francisco housing authority units, and moving homeless families into them, and ways we can protect households from for closure evictions. supervisor avalos: thank you, madam clerk. i call this hearing just last week, but it is an issue that has been on my

ms. johnson: thank you, madam speaker. with unemployment rate at 8.3%, we continue to see positive signs that the u.s. economy is on the road to recovery. now more than ever it is absolutely imperative that we continue to make critical investments in infrastructure, advance manufacturing and high-tech research and development. by doing so we will address our crumbling roads and bridges, create jobs and provide future generations with the robust economic foundation on which to build a stronger america. the president's budget has reflected the desire to make these important investments in our economy, and i urge my colleagues to also recognize that the decisions we make today will have unavoidable consequences tomorrow. while our economy is recovering, it is still fragile. now is not the time to be making arbitrary cuts to key components of our economy. we all bear the burden of such cuts, and we are all ultimately responsible for the country's well-being. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose do

ms. johnson: thank you very much. mr. speaker, let me thank the chairman and ranking member of the full committee on transportation and infrastructure, as well as the science, space, and technology committee and simply say that at the end of this year i would have completed two decades on both of these committees. and you know on committees is where you develop most of your friendships. jerry costello and his wife, georgia, have been one of those true friendships that i have experienced. and i will be so -- i'll miss him greatly and i'll miss her greatly when he retires and i hope they'll visit often. my role as a conferee on this conference committee was that as ranking member of the science, space, and technology committee. and i'd like to highlight some of the provisions in this bill that fall within the jurisdiction of this committee. the nextgen modernization authorized in this bill will transform the national airspace system through satellite based traffic management we'll be able to address increased congestion in

johnson. all right. live people. the pins point come downs on the butter fly. the knuckle come down on ms. sisly. the mallet come down on the cd case. wait! the mallet come down on the butter fly. the pins point come down on the ms. sisly. the knuckle come down on the cd case. wait! >> the knuckle come down on the buttir fly. the pins point come down on the cd case. dammit. the butter fly, ms. sisly the cd case. the roses rips at the spit much the phoenix dazzling petals births something. the martir's smile that saves something. what did we make? listen to the butter fly, the pinpoint makes no sound sticking the [inaudible] no brass wail to the air here it's silent as a necktie this is not right. ms. sisly a cd case and a pin striped suit did he stick her lips red. i don't know, i don't know. sometimes he wore a pin striped 3 piece and a dazzling tie. i have a mallet did he kiss her. lips red. did he stick her with a pins point much listen to the brass ware and butter fly the plastic and silence breaks. this is a man thinking he can build with a mallet. a martir with knuckles. this it is a man wh

johnson. all right. live people. the pins point come downs on the butter fly. the knuckle come down on ms. sisly. the mallet come down on the cd case. wait! the mallet come down on the butter fly. the pins point come down on the ms. sisly. the knuckle come down on the cd case. wait! >> the knuckle come down on the buttir fly. the pins point come down on the cd case. dammit. the butter fly, ms. sisly the cd case. the roses rips at the spit much the phoenix dazzling petals births something. the martir's smile that saves something. what did we make? listen to the butter fly, the pinpoint makes no sound sticking the [inaudible] no brass wail to the air here it's silent as a necktie this is not right. ms. sisly a cd case and a pin striped suit did he stick her

vice preside johnson or by this time he was sworn in giving his condolences to rose kennedy. this is what it sounded like. >> i'm reading you loud and clear. i have mskennedy standing by ready with volunteers. >> yes, we're ready. can you put her on and i'll ton her over to him. >> roger. she's coming on now. af1 mrs. kennedy go ahead plays. >> hello mrs. kennedy. we're talking from the airplane, can you hear us all right. >> hello. >> yes, mrs. kennedy. this is -- reporting here. mrs. kennedy. >> [indiscernible] i know [indiscernible] well, all right. >> charlie: to repeat, that was recorded i guess on air force one where general ted clifton was, lyndon johnson reaching out to rose kennedy the mother of president kennedy. she says thank you very much and she says i know you loved jack and i know he loved you. just to give you on sense of history here. awe tents were made to contact secretary of state dean rusk. here is that audiotape. >> all available information on president follows colonel general -- and govern conolly in texas have been hit memoranda car which they were riding. we do not know how serious the situation is. we have no information.