ms. kelley in that regard. skills, expertise, and commitment she brought to that challenge was unswerving in terms of its implementation. at the board of supervisors last week, we were there when the announcement -- when she was before committee with regard to her nomination to become the next city administrator. i got up and made a few comments. somebody got up after me. i said to that after him, "i wish i had said what he said." he said we talk about the fact that naomi kelly, hopefully next tuesday, will be approved by the board of supervisors to become the first african- american, first woman

ms. kelley in that regard. skills, expertise, and commitment she brought to that challenge was unswerving in terms of its implementation. at the board of supervisors last week, we were there when the announcement -- when she was before committee with regard to her nomination to become the next city administrator. i got up and made a few comments. somebody got up after me. i said to that after him, "i wish i had said what he said." he said we talk about the fact that naomi kelly, hopefully next tuesday, will be approved by the board of supervisors to become the first african- american, first woman as city administrator. we all hope for that. not just because she is the first african american. not just because she is a woman. but because she is absolutely, by far, the best person to do that job. and our experience with her was that she -- [applause] and as evidence of the wisdom and great insight of san francisco african american historical and cultural society, we inv h

ms. kelley in that regard.ertise, and commitment she brought to that challenge was unswerving in terms of its implementation. at the board of supervisors last week, we were there when the announcement -- when she was before committee with regard to her nomination to become the next city administrator. i got up and made a

kelley who are making a big impact after 13 honts of service. another one ms. burkle from the state of new york. ms. buerkle: i thank you. this is a first amendment issue. i stand here tonight as a hement care professional someone who is vitally aware of the protection of conscience rights and this h.h.s. rule is the largest instrution that we have ever seen from the federal government on our rights of conscience. every american, every american must understand what an insult this is to our constitutional rights. i wanted to take this opportunity, mr. speaker, to challenge our media as they listen to this debate, and it is a debate that really encompasses so many unlikely bedfellows, woy say. you see liberals conservatives catholics and christians and jews coming together in an outrage because our first amendment rights have been assaulted, have been attacked by this administration, but i would challenge the media to not let the red herring that this administration continues to throw out there. mr. speaker this is not about contraception or not about women's hea