ms. norton: i thank mr. chaffetz for the way he has run the committee and with respect to thr controversial legislation and has allowed members to speak and very civil on both sides. i would like to offer that i have already read the text of -- the text of d.c. law that exempts both religious and political organizations from limiting employment. in the way that other mes must. that they may have, based on their religious views and their political views, pro-life organizations are protected, churches are protected. the citation, the continuous citation of the former mayor and the former attorney general would make you think they were still in office. the council did in fact look once again at their objections, finding that their objections had already been taken care of in prior d.c. law. the council then jamsly passed the bill again. the only reason we were told that the insurance matter is still outstanding it's painful when you hear that, the only reason it isn't final law is because the district of columb

ms. norton: again, mr. garamendi, you have my thanks and you should have the thanks of this entire house. i'm glad you closed with the program you did. you talked about ports. because in the grow america act is a multimodele, this is the first time it's ever been in the transportation bill, multi module freight program. you gave an example. multimodele, because we're trying to make sure that rail and highway and port projects are coordinated together, that's the efficient use of transportation, here on the east coast, panama canal. now you have every single port trying to get that business. and you have the private sector investing like mad in railroads because they want that business. and the buses want that business. the private sector, mr. garamendi, is doing its job. you can't in fact in the states do the ports and the freight all by yourself. or with the private sector alone. so this bill growth america act brings it all -- the grow america act, brings it all the together, gives us for the first time s

ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns dr. murase ms. sonata and mr. chin oh, he's not here please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> before we begin as superintendant has a announcement. >> it dr. murase we'll be withdrawing the resolution pathways to unified school district interim and careers it will be placed on a future board meeting approval of the minutes no one before i call the next item i'd like to remind the members of the public if you wish to address the board of education a person can completely a card and present to ms. casco according the board rules and procedures speaker cards will not be accepted for an item before the board we have many many groups and a rather public comment list i'll be asking the groups addressing the same topic to limit their comments to 10 minutes we video quite a few groups and item b presentations to the board of education the superintendants report mr. superintendant. >> thank you, dr. murase i'd like to unfortunately, this evening start my remarks by asking for a moment of silence ems many students cro

ms. norton ms. wynns and dr. murase. >> 7 i's. >> the next item that was served partnership agreement with the new teacher project. >> roll call vote. >> pressuring mr. haney ms. mendoza-mcdonnell ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns no dr. murase 6 i's excuse me. i have a list ever questions there are 10 questions may i forward them to you to respond to those questions and get the responds to the entire board specifically about this grant. >> yes. >> thank you. >> great we have a closed session after this i hope we'll conclude that for the first reading adoption of structural materials and intimate placement no speaker cards on this item is there any well, there's no discussion on the first reading so thank you, mr. santos i will just move on item r paroles for the first reading teaching students to save lives and commissioner fewer and there are no speaker cards on this item we just q no speaker cards this item will be referred to budget and business services and the curriculum and program committee item s board mem

ms. norton ms. wynns no arrest dr. murase. >> no arrest had i's thank you all for participating in the discussions i want to espouse our student delegate thank you ms. sonata vote on the consent calendar was moved and seconded under section f roll call please. on the consent calendar with the expectation of page 42a ms. sonata on the consent calendar. >> you're still here ms. fewer if i could ask. >> if you could please taco your conversation out to the fire. >> ms. fewer mr. haney ms. mendoza-mcdonnell and there were no k that were retroactive. >> ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns dr. murase and next t is consent calendar served for board discussion and immediate action commissioner fewer and commissioner wynns had an action served. >> i served this is there someone to respond to. >> yes. this is a no, this is a different one. >> this is page 42 42a. >> yeah. >> is this sf a. >> this is memorandum p with cal state. >> that is 44 a. >> right. >> hers is 44 a's so i pulled this item because i want to show you this is an e

ms. norton parklet ms. wynns drumming that's unanimous congratulations (clapping) we have running to item c recognized and resolutions maximizations. >> i'd like to call to the podium our supervisor the physical to give the service award. >> evening superintendent it's my great pleasure to announce this special service award recipient christen was nominated been a coworker for positive support of colleagues and christine spent hours working with the middle school supporting 55 classroom teachers and knows each one by names and knows their children's names and the schools and dedicated to supporting them her expertise and sense of humor have brauth brought departments together to implement the 15 education programs i'd like to take this moment to recognize the teachers that have come here today to honor christen i offer my congratulations. >> thank you, kristin for all you do for the district our students and families (clapping). >> i'm truly humbled by this award i get do work with thrilled physical educato

ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns and dr. murase. >> 7 i's we're on item p the consent calendar for the board discussion and immediate action i believe that adrenalins served two items. >> thank you commissioner president murase i served two items and one of them if you noticed this is the number of off-street contracts on the agenda they go from k-2 that to k 80 and so i wanted to thank you for the opportunity and the other item i severed on page 7 by 7 i guess but it doesn't matter it is the one of the same kind of a contract but for summary and other you it is the supplemental fund it looks like the same funding that's why i raised a question are we spend money with we could be expanding after-school program capacity and other source of funding but i'm assured that is not true there's a separate allocation for supplemental out of school time from the state that's what we are using for the summer programs some are evening summer vacations one references a saturday program but i really want to take the opportunities are we m

ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns dr. murase 7 i's. >> (clapping) thank you very much. >> the next item on the agenda is item f public comment on consent calendar i have none item g the consent calendar i need a motion and second on the consent calendar. >> move the consent calendar arrest second. >> thank you. >> any items withdrawn or corrected by the superintendant. >> superintendant. >> yes. dr. murase two on page 92 should be marked non-retroactive and the dates changed to 2015 and next on page h 90 there the code should be placed the following words pending 2015-2016 budget approval. >> thank you, mr. steel any items removed for first reading by the board seeing none any items served by the board of superintendant for deduction or vote seeing none, no one oh. >> i'd like to sever k 21 on page 24 and page 16 i'm severing two of the contracts off-street parking one for summer supplemental to talk about the issue you you know there is nothing wrong with those contracts i want to make that clear. >> thank you there will

ms. norton polluting ms. wynns dr. murase. >> 7 i's thank you very much. (clapping.)

ms. norton polluting ms. wynns dr. murase. >> 7 i's thank you very much. (clapping.) the next item on the agenda did board members proposals no one tonight and following that is item j request to speak regarding general matters i have 5 speaker cards again one minute i'm sorry, i have 8 speakers on this item again one minute per person let me call the names (calling names) please come forward to the podium. >> good evening president of the school board and commissioners on behalf of of the filipino educators of san francisco we innovative i to attend our awards stwlip u scholarship on thursday evening may 7 this year we will be it will be the fourth scholarship program under the international housing our organization is established the scholarship award for students grading with a 3 point zero to support them and their families going to other colleges our students have been accepted to community colleges they can be productive citizens in our community the student that applied for the scholarships are diverse representing the city high schools and the filipino educato

ms. norton mr. walton okay. he's not in the room ms. wynns drumming and santa monica and mr. chin thank you please join me

ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns dr. murase. >> 7 i's. >> thank you very much tutor all your work. >> dr. murase i'm going to try to answer my own question you can say yes or no if you know about this is it up to the school if we wanted to buy they have to use site fund to get the boxes back and forth; is that correct no one one knows. >> could you reframe that. >> i was wondering in the past when we especially has textbooks have become to heavy we've talked about investing in classroom sets to the teacher especially in high school a teacher will have a set of books and each student will have a book they basically could leave at home eye and use the classrooms that are there is anybody doing that. >> well, right now we kind of use the old edition they can take it home but an e edition is the electronic version the current book i use is 11 hundred packages this is short of one thousand so it would be a good idea and wise investment for what the kids to have access. >> i don't know of anyone that is doing it. >> can we fin

ms. norton from the district of columbia. ms. norton: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for your hearing. you've been pretty busy, mr. chairman, today. mr. roth we appreciate your report. you, of course, see some congressional impatience, that impatience, i suppose, of this committee is paid to be impatient. particularly, though in light of the repetitive incidents. i'm trying to be as objective as i can and to put this in perspective. i can do that because i ran an agency that was a lot more troubled at the time than the secret service. huge backlog and the rest and someone said to me within a couple of months get it in order, i would have been in bad shape. it took me a little time to get rid of that backlog, so i'm trying to keep in mind what it is what mr. clancy found and what he has done. i note -- i asked when he was appointed exactly and he is actually a longtime employee of the secret service. he was acting from october -- the march 4 incident occurred -- i consider his acting time. he was official as of february 19. as of the march 4 incident director

ms. norton commissioner wynns dr. murase it's 6 i's. >> congratulations (clapping). >> we have quite a bit of business remaining so thank you all for coming out tonight in support of gateway if you could kwoel espouse users we have quite a few agenda items the next item on the agenda the wing policies was moved and seconded on april 22nd may s i have a report under the rules committee. >> we had acquit an expensive discussion excluding a lot of really good debt testimony from the community health director in support of that this is a kind of next generation wellness policy i want to point out somebody motive have to tell me whether or not this is appropriate you'll see in the agenda underlined material which has been addressed and bans the committees discussions and kind of collaborating process we agreed an clarifications and added things we wanted in the policy since that time i've excuses things i felt was not clarified enough so we came up with language which i will submit as an amendment with the support of staff

ms. norton mr. walton okay. he's not in the room

ms. norton: you see in a few seconds, take it down, that's not what happened. if i try to fight -- flight fly a helicopter into the airspace. i want to give you the same capability, the same time that those who have had to try to pierce our airspace found they just can't do it. we need to know that now. the first thing i find that officials do when they don't have the capability is a keep the public out. they say we know how to make sure nobody gets hurt and nobody gets in. i'm not accusing you of doing that, but i have to tell you it has been often the first reflex. we seem to work on a case-by-case basis. now we know, probably, that our police officers -- he said they saw it only a few seconds, and then they had to get themselves together. the case-by-case way assures us that there will be a terrible thing to happen and then we will take care of it. so what i'm trying to find out is if we can get the capabilities before you have the obligation even to do something about it. because it hasn't occurred yet. i would be interested in that in closed session. i am

ms. norton: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. norton: mr. speaker, the majority is finding a new way to keep from funding a long-term surface transportation bill within six days. keep passing short-term patches. as a result, we are starving the nation's infrastructure. 23 states are so desperate that they have either raised their state gas taxes or are in the process. still the states are screaming for congress to have the guts to do the same. state gas taxes were meant to partner with the federal tax. states can't do it alone. the states have shown that the public understands the gas tax is a user fee. the roads bridges and transit america most needs can't even be started with short-term patch funding. the people are leading us to their roads and bridges. it's time we followed, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman fro

ms. eleanor holmes norton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. rton: i thank my good friend for yielding. by july when this new patch expires, mr. speaker we shall have spent a full year since the last patch, not even trying to make progress toward a long-term authorization bill. we've acquired a dangerous habit, 33 cents the last long-term bill of patches that create no urgency to get a long-term bill done. the ways and means committee, the funding committee for this bill is holding its first hearing next month. the frustration in the states has accumulated as fast as the untenable backlog of projects. another construction season has already been sacrificed. the reason we are here today is a comment on congressional neglect of the nation's infrastructure. states have slowed down their request for reimbursements from the trust fund because of un-- because the unreplenished fund together with the short-term patches make it impossible for states themselves to even begin projects of any size. mr. speaker, the states have already scaled back their pla

ms. norton: mr. speaker, we are getting a bad habit of patch funding and six-month increments what traditionally has been a six-year surface transportation bill. virtually no major projects are under way in the nation as a result. six-month patch funding has produced patch roadwork. worse, roads and road and bridge funding in turn is delaying billions of dollars in development that can't get started without new roads. "the washington post" chao cased our example featuring -- showcased our compeample of featuring -- trrgs funding delay is stopping a lot more than transportation infrastructure. our districts need long-term re-authorization. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a recognition. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, this thises this is to notify you formally pursuant to rule 8 of the rules of the house of representatives, that i have been served with a grand jury subpoena for testimony issued by the united states district cou

ms. eleanor holmes norton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. norton: i thank my good friend for yielding. by july when this new patch expires, mr. speaker we shall have spent a full year since the last patch, not even trying to make progress toward a long-term authorization bill. we've acquired a dangerous habit, 33 cents the last long-term bill of patches that create no urgency to get a long-term bill done. the ways and means committee, the funding committee for this bill is holding its first hearing next month. the frustration in the states has accumulated as fast as the untenable backlog of projects. another construction season has already been sacrificed. the reason we are here today is a comment on congressional neglect of the nation's infrastructure. states have slowed down their request for reimbursements from the trust fund because of un-- because the unreplenished fund together with the short-term patches make it impossible for states themselves to even begin projects of any size. mr. speaker, the states have already scaled back their p

norton smith and meet amanda matthews. she is at the massachusetts historical society where she is a research associate for the adams papers. msmatthews, we learned there was not much documentary evidence about elizabeth monroe. how about louisa catherine adams, what exists? >> quite a wealth. she kept diaries intermittently. she wrote autobiographies and memoirs. there are hundreds and hundreds of letters of hers. we have her thoughts and feelings from her point of view, both reflective and contemporary as the events were taking place. >> another suggested that in her research she saw louisa adams as the first modern first lady. do you agree with that contention that she developed a sense of self? >> in some ways she has her own cause. she works with the washington female orphan asylum, so in that way it's somewhat modern having this cause that she was involved in and she does work politics in her parlor in such a way as to help win the presidency for her husband in her own way. >> well, richard norton smith, explain to people how the presidency was won in 1820's, it was a very different system than we have today? >> it was.

norton smith serving as the reagan library library director at the time. this is now are in 45 minutes. [applause] [applause] and now our own 1st lady ms. nancy reagan. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] thank you. thank you. good morning. i am delighted to welcome you all to a very special program. i hope you had a a chance to see at least some of the remarkable new exhibits called madam president on your way in this morning. for the next six months visitors to the library and museum will be introduced to each of america's kayfive an ounce only to the close they were or artifacts that they used and that causes they championed and families they raised. some of these women are historical celebrities others are all but unknown to us today but each deserve to be remembered for their contribution to the life of her time. 200 years ago martha washington said that as first lady she felt more like a prisoner of state than anything else a complaint echoed by some of her successors, as a matter of fact. actually, it was the daughter of president, margaret truman whose light best to find the position of first lady when she called it the 2nd toughest job in am

norton smith serving as the reagan library library director at the time. this is now are in 45 minutes. [applause] [applause] and now our own 1st lady ms. nancy reagan. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] thank you. thank you. good morning. i am delighted to welcome you all to a very special program. i hope you had a a chance to see at least some of the remarkable new exhibits called madam president on your way in this morning. for the next six months visitors to the library and museum will be introduced to each of america's kayfive an ounce only to the close they were or artifacts that they used and that causes they championed and families they raised. some of these women are historical celebrities others are all but unknown to us today but each deserve to be remembered for their contribution to the life of her time. 200 years ago martha washington said that as first lady she felt more like a prisoner of state than anything else a complaint echoed by some of her successors, as a matter of fact. actually, it was the daughter of president, margaret truman whose light best to find the position of first lady when she called it the 2nd toughest job in am