ms. schneider. >> thank you to pg&e and puc for your presentation. i'm nicole sxhird i appreciate the opportunity to address street lights. supervisor weiner you talked about evangelical around pedestrian safety when we don't have lights on our sidewalks it's hard for people to see. it helps or sidewalk lighting helps to mitigate violence on our street and he helps our angling population preventing trips and a hazards just to make our sidewalks more walkable and safer. i'm glad there's conversation happening. traditionally we've about that focusing our street lighting on cars pedestrians don't have headlights. it's important to talk about the scale lighting. a lot of the conversation has been around infrastructure and i'd like to see some standards on how to proceed around pedestrian scale lighting for both commercial districts and other areas where people walk which is everywhere. i love physical examinations conversation >> thank you, mr. hill. >> supervisor chiu and wiener and kim thanks for having this very much appreciated. >> i'm brian from the

arieff.hear from alexis list, and the mark schneider. ms. arieff?ranking member, thank you for inviting us to testify today. you have heard about the election -- the evolution of the crisis. in my remarks i would like to highlight five elements of the crisis. then conclude with a look ahead. first, c.a.r. has experienced governance and security crises. governments have rarely controlled areas. as you mentioned, the current situation in the country is not the norm. when i was there in 2011 thousand 11, the capital and much of the countryside was relatively stable. morepiece process just a intrusive model of governments was possible. over the past year, violence and humanitarian conditions have worsened. fabric of the diverse society has been badly damaged by recent brutal attacks along ethnic lines. and christianns militias do not have clearly defined memberships or clear chains of command. the terms in fact appear to refer to loosely branded franchises rather than clearly structured networks. some factions are likely also be manipulated by lyrical a

ms. alexis arieff come african analyst at the research service. and mark schneider again from the international crisis group. welcome. it's great to have repeat witnesses in a circus this for the first time. >> chairman coons and the ranking member flake. you heard about the evolution of the crisis and acr has submitted a written statement for the record. in my remarks, i want to highlight five key elements of the crisis and conclude to look ahead. first, c.a.r. has experience recurring government in the capital donkey have really controlled vast rural areas are provided services to the population. that said as you mentioned the current situation is not the norm. when i was there in early 2011, the capital and much of the countryside was relatively stable. a peace process with northern mobile group suggested a more inclusive and sustainable model of governance was possible. over the past year, violence and humanitarian editions have dramatically. a diverse society has also been badly damaged by recent brutal attacks on or religious lines. second, select the factions

schneider: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman. mr. royce: i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from florida, ms.s are lehtinen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the chairman for the time. i rise in strong support of h.r. 1992, the qualitative military edge for israel enhancement act authored by my colleague and the vice chair of our subcommittee on mideast and north africa, mr. collins there is no better time than now, mr. speaker, to pass this bill and send our closest friend and ally the democratic jewish state of israel and the rest of the world a strong message that the united states congress stands resolutely with israel and her right to defend herself. the u.s. and other world leaders lamentably acquiesced and relented on the iran nuclear deal an offered concessions to the regime in tehran that do nothing to dismantle its nuclear program. even as the negotiations carried on, iran was busy making advancement to its nuclear weapons perhaps. shortly after the deal, iran announced it had made significant progress on its ballistic missile program and just this past weekend, mr. speaker, the regi