ms. warren: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: thank you, mr. president. and thank you, mr. leader. every april a large blue-and-gold banner flies above the entryway of old south church with the words of isiah, "may you run and not grow weary, walk and not faint." old south church sits on the finish line of the boston marathon, a distinguished and historical spot that has earned the name "church of the finish line." today i welcome ref rinds john edgerton of old south church, the church of the finish line, to thank him for coming here to share his faith, resilience, and fortitude. less than two weeks ago on the sunday before the marathon, old cannesouth church welcomed frie, family, and marathon volunteers into the church for the annual premarathon blessing of the athletes. on marathon monday, just after 12:00 p.m., the bells of old south church rang in the men's winner circle for the boston marathon. later that day, two blasts from hidden bombs rock the

ms. warren for all of their very hard work on this. at our final hearings, both the historic preservation commission and the planning commission had two remaining requests regarding the 30-day appeal period and the clarity around the process whereby the board is ceqa decision maker. as ero, i would like to thank the commission for making changes on those. i'm happy to take questions if [speaker not understood]. >> i had more of a comment. it's not a question because it's true while the bulk of the legislation focuses on negative declarations and exemptions, there are some changes to the full blown e. -i-r process. there are two key thing. one is that if you don't participate in the public comment period, you can't actually appeal the e-i-r document later on. so, that does change the larger process as well. so, if you maybe weren't paying attention to a project or weren't able to get your comments in on time -- because sometimes the windows aren't very long -- a year later when the full e-i-r document comes out, you can't -- you have no

ms. fong >> madam clerk any more business in front of the body? >> ladies and gentlemen that includes our meeting. the meeting is >> i'm warren corn field and we are doing a series called stay safe, we are going to talk about staying in your home after an earthquake and taking care of your pet's needs. ♪ >> here we are at the spur urban ken center and we are in this little house that was built to show what it is like in san francisco after an earthquake. we are very pleased to have with us today, pat brown from the department of animal care and control and her friend oreo. >> hi. >> lauren. >> could you tell us what it would take after an earthquake or some other emergency when you are in your home and maybe no power or water for a little while. what it would take for you and oreo to be comfortable and safe at home. >> just as you would prepare for your own needs should an earthquake or a disaster event occur, you need to prepare for your pets. and i have brought with me today, some of the things that i have put in my disaster kit to prepare for my animal's needs to make sure that i am ready should something happen and i need

ms. mccarthy, this is your time, and we look forward to hearing from you. >>>> thank you, madam chairman. please allow me to express my appreciation to you, and ranking member vitter for holding this hearing, senator warren, senator cowan for your kind introductions, and members of this committee for the time that you have spent with me, both since i was nominated and during the years i served in my current position with the environmental protection agency. family,like to thank my my husband, and my three children who are hopefully hard at work today. their support has been an endless source of energy an inspiration to me. i'm honored that the president has nominated me to lead the epa, having spent my career in public service. i know of no higher privileged and working with my colleagues with congress and our private and public partners to ensure families can agree clean air and live and learn and play in safer communities. i take the mission of epa seriously. to protect public health and the environment. we have made dramatic progress since 1970 when epa was first created. it gives them much to celebrate. our air, land, and water are cleaner and safer today. while the economy has grown and prospered du