the book is called "generic," is author is dr. jeremy green who is a professor of medicine here at johns hopkins, university. dr. greene what's the definition of a generic medicine? >> guest: oh a generic medicine is supposed to be the same as a brand name medicine. we think of them as identical they are the same molecule, they're supposed to perform in exactly the same way except that they're not exactly the same. we want them to be cheaper. we look at a generic drug as a way of gaining more access and affordable price to medicines which, when they're previously available only by a brand name under a monopoly are much more expensive. so a generic drug in some ways is a concept it's a very contested object, and it's a very recent object over the last 50 years. it's become a key point in attempts to help american health care be more affordable at the same quality. in some ways it's been remarkably successful as a set of policies. in 2014 more than 84% of all drugs, prescriptions filled at the pharmacy were filled generically. trilli

graham, what is the definition of a generic medicine? >> a genetic medicine is supposed to be the same as a brand-name medicine. they are the same molecule. they're supposed to perform in the same way except they are not exactly the same. we want them to be cheaper. we look at it as a way of gaining access to affordable price, which previously was only buy brand-name and were much more expensive. a generic drug in some ways affects the contact over the last 50 years. it has become a key point in attempts for the american health care be more affordable. it has been remarkably successful in set of policies. 2014, with an 84% above the prescription filled pharmacy was still generically. trillions of dollars because the substitution issued for generic drugs are brand-name drugs. the generic drug has been a problem over many years and that was one of these drugs be the same. i elaborated structures to be exchangeable and yet there are exactly the same. if you like at the networks approve for the these proves demonstrated it will be different t

hospital in 2015- 2016 and the central subway in 18, 9 those affect the general fund in one way or another that's the good news so the two year budget instructions are as follows: in 2015- 2016 we have to stay within the bucket approved by the board of supervisors with a couple of changes the first change is any position adams in the current year will be annual list next year and any but what we're going to end up doing is absorbing the aspect of the personnel to the stent that the professional services budget i budget was closed and tight in this year i mentioned before we're going to have challenges in next year so in 2016-2017 we are to propose ongoing reductions that are equal to one percent of the general fund budget that's a $31,531. >> so it's been the case in many years as far as i remember departments are ruk9d to prioritize operating efficiency we can also submit enhancement requests that increase to provide additional services increase the personnel or enrich programming behind the base budget they'll prioritize ongoing proposing paroles and the propos

anyone who would like to make public comment on the general manager's report? >> probably robert would. >> seeing none, public comment is closed and we're on item 14, general public comment. anyone who would like to make general public comment who did not comment on item 4? being none, item 14 is closed. item 15 is commissioner matters. commissioners. >> i would just like to have on calendar for february, an informational hearing on the extension of st. mary's park in chinatown. >> thank you. any public comment on this item? being none, this item is closed. item 11, new business/agenda setting. commissioners? public? no public comment. this item is closed. 12, communications. public comment? this item is closed. 13 is adjournment and commissioner buell, i believe you -- >> bear with me for nearly 20 years under helen dillard's leadership, the family foundation has dedicated efforts in nurturing our communities through the arts and medical research and development and for us the san francisco recreation and parks commission, we're grateful to have known helen dil

green is the author of this book generic. thank you for your time. >> host: introducing new to the book macaws medicaid is -- the cosmetic gays. what a role here johns hopkins? >> in us department of literature i created to direct a center for trans media studies and we curate artist in residence to bring in topics ahead declined anything that is culturally importance whether video installation or other art pieces that are usually informed by the image which is the idea of media. other than that i teach to class is which is great because it gives me time to write books and make films which is what my work is all about. >> host: how does this

supervisor avalos >> so you said that the last time we s had provided the general fund support for last year was 2010 2011; is that correct and could you say beforehand what the trend was around general fund support for the clerk of the board for lap co- >> so i have data dating back to fiscal year 2006 and 7 but the general fund appropriation in fiscal year 06 and $07,297,000 plus in the nicaragua fiscal year 07, 082 hundred and 98 of $7,000 plus in $2,009,220,000. >> 20 thousand. >> one hundred and 86 and fiscal year 092010 and in fiscal year $20,102,011,830 so you'll see did general fund carried forward was building so that's the reason for the subsequent request getting smaller and in the fiscal year 1112 the appropriations stopped. >> and then there's the combination of fund that come from the utility commission as well. >> yes. >> for lap co- >> yes. that is acquisition recommended expenditures. >> so currently do we said what the puc so planning to provide for lap co-for the next fiscal year $149,000 is that the request. >> the one hundred and 49 the general fund request for lap

the economic year. it's a huge amount. generally the rule of thumb $100 million is very solid general fund economic growth and we are at double that. you can also see that in out years we are leveled off. there is consistent growth on the cost side and leveling out of revenue. that suggest that this boom in revenues not in boom to keep up with the cost. it a caution for us to think about the future years, 2, 3, 5 years out what the general fund picture might look like and what that means for how we do financial planning and think about as we are making expenditure plans how we need to be prepare for potentially increasing a pressure on the general fund. nonetheless in the immediate term it's very good news that we are very happy to hear. just another kind of caution that the mayor's office presented when they put this plan out. the 5-year plan does not represent recession. it's fairly hard to predict in terms of when it will happen and what it will look like, but it's fairly predictable that there will be a down turn somewhere in th

according to the treasury department inspector general that's not me, the inspector general, the irs used inappropriate criteria to deny tax exempt status to conservative organizations, ask unnecessary questions and lastly slowed approval of their application. initially, president obama remarked that any irs actions to target conservatives would be outrageous. then the president said there wasn't quote even a smidgen of corruption in what occurred at the irs. yes a few months later they testified before the house judiciary committee that there was a, quote, very active ongoing criminal investigation into the matter. so this brings me to these questions. i'd like to know how to reconcile these two statements. . . what the president said was accurate, then why in the world would the fbi be conducting an ongoing criminal investigation? a rhetorical question. would the investigation be just for show? i'm going to take the director at his word. so if is there is an ongoing criminal investigation at the fbi, how could it be appropriate for the president to reach the conclusion about the --

the goal generally of the of the 5-year plan is to highlight the key financial issues going on in the city and to set a road map that's forward thinking and identifying revenues and expenditures that we expect over the next 5 years as well as monitoring the process on the deficit and develop multiyear strategies to kind of reduce volatility in the city's budget process and anticipate and plan for some, for issues. additionally we've moved the publication to the fall normally we publish in march but as you know i mentioned earlier we published in december of this year to have a more thoughtful planning process for the 5 years and in terms of of what what can be found in the plan we publish it every 2 years it's a joint report with the city controller's office. so the high level take away is that, you know, what you are seeing in front of you is a summary of the projected budgetary surplus or deficit you will see it's a projected deficit for the 5 years and in fiscal year 20 and in fiscal year 2017 it's a cumulative shortfall i'll note that the 15.9 million is the lowest shortfall at le

that's the attorney general's duty. eric holder and president obama failed to do so and it was shameful and disgraceful and an abandonment of the rule of law and more and more people understand that. so i'm not happy about what's happened to my department of justice and i think they should be investigating these matters. they haven't yet contacted people in alabama and i specifically requested it. is this politics? why not? don't you go to the victims first? that's my experience. and get their story. well, professor turley, i thank you for your comments on what's happening with regard to executive overreach and congressional weakness. i think -- i know we all, you know, i don't deny that i'm a republican conservative. but i believe this is not just a partisan matter. i mean, this is a huge erosion of constitutional powers of the united states congress when the president of the united states in contradiction to law gives lawful status to people who are here unlawfully under the law, and not only that creates a social secu

general, can even fire the attorney general. it is essential for the attorney general to say no if necessary. mr. president, i explored every legal option and this is something you cannot do, this violates the constitution. >> professor turley, i know that senator grassley asked you questions about your representation of the united states house of representatives in a lawsuit. as you probably know there's also a lawsuit pending in brownsville, texas, brought by 26 different states challenging the president's executive action that we've been discussing here this morning. obviously any lawsuit that's been -- that is brought, the plaintiff has to establish standing to sue a claim of harm to them and not to the public generally. i remember that much in my law school. but my point is, the policies of the federal government have a direct and very negative impact on state and local governments and on citizens who live particularly in border states like mine, where just not that long ago we had what the president himself called a humanit

the e e rp fund and 4 hundred thoisdz enthuse decrease for forever turns due to the transfer of the general fund prudent to our budget we're working closely with on the calculation of the reserves based on the financial results of first 5 months of 2014-2015 we projected a $50,000 balance by year-end and we've rice that project based on funding the borrow text and executive directors policy update we're currently not projecting a balance in professional services it is a very, very tight budget this year and will be next year in terms of professional services this year we will be doing reprojects pro-projections it's difficult to do things workplace you know just a few months and then we will continue to closely monitor expenditures not to sfeed the budget we have very little room for maneuvering i'll be glad to take questions. >> are there questions from the board? pam >> i was also asked in a section to talk about the finance you activities and update even though monthly report we started preparing for the 2015- 2016 are internal audit from last year i apologize for the error what happens

chairman about his concerns when the attorney general refers toimself as the president's wing man, suggesting that he is not -- does not exercise independent legal judgment as the chief law enforcement officer for the country. you wouldn't consider yourself to be a political arm of the white house as attorney general would you? >> no senator, that would be a totally inappropriate view. >> and you would be willing to tell your friends no if in your judgment the law required that? >> sir, i think i have to be willing to tell not just my friends and acquaintances but colleagues no if the law requires it. >> and that would include the president of the united states. >> i think the obligation of the attorney general is to provide a full thorough independent substantive legal analysis and give the president the best independent judgment that there is, and that may be a judgment that says that there is a legal framework for certain actions, and it may be a judgment that say there is not a legal framework for actions. >> and while we stipulated you are no

the general state of the neighborhood.when everybody is forgetting is that there are 20 percent of the retail establishments are vacant and had been vacant for years. the neighborhood association, retail association, well, not while not approving the products that are going to be sold by mr. he heartily approved his opening a business and the neighborhood. the planning department came to the conclusion that the use of the proposed by mr. he was in fact necessary desirable and compatible in compliance with the san francisco planning commission ordinance. detailing with conditional uses. the project appellant has approached this board with a variety of different complaints including that he cigarettes are addictive and unhealthy for the population. this quite a bit of controversy over that subject. there are -- as everybody has stated your -- the fta has made no recommendations one way or the other on the subject. there are many who say that he cigarettes in fact are healthy because they provide an alternative cigarette and

and the general was so gracious. he expressed his regret, asking why, general, you did not land in our airport as scheduled. and the general was so gracious, he wrote back. i have this letter. i found it in the gentleman's memoirs. it is in chinese but i translated into english. now allow me to read this letter from a general doolittle to our gentleman to you. it says, i was delighted to receive your letter of may 18. we are very grateful that our chinese friends built in airport for us and helped our crew members. unfortunately, the aircraft that carried the navigation equipment crashed on the way to china. therefore, there was no beacon to guide us. for the raid over japan, we did not provide you with enough information. indeed. however, we were successful in creating an astonishing result. signed, jimmy doolittle. may 27, 1976. my dear friends, this is why i will say that the doolittle will be the most heroic most touching, most moving episode of the u.s. china wartime cooperation when china was in the leadership.

priorities for the next attorney general. he says -- >> new york senator chuck schumer is at the dais and likely the next questioner. he and senator gillibrand introduced loretta lynch to the committee earlier today. indiana, this is rodney on the republican line. >> i understood that charles grassley was going to have catherine engel break and cheryl atkinson and jonathan turly and others testify today. will you be broadcasting that testimony? i wonder why there have been no questions about the justice department prying into atkieson's computer and engelbr crembings, t's business and other things. >> you're right that cheryl will be testifying but she's testifying tomorrow. the former cbs journalist also testifying tomorrow. professor jonathan turly of the georgetown law school and a number of others. a reminder, our coverage gets under way tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern, nominees back in the room. so we'll stay here live on c-span and c-span radio. . . >> the hear willing come to order. first i want to thank my republican co

the vote carries. >> next item and item 8 authorizing the general manager to execute an extension of a restated lease in the patrick garden club up to 90 additional days. >> move that. >> further discussion all in favor, say i. opposed? the motion carries. >> would you like a public comment. >> public comment? will i ever learn very good >> could you please read the items in closed session. >> item 21 conference with property new yorker our properties on 2 thousand merry run and other streets in san francisco item 22 the unmitigated claim san francisco versus the engineering and it's carries item 23 existing unmitigate claim listing can and item 24 unmitigated claim and items 25, 26, 27 and 28 are removed from the calendar are there any public comment on the items to be heard in closed session? seeing none may i have a motion on whether or not to assert >> close to assert. >> all in favor, say i. opposed?. >> we're going rekweejdz from closed session announcement for closed session is 21 no action item 22 eave authorized action items 23 settled and 24 settled and items 25 through 28 n

the attorney general is the people's lawyer. as our nation's chief law enforcement officer, the person in this position is responsible for enforcing our federal laws. including protecting our civil rights. working with the remarkable men and women of the justice department, the attorney general oversees the vast portfolio of cases, including counterterrorism, and voting rights, public corruption, and white collar crime, judicial recommendations, and policy reviews. all of which impact on the lives of every american and shape the life of our nation. as i said back in september when he decided to step down, i am enormously grateful to eric holder for his outstanding service in this position. he is one of the longest-serving attorney generals in american history, and one of our finest. eric brought to this job a belief that justice isn't just an abstract theory, but a living, breathing principle. it's about how laws interact with the daily lives of our people. whether we can make an honest living. whether we can provide for our fam

>> the way that the attorney general handled it? >> i think having the inspector general review the firearms investigation itself and come up with the issues that occurred within the office and the handling of the case was something that i think will be useful to the department of justice as it seeks to prevent similar mistakes being made in improved training and the like. with respect to the litigation over the documents, i have not been involved in those decisions. so i'm not able to say what the options were that the attorney general had that i would have chosen in a different manner. i'm sorry i cannot provide you with a direct response. >> let me go back to the privilege and i want to read my question any way. one of the attorney general's biggest mistakes is not following through on the president's promise to be the transparent. he was the first to be held in contempt of congress that included 17 democrats. attorney general delivered 64,000 pages of documents to the house three years after the house subpoena, two years after th

according to the treasury department inspector general that's not me, the inspector general, the irs used inappropriate criteria to deny tax exempt status to conservative organizations, ask unnecessary questions and lastly slowed approval of their application. initially, president obama remarked that any irs actions to target conservatives would be outrageous. then the president said there wasn't quote even a smidgen of corruption in what occurred at the irs. yes a few months later they testified before the house judiciary committee that there was a, quote, very active ongoing criminal investigation into the matter. so this brings me to these questions. i'd like to know how to reconcile these two statements. . . what the president said was accurate, then why in the world would the fbi be conducting an ongoing criminal investigation? a rhetorical question. would the investigation be just for show? i'm going to take the director at his word. so if is there is an ongoing criminal investigation at the fbi, how could it be appropriate for the president to reach the conclusion about the --

general, can even fire the attorney general. it's esernings for the attorney general to -- essential for the attorney general to say no if necessary. mr. president, i explored every legal option and this is something you cannot do, this violates the constitution. >> professor turley, i know that senator grassley asked you questions about your representation of the united states house of representatives in a lawsuit. as you probably know there's also a lawsuit pending in brownsville, texas brought by 26 different states challenging the president's executive action that we've been discussing here this morning. obviously any lawsuit that's been -- that is brought, the plaintiff has to establish standing to sue a claim of harm to them and not to the public generally. i remember that much in my law school. but my point is, the policies of the federal government have a direct and very negative impact on state and local governments and on citizens who live, particularly in border states like mine, where just not that long ago we had wha

and so, we are thinking that maybe the general fund money the right way to go. and then we had a fantastic presentation on the urban agriculture which made me happy. and we got to speak with the person from parks and recr, who is covering the program and we had a lot of discussion around whether or not parks and rec should own the program or if it should be ours. >> but we learned and we learned fantastic things about the community gardens and the city owned property you know, that the people are creating, and they are growing food and some of that is going for feed the people who don't have other access to food in the city and it is heartening and fantastic presentation and then finally, we discussed the community meeting that we had and we learned as to whether or not the staff could accommodate that level of work, whether it was too much work to put the community meetings together and talked about what worked but didn't, and donny said that they had learned a lot from the first two that we had down about nine months apparent and that he felt that while there

let's make it our goal in this session of the general assembly to have 100,000 more students enrolled in high quality schools by the year 2020. [applause] that's 100,000 more kids in better schools by the end of this decade. to achieve this goal, we must fund excellence, expand choices and assure that education in indiana works at the highest levels. i propose more state dollars for k-12 than ever before. building on our historic last i session lets invest $10 million a year to fund scholarships in our new pre-k program, because every hoosier child deserves to start school ready to learn. now, there are those that think that improving education is just about increasing funding, money alone isn't the answer. everyone knows that it's good teachers that make the difference. i should know, i've been married to a schoolteacher for 30 years this year. in fact, she's with me tonight. would you join me in welcoming the best first lady in the united states of america to this chamber my wife and a schoolteacher. [applause] >> how do you get more good teachers like my wife in her career, or my f

. >> item 4 an ordinance mit the general plan. >> why not wait - >> sure. >> here i have a whole box. >> thank you. >> okay. once the door closes which i think it is - okay. >> item 4. >> okay madam clerk call item 4. >> admiting the recession and open space element. >> okay. i'm the sponsor of item number 4 this legislation all the times the general plan and sets the city's long term strategy to make sure the stunt of our streets keep part of our urban forest this plan, which is exciting we're moving forward with it is long overdue and long-term in the the making i want to commend the department of public works and for the thoughtful and deliberate process that processes this document the plan was supported by the planning commission and the urban forestry council it is a key component of our uttering and key to our healthy environments and our quality of life and have an estimated 5 hundred and plus street trees they remove pollutant from our air and water and confer millions of dollars to and city sadly many of the trees are not in good shape and san francisco ranges low for the ca

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the stars fell on. there were more generals in that class. well jerry reached for the stars. these men we've met in this chat don't pound their chest. they're selfless. that's why you don't know anything about them. we tell their story. the general is the one that facilitated that, allowed us into their lives, and we're so grateful to him. >> well, we always agree that we were the class that ended world war iii. world war iii was, of course the cold or war -- cold war peacefully, without touring a shot. so we did arms -- without firing a shot. so we did arms control and also apollo and other ballistic missiles -- [inaudible] missile submarine which meant that we were able to win the third world war without firing a shot. >> general when did you retire? >> i retired in 1992. i spent 38 years in the military from second you lent to lieutenant general -- second lieutenant to lieutenant general, and then i spent ten more years as arms control negotiator and served for five presidents during my career on curbing nuclear weapons. >> was it hard to leave? hard to retire? >> oh, yeah

as the general said, i'll give just a quick anecdote. in the president's budget '15, which we brought up here, there was a $90 billion change over what we say -- difference from what we say we needed and what we had.y bill 20 billion of that we made up through overhead reduction efficiency, buying more efficiently, if you will, we call it better buying power and that.educti so we are doing our best to be as efficient as possible.etter bu i would say that takes time for these things to come to roost. the efficiencies the kind of reductions we're talking about are today.i so there's a mismatch in that, as well.he >> thank you. the k general welsh? re >> senator sequestration is a blunt force instrument. it was intended to be as referenced earlier in the hearing so we wouldn't keep it in the law.uestra the problem with it is there is nothing about that instrument that you would use in the business world.ohearing you would never expect to create great saveings the first year you can decided to restructure your the busi business. >> and justd.

lynch whether the attorney general has the duty to defend the constitutionality of duly enacted laws, if there are reasonable arguments to do so. you discussed this in your prepared statement and i want your comment on one specific issue that i raised. attorney general holder did not decide never to defend the constitutionality of the defense of marriage act but to stop defending its constitutionality. his own justice department lawyers had already been making reasonable

as you embark on the possibility of making that decision as attorney general, how do you view the state of voting rights in america today and what do you view as your responsibility, should you be our next attorney general. >> thank you, senator. certainly, i believe the right to vote is the cornerstone of a democracy and every citizen has the right and some would argue the obligation to exercise. with respect to how voting rights are being handled in the country now, i think we are in a time of great debate over those issues. those are important issues and i'm certainly open to hearing all sides of it. and there is a responsibility and obligation to regulate the voter rules and to make sure the vote is carried out freely and openly and fairly. and i believe that is the goal of many of our elected officials if not most of our elected officials that deal with this every day. the concerns that are raised are that acts that are taken when the goal toward protecting and preserving the integrity of the vote act in a different way and act to suppress the vote or prevent people from exercising