in 2010 the department created the t.a.r.p. program to mitigate the impact of the housing crisis and to prevent foreclosures. they were locally tailored to the 19 pacific and state housing finance agencies through 2020. early in the programs the government accountability office and special inspector for t.a.r.p. issued reports on the state implementation challenges and the programs lack established merits and codes. the office of the special investigator general issued a report questioning $3 million at the is a state housing finance agencies. such included barbecues, gym memberships, suffrag severance s and those under the tarp dollars through the hardest hit fund. the treasury department determined approximately 70% of these expenses are allowable under the terms of the participation agreement with the states. in other words within 30% of the $3 million question by sigtarp was deemed recoverable by the treasury. it is the duty of the federal and state partners to ensure taxpayer dollars and programs are used for their intended purpos

clarity in the program goal as well as clear program rules are the foundation of a strong program integrity strategy. >> in our previous hearing it was pretty clear that we could not tell in all instances on what the covered entities were spending their money, and other conversations since then, i've had hospitals say to me we're glad to tell you. is it true that because of the way clinics are supervised we know more about how they spend their money than hospitals or any reason why we shouldn't ask hospitals and clinics covered entities to tell us how they spend this $6 billion. if it goes to help individual patients reduce the price of a specific drug, that's one thing, if it goes for some other purpose, which it could, and does, it's maybe a worthy purpose, that's another thing. is there any reason not to ask for that information? >> well, the underlying issue it's not a requirement of the program that entities have to report how they spend their money or what they use their revenues for. >> yeah. >> for some of the federal grantees their grant requirements may require them to spend the m

clarity in the program goal as well as clear program rules are the foundation of the strong program integrity strike -- strategy. >> in our previous hearing it was clear that -- that -- we could not tell in all instances on what the covered entities were spending their money and -- and other conversations since then i've had hospitals say -- we are glad to tell you and so -- is it true that -- because of the ways clinics are supervised that we know more about how they spend their money than we do hospitals? or is there any reason why we shouldn't ask them to tell us how they spend this $6 billion? if it goes to help individual patients reduce the price of a specific drug. that is one thing. if it goes for some other much which it could and it does, it may be a worthy purpose ux, that is another thing -- purpose, that is another thing. >> that's not a requirement of the program. for some of the federal grantees, their grant requirements may require them to spend the money in a certain way. >> as matter of policy, it doesn't require that but -- it would seem to me it would be -- we could do a b

of the program. is it fulfilling the purpose? should there be changes in the law, so the program can fulfill that purpose? senator murray and i will each have an opening statement, and i'll introduce the witnesses. then we will hear from them. senators will each have five minutes to question the witnesses. at our first hearing, we heard from hospitals, drug companies, community health centers, and pharmacies. we learned there is a lack of agreement on the following questions. what is the total amount that americans spend on prescription drugs? what percent of that spending is subject to the 340b discount? how much do hospitals and clinics save through the 340b discount? and on what do they spend those savings? this lack of agreement on the amount of money and how the money spent makes it hard to properly oversee the program or to know how much the savings, how much of the savings hospitals and clinics will receive from discounted drug prices and are used to reduce the price of drugs and treatments for

ombudsman program and the high cap program. and the ombudsman, of course, providing advocacy in long-term care settings and the high cap program for counselling to medicare beneficiaries or soon-to-be eligible medicare beneficiaries. so it's a nigh it's a nice netwy can raise awareness, and creating a system for referral across the different programs in case someone shows up at one end with an issue that might be better served over here or there. >> thank you. any assistance navigating the health services world is welcome. everybody encounters the problem at some point so this is a very good idea and it is as you pointed out one of the initiatives coming out of the fund. any comments or questions from the commission? commissioner? >> the dollar amount that i see here for the full-time staff attorney. >> yes. >> is that correct, it seems low. >> it seems like paralegals. >> yes, that is correct. yeah. >> thank you. any other comments or questions before we all go to legal school? >> or don't go to legal school. >> any comments or

at the very beginning of the program the senior treasury official credit the program says to sigtarp the weather time to do at treasury was developed locally tailored strategies che explained this to us at state agencies choose the type of program, the amount of funding, the number of homeowners that they want to help. the white house announced that the program would be under strict transparency and accountability rules, and treasury promised they would measure performance. phyllis caldwell told us that men are we reaching the right number of people? are the states meeting the targets? if not, we will learn and adjust. i 2012 without treasury found treasury had moved away from that. the senior treasury officials in charge of implement the program told sigtarp this is not our program. this is their program. after two years at the height of the recession only 3% of the money had gone out to only 7% of homeowners whose program was estimated to help. treasury never took ownership of this program abroad accountability we made bread and butter ig practices recommendations for best practices

our trainees are in the program for 48 months. it's the time they can be in the program. they are placed in non-profit and governmental agencies for part-time 12 hours per week. while they're getting paid a minimum wage stipend. the trainees are able to gain the skills needed with the goal of traps i transitioning to und employment and we help them find employment as soon as possible so the slots can open up for other older adults that can benefits from the program. and so at this time, we are recruiting actively for trainees as well as in our program and we are trying to acquire more host agency sites. and we are actually having some durationing out. >> mr. yu. are you part of this group that's been meeting on this issue? >> no, not yet. so i do want to speak with a lot of the folks in this room today just to partner up with them as well. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> if people are ok, if people with disabilities can cut to the head of the line if that is helpful. >> thank you, very much. so good afternoon, everyone, my name is anne and i'm the transition program special

the milk program, milc. that was when there were payments when prices fell below whatever happened to be the congressional dictates of the time. do a lot of did not sense. a $40iry industry is billion industry, you cannot provide 40% out of the federal budget. like we used to do for peanuts or content a decade ago. those kind of moneys aren't ever going to be there, and instead we reckon the industry with lots of complexity without much money and wealth. we have a lot of rules that we having and there without much effect. we do that against an industry that has transformed itself. i have argued that it is time for the policy to catch up with the industry. not all of the outmoded policies were eliminated. with the 2014 bill, and the 2018 bill still has the opportunity to complete the job. a mate major commercial exporter updated -- dairy products and get we still have a lot of tar iffs. it goes on for pages. nobody -- it doesn't do anybody much good. in general, for trade policy, it puts us on the side of the

>> the down payment assistance program? that is 88% compared to the national average. >> we are in the wind down stages but my perspective, it was a failure. and two thirds of the people were needed help, couldn't get help, for whatever reason, that is a failure. i want to go back to you, you have this treasury go about monitoring these programs -- i want to get back to the oversight. >> i want to make it clear that everyone identified the case of waste fraud or abuse. we proclaim every dollar that was -- >> you only claimed -- >> i can't speak to the standards that others have reviewed the treasury in our program have reviewed each one and in each case -- we can't just decide how they might . ev those have been violated the dollars have been reclaimed. >> none of these things -- i want say none but it took them to bring this before you to identify this, that my guess is you did not provide this, they provided it to you. >> i can't speak to each case, i suspect some were provided but we undertake the program that is risk adj

the market access program commonly referred to as m.a.p. has paid great dividends not only for california, wine, is i truss and other products but for farm products all throughout the country. that is a fact. hr-2, the bill we're looking at, will make it perfectly clear. let me read the title within the bill. section 3101, paragraph one says the united states export development program significantly increase the demand for united states agricultural products within foreign markets, boosting a cultural export value and overall farm income and generate agnes return of $28 in added export value for every $1 invested. that is a great deal. $28 that we get in return for every $1 investment. that's a pretty good return to the taxpayer. paragraph two of section 3101 continues the market excess program and former market development program receives a combined annual funding of approximately $234 million. in comparison, listen to this, this is our totality for the m.a.p. program expenditure in, comparison to the european union which allocates $255 mi

and this program is really small. the funding is only $250,000 per year, but it's able to serve 100 people. and senior companion, this program provides volunteer service opportunity and a small stipend for a limited number of low to moderate older persons to provide peer support and expand the capacity of local community-based sites to support higher need older adults. the volunteers provide support to other older adults such as assistance with chores and transportation to appointments. in 17-18, there will be 15 companions supporting up to 45 other seniors. the program within -- this program was funded at $85,000 per year. there is community liaisons, and these positions access seniors and people with disabilities and help them access a variety of services administered and currently they are placed at the dos benefit and resource hub. we spend about 52,000 on this program. and then we have the support program which is janitorial and supplemental recycling. we contract with the arc of san francisco to provide janitorial r

shiftll brought up to attention away from the very program we are here to debate, the sugar program. the sugar program paid sunshine. it hates getting spotlight. i'm glad we are debating it here today. i reserve the balance of my time. >> does any member wish to claim opposition to the amendment? the gentleman from texas recognized. >> thank you. i rise in extreme opposition to the amendment. she singled out sugar, cuts the program back to where was 33 years ago, denigrates the hard-working farmers. those processes are owned by the hard-working farmers. there is no inactivity. she could not be more wrong or more disrespectful of them. her amendment would not save the taxpayer one dime. the sugar program has worked. the reason we have not changed it is because it does work. it would cause billions of taxpayer dollars and we do not want that. the sugar industry is not asking for that. this would not save the consumer one penny. whom iarge sugar users am a great customer of, they buy it by the carload. cheated on the trade deal. they did not share the profit with everybody. frankly, if s

the program has an alumni program that continues to serve the youth who participated in the program. and who also provide opportunities for current youth to do job shadowing and provide mentorship to those folks. the program was founded in 1993. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> sandra davis, john, william, patrick, eva gomez, jackson. tiffany jackson, jacqueline jones. >> i am spencer with boys and girls club. i would like to read a letter. deer chair. i write to urge the committee to support increased fund egfor the services in the 2018-19 budget. one of our cities largest and most influential youth organizations. the city's funding is far too low based on need and high cost of doing business in our city. as you know, the department of children youth and families recently competed competitive process for funding for services over the next five years. it is flawed in three main ways. one, not enough money allocated to out of school time funding. this is for both poor and working class families. two, the funding in several categories with no relationship with families especially

haspel says that she learned about the program in 2002. i believe that it is especially important to know what her views were later between 2005 and 2007. when the cia itself, was winding the program down. at that time, did ms. haspel call for the program to be continued or expanded? i asked her that in an open intelligence meeting. she did not come close to answering that crucial question. number two, what was her role in the destruction of the torture tapes? mr. president, the nominee story here is riddled with holes and key facts have been covered up. one matter that we know about is that her boss at the time, mr. josc rodriguez, has probably contradicted her account of the handling, destruction of the torture tapes to a pulitzer prize-winning journalist. and number three, how can the senate possibly take seriously her confirmation conversion on torture that was submitted on the eve of a crucial vote? there has been a lot of reporting in the press saying that she personally played a role in cia torture program. the american people deserv

the question i have, with the benefit of hindsight, do you believe the program, the interrogation program was consistent with american values? >> senator, as we sit here today, and with some distance between us and the events of 9/11, the congress and indeed our nation, have had an opportunity to have a debate about the interrogation standards we want to use as the united states of america. we have decided to hold ourselves to a stricter moral standard. for dod that is defined in the army field manual. i support the united states holding itself to that stricter moral standard and i support the army field manual. >> miss haspel, that is answering on a legalistic -- we're asking you to take on a position. i understand with rdi you were downstream and not part of the policy making, but if you're entrusted with this responsibility i need to at least get a sense of what your moral code says about those kind of actions because there is the potential that this president could ask you to do something. he obviously believes in these procedures, but even if he asked you to do something that is not

haspel says she learned about the program in 2002. i believe it is especially important to know her views later between 2005 and 2007 when the cia itself was winding the program down. at that time did ms. haspel call for the program to be continued or expanded? i asked her that the open intelligence meeting and she did not come close to answer that crucial question. what was her role in the destruction of the torture tapes? mr. president her key facts have been covered up not one matter that we know about is that her boss at the time mr. rodriguez publicly contradicted her accounts of the handling of the destruction of the torture tapes to a pulitzer prize winning journalist and number three how can the senate take seriously her confirmation conversion with torturers submitted on the eve of a crucial vote? there has been a lot of reporting that she personally played a role in the torture program american people deserve to know the truth every tingle material question about to them has been met with stonewalling and instead of a real re

. >> it was really easy to sign up for the program. i just went online to cleanpowersf.org, i signed up and then started getting pieces in the mail letting me know i was going switch over and poof it happened. now when i want to pay my bill, i go to pg&e and i don't see any difference in paying now. if you're a family on the budget, if you sign up for the regular green program, it's not going to change your bill at all. you can sign up online or call. you'll have the peace of mind knowing you're doing your part in your household to help the environment. >> good afternoon. thank you for coming i'm happy to be joined this afternoon by sfmta director ed russ kin and howard -- as you know powered scooters appeared on our streets overnight in march. they pose some really challenge. emissions free transportation and makes it easy to connect with public transit is a good thing and something that we welcome but we cannot sacrifice public safety. these ridden on sidewalks pose danger. there are reports of broken bones and near misses. the city h

and those official overseeing the program. this runs one hour and 45 minutes. >> the subcommittee on government obligations will come to order. without objection, the presiding members authorized to declare recess at any time. time. at today's hearing marks the tenth anniversary of the troubled asset relief program also known as t.a.r.p.. since 2009 the committee conducted oversight of the programs in management and t.a.r.p. was created in 2008 after the aftermath of the worst recession in modern history. i often refer to this is the bank bailout program for pack of 400-dollar program to stabilize the u.s. financial system and preserve homeownership. in 2010 the department created the t.a.r.p. program to mitigate the impact of the housing crisis and to prevent foreclosures. they were locally tailored to the 19 pacific and state housing finance agencies through 2020. early in the programs the government accountability office and special inspector for t.a.r.p. issued reports on the state implementation challenges and the programs

immigration is also worried about the program. they are worried it will lead to more undocumented workers. the mexicans will come into the united states, i they going to go back or are they going to stay in the united states? there is skepticism on the point of view of the u.s. government, or branches of it about the "bracero" program. initially it is supposed to be temporary. it is world war ii and we need to get the crops picked him we don't have enough workers. lasts for over 20 years and it become central to americans agricultural labor practices for the midcentury. essentially the agricultural industry -- industry is able to convince the government that this is good for the economy, good for the company so the "bracero" program gets put in place. the idea of the "bracero" program and future guestworker programs is the following. first you would apply for the job in your home country. these are mexicans lining up for the job in mexico. you apply in mexico for this type of work. then go to a screening .rocess in your home countr

referred to as the bank bailout program. tarp was a $400 billion programintended to stabilize the u.s. financial system and preserve homeownership. in 2010 the treasury department created the tarp program known as the hardship fund to mitigate the impact of the housing crisis and prevent foreclosures. all through 2020. earlier in the program, the government accountability office and inspector general for tarp reported some state implementation challenges in the program's lack of established merit in goals. in 2017 the office of the special investigator general of tarp issued a report questioning $3 million to administrative expenses charged by the state housing finance agents. those expenses included bonuses, barbecues, jim memberships -- gym memberships, severance payments, trips to the zoo, and others funded through tarp. the treasury department determined approximately 70% of these expenses are allowable under the terms of the participation agreement with the state. in other words less than 30% of the $3 million questioned

they started the program called the "bracero" program. i want to spend time on this because it is the same program gray writes about when she writes about jamaican guest workers. "bracero" means arms, bringing physical labor into the united states. the united states still has guest workers and they still work on american farms. what is this guestworker program? why was it important for american agriculture? as i said, there was a sense of the labor shortage during world war ii. you have the u.s. government and the mexican government that would get together. they would say we need this many workers in the united states, we will recruit them in mexico and we will bring them into the united states, but they can only work for the set of their contract, for six months, three months, and a year and then they will go back to mexico. it is not meant to be in immigration program, it is meant to be a labor program. first, the u.s. government was skeptical of the program. they said a couple of things. the labor department was worried. they said wait

go ahead. >> i am jill yancey the program coordinate for the groceries program. we have had the opportunity to expand the partnership was social service and faith-based organizations to serve over 2000 this year. as we have grown we strive to be innovated in partnerships with what we form. we want equity for participants. in january we established a new partnership to serve the homeless veterans with disabilities for home delivery groceries. in the tenderloin we have served 70 with the partnership with the hope community center. they make the deliveries by car. walking around making the deliveries on foot allow them to deliver more times. they do not have to find time to partltofind parking. our program extends beyond those we serve. we developed partnerships with recreation and rehabilitation center, the clients with disabilities are the volunteers who make the door-to-door deliveries are seniors. it has provided an opportunity for the client to engage in the community and develop job and life skills. our program expands across san francisco and serves residents

besides the youth program, the adult program, there's also the visual impaired people that i've taught thiere, and to tak that area away from them would be a big loss. because i train them for the paralympics, and it's just a safe place to train beginner salors. so if that's gone, it's pretty hard to find a place to teach on the bay. i just want to let you guys know that. so if the marina's there, the safety's gone. thank you. >> paul zingaro. i'm a slip holder at treasure island marina presently. i see lots of youth sailors every day day, and i'm glad to see that happen. i just want to point out that this venue is unique in san francisco bay. there's no other place like it. small boaters will really have no other place like it in the bay and it should be preserved. thank you. >> supervisor tang: thank you. >> hi. my name's paul heineken. i'm here as the volunteer cal berkel berkeley sailing coach. i'm also a retired physician at san francisco va medical center, and eight years ago, when i cutback there, i started coaching at cal. i have a lot of experience there with youth, if we can

program. in reality, the sugar program hates sunshine. it hates getting the spotlight. but i'm glad we're debating it here today. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. does any member wish to claim time in opposition to the amendment? the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in extreme opposition to ms. foxx's amendment. she singles out sugar, cuts this program to where it was 33 years ago. denigrates the hardworking men and women, the farmers, those processors she mentioned are coop owned, they're earned by those hardwork farmers. mr. conaway: there's no inactivity with respect to the sugar industry. she couldn't be more wrong or more disrespectful of them. her amendment would not save the taxpayer one dime. 15 out of the last 16 years the sugar program has not worked. if we were to remove it under title 1 to treat treat it the way other commodities were treated, it would cost billions of taxpayer dollars. this will not save the consumer one penny. these large sugar users, of whom

the g.o. bond program. a bunch coming up. next planned is the seawall project, november 2018, followed by parks and open space and esar one year after the other and public health for november 2022, and transportation 2024, and the cycle begins again. this will be up for revision as goss the c.o.p. when we reopen the capital plan. thinking about what comes next. and this shows the bond program against the constraint, and the red line is the property tax rate as of fiscal 2006 and the shows that we don't exceed that with the program planned. i have a few slides in here about the next upcoming bonds that's of interest to the committee. next is the seawall as i mentioned, i have a few slides here from the port, so thanks to the port. but this shows kind of the area affected, and solidified by the seawall. all buildings, infrastructure and activity along the northern waterfront, extending back to 1ststreet, are possible by the embarcadero, from aquatic park at the north, due north, down around to the ballpark. and it was built more

the equip program. which hands out grants to help farmers improve the environment, you look at the practices that are authorized under this bill. that are funded under this bill. there are six or eight of them that actually hurt the environment. they're not required to enhance the environment. and we pay for things like fencing. and hog lagoons for big operations that ought to be able to pay their own way and they take that money that wouldn't be available to other farmers and ranchers to be able to fund programs that would actually enhance the environment. i deeply appreciate the gentlelady's leadership and i appreciate what my friend from colorado has offered up. we have other colleagues here who have some things to say. i'll hang tight for a moment in case we run out of speakers. but i want to cheer folks on because it's time that we put the spotlight on this egregious bill, the king amendment, the lack of accountability, and wasteful spending. mr. perlmutter: i thank the gentleman from oregon who as

the prop k, c.m.a., the prop a programs and the timma program. and revenues this year were forecasted to total to $123.2 million. this is $4 million lower than last fiscal year, so the current fiscal year in right now due to funding for the island and the project will be island improvement project. that project will be wrapping up in the summer, this coming summer of 2018. we also have federal and state planning and the state programming and mon norring funds. this is -- and the monitoring fund. this is typical where we have one year we don't feoff it represents part of the nay federal grant revenue revenues representative and the island projects and the timma projects and the projects like the stone freeway, ramp intersection. and the vehicle registration fee represents 4% and holding steady for the past years and followed by planning and m.t.a. departments, and the tide plans and providing funding for the island and with other projects. a look at sales tax and we have been study and from $102 million in fiscal year 15-16 and in the growth the la

in the snap program. mr. chairman, it is only in the snap program that we exclude the opportunity for states to have these kind of abilities to have these services performed by nonprofit organizations and by other providers that can efficiently and seamlessly coordinate the benefits and eligibility that exists for anf, that exists for children's health insurance program. it is for a whole pan plea of programs. mr. speaker, i regret the gentleman from massachusetts' opposition to the amendment. i hope he would reconsider given the fact that chip and all these other programs, which the gentleman supports, already permit doing precisely what i'm suggesting here. i would reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: how much time do i have left, mr. speaker? the chair: the gentleman has two minutes remaining. mr. mcgovern: i think this a bad amendment, plain and simple. and i don't want -- and i think the issues like d

some programs are not important or swrus justified or worth the, but we should have the debate on programs. >> susan in pennsylvania. democrat. >> yes, hi. in regard to the big task cuts that corporations have received, now that they are, they want to take any extra money that might be available for causes that aren't by the american people, i think that the whole trump administration has to be carefully watched because little by little, they're going to give all the extra to the corporations, the wealthy and take it away from the people that need it. >> okay. we'll take your point because the republicans are arguing we're saving money. this money is not going to be spent. it's wasteful. unnecessary. how do they define that? what's the criteria? >> there is no clear criteria. and all this talk about how the money isn't going to be spent suggests that there's not a willingness to set criteria, to say what we want. if you're taking back money that won't be spent, you're not saving anything but, u there's a number of these that are taking back money and they're using a few high pro file decis

and another fairly substantial part of the program is what we call the whistle close out programs. we continue to work on those in the san joaquin and sunol p. i'd be happy to take any questions. >> thanks. the construction photos are good. i think all the photos are good. i appreciate each one. i hope my colleagues agree. i know the workers like seeing pictures of themselves, right? are there any public comments on the general manager's report? hearing none, public comment is closed. general manager kelly? >> that concludes my report. >> madam secretary, please read the next item. >> clerk: item eight is the consent calendar. all matters listed here under constitute a consent calendar are considered to be routine by the san francisco public utilities commission, and will be acted upon by a single vote of the commission. there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the commission or the public so requests, in which event the matter will be removed from the calendar and considered as a separate item. >> any requests, commissioners? any members of the public

first, the daca program began with a promise. a promise that was widely publicized as we have presented in our complaint. widely publicized based upon a shared understanding between the government and between perspective daca recipients. it equals with the government communicated publicly that if we choose to recognize that you get daca status, then afterwards, you will be able to renew that status so long as you play by the rules. the government never said that at the end of the year two, and use as the rope to pull out for monday. the government never called dreamers, to your dreamers, dreamers at their own risk. that is because the arrangement that the government set up in this particular case, was one that was narrowly and specifically tailored to what its interest was. an interest in bringing individuals out from the shadows so that they can be productive members of this society. precisely what has taken place in these particular circumstances. the government never said, in fact they ran its orientation program, they ran the

we have the career and technical education training programs and the other workforce training programs, you know the number one reason is why people are underemployed? you got it from the secretary of the treasury couple weeks ago. they can pass the drug test. wow. the opioid epidemic. what's another reason? they can't read and write. have all kinds of other problems. and were gonna solve all those with a seven, nine, $10,000,000,000.20 a week for a couple weeks? we should be referring to that to the labor committee. they specialize in that. we specialize in helping with rule development and feeding people who are hungry. that's our job. i've got to tell you, this career and technical education program, you know the only thing wrong with it, we don't find it enough. i've got employers sing that's the best program, i get the best employees out of that, but it's a comprehensive program that actually gets people trained and into the workplace. we should be referring not to that committee. we should do what we do. so let's get back to the process that this country has operated under for se

the next is the asic program. based on our conversations with a consultant that has been tracking the state program, our program on treasure island because of our transportation elements, our public access elements, it's a much more comprehensive set-up and improvements we're delivering, and the fact that we're constructing buildings that are 100% affordable or 90% if we include a few over-income units. all of those metrics position us to be very competitive in the asic program. that's definitely something we're looking at for the chp building but also potentially for other buildings down the road. there are some other programs. one is called no place like home. it's a program that was adopted to support formerly homeless individuals, particularly those with mental health challenges. right now, that program is being delayed and may have to go back to the ballot for a revote. but that program or one of similar eligibility. it wouldn't work well for our transition units because that particular unit -- that particular

i highlight the importance of the program. here's a hundred 27 hospitals in kansas, 87 are critical access hospitals. they're hanging on by a thread. they'll be more access to healthcare. the core center of urban centers. from johnson candy and one of the smallest is johnson city. this is a huge issue. it highlights for me i didn't realize when sequestration was passed that we had a across-the-board cuts that hurt critical aspect hospitals. it's the wrong way to approach the appropriations process. but i never thought across-the-board it would affect those and across spaces. we need to make sure that this is not extended even further look for opportunities for its demise the words i use to declare native americans to be classified it should be classified as a racial group than a citizen says a try. i think you're wrong, i think tribes should be treated as a sovereignty they been entitled to our constitution and understanding that tribes are governmental, not racial. i hope cms will take a look at that issue once again. thank yo

and has the snap program in it. and by the way, the snap program helps our farmers by creating more demand making sure no one goes hungry. thank you for that country. ook the tax cut. nd gave us $2 raise. he thinks i'm stupid. don't you try to do this today. explain yourself why you took a raise in 1996. thank you and have a good day. >> i was a senior in high school a 1996 so i know i didn't get got minimum ably range, i share your sentiment that the tax bill has passed that there could be cuts to medicare, cuts to social security. we saw those in the proposed budget next year under pay-go, if you have deficits, it requires certain cuts to happen. we will be standing strong just like we did on this farm bill when they are messing with the safety net of this nation. the vast majority of americans are working superhard and pay under these systems and expect them to work when they have a family crisis or an injury or fall down on their luck. so i agree that we need to make sure we are keeping the middle class foundatio

programs? >> so with regard to the second program that you mentioned, the nursing program, that would -- that would get to the comment i was just making around the types of programs. the ones that support scholarship tuition reimbursement that are individually focused we think really can deliver. the institutional subsidization ones in a scarce environment we think are less effective. in terms of graduate medical education what we've proposed is to combine the children's medical education, medicare and medicaid education into a single program funded by general revenue rather than focused on medicare and medicaid. we all benefit from the training of these physicians and nurses through the gme program and then allowing us to give us -- right now we are frozen in 1996. this would give us flexibility to target specialties as well as areas that most need the gme training. >> because i have so little time i'm going to cut you off there and just note that it appears even when those are added together there's less money for physician training and a lot less money for nurse training. while providing grants

the w.b.c. program provides grants to over 100 nonprofit organizations across the country to provide socially and economically disadvantaged women with technical and managerial training design to meet the needs of women entrepreneurs. many of women's business centers offer training at night and in multiple languages to make sure all women have the small business knowledge, tools they need when creating or sustaining a business. last year, w.b.c.'s trained over 114,000 clients and advised over 26,000 individuals. this training and counseling contributed to the creation of more than 17,000 new small businesses in the united states. clearly, the women's business center program has a profound impact, not only in our local communities, but also on our nation's economy overall. h.r. 1680 authorizes the w.b.c. program, requiring specific conditions for participation and application criteria for organizations seeking a w.b.c. grant. while many of these requirements have been met in practice, the inclusion of th

or the bike share program or the other programs for bicycles, they do not have to undergo training before they do that, correct? >> no, they do not. >> okay. miss mcnally asked questions about liability. enlighten us. if the plan is if there is an accident, the scooter company would bear in liability or would it all be on the operator of the scooter? [ inaudible ] >> could you speak into the microphone, please? thank you. >> i guess i'm not -- i don't know the details on that one. >> yeah. so we require -- we require proof of proper insurance policy as part of the -- our evaluation of the permit under this regulation, but the liability question -- >> okay. >> -- i would turn it over to my city attorney friend. >> so the permit program, as mr. mcguire just said -- i'm sorry. deputy city attorney susan cleveland knowles through the chair. the deputy city attorney requires insurance acceptable to the city program, so any accident that was due to the scooters would be the liability of the scooter operators. >> okay. very good. and then, finally, in the questions category -- well, two m

governor beasley, welcome to the program. this is the first time you've been in north korea as far as i know. what was it like? >> well, very few people have been able to see what we've been able to see and the world food program has a 23-year history there. so there's a lot of trust with the world fod program. but, as i was very clear with the leadership that i needed the access necessary to really determine the realities that were on the ground and so we spent two days literally 10 to 12 hours in a vehicle going from village to village, to the south, to the north. literally looking at farmlands, looking at the lack of mechanization, lack of electricity and also at the springtime how literally there were thousands of men and women in the farms, in the fields, with no, very little tractors. with oxen. and plows. hoes, rakes, shovels working the fields. working every inch of land available to them. planting up to the edge of the road, down the embankments, trying to take advantage of every inch of land they have. >> can you tel

our goal is to educate customers about the program. re taking a multifaceted approach here. the message cleanpowersf gives you the power to choose cleaner energy options for your business at a competitive price. so the number of strategies we're looking at, we have our required mailings that give us an opportunity to put our messages on them. we're going to leverage local and regional media outlets, we're going to target high energy user customers of that 25,000, engage business organizations, and launch a paid digital media campaign, as well. and so for starters, talking about the enrollment notices, we've cleaned them up a little bit. they look a little bit more modern. we're focusing on imageery. the first notice goes out on may 7th. they're the first of four. as you know customers get two ahead of the enrollment and two after, and for the first time we're going to separate those enrollment notices, so we have some customers that have opted in early, so they'll be opted in in july. we'll have separate notices for business customers a