somebody asked about us the asian pacific american families and for us coming from us volunteers we have thought about one person came to mind over the years - i mean, i have worried about every little detail and over the years i've learned that people will take care of this and i learned i can trust this person so this evening we want to thank for all your years of contribution ron (clappin (clapping). improvision ron (laughter) we got the call for the next 9 years; right? >> thank you. it's been a real pleasure working with this lady and i really like to organization and i've been helping here for 9 years and it's a pleasure every year to see all you porters who come out to work with this program. i hope this program carries on and on for many years and with clau this lady's leadership how can we lose? (clapping). i don't want to go back. (clapping) >> sorry. i was thinking this was the last time i would be invited here. so at the newly opened jazz center they've been working to make this innocent a misconduct as well as a surprise and he needs to be recognized for a job well done. let

the lifetime achievement word is people's. >> i've prepared a speech i'm glad i'm going to be using it so i want to thank the asian pacific communityude goes out for the panel of judges for relating me. i admire the folks here today. behind the success of every person is a village of supporters mine is my family headed by my mother. mom. she taught me to love unconditional. my son anticipate and my beautiful daughter there's the reasons for my living my friends who keep me well-balanced with the happy hours and thousands of students who have inspired me to be a better person and lately my god and safer who guided me everyday. i'm very grateful for this recognition >> (clapping) and congratulations and thank you to all say judges and congratulations for the recipient for their important work and contribution on behalf of our community. (clapping). now because of the special theme of honoring choechlts the committee has decided to present a special recognition award. let's role the video. all right. let me just act to out. help, help, help. ♪ ♪ redefining ailing entertainment. live concerts and events the hottest music videos origina

the lifetime achievement word is people's. >> i've prepared a speech i'm glad i'm going to be using it so i want to thank the asian pacific communityude goes out for the panel of judges for relating me. i admire the folks here today. behind the success of every person is a village of supporters mine is my family headed by my mother. mom. she taught me to love unconditional. my son anticipate and my beautiful daughter there's the reasons for my living my friends who keep me well-balanced with the happy hours and thousands of students who have inspired me to be a better person and lately my god and safer who guided me everyday. i'm very grateful for this recognition >> (clapping)

us. this is the day that we will be launching a month long celebration, for asian pacific heritage month. it is a very special time of the year for some of us because it is really a time that we come together and spend a little bit more time with each other. i was thinking about this when i was driving down to city hall today and i say, mmm, a lot of us see each other during the times of the year. but, just the law of this country, the month of may was designated every year for the special celebration and heritage of asian pacific americans and i am glad that we in san francisco and it is a time for us to come together and this celebration every year would not have happened if a committee of volunteers did not come together to plan this. i must say, that you know, the volunteers committee met last november and every year we think about what do we do, how do we bring our people together because as you know they are over 30 ethic groups in the family, so we are a very, very diverse group and when you think about heritage month, we don't think of koreas or filipino or all of the rest. we thi

after all she has accomplished in the asian pacific american community with her work, i look forward to seeing what else she has in store for usthank you, thank you, please join me in welcoming irene riley for honoring her today for the asian pacific month from the board of supervisors. [ applause ] >> thank you supervisor yee and president chiu and supervisors. president chiu, why couldn't you start from this side? >> that's what we did last week. >> after all these wonderful speeches, i'm speechless. anyway, it's a real honor to be recognized today to be with all of these elite honorees and especially special to be recognized by supervisor yee. like supervisor yee i have a long career in the financial services field and work with many non-profit organizations as supervisor yee mentioned. i remember that my first volunteer work was spending all my saturday during the tax season helping low income families for their attack returns which is a very good experience and helped me understand some of the challenges and issues these families encounter. when i retired from bank of america after 34 years i chose to be acts -- active in

the use of force. it is a key element of rebalancing as you alluded to the president has made clear in that asian and pacific region as a strategic priority for the united states, and i know that my colleagues in the pentagon have planned and operated on the basis of that strategic guidance. at the same time, the president has also made clear that there is an important role for the state department on the diplomatic side in helping to build up the relationships between the u.s. and our allies, the rebalancing strategy has begun with modernizing our alliances. we have invested heavily in the development of the institutions in the region that are built around the association of the southeast nations and most importantly president obama to begin participating personally in the east asia senate which we see as the emerging as the premier form for leaders to discuss security and political issues, something that frankly they can't do in any other form because the only other regional institution is an economic cooperation organization, and i think the president feels that we have made some headway on that firm. the

in closing, i'll list who is supporting us in this, the national task force to end sexual and domestic violence against women, asian pacific islander institute on domestic, the national latina network for healthy families, jewish women international, national coalition against domestic violence, national congress of american indians task force on violence against women, national network to end domestic violence, national organizations of sisters of color ending sexual assault, national resource center on the domestic violence and the ywca. we have a big group out there that understands that these officers need that training. so with that, i would yield the floor and i thank everybody for their indulgence allowing me this time to explain the amendment. do i need to ask for the yeas and nays at this point? all right. thank you. the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. mr. heller: thank you. i ask unanimous consent that the pending be set aside, call up amendment numbered 1227. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. heller, for himself and

the asian-pacific caucus, members of the hispanic caucus. but this is about all americans, not just particular americans, particular americans are protected, but in a real sense, it's about all of us and the kind of country we are and want to be. today's ruling is a disappointing blow to voting rights in america and will have a real impact on voters. in 2006, this congress in which i served, re-authorized the voting rights act in a bipartisan fashion and under a republican president. significantly bipartisan support, overwhelming. it was a broad consensus then, as i believe there still is today that sections 4 and 5 of the voting rights act were both responsible and necessary. answers to the lingering problems of discrimination at the ballot box. if anybody thinks there are not continuing efforts to make voting more difficult for some people, they haven't been reading the papers, listening to the radio, watching television, listening to what's going on in america. and in america, no state or local authority should be able to make it easier for some people to vote and harder for others. in america, nobody should have to march for their most fundamental right, the right to vote. joh

the asian pacific caucus, members of the hispanic caucus, but this is about all americans. not just particular americans. particular americans are protected. but in a real sense it's about all of us and the kind of country we are and want to be. today's ruling is a disappointing blow to voting rights in america. and will have a real impact on voters. in 2006, congress in which i serve, re-authorized the voting rights act in a bipartisan fashion and under a republican president. significantly bipartisan support. overwhelming. there was a broad consensus then, as i believe there still is today, that sections 4 and 5 of the voting rights act were both responsible and necessary answers to the lingering problems of discrimination at the ballot box. if anybody thinks there are not continuing efforts to make voting more difficult for some people, they haven't been reading the papers, listening to the radio, watching television, or, frankly, listening to what's going on in america. in america, no state or local authority should be able to make it easier for some people to vote and harder for others. in america, nobody should have to march for their most fundamental right, the right to vo

the asian pacific caucus, members of the hispanic caucus, but this is about all americans. not just particular americans. particular americans are protected. but in a real sense it's about all of usnd the kind of country we are and want to be. today's ruling is a disappointing blow to voting rights in america. and will have a real impact on voters. in 2006, congress in which i serve re-authorized the voting rights act in a bipartisan fashion and under a republican president. significantly bipartisan support. overwhelming. there was a broad consensus then, as i believe there still is today, that sections 4 and 5 of the voting rights act were both responsible and necessary answers to the lingering problems of discrimination at the ballot box. if anybody thinks there are not continuing efforts to make voting more difficult for some people, they haven't been reading the papers, listening to the radio, watching television, or, frankly, listening to what's going on in america. in america, no state or local authority should be able to make it easier for some people to vote and harder for others. in america, nobody should have to march for their most fundamental right, the right to vote.