we are making sure we are in sync. christian: the way our astronauts get to the space station today are on russian rockets. delays, are continued are you concerned we won't have enough seats on those russian rockets to continue u.s. presence on the station? when do you have to go out and buy more seats? seatse have additional and this partnership is important. it goes back. we have been living and working with russians on the international space station for almost 20 years. that is significant technical logical achievement. it is absolutely true that this we will have to buy with our partners to make sure that we do not lose access to the international space station. it is a critical capability for our country. critical capability to commercialize lower orbit. the international space station is the tool we are using to commercialize space. that is a high priority. jeff: one of the key elements of the program is suffering a number of delays. in march he suggested that nasa might skip a key test called the green run. hav

the one we have we call it ynr. and that >> that i will call it the prime contract and those that specialize with hard to count populations. >> can you tell me what entity or entities are responsible for the african-american media bias? >> congressman, we have that information people sitting behind me have that and i will be happy to talk with you. >> could you provide that to the committee? >> absolutely. >> when purchasing ads most contractors pay media all let's visit 120 days ? let me answer your former question and i am told the agency is really the prime subcontractor with the african-american population. the timing of the buying of the ads-this week, today the career professionals is working in new york city reviewing the creative products that are going to be produced for all forms of media, television, radio and out of that process will come the messaging and the material the best of my knowledge is probably late december and i will get you exact dates for purchasing and i know that discussions are going on

if we need to ask, we ask formulae, we don't ask, we say that we would like to go in front of the commission and talk to them about recent things that have happened in the state, regarding water. because there has been a change. i think it is important we take a formal stance to talk to them about this. that means something has changed and it is different. so, could you please request the other planning director, that your commission would like you to present to the planning commission the situation, and as you outlined it sounds right on. what the issues are? how we will be addressing the situation with the puc and sed update as it relates to these issues coming before them? >> i will make the request. >> it also might be helpful, i would ask for a policy to come back to the commission that would reflect the analysis that was in the water supply assessed - - - assessments. specifically around the maximum level of curtailment that would be expected for residential property. i think, if we have that before us, and act on it that will make a more powerful statement to the planning commission w

we know what the fallout was from that. we know we definitely can do better. we evaluated the situation and we already know what we would have done differently. hopefully we do not have to do that again. i want to assure everyone that is in this chamber today that we are working closely with our s.r.o. in terms of training to instruct them on how to navigate that. and basically employs some commonsense principles to ensure that when we get a student from point a to point b, that we do our very best to protect their identities. i wanted everyone to know that we are taking this very seriously. all right. i want to briefly talk about the school resource officer program. this is a national program and there was a national association of school resource officers, and i want to let everyone know that they recommend three things. one, is to foster positive relationships with youth, help troubled students in -- avoid involvement with the juvenile justice system, and move them into resources. to the extent that the department and the officers can do this to steer away

we know we need universal background checks. we know we need red flag laws that disarm domestic abusers. this is a common sense position. there are weapons, weapons like some of the things i trained on in the military, weapons of war, that have no place in american streets and neighborhoods i nee peacetime,-- in especially near a school. [applause] mr. buttigieg: i have taken heat over the years as an indiana mayor when i embraced some of these policies. i have been talking about this for a while. i took heat, usually along two dimensions. one said it would have prevented this shooting or that tragedy. maybe that is right. andould save thousands thousands of lines. you don't have to believe it would fix every problem to know that it will fix many problems. how can we not save thousands of lives if we have the chance? the second thing i hear is you cannot do any of this because of the second amendment. it says shall not be infringed. well-regulated, but they skip over that part. isy say any regulation unconstitutional. it is not

but now we have this tool, when we are using tax credit financing for projects we can use this new option to provide basically income averaging an hour units. as long as projects are averaging 60% ami, we can do a range of units that serve less than 60%, up to 80% of ami. that will be one tool we can use to provide units for households that are less than 60% of ami. aside from not tool, we do recognize the need to have more rental subsidies and access to rental subsidies for those extremely low income households. and, the mayor and the board have addressed this by including funding in the budget for rental subsidies for a populations of people. i think the mayor and the board have included rental subsidies, i think, up to $10 million in rental subsidies for different populations of folks. we recognize that there is a need for doing that. board president yee is in the process of creating a senior operating subsidy. it is project need, rental subsidies that go towards the households to help them pay their rent. or, the buildings need operating subsidies where we are basically helping to mee

we will put the pressure we can to find that solution and i hope we can achieve it. when you put this in the context of the past, they have manipulated this mechanism in the past trying to divide opposition, in this case the interim government trying to divide the international community, stop international pressure. we need to be aware of that and that's important to mention that the european union has stated that if there is no agreement they will impose more sanctions on the regime. >> i have some more questions that have been sent but i would like to open the floor and remember, brief assistant questions. no speeches. as of the guidelines we say to all newsmakers. thank you. you just mentioned that there is going to be another round of talks this week. i know you can't talk of details but if you could let us know if it's going to take place at the end of the week and where it is going to take place, thank you. >> i don't want to just come in here -- comment here on the details because that will be announced by the delegation. sorry. thanks. >> i'm gonna try to as

are excited about how we saved a business or how we kept someone from going out of business, and we did that in good faith and making sure that we were really responsible about responding to the needs of some of our small businesses. i hope we can come up with the strategy that does that. >> i don't know if you want to respond to that. >> my one response is, i can make a guarantee that it will be a complete work order to the office of economic and workforce development. i think the question for public policy is it is $5 million to build a one-time five million-dollar chunk, and how can we help as many businesses as we can in an attempt to make it sustainable for all the projects we know we will have in san francisco. >> as we are grappling -- by the way, that is the trade-off between direct grants and no interest, unsecured loans, but before we have that discussion, colleagues, we are the body in this incarnation as the t.a. that is the funding agency that funds vileness prt, gary street purity, central subway, you name it. all of those funds flow through this agency. we don't have

we are discussing ways that we can start that even earlier and we were attempting to do that. we're talking about high-impact projects or anticipate construction being greater than 24 months and where we implement those tools where we see direct business supports. here are some projects that we have implemented. you will see these in some areas and the suite of construction mitigation measures that we implemented. twin peaks with the project in which we implemented a lot of the things are integrated in the program, central subway and both van ness are catching up. we did not have this program in place when we started these projects, but we have worked continuously to implement the tools that we are talking about with regard to those construction projects. at our last meeting, when we presented this item, we talked about lessons learned. we have implemented these to date, so trying to work a little bit earlier and trying to start conversations with businesses in advance, i think the suggestion was that we go here and talk to the businesses before we are available to do a constr

we do have a system where we treat everybody fairly. if it's the only bed that is left when you're out a reservation station is an upper bunk, and you cannot access that , we contact the shelter and we try to swap someone out. we cannot hold beds, any bed that is not claimed it will be released for one night use, even if the person can return tomorrow night for the reservation. >> thank you.

we will be good to them and we will work with them we will help them in any way that we can but we cannot let them have a nuclear weapon. some people say we are looking for regime change. we are not looking for a regime change. i watched president obama and many other presidents try that. it does not work out too well. they cannot have a nuclear weapon. they cannot be testing ballistic missiles which right now under that agreement if they had that agreement they would be able to do. they cannot do that and we want them to get out of yemen. i asked secretary kerry why didn't you get them out of yemen?. syria is a different kind of situation. as mike said we did it great job. we had 100% of that and we are rapidly pulling out of syria. we will let them handle their own problems. syria can handle their own problems along with the run along with russia, along with the rock and along with turkey. we are 7000 miles away. we did a helluva job with that. nobody thought that was possible. my own generals told me it would take two years. i said really but then i met another general and he said so w

are we up to date we are we way behind? if you can translate that into simple english, i had trouble following it. >> thank you. unfortunately the individuals who made the presentation aren't here, but maybe we can arrange to have you speak personally to somebody who can explain. >> i would appreciate that. that would be what you referred to as a rape kit, right? >> yes. >> thank you. any other public comment on the items we have discussed already? this is on items iiia through 3d we are not on general public comment yet. >> this is on item three b. >> thank you. [speaking spanish]

if we are ever going to make a difference on housing, we have to make changes to how we build housing. we can't fear solutions that make it easier and faster to build housing. if we say we support affordable housing, our actions have to follow our values. we have to cut the red tape to barriers not just for some affordable housing and not just for some homeless shelters but for all housing for everyone. [applause.] and was we build we must expandr transportation and infrastructure to support outer neighborhood goes like here in the southwest. every neighborhood in our city needs better and more reliable access to public transit, and they need better and safer streets. this budget adds $30 million to fund transit operations, including speeding up the purchase of new light rail trains and modernizing the train control system so we see fewer delays in the subways and so that we know that we can get to where we need to more faster and more reliable. (applause). we have also added $2.5 million for vision zero improvement projects to make our streets safer. we have seen too many traffic rel

whatever our differences, we know that before we are anything else, we are americans first, and we will and educated enough and paid enough to realize our full potential. we will meet these challenges here at home, and we will lead the world in those that we face abroad. successfully confronting endless war and climate change. at this moment of truth, let us pursue our national promise and make a more perfect union of everyone by everyone and for everyone. >> mayor pete buttigieg. >> i'm running for president because our country is running out of time. it is even bigger than the emergency of the trump presidency. ask yourself how somebody like donald trump ever gets within cheating distance of the oval office in the first place. it doesn't happen unless america is already in a crisis, an economy not working for everyone, endless war, climate change, we have lived this in my industrial midwestern hometown, my generation has lived this as long as we have been alive, and it's only accelerated. science tells us we have 12 years before we reach the horizon of catastrophe when it comes to our

we were just happy we were able too and we got the support we did across the board. >> one of the things with all these programs, his idea of balancing the narrative of the open veteran who can't figure this out, comes back and can't find a job with the reality of needing assistance but are not somebody who is on the brink of homelessness and emotional breakdown in the stereotypes we see. how do you balance elevating these programs, making these more available as a narrative? >> i think you start by thanking the veteran has service, involves being a fully functional member of society, nothing compared to that. it gives you a perspective about how you think about their health. that's where it helped to see that they might have particular issues, problems, challenges. you have to ask which ones are permanent and which are something that can be healed and move forward? the va still has no measurement in place or mechanisms in place that asked, require or even suggest that maybe getting mental health assistance should be with a view toward healing. maybe you should be seeking improvement. no

we know when we get off this odium we also see each other in the community. our work is never done and this is just moving onto another transition, but you are still part of the larger san francisco. thank you, sir. >> thank you so much. >> i think the same sentiments have artie been said. really, truly, thank you for your years of dedication and all of your institutional knowledge. we really appreciate it and i'm sure i will be seeing you around. >> thank you all for your great comments. and thank you for this, this is really nice. i have been really honored to have served here for 10 years when then mayor and newsom put me on this commission. this body consisted of a lot of directors of department, it was the director of planning, the mayor's office of housing, and he wanted to transition this commission into a citizens commission. at the time it made sense for her to be department heads because it was more technical in nature, they were getting ready to do the initial planning. i have had the pleasure to see the transition for the last 10 years, from the c

we feel like we have achieved that. we also see, you know, we are hoping for opportunities to grow our excursion businesses. we talked about relation to what people want to see. we think if there are new investors that want to come in and access this market, that might be a great way to not only further their businesses but save these historic. we think this renewal support the ports maritime position. we recommend your approval. without i'm happy to answer any questions. >> thank you. may i have a motion? >> do we have public comment? >> good afternoon commissioners, i am cochair of maritime commerce advisory committee. we spoke in support of this resolution at the informational hearing. this warrants another appearance to, again, reiterate our endorsement for the resolution and the lease renewal. we are thrilled to see successful culmination of what has been a really long process. i want to thank the staff, and the commission for your wisdom, your thoughtfulness, your conscientiousness, your dell - diligence in gettin

we fund ice. we asked for supplement. it was denied. then we are questioned why we are overcrowded. ice does not have the funding to have the bed space as the system is designed. we are independent, interdependent. it was not being properly funded. senator: no it is not. that is part of our challenge. it is wasteful to the taxpayer and not fair to those men and women serving customs and border patrol to do something they were not first set up and trained to do, rather than to have a better facility. aboutlots of questions the settlement. it is not the issue. what i heard at the border was , when there is a 20 day ticking clock at that point, are we able to get criminal records from countries outside the united states, from other countries, within 20 days, of who this adult is, traveling with this child? mr. morgan: not efficiently. senator: some countries can, some cannot. mr. morgan: correct. senator: do you have situations where you had to release adult because of this timing, traveling with a child and later discovered that adult is a felon from that country? mr. morgan: i don't

drove me 2 years over that did we yes we do yes we can do a lot of them we condemning all of violence in every in every area in germany so in general no not in particular in particular every single one but it's not hard to work out what you probably aren't saying muslims are equal threat was an equal threat over and over and that not all muslim law got some people are going to react badly and some people are going to turn violent ugly we want to keep the german determination stayed in even the european union but we're talking about germany here we don't want to have that a muslim country we accept muslims there are lots of muslims who are well integrated into our society we take there is no problem everything's fine but what we do not want to accept is that islam is starting to have an impact on our social life and our public life on our you know. i was wrong you're not addressing the point. i wanted to make a about this idea that muslims are a threat to germany. muslims are spread to jews this is for example something what we're we're getting from the jewish community the jewish comm

this time last year we were at 288 in we have open 339cations and last we were at 291.ained 36 cases versus 13 sustained at this time last year. we still have 29 cases past the 270-day mark. that's just my nine-month measure but i track watching a year. of the 29 cases, 18 are restrictions in civil or criminal courts that allow the time to be told. we're 18 cases have been mediated versus 7 we had this time last year and have been involved in a couple different outreach events. in june we did a know your rights initiative with the youth at the village in visitation valley and also in june we did outreach with the mayor's office in the fillmore district. we participated in the c.i.t. awards and i'm sure you'll hear more about it and presume the commissioners will talk about it and we don't have cases in the closed session and my chief of staff is here as well as my senior investigator is here. and that's about it. i've been busy most of the past few weeks have been almost 24 hours working on budget stuff and the final hearings are this week so that will be what i'm spend

we are now at a break where we are doing what we are destined to do. i think it will be a great thing for real. we were able to get this done and we get it done fairly quickly. mexico is also working along very well. you will see a chart where the numbers are through the floor. they've gone down. >> since the agreement was signed on mexico, that you energize, we have had 28% reduction we're headed toward 22% in july. so 43% overall. >> the fact that they do have a big slowdown coming in from guatemala at the border. we have 6000 mexican troops at the border so this will really help. this will be incredible. we could really do this at a much easier fashion if we have cooperation from the democrats. we've had absolutely no corporation. nobody can understand. most people wanted a wall years ago. we are building a lot of the wall now. we ripped out while that didn't even exist, it had bad foundations. it was gobbled up by the people who crossed, we are building a beautiful new wall, a lot of it. it's getting built rapidly. a lot of things are happening but

we have builders, we have government agencies. >> well, we have four specific workshops.have the accessible business entrance. >> my name is leah, and i am the assistant manager with the department of small business. i am leading the new accessibility ordinance that helps existing owners better comply with existing access laws. so all buildings that have places of public accommodation in san francisco, they must comply with this ordinance. >> the a.d.e. was setup by the board of supervisors, and the ordinance was passed about a year ago. >> one of the biggest updates that we have is that the deadlines were extended, so all of the deadlines were extended by six months. >> and it's really to help the public, the business community to be specific, to cut down on the amount of drive by lawsuits. >> so on this workshop, we're going to be covering what the compliance looks like, what business examiand property owne need to know how to comply with the ordinance. we'll also talk about the departments that are involved, including the office of small business, department of buildin

stuff we wanted to get on big things we did. we certainly want that. you have to do it in a way consistent with how it works with the judiciary branch and executive privilege. secretary ross sat for over six hours and answered everyone's questions and he is under oath when you testified in front of congress. so i think we should keep doing the investigation and focus on is the census going to work right. let's move forward and do what we need to do instead we will hold people in contempt. i think at a minimum it is premature. >> i remember when we held attorney general holder in contempt. i do not recall any beneficial outcome of that vote on the floor of the house. what is the outcome here? this is a different process. >> i do not know what the outcome will be. i wish i did. you said something that is so profound and which i agree with. that when we are not getting the information that we are supposed to get -- and i am not trying to put words in your mouth, but i want to make sure that we are clear. when you take away the power of the congress of the

so we are working -- we are actually trying -- if you look at the whole chronology of the actions, we are trying to work with them, because we know that there's a civil matter to all this. a civil dispute in all of this. there's two properties involved. but at the same time we still need those permits to be issued, we need the shoring, we need the assessment report. and by looking at the file, the assessment report was never given to our inspector. >> i see. thank you. >> is there cooperation from the other neighbor? and these are the pending issues that they actually have to sign a waiver to allow them to perform the work. has that waiver been issued? >> i apologize. i don't have an answer for that, because i know at one point we had a meeting with the owner. and, you know, again there was more of a civil dispute saying we didn't cause the damage, so why are we needing to be doing the work. >> yeah. well, i don't think that's -- the question is obviously it's very clear who has to do the mitigation work. but it needs the cooperation of the person that is affected by it. so the questi

we have an opportunity as we have seen. we hope that you will join us with us tonight at the conference center. require will put on a special patriotic conference for us tonight. the concluding event will be at the university of utah. our good friends. they will bring their las vegas show here and perform for us on friday night. we look forward to having reductive meetings with the national governors association. provide opportunities to help you anyway. please do not hesitate to give me a phone call. we have law enforcement station around to make you feel comfortable. please give our staff on applause for the service today as well. i yelled back the rest of my time to the governor. >> there really has been my profound honor to serve as chair this past year. also to work with each of the governor. both staff and workforce agencies. concentrate really on the critical efforts issues facing our nation's. we will have time to see the good governor later on as he takes over the gavel. really appreciate your partnership through e

we only needed scarce reserves when we lifted off in 2017. we didn't. we used the administered rates. we've been using them for a long time. what was new, having thought about it for years, we said, we decided after much deliberation that this would be our permanent framework. we think it works well. it has a lot of benefits. in terms of room for further quantitative easing, manufacturers are busy. there's plenty of them out there. and would be no shortage of them to buy. there are questions about the efficacy and a lot of research going on how much quantitative easing affects interest rates and the economy but i don't see the size of our balance sheet as limiting our ability to buy more as a practical matter. >> okay, thank. then with my last sort of question, when you look at libra specifically i see it as three different things. libra which is the currency. the wallet. then the libra association itself. as we're evaluating how to approach this, what are the three buckets we should look at and two what gives the biggest concern. you said let's pause i

as we it is here we are 18 months into the private credit program. it calls for 700 to $750 million committed each year to get up to the 10% in the next two to three years. as noted, earlier we have made a decision to migrate some of the credit oriented positions in the private equity portfolio to private credit. approximately $100 million of asset value and $140 million total. we have $850 million invested or 3.4% of plan assets invested. quickly, the narrative behind private credit is that the banks world wide have pulled back from lending. private pools of capital stepped in to provide flexible financing. i hate this word but there is frosting in certain elements of the market. we are under writing this as critical and manager selection is key. >> good afternoon. 2018 was a very busy year for the private credit portfolio. we received $775 million worth of commitments, 250 was closed earlier. a 10.1% net return. we are in year two of the 10% of private credit and expect to get there by 2022. a few comments. we do plan to include three separate acco

what can we do? we get there earlier? how do we get there earlier? we said we could land in 2024 but it will require an additional budget. we'll need an amendment. they are putting the money where their mouth is. that's a very important distinction. it is also true that the week that the budget amendment came out was the week the house appropriators were marking up the bill that funds nasa. the idea that we will roll out a budget request and they will incorporate it is not realistic. a lot of people read that as they are not supporting. it is not true. i talked to people on both sides that are in fact very supportive. the challenge is they did not have the time. the whole process goes through the house initially. the senate has to pass the bill. the senate has to pass the bill. if we can get the $1.6 billion in the senate bill, when it's in conference, that is when we can come together and say here is what we need for the moon program in a bipartisan way and pass a bill that allows us to achieve the objective. the process has only just begun. i'm con

we need to make, but even worse, we continue to make investments we do not need to make. so it is a waste of money when we end up in a cr and that is one of my biggest concerns, that we will be spending money on things we do not need and not spending money on things we do. >> you told the committee and marsh -- in march that nasa would examine all available options to ensure the first oneht of the sls artemis takes place by 2021. how confident are you that we can meet that >> i think 2020 one is definitely achievable for the arguments one lunch vehicle. identifiedady been havehe ranking member, we made some changes at the head of the human exploration missions directory. some of the key challenges we have had as an agency's cost and schedule, being realistic about cost and schedule, and meeting the cost and schedule milestones that we ourselves set. so in order to reset the cost and schedule of some of these programs, we have made changes missionop of the directory. put theoving rapidly to right folks in place, but i want them to be in place before we set out a new deadli

we have our own -- we move on from there. so you have every time a unique experience because that slaver is the flavored we want to make. union street is unique because of the neighbors and the location itself. the people that live around here i love to see when the street is full of people. it is a little bit of italy that is happening around you can walk around and enjoy shopping with gelato in your hand. this is the move we are happy to provide to the people. i always love union street because it's not like another commercial street where you have big chains. here you have the neighbors. there is a lot of stories and the neighborhoods are essential. people have -- they enjoy having their daily or weekly gelato. i love this street itself. >> we created a move of an area where we will be visiting. we want to make sure that the area has the gelato that you like. what we give back as a shop owner is creating an ambient lifestyle. if you do it in your area and if you like it, then you can do it on the streets you like. . >> the

when we passed the legislation to close juvenile hall, the part of that was we weren't -- we were going to cut from the budget the $13 million that it takes over time to run juvenile hall, but not take those investments out of the area of serving youth that fall to the criminal justice system. so while it is not specifically tagged to any item in the ad back amount, there are already on the adback list many items, including reopening of the girls ' group home in san francisco, programs through other organizations for youth, and there was one other, the program through huckleberry youth services. it is not that it is tagged precisely for those services, but it goes to the general ad back fund, and there are, on the ad back list, those youth serving services that equal about the same amount. it is not anything official like we are reserving them for a particular proposal. the important point, i'm sorry if i'm not explaining myself well, but the important point i want to make is that as, over time, we cut the budget for juvenile hall, we shouldn't be diverting that money into other needs o

have done what we can know we have not done what we need to do and that is why we need these subpoenas because this administration is lawless and it trades in cruelty and money. let's be very clear that the for profit detention facilities that john kelly is now on the board of, the board of after overseeing the implementation of a family separation is the company that is profiting off of the cruelty to children. as a mr. chairman thank you for doing these subpoenas i am in full support and i yield.>> for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? the gentleman is recognized. two i appreciate it, >> i appreciate the passion in this committee, this is a committee full of passionate people who think about issues deeply. and care deeply. i also had an opportunity to visit multiple detention facilities and holding facilities and i will tell you, one of the ones i happen to be able to visit was a for-profit, private, ice detention facility, and i didn't have the same experiences my colleague did but that is lovably unique to me, i get that. but these subpoenas seem to be

when we face stark contrast in the way we view the world, and when we face something so shocking we can't quite wrap our brains around what just happened and why, we need to remind ourselves that there is, in fact, still good in the world and that most people are, in fact, rational, abiding citizens. it can be disheartening to realize the down that there's always going to be somebody out there who will seek to harm others out of hatred or racially motivated violent extremism. doesn't make sense but hatred isn't crowded in logic. so that just means that we need to stay vigilant and work even harder to counter counteract td and the violence and the discontent. we can't eradicate hate. we can't in prejudice but we can stand together and everybody in this hall stand on the side of the good and the adjuster we stand on the side of fairness and equality and the freedoms on which this country was founded. so thank you for working with us to keep our communities safe. thank you. [applause] >> i want to thank the secretary and the director for having joined us and for the leadership on these issue

if we did that, we could accelerate the timeline. i have said publicly i will not rule out the 2033 timeline. of course, your friend and colleague in the house has been very keen on the 2033 timeline. i think there is the possibility that can be achieved, but we are looking at what that space would be. and we are going to do our own assessments. certainly, i think there are ways that could be considered that would increase the timeline. >> thank you for giving us something to hope for and drive for. >> absolutely. >> thank you chairman and ranking member for holding this hearing. welcome back to our witness administrator. yesterday was the actual 50th of the apollo launch. a historic event in american history and a monumental moment for space exploration. last week, as the ranking member of the aviation and space subcommittee, i was proud to present with senator cruz at a hearing discussing human space exploration in the past and the future. as we look to the future of space exploration, we must first address space industry issues we

we must be mindful of the limitations we face. we have barely cracked the surface of what the coast guard needs and to protect our interests in the arctic. it is an expensive option reserved for public safety and flight risk is a valid concern. when public safety is not a concern, i should use alternatives to detention. when used as intended, the appropriate case management alternative to detention have proven to be effective in mitigating flight risk and mproving compliance. i remain seriously concerned about substandard conditions at i.c.e. detention facilities. in addition to what i have personally witnessed, we continue to get alerts from the media, the office of the inspector general, the government accountability office and advocacy organizations about detention facilities that do not meet i.c.e.'s minimum standards but nevertheless allowed to continue operating. preventing these inhumane conditions can be changed if i.r.e. makes clear that anything less is unacceptable and will have consequences. i will continue to work wit

how we are living, where we are going, and what we are learning. from the time of thomas jefferson, the census has tracked growth and change in our country. serving as a pillar of our democracy, transcending party and try. including the census in our constitution marks a turning point in world history. in the hands of kings and emperors, a census has been a tool of oppression, a ledger using property and script script , but the founders lived that model in the head. our senses is designed to empower the government. granting a set political power based on the population of our communities. census data serves as a basis of a staggering $800 billion in federal disbursements to state and local governments. it is the gold standard of demographic information for businesses, researchers and government. with the 2020s census fast approaching, we have a problem. congressional appropriations have fallen short over the past decade. which will lead to a projected 50% drop in the number of local and regional census offices and a 25% reduction in field staffers.

and we said, here is what we will do. you bring that need, whatever it is, there was one in michigan they were making photovoltaic shingles but they had people who didn't know how to run a photovoltaic machine on the so a person who puts coal into a blast furnace can learn how to do that and they put the machinery in and train them on that machinery. there was a conveyor belt, an average $48,000 a job. it turns out the corporation didn't do very well at the end, but the point is there is a lot of these. then rochester, new york, community college up there, you all know that, dealing with kodak having collapsed. it's a big, big deal. it's an obligation of governance to put together people who have mutual needs. and it can be done, not easily but it can be done well, if you do it. the other thing is that we are , my wife,ion now jill, has an expression. any country that out-educates us will out-compete us. we should be spending a great deal more money on pure research. anyway, thanks. [applause] thank you so much. [applause

can we sell these ideas? if we can't, we will become like them and i see that happening in europe. to the audience, , you have shortly written about a democratic recession. take a step back and consider , the feel picture that there is a fundamental disadvantage as far as democracy was concerned. partly because of our internal .ivisions and if there are ways of combating. this decidellenge how to turn the tide back in favor of democracy. me to are really asking summarize a whole book i have just published. on the theme.y but me just say these bullet points. first of all, if you look at the data from freedom house or the economist magazine or most other ratings agencies, we have been in a 10-12 year stagnation and increasingly slide in terms of freedom and democracy. it has been getting worse for a lot of reasons. rising income inequality is a part of the divisions we have inflicted on ourselves. , and iigration crisis think the lack of sensitivity and in many ways i would say liberal and well-intentioned government leaders, but .onetheless ineffective i think angela merkel was very

herbert: we think we are right in time. start to get tough in 2021, we will have all this new technology, driven by our ventures in china. we have a high market share in china, 18%. we need about 25 million vehicles per year. we are investing heavily in china. very competitive in europe. ford will make us more competitive. it will accelerate. david: the platform volkswagen has here gives you flexibility on what kind of vehicles you will build. initially, will it be passenger vehicles, suv's? jim: it is initially passenger vehicles but we are not limited. i want to add, ford intentionally is complying in europe and will be in addition with the meb. it is just a faster way for us to make this conversion. david: what about latin america? you are cooperating on some things. jim: as i came into the industry two years ago, i learned ford and vw had in latin america which did very well. it stopped. i think the difference this time is the nature of the products we are working on and the kind of issues we are addressing happen to be

we love. a winning investment for our nation, we deliver results for the american people every day. thank you for the opportunity to be here and i look forward to answering your questions. >> thank you ambassador perez. mr. pitkin. >> thank you mr. chairman and ranking member zeldin and distinguished members of the subcommittee to invite us to discuss the budget request. as the secretary noted, the budget is designed around the national security strategy and policy goals. this puts us in the position to do just that, it protects citizens at home and abroad with prosperity and values and supports our allies and partners over disease. overseas. i will focus my remarks on the $13 billion diplomatic engagement corporation request managed by the department and state. this comprises one third of the total budget request for 2020 and supports department workforce including the personal resources ambassador perez mentioned, our diplomacy program, our management platform for the embassies and conflict,

we can do this if we need to.o i'm glad we are prepared, , t this extra step the gentlelady is doing with her largely redundant amendment is pretty remarkable. so wish the gentlelady success in her future efforts, but -- >> was a gentleman yield? >> i will not yield to the gentlelady. the gentlelady had the chance last week and subcommittee to office have an informed debate on these topics. >> the gentleman is casting dispersions on the substance of my amendment and on my motivation offering speedy we do have to keep things in order here. there would be plenty of people who will give you time and you should have time, but mr. cooper's time. >> no one on this site, no one on the committee, no one in congress that i'm aware of ever mention things like unilateral disarmament disarming america. so those wild accusations are just wrong and as i say it responsible. we should project an image to the world right now because our adversaries and potential adversaries are watching. if they see such a loose and uninformed deb

we have been listening. what have we heard? scholars at the chicago event offered a range of views on how well our monetary policy tools have effective promoted our dual mandate. we learned more about cutting edge ways to measure job conditions. we heard a heard the latest perspectives on what financial and trade links with the rest of the world mean for the conduct of monetary policy. we heard scholarly views on the interplay between monetary policy and financial stability, and we heard a review of the clarity and the efficacy of our communications. like many others at the conference, i was particularly struck by two panels that included people who work every day in low and middle income communities. what we heard loud and clear was that today's tight labor markets mean the benefits of this long recovery are now reaching the communities to a degree that has not been felt for many years. we heard of companies communities and schools working together to bring employers the productive workers they need. and we heard of employers

do we need more legislative authority. do we need. what is that administrative package that is to come up here so we can have that information sharing in a way that will facilitate and ease some of the issues the industry may feel that they have going forward. one area we are also working out and looking at is under the fast, you have given the secretary the authority was the president designates a great emergency. what exactly is involved in that. how we would then move industry resources to deal with the national emergency. at that point, industry has also expressed and working with us how some additional liability protections may be needed. >> would you please respond in writing to that question. the channel recognize the ranking member for five minutes. >> thank you again for your testimony. i have a couple of questions. i know we have had exercises on grid security. has been very helpful. can you tell us what are some of the things you have learned from that? also, whether or not we have had exercises on pipelines in terms of cyb

we want to make sure we have the right laws out there. that we can have -- we want the u.s. to be a place where entrepreneurs can come and be here and say "this is our idea" and build it up and it works. you look around the world where you see so much of the tech coming from, it is here. we have an environment here that encourages this. we want to make sure we keep that. we want to make sure again, the laws we have on the books the regulators out there doing their jobs, but they are saying this is what they have done. i know we were having some of the hearings, especially with equifax. afterwards we talked with the ftc. we had a discussion back and forth with the committee that if something is not working, let us know. host: you talked about looking ahead. let's look ahead to 2020 and election security. is that something the committee has looked at? rep. latta: you know, it is important, because we want to make sure americans know that their elections are secure. when you think about this, the -- i talked with other leaders from around the world, other legislators from aroun

we have the laws, we develop the technology, and we get the job done. america is and will remain the gold standard for environmental protection, and every american should know that our nation is cleaner, safer, and stronger today thanks to the leadership of president trump. [applause] pres. trump: thank you. fantastic job. who would have known that? i am glad you finally let people we are doing. we are working hard. i think harder than many previous administrations, maybe almost all of them. i would like to invite mary neumeier to the podium. has terrific things to say and i appreciate you being here very much. please. [applause] ms. neumeier: president trump, thank you for your leadership and continuing to advance environmental protection. years,e past 2.5 president trump has taken decisive action to address environmental challenges. at his direction, federal agencies are more efficiently implement air quality standards, more actively managing our nation's forests to improve health and reduce wildfire risks, promoting reliable water supplies and delive

we do that as well. we encourage them to have it. the problem with this in some of these communities is many of them worked several jobs. they have family commitments. this is a great opportunity for them to have something that they can really use but not commit to the five days. some do come, and i have seen some of them come through and come in and do the full program. we will give -- we don't give them credit for that because we want to make sure they comply with everything we ask for. it is definitely something that opens a door for them. some have done it. >> very good. it is such a valuable resource for the citizens as well as for training modules, and i was thinking that's particularly for the command center training, especially, you know, in this community, i think would be very , very helpful. if there is any incentive that you can think of to offer people to go there from the regular program, please share that with us. >> okay. >> okay. i also wanted to complement you on the fire ground attempt -- decontamination policy, an

we know what we could be paying. i am focused on it because this and the overall price of healthcare has made a situation where people in my district are paying more in healthcare than in their mortgage. that is upside down. that is why i am passionate about it. it is an area where democrats and republicans say the right thing where there is overlap and that is very important and it is why there is a possibility for bipartisan legislation. people need to do more than talking about it. they need to actually turn it into legislation. i would like to see the president do exactly what he said he was going to do, allow medicare to negotiate in bold for prices. he said it, it was such a great thing and there is legislation in the house and he has to use his influence with the senate republicans so that we can get that done. that would be revolutionary. i am passionate about it because it is coming directly from the bone in my district and because i think despite everything the average member of calm congress democrat or re

we can prove it if only we propagated. so we have to marry out everything everybody is going to become like us to actually promoting the ideas. not just the material goods. people want cars, they want smart phones, that is all true. but, a forget what are the underlying basic things. and we sell the idea of capitalism, can we sell the idea of free enterprise, can we sell the idea of political freedom. if we can't do that, we end up becoming like them instead of them becoming like us and i see a bit of that happening in europe. >> larry, before we go to the audience and we are going to go to audience shortly, you have to think up some difficult questions for the panel. if you don't i will cold call some people just to get things started. larry, you have written about a democratic recession. if you take a step back and consider the global picture, do you feel like ayaan, there is a fundamental disadvantage as far as democracy is concerned? >> it is an open society and therefore can't have great firewalls. partly because of o