wic program, believe in it. i hope we can make its better. idea what the eligible income is for qualifying for wic in the state of iowa? >> no. i do not. >> $90,000 a year. it turns out when we coordinated the eligible for medicaid and wic, there's a great disparity among the states as to whether or not you qualify for wic and i would like to suggest that the statutory standard that we used to have is somewhere near 45,000 as a maximum income that you can qualify for wic, and because of this in other words indication of the medicaid eligible and wic eligible, there appears to be some gross disparities in some states. would you look at that? >> i'm happy. to wic would -- work with secretary vilsack on these issues and don't see that in tanf. but certainly this is a number i've never seen. so want to look at it and will understand it. >> thank you. >> uh-huh. >> thank you. we have a little more time on the vote than we thought we had so there's time for a second round here and ten, 11:55 is the scheduled time for the vote. so hopefully we, work

do you have any idea what what the eligible income is for qualifying for wic in the state of iowa? >> no i don't. >> $90000 a year. turns out there is a great disparity within the states of about whether or not you qualify for wic. i would like to suggest that the statutory standard that we used to have that is somewhere around 85000 that you could qualify for wic and because of this eligibility there appears to be some gross disparities across some states. would you look at that? >> i would be happy to and work with secretary bill sac on these issues but certainly this is a number i've never seen so i want to look into it and understand it. >> thank it. >> thank you. >> thank you we have a little bit more time so there is time for a second round. 1155 is the scheduled time for the vote so hopefully we can work with them at that time. on the issue of dietary standards she stated she didn't have a direct role in this and she was an advisor, you stated that you haven't looked at the law yet. it seems like there's a certain running for the hills here. senator bill sac said sustainable

we have a member working at the native american health center and what it's like to line up for the wic benefits at her place of employment so as we talk about the permanent fix and i am thank will we're finally talking about a permanent fix we want to talk what it means to be a full time worker at a city funded non-profit that you qualify for the programs that you administer or that many non-profits do not offer family health care and the few that do offer health care it's about a thousand dollar per month which assuming $15 minimum wage is half your salary so as we move forward we would like to find a permanent fix that's dignified that's enlightened and something we can be proud of as san franciscans and we have better labor policy than some of the bad actors. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisors. name anymore is natalie nailer and i am the elected leader of opeiu local three and i want to say i am extremely grateful to be speaking on this topic and not fighting to retain basic services and retain the jobs of our members so thank you. what i would like

wic, illinois. -- wisconsin, illinois. that is the thunderstorm responsible for producing one of those very strong tornadoes. in terms of the strength, they used the enhanced scale, from ef0 to ef-5. the strongest one yesterday is an ef-4. that is the estimate so far with winds of 180-200 miles per hour. that is the intensity with that tornado yesterday. the strongest one. right now, different story. nothing showing up on the radar. still have tomorrow said developing in the south and -- thunderstorms developing in the south and deep south. more on our weather with the weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. >>> drivers in san francisco are having to navigate around the closure of a stretch of van ness. most traffic will be rerouted and that is creating delays on streets. muni and golden gate buses will be allowed to pass through. it will allow crews to big a pedestrian tunnel. it will connect the new cpmc hospital that is stilled? correction with medical offices across the street. -- connected with the

of programs not just food stamps but there are state programs and local programs and there is also a wico have the obesity epidemic but not people dying. the food stamp program is amazing and does what it is supposed to do. neil: 50 million people swear by it. >> i don't understand her point. i can tell you right now they kept us alive the programs were not as good as they are now with how much you got but there was unshaven factor if i went to the store i to see you committee will not see me play with the food stamp. neil: now which is easy you have a card. but my whole beef with all of this a think they make the entire welfare system to the point it is often -- tough to get off with the minimum wage job but i don't get it. and she sells these things that cause so much money. maybe four or five items that until she tries to assuage her guilt? >>. >> even to cut it down. >> first people need to understand the history they caving into colors. or in japan and the blue book you had certain stamps could only buy food other shoe to buy whatever. it was temporary and there is something to the

million women infants, and long -- young children would be denied the nutrition they need through the wic program, and incredibly innovative and successful program which helps pregnant women and little babies. they really cut that program. the republican budget would cut food stamps by more than $125 billion. mr. chairman, let me just conclude by saying what the republican budget also does, which is again, one of the problems -- i have to be honest with you -- when i explained the budget people say you are being partisan, you are lying, it cannot really be. when you tell them these things, we talk about taxes. let's talk about taxes. what the republican budget does is abolish the estate tax. who benefits from the estate tax? the top .2 of 1% of the wealthiest people in this country. fewer than 6000 families will get a tax break of over $269 billion. any constituent working-class person, have you gone to a member of this committee and set you really have to lower taxes for families of ilya nears. i have not heard anyone say that at all. meanwhile -- -- families of billionaires. taxes will

throw over 1.2 women million women, infants and children would be denied nutrition they need in the wic program a incredibly successful program that would help women and little babies. republican budget would cut food stamps more than $125 billion. mr. chairman, let me just conclude, by saying what the republican budget also does which is again literally, one of the problems i got to be honest with you, that i have when i explain the republican budget, what people say to me, you're being partisan, you're lying you can't really be. when you tell them these things, we talk about taxes. let's talk about taxes. what the republican budget does is abolish the estate tax. who benefits from the estate tax? the top .2 of 1% of the wealthiest people in this country. fewer than 6,000 families will get a tax break of over $269 billion. has any constituent working class person, gone to any member of this committee and said, you know what i think you got to do? you need to lower taxes for families of billionaires. i have not heard anyone say that of all. meanwhile preventing of extension of benefits