we urge the committee to take the recommendations of the our city our home committee. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> hi, i am olivia. i work on the prop c needs assessment. we surveyed over 600 people experiencing homelessness. in the phoning cusgroups and surveys they wanted housing. prop c was put on by the people. what the people want are radical, root cause solutions for housing. please support the oco. that is not bureaucratic backfill. 100% community. support the oco. thank you and good night. >> next speaker, please. >> my name is martin ross. i am african-american senior who would like to address the committee. i would like to say that, you know, to tell people what is really going on. i have been in the sro for five years. i am 68 years old. i am 20 years older than anybody in the building. i would like this committee to consider that i can't get an upgrade in housing. i am not moving forward. there was a program where we were supposed to move forward out of these sros so they could move other people into the building. that is not happening. i have had

i the committees where the american statistical association and scientific advisory committee issued merousfi recommendations including what it knows about the quality of the population count that provides to the present and the congress pretenses and with their report recommendation the congress accepted in the organization my written statement detail some of the census quality indicators that the bureau should consider providing when it releases those apportionment counts. more more specifically appear believed as aba long-standing practice households provide the most accurate census data however the bureau necessarily at times uses alternative data collection methods when it's unable to obtain census from the house hoping these alternative methods include proxy from neighbors and knowledgeable parties these of administrative records in counts. looking at the race which the pier used each of these alternative methods we give insight into the overall quality to the census. if the nationwide counts provide -- censusualaids important to go to this however the bureau needs examined the

s had problems over the years in this committee, the energy and commerce committee -- and this committee, the energy and commerce committee, has had to come together to address those problems so the f.d.a. continues to be the gold standard that not only ensures that the trials go through the proproper process, you don't want a drug to come to the market that has adverse consequences, but you also don't want the government to get in the way and slow down a drug. that had been going on. when we were able to pass the bill to modernize f.d.a. approval of drugs a few years ago, when mr. walden, as -- was chairman, some of those reforms are what got us to the brink of an f.d.a.-approved vaccine for covid-19. that will not only save millions of lives, in america, around the world, you've seen people, a 90-year-old woman in great britain is the first woman to get the vaccine. that's from the work of what we did here at the f.d.a. the f.d.a.'s on the verge of approvinging that vaccine in america -- of approving that vaccine in america. it will also, in addition to saving lives, allow us to reopen

president, to have served in both as bot the chairman of the house ad committee andhe senate tag committee. he islso the first member of congress toave written and passed aarm bill in both chambers. i think he's worked as a eight farm bills and all whichs an erincredible number. i'm proud to have worked with him on three farm bills in the senate including the 2018 farm bill which passed the senate with the greatest number of votes of any farm bill in senate history, attribute to the hard work that pat and his staff put in to building consensus and to reaching out to members from all across this country who represent different areas different commodities, different crops and bringing them together to write a farm bill. i've been around long enough and been associated with enough farm bills know that they tend to be controversial because some people represent cities that don't have agricultural constituencies so the fact that pat was successful in getting a farm bill across the finish line here in the senate with a record 87 votes is a remarkable compliment in and of itself. of course, pat's

committee that i've always thought was prestigious. it's a committee i thought was important. nd to be on that committee was a wonder for me. to be chair of the committee is just unbelievable. especially want to thank the members of the new york present.n, past and we are a group as richly diverse as the great state we come from. stood oud of the way we together and stood up for new yorkers, particularly in times crisis and tragedy. the pandemic we're enduring now, superstorm sandy, the great recession, and, of course, in aftermath of the attacks of 2001.ber 11, i'm grateful to our leadership sides, and it's been a unique honor to serve alongside speaker, ms. hed pelosi of california. served alongside her for the entire length of my time in tell you, and let me tell everybody, she's certainly kind. a 'm privileged to call her my friend. hard ow, we work very here, and sometimes we're so to working we don't get know some of our fellow congress particularly those on aisle.er side of the you know, as people are coming up to me and wishing me the best leave congress, it's people f

think of committees as subject to all the committee rules. so i don't know if there's another word or what would be the right word, but i would lean against using the word that refers to the group that would usually be subject to the brown act. >> okay. got it. >> okay. we'll go to commissioner d'antonio. >> i just had a question about the special meeting. does that have to be mentioned specifically in our bylaws? >> mr. givner: your bylaws do not have mention special meetings, but it's probably a good idea, now that we're including -- we can add it to the section about regular meetings. actually, i think we may have done that already, but i'll make sure that that's in. sorry. just getting back to committee member andrews' question, if we're looking for another word for point person, another term we can use is liaison or community liaison or something like that. >> great. member nagendra or member -- is your hand raised? okay. the lower hand function. okay. so if we could bring up the chart that member leadbetter sent? >> i'm sorry [inaudible

labor and pensions committee and on the budget committee. over the years i've gotten to workbu with incredible staff tht have made it possible to do more than a senator by him or herself could ever do. thank you for working so hard over the years. ial want to give -- i also want to give the most thanks to my if family and all their support, especially for my wife diana. it's been a long journey since i told you, diana, that i was thinking of running for mayor. you supported me more than anyone can truely comprehend -- truly come from e hend, and in no uncertain terms, i couldn't have done it without you. it's been more than 50 amazing years together, and i am looking forward to our next adventure. mr. president, i yield the floor. [applause] >> thank you, mr. president. i come to the floor today to pay tribute to this great wyoming leader. for nearly a quarter of a century, mike enzi has represented the people of wyoming in washington, and he's done it with intelligence, with intensity e and with integrity. the cowboy state and the capitol a

we like to say the foreign affairs committee we have said it is the most bipartisan committee in congress that i think we have been collected from different parties can and should work together after all we all americans will love this country we may have different ideas time to time but always remember people are not the enemies there able to me is in the united states around the world does not exist in the study were in the r-uppercase-letter anyplace else will conduct business and it's an important to remember that because i have been here a while now, you only get to know people messier on your committee will harm your home state. you just don't have much opportunity to get to know people sometimes you take trips them and you know them because of the trips around the world. sometimes you see them in the gym working out to buy a large they are not from your home state, there isn't much interaction there were there isn't much interaction, people don't know them or they are demonized and the cycle begins again. grabbed onto that on this committee and makes me proud of you remember becaus

and homeland senate and affairs committee and the joint committee on taxation. other policy successes include improving mine safely. helping in the aid epidemic in africa and passing mental health parity. mike's highest priority of course has always been helping the people of wyoming and he said in announcing his retirement, he said i'm an advocate for gillette and campbell county and in wyoming. and i point out that everyone lives at the local level. no one lives at the federal level or even the state level. so he said, diana and i are your chamber of commerce, and your economic development people for every town and county in wyoming all the time. mike started several annual events to boost our state. the inventors conference, the procurement concerns and wyoming works tours. in 2009, mike and i started wyoming wednesdays and quickly became a big hit. the great tradition when people from wyoming come to washington, we greet every week and get together for coffees and hosts and times with donuts and friendship and people love to attend. but mike as well as diana

again, we will work with the committees of jurisdiction. this is not a legislative committee. it is a committee to make recommendations. the committees of jurisdiction have all done a great job. our education and labor committee, ways and means, commerce, financial services, they have done a great job in trying to address these concerns legislatively. we need a bigger spotlight on the problem and on some of the solutions so that we can all participate in a very worthy suggestion -- in the very worthy suggestions that are made. again, we will empower american economic growth while ensuring that no one is left behind in the 21st century economy that we are putting forth. so we have -- we are very excited about our new president-elect, and, that in three weeks, we will have a new president is pretty exciting. the president and vice president making history. we have held the gavel. we're looking forward to what will happen in georgia on tuesday. every day is action-packed. i just wanted to review some of what has happened in the past week to take us to this point. $2000 direct pay

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he serves the judiciary committee and the natural resources committee so i would like to start with you. what did you accomplish and what are you most proud of in the past year? >> thank you for having us. we are ont the mend and this was a very productive years. founded back in 1973, and it was labeled at that time and referred to as the intellectual arsenal of conservatism in the house and operated as a policy shop where the conservative philosophy makes its way into the legislation where we put that on to paper and develop an agenda that moves forward in the congress. it's difficult when you are in the minority and that is where we found ourselves the last two years but when i became the chair man and by the way we have 148 members in the current congress i got the group together and said we are going into the minority. we understand that and there is a sort of idea some people have that when you are in the minority you wander in the wilderness for two years and i said we are going to do the opposite. i would like to propose that we spend this next two years with our hands at the whe

you chaired this committee. why this committee? senator alexander: it has a third of the jurisdiction in the senate. so i lot comes through here. if you want to get rid of common core or fix no child left behind, this is where yo

the vaccine advisory committee. they're fielding some questions from the committee members. after lunch they'll dive into the data that has been presented before them and they'll debate it and say does this really warrant, has this proven safe and effective that we can now be giving it? the fda earlier this week has given us some insight that their initial view says this vaccine is good to go. we anticipate hopefully at the end of today they'll hope to get the pfizer and cdc and fda will give their final recommendations on who should get this sometime maybe tomorrow. by the weekend. as we know operation warp speed has said within 24 hours of that eua they're ready to ship millions of doses. i expect americans to start being vaccinated early next week monday or late weekend. >> trace: a lot looking at the u.k. that two people suffered severe allege i can reactions. isn't it normal regardless for what it's for? >> well, so we have to remember there are a lot of questions that came up with the whole allergic reactions being reported out of the u.k. they're anaphylactic. life th

roll the tape . >> the intel committee is different than any of the committee. this is where america secrets are kept. this is where the individuals are able to see things that others are not. one answer that i got out of the everything was there is no way eric swallow should continue to serve on the committee. >> avoiding can requested everything a member of the house intelligence committee's seat exact same thing briefing that i did. because this individual sins committee got to know the background of what is going on. david: and are there others that's a question i would bring up with hudson institute director chinese strategy and author of the hundred year earth on . soon the whole book while tiny and how the chinese influence american politics. it is called the 100 year marathon. michael pillsbury pleasuremi dysuria. knowing the chinese agents have their masters in beijing operates, do you think that he is irredeemably compromised. >> i agree with kevin mccarthy that the numbers of the house intelligence committee should get this one hour briefing. exactly

and again, i think the foreign affairs committee is probably the most bipartisan committee in congress. and we have our say, and we've effectuated change, but we've done it in a way to bring everybody with us, rather than having two factions fighting. you know, it's important to stick to your principles, but it's not important to fight when you don't have to fight. what is the old adage? you can get more flies with honey -- i forget how it goes, but you know what i mean. greta: chairman engel, thank you. rep. engel: well, thank you, it's really great for me to think about these questions you've asked, and it makes me proud to be an american, and proud to have served with my colleagues. i'm not retiring. i'm changing my jobs. and it's great. i think it's great the more you do with your life, the better it is. and i been fortunate to help people and be successful doing it. and it's the greatest thing and so thank you for the interview. i'll go back home tonight and think i should've said this, should've said that. but i feel great. great people and we have a lot to share with the world.

so 50 years as well beyond any committee members tenure as committee members. so you are basically saying we want to make sure the committee members are protected. well after they retired so on the one hand there protecting themselves. the other hand the protecting the prize that should be given to actual peace champions. and instead they're giving to create from what you are saying it's morbid international relations. it's more of an i want to have better relations with the u.s. i want to try to have better relations with these other various countries. i am going to choose someone who represents that countries such as obama to present this price too. >> because they want to be well-liked to norway and they that work they do. they give that price also to people who are already have a platform. who don't really need the prize to do it they are going to do. and also because they receive a lot of pressure. it's wonderful what she has done and the work that she does is the main thing. but she had was already famous. if outside of alfred nobel's prize. they define p

committee. he is the father of young children so we always like to have, no about people's families. representative johnson is the outgoing chairman, the second term representing fourth district of louisiana covering the northwest part of the state including freeport. he serves on the judiciary committee and natural resources committee so i'd like to start with you, representative johnson. ... we feel productive two years with study committee. it was labeled at that time, referred to as intellectual conservatism in the house. the status operated as a policy job, our conservative philosophy makes its way into legislation where we put that on the paper. we develop an agenda to move forward in congress. it did help do that when w you're in the minority and that's where we find ourselves the last two years but we decided when i became chairman and i committed to our group, we have 148 members in this congress, the largest caucus of conservative begins in congress and when i put the group together i

madam clerk, let's go to items items -- committee reports, item 60 and 61, from the rules committee. >> clerk: item 60 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to motion deniedfy the number and qualifications of members of the african american arts and cultural district community advisory committee, to extend the sunset date of the committee to january 2023, and to extend to july 2021 the deadlines for the written reports and recommendations from city departments describing the cultural attributes of the district and proposing strategies to acknowledge and preserve the cultural legacy of the district. >> president yee: supervisor walton, did you want to say something? >> supervisor walton: i wanted to comment on item 61. >> clerk: m i'll wait until you call that. >> clerk: mr. clerk, i didn't call 61. i only called item 60. >> president yee: okay. on item 60, roll call, please. >> clerk: okay. on item 60 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president yee: okay. the ordinance is passed on first reading. madam clerk, let's go to 61. >> clerk: okay. i think i understan

i have worked with so many republicans in my committee work and as chair of the committee. and i know we will stay in touch and continue to work together. host: how has the congress changed, in your view, over the last 32 years? rep. lowey: well, first of all, i personally as a woman never felt that i was held back. the inequities, the men and so evident as i reflect on my time in washington. in fact, it was just assumed that men were men. husband would attend , and there spouses was lipstick in the welcoming back for him. there wasn't even a ladies room in the house until i think 2011. when i came to congress in 1989 there were only 31 women in the legislative branch. today there are 127. and i must say, i am so with thisso impressed freshman class of women. they bring new perspectives, new voices. they come from so many different backgrounds. they are an extraordinary group of women. peter: how important is seniority when it comes to being a member of congress? i'm just thinking, when i began, seniority was very important. those whow, there are value seniority if they wan

i was fortunate that my first committee assignments were to serve on the arms services committee as well as agriculture. strom thurmond was the very senior chairman who never even called me by my name. i was recognized as, quote, the senator who had the good sense to marry a fine, beautiful south carolina girl. my role on the armed services comoitd was simple. it was -- committee was simple, to collect the small change by the air force to continue to have the air corps as a the new war fighting lab. i had the privilege of being the senate intelligence committee chairman for four years during the iraq war and led the committee's investigation that exposed a worldwide intelligence failure and it resulted in a blueprint for the 9/11 commission and a better intelligence community that did keep our country safe. as chairman of the brand-new emerging threat subcommittee within the armed services committee, i traveled to cities of what remained of the former soviet union. and one of the soviet union's secret cities, we discovered a lab that had developed strains of pathogens that could do irrep

representative banks serves on the armed services committee, the labor committee and veteran affairs and the father of young children. we always like to know about people's families. representative johnson is the outgoing chairman of the, second term representing the district in louisiana covering the northwest part of the state including shreveport. he serves on the judiciary committee and natural resources committee so i'd like to start with you, representative johnson. what are you most proud of in the last year? >> thanks for having us and greetings where we are recovering from covid. it is a real thing and we had a tough thanksgiving week that we are going to be back in dc soon. this was a very weak production year for the committee. the rnc was founded in 1973, and it was labeled at that time referred to as the intellectual arsenal of conservatism in the house. and it's kind of operated over the years as a policy shop where we put that on paper and develop an agenda that moves forward in the congress. it doesn't do that when it's in the minority because we know that's where we

i have worked with so many republicans in my committee work and as chair of the committee, and i know we will stay in touch and continue to work together. has the congress changed in your view over the last 32 years? guest: well, first of all, i personally as a woman never felt that i was held back. the men and women, the equities were so evident as i reflect on my time in washington. assumed it was just that members were men. they would be welcoming bags for him. there wasn't even a ladies room off the house floor until i think 2011. when i came to congress in 1989, there were only 31 women in the legislative branch. today, there are 127. say, i am so inspired, so impressed with this freshman class of women. new perspectives, new voices. from so many different backgrounds. they are an extraordinary group of women. important is seniority when it comes to being a member of congress? >> i'm just thinking when i began, seniority was very important. i think now, there are those who and in fact,ty, when i became chair of the appropriations committee, i challenged seniority as well. members

we urge the committee to take the recommendations of the our city our home committee. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> hi, i am olivia. i work on the prop c needs assessment. we surveyed over 600 people experiencing homelessness. in the phoning cusgroups and surveys they wanted housing. prop c was put on by the people. what the people want are radical, root cause solutions for housing. please support the oco. that is not bureaucratic backfill. 100% community. support the oco. thank you and good night. >> next speaker, please. >> my name is martin ross. i am african-american senior who would like to address the committee. i would like to say that, you know, to tell people what is really going on. i have been in the sro for five years. i am 68 years old. i am 20 years older than anybody in the building. i would like this committee to consider that i can't get an upgrade in housing. i am not moving forward. there was a program where we were supposed to move forward out of these sros so they could move other people into the building. that is not happening. i have had

on the review committee. each member will have an opportunity to question the witnesses for five minutes. we respectfully ask the witness to summarize their testimony in five minutes. your written comments and statements will be made part of the hearing record. let's begin with mr. chris can swaker, chair of the ft. hood independent review committee. [ inaudible ] [ microphone not on ] >> sir, your microphone may not be on. >> the secretary of the army appointed five members who join me today, jonathan harman, kerry reche, jack white, and myself as chairman of the committee in july of this year. jonathan is the chairman of maguire woods, llp, a lawyer and served in the army at ft. hood in the first cavalry division. kerry is a retired j.a.g. officer who served three years at ft. hood, and now serves as associate general counsel for the u.s. department of agriculture. geta rodriguez is a retired marine corps officer who served 20 years on active duty and serves as regional director of a veteran nonprofit. jack

friendship and comedy is the norm for the tag committee. committee. although things in this great country are rocky, i have a newsflash. these are not the worst of times. when i first came to washington in the art -- in early 1967, our ofion experienced a tragedy the assassination of dr. martin luther king. within hours, washington was on fire. the rains on the capitol steps with sandbags, automatic weapons with live ammunition. advised to leave the beltway, i thought i could get to my parents apartment house. this was before frankie. to take the rock creek park way. no traffic was moving. tear gas in the air shared random gunshots. i decided to jump the curb and drive on the sidewalks and eventually on the mall itself. i was in a little volkswagen. the police told me the parkway was closed when they focused on the next drivers, i jumped on the curb and took off on the parkway. as bad as that time was, it was not as bad as the military march on thousands on world war i veterans demonstrating on the mall and setting up camp in the mid-1930's and demand

for a final committee action. dolores park and 9 broader area are defined as part of the cultural district, hold a unique concentration of school resourceses and services and gathering spaces that of significant, present and historical importance to the american indian communities and the san francisco bay area. it is again my great honor to partner with many leaders to bring this important and historical cultural district to fruition, especially at a time when they're playing a critical role in connecting our communities to the resources and information they need to navigate the ongoing public health crisis. and again a special thanks to paul from my office, who has put his heart and soul into this cultural district from the moment he began working in my office. so thank you so much, paul, for your extraordinary work. and with that i'll call on supervisor stefani. >> supervisor stefani: thank you, chair ronen. first of all, i just want to thank you for all of the work you've done on establishing cultural district

members of the committee, this completes my statement. i'd be pleased to respond to any questions you may have. thank you so much. >> thank you. we're going to take a brief recess because we have a vote. >> thank you and good morning. it is an honor to assist you today.

fewer to send this back to committee. >> supervisor yee: there is a motion to send this back to committee. is there a second? >> second by supervisor mandelman. supervisor fewer? >> supervisor: i am inquiring whether or not we have a time constraint on this or not. >> and through the president to budget chair fewer, i totally want to hear the answer to that, but if they turn this phone off that nobody has listened to in eight months, won't hurt anybody's feelings. >> can you please tell us whether or not you are on a time constraint or not? >> we do have a time constraint and also the likelihood of getting it cut is extremely low because we take it back to california county. and if it is not a negotiated contract and is a california negotiated contract. so the whole state needs to negotiate together. i don't think the city can get a better rate better than the state gets. i feel with the time constraint t likelihood of getting a better deal is extremely small. that is to be honest. >> supervisor yee: to be clear, and we use it for phone messages left there so from constituents. so we can'

that committee was very, very -- that committee hearing today was very, very different than it would have otherwise been because you were there, not just because you brought in chris krebs as your guest, but because of the way that you drew the line with senator johnson there. and i think it made a really big -- and committee hearings are committee hearings, but i think it made a really big difference that you were there today fighting every step of the way. >> thank you. >> thank you for helping us understand tonight. >> thank you. >> we'll be right back. stay with us. hank you. >> we'll be right back stay with us rs the moment they heard... "you have cancer." how their world stopped and when they found a way to face it. for some, this is where their keytruda story begins. keytruda-a breakthrough immunotherapy that may treat certain cancers. one of those cancers is advanced nonsquamous, non-small cell lung cancer, where keytruda is approved to be used with certain chemotherapies as your first treatment, if you do not have an abnormal "egfr" or "alk" gene. keytruda helps your immune

part of the rules committee. make his manages to points and bring out the best in our committee and, again, do so that is always civil, that is always appropriate, and, quite often humerus and diffuses difficult situations. in the d more members united states house of representatives like rob better we would be a body than we are. and i think both sides would that.on he knows how to conduct debate and argument. process.the he knows how to make things through, work through the process in a civil manner. seen him do it in the majority. i've seen him do it in the minority. have been prouder of him and the service he's rendered to this institution. frankly, sorrier about losing a colleague who i and has contributed each every day. rob was the chief of staff before he came here to one of predecessors, john, who was also a member of the rules committee. so he came to this committee understanding how it worked. much like the chairman, who had a similar career pattern working as a staffer, then coming on and now obviousl

we need the advisory committee, yes. but, also, we need to address the issues of black san franciscans and how we are treated all across the board, from education, health, mass incarcerations, economic in justices, etc. i'm urging everyone on the board to address the issues of black san franciscans now. thank you very much. >> chairman: thank you. can we have the next caller, please. >> caller: hello. i name is keith. i'm the founder of "welcome back." and i'm glad this advisory committee is being formed. i'm interested in occupying the seat to help brothers re-entering the community. thank you. and i'm yielding my time. >> thank you. >>.mr. core, are there any additional callers? >> caller: yes, my name is reverend james, and i'm the secretary of the san francisco branch of the naacp. i would first like to thank mayor breed, supervisor walton, and director davis for your work. in the words of the poet, the african-american poet nicky giovanni, and she said, i really don't think life is about the i could have been; life

i'm chair of the committee with me on the video conference are rules' committee vice-chair supervisor catherine stefani and rules committee member supervisor mar. our clerk today is victor young and i'd like to thank sfgov for staffing this committee. >> due to covid-19 health emergency and protect members members to the employees and the public the legislative chamber room are closed however members will be participating in the meeting remotely and they will participate if they were present. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda both channel 26 and sfgovtv are teaminstreaming the numbers acre screen. call (415)655-0001. and again that's (415)655-0001. the meeting i.d. 146 961 6060 and press pound and pound again. the item of center comes up, it will be added to the speaker line and best practices to call from a private location and speak slowly and turn down your television or radio. you may submit public comments via e-mail to myself, the rules committee clerk at victor.young@sf.org. it will be forwarded and included in the file. that completes my public comme

so that's -- 50 years is well beyond any committee member's tenure as a committee member, so you're basically -- they're basically saying we want to make sure that the committee members are protected while they are on the committee and well after they retired. there's no controversy. so on the one hand they're protecting themselves and the other hadn't using the prize which should be given to actual peace champions, and instead they're giving to create from what you're saying, it's more of an international realizations, more of -- relations, way don't have better relations with the just petitioner relations with the other various countries so i'll choose someone who represents that country such as obama, to present this prize to. >> yeah, absolutely. then you have the celebrity prizes. those are really funnel they also -- nice want to be well-liked and want to draw attention to norway and the committee's work so they give the prize also to people who are -- already have a platform, already famous, don't need the prize to do what they're their do and also because they receive a lot of pressure

the committee also found that the ft. hood's cid detachment had various inefficiencies that actively impacted accomplishments of its mission. the committee wishes to thank the secretary of the army, the undersecretary of the army and the army chief of staff and the army staff thfor the strong support they provide to this committee. i just want to add that we were all immersed in all aspects of the review, but each of us had a focus area, so when you ask a question, we may have a person come up to the podium, so bear with us as we do the switch. thank you. >> thank you, mr. swecker. we now will take our first question will goes to lita on the phone. >> i asked a question earlier so i'll let someone else. >> hi, thanks for doing this. so we just heard that 14 senior commanders or 14 commanders there at ft. hood were relieved or suspended, but how far back due to proble do the problems that you identified go? is it just the past 12 months, or does it extend years back here? how long has this been in development? >> i'm going

i wanted to thank the extended committee of our budgets and appropriatations committee that includes also president ye and supervisor ronan and to say congratulations on a great budget process this year. it has been an honour to serve with all of you. madame clerk, can you call item number one? >> item number one, hearing to consider the release of reserved funds of the office of early care and education for all, placed on the budgets and finance committee reserve by ordinance number 165-20 in the amount of $42 million to fund the early education economic recovery grant and loan programme, subsidy outlays to provide additional access to child care, supplementing the cares 2.0 teacher stipend, community response in collaboration with the family resource centres and staffing for the office of early care and education to support the work of implementings the 5-year spending plan. >> thank you very much, madame clerk. i want to recognize president yee who has joined us today in committee and allow an opportunity to make some opening statements, president. >> all three of you have worked

i have worked with so many republicans in my committee work and as chair of the committee. and i know we will stay in touch and continue to work together. peter: how has the congress changed, in your view, over the last 32 years? rep. lowey: well, first of all, i personally, as a woman, never felt that i was held back. the inequities, the men and women, was so evident as i reflect on my time in washington. in fact, it was just assumed that members were men. in fact, my husband would attend events with spouses, and there lipstick in the welcoming bags for him. there wasn't even a ladies room in the house floor until i think 2011. when i came to congress in 1989 there were only 31 women in the legislative branch. today there are 127. and i must say, i am so inspired, so impressed with this freshmen class of women. they bring new perspectives, new voices. they come from so many different backgrounds. they are an extraordinary group of women. peter: how important is seniority when it comes to being a member of congress? rep. lowey: i'm just thinking, when i began, seniority was

the intel committee is special. they keep our secrets. a committee that knows our secrets. they have a lot of information that members of congress do not. i just think there's 200 other democrats feel the same way. thank you. >> one last question for you. will you -- do you dispute the election results? >> we're watching. >> neil: we're watching. kevin mccarthy. republican leader in the house. when asked about the election results, he's one of many republicans and a ranking one that has not referred to joe biden as the president-elect. mr. mcconnell has all but said that that is the case. he's been reluctant on that with the back and forth legal challenges that continue as we speak. one interesting development in that concerns investigations into california congressman eric swalwell and his alleged dealings with a chinese -- considered a chinese spy. they're still looking into it. whether some more punishment should be needed or special counsel called in for this or swalwell himself should be taken off of the house intelligence committee as this is debated. that has not hap

sometimes at a committee hearing . but no matter where he goes, he's always the one to lytton the mood and make people feel more at ease and that's really his way. he wants people to know that they're heard and that he's in their corner. i'll never forget the trip we took to colombia, on the venezuelan border, at the height of the mue mantarian crisis -- humanitarian crisis. we saw firsthand the six million people who fled the corrupt maduro regime and the fallout it caused. it was truly the worst humanitarian and refugee crisis facing the western hemisphere. eliot and i knew that something needed to be done. as a result, we introduced the united states northern triangle enhanced engagement act, which aimed to curb illegal migration, spur economic development and combat corruption in the area. and not long after that, we introduced the bipartisan global fragility act, to improve the way the united states deals with fragile nations. i'm proud to say this bipartisan bill was signed into law last year. both of these legis

congratulations to the committee. mr. speaker, we have an to do right byay our service members and by the uphold.es they let us do so. passing this y conference report and doing our part. said, to nt lincoln bind up the nation's wounds. my colleagues, all of my colleagues, not because they will come to the conclusion this bill.erfect there are no perfect bills. essential for l the defense of our values, our our land.d this bill needs to pass overwhelmingly. my colleagues to vote for it and yield back the balance of my time. tempore: the o gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington reserves. he gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the distinguished ranking member of the foreign affairs committee, the gentleman from texas, mr. mccaul. the speaker pro tempore: the texas, mr. om mccaul, is recognized for two minutes. mr. mccaul: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to also thank my good from texas for his service to the nation. a spe

>> chair ronen: as a committee report. >> clerk: recommended as a committee report. on that motion -- [roll call] >> clerk: the motion passes without objection. matter will be recommended as a committee report. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. can you please read item number 2? >> clerk: yes. item number 2 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to establish the guaranteed income advisory group to advise the board of supervisors, the mayor, and the city departments regarding the establishment of a guaranteed income pilot program. >> chair ronen: and this is supervisor haney's program, and i believe he's with us today. supervisor haney, did you want to start us off? haney y han hane haney-- >> supervisor haney: yes, thank you. the need for a guaranteed income is clear here in san francisco, especially during this pandemic. people are unemployed, food lines and services are overwhelmed with demand, and countless people are worried about how they're going to pay their rent. in district 6, we have the highest poverty rate and the lowest median income as compar

i'm chair of the committee with me on the video conference are rules' committee vice-chair supervisor catherine stefani and rules committee member supervisor mar. our clerk today is victor young and i'd like to thank sfgov for staffing this committee. >> due to covid-19 health emergency and protect members members to the employees and the public the legislative chamber room are closed however members will be participating in the meeting remotely and they will participate if they were present. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda both channel 26 and sfgovtv are teaminstreaming the numbers acre screen. call (415)655-0001. and again that's (415)655-0001. the meeting i.d. 146 961 6060 and press pound and pound again. the item of center comes up, it will be added to the speaker line and best practices to call from a private location and speak slowly and turn down your television or radio. you may submit public comments via e-mail to myself, the rules committee clerk at victor.young@sf.org. it will be forwarded and included in the file. that completes my public comme