mccollum: thank you, madam chair. i ask unanimous consent to rise in opposition, even though i'm not opposed to this amendment. the chair: without objection, the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from minnesota. ms. mccollum: thank you. the supplemental appropriation that we're discussing today includes $4 -- excuse me, $8.24 million for the u.s. forestry service, to work on disaster relief. and it includes $2 million to state and private forestry. and as i told the members here, i totally support the gentleman's proposal to increase the amount and they've done an excellent job describing why it's so important. as wildfires continue to increase in both frequency and intensity, as a result of climate change, we need to do more to prevent them. the state private forestry program brings together states, tribes and local governments and gives them the tools they need to protect communities on the our environment from wildfires and i have seen foresthand, and i have spoken to people who have used these programs, and they ar

. >> thank you, madam chair. for 35 days democratic leaders in the house and senate pledge the negotiations on border security would occur when the government reopened. with a three-week agreement in place, today we begin in earnest on negotiation to reach agreement on this issue. thus far all sides agree border security is important. i think that's a good start, but we cannot end there. these negotiations must not end with platitudes or promises. they must yield results that actually secure the border. i think what is necessary to accomplish this goal -- our border patrol professionals on the front lines tell us a comprehensive approach is necessary, an approach that includes technology, infrastructure, personnel, and physical barriers. smart technology is a part of a comprehensive solution, but is not the only solution in and of itself. cameras, sensors, drones and other smart technology highlight the gaps and vulnerabilities along our long border. in short, they provide a greater awareness of where our insecur

you commissioner scott, vice chair, madam chair. the vote is 4 an ayes and one absent. >> the elected chair of the commission is marily mondejar. >> thank you for your confidence in me. >> next the vice chair. any nominations for choice chair? >> i would like to nominate vice chair bustos for the vice chair position. >> i second that. >> i would like to nominate as well. >> i second that. >> any more nominees for vice chair? >> nominations for the office of vice chair is closed. any members of the public who would like to comment on the nomination for vice chair? hearing none, public comment is closed. any oppositions or abtentions? hearing none, madam secretary, please call the roll for vice chair. (roll call). >> madam chair is 4ayes. >> the vice chair is bustos. congratulations. [applause.] >> with you like to say something, commissioner. >> no thank you. >> please call is the next item. >> next is 5c authorizing a personal services contract with hollynns consulting inc. a california corporation for one year with an option for tw

mccollum: thank you, madam chair. rise in support of the funding package and i'm pleased with the interior subcommittee's jurisdiction 245 -- that the bill provides more than $ billion for recovery from devastating natural disasters. this includes $849 million to rebuild drinking water and wastewater systems to a state of resiliency against future storms. $50 million for coastal resiliency projects to reduce ecosystems and community vulnerability. to help with sea level rise. and flooding and erosion caused by storms. the bill provides funds to repair federal facilities that were destroyed or damaged. funds for historic preservation grants tree pair culturally significant sites, properties. fund to clean up hazardous and solid waste sites. a critical provision in this bill provides $720 million to fully repay the u.s. forest service for funds it was forced to borrow the last fiscal year to cover the cost of wildland fire suppression. an additional $103 million will help the forest service to address damage to national

mccollum: thank you, madam chair. rise in support of the funding package and i'm pleased with the interior subcommittee's jurisdiction 245 -- that the bill provides more than $ billion for recovery from devastating natural disasters. this includes $849 million to rebuild drinking water and wastewater systems to a state of resiliency against future storms. $50 million for coastal resiliency projects to reduce ecosystems and community vulnerability. to help with sea level rise. and flooding and erosion caused by storms. the bill provides funds to repair federal facilities that were destroyed or damaged. funds for historic preservation grants tree pair culturally significant sites, properties. fund to clean up hazardous and solid waste sites. a critical provision in this bill provides $720 million to fully repay the u.s. forest service for funds it was forced to borrow the last fiscal year to cover the cost of wildland fire suppression. an additional $103 million will help the forest service to address damage to national

thank you, madam chair. mrs. lowey: next i'm pleased to yield to the ranking member,ing -- to ranking member granger. ms. granger: thank you, mrs. lowey. we have a very important and really unique charge in front of us today. we have the opportunity of approximately 2 1/2 weeks to come up with an agreement to secure our border, pass it through the house and senate and get it to the president's desk far signature. while both the house and senate produce appropriations bills last year they didn't receive a vote in either chamber and that's what led us to the situation we find ourselves in today. democrats said they would not negotiate a border security until the government was reopened. the government is now open and the negotiations start now. i'm optimist take we'll be able support greement and things experts on the border said they need to secure our homeland and address the crisis we face. in particular i'm hopeful this crisis will -- this conference will reach agreement in support of important provisions such

madam chair. >> do we have any speaker cards? >> we have one, ace. >> should we -- should we have the public comments before we talk about the closed session? >> if you like, the public, general public comment usually serves that purpose but you can also have comments at this point if you want. >> okay, mr. washington. >> thank you very much, i appreciate that. i respectfully request you can't have more than three come to the community meeting, two of y'all can come, oversight board going to invite one, i'm going to have a tour of fillmore, i call it the field no more. we are going to -- we are not going to blame game, but let you know where we are. see, i got kids that got kids and they have kids that have kids. i'm doing it for the grace of god. i ain't got no money, i don't have no honey. listen, my wife is up -- i'm not going into my personal life. but stand pg up here as a black man, 64 years old, with god's help, i'll be 65 next year, next month. so, respectfully requesting, don't buckle in -- listen, i can say that, i'm li

. >> vice chair kopp: before we leave the item, madam chair, but the staff, before the next meeting, i would like information about the number of cities with charter cities with public financing in california which use the expenditures as the measurement, that use the contributions as we do, as the measurement, and use a combination as the measurement. >> commissioner renne: -- so that we have something concrete to consider as alternate proposals. >> and i'd like to add onto what commissioner kopp requested, mr. ford, that you could include those communities with a stair step method, and i think having it in a chart would be very helpful where the cap is just lifted and the criteria met. thank you. all right. moving right along now, agenda item number six, discussion and possible action on monthly staff policy report, including review and possible action on quarterly policy prioritization plan. >> thank you, chair chiu. i won't run through the report. i think it's pretty brief and state forward, but if you have any questions, i'd be glad to answer those. >> chair chiu: any questions

madam chair. >> fellow commissioners. do you have any questions? >> i have one. i would like to end this meeting in honour of the man who left a great legacy and a great mark to the community, especially the african-american community. he provided a lot of information that this commission had been working on all these years to try and make sure that, you know, folks who live in a redevelopment area got the information, the certificates of the workshops. he passed away. and i think it is important for us to just end this meeting in his honour if we can, madam chair. >> of course. we will do that. anything else? >> thank you. i just wanted to mark 6 years of the commission . december 2012 is when i started the journey. at the time i felt more than -- like i was in kindergarten on some of the topics. i want to thank the staff and the executive directors for having the patience to train me and teach me and give me a wonderful experience as a commissioner. i want to say happy holidays to the fellow commissioners. and to staff. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner. yo

madam director. >> thank you madam secretary and through the chair, approval of a basic schematic design. and you have reviewed this item in the last two years and taken various actions. first was to select a co-developer that is bridge and community housing partnership and after that you also approved the predevelopment loan and the exclusive negotiation agreement that was before you early last year. and this is the next step. there will be other approval paths, so with that, and we are kind of excited about this project as well because it's 141 units for formerly homeless individuals, which is a big deal and to have an entire building housed homeless individuals is pretty i am -- impressive. i'll turn it over to kim. >> i'm development specialist with ocii affordable housing team. i'm here this afternoon to present on item 5a, conditionally approving the basic concept and schematic design for mission bay south block nine and the mission bay south project area. block nine is a 141 unit affordable housing development with supportive services that will house formerly homeless households.

thank you, madam chair. madam speaker, west pennsylvania has a rich history and a vibrant diverse economy. it's winding trails, beautiful landscape, and recreational experiences and thriving communities make for crawford county an especially captivating place to live and work. many of these attractions are around the same central common theme, the world's first commercial oil well. carl drake drilled this well in 1859, triggering the first oil boon and establishing the oil region as the valley that changed the world, end quotes. his efforts not only made northwest pennsylvania the energy powerhouse that it is today, but also sparked a cultural revolution that came as a result of a booming economy. we're tremendously proud of our history and heritage in northwest pennsylvania. we still celebrate these historic communities that bloomed from colonel drake's innovative idea, and drake well continues to have a tangible impact on the area's economy. in 2004, congress designated the region as a national heritage ar

mccollum: thank you, maryland madam chair. the time to pass the 2019 bill was december of last year. we need to move forward. my priority is to get the government opened, to get it back working for the american people and have the federal employees working so hard and those who are forced to be home to have a paycheck. with that, madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from florida, ms. wasserman schultz, who is the chair designee of the va milcon subcommittee of the appropriations committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida is recognized. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentlewoman for yielding. i rise today to urge my colleagues to support this appropriations bill which provides funding for the department of the interior, the environmental protection agency, and related agencies. this bill would provide vital funding for water infrastructure, state drinking water systems, national parks, and everglades restoration projects. tweef been locket in a nonsensical shu

and now no longer presiding in the chair, and joining us. >> thank you, madam speaker. i think that all of us are aware of exactly what proposal is that the democrats have made to the white house and basically the foundation from which that is made. it's a fact that we ought to be able to carry on our debate over the wall, over security, while government continues to operate on behalf of the american people. it's a separate proposition. it's proposed, it does that and allows us to have debate how to go forward with border security and whether or not to build a wall. i see very little morality in misery among families, keeping uncertainty in our governmental structure while we carry out this debate. we can do both things and do it in a way that the american people, i think, will be pleased with us as their legislative representatives here in the congress. so i would hope that after we pass this legislation that we are going to pass, that the senate will act promptly and send it to the president and hopefully we ought to do this within the next day or two so that the amer

madam chair, i yield the floor. >> thank you, madam president. kind of unusual to be here on a saturday morning in washington dc, recognizing midst of a -- recognizing we have been in the midst of a partial government shutdown for now 29 days. it seems to me this is absolutely the appropriate place where we should be we should be here working trying to figure out how we get back to business of governing. and i think it's fair to say that there has been a great deal of frustration. i think the floor of senators assembled in this chamber today are part of a group that has shared that frustration on a daily if not hourly basis. i think there have been very good faith efforts to try to advance discussion on by person -- on bipartisan basis, bicameral basis, trying oto allow for a process that would allow us to consider the work, the legitimate request of the president who has clear priorities when it comes to border security and that we need to do and how we might need to do it. it's a very difficult to do it when we are not fully governing, when you

madam chair, i yield the floor. >> thank yma

>> no, madam chair. given the fact that the letters were distributed today, and so given the full review, i'm not sure the city attorney had all the time to look into all of it. i think most of them did. so that is why i sent the subject to -- >> let's make sure everybody -- >> i asked all my questions. >> thank you. >> we are listening to the commissioners. >> now we will have public comments. brian? >> i lead on the credential retirement. i want to cover a handful of points of why we feel this way. the process did not include criteria that is most impactful -- impactful to participants. we know that because we are with them every single day. there was extreme bias in the process from the main two evaluators. individuals -- we have affidavits of this. multiple cases where folks were told firsthand that the credential has no chance to win this business. from our research and our lawyers, that is a direct violation of local laws and we have rights. secondly, our enrolment capabilities and the main criteri

cole: for the third time in two days, madam chair -- madam speaker, my good friends from the democratic side of the aisle and i are here to debate part of the democratic rules package for the house of representatives. and unlike the first two times, i find myself in agreement with what the democrats are proposing today. we're here today on title 2 of the rules package which establishes a select committee on the modernization of congress, and while i think improvements could be made to what my friends are proposing, i'm pleased to say i think that this proposal is an excellent idea. now, i know my good friend also mentioned the last congress, and i want to take just a second to defend that congress. frankly, it was the last congress that gave us the first tax modernization overhaul and tax reduction in 31 years. it was the last congress that began the opioid initiative that we've worked in a very bipartisan way on. it was the last congress that had more deregulation than any congress in american history. it was the last congress, working with my friends on the other side, that did work o

the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the measure under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. nadler: thank you. madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nadler: this resolution stands for one very simple proposition. white nationalism and white supremacy are hateful expressions of intolerance that have no place in the united states of america. unfortunately, what should be an obvious statement in 2019 has been challenged in recent days and not for the first time by one of our own colleagues. as those elected to represent all of america, members of congress should be the first to condemn white nationalism and white supremacy which are the source of so much violence, so much hatred, and so much divisiveness throughout our nation's history. these hateful ideologies are die metcally -- diam

cole: for the third time in two days, madam chair -- madam speaker, my good friends from the democratic side of the aisle and i are here to debate part of the democratic rules package for the house of representatives. and unlike the first two times, i find myself in agreement with what the democrats are proposing today. we're here today on title 2 of the rules package which establishes a select committee on the modernization of congress, and while i think improvements could be made to what my friends are proposing, i'm pleased to say i think that this proposal is an excellent idea. now, i know my good friend also mentioned the last congress, and i want to take just a second to defend that congress. frankly, it was the last congress that gave us the first tax modernization overhaul and tax reduction in 31 years. it was the last congress that began the opioid initiative that we've worked in a very bipartisan way on. it was the last congress that had more deregulation than any congress in american history. it was the last congress, working with my friends on the other side, that did work o

. >> excuse me, madam chair. >> commissioner kopp? >> do you have a written analysis of your remarks? >> i have a copy that i provided for representative tester. >> could i provide that to me? >> i will. >> thank you. >> any other public comment on agenda item number five? agenda item number six, discussion of staff recommendations regarding amendments to campaign finance and conflict of interest regulations. >> thank you, chair chiu. this shows the next in the staff cfro regs. here, you see what we are proposing as a set of comprehensive amendments to the regs, and this would do several things. one, it would fix where the regs no longer match the code, where the code has changed, it would provide clarity on new provisions in the code, on the acao that went into effect this year has brought into the code, and it would also help to clarify areas where people have had problems with the code. they haven't understood it or also with the regs, they haven't understood the regs. some parts have been confusing the these are our recommendation

jackson lee: thank you, madam chair. we're opening the government. democrats have voted every day for the last three weeks to two weeks on opening the government. i asked a simple question, to those who are out working today, what would they think of working a full day's work with no pay? a my good friend and colleague wants to put this in percentages, just a small amount of folk that are out and being devastated. but if you ask any american as they get up and go to work, and they would work that full hard day, and get no way, i think they understand this is an enormous crisis. the longest shutdown on policy ever. and senator mcconnell has not put one single bill on the floor of the house to open the government. so it's not part a zahnship, it's not rancor, it's not tension. it's the people who understand what it means to not get a paycheck if if are you a coast guard in a way place. air traffic controller, secret service. thank you to the speaker who realized the enormity of security for the state of the union or any other large event which many peo

thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, and still i rise. i rise, madam speaker, on behalf of article 2, section 4 of the constitution. i rise, madam speaker, on behalf of the more than 40% of people in this country who believe that an unfit president ought to be impeached. i rise on behalf of the many people who believe that somehow the voices of those who favor impeachment have been muted. and i want you to know, madam speaker, and to those who are listening, i want you to know there is at least one person in the congress of the united states of america who believes that an unfit president ought to be impeached. i rise on behalf of those, madam speaker, who believe that if president barack obama had behaved the way the current president has behaved, he would have been impeached. i rise to take a stand on behalf of the many who believe in impeachment of an unfit president. more than 40% of this country believes it. ore than 80% thereabouts are democrats that believe it. and i rise on behalf of people that be

. >> madam chair, we're here to talk a little bit about what we saw which is what the gentleman from texas is talking about, this vote we just had with the condemnation of a shutdown. let's be clear, nobody, nobody in this house that is democrat, republican, conservative, liberal, anywhere in between, nobody votes for a shutdown. mr. perry: there is no vote that says, are you voting yea or nay to shut down? it's an appropriations bill and appropriations is a fancy way saying we're taking your tax dollars and this is what we're spending, this is our priority. there is a disagreement. we can't come to an agreement, nothing happens. that's the problem. nothing happens. so the federal government shuts down. now, we had a discussion earlier on when i said, look, we're having this vote today to condemn this horrible thing. that doesn't fix anything. doesn't solve a thing. it's just theater. it's just -- and we -- the american people and our country have big issues at stake that we need to get to solving. this doesn't solve anything. this is just, you know, let's make sure we place blame wh

madam chair? >> clerk: that concludes our business for today, mr. president. >> president yee: okay. meeting adjourned. shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services within our neighborhoods, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> my name is ray behr. i am the owner of chief plus. it's a destination specialty foods store, and it's also a corner grocery store, as well. we call it cheese plus because there's a lot of additions in addition to cheese here. from fresh flowers, to wine, past a, chocolate, our dining area and espresso bar. you can have a casual meeting if you want to. it's a real community gathering place. what makes little polk unique, i think, first of all, it's a great pedestrian street. there's people out and about all day, meeting this neighbor and coming out and supporting the businesses. the businesses here are almost all exclusivel

thank you, madam chair woman. >> chair chiu: thank you. other public comment? >> good afternoon, commissioners. john avalos. i'm here to speak on the consent calendar, item number four, in the matters that the proposed stipulate -- >> we'll wait to get to number four. item number two on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda. still. >> vice chair kopp: when item four is called, then you'll be invited to speak. >> thank you. >> chair chiu: any other public comment for agenda item number two? >> good afternoon. so my understanding is that this has to do with anything that's on the agenda or not, right? >> chair chiu: yes. >> so i'd like to -- because the amount of time we have is so short, i'd like to give my -- some of think thoughts on the public financing -- my thoughts on the public financing proposals starting now, and then more later. would that be okay? >> vice chair kopp: that's item five. >> we'll take -- >> these are items that are on the agenda. that's what it says, doesn't it? >> chair chiu: i would ask the deputy city attorney to clarify wh