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Getting less expensive to live in where we can help the people stay in the city, i think that we are doing something that would be most appreciated by everyone. And that particular, and those actions along with what we have been able to do with the muni forward, we are seeing the dedicated transit lawns lanes and a little bit of the adjustments to the system and the adjustments that have not been made in the generations all working to improve not just the corridor routes and the computer lines b...

That we need for the vision zero and i think that if any, or if the past election, and ballot measures are any indication of the measures that we are making and i think that we have been doing a good job, i feel as though one of the primary challenges that we are looking at with my next four years is this question of the, all of the transit systems that are showing up that are quite within our jurisdiction of regulation, and it has been, something that we or i have not been to a meeting in the p...

The transit systems and thes really a full time around the clock effort. And looking at various parts of the system in terms of the infrastructure and the streets and our buses and the light rail vehicles and the whole works and that is something that i see really being fully attended to by the mta and it is in the past way and the past week, how, the mta has been taking some strange hits because of the new i would say, premium private system that is in place, and there is all of this discussion...

Ride muni every day and some of us ride it in businesses, and we dont mind you know, it is not a system that needs another level of elite, care, and it is something that we need to on tend to and i appreciate your voice in that effort, and i for one will be supporting you, of course and much of the colleagues have much to add. Thank you very much and i think that director ramos, you hit upon a lot of issues that are really, really that i was going to ask you about any way and i think that based ...

Are now seeing, the mta and in a place that has not been in 25, 26 years, and to live in San Francisco and they were called back in the 90 and what to talk about 100 days that is not the kind of approach to really how we make a long term changes and the investments in the transit systems and thes really a full time around the clock effort. And looking at various parts of the system in terms of the infrastructure and the streets and our buses and the light rail vehicles and the whole works and th...

All officers would then remove those individuals. This isnt the time or place to it. Before i turn to our statements i wanted to go over a couple of housekeeping items. Centered leahy and i will deliver statements. They will introduce the nominee and following ms. Lynches opening remarks we will go to questions. After the first ground were going to do eight rounds of questions. I want everyone to know that im prepared to stay here as long as members have questions they want to ask. I think this ...

16. Im happy to. Nkats, now just three years old, was the first new center at nih again, quite a long time and was focused in trying to identify the bottle necks from going from basic science discoveries to benefits. In collaboration with our partners in the private sector. I think initially there were some concerns that nih is becoming a drug company, that really was never the plan and is not happening now. Instead, we are identifying areas of Technology Development that no Single Company could...

Cancer, what we can do about it. But the other component which is a longterm ambitious to be sure effort is this cohort of a million or more americans, which we could be studying for virtually all diseases and knowing that you are a dentist i would certainly include in that such things as periodontal disease. We know the environment and genetic risk are involved in those conditions. But we really havent had a sufficiently large study with appropriate patient participation to be able to get those...

House that is doing all that we can to ensure that our veterans get timely care and the best care that we can provide them. This is cynical and its shameful and i believe, i believe that the American People can see straight through it. So i hope again, madam chair, that the president will reconsider this position. Because there is no place, no place here in this bill for political gamesmanship when it comes to our military families and our veterans. Thank you. I yield back. The chair the gentlem...

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the tuesday, november 20th, 2012 meeting of the San Francisco county Transportation Authority. My name is david campos and i am the chair of the commission, the authority. We are joined by the clerk of the authority, erika cheng, and we would like to thank the following members of sfgtv staff for covering the meeting today. Nona and jessie. Madam clerk, if you can please call item 1 roll call. Commissioner avalos . Present. [speaker not understood]. Cohen p...