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Not become law. Because if this doesnt make a difference, if these bills are moving together and this is all about giving people yet another chance to vote on something they already voted on, whats the point . I mean, the rule provides 30 minutes of debate on this side car ukraine funding bill. 30 minutes, 15 minutes on each side. Boy, what a debate thats going to be. I mean, come on. Ill tell you what the point of all this is. Let me read you the words of our colleague margry Taylor Greene when...

And supervisor katie tang. I want to thank our clerk of the committee today as well as asian stocks and jim smith from sfgov tv for covering the meeting. Mdm. Clerk any announcements . Yes please sounds all electronic devices. Thank you very much. While we wait for some paper to be delivered to the committee were skipping over item number one for the moment move on to item number two. Item number two Ordinance Amending Division of the workout to establish a violation for bicycles Share Program b...

Envision for a program update. Good afternoon and thank you Committee Members. Jimmy parks with the sf mta and i oversee the citys bicycle programs are excited to be here today for to propose a ordinance to Amend Division one of the station must bicycles go shepherd him and [inaudible] supervisor peskin just mention her by the mta board on march 21 we feel that these legislations are really strong and make sure station was by showing his right leg in a manner thats consistent with how we already...

The earthquake is the strongest to hit the country in decades. The president said that the number of victims is expected to rise as bodies are removed from the rubble. Students and two teachers from larkspur redwood city were in evening with door during the earthquake. They kill to ecuador to refor of the and spread to reforest and change. Nothing happened. They all safe. That is relief. Group is in evening what do in the Global Student Embassy Program and willfully back to the bay area today. A...

45 minutes. Car facing wrong way after american canyon. We will look at the bay bridge just ahead. We are following break news from southeast texas. Flash flooding is crippling the area. Wadespread roading in houston. We got word there is a full ground stop at houston airport, asking for people to check with the carrier if you my from sfo to san jose or oakland check your flight before you head to texas. They received 16 of rain and more is open way. Dozens have been rescued from homes and vehic...

Been a disaster. 70 people have been rescued from stadiumed vehicles. The area was hit with 16 of rain and more is open way. Schools are closed. Public transportation has been shut down. Same with the airport. Now we want to bring to you what happening in ecuador. This is the damage last behind by the major earthquake on saturday. The president is saying the biggest priority is to get the people who are still trapped out of the rubble. You can see people are congress through the rubble with thei...

Were doing. Could you comment, please, sir . Yes, sir. The observations that we made, and this is in the report and certainly not allconclusive. These werent six guys in the mess hall who dreamed these things up. These were based on comments we got from Security Experts who were with obo on a daily basis. I would tell you for one, if you can build a beautiful embassy under Design Excellence and you can do it as fast, and it doesnt cost any more, im all for it. I dont care. I dont care what we bu...

There is a movement for democracy among people that work there, thinking it matters more and more to their work. And that is also true in the United States. During this last 25 years in the United States government. These last 25 years it has become part and parcel of every diplomats dna to appreciate that the democratic character of governments that we partner with affects their International Posture and policies as well and our military establishment and intelligence agencies i think increasin...

Possibilities. My own office at the state department has had a pretty consistent budget thanks to the congress to support Civil Society actors in a variety of countries and, of course, the National Endowment for democracy remains the pree moore institution in the world premier institution in the world for targeting assistance to democrats usually many tough places. So they know they have support from the outside community, from the International Community. So let me mention a couple of things ju...

To see disorder, particularly in key parts of the world as were seeing now in the middle east. Second reality that we face is that oftentimes states that democratize can become democracies, may become less close partners of the u. S. In security matters, specifically the case if the u. S. Had supported an authoritarian regime that preceded it, then a new regime comes in and they seek to distance itself to a may not seek to doubt the full panoply of u. S. Security agenda. With the difficulties in...