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Housepassed government funding bill. Now, live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, help us. Turn us back to the paths of integrity and faith. Be for our lawmakers a protecting rock of safety, rescuing them from the powers of evil. Help them to fix their hearts on you, trusting your guidance and wisdom. May love for you be reflected in the ordering ...

The president and ceo of the national 9 11 memorial and museum. On behalf of of everyone associated with the memorial and museum, i want to express a warm our sincere gratitude for your steadfast commitment to the security of our nation. We are honored to have secretary chertoff, napolitano, and johnson here with us. The decision to hold this public field hearing here, within a space find by the remaining foundational structure of the World Trade Center at what was the epicenter of ground zero 1...

18 years ago this week the epicenter of ground 0 makes todays program especially meaningful. I know many of you toured the museum last night, some for the first time. The events we chronicle here, the lives we remember and the aspirations we embrace for a world free from the scourge of terrorism are inextricably linked to the work of this committee and the topics you will discuss today. Here at the 9 11 memorial and museum we testify to the largest loss of life resulting from a foreign attack on...

Field hearing here within a space defined by the remaining of the onal structure World Trade Center, at what was 18 years ago this week, the of ground zero, makes todays program especially meaningful. Many of you toured the museum last night, some for the first time. The events we chronicle here, he lives we remember, and the aspirations we embrace for a orld free from the scourge of activism are inextricably linked to the work of this committee the topics you will discuss today. Here at the 9 1...

The hearing took place. In the national 9 11 memorial and museum in new york city, just ahead of the 18th anniversary of the attacks. You, chairman johnson, Ranking Member peters and Committee Members, my name is Alice Greenwald, resident of the ceo of the 9 11 memorial museum. On behalf of everyone associated with the memorial and the museum, i want to express our sincere gratitude for your commitment to securing the safety of our nation. We are honored to have secretaries chertoff, napolitano,...

Commissioner rothschild and we have quorum also for the record, we have director of Culture Affairs Ralph Remington, director of cultural affairs. And others. Great. Do we have any agenda changes . No. Great. So, now for Public Meetings id like to welcome to attend at city hall this meeting is ar live on sfgovtv to channel 78. I want to remind us of the progrand Public Meetings were bound do cover the structure and adhere to the best practices and every Public Meetings an opportunity for general...

Per hour gusts in cupertino. The strong winds and dry conditions also have a fire crews on alert. Jackie ward is in brooklyn where they are dealing with downed trees. Jackie . That is for sure. We started here worked our way down to antioch and then traveled west. Where this tree fell on a car, crash through a window and really the whole east bay was windswept today. Here we are just over a week until Christmas Day and we are still in fire season. Cal fire chief says that the season is unprecede...

There not meeting their housing goals reporter where there are places there are not enough housing, a project that complies with zoning requirements must be approved. Case and point, theres a plan to tear down the donald at hey it and sandford street for the Affordable Housing project. They have expressed concern about how these developments will affect the character of the neighborhood. When we saw some of the concerns from the community, my response immediately was that we can use these anymor...

Responsive letter saying i approve if you look at the plans that were in 2002 the date of the letters im talking about ill see that the plans submitted then are do not interfere at all with the windows of she had antenna active ear window blockage would not have been a concern i want you to know collateral to this appeal other concerns are water leakage. The other question where this window exists is there a tenant. At this time it was a tenant and the tenant didnt have concerns. Thats correct t...

Tenant. At this time it was a tenant and the tenant didnt have concerns. Thats correct thats my understanding. Okay. Well hear from the permit holders council now. Madam president and members of the board of panel im joseph i represent the residents in this action first, id like to respond there is no tenant in that window that is a hallway window a third year hallway with that said, window of a rental noted blocking any tenants verify whatsoever and ive been advised by the architect and contrac...