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Give them the wisdom they need and the chity they must possess to Work Together. Help them to make wise decisions in a good manner. We ask your blessing as well on those newly elected or reelected to this assembly. May they fully understand the trust that has been given them to represent not only those whose votes they received but those who did not vote for them as well. All are citizens to be represented by the new members of this peoples house. May your blessing, o god, be with them and with ...

Pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida, ms. Roslehtinen,...

And to visit the plants that have been displaced. The titans that run these global transnational corporations, they are operatives and the wall street giants that finance them could care less about workers anywhere or the community in which they live. And frankly, these new bosses of Global Production dont care about democracy or the rule of law either. They pay whatever they want and they can pay off as they see fit. Ive seen workers in making may tag washing machines in monterey, mexico. They ...

Reverend dean curie Life Center Church, at that comba, washington. The chaplain let us pray. Father, what an honor it is to be in your presence here today. We celebrate this morning what you have done to the United States of america. We acknowledge the hand of providence in our history and the force of inspiration in our future. Be with us here now most significantly in our present, that we can see what others do not see, that we can do what others fear to do, so that we can change what others a...

Especially to those most in need. Show your mercy to the weakest among us, the children, the poor, the elderly, the homeless. And on this national day of prayer, may all your people be mindful among us. Send your spirit upon the members of this peoples house that they might be inspired to do what theyre able, to care for those whom you have favored from biblical times, the powerless and most vulnerable. Bless us this day and every day. May that is done be for your honor and glory, amen. The spea...

Hedge funds. Its not okay. I say its staff management who says its okay to invest in hedge fund. [ applause ] good afternoon Board Members. Im joshua, i work for the children of San Francisco. I have a very large risk because im relatively young, not as young as i once was. Thats why i have an ira. My pension is very important to me. Thats why i took a pay cut to work in Public Service. I took that because i wanted to work in Public Service but one of the ways to justify that myself to my family...

Attack on Public Workers that cant afford to live here. Service workers have to spend 23 hours driving to San Francisco. Why is that . Do we only have space for millionaires in San Francisco, only have space for developers in San Francisco. This board, driscoll who is a union member, says to hedge funds. Its not okay. I say its staff management who says its okay to invest in hedge fund. [ applause ] good afternoon Board Members. Im joshua, i work for the children of San Francisco. I have a very ...

Hedge funds. Its not okay. I say its staff management who says its okay to invest in hedge fund. [ applause ] good afternoon Board Members. Im joshua, i work for the children of San Francisco. I have a very large risk because im relatively young, not as young as i once was. Thats why i have an ira. My pension is very important to me. Thats why i took a pay cut to work in Public Service. I took that because i wanted to work in Public Service but one of the ways to justify that myself to my family...

Have you learned from 2008 . Apparently not. Some unions say we should have money in hedge funds. I say bull. I say bull. We dont need any money in hedge funds and in fact those unions telling us to invest in hedge funds are not doing us a service. In fact they tell us to invest more and we need to put more money of our pension. I say no. Will let the billionaires in San Francisco. They have not. They have tax deductions. They are not paying their share. They are saying that Public Employees hav...

Leadership that we quite often consider quite acceptable because they are usually quite effective. They create the kind of units that perform according to the standards at the end of the day. Why should we fire them if theyre effective as officers. While actually they are producing unit cultures that in the end may become really problematic. Some experiences with the worst cases of units misbehavior leading to crimes or war crimes, for example. We have the business literature out there supportin...