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The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h. R. 5322, the ensuring diversity in Community Banking act, as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 5322, a bill to establish or modify requirements relating to Minority Depository Institutions, Community Development Financial Institutions, and impact banks and for other pur...

Is if if the president of the United States continues to call in aides and instruct them or give them leave to go out and make comments and starts exciting inconsistent with what the policy is of the administration or changing it, i think that the general is going to have to do this hes going to have to tell the president , look, mr. President , if youre going to tweet, let us know beforehand and let us take a look at it, if you will, and also folks coming into your office, when they come out of...

Enough. Acts signed by gerald ford. The American People said enough is enough. Actually, the presidency has gotten too powerful by making use of vague areas in the constitution. This debate may not have been necessary for the impeachment but it was a critical element in the changing thinking of americans about what to expect from their president. Tim naftali who is with nyu and was the director of the nixon president ial Library Director joining us from new york. Thank you for adding your voice ...

Think miss herrick was making any additional determinations beyond what she had initially recommended, and that we had earlierly decided on october 22nd. I think she simply is enforcing that view and decision by redacting the portions that were by our prior determination. So that is my understanding of what happened here. Okay. And that it was privileged as part of the Ethics Commission investigation or as part of the controllers investigation . Well, i think we mr. Givner, correct me if im wron...

Im turning into mr. Chatfield my 150word testimony that i will remail so you dont have to rekey it, introducing typos. Im sorry, can you hand me that copy back . Never mind, i found what i was looking for. So you will recall that when i was here, in october, i testified that 1040 doesnt apply and i also testified quite strongly, both here and at the Sunshine Task force that c369913 doesnt apply either. I have been denied access to these records for two years. Regarding access to litigation state...

Im sorry, can you hand me that copy back . Never mind, i found what i was looking for. So you will recall that when i was here, in october, i testified that 1040 doesnt apply and i also testified quite strongly, both here and at the Sunshine Task force that c369913 doesnt apply either. I have been denied access to these records for two years. Regarding access to litigation states, advice and compliance with, analysis of, and opinion concerning liability under or any communication otherwise conce...

In a redacted fashion. That is not what the sotf ruled mr. Shaw, please. You had your opportunity to speak. Mr. Pilpel you may continue. Mr. Shaw, please give mr. Pilpel a chance to speak. Thank you. So to conclude, i believe that those three pages should be provided. Neither memo discusses what the staffs rationale for nondisclosure at the time of the original request was. That may be something that is worth discussing. So i think it goes to the question of whether there was a willful violation...

Without knowing what that privilege knowing more about the nature of that privilege that would require that certain information be redacted. I am going back to her memo as well. This is the longer one. Thanks. Following up on commissioner studleys question, is the privileged standard that were looking at the one were talking about all notes, preliminary reports . Controllers benchmark studies, audits, investigations and other reports shall be confidential . That is that is the first part of it. ...

Something is specifically exempt, its by definition a Public Record, period and its a Public Record and disclosable unless it can be withheld under one of the specific sections of the state law. And if you look at the two charter sections that have been quoted, both of them are set out within the scope of the applicable state law. Now the memo before you says that were not exempt from disclosure, but may be disclosed. Well, a determination that they may be disclosed means that they were Public R...

Do commissioners have objections to taking Public Comment now. No. It sound like what you are offering to mr. Shaw is something outside of Public Comment and as a party to this proceeding you are giving him five minutes and after mr. Shaws five minutes open up the floor for Public Comment. Okay. We can do that. Thank you, mr. Givner. Im turning into mr. Chatfield my 150word testimony that i will remail so you dont have to rekey it, introducing typos. Im sorry, can you hand me that copy back . Ne...