Speak the ways and Means Committee will now come to order good morning we will consort considered a historic usmca the high watermark with trade deals moving forward it is the result of more than one year House Democrats and the ambassador light heiser who worked with us every time we met. Im very proud of the outcome we have reached. When we assume the majority this year we were asked to consider a renegotiated nafta in a number of areas including enforcement the environment and access to medicines that we start with enforcement as noted many times i did not vote for the original nafta and the chief reason was the lack of enforceability. The past 25 years we have seen the shortcoming much of which comes down to lack of enforcement in my view the improvements to the usmca finally makes the agreement enforceable n by preventing a country to block a nation dispute settlement attempt. Nafta has been symbolic and over 25 years there have been 39 petitions filed with zero enforcement action
I will call to order the period meeting for the transbay joint powers Board Meeting for thursday, december 12, 2019. Would you call the roll please. roll call . You do have a quorum. Call your next item. Item three. Communications. I am not aware of any. Item four. Board of directors new and old business. I am seeing none. Item five executive directors report. I would like to thank the board for their guidance and leadership this year which was critical to our critical to our achievements. I would like to thank our student advisory committee. As we wrap up, we can reflect on pride with what we accomplished together. We reopened the Transit Center after an independent review. We recommissioned the entire facility, and we worked with transit operators to fully operate the bus plaza and deck. We wanted to ensure a smooth opening for commuters and the general public. We have been operating for six months, and we have put the experience of the transit riders and public as number one. We pro
Business. I am seeing none. Item five executive directors report. I would like to thank the board for their guidance and leadership this year which was critical to our critical to our achievements. I would like to thank our student advisory committee. As we wrap up, we can reflect on pride with what we accomplished together. We reopened the Transit Center after an independent review. We recommissioned the entire facility, and we worked with transit operators to fully operate the bus plaza and deck. We wanted to ensure a smooth opening for commuters and the general public. We have been operating for six months, and we have put the experience of the transit riders and public as number one. We provided a world class facility. We are seeing tens of thousands of people every day at the Transit Center. The janitorial security and park programming staff are in hand every day providing a welcoming presence to the public. As we operate my charge is to be nimble to the needs to everyone who uses
I will call to order the period meeting for the transbay joint powers Board Meeting for thursday, december 12, 2019. Would you call the roll please. roll call . You do have a quorum. Call your next item. Item three. Communications. I am not aware of any. Item four. Board of directors new and old business. I am seeing none. Item five executive directors report. I would like to thank the board for their guidance and leadership this year which was critical to our critical to our achievements. I would like to thank our student advisory committee. As we wrap up, we can reflect on pride with what we accomplished together. We reopened the Transit Center after an independent review. We recommissioned the entire facility, and we worked with transit operators to fully operate the bus plaza and deck. We wanted to ensure a smooth opening for commuters and the general public. We have been operating for six months, and we have put the experience of the transit riders and public as number one. We pro
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning everyone. This is the day we have all been working to and working for on hr on the path to yes. Im told we can cross a certain threshold of enforcement for the workers rights and for the Prescription Drug issue as you know they were three of the areas that we had put out there. I want to thank the chairman and other ways and Means Committee, the eight members of the task force and thanking them for their leadership into negotiating on different segments of the legislation. I also want to thank the president of the aflcio. He was knowledgeable and got us to a place that was a far distance from where we started in the proposal that was given to us. There was no question of course its much better than nafta. It is better than what was initially proposed by the administration and i credit the chairman for helping us navigate all of these places. The unity of the caucus for one specific priority in order to get the job done, a