I bring the subcommittee to order. A great deal has changed since our last hearing. They are finally acknowledging oracle Electronic Health record systems not fully functional and not suitable in any other facility. After nearly three years across the board despite the mounting consequences to better than safety, staff burnout and billions of dollars wasted, secretary mcdonagh have become realistic about the future of this illconceived project. Thats encouraging. What has been painful and very expensive to watch this disaster unfold its been frustrating to argue and plead with the va not to march off the cliff only to be ignored or stonewalled. Thankfully the department is now listening to what veterans and its own employees and this committee have been saying for so long. It is far past time to look under the hood and see if it can be fixed and whether progress is even being made. But be assured thats exactly what we are about to do. We are here today to take an indepth look at one pa
Then lastly, we all know that research that the money we invest in our young kids is basically pays humongous dividends at the end of the day. The last person that gave Public Comments asked a question, did you get to hear that . I think you have answers for that, would you like to address the issue of how do you monitor this business of these programs . Interview thank you supervisor. Again director of the office early care and education and in response to the question what committees are oversight do we have for this work of oec generally and im pleased to say we have a ninemember Citizens Advisory Committee seated half by the mayor and half by the board of supervisors of qualified parents and practitioners to help advise our work and provide accountability and Program Improvements for the City Investments and Early Childhood to make sure that theyre working as well as they can for both parents and programs. They meet by monthly and where data informed and also advise outside of meet
Epa administrator, scott pruitt, testifying on his priorities at the epa, and youre watching live coverage here on cspan3. These issues we want to do all we can to eliminate those things so we dont have those kind of sites across the country, absolutely. Well, and youre your rush to eliminate regulations, thats exactly what youre doing, is creating opportunity for new superfund sites to be created. I wouldnt interpret it that way, congressman. The gentlemans time has expired. The chair will recognize the gentleman from North Carolina, mr. Hudson, for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, mr. Administrator, for making the extra effort to come back and take all of our questions. And thank you for your strong leadership at the agency. I appreciate also that your efforts to make the epa focus on air and water and soil contamination. My state of North Carolina has been shaken by a discovery of a chemical called generation x. I know my state reports that gen x is no longer gettin
Good afternoon, everyone, this meeting will come to order. Welcome to the december 6th, 2017 regular meeting of the rules committee. Im chair of the committee to my right is vicechair supervisor sandy lee fewer and to my left is Rule Committee members. Our clerk today is alicia and madam clerk, do you have any announcements today . Silence all cellphones and Electronics Devices and copies of any documents to be include firstdegree as part of the file and items acted on will be on december 12th agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you, madam. Are there any initial comments please call item number 1. Item number 1 is an ordinance amending the administrative code to reauthorize the San Francisco Sentencing Commission and extend the date to june 30th , 2020. Unless theres comments from my colleagues id like to call brittney forward. Please proceed. Good afternoon chair and Committee Members. Thank you for giving me an opportunity to talk with you today and my name is brittney from the off
Staff to get the senate doors closed, and other members can go on the staff . Someone . The subcommittee will come to order. When we recessed it was mr. Mckinleys turn to be recognized, so with that, i want to recognize the gentleman from West Virginia for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman, and thank you, administrator, for coming and participating in this. Over the years, we had asked your predecessor [ inaudible ] mines up. Just come over here. Mines back up. Weve skdz asked your predecessors to come, particularly relating to section 321a. To see the impact some of the regulations were having in the coal fields, and they declined to do that. But i am particularly appreciative of the fact that a week ago or two weeks ago, the epa, you sent yourself, other folks came to West Virginia to get the impact of what these regulations are having, because its pretty clear in the statute that we have to abide by the economic impact, we have to take that into consideration when rules and regs