Substantive debate even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with Ranking Member mr. Smith. In his staff to ensure the right of all members are respected in this new virtual format. And so before i turn todays important topic i want to remind members of a few procedurals to help you navigate this platform. First, consistent with regulations, the committee will keep microphones muted to limit background noise. Members are responsible for amusing themselves when they seek recognition. But when recognize for over five minutes segment. And second, members and witnesses must have their cameras on at all times. If you need to step away from the proceedings, please leave your camera on rather than logging out. And finally we have several members are waiting on to the subcommittee for todays hearing. Given the large number, i will recognize members in order the represents a balanced ratio beginning with members on the subcommittee. Understand the mr. Smith does not wis
Motivated. The first floor and the second floor is completely burned you can see the debris outside the San Francisco Armenian Community woke up to a suspected arson at their Church Thursday morning. Members of saint gregory the illuminator are pasta lecture coming through to be trying to save whatever made it through the fire on to on chairman of the churchs board of trustees believes they were targeted it has to be some kind of a hate crime involved in we had a similar situation of keys evie school. And we think this is somehow a continuation. No one was really a veteran the the lighting the vandalism was telling us exactly who they are on to be on is referring to this incident in late july where suspects vandalize the San Francisco Armenian School with graffiti conveying Union Messages we have no doubt in our minds that this is the continuation of that act. Even though theres nothing hourly pointing at that and the timing of it being right in the rapids in succession leads us to bel
Site taylor. Well it happened at the Community Building next to the church and you can see its now boarded up but inside its looking a lot worse. I talked to neighbors earlier they told me that they heard a loud shattering noise in the middle of the night and soon after thats when this building caught fire Church Leaders believe that this is a hate crime. They say its politically motivated. Members of a San Francisco Armenian Church woke up to this destruction thursday morning, a suspected arson fire ripped through the first and second floor of its Community Building next to saint gregory the illuminator or median church make me feel that upset. If whitman them a building damage should doesnt do any good to anybody you know financial the destruction on to on chairman of the churchs board of trustees believes they were does to these some kind a hate crime involved in we had a similar situation of keys evie school. And we think this is somehow a continuation. No one was really a veteran
We are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. This is the third virtual subCommittee Hearing and the ways and Means Committee. As with our previous hearings i want members to know that i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegiality and substantial debate, substantive debate, even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with the Ranking Member, mr. Smith, and his staff to ensure that the rights of all members are resected in these new virtual formats. Before i turn to todays important topic i want to remind members of a few procedural to help you navigate this new platform. First, consistent with regulations the committee willfi keep microphones needed to limit background noise. Members are responsible for on meeting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for a fiveminute statement. Second, members and witnesses must have their cameras
There too. While conquered at 65 San Francisco and berkeley. Each in the low 60s at 62. Later today, look forward to 70s for your peak temperatures for the vast majority of us. It is about to be a beautiful afternoon in a really comfortable one too to welcome in the weekend. Robin okay i cant use the 4 air quality as an excuse not to work out thank you go for high yeah go for a little walk to that will be nice. All right, lets check in on the traffic more folks are packing up rolling out heading to work and coming into San Francisco. So its definitely picking up at the bay bridge toll plaza, everybody is behaving thats what we like to see no problems off to fremont street, no hot spots for crashes, heres 92 our busiest bridge as usual more and more brake lights rolling out of hayward little crowded on the flat section but youre good up and over the high rise on into foster city and send the tail and were checking the commute on the Richmond Center fell between the north bay in the east