He has been here many times, president obama. The very surprised we had of being able to celebrate the first asian mayor of San Francisco. It was not my doing, it was all of the people of San Francisco saying it is about time we celebrate. Thank you to the people of san [applause] i have a very short message. What did i have felt very strongly in my first elected year, but also during my tenure as interim mayor. We have a great deal of celebrate. We also have a great challenge in front of us. There are so many of our Asian American friends, iranian friends, friends from the philippines, friends from our japaneseamerican community, are chineseamerican community, waiting for the opportunity to come together to celebrate our diversity, but also to signal to our european friends, our latino france, we are ready to help lead this state. And helped change the conversation and not only celebrate diversity, but use diversity for our strength. That is our strength. I want to signal to you, lets
He just told me i had five minutes. What do you think of this program . [applause] it is about time. I want to thank francis and fong. I think this is the very first statewide heritage month held with the mayor of San Francisco. Let me Say Something about heritage month in San Francisco and your mayor. In the old days, you remember San Francisco was known for passing all of these anti chinese ordinances to limit the movement, the productivity of chinese in the city. We know two things. Change happens. Maybe the state of california is the state of golden opportunities, where we have a chineseamerican mayor of San Francisco. 35 years ago, Congress Members passed similar resolutions in both house and the senate to formally recognize the first 10 days of may as asianpacific heritage week. One year later, president jimmy carter signed into law a joint resolution to officially designate the annual celebration. 11 years later, president george bush extended the weeklong celebration to an enti
Democrats, 202 5853880. All others, 202 5853882. Let me begin with the New York Times story this morning, considering which heads may roll for the website. The white house is under mounting pressure from democrats and close allies to hold a accountable person botched rollout of president obamas signature domestic achievement and determine who should be fired. Some of those names are familiar to you have have been watching the hearings on capitol hill as some of them have testified about what went wrong with the rollout and to knew what and when there would be problems. We will go outside of washington. We have for the calls inside the beltway. Think . You according to the New York Times, the president is under mounting pressure from democrats. Numbers. The phone you can also post your comments on facebook. Com cspan and tweet us. Times,ng to the new york this is what they say about the president s style when it comes to accountability. Obama was unlikely to give in the demands for a pu
This is a missed opportunity to do the right thing. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case. We see step across the country point to the was suggested by taking the unnecessary steps in similar cases. I can point to and in nashville for ms. Mcdonald who will testify and of course in new jersey, i also have a case for you if youre interested. We understand the dilemma to reduce the backlog while achieving timeliness and accuracy targets. In these claims with answers binary prop suggestions and. Thank you, mr. Chairman. And member of the committee. Ill be happy to answer any questions you have. Thank you. I recognize mr. Abrams for five minutes. Thank you. Ive been involved in veterans law for over 40 years. The va has faced huge backlogs before, and the va has had to deal with reducing the backlog claims faster, and almost every instance the error rate, especially the error rate for complex claims has gone up. You simply cant go too fast when you have complicated claims. The fist th
Patients and Pacific Islander americans in civic and Public Affairs to education, active participation, and Leadership Development. Civic engagement, Leadership Development, and community servthe theme of tonights evens a celebration of the achievements and accomplishments of asianamericans in the state of california and our nation. Oking. Ok. I would like to introduce our host for this evening. Very well known as the first asianamerican mayor in San Francisco history. Mayor lee championed balancing the budget to keep San Francisco safe, solvents, and successful. He reformed city pensions. His focus is on economic development, job creation, and building San Franciscos future. A great job, especially for helping out families. We want to keep families here. I also wanted to mention a little bit of his past. He was born in 1952 in the beacon hill neighborhood of seattle, washington. His parents immigrated to the u. S. From china and the 1930s. His father fought in world war ii and worked