This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Let me start by making something Crystal Clear to the international committee. To the u. S. Foreign policy community, to the nations allies and adversaries. As the Committee Moves forward we will continue our work on behalf of the American People as we have done for more than two centuries. The world faces challenges as well as opportunities. This committee the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, its members and a staff play a Critical Role meeting the challenges america faces in National Security. And as i accept the chairmanship with great humility, thanks to the support of our members, thanks to the support of the Ranking Member and thanks to our dedicated and hardworking committee staff, we will continue to advance our values and National Interests on the global stage. My priority is simple, to strengthen americas diplomacy. To make sure our diplomats have the tools they need and congress provides the approp
This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Let me start by making something Crystal Clear to the international committee. To the u. S. Foreign policy community, to the nations allies and adversaries. As the Committee Moves forward we will continue our work on behalf of the American People as we have done for more than two centuries. The world faces challenges as well as opportunities. This committee the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, its members and a staff play a Critical Role meeting the challenges america faces in National Security. And as i accept the chairmanship with great humility, thanks to the support of our members, thanks to the support of the Ranking Member and thanks to our dedicated and hardworking committee staff, we will continue to advance our values and National Interests on the global stage. My priority is simple, to strengthen americas diplomacy. To make sure our diplomats have the tools they need and congress provides the approp
October 1, 2015, snul city , city of San Francisco government audit and Oversight Committee please stand by. Good morning. The meeting will come to order. This is a special meeting of the government audit and Oversight Committee for october 1, 2015, im supervisor yee, chair of this committee, joined by supervisor london breed and Supervisor John Avalos the committee would like to acknowledge the staff of sf govtv and bill dylan who record each of our meetings and make the transcript available online. Before i continue may i get a motion to excuse supervisor christensen . No objections. Motion passes. Madam clerk, any announces. City clerk please turn off all cell phones and any electronic devices. Items for the file should be submitted. Items will appear on the agenda unless otherwise stated. Supervisor norman yee madam clerk please call items 1 and 2 together. City clerk [resolution urging the rejection of Priority Enforcement Program] sponsors campos; avalos and mar resolution opposi
May or may not need to be revisited. One of those policies that came out during this discussion that i do believe needs to be revisited and i do believe needs to be rescinded. Fs sheriffs gag order that made him the last authority whether his department would communicate at all with federal immigration authorities. So on no. 2 there is a resolution that does three things. One, it confirmation this boards support for our existing sanctuary city law which has been a pilar of our Law Enforcement policy and Public Safety policy in San Francisco for decades. It also confirmation our support for the due process legislation that supervisor avalos sponsored in 2013. And third, calls on the sheriff because he asked for direction to rescind the memo that he issued this march 13, 2015, which amounted to the gag order on his department. One of the important pilars of our sanctuary city policy and its codified in federal law is referencing personnel Law Enforcement to give information to these enti
The meeting will come to order. This is a special meeting of the government audit and Oversight Committee for october 1, 2015, im supervisor yee, chair of this committee, joined by supervisor london breed and Supervisor John Avalos the committee would like to acknowledge the staff of sf govtv and bill dylan who record each of our meetings and make the transcript available online. Before i continue may i get a motion to excuse supervisor christensen . No objections. Motion passes. Madam clerk, any announces. City clerk please turn off all cell phones and any electronic devices. Items for the file should be submitted. Items will appear on the agenda unless otherwise stated. Supervisor norman yee madam clerk please call items 1 and 2 together. City clerk [resolution urging the rejection of Priority Enforcement Program] sponsors campos; avalos and mar resolution opposing the scapegoating of immigrants and urging the rejection of the deportationfocused Priority Enforcement Program. City cle