The record will show that on october 27th, 1947, a subcommittee of the house on American Activities Committee met with the chairman, dishonorable Parnell Thomas presiding. The house on American Activities Committee is in session. Let yourself go. You, sir, are not even subpoenaed to testify here. Yeah, im going to speak anyway. Very well, mr. Dreyfuss. My name is Richard Dreyfuss. And im a child of the blacklist. I was not my parents were not in show business but they were the victims of the blacklist nonetheless. I lived on 218 street in bay side, queens and every house on that block was lived in by a communist or a socialist. And if you have not fought hitler twice and not gone to the Abraham Lincoln brigade, you better have a dam good reason. When i was a young boy i turned to my mom and i said im the luckiest kid in the world and she said why . I said because im white, jewish and american. And she said its time you came into the meetings. And when i was about 10, i turned to a frie
Commissioner michael hardeman. Commissioner francee covington. Commissioner joe alioto veronese. No meeting scheduled for november 22, 2017, or december 27, 2017. Item three, general Public Comments. Members of the public may address the commission up to three minutes on any matter in the commissions jurisdiction and does not appear on the agenda. Speaker shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or Department Personnel. Commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with the speaker. The lack of response by the commissioners or Department Personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of statements made during Public Comment. Thank you, before we ask for Public Comment, the gentleman along the wall there, you may want to move on this side, on the other side, to not block the door. The Sheriffs Department gets upset blocking exits, as do we. Thank you. So, any Public Comment this morning . Seeing none, Pu
Comments. Members of the public may address the commission up to three minutes on any matter in the commissions jurisdiction and does not appear on the agenda. Speaker shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or Department Personnel. Commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with the speaker. The lack of response by the commissioners or Department Personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of statements made during Public Comment. Thank you, before we ask for Public Comment, the gentleman along the wall there, you may want to move on this side, on the other side, to not block the door. The Sheriffs Department gets upset blocking exits, as do we. Thank you. So, any Public Comment this morning . Seeing none, Public Comments closed. Madam secretary, next item. Item four, approval of the minutes. Discussion and possible action to approve the Meeting Minutes of october 25, 2017. Any Public Comment on
Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioners, what is your pleasure . Move, a second . Commissioner covington seconds. All in favor . Aye. Thank you very much. Its unanimous. Item five, chief of departments report. Report from chief of department, joanne hayeswhite, on current issues, activities and events within the Department Since the Fire Commission meeting on october 25, 2017, including budget, academies, special events, communications and outreach to other Government Agencies in the public, and report from operations, deputy chief Mark Gonzales on overall field operation, including greater alarm fires, emergency medical services, bureau of Fire Prevention and investigation. And airport division. Regarding the budget, we have entered into the send quarter and are following through on all of our 1718 initiatives, including the purchase of fleet and equipment according to the plans approved for multiyears. We will be reconvening the Budget Committee prior to the budget seaso
[inaudible conversations] good morning. The committee will come to order. Id like to welcome you all to our second bubble confirmation hearing of this anon girls feet. I would like to start by thanking senator korn and for being here to speak on behalf of our nominee is. Always good to have you. Our fellow committee member, senator mention from West Virginia is prepared to also offer introductory remarks for a nominee. Governor perry, i would like to extend a warm welcome to you and to your family. Know that i appreciate your desire to serve, your willingness to become our next secretary of energy. Ive enjoyed the meeting that we had together, learning more about your leadership as governor of the state of texas, including your accomplishments in the area of energy and environment. Im going to withhold this morning and a reference to text size versus alaska size. Weve had that discussion. But in all seriousness, we know that you are seeking to leave the department of energy at an inter