Pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida, ms. Roslehtinen, for five minutes. Ms. Roslehtinen thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to strongly oppose the december 17 announcement by president obama on policy changes toward the cuban communist regime. The cuban regime from day one was planning on using alan gross as a pawn to receive concessions from the Obama Administration and their strategy worked. In april, 2013 when asked about a possible swap for mr. Gross secretary kerry testified before congress that, quote, we have refused to do that because the
Filing there that was ruling on the edgeablety has ruled that detroit can proceed with its bankruptcy filings. Lets go straight to our reporter in report. Bisi onileere. Bisi, the judge has made the ruling. What is at steak here . Reporter there are a number of things at steak. Retiree pensions are on the line. These are checks that people depend on every month. And masterpieces at the detroit institutes of art could be auctioned off to help get the city back on financial footing. This hearing has been going on for about an hour now. And the judge put together a 180page report detailing his decision to declare the city bankrupt. As you can see behind me there are about 60plus protesters that are opposed to this bankruptcy. They have been out here chanting, no justice, no peace, and no bankruptcy. And they have been doing this for the past four months. How many pensioners will be effected in the city of detroit based on these rulings . Reporter there will are about a little over 20,000
Second. All in favor . Public comment in ray hartz that i would like to say that in the five years coming to the hearing this is the only time that i have ever heard anybody come back and vote to disclose anything, from closed session. And now, i find that really, really, and i find that really misty fying. Opposed . It passes 50. And on the agenda, the discussion of the minutes, of the last meeting. Any comments from the commissioners . Public comment . Commissioners ray hartz, director of San Francisco, open government, and i wholeheartedly support the approval of these minutes and it documents the efforts of both the commissioners and the commissioners to openly and honestly discuss my case before this commission. And i would like to point out on page 6 of the document where the commissioner keane expressed that the library was discriminate and went on in the last sentences is important, mr. Herrra, stated that the members of the public are not prohibited to make the Public Comment,
Be worth discussing briefly at next months commission meeting. We should be so luck y i mean, seriously, there may be implications depending on how that goes, as to the sunshine ordinance and how business is transacted here in the city otherwise. And so, it is an important matter, i do take it seriously, thanks. And items for future meetings . I think that mr. Chair, that mr. Pilpal was reading my mind because i was going to interest at our next meeting for those of us who were not around in 2012, that we take up and get a report on the status of the, the case that is before the court of appeals, on for the oral argument and relating to our challenging, various, matters in the sunshine, San Francisco sunshine ordinance. And if we could have a report from staff on the history of that . And also, get into the way that it looks at this point and there were a couple of questions that i would like to raise, at that time and so if we could just discuss the case, that could go, on and get som
Force that they cant name mr. Ginsburg, are you . I dont, i mean, the. And as i understand it. The problem that you are having with their naming mr. Ginsburg is that he was not initially named when this alleged violation arose. And that after, second hearing, they suddenly came out, and named him and so the whole question comes did mr. Ginsburg get a proper notification, so that he could go to the task force and say, hey, you should not name me and here is why you should not name me . Is that . No, i think that the question, and i mean, the staff raised the question before that it would be a violation of mr. Ginsburg procedural. And i understand that, and i dont think that is right, and i think that tonight you can certainly, if you feel that mr. Ginsburg nonwillfully, and engaged in a nonwillful violation of the sunshine ordinance, i dont think that you are precluded by the due process and if you think that mr. Ginsburg did not violation the sunshine ordinance at all but that someone