Zero. I want to acknowledge that vision zero is an extremely emotional topic. Imagine some of you are feeling a sense of rage and youre looking for somebody to glaim. Others may be feeling powerless, shaken, heartbroken, that is all okay, we understand that. Like you the leaders who join me today share your grief anytime somebody is injured or killed on our streets. We all know in our hearts, and in our guts, that this is unacceptable. This is not the kind of city that we want to live in and that is why ten years ago, today, many of our visionary leaders made San Francisco the second city in america to adopt vision zero. Since i joined the sfm board of directors i was laser focus on how it will get to zero. This is my number one priority in my service to this city. I see the ability to walk, bike, drive, roll, or take transit safely without fior of harm as a basic right and freedom that everybody should expect in our city. Its why i created the vision zero subcommittee so that we can a
Me today share your grief anytime somebody is injured or killed on our streets. We all know in our hearts, and in our guts, that this is unacceptable. This is not the kind of city that we want to live in and that is why ten years ago, today, many of our visionary leaders made San Francisco the second city in america to adopt vision zero. Since i joined the sfm board of directors i was laser focus on how it will get to zero. This is my number one priority in my service to this city. I see the ability to walk, bike, drive, roll, or take transit safely without fior of harm as a basic right and freedom that everybody should expect in our city. Its why i created the vision zero subcommittee so that we can all sit around the table together, talk about opportunities, but also talk about the real challenges that director tumlin and staff face every single day as theyre trying to achieve this goal. I wanted a space where community, advocates and government can come together and problem solve to
[inaudible conversations] thank you all for being here in the Senate Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. N, this morning we will be considering the nomination of dr. Monica bertagnolli to serve as director of the u. S. National institutes of health. And let me begin by welcoming dr. Bertagnolli to our committee. Committee. We look forward to hearing t frm you, and we thank you for being here today and i see you brought along a fellow wyoming or i hate. We welcome senator barrasso as well. The nih with a budget of more than 47 billion is the largest funder of medical research in the world. This research has led to new treatments and prescription drugs that have significantly improved the lives of americans, and people throughout the entire world. And i think all of us every single american should be very proud of those accomplishments. But having said that, let me say a few words about my concerns. I dont have to tell any american that the Healthcare S
[inaudible conversations] thank you all for being here in the Senate Committee on health education, labor and pensions. We will come to order. This morning we will be considering the nomination of doctor Monica Bertagnolli to serve as the National Institutes of health director. Let me begin by welcoming doctor bertagnolli to the committee. We look forward to hearing from you and we thank you for being here today. I see you brought along a fellow from wyoming and we welcome senator barrasso as well. The nih with a budget of more than 47 billion is the largest funder of medical research in the world. This research has led to new treatments and Prescription Drugs that are significantly improved the lives of americans and people throughout the entire world and i think all of us every single american should be very proud of those accomplishments. Having said that, let me say a few words about my concerns. I dont have to tell any american that the Healthcare System in our country is broken a
[inaudible conversations] thank you all for being here in the Senate Committee on health education, labor and pensions. We will come to order. This morning we will be considering the nomination of doctor Monica Bertagnolli to serve as the National Institutes of health director. Let me begin by welcoming doctor bertagnolli to the committee. We look forward to hearing from you and we thank you for being here today. I see you brought along a fellow from wyoming and we welcome senator barrasso as well. The nih with a budget of more than 47 billion is the largest funder of medical research in the world. This research has led to new treatments and Prescription Drugs that are significantly improved the lives of americans and people throughout the entire world and i think all of us every single american should be very proud of those accomplishments. Having said that, let me say a few words about my concerns. I dont have to tell any american that the Healthcare System in our country is broken a