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[gavel sounds] sen. Wicker this full Committee Nomination will come to order. Order. This morning the committee will consider four nominations to key transportation positions. The nominees before us today are eric soskin, nominee for Inspector General for dp of transportation. Robert pmbing rimus, nominated to be a member of the Surface Transportation Board. Sara feinberg, nominated to be a director of the amtrak board of directors. And chris coose, nominated to be a director on the amtrak board of directors. The Inspector General of transportation oversees audits of the d. O. T. s programs with the end goal of ensuring our national frppings system is safe, efficient and effective for the american people. Eric soskin has been nominated for this Important Role. Hes a senior trial counsel in the federal Programs Branch at the u. S. Department of justice where he has served since 2006. During his tenure at the justice department, he hasing mored complex litigation an was chose fn a detail
We have a quorum. Commissioner very good. Announcements, madame secretary . During the coronavirus disease covid19 emergency, the San Francisco Public Utilities commissions sfpuc regular meeting room, city hall, room 400, is closed. Commissioners and sfpuc staff will convene Commission Meetings remotely by teleconference. Commissioners for those the live stream there be a delay. I would like to extend our thanks to sfgtv staff. If youd like to make a comment dial 18882733658 access code and dial access code 3107452. Youll hear a speaking tone when its expired. Madame president , your first order of business is item 3, aportfolio of the minutes of approval of the minutes july 14, 2020. Commissioner commissioners, before you, you have the minutes of july 14, 2020. Are there any additions or corrections to the minutes . Hearing none id like to ask the secretary to open it up to the Public Comment. Clerk for those who would mike make comments on the minutes of july from july 14, dial 18882
Emails. Welcome, madame mayor. Thank you, very much and good afternoon, everyone. Fire season unfortunately has begun in the state of california. And with that here in San Francisco comes challenges with our air quality. In a normal year wed be able to focus entirely on the air quality challenges but as you know we are not in normal years. Were living in covid. Even as we have been focussed on responding to the Covid Public Health emergency, we havent lost sight of the need to respond to other emergencies. Whether thats an earthquake or air quality event due to wildfire smoke. In San Francisco we know we have to be prepared. Now, i want to start first by recognizing that while our air quality here in the city is a challenge, we have to focus first on those communities that are being impacted by the fire. When peoples lives are at risk and their homes are at risk, that has to be the top priority. We all have friends and family all over the bay area in california. Our communities are con
I am from tennessee, chattanooga. And im thrilled to sit here today with the senator to discuss suffrage history. Let get started. Absolutely. Our first question. Tennessee has such a pivotal role in the story of womens fight for the revote. Do you have a favorite moment or suffragists from the story of tennessees battle for the 19th amendment . When you look at this battle you have to say the entire environment is the favorite moment. When you think about it as the war of the roses and the attitude the suffragists carried in, they were civil. We were gracious. They were polite. They met 40 at the Hermitage Hotel. Someone when they had who was prosuffrage they gave them a yellow rose to pin on their lapel. So when you talk about favorite moments you have to talk about that attitude that seems to permeate this. We are going to get it done. We are going to get it done right. We are going to get this job finished. Enough, tennessee had suffered clubs all across the state. Suffrage clubs a