Submit documents to the clerk. Items today will appear on the march 17th agenda unless otherwise stated due to the deck rarcoronavirus we are asking yoo wash hands and avoid touching high volume surfaces as much as possible. Please call item one and two. Resolution authorizing the department of Public Health to accept 3 million from the Tipping Point community for creation of new Psychiatric Center for two year period beginning january 162020 through january 15, 2020. Two. Resolution authorizing the director of property to lease Real Property located at 11567 valencia street for 404,000 per year for three years with an estimated commencement date of mar1, 2020 to expire on februar. Thank you very much. Supervisor mandelman. Thank you. Colleagues. These two items will allow the department of Public Health to open a 30 bed shelter at 1156 valencia street. It is to extend a 3 million grant to help Fund Creation of the 30 bed Community Hummingbird facility. Two is to enter a lease with Sal
And Commerce Committee are going to determine americas leadership in the world. My goal is to make sure that we are leaving on energy and climate and healthcare and technology 5g, Driverless Cars 14 forcing the digital abide major americas leading and the rest of the world is following our leadership. At the Top Republican on the Consumer Protection committee some of the issues is privacy. Yes. Where is your marker . What do you want to have done . The racket is very Important Congress act and that we set a National Standard for privacy in the United States of america. Right now what is happening is we are starting to see a patchwork of laws across the country and california has led with c cpa that what was going into effect right now and other states are introducing their own laws. Washington state, my home state, has introduced legislation and there is nearly 80 separate bills being introduced at the state level that are addressing privacy because congress isnt acting. We need to pas
[inaudible conversations] without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess for the committee at any time. With that i will now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement and mr. Gomez will follow me with a minute in the same will be given to the Ranking Member. Good morning, thank you to everyone for being here today to discuss a topic which is vital to our democracy for this census. The 2020 census is imminent and accounting set to begin in alaska in less than two weeks and across the country on april 1. The constitution requires every person to be counted, every Single Person living in the United States of america, not just citizens, not just people of a particular Political Party or race but absolutely everyone. I am gravely concerned that the Census Bureau may not be prepared to meet this high bar and that the 2020 census could leave communities across the country undercounted, underrepresented and underfunded. The Government Accountability office and apartment of c
Them in the right direction. Witnesses in the impeachment inquiry testified that the allegation of ukrainian influence in the 2016 election was appropriate to examine. Ambassador volker testified that he thought it was fine to investigate allegations about 2016 influence. Ambassador taylor said, for example, that the allegations surprised and disappointed him, on this record i do not believe one could conclude that President Trump had no legitimate basis to raise a concern about efforts by ukrainians to influence the 2016 election. Let me now turn to the first assertion that President Trump withheld a meeting with president zelensky as a way of pressuring him to investigate the former vp. Here it is important to note ukraines long, profound history of endemic corruption. Several witnesses during the inquiry have testified about these problems. Ambassador marie yovanovitch, for example, said ukraines corruption is not just prevalent but, frankly, is the system. Witnesses testified to ha
Correct . President trump has done a lot for ukraine. Yes. Sir, but isnt it correct that President Trump did not raise anything about hunter biden and fizz his father in 2017 or 2018 in only the year before his election in 2020 when both he and Vice President joe biden were leading candidates. Isnt that true, sir . I think what happened is the president saw this video of the former vp and i think it, it coalessed in his mind. Please answer my questions. He didnt raise any of these issues in 2017 or 2018. I dont know if he did or didnt. You have no evidence he did. No, but i have no evidence he did not. This video is pretty remark bable. Let me ask you this. You talk ed about Lieutenant Colonel vindman, a highly decorated purple heart recipient and work ed in the Trump Administration, correct . Yes, sir. He had a reaction to the call, didnt he . He did. He was list b benning to it, correct . He did. Lets look at his reaction. He said i immediately went to john eisenberg, the lead legal