Silenced your cell phones, and your completed speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the october 29thd of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Id like to take item two first and then one and then three. So, mr. Clerk, could you please call item two. Item two is an ordinance amending the health and Business Code to replace the requirement that food preparations and Service Establishments post a symbol issued by the department of Public Health, and a placard indicating whether the establishment has conditionally passed or failed a health inspection. Clarifying some of the terminology pertaining to violations and penalties for same. And increasing permit fees for temporary permits and food vending machines. Thank you, mr. Clerk. This is supervisor peskins legislation, and we have calvin yang from his office to tell us about it. Thank you, chair mandelman. First i want to say my name is calvin, and im the legislative aide to to the supe
Seriously have outlined evidence of obstruction of justice. The president did not just attempt to obstruct the special counsels investigation, but he is also obstructing our congressional investigation into his conduct. The president has instructed a number of witnesses to ignore our subpoenas in order to hide his wrongdoing from the American People. One of those witnesses is rob porter, the former white house staff secretary, who was served with a subpoena by this committee on august 26. Rob porter was prominently featured in the special counsel Robert Muellers report with a detailed description of efforts to obstruct justice. The report describes the president directing then White House Counsel Don Mcgahn to fire the special counsel, and then ordering him to lie about it. The committee has many questions for mr. Porter, but the president doesnt want us asking those questions. The president directed mr. Porter not to appear based on a bogus claim of absolute immunity , a pattern by th
He has also been a passionate advocate for the rights of individuals with disabilities. Ada amendments act of 2008 which president george bush signed into law and strengthened americans with disabilities act. He has served this committee with distinction and will be sorely missed. I look forward to continuing to work with him over the next year and a half as he completes his service in congress. I would now recognize the Ranking Member for any comments he may have. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I appreciate you doing this. For all the accomplishments that you just stated on my side its not only accomplishments of someone i can look over to the left and see on the wall of this committee, for me to be able to sit next to Jim Sensenbrener is one of the highlights of my career, in serving with him. It is often said when you have people you look up to and theyve played an impact on republican side would not have the frankly, the standing that we have, from whaeps done and over time. And it is so
Manager Corey Lewandowski was. Sked about the interactions on judiciary will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to call recesses at any time. We welcome everyone to todays hearing on president ial obstruction of president ial obstruction of justice and abuse of power. Before we begin i remind our Committee Members that we should refrain from making inappropriate personal references to protected parties, namely the president , Vice President , members of the senate, members of the house. This would include accusations of dishonesty, criminality, treason, or other unethical or imoper motives. The Critical Issues we are addressing today which go to the very core of our constitutional democracy, understandably bring out strong passions in us as they do in the American People. I hope that in what should but i hope that in what should be a spirited discussion of these issues today well stay focused on the issues and take care of to the keep our comments from being dire
From the American People. Is robthose witnesses porter, former white house staff secretary served by a subpoena from the secretary august 26. Rob porter was prominently featured in Robert Muellers report with a detailed description of efforts to obstruct justice. The report describes the president directing them White House Counsel Don Mcgahn to fire the special counsel and then ordering him to lie about it. The committee has many questions but the president is not wants asking those questions. The president directed mr. Porter not to they saw bogus claim of immunity. Mr. Dearborn is not here today either for the same reason. Sphere of what we and the American People could learn from their testimony. Their absence will not stop the oversight. On january 25, 2018, the New York Times reported the president had ordered mcgahn to have the department of justice fire the special counsel. The president went on tv and denied the story. The president pressured mcgahn to put out a statement deny