Afternoon. Welcome to the september 24, 2019 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madame clerk, will you please call the roll . [roll called] brown present. Fewer present. Haney not present. Mandelman present. Mar present. Peskin present. Ronen not present. Safai present. Stefani present. Walton present. And president yee present. Haney present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. President yee on behalf of the board, i would like this acknowledge the staff of sfgovtv, michael and samuel, who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madame clerk, are there any communications . I have none to report, mr. President. President yee okay. Madame clerk an
Connectedness of all things, and have maintained harmony with nature for millennia. We honor the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples for their enduring commitment to europe. Mother earth as the indigenous protectors of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, their own too shall only have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as caretakers of this place. As well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. We recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland as uninvited guests. We affirm their sovereign rights as first peoples and wish to pay our respects to the ancestors. Elders and relatives of ramaytush community. As environmentalists, we recognize that we must embrace indigenous knowledge and how we care for San Francisco and all its peoples. Commissioner department, staff and members of the public. Welcome to tonights meeting. Todays meeting promises to be both impactful and introspective. Well review the household H
Connectedness of all things, and have maintained harmony with nature for millennia. We honor the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples for their enduring commitment to europe. Mother earth as the indigenous protectors of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, their own too shall only have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as caretakers of this place. As well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. We recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland as uninvited guests. We affirm their sovereign rights as first peoples and wish to pay our respects to the ancestors. Elders and relatives of ramaytush community. As environmentalists, we recognize that we must embrace indigenous knowledge and how we care for San Francisco and all its peoples. Commissioner department, staff and members of the public. Welcome to tonights meeting. Todays meeting promises to be both impactful and introspective. Well review the household H
Connectedness of all things, and have maintained harmony with nature for millennia. We honor the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples for their enduring commitment to europe. Mother earth as the indigenous protectors of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, their own too shall only have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as caretakers of this place. As well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. We recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland as uninvited guests. We affirm their sovereign rights as first peoples and wish to pay our respects to the ancestors. Elders and relatives of ramaytush community. As environmentalists, we recognize that we must embrace indigenous knowledge and how we care for San Francisco and all its peoples. Commissioner department, staff and members of the public. Welcome to tonights meeting. Todays meeting promises to be both impactful and introspective. Well review the household H
And minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the president , quote, avoid the battle, complains, and misses opportunities. Those were the words of leon panetta president obamas former secretary of defense and c. I. A. Director in 2011. At the time panetta, along with military commanders and joint chiefs of staff, recommended that the United States leave 24,000 troops in iraq to prevent that country from falling apart and becoming chaos. According to panetta the administration was so eager to rid itself of iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve american influence in our interests. So the president ignored the advice of his own secretary of defense and top commanders and pooled troops out of iraq in 2011. The timing just before the 2012 president ial leaks to me appe