the investigation warrant. we are far from wrapping up our work. the investigation goes on and we have some anticipation that we we re closer to the and of the investigation right now. but the fact is, witnesses continue to come forward. so, we are reserving the right to do more hearings as these witnesses come forward, and i think hopefully we will have a lot of work remaining to do. one of those witnesses is patrick byrne, the former ceo of overstocked. com. he testified before the committee earlier today after his name come up at tuesday s hearing. witnesses for the committee testified that he was at an unhinged oval office meeting in december 2020, along with rudy giuliani, sydney powell and michael flynn. what is a former furniture ceo have to do with january 6th. here s what former white house counsel pat cipollone told the committee on tuesday. i opened the door and i walked in and i saw general flynn and i saw sydney powell sitting there. i was not happy to see
Jonathan there is growing concern about the health of john mccain. He is hospitalized at if Walter Reed Medical Center and he is increasingly frail and not speaking up as much as he has in the past. It comes a day after former Vice President joe biden a longtime friend of mccain in the senate consoled his daughter megan mccain on the view. Its not about me. Its about everyone. No. It is about everyone. But look. One of the things that gave beau courage my word was john. Your dad, you may remember when you were a little kid. Your dad took care of my beau. Your dad when he was working with me became friends with beau. Beau talked about his courage. He said the hospitalization is for side effect of brain cancer. They expect him to be back at work alison ryan is 47 years old but he has served for 18 years. Another story we are following tonight the repeal of the Net Neutrality. Amidst the controversial move by the s. E. C. , threats and protests are growing against the move that some fear
Opposed . We are now in executive session. Session . Madam secretary. All right. I move to revine in open session. Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed . Next item madam secretary. Pledge of allegiance. I would like to disclose that in close session on february 14, 2017 the Port Commission meeting the commission unanimously approved the appointment of cathy pouchony as the Deputy Director and finance and administration and i would like to disclose anything ulc discussed. Thank you. Second. Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed . Next item madam secretary. Pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag to the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please be advice the cell phones and sound producing Electronic Devices are prohibited at the meeting. Please be advised that the chair can remove anyone for the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound producing
Madam secretary. Roll call. Commissioner willie adams. Here. Kimberly brandon. Here. Leslie katz. Here. Motion for approval of the minutes for february 28. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed . Item 3 comment on executive session. Is there any Public Comment on executive session and Public Comment is closed. Madam secretary. Item 4 executive session. Move that we go into executive session. Session. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed . We are now in executive session. Session . Madam secretary. All right. I move to revine in open session. Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed . Next item madam secretary. Pledge of allegiance. I would like to disclose that in close session on february 14, 2017 the Port Commission meeting the commission unanimously approved the appointment of cathy pouchony as the Deputy Director and finance and administration and i would like to disclose anything ulc discussed. Thank you. Second. Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed . Next item madam secretary.
Discussions with the port as well as the Contract Monitoring Division and share the reporting and forest city is already doing for itself to monitor its own performance and share that with the port as well. Great. How are you doing so far . Well, that is for construction level so we dont have that for the predevelopment but we have the lbe goal for the phase one which we exceeded every quarter thus far and doing good on that utilization for the eir phase as we call it. Great thank you. Of course. To jack, david, kelly and the port staff and a special thank you and i know director forbes and you kim and had to get involved and probably have to stay involved but jack i was knowing about and i came on the Commission Six years ago and me and commissioner katz came out and you gave us a tour around the dark buildings and Walking Around and this vision you were laying out to us and i am really so glad its starting to really come into fruition but the Community Outreach jack that you guys hav