Attorney general sessions, welcome. For all the people in the audience, we welcome you as well. I thank general sessions were being here that attorney general sessions were being here for the oversight hearing. His is an opportunity for congress to investigate and question the policies and actions of any executive branch. It is an opportunity for the executive branch to take responsibility for any of those policies and actions, and an opportunity for congress to defend its constitutional powers and check any abuses by an overreaching executive branch, and it has been that way for 230 years. Some have complained that we have not had an oversight hearing with this attorney general earlier. My reason for deferring was that the attorney general should have his team in place before appearing before us. Certainly, attorney general holder and attorney general lynch did have their respective teams well in place by the time they appeared here as you are now here. The other side has been blockin
Supervisors supervisor peskin has been asked to be appointed by mr. Coaker any initial comments supervisor peskin recovered to the clerk of the board survey on march first stating healed to serve on the commission do either of you have questions or statements as to the folks to make about that seeing none, lets hear from Public Comment any Public Comment on this item . Good afternoon david pilpal im in support of supervisor peskin i think hell do an excellent job representing the city an bcdc got lots of experience i happened to be in conversation request the clerk about the manner in which these kinds of appointments of Board Members to both sides are handed and suggested it should list as information and bottom one seat one applicant line supervisor peskin in the way that public appointments are made because a member of the public wouldnt know unless we want to the packet that supervisor peskin just read a hearing took place jefferson this will provide more information but on substan
Zeinab badawi. My guess is you is Democratic Party insider, jake sullivan, a key adviser to democrat such as Hillary Clinton, when she was Secretary Of State, as well as on the Campaign Trail, last year. Donald trump has attracted a lot of criticism at home and abroad over his rhetoric and style of leadership. But is he not proving more effective in important Foreign Policy issues like the fight against extremists, than the previous Democratic Administration . Democratic. Jake sullivan, thank you forjoining us. Jake sullivan, thank you forjoining us. As a key adviser to Hillary Clinton, can give be objective about the Trump Administration . Not entirely objective. I would have to put my bias on the table. I spent two years trade to stop him from getting into the oval office. But i think a lot of the things that we predicted during the campaign about his lack of it as though others have borne out over the last six months. Soi borne out over the last six months. So i have tried to take a
For thursday, january 5, 2017, happy new year everyone id like to call roll at this time. Or actually please silence any devices that may sound off during the proceedings. And and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. Now im not commissioner president fong commissioner Vice President richards commissioner koppel commissioner melgar and commissioner moore. We expect commissioner johnson and commissioner hillis to be absent firefighters is proposed for continuance at leeland avenue discretionary review to january 12, 2017, and item 2 conditional use authorization is proposed until january 26th no other items proposed for continuance there are no speaker cards. Okay any Public Comment on the two items proposed continuance not seeing any, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner moore. Move to continue as noted. Second. Thank you, commissioners on that motion to continue both matters and proposed commissioner koppel commissioner melgar commis
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