Mister president , you have a quorum. President walton thank you Madam Clerk. The board of supervisors acknowledges we are on the unseededancestral homeland of the ramakrishna alumni who are the originalinhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their tradition , they have never forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place. As well as for our people who reside in their traditional territory. As yetwe recognize that we benefit from living and working on their their traditional homeland, we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors , elders and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone Community and by affirming their sovereign right as first people. Would you please place your right hand over your heart and join me in the pledge of allegiance . Ipledge allegianceto the flag of the United States of america and to therepublic for which it stands , one nation , under god , indivisible with Liberty And
Welcome to themay 25 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madamclerk, will you please call the role. Thank you mister president , supervisor chan. [roll call] mister president , you have a quorum. President walton thank you madam clerk. The board of supervisors acknowledges we are on the unseededancestral homeland of the ramakrishna alumni who are the originalinhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their tradition , they have never forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place. As well as for our people who reside in their traditional territory. As yetwe recognize that we benefit from living and working on their their traditional homeland, we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors , elders and relatives of the Ramaytush Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign right as first people. Would you please place your right hand over your heart and join me in th
Militants if all exchanges of niceties continue we will ask the americans to bring the number of their diplomats who deal with by lots rules relations with russia in accordance with the number of our employees working in the embassy and to general consulates in the u. S. The kremlin is reacting to u. S. Government decision to blacklist Russian Companies expel Russian Diplomats and bar u. S. Banks from buying sovereign bonds from the central bank in Moscow Russia continue to interfere with our democracy all this because washington says russia is involved in malign acts including the persecution of opposition politicians alexina vowel me interfering in elections engaging in cyber hacking as well as occupying crimea are the toughest sanctions since 2018. If the government is frightened by the way the events are developing but they will change course and will continue to be confrontational but the question is how far will the kremlin push it they will try to make it look as though nothing
A shipment of 864000 doses of astra zeneca from the kovacs scheme the government has imposed tougher restrictions including a 3 week nighttime curfew the 1st people to make use of new zealand and australia as new quarantine free travel bubble of touch down families and friends are reuniting after the 2 countries launch the Initiative Following months of coordination new zealand and australia shut their borders to almost everyone except residents and citizens in march 2020. The u. S. President is threatening russia of consequences if kremlin critic alex in the valley dies in prison van these health is rapidly deteriorating and runs the risk of kidney failure according to his personal doctor hes been on Hunger Strike for over 3 weeks i did jocasta reports from washington d. C. Its been nearly 3 weeks since alexina vali launched a Hunger Strike after russian prison officials denied him access to private doctors to treat back pain and the loss of feeling in his legs the symptoms possibly l
Chair mccollum so, the subcommittee on defense is now in order and this morning we will receive testimony on the National Guard and reserve components for the 2022 budget. It will be a two Panel Hearing hearing. Panel one recognizes the chief of the National Guard bureau. Panel two will recognize the reserve component chief, the army, navy, marine corps and air force reserves. And i encourage all members to participate in both panels. We have five witnesses across the two panels testifying, so im going to be brief, very brief with my opening remarks. The subcommittee provides funding for the National Guard and reserve, personnel cost, operation and maintenance and equipment funding, including the National Guard reserve and equipment account, and that is an appropriation which is not included in the president budget president s budget and will probably be referred to the rest of this hearing as agreed. Funding is also provided for activities such as counter drug operations, humvee moder