Report to the american taxpayers. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome him clapping. thank you very much ruth thank you leader nancy pelosi. I think your remarks talk about what this symbolize. It symbolize the history of the united states. Its from our fantastic mayor ed lee and the fact that this building represents a Significant Partnership between the federal government and the city to yield on incredible result. What can happen in washington as from the recovery investment act. Making investment that you the American People have paid for we can return or return the productivity to utilities. That has the other impact of being in partnership with the city to create Economic Opportunities within a community such as this combined with the courthouse and the amazing new Federal Office Building we have the gun to contributed in a way that defines the history positive history of this part of the community. It also represents a partnership too the General Administration and the people we
Ready for another service hopefully it is something well be calling the great come back of our economy. I think mayor ed lee and everyone here for our leadership all your leadership because its more than a building its more than a workplace or a you mean its to growth and regional its the link from the past a great past as the un plaza to the future and i couldnt be happier to be here with you to celebrate that. So thank you very much all very much. Thank you so much congresswoman your leadership in the house that passed the recovery act not only helped to create and save millions of jobs but it is what made this project possible so thank you. Tiger lee is the director for the Administration Services hes served a vital role to build a responsible government for the American People. Hes been recognized and as our that administrator hes leading us to greater innovation as we report to the american taxpayers. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome him clapping. thank you very much ruth than
Nuisance sculptures he maintenance smallscale skurlz please well, mr. Cliff thank you and thank you congresswoman pelosi and mayor ed lee for your comments. This building and project represents many things i want to talk about the roll of art in the contemporary society. Within their design convalescence program. This court yard was done within the program. This program offered the opportunity to work with architect and engineers and significant collaborations that integrate art into the general mifgsdz public buildings. During this collaboration i had the pleasure to work with jennifer and ken barker in washington and don davis. As well as others from the construction site. And we also had an excellent contractor. That my most significant professional collaboration in the project was with two people don doug last from the Fine Arts Program and cliff low. Cliff lows sensitive were structural for me to create the landscape ribbons. Don douglas demanded the best quality. The sculptor in
Democracy. We have to make decisions about how to allocate resources that just dont build a structure and create jobs that way or a place to work and create jobs that way but to grow the economy in the surrounding area. That is what it makes it a model to the nation and thats what San Francisco is also ready and able to do. As we bring life into the building this is renovated in the Great Recession and now ready for another service hopefully it is something well be calling the great come back of our economy. I think mayor ed lee and everyone here for our leadership all your leadership because its more than a building its more than a workplace or a you mean its to growth and regional its the link from the past a great past as the un plaza to the future and i couldnt be happier to be here with you to celebrate that. So thank you very much all very much. Thank you so much congresswoman your leadership in the house that passed the recovery act not only helped to create and save millions of
But we need to give applause to the contract officer. clapping. and what an honor to move into this building and to demonstrate evidence in order to have Strong Partnership you need to have strong collaboration when you have a chance to walk around the building youll see we created open spaces for people to collaborate and, breakdown the hierarch so we can recognize the innovation that mayor ed lee and this Incredible Community has demonstrated. I also learned by Walking Around the building this symbolize some ways of understanding our past and a future. Here on the overview of veterans day titus it make sense toy vitality and open this building. I have an opportunity to look at the history a retired admiral gave me the history. Hey i didnt know we have another oral office now i do laughter but after helping us to protect our country and freedom across the world what a great opportunity to do the work we do in a building that has provided history. And we try to contribute to a better h