Minutes for an opening statement. A bedrock tenet of the United States economy. Free flow worldwide has always been a bipartisan goal and to that end im proud to serve as cochair of the Global Investment in america caucus as well as mr. Holden, mr. Himes and mr. Manes. It promotes Global Investment in the United States economy and helps educate members about the importance of Foreign Direct Investment. Today the United States is the largest foreign investor and recipient of the greatest amount of Foreign Direct Investment through the capital is provided a good deal of the energy that has kept her economy vibrant and compensated for the notoriously low National Savings rate to provide the fuel for growth of u. S. Businesses and jobs. On the site of u. S. Workers and jobs are related to foreign men. Most of these jobs pay handsomely, far better than other u. S. Job, but of Foreign Investment is to be a force for good, and must not be welcomed unthinkingly any more than one might be the f
The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. 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. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , april 4, 2016. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable bill cassidy, a senator from the state of louisiana, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed, orrin g. Hatch, president pro tempore. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the Senate Majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell id like to welcome our colleagues back from their state work periods. The senate has gotten a lot done under e new majority and will continue well continue our work today. But first i want to remember the daily sacrifice of our Capitol Police in light of the inciden
To order. Supervisor norman yee this is the regular meeting of government audit oversight committee. Today im chairing this meeting. Im joied by supervisor campos. President breed is out. I would like to thank sf govtv jim and leo who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . City clerk yes, please silence cell phones and other electronic devices. Anything to be submitted, should be given to the clerk. Supervisor norman yee before we get started, can we have a motion to excuse supervisor aaron peskin from this meeting. So moved. Without objection, motion passes. Also supervisor david campos is here to serve as a member in replacement of supervisor peskin. Madam clerk, please call first item. City clerk item no. 1 to assess the impact of coyotes citywide. The a request by the an care and control and the recreation and Parks Department and the press press supervisor norman yee this is a concern about
The city of San Francisco sfgtv meeting of the Transportation Authority board, Vision Zero Committee, willmitt occurring on march 31, 2016 will begin shortly. The city of San Francisco sfgtv meeting of the Transportation Authority board, Vision Zero Committee, occurring on march 31, 2016 will begin shortly. This is regular meeting of Vision Zero Committee for thursday march 31, 2016. I am supervisor norman yee and i will be chairing todays meeting. I am joined by supervisor campos and im sure supervisor kim is on her way. The committee will also i can like to ad acknowledge the staff at the Committee Clerk is steve stamos, and the committee would also like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, jez see larson and leo diesis would record all of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . There are no announcements. Okay. Can you please call item number 1. Item one, roll call, commissioner campos, campos present, commission
Im just going say no. Breed no. Supervisor campos . No. Campos no. Supervisor cohen . Aye. Cohen aye. Thank you. Supervisor kim . Kim no. Supervisor mar . No. Mar no. Supervisor peskin. Peskin no. Supervisor tang . Aye. Tang aye. Supervisor wiener . Aye. Wiener aye. Supervisor yee . No. Yee no. Supervisor avalos . No. Avalos no there are three ayes and seven nos with supervisors breed, campos, kim, mar, peskin, yee and avalos in the dissent. Okay the amendment fails [ gavel ]. Madam clerk, what was the second . The second motion made by supervisor wiener, seconded by supervisor cohen on page 3 line 3. I believe supervisor wiener after property statewide except for parks and open space. Except for parks and yes. Okay. Okay, im sorry, i need to pull up the resolution to understand that specifically. Okay. Madam president , i think we can take that without objection. Okay. Colleagues can we take that amendment without objection, without objection the amendment passes. [ gavel ] and on ite