And housing to create, and to preview this and the five year, plan that you and his team have been working on and to give this committee, and our board, and about the draft plan, and further input in that plan, and i want to see the department, and creating and hopefully a new five year plan will guide us in that direction, and we would like to ask you at this point in time, our new director to come up and has a presentation for us and just by starting off and by saying, thank you, for taking on this task, and thank you for all of your hard work. And all of your partnership with the board of supervisors to date and what is to come. We appreciate the opportunity to talk about where we are at in terms of the Strategic Plan and before i begin, i want to remind the folks in our department, it is really only about 100 days old, and we are trying to build the airplane while we are flying it. And in addition to bringing together, staff from multiple departments, and having to hire a new Leade
Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, then on the collins amendment, number 3970, 87 votes aye, 9 nay. The amendment is carried. Ms. Collins move to lay it on the table. The presiding officer without objection. There are now four minutes of debate ms. Collins . A senator mr. President , the senate is not in order. A senator the senator deserves to be the presiding officer the senate will be in order. There will now be four mustnts of debate prior to resolution number in relation to a vote on amendment number 3897. Ms. Collins mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the votes follow the subsequent votes in the series be ten minutes in length. The presiding officer without objection. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from utah. Mr. Lee mr. President , unlike the collins amendment, which has just passed with broad support, my amendment would actually do something, would actua
That doesnt mean he cant negotiate a framework agreement. I think the president does have authority to negotiate an executive a formal executive agreement with cuba which would provide a framework for cuban guarantees to american investors who voluntarily subscribed to the terms of these arrangements. That agreement could spell out the protections cuba is prepared to offer. It would provide impartial dispute settlement. It could even provide funding for the lets say a claims try tribunal, it could provide funding for the awards, if any had to be issued. Where would the money come from . It could come from contributions from cuba and from the investors. Commercial insurance, Political Risk insurance, could play a role in this. Ive done that in private practice for some clients. There is a quasi precedent not directly employed not going quite this far but in the Clinton Administration, they negotiated germany and other countries in europe relating to holocaust claims, these agreements th