Her Covert Affairs team have no influence or insight into the resourcing over all. I cant comment that we can get back to you. Thank you for your comments, congressman. So thats exactly why we are here. I speak for a section of the pharmaceutical industry that few people actually appreciate, especially given the statistics that i referenced that two out of every three new drugs approved by the fda last year actually originated in companies that are small biopharmaceutical emerging companies. We dont have a voice in washington. Excelixis is not a member of pharma. Where a number of bio. We dont hear the realities, the pains and challenges that are faced to bring an important new drug to market, represent and the debates because i think a lot of people take for granted that its all great Big Companies with huge budgets and throwing a lot of money at problems. You may be an example of someone who is at a competitive disadvantage because you dont have the same resources to deploy into thos
Afternoon. Welcome to the july 23, 2019 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madame clerk, will you please call the roll . Thank you, mr. President. Brown present. Fewer not present. Haney present. Mandelman present. Mar present. Peskin present. Ronen present. Safai present. Stefani present. Walton present. President yee. President yee thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. 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. President yee so, on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgovtv, michael and kelowna, who record each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madame clerk, are there any communications . None to report, mr. President. President yee colleagues, today we are approving the minutes from the june 18, 2019 board meeting. Are there
Afternoon. Welcome to the july 23, 2019 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madame clerk, will you please call the roll . Thank you, mr. President. Brown present. Fewer not present. Haney present. Mandelman present. Mar present. Peskin present. Ronen present. Safai present. Stefani present. Walton present. President yee. President yee thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. 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. President yee so, on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgovtv, michael and kelowna, who record each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madame clerk, are there any communications . None to report, mr. President. President yee colleagues, today we are approving the minutes from the june 18, 2019 board meeting. Are there
And making sure that they can sustain an earthquake is so critical to protecting the lives of our citizens. In fact we are all reminded from last week, the major earthquake that happened in Southern California and the devastating impact it had on that community, we are reminded that we have to be prepared. Its not about if, its about when a disaster strikes. So what are we going to do to make sure that our Public Safety personnel can focus on the work that they need to do to save lives and not necessarily the challenge that exist with the buildings that house them and what could happen to people that we need to shelter in a disaster. Kezar pavilion is not seismically safe. It is one of the facilities that could qualify for additional revenues so that if necessary, we can use that as a shelter facility in case a disaster hits. We have to be thinking ahead in not only repairing the buildings that we know need to be repaired, like park station, which is currently undergoing some renovatio
New rules mean electric cars must now make a noise at lower speeds. England prepare to face india in a crucial World Cup Group stage game at edgbaston. And the papers is coming up at 9 30am. President trump has become the first serving us president to step foot inside north korea after a symbolic meeting with kim jong un took place at the demilitarised zone on the korean border earlier this morning. This is the moment the two men met at the border. After handshakes and a brief chat, President Trump was welcomed across the border by the north Korean Leader. The event has been presented by the white house as being somewhat of an impromtu meeting, and some critics have dismissed it as pure political theatre. However, there will be hopes that it will pave the way for future constructive talks. This is the third time the pair have met, although their last meeting in vietnam ended abruptly, without any progress being made. Well, kim jong un was the first to speak heres what he had to say. Tr