Some of the fossil fuel areas. And ill suggest an area that my republican colleagues on the energy and Commerce Committee criticized during a Committee Meeting not too long ago and that was the Carbon Capture and sequestration. Compare the return on investment right now provided in this bill for the multimilliondollar amount were putting into Carbon Capture that has not proven that is not proven compared to what we could achieve on a return and investment in Energy Efficiency for our neighbors, for our businesses and for jobs. So therefore this amendment will shift a little bit, not all, from those technologies and put it into a place where it works, Energy Efficiency. I appreciate Ranking Member kapturs vision. She understands that this is our future, this is a job creator. I appreciate her work and chairman simpsons work on the appropriations bill. I ask for an ray vote on the cass an aye vote on the castor amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentlelady y
Hello, welcome to the regular pleat meeting of the budget and finance committee. My name is carmen chu of the finance committee. Im joined by supervisor avalos and supervisor kim. Bless you. Our clerk today is alisa miller. At sfgtv we have mark freeman and mike bunch. Do you have any announcements . Yes, please make sure cell phones and collect nick devices [speaker not understood]. Items acted upon today will appear on the january 125th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you very much. Would you call item 1 . Item number 1 is a resolution authorizing the San Francisco department of Human Services to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of 105,000 from code for america labs, inc. , toward the cost of participating in the 2013 code for america cfa fellowship program, which has specially selected the department of Human Services to receive Technology Design services from cfa to increase access to Public Benefits by the citys lowest income residen
The third lie. In the book professor gelles argues that the vast majority of Government Social programs dont work and suggests a different approach. This is about ten minutes. Gls well, booktv is on the road. Were in philadelphia at the university of pennsylvania, and were interviewing some professors who also happen to be authors. And we want to introduce you to the dean of the university of pennsylvanias school of social policy and practice. This is Richard Gelles on your screen. And one of his books, his most recent, is called the third lie why Government Programs dont work and a blue print for change. Dr. Gelles, im here from the government, and im here to help you. Is that not true . Guest not true. Host why not . Guest because most Government Social programs which are designed to help people dont actually help. In some instances it is little more than the, i hate saying this, but the dogooder full employment act. It provides lots of jobs for people whod like the help, but at the
Well, book tv is on the road. Were in philadelphia at the university of pennsylvania, and were interview something professors. Who also happen to be authors. We want to introduce you to the dean of the university of Pennsylvania School of social policy and practice, this is Richard Gelles on your screen one of his books, his most recent, is called the third lie why Government Programs dont work and a blueprint for change. Dr. Gelless, im here from the government and im here to help you true . Guest not true. Host why . Guest they dont tallly help in some instances its little more than i hate to say thats the goodgooddedder employment act, lots of people would like to help, but if you look at whether the needle has moved andem have been helped by substantial amounts of Government Programs and money, the bottom line is very rarely are people helped. And i thought that it was a story worth telling. The idea came to me as i was being smuggled into the back door of the state house in the st
The majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. Jones, for five minutes. Mr. Jones mr. Speaker, thank you very much. I will be on the floor again talking about the failed policy in afghanistan. Mr. Speaker, most people in my district know ive signed over 11,000 letters, condolence letters of families who lost loved ones in afghanistan and iraq because of the unnecessary war we fought in iraq. In the last two weeks we were ome for the july fourth break. They were two weekends. I signed 16 letters to families who lost loved ones in afghanistan. Mr. Speaker, its almost like we in congress dont know were still at war but yet there are young men and women dying in afghani