Good morning. I call this hearing to order. The chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. I want to thank everyone especially the witnesses for joining us today for the committees. I want to make sure to note some important requirements. Let me begin by saying that the rules and practice will continue to apply during the proceedings. All members are reminded that they are expected to appear to the rules including the quorum. The d and the guidance from the rules committee in a manner that respects the rise for all members to participate. It requires the members to have connections so please keep your cameras on. Also if you have to participate in another proceeding, please exit this one and log back in later. On the technical issues, recognized in the questioning i will move to the next available member of the same party and recognize that member at the next appropriate time slot provided the of returned. If a witness loses connectivity during testimony were questioning, i wil
Site taylor. Well it happened at the Community Building next to the church and you can see its now boarded up but inside its looking a lot worse. I talked to neighbors earlier they told me that they heard a loud shattering noise in the middle of the night and soon after thats when this building caught fire Church Leaders believe that this is a hate crime. They say its politically motivated. Members of a San Francisco Armenian Church woke up to this destruction thursday morning, a suspected arson fire ripped through the first and second floor of its Community Building next to saint gregory the illuminator or median church make me feel that upset. If whitman them a building damage should doesnt do any good to anybody you know financial the destruction on to on chairman of the churchs board of trustees believes they were does to these some kind a hate crime involved in we had a similar situation of keys evie school. And we think this is somehow a continuation. No one was really a veteran
There too. While conquered at 65 San Francisco and berkeley. Each in the low 60s at 62. Later today, look forward to 70s for your peak temperatures for the vast majority of us. It is about to be a beautiful afternoon in a really comfortable one too to welcome in the weekend. Robin okay i cant use the 4 air quality as an excuse not to work out thank you go for high yeah go for a little walk to that will be nice. All right, lets check in on the traffic more folks are packing up rolling out heading to work and coming into San Francisco. So its definitely picking up at the bay bridge toll plaza, everybody is behaving thats what we like to see no problems off to fremont street, no hot spots for crashes, heres 92 our busiest bridge as usual more and more brake lights rolling out of hayward little crowded on the flat section but youre good up and over the high rise on into foster city and send the tail and were checking the commute on the Richmond Center fell between the north bay in the east
Instituted. This is two and a half hours. The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chairman is authorized to declare a recess at any time. The chair asks that ms. Debbie ms. Scanlan,ultz, else mr. Cooper, ms. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and representative mary gay scanlon, b waved onto the committee. Without objection, it is so ordered. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement, then i will record as the Ranking Member. I have agreed is the chairwoman on . Chairwoman wish to have an Opening Statement . I will recognize her, with your after. Ion, mr. Hice, lawrence, i will recognize. If somebody else on your side wants to have additional. The Postal Service is the crown jewel of our federal government. It serves every household and business every day. 630,000 brief individuals who live in every congressional district. According to pew research, 91 of americans have a favorable view of the Postal Service. Leaps and bounds above that of any other federal entity. During
Ronen absent. Safai absent. We have corium. Thank you madam clerk. Do you have any announcements . Gentlemyes, i would like to announcement about Public Comment. Please proceed. Public comment will be available for each item via telephone by calling 8882045987 and the access code is on the screen. Dial 10 to speak. Each call will be allowed 2 minutes. Calls will be taken in the order which they are received. Best practices are to speak slowly, clearly, and turn down the volume of anything around you. That completes my announcement. Thank you, could use please read the next item. Sorry, this is commissioner ronen. I can sort of hear you. Did you hear me when i said i was here. Now we can hear you, see you, and you are counted present. Good morning commissioner ronen. I think were just missing commissioner safai. With that, could use please read the second item madam clerk. Yes, item two, chairs report. This is an information item. Good morning chair peskin, vice chair mandelman and comm