This is the wednesday, november 6, 2019 budget and finance committee meeting. I am chair of the budget and finance committee. I am chairman sandra lee fewer. I am joined by supervisor Raphael Mandelman and catherine stefani. Madam clerk, do we have any announcements today . Clerk yes. [agenda item read]. Chair fewer thank you very much. Madam clerk, can you please call item number one. [agenda item read]. Chair fewer supervisor mandelman . Supervisor mandelman thank you, chair fewer. We considered this item last week. If youll recall, i offered amendments which needed to sit for a week, so i would ask today that we forward this to the full board with a positive recommendation. Chair fewer thank you, supervisor. There is no b. L. A. Report on this, and so lets open this up for Public Comment. Any members of the public want to comment on item one . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. [gavel]. Chair fewer id like to make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recom
Subcommittee had in arraigning todays hearing arranging todays hearing. I. C. E. Declined to sit on the same panel with knack mote toe nakamoto, the contractor it chose. The departments lack of cooperation makes it more challenging for congress to do its job. At a meeting with dhs leaders, its important to the subcommittee to bring everyones voices together. Thats how we can best identify challenges and find ways to solve them. This issue is particularly important to me as two of i. C. E. s facilities detain upwards of 1300 migrants from in my home district. I visited these facilities, and i have concerns about some of the conditions of confinement. And im not alone in having these concerns. Dhss own office of Inspector General last year found these processes for oversight and con finement were insufficient to stay compliance with i. C. E. s own standards. It might be that inspectors are set up to fail. For example, i. C. E. Has a contractor who is responsible for evaluating compliance
Evening. Also tonight should Buckingham Palace come clean about the health of king charles and princess catherine to stop rumours and speculation. And as rumours and speculation. And as spice girl geri halliwells husband, finds himself in hot water over alleged messages to a female colleague, is flirting at work, a sackable offence . This is friday night live with me, mark dolan. Bring your own dnnks. Mark dolan. Bring your own drinks. The admission is. Drinks. The admission is. Free. Yes, indeed. On tonights show, yes, indeed. On tonights show, my friday friends , star my friday friends, star historian David Oldroyd b bolt and fearless political commentator peter emma burnell. Commentator peter emma burnell. Yes, indeed. Also tonight weve got former government minister Edwina Currie with her reaction to rishi sunaks speech tonight and tv news legend Nicholas Owen, plus essex expert liz brewer on flirting in the workplace. My friday big opinion is on the way. My first reaction to the e
Lots to get through a busy hour. First, the News Headlines and sam francis. Mark, i am so sorry to disappoint you. This is the top story from the tv newsroom. The Prime Minister says islamist extremism aims to drain us of our confidence in ourselves as a people addressing the nation outside downing street this evening, he vowed to back Police Taking action against problem protests and said universities must do more to crack down on extremism on campuses. Rishi sunak says islamist extremists are spreading a poison in a statement, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has backed the Prime Ministers message, calling for unity in the country. The Prime Minister signalled the government will unveil what he called a robust framework for dealing with the growing problem of extremism. Growing problem of extremism. I want us to doubt ourselves , i want us to doubt ourselves, to doubt each other, to doubt our countries history and achievements. They want us to achievements. They want us to accept
Which is marking 25 years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. The historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in Northern Ireland. But Prime Minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified to restore the Power Sharing government that was central to the deal. It collapsed in the fallout from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to overshadow the historic milestone. Rishi sunak willjoin the us president , joe biden, on a visit to Northern Ireland on tuesday to commemorate the Good Friday Agreement. A few minutes ago, the Us National Security council spokesperson, john kirby, told the White House Press corps how much this trip means to President Biden. President biden will head to Ulster University to deliver remarks marking the tremendous progress since the signing of the belfast Good Friday Agreement 25 years ago. And hell underscore the readiness of the United States to preserve those gains and support Northern Irela