Platform. Members of the public who wish to make Public Comment on the items in this agenda, the number is 4084189388, and the access code is 1469442932. As always, members of the commission, ill a and presentl ask you to mute your mic until its time for you to be heard. Hopefully, things will go smoothly again. If not, let us know in advance. Im going to give two minutes for Public Comment tonight. Clerk thank you. So for the members of the public, this meeting is being televised by sfgtv. If youre interested in making Public Comment, dial 4084189388, and the access code 1469442932, then pound, and pound again. When its time for Public Comment, president starthree. When you hear the moderator say your line is unmuted, this is your opportunity to provide Public Comment. You will have two minutes to provide Public Comment. Once your two minutes has ended, you will be moved back into listening. Press starthree to be moved back into the queue once again. Please be advised that the agenda
[roll call] clerk commissioner taylor, you have a quorum. Vice president taylor so as im sure the public has noted, were using a different platform. Members of the public who wish to make Public Comment on the items in this agenda, the number is 4084189388, and the access code is 1469442932. As always, members of the commission, ill a and presentl ask you to mute your mic until its time for you to be heard. Hopefully, things will go smoothly again. If not, let us know in advance. Im going to give two minutes for Public Comment tonight. Clerk thank you. So for the members of the public, this meeting is being televised by sfgtv. If youre interested in making Public Comment, dial 4084189388, and the access code 1469442932, then pound, and pound again. When its time for Public Comment, president starthree. When you hear the moderator say your line is unmuted, this is your opportunity to provide Public Comment. You will have two minutes to provide Public Comment. Once your two minutes has e
More gratifying by the incredible support that we have by our leaders and i dont take that granted at all. Were privileged to have it. I cant tell you how much we appreciate your remarks and the steadfast and unwavering support for all of us in the work that we do. Our staff, us, i look around and i see people who have dedicated many years, entire careers, have paused their retirements to continue work for us and everything you do for this city and the people who live here just means an incredible amount. From the very beginning of this pandemic, our staff has been on the front lines everyday, no matter what you do, if its taking care of patients, keeping the hospitals clean and safe for patients, visitors and staff, fe feeding people, testing, opening new units. The creative ways you do them has been endless in the past three months. The importance of the work, the quality of the work, the amount of work, not to mention the pace has been nothing, nothing short of heroic. Its an amazin
Also want to thank the witnesses for being accommodating knowing vote scheduled interfered with the original hearing schedule and accommodating us today. The topics covered in this hearing and i said this previously are not necessarily what is going to make cable news every night but incredible importance when we think of how best to serve the United States of america, our interests and Foreign Policy and the foundation for any real Successful Organization always starts with the right people and make sure they are equipped with the right resources and ability to do their job effectively. I said multiple times previously and want to reiterate we are proud of the men and women that serve us in our diplomatic corps overseas and in Development Work around the world and these are patriotic americans. I once again want to reiterate the work of how important it is for foreignpolicy and american strength. The last few months as subcommittees chairman i had the pleasure of meeting with many ind
See a doctor. They tell us they are afraid that they think when they get sick that ability might be taken away from the. These are real concerns and they deserve real solutions. So today we will examine liberal proposals that say they speak to these concerns. One proposal is called medicare for all. This is a proposal that would outlaw private coverage and put almost all of us on a government run plan. And it is a support, bill that would implement it is supported by almost half of all House Democrat members, 14 senators including four who are running for president. Another proposal which i will call medicare for all flight just for the sake of ease of reference is all americans the ability role in a new government run plan. And on the surface i think these ideas seem like they are easy solutions but and if any of what you look at we see slim majorities to majorities of americans saying theyre interested in them. Today we are going to learn more about what these proposals will do, whet