Clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. So lets go ahead so the motion passes. Can we have a roll call on the item itself as amended. Clerk on item 46 as amended [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. So the resolution as amended is adopted. Madam clerk, lets call item 47. Clerk item 47 is a resolution to oppose indias exclusionary National Register of citizens and citizenship Amendment Act and reaffirming San Francisco as a welcoming city, expressing the city and county of San Franciscos board of supervisors solidarity with San Franciscos south Asian Community regardless of religion and caste. President yee supervisor mar . Supervisor mar colleagues, i know its very late, but i would like to speak to this item because so many south Asian Community members spoke out on this and its important to them. Through this motion, San Francisco is joining an International Movement in condemning indias exclusionary citizenship amendment and also joining cities like seattle,
Tuskegee airmen. Please allow me to briefly introduce the panel, and then well come back and hear from our panelists and then well ask questions. I may recite a question or two just for clarity. Lets begin with the person closest to me with the blue cap Lieutenant Colonel robert friend. Lieutenant colonel brown. Lieutenant colonel george hardy. Lieutenant colonel Alexander Jefferson. Lieutenant colonel james h. Harvey iii. And our closer, Lieutenant Colonel harry stewart. Lets first begin with Lieutenant Colonel harvey friend. Well yield the floor to you and then well ask our friends in the audience to give a few questions. Lets have a round of applause for our first panelists. So, colonel, just give us just a brief history about you and your accounts in the military. Well, i was always interested in flying, and when that chance was offered me for instance i had a license in late 30s because i was part of a program the United States was doing in defense potential defense itself, and th
Mr. Jackson year on thank you very much. Thank you and good morning, welcome to the mcgowan theater, we are here to salute american icons the tuskegee airmen, please allow me to introduce the panel. And then we will come back here from our panelists, and they will ask the field to give questions, i may recite the question a timer to just required a. Lets start with the person closest to me with the blue cap, Lieutenant Colonel robert friend. Next to him, harold browns. Lieutenant colonel george hardy, Lieutenant Colonel alexander jefferson. Lieutenant colonel, james h. Harvey the third. And are closer, Lieutenant Colonel harrison. This lets her start, he was born in the first guess he was born in south carolina. Girlfriend, we will yield the floor to you, and then we will ask our friends in the audience to give you questions, lets have a round of applause for our first panelist. Colonel friend just give us a brief history about you i was always interested in flying and when the chances
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Works committee. Its about two hours. I call this hearing to order. Todays hearing is about the need for this committee to draft and to pass a bipartisan Highway Infrastructure bill. Both Ranking Member carpers staff and my staff have been working on drafting this legislation along with all of the members of this committee. We appreciate all the input we received from our home states, from our fellow members and from transportation stakeholders. Its our shared goal to advance a bill out of the committee this summer. That means the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will be first out of the gate to pass a Highway Infrastructure bill. This is appropriate given the history of bipartisan efforts to pass previous surface as far as surface transportation bills. Chef crumbling roads and bridges and they need to replaced. Projected population growth and existing congestion require states to build new capacity to meet future needs. Our economy is built upon a well functioning road sy