Stretch the department spending. When it comes to Law Enforcement, your arrival at the department at a critical time of needed leadership is welcome. Since our hearing early this spring, with the departments lawenforcement chiefs, we have seen the departures of the atf director and the dea administrator. I hope you will Pay Attention to these Law Enforcement agencies. To ensure that they faithfully execute their duties during this time of change. As an example, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms and explosives has a rule pending that would impose burdens burdensome and unnecessary regulations regarding firearms lost or stolen in transit. However, the atfs own statistics indicate this number is insignificant and should not be a cause for concern. It certainly does not warrant such encumbering regulations. Oversight and accountability should remain a top priority for this committee. I have consistently expressed my displeasure to your predecessor regarding the departments resis
Committee will come to order. Welcome to todays commerce, justice, and science subcommittee hearing examining the department of justices disco year 2016 budget request fiscal year. Let me welcome Loretta Lynch to her first hearing before this subcommittee as she assumes the important spots ability of serving as our nations chief Law Enforcement officer. Welcome. As you begin your twoyear term as attorney general, i believe it is critical for you to return the office of attorney general to its constitutional purpose which is to enforce the laws of the land, not the degrees and winds of the president. The president has a white House Counsel and pretty plenty of attorneys arguing for his point of view on immigration environmental regulations and more. The attorney general, i believe, is the servant of the loss and citizens of the United States, not the president. I want to encourage you, madam attorney general, to consider this perspective carefully as you begin your service in a job that
The resources may be there and available for the cities, that smaller communities, we are losing it young people. It can be so significant to the health and morale and safety. I would ask that you work with us. I have other questions i would like submitted for the record. Most specifically with the codification of the brady obligation and statute. I would like further followup on that. Senator last year, we had the victims of child abuse act we reauthorized both programs. Childrens Advocacy Centers funded do interviews. They are respectful of the delicate needs of childhood victims of abuse. I was disappointed to see the budget only ask for half of the money to keep these programs. Is been your experience with childrens advocacy programs . Loretta lynch senator, my experience has been based primarily with my experience as a u. S. Attorney. We found the childrens Advocacy Centers to be extremely powerful. It has been in dealing with children who may be related to victims of human traffi
The meeting will come to order good morning, everyone this is the San Francisco Transportation Authority plans Programs Committee this is the meeting of tuesday, march 18, 2014. Our clerk is erica chang could you please call the roll supervisor breed. Supervisor kim. Supervisor mar. Supervisor yee. laughter thank you id like to thank Jessie Larson and others for brooet us on sfgovtv. Item 12 the Citizens Advisory Council report. I know that supervisor kim was going to make comments about the unfortunate news of joseph passing. Actually, i was going to do any memoriam at the full Board Meeting i was hoping after the Committee Report we could have a moment of silence this is a time of vice chair flanagan used to do his report and bryan larkin from the cac. Im sorry supervisor campos. I know were going to do something at the board but i want to acknowledge mr. Flanagan i know he really cared about this agency and i have yet to find anyone that is more passionate about serving people and w
Percent only on Public Transit much better promotions can lead to a integrated citywide system neighborhoods need to weigh in for study one hundred and 73 thousand is not a small sum if we were to study the improvements for the City Projects that could be implemented quickly and the instead of the studies that were cut city anyone else who wants to speak please step forward. Im for the central subway and i want you to approve the funding for it. And also expanding to north beach and inform Fishermans Wharf. I live on the f line its crowded with toufrtsdz going to Fishermans Wharf so this is ideal for it to go to Fishermans Wharf. I find it funny with the north beach people have opted the central subway and they still come out and how far rank you guys about the subway thats wrong the subway is going to be built and we should go favorite to north beach and into Fishermans Wharf. Thank you thank you anyone else who wants to speak. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Id like to ask if