[indiscernible chatter] ms. Eshoo the subcommittee on health will now come to order. Good morning, colleagues. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Mr. Burgess will you yield for a parliamentary inquiry . Ms. Eshoo i want to do my Opening Statement. Pardon me. I already recognized myself but ill recognize you afterward. I never thought id be holding or that we would be holding a hearing under these sad circumstances, but i think its a necessary one. Our country is in pain. Americans are afraid. Theyre sick. Theyre hungry and jobless. And over 80,000 souls have been lost. And the government that was supposed to protect them has failed. There are heroes and they have risen, extraordinary, ordinary americans showing courage, compassion, and a sense of selfsacrifice and duty beyond what could have or should have been asked of them. Regular americans have risen when their leaders have not. We are the greatest country on earth, and, yet, we have the mos
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The subcommittee on oversight and management accountability will come toward her. The subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on oversight of i. C. E. Detention facilities and is dhs doing enough . Good afternoon. We are here to discuss the oversight immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility and by the dhs is doing enough to ensure that i. C. E. Owned that tension standards are being met. Before we started like to take a moment to acknowledge some of the challenges the subcommittee had in arranging todays hearing we are holding to panel this afternoon because i. C. E. Is declined to sit on the same panel with nakamato the contractor. The departments lack of cooperation makes it more challenging for congress to do its job. They recently stated at a meeting with dhs leaders its important in the subcommittee to bring everyone together pray that is how we can best identify challenges and find ways to solve them. This is important to me as two of i. C. E. So these th
So ive been working with the department of the environment through a grant that they have to procure tax Hydrogen Powered taxi cabs and im trying to get the Fire Department on to that grant so we would at least get one vehicle from there. Actually im meeting with them next week so ill have more updated information. Ok. I think that this is an area that the commission might be able to help you with. Yes, sir. Particularly with toyota. I think it is a great opportunity for collaboration in terms of their product in this department. Im almost complete. Id like to picture at the end in terms of photo in front of bureau of equipment with staff. I never saw a tow truck before so it helps us to be able to see there. I particularly like the tow truck and its size. I really love the emblem on the side of this tow truck. The Police Commission talked a lot about turnout coves. There was some discussion on the Commission Level that we needed a [inaudible] and perhaps the commission needs the adopt
Career in Alameda County spanning three decades. He experienced with criminal Justice System and he celebrated history of working on reforms. His Public Services working with Diverse Communities is impressive. Before i have Vice President carrion speak to the recruitment process, some acknowledgments of appreciation are in order. Thank you to sheriff Paul Miyamoto and chief for coordinating the training for our board as mandated under the San Francisco charter. Thank you to the department of Human Resources for their guidance. Ben ritchie, paul green, shawn sureburn i director carol isen. Thank you to department of Police Accountability for infrastructure and budget analysis support from director Paul Henderson, chief kine, operator officer Nicole Armstrong and legal assistant and active secretary, dan leung. Especially today, thank you to city hall facilities rohen lane and sequoia condon and staff at sfgovtv. Now to the recruiting process with Vice President carrion. Good morning eve