[background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] good morning. The Senate Education and labor and pensions given it come to order. Today we are having a hearing on the federal response to the monkeypox outbreak as we work to stop the spread of thisr virus. I will have an Opening Statement followed by senator and then we will introduce our witnesses. For restart, i want to take a moment to congratulate one of our witnesses, dr. Fauci on announcing its upcoming retirement. Dr. Fauci, you have served through multiple decades and president s. And Public Health threats and work to save countless lives. I hope you know you have the thanks of a grateful nation for your Incredible Service to this country, so thank you and thank you for being here today. So, after the witnesses give their testimony centers which have five minutes for round of questions. While we are able to have this hearing fully open to the public and medi
Rington for being herement i think it hard to imagine any other commissioner getting the support across from the political spectrum. My experience is there are a lot of people who get on commissions and dont really do much, but there are people like mr. Moran who really work hard and take this very seriously. So with that in mind. It is my pleasure to make a motion to move this item forward with the positive recommendation and do so as a Committee Report so the board can hear it at the october 1st hearing. Supervisor norman yee supervisor tang . Tang tang supervisor katy tang im very happy to make that motion. Its incredible that we run this water and power system and we are very thankful that you decided to come back. Thank you former general manager Ed Harrington and general manager kelly right now. Thank you for your service and really happy to have you reappointed on this commission. Supervisor norman yee well, any objection . The motion is passed. Thank you. [ applause ] superviso
Reappointment is very important. Those of you that were here many years ago might remember that when i came up on this appointment the very first time i had some deep concerns based on the fact that the previous mayor had made appointments that were not conducive to cleanpowersf at all and we were worried that this next appointment would not be either. And as the most concerned opponent of that appointment back then, i can say that now my concerns are completely resolved as commissioner moran stated, he has been in clear and clear support of clean power and thats what i found commissioner morans mo to be on all policy and dont always agree with every policy but on cleanpowersf hes been excellent. For clean energy advocates, every appointee from now on to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Must be someone who will launch cleanpowersf in the year 2015 and any appointee who comes before you who will not do that, should not be reappointed and be rejected by the board of supervis
I regret for not being able to attend my application. Today i am applying for the Public Health seat of the entertainment commitment. I hope that you will vote this favor of my application today. I bring a distinctive set of skills for which the Entertainment Commission could benefit. In my position as a director of events. I have worked extensively with the San Francisco Visitors Bureau as well as many governmental agencies including sf dph and many others. Knowing how residents and Business Owners and react to policy is a strength of mine and i would like nothing else tools to manage that to propose policy. I have worked in Public Health and direct issues of hiv and aids and Mental Health and substance abuse. As such, Barbara Garcia sf director of health has endorsed my nomination. In my daily work i tackle such issues. Our venues are situated uniquely to take the reduction in strategies and reach opportunities. Folsom street events avail themselves and such venues can benefit from s
The government has put we are 16 trillion in debt. Our children and grandchildren are going to be absorbing this. They have spent billions putting it into the economy we have to go. Its not working. Thank you both i gotta run. Gretas next. Thank you for being with us. See you tomorrow night. These cuts are real. It is really a manmade disaster. There are going to be delays vukz of man powers and personnel reductionses. The republicans want requester to go forward. This is bad news, my brothers. The house has acted twice. Why should the house have to act as third time before the senate does anything . They claim that they have passed two bills to solve the problem. Sadly, those two bills have expired. We have done our job. The president hasnt offered a job. The Senate Democrats havent passed a plan. Its time for them to pass a plan. The bipartisanship is impossible. Two reason its two sides dont agree on anything. But secondly, obama doesnt want an agreement. After a longtime journalist