And again i apologize for the long period but people are interested in what is happening with ebola and you do bring a very unique perspective. You contract did ebola and alive and well today. So please proceed as you so desire. Mr. Chairman, chairman harkin and a steam to senators i am grateful for the opportunity to testify before you today about the unprecedented Ebola Outbreak booker in west africa that has already claimed thousands of lives that threatens to kill tens of thousands more are lost take the opportunity to thank each and every one of the ride no they people who help to play of will to break and be home when i was so sick. Thank you. On october 16 i moved to liberia with my family to serve as of medical missionary at the hess hospital and worked as a physician in to support the of Adequate Health care system and a country that is still struggling from a brutal civil war. We learned there were cases of ebola in the region began to prepare our staff and facilities to be r
He is our guest this week on the communicators. Commissioner welcome. The debate on Net Neutrality is a moving target right now on the hill and the fcc getting ready to do something. Whats the debate morph into at this point in your view . Guest first, peter thanks for having me on yet again and you picked a good time. The agency is em broiled in a number of high profile issues, Net Neutrality first and foremost among them. To me, the debate has morphed into a political football which i think is unfortunate because it obscures some Common Ground namely that everyone believes in a free and open internet. And i, for one, embrace as a part of that thenchairman powells four internet freedoms lawful content, applications of ones choice the freedom to attach devices to ones network and transparency in terms of service plan information. The question is how do we embrace those four freedoms in the context of regular ration . Regulation . I, for one, believe the bipartisan consensus that has be
Brian talked about getting 500 people to sign up. That power to do that has not existed up until now. That is an amazing opportunity for an entrepreneur to find a market demand that is pentup by the populace. As that proliferates and people start doing it and adopting it i think we have seen in many different instances, whether it is the company we named, stub hub, ticket regulations, all of these things in the past 10 years, a little bit of hey, easy on the tiller, lets see how this plays out. Thats one of the things local government can do, because i do think there is a tremendous opportunity in the 35,000 municipalities that airbnb or uber are in to test. Part of what we do is iterate. You have an amazing lab right around the world to see what works and what doesnt work. I think i think that can be applied to the federal government and what we are talking about with congress. I think how boston implements technology and uses it, taking the best from what boston can do, or new york c
Pursuant to the ord of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morningr. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour, and each member r than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. Foxx for five minu ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker paying for college is hard work and its getting more difficult as tui and fees continue to increase at rapid rates. Fortunately, American Families have an investment tool known as a 529 plan to help them save for their childs college education. Since 2001 students have been able to withdraw earni from these plans tax free if the funds are used to pay for qualified Higher Education expenses. It was disheartening to learn last week that president obama now
Good morning and welcome to the september 30, San Francisco county Transportation Authority vision zero committee, i am your chair, joined by chair member yee and breed. And we want to recognize sf sfgovtv that is filming and recognize our clerk, erika cheng. A quick note i have to leave the meeting to attend a meeting in my district and thank chair member yee to continue the meeting. Roll call breed. Present. Kim. Present. Mar. Absent. Wiener, absent, and yee, present. We have quorum. We have action item. We are joined by commissioner mar, we are on the first item, approval of the minutes, any discussion on the item . Seeing none, open up for Public Comment, any Public Comment on this item . Good morning, supervisor kim and yee, and breed, before trying to attend market church, San Francisco worship inaudible , and relate to the peach street inaudible shooting important document for Chinese Restaurant inaudible , some other type of restaurant in the richmond district, just to so that