And receive, to seek and find, and to knock for doors to open. Lord forgive us when we have forfeited your blessings because of our failure to ask. Today, empower our senators to seek your wisdom and guidance. May they not depend only on their gifts and abilities, but remember that without your involvement they labor in vain. May they strive to be your ambassadors of renewal and reconciliation. Steady their hands to grasp freedoms torch and illuminate the darkness of our nation and world. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the chair recognizes the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President we begin this week by remembering a failed idea from the past. Obamacare. And well end by passing balanced budget l
About this and make a policy decision. Im not sure whether or not that will require further legislation. I have to talk the City Attorneys Office about that. Im glad that you asked the question. Begins with the opportunity to announce that we will have a town hall meeting on the subject on monday the 26th, will discuss this with industry and come up with a proposal is in as we can. One thing we do we do recognize is the uncertainty, is not something we want to maintain. Chairman nolan i would ask question. Several people raised the safety issue and the lack of inspectors. Can you comment on that . We have 4 taxi investigators, no substantial field presence. We are in the process of hiring for additional positions, and we will have teams of investigators in the field most of the time. We can cover most of the days in the week, and most of the hours of the day with teams of 2 investigators. Chairman nolan the drivers fund, what is going on with that . The drivers fund continues to accumu
And knowing what we need to do is to make sure those people that need help get the help they want. Our clients are offered treatment and across the board every Single Person arrested for that are offered services an they all get help. Everyone of them gets help. And my outcomes show that they benefit from that. Thank you. [ applause ] you were a substance treatment expert for the medical center. I understand there is some promising new treatments about alcohol that maybe on the horizon. Tell us about that. As far as treatment for alcoholism, the first things to consider is how somebody gets into treatment in the first place. There is 4 ls, liver, livelihood, lover or the law. Those 4 things. Liver, livelihood, lover and law. Within those ls is when somebody shows up in my door, someone suffering, a Family Member suffering who brings somebody in. When it company ms to treat we know there is different types of treatment, there is Evidence Base treatment. There is good evidence for it, we
What you can take from this is a city small amounts compare to what the city needs, this is not going to solve the citys deficit problems because the deficit problems are endemic. The start of the federal government. It starts with a policy of war. Does not come from cabdrivers. What you are doing would have little effect of the budget robin; it will have a devastating effect on those people. I know this will not have no effect on director heinicke, but i will hope that the rest of you will take about this change your mind about what you have already decided to do. Thank you very much. [indiscernible] hi i am barry [indiscernible] i dont have a whole lot to say because i have already been saying it, and people have been saying the same thing. Cabdrivers are some of the lowest paid people here; they may have busy nights, the ones who work the good shifts might make some money but the others have to work this slow shifts; they make around 25,000 here, they stay in the business hoping to
And knowing what we need to do is to make sure those people that need help get the help they want. Our clients are offered treatment and across the board every Single Person arrested for that are offered services an they all get help. Everyone of them gets help. And my outcomes show that they benefit from that. Thank you. [ applause ] you were a substance treatment expert for the medical center. I understand there is some promising new treatments about alcohol that maybe on the horizon. Tell us about that. As far as treatment for alcoholism, the first things to consider is how somebody gets into treatment in the first place. There is 4 ls, liver, livelihood, lover or the law. Those 4 things. Liver, livelihood, lover and law. Within those ls is when somebody shows up in my door, someone suffering, a Family Member suffering who brings somebody in. When it company ms to treat we know there is different types of treatment, there is Evidence Base treatment. There is good evidence for it, we