Ms. Cortez masto madam president. The presiding officer the senator from nevada. Ms. Cortez masto i rise today to join my colleagues in opposing the confirmation of judge Amy Coney Barrett as justice of the Supreme Court. This is the wrong time to be choosing a Supreme Court justice. And judge barrett is the wrong candidate for a seat on that court. The timing for todays confirmation vote is shocking. The majority of americans want to be able to weigh in on who should sit in Justice Ruth Bader ginsburgs seat on the highest court in the land. They want to vote to choose a president to fill that vacancy. We are eight days away from americans casting the final votes in the 20 election. Over 58 million americans have already voted, including more than 649,000 nevadans. The American People are making their voices heard in response to this administrations disastrous handling of the coronavirus pandemic which has led to the loss of 225,000 american lives including 1,48 nevadans and sickened o
Afternoon, and thank you, everybody, for the opportunity to participate. For this session, just a quick framing, when we look back at the spring when covid19 disrupted 7 billion students worldwide, leaders, educators, teachers, students and families showed remarkable adaptable and dedication as they worked to keep learning happening for all students. When we start a new school year, they have inspired reimagining of Education Systems to build a system of learning thats personalized around the opportunity and that is supported by teachers and technology. From our own work at microsoft we know from mch that we called the class of 2030 in life where theyre learning that moving forward we see an increase in importance of social, emotional skills, higher level cognitive skills, personalized learning becoming critical as well as teaching is a growth profession as we move forward. So from our work, were looking to work on technologies that help all students develop the skills essential for wo
Bemembers and witnesses will responsible for on muting themselves when they are recognized to speak or when they seek recognition. Tesch pursuant to host regulation 95, members are required to leave their cameras on the entire time they are in an official proceeding, even if they step away from the camera. Remote an entirely hearing, as a result the hearing room is closed. Withs who choose to sit their individual devices in the hearing room must use headphones to avoid feedback or distortion resulting for more than one person on the floor speaking. They are expected to adhere to social distancing and health care guidelines, including the ,se of masks, gowns gloves and wiping down areas. Not ollcall is whenever there is an official proceeding with low participation, a clerk will call the roll to make clear who is present at the start of the proceeding. At this time, i ask the clerk to call the roll. Chairman . Present. Misses david . Present. Mr. . Mr. Courtney . Present. Miss fudge . P
Commissioner ronen good morning, everyone. The meeting will it come to order. Welcome to the may 11th meeting of the rules committee. Supervisor hillary ronen. With me on Video Conference is rules vice chair gordon mar and our clerk today is victor young. Id like to thank sfgov for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect Board Members ab the public, the board of supervisors and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely at the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgov tv. Org are supreming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments during Public Comment are available via phone by calling 888 2045984. Access code 3501008. Then press pound and pound again. When you are connected, dial 1 and then zero to be added hot
However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely at the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgov tv. Org are supreming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments during Public Comment are available via phone by calling 888 2045984. Access code 3501008. Then press pound and pound again. When you are connected, dial 1 and then zero to be added hot to the queue to speak. The system will be silent. The calling system will notify you when youre in line and waiting. All carers will all callers will remain on mute. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly and turn down your streaming device or radio. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment either of the following ways, email me victor jung clerk of the rules committee. If you submit Public Comment by email, it will be included in the legislative file