Supervisor farrell has asked to be excused in adivision supervisor kim is ill and unable to attend so can i have a motion to excuse commissioner farrell and commissioner kim . Motion by commissioner cohen, seconded by commissioner compose and do wree need roll call on that or take that without objection. Take without objection. Item number 2 chairs report. This is a information item. Colleagues we have two pieces of good news to share. First i like to coate cal trans and Transportation Authority with public and private sector partners for winning the california transportation award. We had the opening of the new presidio parkway replacing the doil drive with a safe, modern and beautiful facility. I like to applaud the organization for their work and thank for the recognition as we finalize dlinchy of the innovative project. Speaking of invasion, i would like to thank u. S. Transportation anthony foxx for making San Francisco eligible to compete in the smart city challenge program. This
Mrs. Lawrence she enlisted in the military and served her country. She was assigned to the 101st military Intelligence Detachment out of fort campbell, kentucky, where she served as the signal intelligence analysis age us. Analyst. It has been stated that while she was deployed to iraq in 2006, sergeant pinson was ragically killed when a mortar round by a mortar round on march 16. She was the first female signal intelligence agent analyst to ever be killed in combat. Sergeant pinson was honored by having the armys new center named in her honor, in her memory. Additionally, sergeant pinsons parents were accept parents accepted a bronze star a Good Conduct Medal and a global war on terrorism medal and a purple heart for their daughters military service. Mr. Speaker, we should pass this bill to remember Sergeant Amanda pinsons unselfish dedication to bettering the lives of those around her and for her ultimate sacrifice she so bravely made. I urge the passage of h. R. 323 and reserve the
President and ceo of the National Council of the nations largest hispanic civil rights and Advocacy Group on the state of hispanics in america. Immigration reform and her compelling personal story. The great privilege of experiencing the American Dream in this country born in kansas my parents actually came to this country in the very early 50s, very early 50s, my parents came from mexico with very little education. My dad had a fifth grade education, and they believed in the promise of this country and they were seeking better opportunities for their children. They worked really hard and sacrificed and so many latinos and hispanics in this country because they wanted that better teacher for their children and believed in the promise of this country so they taught important values that have been our guide for our allies, my six brothers and sisters but they taught us the importance of family, faith, Community Hard work sacrifice, honesty, integrity. All of those were important values t
Irs, proposals to change that. Is that going to happen . Not anytime soon. They pulled the proposal to revamp it and a new version is not expected until early next year. The irs is pretty gun shy after fromlack eyes they got scrutinizing the Tea Party Groups in ways that did not seem to be equal to groups of other political stripes. That is coming and expected sometime next year. The initial version of the draft changed the rules of these socalled welfare organizations getting pretty heavy criticism by both sides. A reminder to our cspan viewers that all of the hearings recovered are available on cspan. Org. You can read more on politico. Com. Kim, thank you so much. Are issues spotlight series continues next wednesday with an indepth look at campus Sexual Assault. We will show hearing from late june showing senior government officials and Sexual Assault survivors are now work on campus. We will speak to a reporter about the latest efforts to address the issue by the white house and co
Media polls that would apply right, left, and center in the mainstream media. In these academic polls sometimes littleknown colleges and universities have a poll talking about the Iowa Caucuses 1000 miles away two years before the caucuses and people trust the polls sight unseen because they are not done bipartisan pollsters. Hope, wouldket, i kick any of us out if we were not good at our craft, but there is not any accountability. Wrongjor networks got it in two cycles. Yet they are still standing. They still invest tons of money in their own polling. Part of the lack of accountability there is because people look at them as news sources, so they are unbiased and objective, but all the news sources have a horse in the race. The major papers will endorse a candidate. The networks. The cable stations certainly show a preference for one party or another in some of the coverage. Im for transparency and accountability, but industrywide. Usher, for the consumer, how should the consumer appr