Leahy, democrat of vermont. Thanks very much for being with us. Sen. Leahy happy to be here. Host and joining us with the questioning is John Bresnahan. He is the Congressional Bureau chief for politico. And david herszenhorn, who is New York Times congressional reporter. Thank you for being with us. Senator, i want to begin with the crs report that said in 1992, the chair of the Judiciary Committee, your colleague, joe biden, now Vice President , had blocked the nomination of 32 George Herbert walker bush federal judicial nominations that year. Is that accurate . Sen. Leahy no, that is not accurate. In fact, he did 65 or 70 of president bushs nominees, including a large number of District Courts and courts of appeals, and it was actually confirming letting the Senate Confirm nominations right up through september of an Election Year. No, if there were then that did not go through that it was for other reasons. He set, really, a record. Now, contrast that to what happened when george w
[ gavel ] good afternoon everybody and welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting of march 22nd, 2016. Madam clerk, please call the roll. Thank you, madam president. Supervisor avalos. Supervisor avalos . Avalos present. President breed . Here. Breed present. Campos present. Supervisor cohen. Present. Cohen present. Supervisor farrell not present. Supervisor kim . Kim present. Supervisor mar. Here. Mar present, supervisor peskin present. Tang present. Supervisor wiener . Wiener present. Supervisor yee . Yee present, madam president you have a quorum. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, please join us for the pledge of allegiance. 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. Thank you. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Yes, madam president. From supervisor farrell, dated march 8th, requesting that he be excused from todays meet colleague
Avalos present. President breed . Here. Breed present. Campos present. Supervisor cohen. Present. Cohen present. Supervisor farrell not present. Supervisor kim . Kim present. Supervisor mar. Here. Mar present, supervisor peskin present. Tang present. Supervisor wiener . Wiener present. Supervisor yee . Yee present, madam president you have a quorum. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, please join us for the pledge of allegiance. 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. Thank you. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Yes, madam president. From supervisor farrell, dated march 8th, requesting that he be excused from todays meet colleagues, is there a motion to excuse supervisor faler . Motion by supervisor avalos, seconded by supervisor cohen, colleagues can we take this without objection . Without objection, supervisor farrell is excused. [ gavel ] all
Willing to continue to advocate for Early Childhood providers and the clients and families that they serve. So i commend candace for doing it and commend her to all of you. Thank you, ms. Wong. Thank you. Supervisor yee. I also want to lend good words to candace wong. She is somebody that i know very, very well. Her and i actually worked in the same organization for many years as we built and grew the organization to serve not only the chinatown and tenderloin community, but beyond that and citywide and she knows a lot about Early Childhood education and just a perfect person to be part of the cpac. I am really glad she is willing to continue serving on it, because its very timeconsuming. I hope you all support her. Thank you. Colleagues can we take this item same house, same call . Without objection, the motion is approved unanimously. [ gavel ] item 22. Item 22 is a motion appointing priti rane, residency requirement waved to the food certificate to affect. Same house same cout, appr
I want to acknowledge your work. We had an opportunity to work with your department where [speaker not understood] and we would not have been able to do our work as effectively in achieving our goals if not for your input during the legislative process and certainly afterwards you and your staff ensuring that our laws actually get implemented. Its one thing to write great laws, but without enforcement, and i know this takes an incredible amount of work and leadership. Thank you. Im very sad to see you go. I hope we can find someone that can certainly physical your big shoes. Thank you for your service tour city. Our city. Thank you. Supervisor cohen. Thank you very much. Donna, here we are sharing wonderful thoughts and experiences that we have over the years and i have come to know you only in last six years, but were recognizing you and your wonderful attributes and talents that you have brought to the city and makes me wonder who you have coached to fill the big shoes that you now l