Informed or doesnt inform your approach at ferc. Absolute. Thank you foryo having me and is a pleasure to you today. Yes, i did spend a good chunk of my youth in lexington, kentucky, and obviously had the opportunity to serve the senior senator and party leader from kentucky in the United States senate, senator mcconnell. In terms of how that informs my work at the commission, i cant quantify how much i learned from senator mcconnell just about his work ethic and his discipline and his leadership style, his approach to governance is approach to bipartisanship i think, you knew, in my working for him, most of, if not all of the legislative initiatives that ieg worked on, it didnt pass the senate with 60 votes. They pass with 85 plus votes. Oftentimes, and were talking substantial legislation on the energy front, on the Infrastructure Sector multiple. Farm bills, multiple highways built. Hes a consequential pieces of hgislation, and i saw how senator mcconnell worked to bridge the intere
Good morning. Welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority meeting for tuesday september 10, 2019. The first meeting back since summer recess. Our clerk could you please call the role. roll call . Clerk we have a quorum. Could you please read the next item. Clerk Citizens Advisory Committee report. This is an information item. Mr. Larson, good morning. Good morning chair peskin and commissioners. I am chair of the Citizens Advisory Committee to report on last wednesdays meeting of the cac. They reviewed the motion of support for 26 million in prop k allocation and one 100,000 prop k appropriation request on item 5 on the agenda. They responded regarding undergrounding the k and m lines to the twin folks tunnel and out to stones town. This harkins back to a Feasibility Study for less extensive that was to proceed to preenvironmental design in 2015. It was expanded in scope in 2016. When sf m. T. A. Staff was asks if this was to proceed. They need priority against other m
Id appreciate it. Im going to take the role now, vice chair. Present. Commissioner palmer. Here. Commissioner thomas hicks. Here. So we have a quorum of the commission. Good afternoon, i thank you for joining us today as the u. S. Election Assistance Commission convenes an Election Security forum for the security challenge Election Administrators face ahead of the 2020 president ial election. This vital conversation will provide us with a better understanding of ways the commission can help jurisdictions address a variety of Security Issues, including those that stem from aging Voting Technology. When Congress Passed the help america vote act of 2002, it established the eac as the only federal entity solely focused on Election Officials and voters they serve. Part of our charge is to be the nations clearinghouse on Election Administration. It is this responsibility that brings us here today and guides our Election Security efforts. Eac prides itself addressing significant issues and th
Range pretty significantly. On page 5, we did work with the cariers to understand more about where is the point of decision and how infertility is considered a diagnosis which is a requirement under the plan for treatment. So you can see here, outline of the three health plans to sum it up briefly. Blue shield and kaiser pretty much, their response indicates they leave the determination between the provider and the patients. Uhc relies on a medically necessary based on individual conditions. So again, pretty much pretty closely tied to that providerpatient relationship. In addition, on page 6, we did speak with page, who some of you may remember, who has worked with the Board Members in the past as a clinician who has very detailed familiarity with infertility from the clinical perspective. She provided some information on her perspective of what the current benefit looks like. She felt it was very comprehensive. She did note that environmentally, there is a shift from looking at infer
Former c id. Cia director on a big moment. Were at the table as they consider footing the former president s legal bills. Welcome to the week. Outside of atlanta, donald trump will host a rally. Trump faces 13 criminal counts in Fulton County for his attempting to nullify bidens win in the state. Good morning to you both. Before we get to biden on the road. Lets talk about what biden did in the house. It was a moment at the podium. And mike johnson is what i do i do . What was your estimate of that moment. What did you think about the biden that presented and the biden that owned it . I talked to the Chief Of Staff on wednesday. I was a little nervous. He was like when it is a big deal and President Biden is going to do great. They felt really confident going in. And you can see why. It is an objective that President Biden went up there and ran the room like he wanted to like comedians on ticktock and instagram. He was doing his jokes. He wanted to go back and forth with them. He start