And state and local government funding. Every minute, madam speaker, is a death, aognized for one minut. Mr. Hoyer i thank the gentleman for yielding. People, d a number of including my friend, the majority leader, stand up and to act in a bipartisan fashion. Partisanstatement is a attack on one of our members. Schizophrenia or a lack of understanding of what this congress has been doing the last few weeks. Dont know about you, madam speaker, but i have been working the ours, seven hours on phone and another three or four ours reviewing the materials today. S gotten us here and why did it take so long . Took two weeks for my colleagues and this is a partisan statement, i understand it. Be i think we ought to all realistic. We are all trying to get to a place where america and safe. Ans are and where our economy is working. Statistics we see of pain and of fear, an anxiety about tomorrow. So what have we been doing . Weve been on the phone with one another. Minority ked with the leader
The Small Business commission thanks Media Services and sfgovtv for televising the meeting and helpinging to run the virtual meeting, which can be viewed on sfgov tv 2. Public comment during the meeting is limited to three minutes per speaker unless otherwise established by the presenting officer of the meeting. [clearing throat] all right. Sfgov tv, please show the office of Small Businesses slide. We begin with a reminder that the office of Small Business is the only place to start your Small Business in San Francisco. Today we will start with a reminder that the Small Business commission, official public forum is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the Economic Vitality of Small Business in San Francisco. And that the office of Small Business is the best place to get answers about doing business in San Francisco during the current local emergency. If you need assistance with Small Business matters, you can find us online or via te
Public comment during the meeting is limited to three minutes per speaker unless otherwise established by the presenting officer of the meeting. [clearing throat] all right. Sfgov tv, please show the office of Small Businesses slide. We begin with a reminder that the office of Small Business is the only place to start your Small Business in San Francisco. Today we will start with a reminder that the Small Business commission, official public forum is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the Economic Vitality of Small Business in San Francisco. And that the office of Small Business is the best place to get answers about doing business in San Francisco during the current local emergency. If you need assistance with Small Business matters, you can find us online or via telephone. As always, our services are free of charge. Before item one is called i would like to thank the mayor for granting us a special authorization to hold this speci
Context of criminal law that can induce solely to acts that solicit or facilitate unlawful activity. Thats the meaning they have in the context of this criminal law. Theres no reason to reach out and give them a vastly more expansive interpretation simply to strike the statutes down. Soliciting unlawful activity have been elicited since the founding and are perfectly constitutional. It would be overbroad and directly contradict the cannon of constitutional avoidance. Historical standing and practice confirm congress didnt use these familiar criminal law terms to enact a novel broad band on speech. The statutes have been on the books since the late 19th century and existed in this current form for decades yet the respondent has listed no statute for activity or concrete documented instances of chilling speech. The absence of such evidence isnt just happenstance and doesnt just reflect longstanding executive selfrestraint. Because the statute isnt aimed at speech and certainly doesnt enc
Test of these taking back power from the executive branch is often a challenge that requires overriding a president ial veto which is increasingly difficult. A return to normal appropriations, increase in legislative oversight, particularly by a spending authority, an earmark reform that both returns the practice while strengthening its integrity requires no president ial signoff. In fact each step rests solely within the purview of congress and it would allow legislators to increase capacity, better represent their constituents, uphold their oath and recommit to the spirit and letter of article i of the constitution. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Were going to head into questions. Im going to yield my time to representative scanlan. I know you have another hearing to get to. Thank you so much, i appreciate it. And thank you, chairman kilmer and vice chair graves for holding this hearing. Weve had a number of hearings talking about kind of the Practical Impact of issues so its re