But, we are trying to change that, and we are so excited to be here with ourdont let the looks fool you. This guy likes to have a good time. State senator scott wiener, has been a really huge champion of night life and entertainment in San Francisco and we appreciate his work and his advocacy on the state level to help us bring the fun back to San Francisco. So, last night senator wiener and i were just down the street on second and there were a couple of blocks of our first thursday events, the First Time Ever and let me tell you, there was entertainment, there was a larger then life disco ball on the craen crane. There was a cute alice in wonder land instagramable moment and all the food trucks and restaurants were packed. They didnt have enough employees to handle the volume of people every restaurant you looked in was packed. Every food truck had a line. All of the different vendors were selling their murchen size en murchen dize and more importantly, there was entertainment and pe
That, and we are so excited to be here with ourdont let the looks fool you. This guy likes to have a good time. State senator scott wiener, has been a really huge champion of night life and entertainment in San Francisco and we appreciate his work and his advocacy on the state level to help us bring the fun back to San Francisco. So, last night senator wiener and i were just down the street on second and there were a couple of blocks of our first thursday events, the First Time Ever and let me tell you, there was entertainment, there was a larger then life disco ball on the craen crane. There was a cute alice in wonder land instagramable moment and all the food trucks and restaurants were packed. They didnt have enough employees to handle the volume of people every restaurant you looked in was packed. Every food truck had a line. All of the different vendors were selling their murchen size en murchen dize and more importantly, there was entertainment and people were happy. They were sm
Glad youre here and appearing before this committee today to discuss your departments fiscal 2018 budget request. As you know, the budget is significantly challenged in terms of the cuts in your department. I think the proposed cuts of 2. 3 billion are about onefifth of the departments operating level. Certainly while i appreciate and many of us appreciate the departments prioritizing limited resources and making decisions to realign programs, the fundamental question is really what you choose to cut and whether you can possibly look at that number and make an argument as to why that much of your previous budget should be cut this year. Its not the first time these kinds of cuts have come in the department. Last year president obama proposed about the same level of cuts, though he proposed somehow these programs would lean heavily on new mandatory spending for the budget caps in the law then. Of course, those budget caps are in the law still. Instead of making difficult decisions, it w
Glad youre here and appearing before this committee today to discuss your departments fiscal 2018 budget request. As you know, the budget is significantly challenged in terms of the cuts in your department. I think the proposed cuts of 2. 3 billion are about onefifth of the departments operating level. Certainly while i appreciate and many of us appreciate the departments prioritizing limited resources and making decisions to realign programs, the fundamental question is really what you choose to cut and whether you can possibly look at that number and make an argument as to why that much of your previous budget should be cut this year. Its not the first time these kinds of cuts have come in the department. Last year president obama proposed about the same level of cuts, though he proposed somehow these programs would lean heavily on new mandatory spending for the budget caps in the law then. Of course, those budget caps are in the law still. Instead of making difficult decisions, it w
What is being called the iiic summit which includes leaders from Central Europe the baltic states. He is expected to meet with the president s of poland and croatia. Then he goes to germany for the g 20 summit where he is expected to have his first facetoface meeting with russian president vladimir putin. Other leaders attending the g 20 include chancellor Angela Merkel of germany, president of china and Prime Minister of japan. Now labor secretary Alexander Acosta testifies about the president s budget request for his department. Missouri senator roy blunt, chairs the Senate Subcommittee hearing. The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health, human services, education and related agencies will come to order. First of all good morning secretary acosta. Were glad youre here and appearing before this committee today to discuss your departments fiscal year 2018 budget request. As you know, the budget is significantly challenged in terms of the cuts in your department. I think the propo