To be United States district judge for the federal circuit. The presiding officer the question now occurs on the stoll nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer does any senator wish to vote or change his or her vote . On this vote, the ayes are 95. The nays are zero. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The president will be immediately notified of the senates action and the senate will resume legislative session. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from nebraska. Mrs. Fischer i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Fischer mr. President . This summer parents across the country will be preparing their children for the coming school year. Whether
Affordable housing, who is actually serving, who we want it to be serving, and that think about that with regard to young people because we are future homebuyers. I think it probably relates to a lot of the different constituencies. And i think creating are rounded is ultimately will will give us beyond this sort of debate in the weeds above some of the technicalities and actually have the debate about how we can improve Affordable Housing go beyond where we are right now. And urban Centers Across the country theyre is a move but jen Affordable Housing. I remember the catch phrase was the rate is too dim high. That is about Affordable Housing to be going back into dealing with Older Americans as well, the rental aspect is very important for Older Americans. Many Older Americans have never been homeowners. Many sell their homes and then become renters and affordable rental this point to be is crucial, particularly to a lot of our constituents that the naacp. I do think there are people
Little something. Hi. I am the International Program manager at world savvy. I was introduced to this organization because my roommate several years ago pulled me out of bed on a saturday at 7 00 a. M. And when i got there i was amazed at what i found. It was excitement on young peoples face as they talked about Food Security and nutrition internationally. They were High Schoolers and it was the World Affairs challenge, which is now called the world savvy challenge. The program that we are represent right now is our International Programs, our Newest Program as stated is a fully funded program for youth and educators. At its highly competitive. So the students going on this program are truly amazing and were lucky to be traveling with three students from San Francisco unified and one educator from there. And just to highlight a few of these things that students will be doing, really stepping out of their Comfort Level to live as commissioner mendoza said with their host families in ban
As commissioner mendoza said with their host families in bangladesh and will meet Nobel Laureate mohammed hamas. Among many other interesting things. I will let them speak a little bit about their excitement about this program. Hi, i just would really like to thank world savvy for this wonderful opportunity. I know i will learn so much not just from my host family, but from kids in a different country, which is just so amazing. Not only a different country, but across the country and across the bay. So thank you. Good evening, folks. Thanks for having us here. Were just honored to carry on the great work that San Francisco is doing into another part of the world. San francisco has been a leader in sustainability here in the u. S. , and were going to go and carry on the wonderful work our community, as well as our educators and leaders have been doing. So thank you for the honor. Thank you for recognizing us. Thank you world savvy and we appreciate and were honored and thankful. Thanks
On friday, january 4th at 6 00 at the tenderloin school and everybody is invited to join us. And we will there and the new member is in the audience now. Welcome. Hey, matt, go ahead and stand up. [ applause ] i wanted to extend an invitation for everyone it join us on january 4th, since this is our last meeting of 2012. Commissioner yee . Yes, go ahead . Just an update, we wanted to remove an update on Student Nutrition Services and will be taken up at a special meeting next week. Thank you. So i will move on to item c, recognition and resolutions of commendation. The first one is an commendation of the world as it could be, Human Rights Education Program on the occasion of the 2012 International Human rights day. Offered by commissioners murase and mendoza. Is there a motion . So moved. Second. Reading of the resolution by commissioner murase or mendoza. Whereas San Francisco became the birth place of the United Nations with the signing of the u. N. Charter at the war Memorial Vetera