Commissioner bridges and commissioner servais is not in attendance today. We do have a quorum right. Thank you. Can i ask you, madam secretary, to turn your volume up a little . Can you do that . Its sort of. Is that better . Better better. Item number two, communications. We welcome the publics participation during Public Comment periods. There will be an opportunity for general Public Comment at this meeting after closed session and there will be an opportunity to comment on each discussion or action item on the agenda. Each item each comment is limited to two minutes. Public comment will be taken both in person and remotely by calling for each item, the board will take Public Comment first. People attending the meeting in person and then from people attending the meeting remotely. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available by phone by calling. 56550001. Access. Code 26605203021. Then pound, then pound again when connected you will hear the meet
Before meeting of august 17, 2023. At this time. Hey, just give me one second here. Get me organized. Im doing my survey. All right. Okay welcome, everyone. Thank you for all the participation on the board level and im madam secretary. Do you want to call the roll, please . Thank you, commissioner. Commissioner connor. Present mr. Thomas. Present. Present. Helfen. Present mr. Driscoll. Here mr. Gandhi. Present commissioner bridges and commissioner servais is not in attendance today. We do have a quorum right. Thank you. Can i ask you, madam secretary, to turn your volume up a little . Can you do that . Its sort of. Is that better . Better better. Item number two, communications. We welcome the publics participation during Public Comment periods. There will be an opportunity for general Public Comment at this meeting after closed session and there will be an opportunity to comment on each discussion or action item on the agenda. Each item each comment is limited to two minutes. Public c
Well leave this now to go back to the floor of the house. Ordering the previous questn onouse resolution 1071 and adoption of the resolution, if ordered. The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule torquehe remaining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute vote. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on ordering the previous question on House Resolution 1071 on which the yeas and nays are oered. The clerk will report the right tool of the resolution. The cle the clerk house calendar numberrk 66, House Resolution 1071, resolution providing for consideration of the bill h. R. 6276, to direct the administrator of General Services and the director of the office of management and budget to identify the utilization rate of certain public buildings in federally leased space and for other purposes. Providing for consideration of the resolution, House Resolution 1065 denouncing the Biden Administrations immi
Mr. Perry thank you, madam chair. H. R. 6276, the use it act of 2023, is commonsense and reasonable space occupancy standards to get federal employees back into the office or the agency will have to lose, unused space. As a recent Government Accountability Office Review of how agencies were actually using their headquarter space here in washington, d. C. , found that 17 of 24 agencies, t g. A. O. Re that g. A. O. Reviewed used 25 or less of their space. 17 of 24. 25 or less of their one agency even admitted that if 100 of their employees showed up, every single one of them showed up, they boo sti only usf their own building. Even more troubling is some agencies were using only 9 , they cant even make double digits, of their space, 9 . And to be clear, were not just paying for space to sit empty. But throughout the whole time were paying for utilities and services such as heating, cooling, lighting. Regular power, maintenance, security for the entire space that no one is in. Empty Feder
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