Call to Order

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▶ 4:16 Peter D. Mortimer: did you just watch the uh apex speeches

▶ 4:28 Speaker 1: very interesting

▶ 4:33 Speaker 1: We're going to have about an eight-minute break here. All right.

▶ 4:43 Peter D. Mortimer: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. This is the Committee on Appropriations. I am Chairman Peter Mortimer. We are joined this evening by Vice Chairman Gail Inferna, Alderman Michael Zwirko, Alderman John Tramontozzi, Alderman Monica Medeiros, Alderman Robert Boisselle, Alderman Francis Wright, Alderman Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis, Alderman Jennifer Lemmerman, and President Donald Kahn. This is a committee of the whole. It is being recorded on MMTV. It is available for rebroadcast. It's shown constantly, it seems, and you can pick up