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TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY CHANGES COMMITTEE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER AT 9:41 A.M., JULY 18th, 2025, I AM CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE AND LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, RIVERA, AND SAKA ARE EXCUSED . COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? NELSON? PRESENT. STRAUSS: STRAUSS? PRESENT. SOLOMON: SOLOMON ? RINCK: RINCK? PRESENT. FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT: FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE NEEDS TO: COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE NEEDS TO BE MOVED. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? I SEE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HAS JOINED ONLINE . THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT. THANK YOU AND WE WILL NOW: THANK YOU AND WE WILL NOW MOVE FORWARD TO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA TODAY, I MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND: SECOND . MOVED AND SECONDED, HEARING NO OBJECTIONS -- THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. THERE IS AN ISSUE HERE. MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO ITEM 1 WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA. HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS AMENDED TO REMOVE ITEM 1. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA AS AMENDED WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NONE, THE AGENDA IS AMENDED -- AS AMENDED IS ADOPTED WELCOME TO THE MEETING FOR THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY CHANGES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING TODAY'S MEETING, FOR THESE MEDICAL DISCUSSIONS, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AND EXPERTISE DURING THESE INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING TIMES. ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL HEAR TWO ITEMS, THE FIRST IS AN UPDATE FROM THE CITY OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND THEY WILL BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THE BIG BETRAYAL BILL WILL IMPACT THE CITY AND STATE AND AN UPDATE ON WHAT IS BEING EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS OF THE DONALD TRUMP REGIME. BEFORE WE MOVE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND PRESENTATIONS, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, IN ADDITION TO THE TRAIL -- BETRAYAL BILL, OF THE THINGS THAT COME TO OUR ATTENTION, INFORMATION ABOUT, THE BILL WILL KICK 330,000 WASHINGTONS UP THERE -- OFF OF THEIR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM WILL IS $6.6 BILLION OVER THE NEXT DECADE. IN SEATTLE, SOME OF THOSE CUTS LOOK LIKE OVER $56 MILLION FROM HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER THE ONLY LEVEL THREE TRAUMA CENTER IN THE REGION, NOT JUST THE STATE AND OVER $35 MILLION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CENTER, NEARLY $30 MILLION FROM SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER AND $12 MILLION FROM -- ALTOGETHER, OTHER HOSPITALS , IN OTHER COUNTIES, $660 MILLION ANNUALLY AND DEVASTATING FOR PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS IT WILL FORCE CLOSURES OF HOSPITALS AND CLINICS, SERVICES WILL BE SCALED-BACK AND INSURANCE PREMIUMS WILL RISE AS EARLY AS FOURTH QUARTER OF 2025 . THIS IS MOST REPRESSIVE TAX BILL IN HALF A CENTURY OF FEDERAL POLICY . THE EFFECTS WILL BE DEVASTATING AND FELT BY THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS. WE MUST DEMAND BETTER NATIONALLY, AND ACT LOCALLY. WITH THAT, WE WILL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT TIME FOR COMMENTS RELATED TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP ? WE HAVE ZERO IN PERSON: WE HAVE ZERO IN PERSON SPEAKERS AND ONE REMOTE SPEAKER. THE REMOTE SPEAKER WILL HAVE: THE REMOTE SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. WE WILL MOVE TO THEM NOW. PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS, CLERK PUBLIC COMMENT TIME WILL BE: PUBLIC COMMENT TIME WILL BE MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER, PUBLIC COMMENT TYPE IS UP TO 60 MINUTES AND SPEAKERS WILL BE CAUGHT IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY WERE REGISTERED, SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHILD WITH 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT ON THE TYPE AND SPEAKERS MICROPHONES WILL BE NEEDED IF THEY DO NOT STOP THE COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER AND THE PUBLIC TIME IS NOW OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST. FIRST SPEAKER IS DAVID HAYNES. THANK YOU. HOW MUCH MONEY -- WAIT, THE BIG BETRAYAL SEATTLE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT BETRAYAL WITH POLICIES, WITH CONSTANT BUDGET CRISIS, HOW MUCH MONEY DO THESE HOMELESS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX MAKES REPRESENTING THE RACIST PREFERRED MISINTERPRETATIONS OF POLICY , MISJUDGING SKIN COLOR THAT HAS EXACERBATED THE HOMELESS CRISIS WITH UNNECESSARY -- WHILE PURCHASING HOW MUCH THEY CARE FOR CERTAIN SKIN COLORS OF REPEAT OFFENDERS WHO GOUGE MEDICAID, PADDING -- PASSING THE COST TO BIG PHARMA , FOR JUNKIES WHO VOLUNTARILY ROAM AROUND DECIDING HOW MUCH EFFORT THEY WILL PUT INTO THE MEDICATED OF WRITING THE PREDICTION AND HALFHEARTED MANNER. WHY IS THE HOMELESS , HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE BEING CAREFUL THIS WHOLE MONTH, WHILE WE HAVE AN ONGOING HOMELESS CRISIS OF UNNECESSARY SUFFERING EXACERBATED BY CITY HALL EXECUTIVE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES , THAT PROSECUTE INNOCENT WHITE HOMELESS OR RUNNING INTERFERENCE FOR EVIL REPEAT OFFENDERS WHO RUIN THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS ? WHY IS THIS COMMITTEE BEING USED AS A CAMPAIGN PLATFORM DURING ELECTION SEASON , VIRTUE SIGNALING THAT ALL OF THE FAILURES OF PROGRESSIVE POLICIES IS TO BLAME DONALD TRUMP AND MAGA FOR EVERYTHING, DISTRACTING THE DEMOCRATS ARE ABUSING MEDICAID WITH UNQUALIFIED PO [preview truncated]