Francisco. I am excited about this Incredible Opportunity to open up a 200 bed Navigation Center in San Francisco. We all know what the statistics say. We have a real problem around homelessness, and the fact is last year we helped 2146 people exit homelessness. Since we have opened Navigation Centers in San Francisco, they have helped over 5,000 people. Despite what we know the challenges are, the fact is i am grateful and proud of so many of the incredible people behind me today. The people who workday in and day out to help make these Navigation Centers a reality, but more importantly to help the people that we know are struggling on the streets exit homelessness. We have seven Navigation Centers in San Francisco with a few more on the way. I am really excited what we are going to be doing. At the end of the day, lets be chair clear. It clear. It is that we need permanent housing for people who are exiting homelessness. Today we are well on our way to meeting the goal that i set of
Dumped on us over here in the senate. Say to our colleagues and to the American People if and when the house does move ahead. But as we speak today, House Democrats still have the opportunity to do the right thing for the country and avoid setting this toxic new precedent. The house can turn back from a cliff and not deploy this constitutional remedy of last resort to deliver a predetermined partisan outcome. This morning, madam president , i just want to speak to one very specific part of this. Over the weekend, the democratic leader decided to short circuit the customary and collegial process for laying basic groundwork in advance of a potential impeachment trial. The preferable path would have been an inperson conversation which nonetheless i still hope to pursue. Instead, he chose to begin by writing me an 11paragraph letter on sunday evening, deliver it by way of the news media, and begin a Cable Television campaign a few hours later. The Democratic Leaders letter is an interestin
Werent really going to have an instore event this week but then we heard ruths book was coming out so we decided we had to have it. [applause] so thank you very much for bearing with us. I am Bradley Graham the cone are of politics and prose along with my wife lissa muscatine. Thank you so much for coming. We were very excited when we learned after last years clematis hearings on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh and the Supreme Court that ruth marcus was writing a book on the subject because we knew that if anyone could deliver an indepth behindthescenes account of what happened and also put the whole drama into a grand and political context it would be roof. She hasnt disappointed. Her new look supreme ambition is fastpaced and makes for a really compelling read. In the acknowledge mens rev calls this a book shes been preparing to ride for her entire career and indeed she brought to it a wealth of knowledge and experience, educated in history at yale and harvard ruth went right into
Current government funding expires friday at midnight. Youre watching live coverage of the senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, help us to remember your mighty acts. You are kind and merciful, better to us than we deserve. You feed the sparrows and cause the sun to rise. You forgive our sins and provide us with strength for every challenge. Lord, use our lawmakers today for your glory. May they be courteous and kind as they seek to do what is best for this land we love. Remind them that they represent the hopes and dreams of many people. Thank you, lord, for the wonderful things that you continue to do for us all. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible
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