Handling of new housing and growing homelessness. Advocates point to the millions of funding to support services and housing up oaklands homeless. That money was supposed to be used to house people by providing people with poor parties, writing people tricking water. Providing people with an mushing stations. We believe the city wasted that money. The mayor particularly did not follow the direction of city council. Theyve been very specific about how they want that money to be spent. And she spent that money by building stuff sheds. Reporter homeless advocates are critical of tough shed programs calling them unsafe. Attempts to reach oakland mayors libby schoss office was unsuccessful. All the other organizations, they say they can help that they can find shelter for us but they dont. And we are homeless and we live in our cars. My baby is sick. I need help. I love oakland and i cannot stand by and do nothing when i see what is happening. Reporter this woman is not homeless but is camp
Dwindled down a bit. An hogo there were 60 or so people out here and a dozen or so tents. The police also have a presence out here tonight. But so far, everything is peaceful. The protesters are accusing the city of wasting millions on something they say keeps on getting worse. Critical of the policy tearing down encampments and throwing down peoples personal property. The city says it say health and fire danger. Organizers of the protest say even if the police try to force them out they dont plan to leave. We will deal with it as always with resilience and pride. Amendment ery right to be here right, our right to assemble and free speech. We have every right to be here. Not enough beds, no housing. Now, among some of the demands that the protesters have they want the city of oakland to stop tearing down homeless encampments, they want police to stop taking and damaging personal property and have the city approve more Affordable Housing and they want a moratorium on the approval of mar
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and misses trump. Yo[applause] pres. Trump we would like to welcome everyone to the white house. A special place. This is one of those places you never forget. It is my immense privilege to present our nations highest honors for contributions to american art and culture, the National Medal of arts and the National Humanities medal. Congratulatingin each of the participants in their phenomenal achievement. Congratulations to all. [applause] with us today are Vice President mike pence, secretary steven ,nuchin, secretary betsy devos the chairman of the joint chiefs. F staff did a very great shout job. That. Ad of isis is dead. Thank you very much please stand up. [applause] also with us as a friend of ours and the great congressman and a warrior in his own right, congressman phil roe. Thank you very much. Along with the chairman of the National Endowment for the arts and the chairman for the National Endowment of the humanities. Th
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. November 13, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Green, for five minutes. Mr. Green thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it and still i rise. And still i rise because i love my co
Motions to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 3537. H. R. 499. And h. R. 3734. The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15minute vote. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, remaining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from illinois, mr. Schneider, to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 3537, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title. The clerk Union Calendar number 188. H. R. 3537. A bill to amend the Small Business act to codify the boots to Business Program and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house pro