Homeland security secretary chad wolf spoke about request. Budget members of the subcommittee on Homeland Security asked about drug interdiction efforts. President s border wall, and 2020 Election Security. A lot of the questioning dealt plan he administrations on fighting the coronavirus. Welcome. I call this subcommittee on the Homeland Security to order. The first hearing of the cycle get 2021 budget and were glad to be joined by acting secretary chad wolf. Named acting secretary of Homeland Security november 13, 2019. To taking on this very challenging task, he developed and oordinated strategies polici policies to advance the Homeland Security mission and protected his merican public through leadership role in the office of strategy, policy, and plans. Of the is a recipient u. S. Secretary of Homeland Securitys distinguished service edal for his initiatives to counter domestic and International Terrorism and safeguard american interests the duration department. He thank you for th
Turn the page on politics. I would not have removed 150 troops from syria. I cannot let this go down the path of discretion and destruction. They talked about impeachment and trade wars, and the planet. Good evening, i am frank sommerville. Each democrat on stage was hoping to break away from the pack. Here is our reporter. It is the last debate on the primaries. 45 of iowans could be persuaded, no doubt this provides a cruise opportunity for the democratic nominees to set themselves apart and set their place in the early by mary. The seventh democratic debate and the smallest. It is before the first primary in the state and it focuses on the u. S. s role with attention with iran. Right now i feel we have a president that is lying again. And he could drag us into a war that is worse than the war in i rock. 20 years of mistakes. By the American Government in the middle east of all your of mistakes. The real question is, the judgment. Reporter he authorize the iraq war and others differe
They are unsure of the clientele and they do not want a hotel in in their neighborhood. Anytime i take 237 home it was a breath of rush air. She is describing the few outside of her home. This is a view that she and other residents paid good money for not to mention non residents that enjoy it from that trail. It will be altered if the hotel across the street is built. I am upset. I hate to say, not in my backyard but im sorry, not in my backyard. The Property Owner will turn this two Story Building into a five story 105 la quinta hotel. Underground parking and beer and wine. Residents are concerned with privacy, safety and construction noise. And the preschool is 50 feet away. It is right across the street. It is strange they have hotel right across the street from the entrance of your daycare. This portion is only 73 feet tall this is 63 feet. Reporter he owns the property and he disputes that hillside views will be block. This will be 10 feet tower it is smaller and thinner he claim
Told, and i know you have a new p. I. O. In the budget, and a. C. That we approved that. I really do think that those stories need to be told and we need to know how those and i know there is privacy and theres a lot of issues, but we need to know what is actually working and i never said that judging this judging these by x number of homeless as a way to measure of success, that is not what owes getting at. But when you said our successes are invisible, i think we need to find a way to make them visible and then tell us what is actually helping people in terms of these contacts that are being made. I know they are working. Yes, i thank you for that and agree that think chair fewer and the entire board for approving this. It showed our outreach staff and Public Relations staff, relative to almost every other Big Department in the city was a small fraction of what other departments have, and we do appreciate the adding of a few Staff Members to help with what you are talking about. I al
I want to start by commending you and d. B. H. And the mayor for additional work that has been happening around getting greater coordination to get resources to the neediest folks across departments, which has been a hard thing, people talk about the h. I. V. And aids example. Again, in the 80s, we were on our own and we had a huge, Massive Public health challenge. Largely, those got to happen within one department. And one of the challenges are around the homelessness response there are about probably seven or eight departments engaged and this is that two some power of something or other. It requires and will require a lot more. It is really hard for us to evaluate or know whether h. O. T. Is performing well, so we do have to rely on youre saying that this is an important part of the program that you are running and that you need the extension of this contract for a couple of years. I will say to your point that we cant really judge h. Ot cant really judge h. O. T. On their own and w