Cspans q and a. The house ways and means subcommittee has been examining limits but on the deductions of state and local taxes under the 2017 republican tax bill. Fromearlier today we show you the first part of this hearing while the senate is in recess. Farming communities, schools, First Responders and housing values. Before i begin my Opening Statement id like to yield to the chairman of the full ways and Means Committee for his opening remarks. Thank you chairman thompson and i want to acknowledge you and the other members of the subcommittee for indulging me with time to speak in this important hearing. The leadership of this committee and the working group is invaluable to congress. I want to take a couple minutes of time to express my appreciation to the witnesses who come to share their testimony today. Its a rare occasion that we can hear from hardworking folks make up our state and local governments. As former mayor of springfield until your firsthand of my experience as to h
Understand me, then you can provide the services for the people thaw want to help because they have a place to live. You are doing it tailend, ass backwards. You have been doing this for well over several generations and thats why you have so many people homeless out on streets right now. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Well, i feel certain that you have the best of intentions but i ask, nonetheless, how is it that now while we are presently suing a number of important pharmaceuticals, manufacturers and their regional distributors for a significant sum of billions of dollars owing to their illegal conduct in the mass promotion of highly addictive substances and by we, i mean cities and counties and states throughout the county as plaintiffs in multiple lawsuits. Im glad that San Francisco has come around to join the litigation. How can it seem like a good idea for taxpayers, with the bill, for example, for Mental Health care, for all possibly opening the doo
[applause] i was born and raised in hunters point, and i began making my living as a cosmetologist. I owned my own business. I opened a hair salon, which i had to close due to rising rent. Being a single mother with a daughter going to college, i needed to find a more stable career. At that point, i had found the city build program. Throughout city build, i learned the skills required to be a to have a successful construction career. I have benefited from Affordable Housing which is how i was able to provide and support my daughter during the city build process. After i graduated, i became a carpenter, working for Carpenters Union local 22. Before having the opportunity and the blessing of joining local 38, which is the plumbers and Pipefitters Union of San Francisco. Living here in San Francisco in the 94124 has given me the benefit and a stable career to be in and pay rent in San Francisco. Thats why we need more Affordable Housing. We need more Affordable Housing for all of the reas
Of election fraud. Lets run through extracts of that call starting with the debunked claims from the former president about suitcases of ballots the president also made claims about so called dead voters. Brad raffensperger did push back in his call with President Trump heres a series of further extracts. And in the most explicit part of the call trump spelled out how many voters he needed. Stephen loosley an analyst in us politics at the United States studies centre in sydney laid out the legal dilemmas mr trump now faces. Its a very serious indictment for a number of reasons. Firstly, it is Racketeering Charge under Georgia State law and racketeering legislation is modelled on the Originalfederal Legislation is modelled on the original federal legislation that was designed to bring down the mafia. The problem that donald trump faces is generally a conviction under legislation in georgia leads to a prison sentence, it is not certain that is the probability. Secondly, mark meadows, th
Support for Military Spouses and families. Thousands of Companies Big and small have had Great Success at hiring veterans in the past decade. As most of you know before i came to congress i ran a familyowned trucking business and had the pleasure of knowing, we hired people from world war ii that worked hard most of their lives, korean war, vietnam war, and continued the tradition. When veterans applied for the positions, i always made sure to give them the opportunities to thrive, as did my grandfather and father. As a veteran myself, i knew that the service ingrained in the veterans does not just go away when they take off the uniform. They possess exceptional teambuilding skills and are highly trusted by colleagues in the workplace. We have seen this firsthand the way a veteran higher can benefit any business over 3 million americans are employed and together these companies contribute to the economy. An incredible investment over 74 of businesses are founded by a veteran rather tha