Without a safe, decent affordable place to live, nothing in your life works. It is nearly impossible to maintain a job, go to school, or stay healthy. Based on data from 2020, almost 600,000 americans experience homelessness on any given night. This number, 61 of those experiencing homelessness are sheltered and another 39 are unsheltered. Homelessness is a significant challenge in our country and getting worse. While Current National data sparse, we know the number of a people experiencing homelessness are already too hard. Rising again around 2015. The pandemic has only exacerbated the challenges that individuals and families face. Addressing homelessness is an area of bipartisan interest in the senate. Senator and it and senator portman, along with our full midi chair senator Brown Committee chair, senator brown, will provide assistance to those who are most at risk their homes. Of losing their homes. I look for to hearing from our witnesses about the bipartisan measure. We also kno
Transportation and Committee Development will come to order. This hearing is in hybrid format. We will have witnesses testifying both in person and by video and senators may appear in person or by video as well. I want to thank senator rounds for join in this bipartisan hearing focusing on issue of homelessness. Senator rounds found out late yesterday i think that he is needed at an important markup of the Foreign Relations committee so you will be able to stay for the entire subcommittee which we understand, and thank you for being here. And thank you also to our panelist, those of you in person as well as of those of you joining virtually for being here today. So without a safe decent affordable place to live, nothing in yourr life works. Its nearly impossible to maintain a job, go to school or stay healthy. Based on data from 2020, almost 600,000 americans experience homelessness on any given night. This number, 61 of those experiencing homelessness are sheltered and another 39 are
Get us going. The subcommittee on housing, transportation, and Community Development will come to order. This hearing is in hybrid format. We will have witnesses testifying both in person and by video. And senators may appear in person or in video as well. I want to thank senator rounds for joining me in this bipartisan hearing, focusing on the issue of homelessness. Senator rounds found out late yesterday, i think, that he is needed at an important Foreign Relations committee, so he wont be able to say for the entire subcommittee, which we understand and thank you for being here. And thank you also to our panelists. Those of you in person, as well as those of you joining virtually, for being here today. So, without a safe, decent, affordable place to live, nothing in your life works. Its nearly impossible to maintain a job, go to school, or stay healthy. Based on data from 2020, almost 600,000 americans experienced homelessness on any given night. With this number, 61 of those experie
Advocates for the homeless testified about the need for more Affordable Housing and support to address homelessness around the country. The pandemic has made the issue worse. This hearing held before a Senate Subcommittee runs an hour and half. Without a safe, decent affordable place to live, nothing in your life works. It is nearly impossible to maintain a job, go to school, or stay healthy. Based on data from 2020, almost 600,000 americans experience homelessness on any given night. This number, 61 of those experiencing homelessness are sheltered and another 39 are unsheltered. Homelessness is a significant challenge in our country and getting worse. While Current National data sparse, we know the number of a people experiencing homelessness are already too hard. Rising again around 2015. The pandemic has only exacerbated the challenges that individuals and families face. Addressing homelessness is an area of bipartisan interest in the senate. Senator and it and senator portman, alon
A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from delaware. Mr. Coons i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Coons mr. President , i come to the floor once again today to talk about jobs, about manufacturing jobs, manufacturing jobs as we all know are high quality jobs. Manufacturing jobs come with higher pay and higher benefits. Manufacturing jobs help create other local Service Sector jobs and manufacturing jobs contribute more to the local economy than jobs in any other sector. And beyond that, mr. President , manufacturers invest the most of any industry sector in research and development, something critical to americas continued growth and our security as a leading innovation economy. So last week, 21 Senate Colleagues and i joined in a new initiative, the manufacturing jobs for america initiative, to help create good manufacturing jobs here at home today and tomorrow. Its grown now to 25 senators whove