The committee will come to order without thehe chair has authorize today declare recess of the committee at any time. Om to testimony on destroying americas best idea, examining the Biden Administrations use of National Park service land for migrant camps. Ask unanimous consent of all members testifying today be allowed to sit with the committee, participant in hearing from the dais. The gentleman from new york and the gentleman from new york, additionally we have got the gentleman from new york, and mr. Texas mr. Pflueger from texas and from new york. Without objection, so ordered. Under Committee Role for at any for Opening Statement are limited to the chairmen and ranking minority member. Ive ever asked in this consent all of the members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if there submitted in accordance with Committee Role 30. Without objection, so ordered. I now recognize myself, or before before we get into tess when i will recognize less so for an Opening Stat
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We begin with encouraging jobs news out today. Weekly unemployment claims fell below 3300,000. But still 11 million americans remain out of work. Lets find out what lawmakers are doing about benefits. Libby good morning, what is on the table . Well, democrats are pushing for an extension of these longterm unemployment ben fitteds. These were created during the recession to help americans who were out of a job more than six months. So now the federal government allows them for about 18 months. That expires on december 28th just a couple of days before christmas. Some democrats held a hearing to hear from americans who benefited from these benefits. One is lisa floyd. She shared her personal story. She worked for a hospice organization. She couldnt find a job and was unemployed, and she said Unemployment Insurance got her through. I have spent the majority of my waking hours looking for work. During this time, i was able to support myself because i received those vital Unemployment Insur
Stolen. The name on it, joe kudo. Props to her, because rather than taking it and moving on, she realized something was up. Police recovered two tables worth of stolen stuff after searching three homes. All of it belongs to joe, except the two guns found with the bad guys. We are happy about it. We felt the best gift was to arrest these people. Police havent found all the items including the bike and even if they do, theres one thing joe will never get back. His peace of mind. It takes your peace of mind as much as it takes your property. Right after the burglaries, the police and Fire Department pulled money right out of their own pockets to replace some of gifts that had been stolen. Live in newark, brian webb, kpix5. Police arrested threes men along with two juveniles. They are facing charges of breaking and entering, burglary and attempting to sell stolen property. A tip about a suspicious person digging through garbage cans led police to a suspected car burglar. Broke into a dozen
Oakland 44. San francisco, a little warmer at 49. Santa rosa still a chilly 28, its been stuck there all morning now. What you can expect on the rest of your sunday, mostly clear, cold in spots, sunny and mild, another spare the air day. The seventh in a row, truly amazing. Dry for the rest of 2013 into the new year. There are less than three days left in 2013 which is going to go down in the history books as the bay areas driest calendar year on record. Keep in mind those records go back to 1849. The shortage of rain in some areas is being measured not in inches but in feet. Reporter skiers and boarders are lamenting the lack of snow in the sierra. But lack of snow is even more of a worry. Snow melt is the source of water for several counties, and the San Diego Reservoir about 52 inches of year is there normally. This year the county is headed for a record low with 10 1 2 inches. The morinne Water District board already called for a voluntary cutback on water use and may consider rash