Hello everyone we will go ahead and start the final panel today im kde sullivan at the department of justice i just want to say thank you so much to the white house and the president the Domestic Policy Council steve wagner, thank you so much for hosting this and taking this serious issue and elevating it in this way thanks to all participants and at this time i have the easiest job of all the moderators today because look at this amazing panel and i have to do very little introductions and i will start with a man President Trump talks about secretary carson leads us at head currently but i just want to point out he has had an amazing career as a doctor and is a passionate advocate for housing issues in this country we cannot ask for anyone better. Thank you so much. I just want to point out with the department of justice you have done some amazing work to highlight issues with landlord tenants to make sure they are protected. We appreciate that but we have had the opportunity with tha
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