Covid19 pandemic hosted by the National Low Income housing coalition. Were glad that youre able to join us for this conversation with ceo diane yantell and best selling author dr. Ibrahim kendi. Submit questions by clicking here on the left side of the screen and you have to start have technical difficulties or have a question, click here on that right side of the screen button. The event will be recorded and available on this site within 24 hours. Its now my pleasure to turn the it over to diane. Great. Thanks, dave, and welcome, everyone, to todays conversation with dr. Reeb bram kennedy. Im really looking forward to this conversation, and im so glad that almost 5,000 people have registered for it today. Im so heartened and encouraged by the level of interest in this topic. So im president and ceo of the National Low Income housing coalition. We are a Membership Organization that is dedicated to achieving socially just Public Policies that insure that the lowest income people have de
Next, a Senate Committee ooking at Affordable Housing and safety concerns. One of the issues deals with onsider car upon monoxide ctors in all in alln monoxide readers Affordable Housings. To his hearing will come order. Today the committee will receive testimony from leaders in the community on bipartisan opportunities, to expand access to fter for theable housing improve the safety conditions within current federally assisted housing, and to we might better target some of our existing Housing Resources to meet unaddressed needs. Welcome to our witnesses, and thank you for being here and be with us on discussion. Nt join us today are ivory mathews, director of tive the Housing Authority of columbia, South Carolina, mark yost, president and chief executive officer of the skyline champion corporation, and peggy bailey, Vice President for policy at the budget. Hearing ses of todays were focused on examining three bipartisan pieces of in particular that have been introduced in the congres
Second panel for todays hearing. Thank you very much for coming and giving your testimony. [inaudible conversations] our second Panel Includes mrt and chief executive officer, Labor Community Action Committee and the Regents Program Vice President local Initiative Support corporation, executive director for community housing. The advocate corporation. In the chief Program Officer the executive director of the house center. Speaker downtown of behalf of Domestic Violence Homeless Services coalition. And deborah door, president and chief executive or officer without objection your statements will be made part of the record into view will have five minutes to summarize your testimony. You a signal by tapping the gobble lightly when one minute remains. At that time i will ask you to wrap up so weto can be respectfl of both the witnesses and the committees in response. Mr. Watkins your reckoning for five minutes to give your oral testimony. Thank you. And i will not spend too much time tell
Hall speaking last night and still hasnt put any legislative proposals forward. Nothing on immigration concept executive orders. Nothing on infrastructure, even though democrats have followed the four corners, if you will, of his proposal, 1 trillion over ten years put into paper and actually written a real plan which includes Public Transit, which includes highways and bridges and water and sewer and housing and airports and all the things we do and doing it right on infrastructure, on public works. Were still all waiting. The president s made a lot of speeches. Last night he was not as combative as usual. That was welcome. As senator cornyn said, we applauded that. But were still looking for substance. Were looking for one bill. Repeal and replace the Affordable Care act is . What does that mean . He hasnt given us anything specific. Hes been voting been repeal and replace the Affordable Care act for more than a decade. They should listen to the governor from my home state, the state
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