Microphone and go Start Building and produce the best video that you can possibly produce. Visit studentcam. Org for more information today. For 40 years cspan has been providing america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the Supreme Court and Public Policy events from washington, d. C. And around the country so you can make up your own mind. Created by cable in 1979 shg cspan is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. More now from a House Financial Services Committee Field Hearing on combating homelessness in the Los Angeles Metro area and its impact on a national level. This next portion includes local Homelessness Prevention advocates who talk about the need to address Affordable Housing and the federal governments roll back of the equal access rule and how Domestic Violence impacts women and homelessness. This is just shy of two hours. Our second Panel Includes mr. Tim watkins, president and chief executiv
Director of Venice Community housing. Speak upaynes, advocate. Hartman, chief Program Officer of the Downtown Womens Center. Lmansour,la a executive director of the housing Rights Center. Vizcaino, speaker of the Downtown Womens Center on behalf of the Domestic Violence Homelessness Services coalition. Gallo, president and chief executive officer of a community of friends. I will give you a signal by tapping the gavel lightly when one minute remains. At that time it would ask you to wrap up your testimony so that we can be respectful of the witnesses and Committee Members time. Mr. Watkins, you are recognized him five minutes for oral testimony. Mr. Watkins thank you. I wont spend too much time saying what an honor it is to be here, but i really appreciate your work and always have on all fronts. Years,been here for 66 watts,being a boy of born and raised in watts, i have blessed to be around the Community Action committee for its entire lifetime. My father was a founder 54 years ago.
Coming for your testimony. [applause] rep. Waters our second panel wattses mr. Tim watkins, Labor Community action community. Mr. Joe horiye, Western Region of them buys president local initiatives support corporation. Denison, executive director of Venice Community housing. Speak upaynes, advocate. Hartman, chief Program Officer of the Downtown Womens Center. Lmansour,la a executive director of the housing Rights Center. Vizcaino, speaker of the Downtown Womens Center on behalf of the Domestic Violence Homelessness Services coalition. Gallo, president and chief executive officer of a community of friends. I will give you a signal by tapping the gavel lightly when one minute remains. At that time it would ask you to wrap up your testimony so that we can be respectful of the witnesses and Committee Members time. Mr. Watkins, you are recognized him five minutes for oral testimony. Mr. Watkins thank you. I wont spend too much time saying what an honor it is to be here, but i really apprec
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Remaining electronic votes will be conducted as fiveminute votes. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the the gentleman from new york, mr. Engel to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 2744 on which yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title. The clerk h. R. 2744, a bill to authorize the administrator of the United States agency for International Development to prescribe the manner in which programs of the agency are identified overseas and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ]