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house democratic leader hakeem jeffries held his weekly briefing with reporters on capitol hill. he was asked about republican congressman george santos, gop legislative proposals, and the classified documents discovered in old offices used by president biden after his time as vice president. this is about 15 minutes. rep. jeffries: good morning everyone. house democrats are continuing our efforts to fight for the american people and put people over politics, to lean into the issues that everyday americans care about, lower costs better paying jobs, safer communities, defending a democracy, fighting for freedom, protecting the public interest, and ensuring economic opportunity in every single zip code. house democrats are here to fight for everyday americans. republicans continue to spend their time fighting each other for power, position and over personality. it is our hope that we can find common ground. we continue to extend the hand of partnership to our colleagues on t
del toroo navy readiness. he spoke at the navy association s we are honored this morning to have the secretary of the navy be with us here this morning. i will tell you the only guide was, keep it short. we are two new yorkers, i m from brooklyn and he s from the bronx. he grew up in hell s kitchen, a sporty part of town and we are both naval academy grads and i ll introduce the secretary of the navy, carlos del toro. [applause] sec. del toro: best action i have had all year. outstanding. people ask me among sailors and marines, hell s kitchen, where is that? i say, if you don t know hell s kitchen i say west side story. i said it s kind of like ut the play without the music and the dancing. [laughter] sec. del toro: admiral is retiring and i have to avoid telling sea stories for the next hour. he wanted advice and sat down for advice and little did you know you could be giving advice to the secretary of the navy. glad you listened to me. let me first start off by thankin
brookings institution and national fair housing alliance. good afternoon. i m andre. senior fellow at the brookings institution and team lead for evaluating black assets initiative. and it is my pleasure to welcome you to the event examining racial bias in home appraisals, our screening of america low balled. we ll discuss about housing discrimination that has been mainly overlooked until this moment which we now find ourselves in. in 2018, when brookings published the devaluing of neighborhoods in black neighborhoods, authored by a principal economist at gal lineup, david, formerly of brookings, and me, we knew that we made a significant contribution to policy research. we showed that homes in black majority neighborhoods and metro areas across the country were on average priced 23% or $48,000 lower than their mostly white counterparts. that 23% amounts to $156 billion in lost equity. to that point in time, housing devaluation was mostly an issue that black homeowners talk