To do. Im going to yield so he can speak briefly. Thank you, madam chair. I thank my good friend for yielding a quick moment. There are a few people in washington, d. C. And america who have had the impact of senator Johnny Isakson. When we think of senator isaacson, there are so many things that come to our mind. Senator, you have been an incredible statesman. A phenomenal leader, both in georgia, here in the senate, and in our country. We want to say thank you for all you have done for us. Congress,st came to you are one of the first individuals to reach out to me and give advice and encouragement. To this day, every time i see you, you do that. You will never know how much that means. Thatt to publicly state senator isakson is a hero for people all across this country. Your brilliant mind and your leadership will always be here. We say thank you from the bottom of our heart. May god bless you and your family as you go into this next chapter. Today, mypeaker, colleagues and i rise to
International hotel lease at the Old Post Office building in washington, d. C. We will hear from two officials from the General Services administration that oversees government building leases. This is about three hours. [indiscernible] without objection, so ordered. We are now going to proceed with Opening Statements. I wish you all the good morning and welcome to the fourth hearing of the public buildings. One of the purposes of this is to protect taxpayer dollars by ensuring that theyre spending it with transparency and that brings up with todays hearing which is entitled the tenant in the Trump Administrations oversight and the International Hotel and you can tell from the title, we are going to be in investigating an unprecedented tuition and the houses President Trumps d. C. Hotel. Since President Trump has declined to confess from his businesses, hes essentially acting as both landlord and tenant. Before i was elected to congress i spent over three decades , Teaching College stu
We will now proceed with Opening Statements. I wish you all a good morning and welcome to the fourth hearing in the economic Emergency Management subcommittee. One of the purposes of this committee is to protect taxpayer dollars by ensuring they are spent effectively, efficiently and with transparency. That brings us to todays hearing which is entitled landlord and tenant. You can tell from the title that today we will be investigating fairly unprecedented situation. The federal government owns the building that houses President Trumps d. C. Hotel hotel. Since President Trump has declined, he is essentially acting as both the landlord and the tenant. Before i was elected to congress , over three decades Teaching College students about American Government and politics. Serious discussions about the legislature holding the executive Branch Accountable to the highest legal and ethical standards and that is exactly what we hope to do today. First lets start with some facts. All federal wor
Thank you all for your service past and present to this country into your fellow veterans. We are honored to work alongside you. Thats exactly what we are going to be doing over the next few days. Were going to be working together. Not in a typical way that we work, not our daytoday work. Nothing normal sense. But over the next three days, you are going to have the opportunity to pause and take a step back from the daytoday grind, the daytoday challenges, all of the things that we struggle with. Every single day. Really think about what we are doing and why are we are doing it. Were going to think about what we know, and what we dont know. Im going to pause for a second. Those of you who know me, you know that formal remarks are really not my specialty. I want to see a show of hands when you heard us when we said, its going to be data, you had a big hug, its okay. I am a self professed data geek. I want to talk to you a little bit about data being important. I know sometimes data can f
I will never forget, i was struck by his slogan. He said when i become a mayor, we become mayor. That said this was a collective enterprise, collective work and responsibility, so there are policies being elaborated here last year we were talking about a Marshall Plan, because he called for a Marshall Plan. And we are going to work toward the creation of a Marshall Plan to get massive investment in the cities, because no matter what our mayors do for all the good efforts that are made, unless we get massive resources in our community, we are not going to be able to solve all problems. We must fight for reparations and fight for a Marshall Plan. [applause] the struggle against gentrification is not without controversy. It is complex, it is difficult, so there are voices that may agree and disagree, and that is fine. This agreement as long as it is constructive should be welcomed. It is not always comfortable, but nobody ever said it would be comfortable. There has to be creative tension