the permanent subcommittee on investigations will come to order. thank you all for your attendance, thanks to the public for tuning into these proceedings. ranking member johnson, thank you for all of your work as our staff and we have collaborated on this investigation focused on the mistreatment of military families. privatized housing on u.s. military installations. in the mid 90s, the department of defense commenced the privatization of military housing, it was envisioned this initiative would lead to better outcomes from the military families. safer, more reliable living conditions. healthy homes, affordable housing affordable to families living on an around u.s. military installations. for years, however, this program has been plagued by problems. and when i visited for gordon in the first few months of my term in the senate, i asked the command if i could sit down with families on post to hear about their experience, living in privatized housing managed by golf and
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