My advice to anyone that wants to compete this year is to find a topic that youre truly passionate about and pursue it as much as you can. This year were asking students to create a Short Documentary on the issue that you would like the president ial candidates to address during the 2020 campaign. Cspan will award 100,000 in total cash prizes. Plus a 5,000 grand price. Go get a camera, a microphone and go start filming and produce the best video that you can possibly produce. Visit studentcam. Org for more information today. Next, House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters holds a field hearing on combatting homelessness in the Los Angeles Metro area. And its impact on a national level. In this first portion, local government officials discuss the root causes of homelessness such as high rents, low wage growth, and a need for more government assistance. This runs 90 minutes. The committee on Financial Services will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized t
One of our Public Offices who has joined us. David, thank you for being here this evening. As always speak pelosi is a champion of immigrant rights and immigrant needs, so we thank you for being here on her behalf. Okay, our next speaker is carol bisharat from kids in need of descents. Good evening. I am a direct representation attorney, my name is carol bisharat, for kids in need of defense and from our San Francisco i offices. We are a National Nonprofit that has ten offices across the country dedicated to the representation of unaccompanied minors, who are in proceedings for the Immigration Court. I have some prepared remarks, which i am willing to share, in an electronic fashion i will forward them to elaina for distribution to each of you. There is more information than i can relay in of short amount of time that i have to speak with you. There are so much to say, for what is going on on the ground, what kinds of changes both policy and procedures that have detrimentally affected
It also looks at all cachet, just not federal cachet, but state or local cash assistance programs and barring some of them getting a green card or entering the United States. It English Proficiency as a positive factor or lack of proficiency has a negative factor. It would look at medical conditions, whether or not they have private Health Insurance and whether or not theyve ever used a fee waiver to waive a filing fee for past immigration application. It would also allow to potentially overcome a public charge determination if they pay a bond, the minimum amount of which would be 8,100. The rule will not take effect until midoctober, until that time, all pending green card applications and those that are postmarked before that date, october 15, 2019 will be adjudicated under what our current standards for public charge. As i mentioned, under existing policy, the only programs i look at our federal cachet that people receive, and whether or not they are in long term institutionalized c
At 10 00 a. M. Eastern on book tv, cspan2. House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters held a field hearing on combating homelessness in the Los Angeles Metro area and its impact on a massive a national level. Officialsrnment participated in the hearing to discuss Affordable Housing. The committee on Financial Services will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. Not on of the house were the Floor Committee are authorized to participate fully in the hearing and members of the local media may engage in audio and visual coverage of the proceedings. Any recording of todays proceedings are solely to educate, enlighten, and inform the consideration of legislative issues as well as developing an understanding and perspective of the house of representatives and its role in our government. Coverage may not be used for any partisan Political Campaign purpose or be made available for such purpose. Finally, i want to welcome hearing,udie
The committee on Financial Services will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. Not on of the house were the Floor Committee are authorized to participate fully in the hearing and members of the local media may engage in audio and visual coverage of the proceedings. Any recording of todays proceedings are solely to educate, enlighten, and inform the consideration of legislative issues as well as developing an understanding and perspective of the house of representatives and its role in our government. Coverage may not be used for any partisan Political Campaign purpose or be made available for such purpose. Finally, i want to welcome hearing,udience to the which we will conduct under the rules of house of representatives. This is entitled examining the homelessness crisis in los angeles. I give myself five minutes to give an opening statement. Again, good morning to everyone. Welcome to the committee on Financial Services field hearing.