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After his remarks, he took questions from cspan viewers. This is ou this is one hour. Please welcome mayor bill de blasio. Lasio how is it going . Do you want the truth from politicians . You want the whole truth . Then im going to make a confession right here. I love the iowa state fair. I am in love with it. My time. First its amazing. And the people of iowa have been welcomingd so throughout this whole election. I want to tell you about someone i love and i want to introduce her to you. She is my wife of 25 years, charlene mcrae. Come on up. [applause] and i want to tell you, as first lady of new york city, she is has done something amazing. It is something i know people all over iowa care about, too, and that is that she has taken on the challenge of Mental Health. She made sure people got help they deserved and needed. She has fought the stigma to make sure no one goes without care. Who believes we have to end that Stigma Around Mental Health . All right, thank you, my dear. Now,
Weve seen on environmental issues. Weve seen it on climate issues. There are always some executive powers that can be used meaningfully. What we need is something much bigger than that. The solution is political. I dont believe that this current circumstance is going to last that much longer. We have gotten so used to a far right Republican Party that is not willing to move on these issues and a divided congress. Thats not our whole history. It does not have to be that way. I think the American People are moving right now. I think you see a whole lot more movement in an aggressive direction. You look at the Public Opinion solidly ins moved favor of background checks and waiting. And an assault weapons ban and waiting periods and an assault weapons ban. Its only time before that leads to change. We have to work on the ground. We are hoping for instant gratification, but whats really going to change america is a whole lot of grassroots organizing, like the sparkling students those parkla
Test. Test. Test. Test. Thank you very much for your service, sir. The gentleman from missouri, mr. Clay. Theres also the chair for the subcommittee on housing, Community Development, and insurance, recognized for five minutes. Thank you, madam chair. And mr. Secretary, lets discuss the wellston, missouri, Housing Authority, which hud has had in receivership for the last 22 years. As you are aware, there is a planned demolition of a number of units, which will displace tenants, uproot lives, and cause utter confusion in those lives. Children will be forced to change schools, and some parents will have drastic changes to their life and work schedules. As you know, we are looking at several options, which we have discussed, including the grand families concept and section 202 housing. Could you please walk us through a displacement such as this and tell us what does hud do to serve the Affordable Housing needs of these residents and ensure that they have access to safe, affordable, and m
Kershaw tonight starting at 8 00 eastern along with Mary Louise Roberts on her book, dday through french eyes normdy 1944 which looks at the invasions impact and its aftermath on france. The dday invasion, tonight here on cspan3. There has been discussion about an appearance before congress. Any testimony from this office would not go beyond our report. It contains our findings and analysis and the reasons for the decisions we made. We chose those words carefully and the work speaks for itself. And the report is my testimony. I would not provide information beyond that which is already public in any appearance before congress. Former special Counsel Robert Mueller is set to appear before two committees of congress. The House Judiciary Committee and the House Intelligence Committee on wednesday july 17th at 9 00 a. M. Eastern. Hell testify in open session about his report into russian interference in the 2016 election. Watch live coverage on cspan3, online at cspan. Org, or listen with