Center of irvine and i hope that you will take up the offer to come back and visit. Ive been honored to get to work with the folks here. I do a lot of Community Service and go to a lot of Public Events for homelessness, the environment, virtually every event i go to, i the Islamic Center of irvine, out in the community volunteering. So thank you for your hospitality. I want to give a special shout out to the Irvine Police department. [applause] we have a number of city former city officials, including our current sitting congresswoman. I meant councilwoman. Its a habit. I said congressmen more i have said congressmen katie porter more times than i can count. So i want to talk for a a couple of minutes. For how many of you, is this your first town hall . Great. I run these town halls so your voices can be heard and theres an equal chance to be heard. Then weor five minutes will draw questions out of the center. If we dont get to your question, know that i go through all of them, and the
Directors at the Islamic Center. We serve 5000 muslims in the area. Every0 of whom come here friday. Is a great honor to host [laughter] host is a great honor to our neighbors and guests from our Congressional District to participate in this discussion with a representative in congress. Please make yourself comfortable. Please note that the doors on my for women. Restrooms on my left, there are restrooms for men. Please forgive us for any shortcomings. Please let us know if you need any assistance. To invite our religious director at the Islamic Center to welcome our congresswoman. [applause] peace be with you. Good afternoon, everybody. And as the e mom religiousf the center. This is beautiful. [applause] [laughter] well, i lost my words. I like your tshirt. I am from pittsburgh actually. It is a great city. [applause] i would like to welcome all of you here in our humble facilities. How many of you are here for the first time . Almost everybody. Your dream has come true. [laughter] y
Be a risk to themselves and preventing individuals convicted of misdemeanor hate crimes from purchasing a gun. Live Coverage Court to be a risk to themselves and preventing begins wednesday, september 4 on cspan and see spend. Org. If you are on the go, listen to our live coverage list span radio lab cspan radio app. Withring a town hall constituents, katie porter was asked about impeaching president trump. She was also asked about a number of other issues including andgration, Climate Change, Public Transportation access. She worked under Kamala Harris and had elizabeth warrens law school professor. This event was held at the Islamic Center of irvine. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [applause] good afternoon and welcome. Greetings of peace to all of you and the staff and the community of the Islamic Center of irvine. I am the chairman of the board of directors here at the Islamic Center. For those of you who are curious we serve about 5000 muslims i