[gavels] the Senate Committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs will come to order. Before we begin, i will probably embarrass her, but want to call her out. Irene gray is working her last week as a stenographer in the United States senate. She has been here for 20 years 27 years and we thank her for quiet, effective, crucial work to preserve the hearings. Even when senator toomey and i dont say much of note, she still has to take it down. Just appreciate your good work for this country and your unsung hero as a unsung hero contracted or not as a civil servant. Thank you, thank you. This hearing is in a hybrid format. Four of our witnesses are joining us remotely before senator toomey and me. One or more members may attend from their offices. Yesterday was the first of the month. For millions of americans, the rent was due yesterday and for many the rent keeps going up and up and up. Two weeks ago we heard from witnesses about the soaring costs of housing and how it hurts families
Senate committee on banking, housing and urban affairs will come to order. Before we begin, i will probably embarrass her, but i want to call her out. Irene reyes is working her last week as a stenographer in the United States senate. She has been here 27 years and we thank her for her quiet, effective, really crucial work to preserve the hearings even when senator toomey and i dont say much of note. She still has to take it down. We just appreciate your good work for this country. You are an unsung hero as a public servant, contractor, not a public servant, so thank you. Thank you. This hearing is in a hybrid format. Four of our witnesses are joining us in person, sitting in front of senator toomey and me. Miss morey is joining remotely. One or more of our Committee Colleagues may attend from their offices. Yesterday was the first of the month for millions of americans, that means rent was due. For many renters, that rent keeps going up and up and up. Two weeks ago in this committee w
The executive director of the American Society of comptrollers. Without further ado, please join me in welcoming one of my favorites, robert hale. [applause] good morning. How is everyone doing . Listen, i am glad to be here. For a number of reasons. One of them is that comptrollers do not get invited out that much. I have a number of stories. Bad news is you have a serious problem and if you dont have an immediate transplant, youre going to die. But the good news is i have three donors, you can choose any one of them. One of them is a former olympic athlete and prior to her demise, she was practicing every day for the olympics. Another one was a former triathlon athlete and he was swimming and running everyday. The third one is an 80yearold comptroller. Which one would you like . And he thought for a moment and said i will take the comptroller. They prepared for the surgery and should the mans wife said why would you she was a heart transplant donor of an 80yearold . And he said, his
There are Certain Committee hearings that are very informative to the public. I like the way that cspan covers and in the way that they present themselves. In his commentary, but not edited out. It gives a real sense to the american people. Cspan is created by americas Cable Company in 1979. Yesterday, president obama nominated john brennan had the cia. And a discussion took place with chuck hagel and jane harman. We are with jane harman, who is now with us. She served on the Intelligence Committee from 2006 to 2007. Lets begin with the pick of john brennan. What does this entail . Guest he has been the center of obamas Intelligence Committee for four years now. He has managed the Terrorism Program quite well. And he is the gentleman that obama trust the most. I think it is an extremely good appointment. Host what does the job entail . Guest it is a different job than what it was in 2004. In 2004, four of us in congress but the fight for intelligence reform and we restructured our Inte
We all know that states have been busy and it is a trend that starts in colorado and was made notorious in 2007 and in 2011, the Supreme Court upheld the legality. It allowed some or all employers to be involved. Studies done over time have shown the race has steadily gone down. One element which has not actually kept pace. Despite these weaknesses, one has to say it has left the station and those who thought the pilot programs would result in us, i think that speculation is over. We verified the remains as a part of the legal system. The only issue is at what level does it become mandatory and how do we improve that in the system. The Obama Administration works from targeting unauthorized individuals to targeting employers since january of 2009, there are more than 8000 employers. It imposed about 88 million and a very significant departure from the past. There has been an increased effort in the labor enforcement we all know that it is all part of our enforcement system. Therefore th