It will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a ressz of the committee at any time. All members have five legislative days in which to submit extraneous materials to the chair for inclusion in the record. Entitled the future of housing in america. Over sight of the department of housing in urban development. I recognize myself for three and a half minutes to give an Opening Statement. We welcome the 17th secretary of the department of housing and urban development. Dr. Ben carson. For his first appearance before the committee. Welcome sir. In one respect he maybe among the most qualified individuals to ever serve as hud secretary. Why . Because secretary carson was raised by a single mother who had a third grade education. He grew up in poor communities in detroit and boston. Lived in multifamily housing with boarded up windows and doors. Surrounded by sirens. Gangs, and murder. Not only does he understand poverty personally, he understands what it takes t
A survey this spring found the following. 59 of likely u. S. Voters oppose allowing 10,000 syrians to come to the u. S. By the end of the year. The report finds just 31 favor letting those refugees come in. When asked how concerned they are that giving thousands of syrians asylum poseas National Security risk to the u. S. , 48 are very concerned, 25 say somewhat, 19 not very, 7 not concerned at all, and 1 not sure. What you may not know is that many Asylum Seekers and refugees are already here. They too were fleeing a vicious civil war this one in somalia. Last year, we visited one american town grappling with the financial and cull ral impact of the unexpected newcomers. [chanting] sharyl these may look like city scenes from africa or the mideast. Where families like this are coming to seek asylum. He was a Government Official in burundi, east africa. Which he says is the devolving under the post arab spring instability that is causing refugees to flee. But why are some ending up in o
Up you could of got 11 risers. I think at 12 risers intend tread. But i increased from 7. 25 inches to seven. 775 rise. Then you can get 11 risers intend tread in this area. In this space right here. So, going from 7. 25 inch and seven. 75 i get the rise and run. Can you take it through the rest of the building, please . Taking this long one and having a living next to the light well and going up and you are coming up here. Then, the next level you be coming up around here and going up. To the third floor. With an open space. Then, when you get to the upper level, it comes up to hear. You could i do not design how the space would beit could be designed in any way i understand that you are just basically saying i flipping the stairs, flipping the plan, that the spaces unfurnished open spaces are equivalent in size and quality to what we have . I believe they are, right. Given nice open space here with a kitchen and dining area and living room over here. The reason why find this argument
A less last im trying to get the process because thats one of the things the gao talks about. What is the process . Its kind of a twotiered process. The first is through its formal reports but secondly the joint Commission Members engage with the iaea. Thats the reason we do the meetings in vienna and meet with iaea. You said that there were interpretation, correct me if im wrong, interpretation questions. So have there been instances of questionable compliance thus far that will resolve outside of the dispute resolution mechanism. These were issues that raise the issue of a dispute. These are issues in which we noticed certain activities that we felt were not in compliance. We engage with iranians and they were fixed. So there is, so those, because if there was a dispute on something you would be more formal and have been would know about it. The way which you describe those issues come is rather informal and no one knows exactly what they are, right . I have to go back and check on a
Metro. If you want the federal government at all. It is liability because the federal government didnt give us control over our own system. If keith d. C. Not one thin dime. Cityistrict is the only that has any responsibility for state functions. I agree with what mr. Evans has said. I want to focus on the fact that for the first time in its history as i understand it this system is doing shortterm borrowing. In order to get operating funds is that true . Yes it is. You have a rollover borrowing of about 500 million at this point. You are borrowing just to keep the system running. Weve got to face this fast. There werehat, handwritten drawdown restrictions. To get any of the federal money that is due to you you got to voucher andand the effect. I do have any problems with that because of what fda found in terms of control and so i understand in the beginning that after having had written correspondence over this it looks like to do this process and getting to validation. It looks like