Investigated the incident. This is two hours. The House Committee on Homeland Security subcommittee on oversight and Management Efficiency in the Governmental Affairs on subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and federal management will come to order. The purpose of this hearing is to examine failures at the u. S. Secret service and their implications governmentwide. The chair recognizes himself for an opening statement. In september, the the dhs office of Inspector General of the oig released a report on its four month long investigation into improper access and distribution of information within the secret service. The findings were alarming. Widespread violation of the privacy act and Agency Policy occurred by secret Service Employees who access and distributed information on a number of congress past Employment Application and Senior Management did nothing immediately to stop it. Inspector general john roth stated the episode was deeply disturbing. In addition, director clancy announce
That has always has always been a significant part of the rental landscape. Family construction which we talked about before theres quite a bit going on, the highest highest in 30 years, maybe we so it is a million six of approximate and actually 5 million of singleFamily Rental. That is where the renters have gone. Now what is really interesting to me and this is the chart that i follow her and is about to be updated. This is obvious in some ways, we know that incomes have been stagnant, we know rents are rising but the spread between those two, which really you have to stabilize the dollars and one thing i can tell you for sure based on either of the projections that you just heard and what the fact that over 85 of the family construction is at the very high end. This is not getting any better anytime soon. Then we have just to make you feel even prouder of how good this housing economy is, we have a huge problem coming up over the next ten years in terms of the loss of already subsi
Service us. Well drive into the white house and disrupt a major investigation. We dont access a congressman secrets record. We dont do that. Who is the person and how are we training people at every level to stand up and stop this behavior because i dont think we can do it just having hearings like this. I think we have got to restore this priceless commodity you were talking about which is the integrity element of the men and women at every level knowing it ibilityr respons to maintain the integrity of the secret service. I agree. We can have all the training exercises and all the Online Training for example, i have been to 10 of the field offices. I speak personally to our agents. I walk around the white house talking to officers. I meet all the recruits prior to their graduation. I tell them what they represent, what is expected of them, but i have to do more of that as well as our staff. We have to keep communicating to our people. Again, what the congress is doing today is a help
Bidens. As yeatts put it, because i had to quote an irish poet and Seamus Heaney was taken. Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was i had such friends. Away from the camera, jill and michelle have each others backs, just as much as when theyre out championing our troops. Our girls are close, best friends at school, inviting each other for vacations and sleepovers. Even though our terms are nearly over, one of the greatest gifts of these past eight years is that were forever bonded as a family. But, of course, i know that the obamas are not the only ones who feel like theyre part of the biden clan because joes heart has radiated around this room. You see it in the enduring friendships he has forged with folks of every stripe and background up on capitol hill. You see it in the way that his eyes light up when he finds somebody in a rope line from scranton or just the tiniest towns in delaware. You see it in the incredible loyalty of his staff, the team who knows
The Tahoe Chamber named the winners for this year s Blue Ribbon Awards during a special awards ceremony Thursday, May 16, at the Tahoe Blue Event Center. The goal of the Blue Ribbon Awards is to recognize businesses and individuals who have made significant contributions to the South Tahoe community.