[cheers and applause] well, hello, everybody. Hello citizens for American Progress. It is great to be here. Thank you so very much. I am thrilled to be with you here today as you close out your ideas conference and celebrate 20 years of making what our friend and my parishioner john lewis called good trouble. Give yourselves a round of applause for being here for the work you do. My thanks to your fearless leader, the president , the ceo of the center for American Progress, patrick gaspard. Give him a great big round of applause. [cheers and applause] patrick, thank you so very much for your more than 30 years that you have been on the front lines for some of our toughest battles for working people. You and cap are doing fantastic work to move our nation forward, and we appreciate your dedication to the fight. Im especially proud to be here in this room full of friends as we not only celebrate the progress of the past but plot i like that word, plot toward a future that is worthy of ou
[cheers and applause] well, hello, everybody. Hello citizens for American Progress. It is great to be here. Thank you so very much. I am thrilled to be with you here today as you close out your ideas conference and celebrate 20 years of making what our friend and my parishioner john lewis called good trouble. Give yourselves a round of applause for being here for the work you do. My thanks to your fearless leader, the president , the ceo of the center for American Progress, patrick gaspard. Give him a great big round of applause. [cheers and applause] patrick, thank you so very much for your more than 30 years that you have been on the front lines for some of our toughest battles for working people. You and cap are doing fantastic work to move our nation forward, and we appreciate your dedication to the fight. Im especially proud to be here in this room full of friends as we not only celebrate the progress of the past but plot i like that word, plot toward a future that is worthy of ou
[cheers and applause] well, hello, everybody. Hello citizens for American Progress. It is great to be here. Thank you so very much. I am thrilled to be with you here today as you close out your ideas conference and celebrate 20 years of making what our friend and my parishioner john lewis called good trouble. Give yourselves a round of applause for being here for the work you do. My thanks to your fearless leader, the president , the ceo of the center for American Progress, patrick gaspard. Give him a great big round of applause. [cheers and applause] patrick, thank you so very much for your more than 30 years that you have been on the front lines for some of our toughest battles for working people. You and cap are doing fantastic work to move our nation forward, and we appreciate your dedication to the fight. Im especially proud to be here in this room full of friends as we not only celebrate the progress of the past but plot i like that word, plot toward a future that is worthy of ou
Supporting cspan as a Public Service along with these other Television Providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. Next. New york state officials testifying on placing migrant caps on National Park service land. They oppose the recent approval of a field in brooklyn by new yorks governor to be used as a temporary site to be houses migrants coming into new york city. This is just over three hours. The committee will come to order the chair is authorized to display recess of the committee at anyng time. The committee is meeting today to hear testimony on destroying americas best idea. Examining the use of National Park service land for migrant camps. As unanimous consent that all members testifying today be allowed to sit with the committee the other testimony and participate in the hearing from theen dire. The young woman from new york and the gentlewoman from new york additional we have the gentleman from new york and mr. Texas mr. Pflueger from texas. Mr. Sb out from new york.
The committee will come to order without thehe chair has authorize today declare recess of the committee at any time. Om to testimony on destroying americas best idea, examining the Biden Administrations use of National Park service land for migrant camps. Ask unanimous consent of all members testifying today be allowed to sit with the committee, participant in hearing from the dais. The gentleman from new york and the gentleman from new york, additionally we have got the gentleman from new york, and mr. Texas mr. Pflueger from texas and from new york. Without objection, so ordered. Under Committee Role for at any for Opening Statement are limited to the chairmen and ranking minority member. Ive ever asked in this consent all of the members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if there submitted in accordance with Committee Role 30. Without objection, so ordered. I now recognize myself, or before before we get into tess when i will recognize less so for an Opening Stat