Good afternoon and welcome to the Conference Center here at Hudson Institute. I am the president and ceo of Hudson Institute, our mission is to promote u. S. International leadership in Global Engagement for secure, free and prosperous future. We are absolutely delighted to welcome back senior senator from indiana, senator todd young with us here at hudson. Today he is a guest in our bipartisan speaker series, dialogue on American Foreign policy and World Affairs with Hudson Institutes chair, Walter Russell mead. The discussion series is designed not to solely focused on the urgent news but also on the important news, that is to say, the broader questions and dilemmas affecting u. S. Foreign policy. Senator young still needs no introduction here at Hudson Institute where he is spoken many times. Hes an important voice particularly on Development Assistance and on the role of congress and u. S. Foreign policy in u. S. Foreign policy decisionmaking. Hes very much a conservative internati
Good afternoon and welcome to the Conference Center here at Hudson Institute. I am the president and ceo of Hudson Institute, our mission is to promote u. S. International leadership in Global Engagement for secure, free and prosperous future. We are absolutely delighted to welcome back senior senator from indiana, senator todd young with us here at hudson. Today he is a guest in our bipartisan speaker series, dialogue on American Foreign policy and World Affairs with Hudson Institutes chair, Walter Russell mead. The discussion series is designed not to solely focused on the urgent news but also on the important news, that is to say, the broader questions and dilemmas affecting u. S. Foreign policy. Senator young still needs no introduction here at Hudson Institute where he is spoken many times. Hes an important voice particularly on Development Assistance and on the role of congress and u. S. Foreign policy in u. S. Foreign policy decisionmaking. Hes very much a conservative internati
Housing units. Senator mike crapo of idaho chairs the banking, housing and urban affairs committee. This hearing will come to order. Today, the committee will receive testimony from leaders in the Housing Community on bipartisan opportunities this congress to expand access to Affordable Housing, to improve the safety conditions within current federallyassisted housing, and to consider how we might better target some of our existing Housing Resources to meet unaddressed need. Welcome to our witnesses, and thank you for taking the time to be with us today for this important discussion. Joining us today are ivory mathews, interim executive director of the Housing Authority of columbia, South Carolina; mark yost, president and chief executive officer of the skyline champion corporation; and peggy bailey, Vice President for housing policy at the center on budget and policy priorities. For purposes of todays hearing, we are focused on examining three bipartisan pieces of legislation in parti