cornelius. >> good afternoon, madam chairwoman, ranking member lummis and members of the committee. i am chrystel cornelius, ceo of neighborhood america affiliated in colorado and i thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss how cdfis promote housing and economic opportunity. and formal greeting [speaking in native tongue] hello and it is a great honor to meet with two very important and important is more so a measure of gratitude and strength within women today. ..rength within women today. i appreciate the opportunity. at least lost in mission has affected thousands of tribal members from our inception. oweesta stint with the first ofy many times only investor supporting native cdfi's in the local target market demand. our direct financing has associated direct crop job creationtu cosmo business development, and homeownership opportunities for the upward financial mobility of native individuals and families across the united states, alaska and hawaii. most native communities

cornelius. what do you wish you would have been asked and what do you want to leave this hearing knowing that we have heard? >> in looking at what could be asked and obviously i represent native communities throughout the united states alaska and hawaii, what can we do more to support specifically those marginalized community programs that we can enhance availability and partnerships? working in such rural areas and having the opportunity to engage in larger programs would be imperative and when we look at the cultural -- hawaii is different than alaska and encompassing 574 federal recognized tribes or unrecognized tribes we are doing such great work. they are so much more to do. >> thank you. my daughter and my husband were both part of the for-profit subsidiary of this cdfi's on a reservation in wyoming called the painted pony. it took oral histories and converted them into storybooks, beautiful illustrated and every 4th-grader in wyoming received a copy of these books. i'm very familiar with

cornelius has 23 years of expense work in the native economic development field but she is an enrolledber of the united nation of wisconsin and a member of the turtle mountain band and the chippewa indians in north dakota. we will begin, thank you so much. >> i think you know this i will just reinforce you each will have five minutes for your opening statements for there is a clock in front of you to help you keep track of time. your full written statement must be made part of the record paid part of me for interrupting. to make investments in loans totaling $14.8 billion. in minnesota, 30 serviced $8,520,051,000,000 of app loans for nonprofits performing 88,000 jobs. investment offer excellent return on taxpayer investment. fy22 award ees made loans and 65,000 affordable housing units. as individuals become more self-sufficient their reliance on social welfare programs decreases so these decrease costs in the long run. we have a long track record of funding sources, finding multimillion ways to use new tools. as an industry we are collaborating in the a few national groups to access e

miss cornelius had 23 years fix. working in the native american economic field.is an enrolled member of the united nation of wisconsin and member of the turtle mountain band of chippewa indians in north dakota. we will begin with miss nellmark. >> i will reinforce you each will have five minutes for opening statements, there's a clock in front of you to keep track of time and your full written statements will be made a part of the record. pardon me for interrupting. >> thank you. good afternoon, madam chairwoman, ranking member and members of the committee. i am julia nellmark, with the communities element corporation, csfi and neighbor works american member in rural minnesota and ceo of our native csfi subsidiary of the white earth investment initiative. csfi fund programs help us promote community revitalization, business developers, affordable housing and job creation in economically distressed communities. during the pandemic, csfis utilized $1.25 billion to make investments totaling $14.8 billion. in minnesota, 30 one csfis served $851 million of sba ppp loa

. >> cornelius is calling in from alexandria louisiana.good afternoon. >> good afternoon peter and mary but i want to wish everyone a happy labor day tomorrow in this is constitutional month-end patriot day on, september the 11th. we need to celebrate all of that. i patriot two. peter want to talk to person and we will go to miss mary. i found out what year the book was, it was 2008 abraham senior eco of dealey plaza. he got a pardon from president biden so he would be a great gift. he tried to prevent president kennedy's assassination. >> he's referencing an older program when he called in. go ahead cornelius. >> my question for a you mary i happen to be an african-american and 62 years old. i remember we were in segregated schools and we had to -- we had the parent they anthem and national anthem at the schools that the of the pledge and the national anthem. once we integrated we just had the the pledge in the national anthem. i believeat that you, the democrats have pretty much taken all thisen stuff out. if you look at "the communist m

. >> host: cornelius is calling from alexandria, good afternoon. >> i want to wish everybody a happy labor day tomorrow, this is constitution months, patriot day, september 11th, so we need to celebrate all of that. i want to talk to you first and then go to mary eberstadt. i found out, 2008, abraham w bolden senior echo of daily platter so he would be a great guest, from president biden so he would be a great guest, tried to prevent president kennedy's ssn nation. >> host: his referencing out older program. >> caller: i'm an african american, 62 years old. we were in -- the prayer, the pledge, the national anthem and the national anthem, the white schools had the prayer and the pledge and the national anthem and integrated, the pledge and the national anthem. i believe as you that the democrats pretty much taken all of this stuff out. if you look at the communist manifesto they completed everything. i have an idea for you. with ai technology coming out and the military revealing that these aliens which i believe are fallen angels and stuff that would be a good book for you to look i

. >> cornelius is calling from alexandria, louisiana. cornelius good afternoon. >> caller: good afternoon peter and mary peter want to wish everybody a happy labor day and this is constitutional month and patriot day on september the 11th. so we need to celebrate all of that. i am for patriotism. peter, i want to talk to you first and then we will go to ms. i found out what year that was 2008, abraham bolden senior heat would be a great guest just got a pardon from president biden. he would be a great guest hes tried to prevent president kennedy's assassination found the years 2008. do what he is referencing an older program what he called in paraguay had been. >> my question for you mary i'm african-american. i am 62 yearsn, old. i remember women segregated schools we hadrp a prayer, the pledge, the negra national anthem and the national and that the white schools have the prayer in the pledge and the national anthem. once wer, integrated we just had one the prayer, the pressure, the national anthem. i believe as you that the democrats

don cornelius.l the time. >> jimmy: all the time. did that seem normal to you? >> it did when i was growing up. i didn't know they were famous until my friends' parents were drop my friends off and they're, "is that harry belafonte?" "yes, how do you know harry?" they didn't act famous. they were talking about moving society forward. helping people through an open door. you know, they were always talking business. making something out of their lives. using their fame for good. >> jimmy: muhammad ali was somebody who hung out at your house? >> yeah. >> jimmy: he would do magic tricks? >> all the time, yeah, he was great. >> jimmy: would he have the boxing gloves on? >> no. but he loved doing this thing where he'd find a coin, it would be behind my ear. he'd make all these noises. he was just yate. he was funny and start. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and very, very wise. >> jimmy: the greatest, he really was the greatest. you gathered that from him, i assume you were a kid when he was around? >> yes. >> jimmy:

sorry, felicity cornelius—mercer , mercer's , of course, johnny mercer's wife, she's ranting at carolback . and before carol's ranting back. and before you we've two you know it, we've got two schoolgirls aplayground schoolgirls in a playground having argument, and all having a big argument, and all the of in the middle the rest of us are in the middle of it. so it's a difficult one. patrick, to be fair, what does carol vorderman bring to our armed forces? carol vorderman bring to our arrrwhat's es? carol vorderman bring to our arrrwhat'ses? point? carol vorderman bring to our arrrwell, ses? point? carol vorderman bring to our arrrwell, she's point? carol vorderman bring to our arrrwell, she's an nt? carol vorderman bring to our arrrwell, she's an honorary group >> well, she's an honorary group captain, are, i think captain, so there are, i think in royal force about 29. in the royal air force about 29. there's a significant there's quite a significant amount. whereas in the navy and the there's about the army, there's only about 3 or so what happens with or 4. so what happens with ho

it was great doing soul train and meeting don cornelius and yeah, yeah, it was.ent . 13 was. it was magnificent. 13 years out there, so. but there's no place like home. >> so i guess, you know, you look at musicians today , look at musicians today, singers, songwriters, artists , singers, songwriters, artists, who do you look out for? who's your favourites at the moment? >> oh, i don't know. my favourites. nat king cole and ella fitzgerald. and any time that of like chilling that i'm kind of like chilling at home, i listen to oh gosh, yeah. at home, i listen to oh gosh, yeah . last. yeah. last. >> yeah. so records out at the moment singing, performing . what moment singing, performing. what are you up to? >> forever young my singles just gone number in the black gone to number nine in the black music charts and also music week charts and also number one on the heritage chart, which amazing. thank number one on the heritage charguys ich amazing. thank number one on the heritage charguys for amazing. thank number one on the heritage charguys for your1azing. thank n

it was great doing soul train and meeting don cornelius and yeah, yeah, it was.. 13 was. it was magnificent. 13 years out there, so. but there's no place like home. >> so i guess, you know, you look at musicians today , look at musicians today, singers, songwriters, artists , singers, songwriters, artists, who do you look out for? who's your favourites at the moment? >> oh, i don't know. my favourites. nat king cole and ella fitzgerald. and any time that of like chilling that i'm kind of like chilling at home, i listen to oh gosh, yeah. at home, i listen to oh gosh, yeah . last. yeah. last. >> yeah. so records out at the moment singing, performing . what moment singing, performing. what are you up to? >> forever young my singles just gone number in the black gone to number nine in the black music charts and also music week charts and also number one on the heritage chart, which amazing. thank number one on the heritage charguys ich amazing. thank number one on the heritage charguys for amazing. thank number one on the heritage charguys for your1azing. thank numbe

. >> cornelius from louisiana, good afternoon. >> good afternoon peter and mary.to wish everybody after heavy labor day and this is picture day on september 11. >> to celebrate all about. i am for patriotism. peter, i want to talk to you first and then to marry. in 2008 abraham, he would be greatt if from president biden o he would be great and he tried to prevent president kennedy's assassination) out in 2008. go ahead. >> okay, my question, i am 62 years old and remember we were in segregated schools, we had the negro ash national anthem and they had the bear and legend and national anthem which is had one. il believe the democrats are lk at the completed everything. i will the military began aliens which i believe are fallen angels and stuff, that would be a good book to look into because they want in a i got and a.i. to my comments. god bless you. >> you have a blessed day. i dogy want to go back to the we have had cars and phones and everybody limits no, this will lead to the society seems to be exponentialie in with them. >> absolutely and social sciences pr