house.ny three bedrooms and dressing rooms while no outsiders are allowed here . the next time, when we finally finish everything there, not everything ready on the site is justified. star dad. andrey novikov instead the foreman is engaged in construction, takes out the garbage, brings down communications. dad doesn't praise himself. it 's all done, dad, by hand. this, too. i had to say this myself in moscow, so that they could not help but walk on the sidewalk until we had the opportunity to make the sidewalk ksenia novikova filled with gas. in order to bring fuel to the house, the family, in the literal sense of the word, collected everything from the world by thread for gaz, and my father's elder sister, my brother's godmother maxim, was my mother's music teacher. but now, when the whole family is warm and cozy in the house novikovs gather at the table in the evening, drink tea with buns and exchange news. all three playful guys won, as long as they in this tournament go well counted. tha

so really as the white house the white house is the people's house. and i think it's really important to see that every american sees their stories reflected in the white house their stories their ancestors stories. they should be able to see themselves in the building that that speech by michelle obama caused a lot of people to come head our way to look for more information about slavery in the white house, and we really didn't have a lot of that information available at the time and so us launching our slavery in the president's neighborhood initiative is an effort to correct that and to add those voices into the narrative and put them into conversation with first ladies first families and presidents themselves. they are essential to white house history and american history, and they're not just witnesses to white house history. they are deeply involved one of my favorite stories and things that sort of a correction is an enslave man for a president james madison paul. he wrote the first white house memoir. it's a pretty remarkable read and in it. h

the house will be in order. the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia wish to be recognized? >> mr. speaker, i'd like to request permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mmr. speaker, as dean of the georgia delegation, i regret to inform the house that our former colleague, the honorable james roland jr. passed away much. he was a beloved husband, father and friend. i had the honor of working with him and serving with him in the georgia state legislature, as well as here in this house of representatives. he was courageous in his conviction and a steadfast advocate for better health care for all americans, especially our military veterans. he served in the house from 1983 through 1995. during that time he was a member of several committees, including the veterans' affairs, armed services, public works and transportation, and government operations, as well as the select committee on narcotics abuse and control, and the se

oh, what a beautiful house this is our house, we will go there with my mother, well of course, when youdidn’t forget our agreement to my mother, not a word where you were, she will ask, and you mouth to the castle is good. okay, when i go to my mother. but right now, dad will take you. okay. no. why did you send a teapot to your child in prison? did your own father have it? well, well done, that you will not deceive the rain to read. it will cost you more . just a little so it's okay. so it was you, yes, that set it all up. come on, let's talk, no, a million. a lover of elderly ladies of the road understood, right? i didn’t understand, but you better understand that people like you this is not the place. and what are you doing here? and now you will live with me, i got used to you, i do n’t even know how i used to live alone. tasty how do you know? oh, she actually asked not to talk about it. i lived with my dad all this time. what are you? he told me that sasha had been kidnapped. and demands a ransom of what? well, in more detail. nagy i 'm gone. i'm sorry. get out. i wanted to file f

this is not the first white house school, but it likely was the last time the white house had a school inside. jacqueline kennedy had an experience where caroline had ballet classes outside of the white house, which was no issue until they became until her husband became president and then they were caroline was being followed by reporters. so she decided this is kennedy decided to create what was initially called a playgroup we're kind of evolved into a nursery and then by the time carolyn what caroline was school age became a first grade classroom and john jr. was part of the playgroup ultimately, but it was comprised of children. who were the kids of their close friends and the parents all pulled their resources and funded? the salary of the teachers the parents pooled resources for the supplies books. there was a trampoline that was purchased for the the school kids. it was her way of providing her kids with an environment where they were learning in something like a classroom setting with other children, but again, it was controlled they were. in you know behind these four private

mccaul, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. mccaul will vote no on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. mccaul of texas, i inform the house that mr. mccaul will vote nay on house resolution 10737. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. joyce of ohio, i inform the house that mr. joyce will vote nay on h. res. 1037. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. blumenauer of oregon, mr. schiff from california, mr. suozzi of new york and ms. bass of california, these four members will vote yes on h. res. 1037. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. albio sires, mr. donald payne, ms. lucille roybal-allard, ms. ann kirkpatrick, mrs. bonnie wa

contrary to what people may say, san franciscans want more housing. they want more housing. they just want to make sure it's housing they can access. they want to make sure it's housing that includes community and open space. they want to make sure when we build housing, that we do it with them and for them, and that's what we've done in this project. this is a very happy day in our city when we're building more housing. it's an even happier day for our city when we're building more housing, and for the south of market neighborhood, you deserve to have more housing in your communities, but you deserve to have open space, you deserve to have places for young people to come and grow, and know this is a place that they can live here and thrive here for many years to come. i don't see her here, but i want to thank my predecessor, jane kim, for her leadership. she really stormed this through the process, and i get to be here to espouse what it would mean for our future, so thank you to everyone who was a part of that, to our city departments, rudy's here, to all of the architects

for overhaul, i choose houses. for example, in old age, an examination at the level of an expert means study. including the ex-examination of the vast majority of cases, the date of construction of the house is not an entirely objective indicator, because the building can be old and strong, but in the end they repair what is still in good condition. here, in reality, emergency pipes and roofs are waiting in the wings for some kind of very large detail is not carried out. e, a list of necessary standard works is being carried out, which are installed for each house relatively speaking, even without reference to its design features. this approach leads to a waste of money, so the system for selecting high-rise buildings for major repairs needs to be changed. the decisive factor should be a deep examination of the house, and not the date of its construction. let's continue this topic in the studio expert of the thematic platform of unf housing and urban environment pavel kalenchuk pavel dmitrievich good morning. good

the housing element.hank sf planning for the count less hours they put into the housing element, community engagement they have done is expensive. they reached all segments of the community. it shows in the final results. san francisco is finally moving in the direction of having more equitable housing growth in the city. i still hope more can be done. i think more needs to be done to comply with state laws. in particular, the pipeline analysis in this draft. b. if you look at the data that does exist on permits it is opposite. the current draft plan 80% of the pipeline units will be built. 80% don't get built. they are negative returns on investment for building low and mid-rise apartments on the west side. that substantially undermines the plan. if we are permitting this on the west side and they are not feasible we are not accommodating the housing growth and furthering fair housing by doing so. i hope we can see action. 25% of affordable housing. people from the west side. this is not a plan to get th

house so you could see the original house there and then you could see like a ranch house farther back and maybe another house beyond that because there's so much land that they had that they built so they were able to keep families kind of in the neighborhood a lot, but they're single-family homes. they're not retirement communities or anything like that. would you rather live in a cold patch community or in a subsistence homestead community? this is a big debate now because remember that building that norveldt community sounded like socialism to a lot of people and so there's a lot of resistance to it. but the there were 250 homes they were well over a thousand families who tried to get into those homes. it was very high demand. so even though all of the local papers were saying this is a terrible thing. this is a socialism we shouldn't do this the people who are struggling really really wanted to participate in normal and so they had a it had a process by which you had to apply to get in and then you had to be interviewed by these quaker college students who were working on their so

, the housing assessments, housing navigator, three housing options and when they move in with justiately to the flexible financial assistance one-time solutions relocation. i know i've spent a lot of time ... >> i'm sorry, wehave a couple of other presenters . >> this is my last slide and i'll wrapit up . i totallyappreciate that . people can choose which system to enter in and there's no medical proof or verification of pregnancy required and we can offer immediate shelter to any pregnant person we identifyand i can stop there . >>. [please buy] >>. [please stand by] we have 2000 units market rate units. we provide $90 million annually in grants to communities. those go toward primarily those protections i talked about. for people served. we serve 35,000 clients receive social services frommohcd. that is what we support. those are 35% latino, 31% asian and 18% black. when we look at our rental units, applicants are about 30% asian and 15% black. this is our affordable rental units. i left out studios or one bedroom. we want to talk about family housing here. most affordable housin

, bonus housing, inclusionary housing, demolition, it's too much for you. the bill is too too big. it's not going to be done well. it may be done by july 31 but will not be done well. i think everybody wants the bill that's done well. and amendments can't be trailing. thank you very much. bye-bye. >> thank you, george fleming for your comments. jeanette, next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. this is men's league developers and we urge the board of supervisors to prioritize the framework. there's little that rezoning rh1 to rh2 changes the lots and there's a value give away that's not been sufficiently discussed. as a result we'll see high-end duplexes. the legislation should have a look back and ensure they're protected from speculation and not target home owners and with the proposal under ami restricted units it will be done without an operation subsidy. the subsidy is one way to provide an incentive for home owners to take on the project however, without capital or operating subsidy they look to pencil out. the project cost assumptions do

as i said, he loved the house and the house loved him.ical differences, many of us on the other side of the aisle enjoyed close friendships with don, whether it was a salmon dinner, that was a big honor and built on our shared rerch rennes and george miller, whom don fought relentlessly on the natural resources committee. this go morning i spoke to george on the phone and he called to send his respects to the family and i said what word would you describe don young? he was amazing, amazing. amazing grace, don young. he would bring out the knife now and then when the conversation and it became a symbol of friendship rather than a weapon and as i said george grew to love him. i never experienced the stories about the knife. it became humor between them. we are all devastated by this loss, it was a shock to us, his many friends in the house will strive to live up to his towering legacy. may it be a comfort to ann and that christmas when we were together, he said to me, you know i have been a re, very lucky, god blessed me not once but twice

the fact that i have said that i am for affordable housing does not make me anti-housing.they want to simply give a blank check to developers and to let them build whatever they want. those of us who want to keep working people in middle income people in san francisco are saying, we should build all kinds of housing but we must build housing that is affordable for the teachers and people who clean our houses and who work in our coffee shops. that is what i believe. being for affordable housing ad being against simply giving developers a blank check is not anti-housing. there is a difference. >> quick response. >> i hope my track record will stand. we are building thousands of affordable housing in my district, many more than he did in his time. we need housing of all types. 500 units of housing near transit. >> there are a lot of issues around homelessness, in your district and your old district as well. there is a proposal to have the safe injection sites in every county. how are you going to convince someone in trinity county or any other red county to put up an injectio

in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the bill -- title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 3807, a bill act of 2021 to increase appropriations to the restaurant revitalization fund, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 1033, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules committee print 117-39 modified by the amendment printed in house report 117-290 is adopted, and the bill, as amended, is considered as read. the bill, as amended, shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and the ranking minority member of the committee on small business or their respective designees. the gentlewoman from new york, ms. velazquez, and the gentleman from missouri, mr. luetkemeyer, each will control 30 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentlelady from new york. ms. velazquez: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to

it's better to build housing than not to build it. concerned about parts of the country where building is outlawed by regulation than i am about parts of the country who are building very, very tall. >> what about the new move toward building printable housing? i have seen stories from some areas country where they are taking giant printers, the 3d printers you can buy on the market, but they are huge and they are printing homes. it can happen in a matter of days. >> i love it. i absolutely love it. i love it because productivity in construction has been flat for decades. we had incredible productivity, how am i talking to you, communication. we have had productive in the physical world. here we finally have the intersect of software and hardware. that's fantastic. we should root for that, for an expansion. more houses means cheaper homes for people. >> it's a really cool thing to see. i suggest you search it out if you haven't seen it. they use -- it's cement, it looks fantastic. not like a 3d home. a house i would want to live in. t

it is hard in any white house. the next panel can speak to this too, to get outside perspective because it is the difficulty of surviving the day sometimes. >> i want to peel back the layers of what it is like to be in those meetings. it brings to mind the fact that the president is sort of emotional, he is colorful, faulty in his language sometimes. does that exist in meetings? is there space for people to be emotional, colorful when you are debating ideas or is it always more formal? is it on the topic only or does it have a more free-form? jen psaki: it is definitely free-form. >> i ask because the creative prices in the decision-making process has a connection to how people feel when they are making decisions and when they are offering ideas. is it constrained or a free-flowing environment? how would you describe how that goes? cedric richmond: it is free-flowing and when you have people like ron klain who have been around him a long time. even when it is not senior staff that want to deliver something. they wi

for each of housing opportunities to become available either the city itself or its housing partner are required to do expensive outreach including specific targeting to those who would house cops to let them know about the housing opportunity. to provide support needed around gathering documentation to affirm they have the certificate for placement. i think we have shared as well that we have a limited number of housing units within our current portfolio expanding. i am happy to share. we have 6400 units on the existing housing within the two and above unit -- two bedroom and above units. 8,000 units of housing within the pipeline as well. in those instances for the housing that is coming online and for the existing housing, we are able to accept applications for those that receive certificate of preference. our units our portfolio is based off ways that the housing was developed, financing tools or developer agreements. you see that the median income served by those properties are listed for extremely low income, very low and low income. we continue to grow the pipeline and then to pu

house that mr.onzalez will vote aye on h.r. 1218. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from delaware seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. carter of louisiana and ms. wilson of florida, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 1218. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by congressman doug lamborn of the great state of colorado, i inform the house that that mr. lamborn will vote yea on h.r. 1218. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by dr. gosar of arizona, i inform the house that dr. gosar will vote aye on the measure. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from missouri seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. walorski of indiana and mri inform the house that that mrs. walorski and mr. mchenry will vote

they need all houses sizes. not just south ease and soma but big neighborhoods across the entire city. to do that we have got to breakdown the obstructionism that blocks housing at every single turn. [applause]. now you know i tried. i am not giving up. i tried inside city hall. we made incremental progress. on the big ideas like my housing charter amendment we have been blocked. we are going to the voters. change will happen to come from outside city hall. i am confident that it will. this november. because over and over i have heard from residents. they want be to cut bureaucracy and build more housing. we want future generations like alisha's daughter to live here when she is an adult. san francisco has shown that we can lead. we do it every day with work on climate change. when united states set as goal of net zero emissions by 2050. california set the goal 2045. what do we do? we set the goal 2040. we don't play that. that is how we lead. with our climate action plan, we know how to get there. that is who w

sitting on the floor of the house.eople gathered, it drew a crowd and this without of the -- well, it was quite remarkable, but he again did not want -- i was not speaker yet, i was leader, but the speaker turned out the lights and made sure nobody could see what we were doing. she did not want me to say that is against the rules. just in case, you really put me on the spot. but it was remarkable, justice presence to speak out against the fact that we could not pass a bill for background checks. everything he did was to the nth degree, and he knew the power of public opinion as lincoln had guided us. there are so many stories about john lewis, so there is not a day that goes by, an issue that comes up whether we are talking about lgbtq, a woman's right to choose, access to quality affordable health care, gun violence, peace on earth, any subject, protecting the environment, it was always a justice issue for him, about equity and justice and making sure people fight and are protected. even when we are talking about infr

pursuant to house resolution 1065, house resolution 35 is hereby adopted. will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york, mr. meeks, seek recognition? mr. meeks: madam speaker, pursuant to house resolution 1065, i call up s.3522, the ukraine democracy defense lend-lease act of 2022 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 3522, an act to provide enhanced authority for the president to enter into agreements with the government of ukraine to lend or lease defense articles to that government to protect civilian populations in ukraine from russian military invasion, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 1065, the bill is considered as read. the bill shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and the ranking minority member of the committee on foreign affairs. the gentleman from new york, mrn from south carolina, mr. wilson, will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes

former bush white house advisor karl rove. white house correspondent for reuters.e. first up to you, karl, these clips are huge of course on twitter as we have all seen and in washington, d.c., but give us a long view on the impact of this leak, both for mccarthy and for house republicans. >> well, i think it's a blip. i don't think it's going to be consequential in the long-term. mccarthy has very strong ties on most of the elements of the republican conference. there may be a few dissidents to sort of marjory taylor green wing of the party which seems to consist of basically two people, but i don't think this is going to be a significant blip. and it's interesting to me that the president jumped on this big-time, but i mean the president of the united states has made some recent statements. this week i think it was he repeated for the fourth time the story about the conductor who told him on amtrak that he had gone more on amtrak than on air force one who died a year before it was supposedly, arrested in civil rights protest, said he was against afghan war before

we have to add more housing for from historically single-family housing and we started this a year ago think we should do this in a way to respect the long-standing pattern of open space and interior residential lots that's important to provide air, light and green space essential to a livable urban requirement and this requires where a low-income unit has lived a replacement unit will be offered and the provision reflects changes in state law for the requirements in single-family districts. the ordinance would also protect historic resources by limiting the use of the density exemption to those that can proceed without impact on a local, state or historic landmark or category a historic resources. it makes no changes to the demolition control of the planning code that required conditional use approval for any demolition or merger of a residential unit and allows home owners to add to the value of their property for a change in the subdivision code for allow for a family to add additional units and sub-divide their unit. we moved amendments that would further require rent control creat

supply of houses. lack of supplies of houses that which driving up home prices and its pricing out lower income minorities from the market. that's been going on for the last couple of years. it's a real tragedy so that's number one pick we need more supply but it's the same time this is not a federal government issue. this is local and state issue and it needs to be handled at those levels and there's movement from certain states, california for example. if california can pass is anyone else should be able to pass this. at the same time for closure lending practices, practices were you give borrowers one more debt that they cannot sustain. that is really dangerous and especially borrowers that getting late in the boom cycle is the first ones to get foreclosed on so we need to break the cycle and is academic research that conclusively shows that neighborhoods in minority and white neighborhoods would have the same home price appreciation site would be building the same amount of equity, same rate of equ

that is one of those things that for a white house, any white house it is very hard to overcome thatn with strong messaging. how people feel in the gulf and filled the car with gas to have the for the growth grocery store. it's really hard to put some messaging that can change that reality. think democrats face a significant challenge. biden facing a significant challenge when it comes to trying to show other points for what his and restoration is done. how do you say look over here would people say i feel this way every time i go to pull out my credit card. again i think democrats are looking to try to change some of their messaging present the reality of that is going to be quite difficult the next few months. spent harold ford junior to think the is anything they can practically do to change the trajectory of their midterms? >> i think probably one or two things. i greet largely with what is already been said. the kind of people does have an answer how to retain control but he has a right the for democrats is not strong. that got a story to tell the should tell every of what brit

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housing for them. how did you handle it differently? what was the lynch pin for the success that you had? [ indiscernible ] >> doctor, we're having problems with the interview, with the audio, we're going to come back with you in a moment. i still want to discuss with you the issues of mental illness and the responsibility the government may have. hold tight, we're going to fix your audio and come back. >>> when we come back, trying different tactics. the story behind a controversial billboard of the and more and more of us are priced out of the housing market. why being middle income here means you still can't afford a home. of are you looking to renovate your kitchen or bathroom? i'm mike holmes here with ivan from agm renovations thanks mike! too often, homeowners hire the wrong contractor. ivan, i see this all the time. delays, shortcuts, hidden fees - nightmares. at agm we use the top trades, and each project is finished on time, on budget, backed by a five year warranty. that's why agm are the on

survivors say russians went house to house, executing loved ones in the streets. president zelenskyy making a powerful plea to the world at the un. ivanka trump interviewed from the january six committee -- will her testimony mean anything for the investigation? plus, president obama back at the white house today for the first time since leaving office. as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. >> good evening once again. i'm stephanie ruhle. we are both entered a 42 of russia's invasion. ukraine has accused russian forces of carrying out a campaign of terror against civilians and that sound of bucha. today, ukraine's president zelenskyy took his nation's case of the un. and a scathing address to the security council, he described the massacre in graphic detail and challenge the un to take immediate action. >> if this continues, the countries will be relying only on the power of their own arms to ensure their security. and not on international law. not rely on international institutions. the united nations can be simply closed. ladies and gentlemen, i

operating -- housing in och and the funds for housing in programs be the housing program this is aren -- through och funding. continues in some cases increases that would be -- adults 31 million. and 12 upon.8 over 2 years. 225 households. estate units are identified and families then opinion bhonl over 2 years for 240 households all this in psh cites funded boy coh. we talked reference break the allocated costs. i think this is relatively above 5% of the census and seeing good to see this broken out. emergency housing vouchers state issue. we -- are away from presentations earlier this year the start off on this is -- is initiates. all of us hit questions as to let's say rather than questions we want to make sure we are not over budgeting in the your now the department has asked we stay the course and had discussion of this last mont and the previous in the committee and prudent to do this. looking at the apply adults 71.6 million over 2 years impacting 1 penalty 3. or 1, 363 households. 4.8 over 2 years 115 and families 14.2 over 2 years. next slides. look like once how many people

this could house over 200 families in our system. [indiscernible] thank you very much for your support, and i urge you to approve the project as soon as possible. >> clerk: thank you very much for your comments. mr. atkins, next speaker, please. >> thank you, chair and committee members, and thank you to everyone from h.s.h. who has worked on this proposal. my name is eliana binder, and i'm the project manager for glide. glide is one of the original sponsors of prop c. the our city, our home recommended we take these prop c funds to acquire and develop permanent supportive housing, and this was the sentiment expressed at community housing outreach last year. [indiscernible] of which mayor breed is a steering committee member. permanent supportive housing allows members of the community to access services, and further, the city pays less to house somebody than it is to care for somebody in the system or pay for a bed. as others have mentioned, it's especially exciting that 333 12 street will have families, a population desperately in

so in terms of these historic houses and the longfellow houses one and the lauren grenow houses another with these isobro house enslaved quarters all loyalist houses that were preserved because people generally said, you know, well, he's not there anymore, but it's a nice house. i'd like that house right and and in the surely house, for example, where in the entire neighborhood was sort of destroyed at one point. the house itself is made of such heavy timbers. it's so stoutly built that it was more expensive to you know, sort of tear it down than it was to actually just pick it up and move it across the street at one point. uh, because it was a nice house, right? and so at some point it's it doesn't really matter. that it was a loyalist house and in that and in fact, it becomes sort of a curiosity and eileen. i'm gonna i'm gonna pop this one over to you did his storians preserve and erase loyalists in the same way monuments and material cultured it. yeah, i think that's a really interesting comparison. and yeah, i mean, i think especially when you look at what i was saying about how the

and as the people's house, we believe the white house should be a place for learning and for sharing new and different ideas. sharing new forms of art and culture and history and different perspectives. we want you to visit and we want you to take advantage of these opportunities and maybe see something for yourselves that maybe you never thought you could do or be so i'm happy to welcome you here for our little black history month celebration. i'm glad you guys are here. so many milestones in black history have touched this very house. just to name a few. did you know that african-american slaves helped to build this house? you knew that? did you know that write upstairs in a bedroom called the lincoln bedroom president lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation that marked an important step forward and ending slavery. did you know that happened right here? you knew that? well, did you know that in 1878? rutherford b hayes was president at the time and marie selka became the first soprano the first african-american artist to perform right here in the the white house that was in 18