. >> i came out when i was 18 as trans and grew up as gay in missoula, montana.ou can imagine, it wasn't the safest environment for lgbt folks. i had a pretty supportive family. i have an identical twin, and so we really were able to support each other. once i moved away from home and started college, i was really able to recognize my own value and what i had to offer, and i think that for me was one of the biggest challenges is kind of facing so many barriers, even with all the privilege and access that i had. it was how can i make sure that i transform those challenges into really helping other people. we're celebrating transgender awareness month, and within that, we recognize transgender day of remembrance, which is a memorial of those that we have lost due to transgender violence, which within the last year, 2019, we've lost 22 transgender folks. think all but one are transgender women of color who have been murdered across the country. i think it's important because we get to lift up their stories, and bring attention to the attacks and violence that are st

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for community development entities to make investments in our lower income communities so look at missoulach i happen to tour back august 2020 and we have a new wellness center in the fort peck reservation. and the new market tax credit works and i i strongly support making it permanent and with that colleagues on both sides and with washington dc at the temporary nature policies through 2025 for much-needed certainty to utilize on this incentive. and make that temporary nature go away entirely to make it permanent. so the question is what is some of the benefits of making the credit permanent? and do you think that woulds make the credit even more effective? and that is in the response to that. >> like you stated in montana and across the country and then to violate and that's in regards to making it permanent. you see every year when cfi is applied it is already overprescribed so the need is there but it is a perfect example of a public-private partnership where those outside dollars to impact communities so to strongly agree to make it permanent of increasing theti allocation of the tax

in fact, we can point to a new ywca in missoula, which i happened to tour back in august 2020. we have a new wellness center in the indian reservation. consequently, i've seen firsthand that the new markets tax credit, it works. i strongly support making it permanent and would reach out to michael except both sides to work together to find-- my colleagues on both sides to work together to find permanence. one of the festering parts of washington, d.c., is the temporary entry of--temporary nature of policies that are good policies. we recently in congress extended the nmpc through 2025 to provide much-needed certainty on those who utilize and rely on this incentive. congress has extended that so many times that at this point we should agree, let's just make the temporary -- let's make it permanent. i have a question for the whole panel. in your mind, what would be some of the benefits of making the credit permanent, and do you think it would make the credit even more effective? mr. holdsclaw, why don't you start with your response? mr. holdsclaw: thank you, senator. like you sta

. >> i came out when i was 18 as trans and grew up as gay in missoula, montana. so as you can imagine, it wasn't the safest environment for lgbt folks. i had a pretty supportive family. i have an identical twin, and so we really were able to support each other. once i moved away from home and started college, i was really able to recognize my own value and what i had to offer, and i think that for me was one of the biggest challenges is kind of facing so many barriers, even with all the privilege and access that i had. it was how can i make sure that i transform those challenges into really helping other people. we're celebrating transgender awareness month, and within that, we recognize transgender day of remembrance, which is a memorial of those that we have lost due to transgender violence, which within the last year, 2019, we've lost 22 transgender folks. think all but one are transgender women of color who have been murdered across the country. i think it's important because we get to lift up their stories, and bring attention to the attacks and violence tha

in fact, we can point to a new ywca in missoula which i happen to tour back in august of 2020. we have a new wellness center in the indian reservation. and so i've really seen firsthand tax credit works. and i strongly support making it permanent and would reach out to my colleagues on both sides to suggest we work together to find permanence sitting on the frustrating parts of washington d.c. are these temporary nature policies that are good policies. >> recently in congress extended i'm not calling it it's 2025 which will provide much-needed certainty for all stakeholders who utilize and rely on this incentive. congress has extended it soo many times at this point we should agree we've extended it so many times, let's just make the temporary nature go away entirely and make it permanent. so i have a question for the whole panel. the question, and your mind will be some of the benefits of making the credit permanent? do you think that would make the credit even more effective? why don't you start off with a response that. >> thank you, senator, i think you stated in the state

. >> were part of the fact the app was headquartered in missoula, montana, and for those of you for users sometimes you look at the map, i spent, i sat in the backcountry this past weekend, it's multicolored because you see the blm ground, the thee grants and private granite so forth. i'm hoping despite this multiple colors there, you can find a streamlined way because at the end of it when you're on a trip like that you want to get through it as efficiently as a come across these various federal agency pieces of bread. so thanks, mr. chairman. >> on behalf of the chairman, senator cortez masto. >> thank you. thank you to the chairman and ranking member for the support hearing. thank you also to the panelists who are here today. let me talk about 1269 which is environmental justice and recreation permitting act i introduced, and very briefly again really it requires the department of aggregate is interagency report regarding the impact and challenges that the current recreational permitting process that we're talking about poses on access to public lands for argument argumentsr low-income

. >> i came out when i was 18 as trans and grew up as gay in missoula, montana.an imagine, it wasn't the safest environment for lgbt folks. i had a pretty supportive family. i have an identical twin, and so we really were able to support each other. once i moved away from home and started college, i was really able to recognize my own value and what i had to offer, and i think that for me was one of the biggest challenges is kind of facing so many barriers, even with all the privilege and access that i had. it was how can i make sure that i transform those challenges into really helping other people. we're celebrating transgender awareness month, and within that, we recognize transgender day of remembrance, which is a memorial of those that we have lost due to transgender violence, which within the last year, 2019, we've lost 22 transgender folks. think all but one are transgender women of color who have been murdered across the country. i think it's important because we get to lift up their stories, and bring attention to the attacks and violence that are still

. >> i came out when i was 18 as trans and grew up as gay in missoula, montana.you can imagine, it wasn't the safest environment for lgbt folks. i had a pretty supportive family. i have an identical twin, and so we really were able to support each other. once i moved away from home and started college, i was really able to recognize my own value and what i had to offer, and i think that for me was one of the biggest challenges is kind of facing so many barriers, even with all the privilege and access that i had. it was how can i make sure that i transform those challenges into really helping other people. we're celebrating transgender awareness month, and within that, we recognize transgender day of remembrance, which is a memorial of those that we have lost due to transgender violence, which within the last year, 2019, we've lost 22 transgender folks. think all but one are transgender women of color who have been murdered across the country. i think it's important because we get to lift up their stories, and bring attention to the attacks and violence that are s