ms. sanchez i'm a teacher this is my third year at gateway thinking when i first walked into the campus teenager were happily groet on adult they in know i knew then that the students at gateway were loved and cared for. fast forward to any first year i feel cared for. at the dpau we teachers meet and create the community on the front lines of education. i'm grateful for my structural coach we meet weekly and she observers my classes and gives feedback and gives me cake on friday you afternoons. i'm grateful for the ongoing school dialog around constrict and even grateful for serving to fuel teaching all our kids. i have the agency to make change and motivated by the power and i look forward to continue to grow as an educator at gateway (clapping) >> hi, i go to gateway high school. okay. at home, i have little support no one pushing me and telling me i can do it always playing on the negative. i had a rude mouth and very disrespectful i also turned down help and tutoring that was offered but gateway has helped me to mature and opened my eyes to the possibility that people care. for the first ti

ms. sanchez: thank you. mr. castro: now i'd like to yield some time to my colleague from houston, sheila jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: i thank the convenor of this special order and the colleagues i have heard since i've come to the floor, congresswoman sanchez, congressman castro, thank you very much. coming from similar territory, the state of texas. just hope you'll allow me just for a moment to juxtapose the present, pending bill on the floor, i heard you speak of the bill as well, h.r. 2575, which, with all due respect to the proponent of the bill, it's confusing. and it's confusing in the backdrop of the number that you have standing alongside of you, seven million americans and growing. because there were many americans who were in the queui, in the line, when march 31 came -- -- in the queue, in the line, when march 31 came and now they have the opportunity to finish the work and i was with a lot of people enrolling over the weekend, navigators, they were excited about being able to finish the task but a

ms. sanchez. >> thank you, mr. chairman.llowing the september 11 attacks, the department of homeland security developed a national incident management system to improve the ability of first responders to coordinate multi-jurisdictional response efforts. how have federal grants enabled response organizations to implement nims, and would reductions to or changes to the structure of our federal homeland security grant program, such as what the administration is suggesting is that we clump everything together -- do you feel that approach is correct? would it harm you if we did it that way? etc., etc. >> i can tell you from experience that the programs as they are set up have been very effective. our ability to coordinate with other agencies, our ability to train on the nims system and game it out on table tops and in real-life situations, when we were dealing with the sports victories and things like that in boston, that money all comes from our homeland security grants and funding. the other thing that we have is the equipment

ms. sanchez from the state of california. ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. levin. thank you for your leadership on the committee. i rise to join mr. levin today in lending a vose to the 2.8 million american workers who are waiting for congress to act and renew unemployment insurance benefits. these people have been waiting 17 weeks for congress to reinstate the benefits that help them stay afloat as they search for a job. now imagine having to decide between putting food on the table and having a roof over your head. but these are the decisions that millions of workers, including more than 514,000 in california alone, continue to face. it's a hardship they have to face because my colleagues on the other side of the aisle refuse to extend unemployment insurance benefits. over the last several weeks mitigating circumstance office has heard from dozens of constituents who are struggling because of congressional inaction. in fact, i've had the opportunity to talk with some of them and hear their stories personally. they come from all walks of life. from working class b

ms. sanchez. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and i'd like to begin by adding my voice to those who will wish you well, and at the risk of my husband thinking -- i will say like all good men in my life, you are leaving too soon. and while i say that tongue in cheek, your leadership will be missed. ambassador froman, i want to take you for joining us today. i have many questions i'd love to ask but i have to that i would like to get to because i will jump right in. as you know, the united states is the world's largest creator, producer and exporter of copyrighted material. and jobs that support industries that are innovative typically are the kinds of jobs that provide benefits to workers and allow somebody to support a family all of the wages from those jobs and innovation. i think it's incredibly important to not just think about trade generally but to be very specific about making sure that we protect and try to grow jobs in the innovation sector because they typically do often include manufacturing jobs with them. being from s

ms. sanchez: thank you, madam speaker. this morning a productive meeting took place with the secretary of homeland security and the congressional hispanic caucus with respect to the deportations going on in our nation. this issue is critical to my district of orange county which heartbreakingly accounts for 43% of the california i.c.e. detainer requests on juveniles, which often leads to deportation. that is why are i have advocated for comprehensive immigration reform to ensure that no one is living in fear in the shadows. as a senior member of the house homeland security committee, i will continue to urge the department of homeland security to continue to keep in mind the harmful effects that these deportations have on our communities and the trauma that they introduce into our families, into our young people, into our children. as a c.h.c. member, i join my colleagues as we continue to act for the inclusion of the voices of community stakeholders so that their stories are not neglected. and madam speaker, the time is no

ms. sanchez? >> well, there's a lot of rumors. we do know that they were classmates.ook. you're looking at the victim, maren shan chez. they are looking down this theory, though, that she may have been attacked because he asked her to prom and she said no. that's a possibility. they mentioned that in the press conference yesterday and a line investigators are going down today. >> so a young man arrested. what's next for him? >> there's a pending murder charge. he will be arraigned on monday. but there's a pending murder charge right now. we believe he will be charged with murder on monday. >> and treated as an adult then? >> juvenile court. so we're not sure. >> all right. thanks so much. tragic situation. >> definitely. >> all right. >>> we're going to move back overseas now. the bluefin-21 only has 5% of its search area left to go. so far, no sign of flight 370. malaysian officials will move the search slightly north if nothing is found likely to an area where a separate ping was picked up. malaysia's transportation minister says he'll release a report to the public