>> did you think it to make it in the national basketball association? >> would never forget that question. how does that happen in nine years? your mom did not know that she would make it in the leak. and now you have to of these trophies and this is incredible. >> never set out to change the game or thought that that what kind of happen in my career i did not know how to describe that. house >> i play the game is how i know how to play the game. >> grant: a remarkable achievement. gary will have the voting results later in the broadcast. woodgrain making that list accurate and that is happy as well creek along with status on curries knee. >> pam: we will worry if he would get out and play just a little bit? and he did. he >> pam: is just an amazing as set a good guy. --and such a good guy. >> grant: the best. >> gabe: >> pam:thank you, grant. >> pam: ago designed to clarify san francisco's sanctuary city policy has been postponed. it has been nearly a year since the shooting death of cake spinal pricked sparking eight national debate on the issue. the p

he was a former board member of the national association of manufacturers, and he invited people to create this new conservative group. it tended to be businessmen, x military officers, intellectuals. for example, lawrence bunker, the former aide to douglas macarthur. the founder is one of the richest men in canada, and the father of charles and david koch. the ordinary members were basically ordinary conservative americans, as well-educated as anybody else. relatively young, 44 was the median age. they were people concerned about getting the government off the backs of the american people. that was one of the animated concerns of ordinary birch men. >> how would you describe the society's platform. prof. mulloy: more broadly, they wanted to turn back the advance of the new deal. they wanted to reduce the influence of the government in american life. they had conspiratorial believes, so they believed most famously that dwight eisenhower was part of a conspiracy. they were proactive. like other organizations, they actually did things. when you got their newsletter, you would be asked to wri

we have the post master general, along with the national ass association of letter carriers, the clerks, supervisors and then the prc as well as the mailing community and inspector generals, everybody on the same page. it troubles me that we can't move this ball forward. i do want to focus on one key aspect of this and that is the coordination of benefits between the fehbp.

with coalition for the national association on aging policy briefing and visit to capital hill i was there with a number of folks from california and formed the california coalition as a team talked about a lot of the issues no california specifically concerns about social security and what will happen in the future of social security we talked about medicare we talked about housing and how we might building that housing is part of health care an interval part and talked about being a nutrition and the food security and things like that to it was an interesting especially with the people when it was an interesting conversation he in particular is very concerned of the issues with the aging and department of aging & adult services and sent me materials that he is work on how to engage people gave me the american public in raising concerns about working with you know kind of the needs of older adults and sfugz his concern not enough attention 0 those issues we feel the concern it was interesting to here him and take on that issue how we might have better confusion with older adults an i

according to the national governors association, the nation is on the threshold of a public health emergency. in a separate letter the u.s. conference of mayors, national leagues of cities, national association of county officials wrote to congress to provide emergency supplemental money for zika rather than repurpose money from other high priority programs. i ask unanimous consent to submit letters to the record. as summer approaches, c.d.c. confirmed 1,204 cases including more than 100 pregnant women in the continental united states, puerto rico and other u.s. territories as of may 11. so far all of the continental u.s. cases are associated with travel, but experts expect the first locally transmitted cases in a matter of weeks. the scientific community has concluded after careful review kl result in cause fetal brain defects and adult neurological disorders. when the house republican leadership failed to act, the administration was forced to redirect $589 million, mostly from emergency ebola balances to fund immediate efforts to respond to zika. according to the national institutes of hea

but the other thing i got to do, which was incredibly fun, is go to the national association of evangelical archives and sift through the papers of evangelical women who fought against the era. it is completely different to hear historical interpretations of those pieces of evidence than to actually see the evidence with your own eyes and form your own interpretations. sometimes my interpretations were not copacetic with the old interpretations, the old historiography and literature. based on the context that i was reading them in, it was a blast. it was an absolute blast. >> thank you very much. ms. griffis: thank you. >>>> you are watching american history tv, all weekend on american history tv. to join the conversation, like us on facebook. >> next, constitutional scholars akhil reed amar and richard pildes discuss the evolution of the democratic process and the establishment of a bipartisan system in the united states. they start with the earliest presidential elections in the late 18th century. and described changes to the process up until today. the new york historical society hosted

he was a retired candy manufacturer, a former board member of the national association of manufacturersand he invited people to create this new conservative group. it tended to be businessmen, ex-military officers, intellectuals. for example, lawrence bunker, the former aide to douglas macarthur. and most well-known is fred coke -- fred koch. the founder is one of the richest men in canada, and the father of charles and david koch. the ordinary members were basically ordinary conservative americans, as well-educated as anybody else. relatively young, 44 was the median age. they were people concerned about what a later generation would say -- getting the government off the backs of the american people. that was one of the animating concerns of ordinary birch men. >> how would you describe the society's platform? prof. mulloy: more broadly, they wanted to turn back the advance of the new deal. they wanted to reduce the influence of the government in american life. they had conspiratorial beliefs though. they believed most famously that dwight eisenhower was dedicated to a communist conspi

a foundation, the national association of scholars, the project in texas. it was not a foundation. let me intervene, there is a private foundation in texas and i went online to check it out. they were supportive of this effort, and they had commentary that equates the black rights matter movement with white supremacists' groups. >> it was the national association of scholars. and i will be very self-promoting here, shamelessly. the issue jackie raised at the , i have an op-ed in the los angeles times on wednesday. >> let's open this up. i am recognizing we have a commitment to this audience to open it up to them at 5:00. we end at 5:30. now, i will be merciless and cut everyone off if they are going to be long. short answers, please. we talked about the individual, going from the academic scholar to the artist, and how we focus on the individual. tom went back and picked up the notion of the early generations , andrican-american history he threaded that with his teaching of race relations. saying, we did not do that, we did african-american history. want theirn't even books to be n

. >> some selling those between the national association for music education and the directors. michael redd the-- led the advocacy group but at a recent forum on diversity he reportedly said black and latinos lack the skills needed for the profession. that set off a firestorm of criticism. he later went on facebook to say the reporting of these comments was a deeply inaccurate portrayal of the dialogue which took place that day. >>> a bomb scare that ended up putting joint base andrews on lock down. officials say a woman walked into the control center saying she had a bomb strapped to her body while emergency responders and a bomb unit showed up. they said the woman had no explosives and took her into custody. >>> they tell feds is not so fast, the major repair work that we've been telling you is coming, the federal transit administration wants metro to start now, not later. jack evans says there is a difference of opinion and he wants the two agencies to talk about it. one thing commuters tell us, major repairs will make a bigger mess to the end of the school year. >> i don't

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the national association for substance abuse prempleghts e -- prevention and treatment. you see dr. summers making his pitch to families of addicted love ones. the alleged scheme involved a doctor selling prescriptions for common abused drugs in exchange for cash payment. the indictment said subscription for drugs would be sold with no medical or metal evawbltion -- evaluation as required by law. >>> this to them was nothing but a business, an illegal business, a money making business not designed to help the neediest people in our society. >> reporter: shorts say many of the customers who came to the clinic were drug dealers or addicts who sold the medication, if convicted, the doctors could face jail time. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >>> new this morning, a driver crashed along kelly drive in the city's east falls section, the car smashed into a tree and rolled over. the action cam was there as firefighters pulled a person from the wrecked vehicle from midvale avenue. firefighters freed a second person from the wreckage. the vehicle smashed into two parked cars when it

it has the support of the national association of manufacturers, the chamber of commerce, the cleaning institute, national association of chemical distributors, the society of chemical manufacturers and affiliates, the american chemistry council and there is a list of 143 groups that come out in support of this bill. it is worthy of our support as well. i also want to thank the staff who worked very hard to get us jerry, ay, chris, dave, tina, our head chief of staff of the committee, gary, along with chairman fred upton who allowed these people to be at our disposal to get this work done. we have, mr. speaker, with us in the chamber, legislative counsel. these are the unknown heroes, the people that actually get the late phone calls, try to help us figure out the language we are lynn, theyo, tim and have my gratitude and my thanks. it speaks to in an era where we kind of question federal employees and their commitment to excellence and work ethic, they are good examples of what people really do many times. so thank you very much for your work. also want to give a nod by the house demo

many, many ways in which this issue has responded to, in particular in the faith community, the national association for mental illness and the california association of mental illness have faith based initiatives. there are other synagogues and other churches and other faith based groups who deal with this issue in their own particular way. this morning, we would like to invite you into this serious and important conversation with members of congregation. in particular, its senior rabbi and joann foreman who is the mental health initiative program coordinator of congregation. thank you so much, rabbi and joann for being here. >> thank you for having us. >> why don't we jump in and ask you, why do you think this issue is so important to your synagogue and the jewish community at large? >> thank you for asking. when this program began or when we decided that it was a real need, i had been at the congregation road for 20 years and increasingly in the months proceeding that, more and more people had come to me to talk to me about their mental illness. about their mental health crisis with them personal

liz: donald trump just now getting the endorsement of the national rifle association. in democratic strategist and fox news contributor julie roginski and kelly ruddel. great to have you both. can't be a surprise, kelly, he's been vocal about supporting the nra and the right to own a gun. now he's going backwards and changing his stance, he once said assault weapons should be banned, he changed that, what does this mean for the other side, hillary clinton, who's very honestly taken the very opposite side. >> i mean this, is the key difference between donald trump and hillary clinton, and quite frankly, the nra endorsement did come as a surprise today given the fact that no one really expected it on the conservative side, and he need this endorsement, one million active members, the nra is crucial in getting the grassroots out there and activated for the general election. and one thing that chris cox did say and the nra did say is donald trump has been consistent on position for the 2nd amendment since he entered the race in june. in all of the stump speeches and rallies

pressure brought to bear from the "wall street journal," fox news, the manhattan institute, the national association what it took for them to do the right thing. they obviously didn't do it because they suddenly realized the importance of having a diverse set of views on campus. they did it under pressure because they were embarrassed into doing it. >> it's also important to note the ideas you were going to talk about, some of these themes, personal responsibility, not blaming white cops for black on black violence, talking about school choice and empowering minority -- >> right. if i wanted to go around the country praising the black lives matter movement i would have been welcome at virginia tech with open arms. i might have been invited to give the commencement. >> black people are supposed to have a certain line of argument, a certain set of opinions. breach that, those lines, and you are out. >> exactly. >> how far away are we from actually reversing that? so we get back the genuine give and take debate. >> we are quite a ways away. again, this was the faculty doing this. at other schools, i re

according to a highly regarded survey from the national association of colleges and employers. the unemployment rate for college graduates has been cut in half in the last five years from a high of 8% in 20 10 to 4% last year. >> they're taking about two-thirds of all of the good jobs in this recovery and the high school people are the last to be hired. it has been since about 2010 that things have been getting slowly better. >> in 2015, degree holders earned nearly $49,000 a year versus just under $24,000 for high school graduates. but that is offset by the $37,000 in student loan debt on average for the class of 2016. college job placement experts say it all comes down to a simple rule, what you make in salary depends on what you take for courses. with employers and job seekers putting a premium on jobs in the new economy, in technology, computers, and, yes, business getting the most attention. >> the employer attitude pretty much is we have got the jobs, we're having trouble finding the people who really are qualified, which is why the college wage premium, the value of colle

. >>> also ahead here, donald trump wins the support of the national rifle association while hillary clinton loses her patience with trump over his claim she wants to banish the right to bear arms. it's all ahead here on "cnn newsroom." hello to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. we're live in atlanta. i'm natalie allen. >>> investigators are working with some new clues about what may have happened in the downing of the egyptair flight. data shows that automated smoke alerts went off near the jet's cockpit and in the bathroom just minutes before it dropped off the radar. aviation experts say the alerts do not necessarily mean that there was a fire. greek and egyptian officials say search crews have found debris, luggage, and human remains in the mediterranean about 290 kilometers north of egypt's coast. let's bring in arwa damon. she's looking into many of the aspects that are going on there in terms of the search and rescue and the investigation. hi there, arwa. >> reporter: hi, natalie. all of these new details that are emerging about these various smoke alerts that

clark of pasco county colorado this year and is president of the national association of counties andcy management and the president of the national emergency management association he's here to talk with us about the experience to seseedings rustic perspective. the vice president's strategy and analysis for the travelers companies inc. representing to build a strong coalition. mr. kevin mickey at the institute of building sciences i ask unanimous consent that this is records be included without objection so ordered. we have hope that the chief david paulse opposing the adminr would be able to join us but he had other commitments. i do have a statement for the administrator. i think him and the bills for their input on the topics and i would ask unanimous consent that the statement be included for the record without objection so ordered. for the witnesses since your testimony has been made a part of the record the committee would request you limit your testimony to five minutes. you may proceed. >> chair man, ranking member carson, members of the committee committee, thank you for the

i am the national rifle association of america, and i'm freedom's safest place. >> stephen: now, i'm not sure-- pretty exciting. now, not sure why charlie appeared in this ad. i assume it's because he lost a fiddle contest with an ad executive. i have to say, i haven't heard anyone threaten the ayatollahs in a long time. it really brings me back. next he will be going after new coke and teddy ruxpin. the odd thing about the ad is that ayatollahs actually might have had a chance to meet the real americans he's talking about, because all the real americans charlie lists-- the steelworkers, the hard rock miners, the swamp folks-- those are all reality shows. and i've got to say, he's setting a very high bar. charlie, you have got to ease up on the rest of us. not everyone can have a tough, manly job, like playing the violin. and it turns out that this is just the first in a series of ads charlie's doing for the n.r.a., and we here at "the late show" were fortunate enough to get an advance copy of the next one. >> i want to a something to the ayatollahs, the yasser arafats, the idi amine

. >> reporter: attorney earl nesbitt is with the national association of settlement purchasers and represents some of those companies in court. >> it's very unfortunate what happened in maryland, but it would be, i think, a mistake for anyone to judge the entire industry or every transaction about what happened in an isolated place involving a particular funding company. >> reporter: do you trust when the industry says, "well, it's only in maryland." >> i would be astonished if it were only happening here. >> reporter: we reached out to principals from access funding but have not heard back tonight. but in previous court filings, the company called the attorney general's allegations incorrect and scurrilous. the company says it made disclosures and these were voluntary sales, all approved by the courts. and, scott, the company claims it actually lost money in its elo years of transactions. >> pelley: anna werner with the exclusive. anna, thanks very much. inill ahead, breaking news tonight in the death of prince. and. >> now, let me ask you this, where's the weed at? es pelley: do deadly cras

president, this legislation is endorsed by the federal law enforcement officers association, the national sheriffs association, the national association of police organizations, the international union of police associations, which is a division of the afl-cio. it's a simple common sense amendment and stands for the simple principle that the safety of the american people matters. the life of kate steinle matters. now, let me just right up front i want to defunct some of the misinformation that is occasionally promulgated about this amendment. one is the idea it would discourage people from coming forward and reporting crimes or reporting that they witnessed a crime or that they were a victim of crime and, therefore, it's a bad idea. well, the fact is our legislation has been drafted in such a way that if a local community has a law that says local law enforcement shall not inquire about the immigration status of a crime victim or witness, according to our legislation that doesn't make you a sanctuary city. so any city would still be free to offer that protection to people so that they wou

the national association of realtors says pending home sales in april rose more than 5%. that's easily exceeded expectations. but as we have been reporting, one of the issues playing the housing market is affordability. as home prices rise, many just can't afford to buy let alone mack a down payment. so wells fargo has decided now to launch a new low down payment mortgage program. but as diana olick reports, skeptics wonder just how many first time home buyers the program will really help. >> the new home loan from the nation's largest lender requires just 3% down payment for a conventional fixed rate loan funded by fannie mae. >> we're offering a simplified product that is less expensive and we think a far better way for someone to buy their first home. >> the down payments can come from a gift, perhaps from parents or community down payment assistance programs. borrowers do not have to complete a home buyer education course, but if they do, they can get their interest rate slightly reduced. borrowers must have a 620 fico score and need mortgage insurance. critics argue t

trump picked up the endorsement of the national rifle association. e same time, clinton was meeting with the mothers of children killed in gun violence. chip reid reports. >> reporter: trump and clinton think they can win on guns, and over the weekend the second amendment became one of the topics to get the candidates to engage in what could be a preview of a general election campaign fight. >> ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the united states, donald trump. >> when donald trump accepted endorsement of the national rifle association, he wasted no time firing shots at hillary clinton. >> hillary clinton wants to abiologicalish the second amendment. just remember that. clinton hasn't pro posed getting rid of the right to bear arms, but her campaign is seizing on trump's position on guns in school. >> i will get rid of gun free zones on schools. the first day it gets signed. okay. >> that idea isn't just way out there. it's dangerous. >> reporter: at an event in battleground, florida, for mothers who have lost children to gun violence. clinto

to issue a rule came from such organizations as the national cattlemen's beef association, the american farm bureau association and the national association of manufacturers. prohibiting the e.p.a. from implementing this rule, as section 110 would direct, would perpetuate this confusion. there are countless cases to reiterate this point. the e.p.a. acknowledged enforcement difficulties in case in which stormwater from construction sites carried oil, grease and other tribute tears to the san pedro river, an internationally recognized river ecan system supporting diverse wildlife where the waters in question flow only part of the year. the agency stated it had to discontinue all enforcement cases in this area because it was so time consuming and costly to prove that the clean water act protects these rivers system of we need to end the confusion. but unfortunately, we are left with the clean water rule not currently being enforced because of a federal court ruling that blocks its implementation while it's being lit kate the corps and the e.p.a. will continue to make clean water act jurisd

commissioner of el paso county, colorado, she is here in her capacity as the president of the national association of counties. brian coomb from the national emergency management association is here to talk with us about his experience as well as help us see things from a state perspective. mr. eric nelson, vice president of strategy and analysis for the travelers company incorporated rep sending the build strong coalition. kevin mickey, chair of the national institute of building sciences. i ask unanimous consent their statements be included in the record without objection as so ordered. we hope chief david paulson would be able to join us, but he had other commitments. i have a written statement for the record from him. i thank him and the build strong coalition for the input on these topics and ask consent that this statement be included. for the witnesses here, since your written testimony is made a part of the record, the subcommittee requests you limit your oral testimony to five minutes. congressman curbelo, you may proceed. >> ranking member carson, members of the committee, thank you for

. >> reporter: according to the national association of counties nearly 70% of all american counties are considered small and only 2% of american lawyers have practices in these small counties. in 2013, south dakota's state legislature approved a $1 million budget for a 16-attorney pilot program. half the money came from state coffers; the other half, from participating counties and the state bar association. >> we were allowed five years to fill the original 16 slots; we filled them in a little over two. >> reporter: the program aims to entice young attorneys to live and work in a rural county in south dakota for five years with a cash stipend of $12,500 a year. kocheckian was in the first round of placements. >> and they give you a list of available counties. and so i looked up a lot of different, you know, schematics, with what mileage is from hospitals, from larger cities for shopping. and so i narrowed it down. spink county was absolutely perfect for me. >> reporter: she now works in redfield-- literally, a one stoplight town. population, a little over 2,000 people. her office i

so, david, donald trump wins the endorsement of the national rifle association. not a surprise. does it mean for him? >> well, he's beginning to get the laydown from the republican base. what's happening is -- i've had so many conversations this week, the last couple of weeks, he's becoming normalized. a lot of people who thought he was a big monster think now he's less conservative than i would like but i think we can educate him, we can bring him along. so now he's just a normal candidate and that's part of the general laydown in front of him and he has to be thinking, man, this is easy. but it's pretty much happening, not across the board, a lot of people are laying low, but he's gathering the base. the one thing i think was a misstep was he listed his supreme court choices this week. and to me, his fall campaign is not about winning over the ted cruz people, it's about getting all the disaffected people across the ideological spectrum including potentially some sanders disaffected people. making him on social and court issues a traditional orthodox conservative, it seems to

just to name a few, these organizations include the american mosquito control association, the national association of state departments of agriculture, the national water resources organization, the american farm bureau federation, family farm alliance, national rural electric coptive association, the biopest at thissides industry alliance and responsible industry for a sound environment, agriculture retailer association, and national agriculture aviation association. i want to thank chairman shuster for his leadership on the transportation infrastructure committee as well as chairman conaway and ranking member of the ag committee and ranking member peterson for their leadership on this important public health issues. this is a responsible commonsense bill that will help insure public health officials aren't fighting zika with their hands tied behind their back. i urge all members to support h.r. 8967. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. defazio: i yield myself such time as i may consume. ground

south philadelphia office buildings 2300 block of south broad street and operated under the national association for substance abuse prevention and treatment. you see the alleged ring leader dr. alan somers in the youtube video making a pitch to families with addicted loved ones and two others are named in the indictment. the schemed is the doctors excelling prescription for commonly abused drugs in exchange for cash payment. the drugs would be sold with no medical or mental evaluation as required by law. the doctors helped get health insurance benefits for the drugs by providing false information to insurance companies. >>> it was an illegal business, a money-making business not designed to help some of the neediest people in our society. >> reporter: authorities say many of the customers were drug dealers or addicts who sold the medication. if they are convicted the doctors could face jail time. live in south philadelphia, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >>> new this morning, three people were hurt when a driver veered across the double line on kelly drive flipped over and hit two par

with coalition for the national association on aging policy briefing and visit to capital hill i was there with a number of folks from california and formed the california coalition as a team talked about a lot of the issues no california specifically concerns about social security and what will happen in the future of social security we talked about medicare we talked about housing and how we might building that housing is part of health care an interval part and talked about being a nutrition and the food security and things like that to it was an interesting especially with the people when it was an interesting conversation he in particular is very concerned of the issues with the aging and department of aging & adult services and sent me materials that he is work on how to engage people gave me the american public in raising concerns about working with you know kind of the needs of older adults and sfugz his concern not enough attention 0 those issues we feel the concern it was interesting to here him and take on that issue how we might have better confusion with older adults an i

metropolitan areas in the first quarter, according to the national association of realtors. e price of an existing family home, median, was up 6.3% from a year ago. that is your business flash update. let's turn to corporate news. shares of lending club are tumbling today after the founder and ceo has resigned. the stock has been under pressure already. falling share price. >> the performance has been outstanding and we are just looking for [indiscernible] over time, over the long run, the stock price will take care of itself. good to see you. explain exactly what is happening. to see that the founder of lending club is gone. the man who built the industry. >> since then, it went to an 8 billion dollar company. what we're seeing today is beyond even him leaving p are we see them reporting a material weakness and internal controls, whenever you see material weakness you have to fix, it is never a good thing. a new chairman of the board as well now. two things went wrong here. they reported a $22 million loan. loan,of the terms of the jeffries did not necessarily approve of. >>

we have postmaster general along with the national association of letter carriers, rural carriers, clerks, supervisors and then the prc as well as the mailing community and the gao, and vector generals, everybody on the same page. it troubles me that we can't move the ball forward. i want to focus on one key aspect and that is the coordination of benefits between between -- i hate these acronyms, but the better health plan and medicare. postmaster general brennan, the situation we have right now has notified the chairman and the chairman deserves a lot of credit because he has the one that has brought us all together with the ranking member and have us all together and has been completely and angrily we do a lot of work appeared in this effort has been really bipartisan. this is the way this works right now, the postal service is the second-largest contributor to medicare and the largest and is the chairman and ranking member noted common your employees paid $29 billion so far to medicare. the largest group is dod i believe. and they have a tri-care wrapper around with medicare. they are

national infrastructure week, everyone. it runs from today through may 23rd. part of the coalition we have on this includes not only labor, afl-cio, but also the u.s. chamber of commerce, the national association manufacturers and other major business groups in the united states. there is a very broad coalition that is supporting this issue. and if you look at all the polling across the political parties, there tends to be strong support for infrastructure. >> democrats' line, akron, ohio. james, hello. go ahead. >> yes. i'm looking at a lot of things. talking about infrastructure. first of all, ohio. that's what i'm more familiar with. we have trouble around the country and traffic jams are terrible in virginia. just peshterrible. all day long. but in ohio the gentleman just said about prevailing wage. we had in the beginning of president obama's term, we were supposed to do a rail system here. and everything was approved and would have created 30,000 jobs in ohio. and governor kasich came in and said we couldn't afford it and canceled that, and we've done well with jobs in ohio. but with the infrastructure, the roads, and the rail systems, all things in ohio, our unemployment would be down t

she is here in her capacity as president of the national association of counties. mr. brian coon, director of the florida division of emergency management and the president of the national emergency management association. he is here to talk with us about his experience as well as help us see things from a state perspective. mr. eric nelson, vice president, catastrophe strategy and analysis for the travelers companies incorporated, representing the build strong coalition. mr. kevin mickey, chair of the multihazard mitigation council of the national institute of building sciences. i ask unanimous consent that our witnesses' full statements be included in the record. without objection, so ordered. we have hoped that chief david paulson, the former administrator of fema, would be able to join us, but he had other commitments. i do have a written statement for the record from administrator paulson. i thank him and the bill's strong coalition for their input on these important topics, and i ask unanimous consent that this statement be included for the record. without objecti

with the housing services committee but the national association of home builders recently pointed outthe national level but to encourage the preservation of affordable homes? state and local communities must have the land use policy to encourage alternative housing structures for seniors such as accessory dwelling units and homes. it is a win-win for everyone preserving the integrity of expanding the supply of options. the bottom line is we need to recognize the need to help seniors age with options in their communities and finally a want to conclude by highlighting the issue of senior homelessness. the number of homeless seniors projected to rise to nearly 59,000 by the year 2020. one of the wealthiest nations of the world should not except the situation in which so many older citizens who live under inadequate so shelter and care. preventing in ending homelessness is a major national priority to recommend the interagency council on homelessness adopt the explicit goal to prevent homelessness among older americans in the near future. now is my pleasure to turn the program over to dis