and of course pastor is appearing weekly and a couple times sunday at jones united methodist church. rt her at jones united memorial methodist church. i'd like to take a moment to thank the members of the committee for their support and participation. as i always say, something like this cannot happen without a committee of people involved. with us today, trevor hunnicut, who started the program off, who say member of the board of drorves the society. lamont bishop is a stalwart member -- where are you? in the back. he's a represent of senator mark leno's office. b.j. jones from public utilities commission is here. stewart. from the public library. and pete fitzsimmons and tannish col -- hollins and camille dawkins. camille is over here. without camille and tannish rkt , none of this happens. so let's give them a round of applause for their wonderful effort. the society's primary mission is to enlighten, to inform, to inspire and to empower. we achieve that mission in a variety of ways. almost always in partnership with others. through our current partnership that trevor spoke to with

the dundalk united methodist church is part of a program called &p"streets of hopp." it's ann alllance of churches ppoviding winter shelter at otating locationn for homeeess men in baltimore county. 16 homeless men ere supposed to moveeinto the church's parsonage oo dunmore road. p but after protests from the community hose plans are called off.. .the shelterr won't open.... and neighboos are calling it a victory. (ms. saradin/neiihbor) we won in a way, but i feel sorry that it had to haapennthe way it did. it wassall wrong. it was done forrthe right reason but it was wrongg thissis such a niic neighborhood." program directors say the shelter has been moved to a more... in their words.. welcoming community. that neighborhood aad sponsoring church want to remain anonymous. peep maryland healthy... by increasing the cost of one group in our state is pushing hard. hard.the maryland health iniative hosted by a-a-r-p maryland... kicked off their cammaign tuesday, whhch aims to buiid the public's support of a hike in the state's tobacco tax. that tax would add another dollar

the dundalk united methodist church on dunmore road is part of a program called "streets of hope." ovides winter shelter for homeless men in baltimore county. plans call for 16 homeless men to be sheltered at the church's parsonage from october -thru april. but neighbors say no.. not here. here. (ms. saradin) "it's not going to happen, not over my dead body. it's bad for this neighborhood, for the whole community. we got all these section 8's, everything's dumped on dundalk and here they're going to dump this in our neighborhood." neighborhood." program directors say there won't be convicted sex offenders.. and felons are not allowed in the program. still, residents say they don't want what they call a halfway house in their neighborhood. 3 bad... day...// for...dumb... thieves...// áágoodáá... day... for a romantic...// man../ man...// thieves... stole... steve mckinney's... a car .../ in indiana...// áápoliceáá found... the car...// days later...// ááwitháá... a... átwoá carat... diamond ring.../ in the glove box...// áátheáá... ring,,, was for his wife -- . áátheáá... bandits,,,

they were supposed to move in today behind the dundalk united methodist church. but neighbors made the feelings known loud and clear at a meeting last week. the director of the organization streets of hope now says other churches in baltimore county will step in to help fill the void. >> we have very strong faith and we know we will be okay. we just know we are going to be okay. god will provide. >> the men who have stayed there for the past 10 days or month will be moved to other churches in southeastern baltimore county and they and the people helping them find a more permanent solution. >>> well the ravens had the weekend off from playing but yesterday, it was all back tobusiness. they took the official team pictures and the ravens tweeted this outtake you can see linebacker terrell sugg. enjoying the limelight. they will be back on the field at m and t stadium playing host to the texans. >>> before the ravens play sunday, it was lady's night at the bank. thousands of women turned out for a purple evening especially for them. they were given a ravens lunchbox

a couple got wedding over the weekend at fairfax united methodist church and while they were tying the knot a thief made off with a major hall. cash, credit cards, cell phones, ids, the whole nine yards. >>> the government's investigation into the 2001 anthrax attack is once again coming under fire. this time the heat is being a flied by an expert on disease at lsu. letters containing anthrax killed five people as you remember. the fbi said a researcher at fort detrick was the likely culprit. that man died of a suicide before investigators could file charges. now disease experts say the anthrax was manipulated in a way that was really probably beyond ivan's capability involving chemicals that the fort detrick lab probably didn't have. tonight federal investigators stand by their earlier finding and investigation. >>> new at 11:00, new fears that the up rising in libya could be a boone to terrorist. thousands of portable missiles may be missing. they stockpiled aircraft missiles and the united states is very concerned that during the civil war some of those shoulder fire missiles may ha

the dundaak united methodist church is part of a prooram called "streets of hope." es providing wiiter shelter at rrtating locatiins for homeless men in pomelesssmen were supposed to move inno the church's parsonage on dunmore road. phe community those plans are called off.. .the shelter wwn't open.... and neighbors are calling it a (mss saradin/neighbor) "we won in a way, but i feel soory ttat it had to appen the way was ddne for the right reason bbt it was wrong. ttis is program directors say - the shelter has been movvd to a more... in their words.. welloming communityy that neighborhood and sponsoring church wann to remmin anonymous. baltimore!and again.. it will race officials say they're excited to come back aad are working ith city officials to make immrovements.about 150- thousand people attended the considered to be a success for official annoucement iss expected later this week. the next big hing in space is being built in baltimore ight at least a full--cale model of it. it. joel d. smith is llve at the maryland science james webb telesccpe. of the ,3 a dd

..........the dundalk united methodist church is part of a program called "streets of hope.." an alliance of churches that provides winter shelter for homeless men in baltimore county. the locations rotate. plans call for 16 homeless men to be sheltered at dundalk's church parsonage from october -thru april.(ms. lawson/neighbor) "why are they homeless, are there drugs involved? are they sex offenders. what is the issue, none of us know that." karla schaefer.....(schaefer) "we screen all the men...." ..........is director of "streets of hope"..... (schaefer) "we don't take anybody who is a sex offender.. right off the back, if you're a sex offender, you don't get into the "streets of hope." if you have a felony, you don't get into the "streets of hope." .........still, residents say they don't want what they call a halfway house in their neigborhood.....(schaefer) "no, it's not a halfway house. a halfway house has programs for rehabilitation and they supply like a meth program. we don't do any of that.. we strictly give them food and shelter."(saradin) "ah bull! i don't believe

the dundalk united methodist church is "streets of hope." hat provides winter sselter for homeless men in baltimore county. plaas call for shelterrd at the church's parsonage on dunmore oadd.. but it's an idea thaa welcomes from eighbors.t of - (mss mitccell/neighbor) "ttese are homeless people. they told us we cannot know anything about their my neighborhood, and i waat to - know. i know all my we should be able to know about each of these men.." it's not a hhlfway house.the men are given just food and sheeter.background checck are given... and felons are not allowed.still.... any neighbors are noo on board with the iiea. that extra tax for our beer... wine ... and liquor... payybe a pain...but part of that money is helping to improve your child's school. schooo.this yeer... more than 45- illion dollars from the pay for school construction - upgrading aging sccools... iiside and out. (crosby) "weere going to do will fix the school up, the alsoogoing to do ome security system upgrade in there." from the alcchol tax... will only fund school co

and the amazing people at christ united methodist church in sugar land, texas. they welcomed us with open arms , and have loved us ever since. during his tenure at christ united methodist, morris and his team, his wife, his son, and his daughter have made sure that every single man, every single woman, and every single child who walked through our church's doors felt the peace, the love, and the faith that embraced my family. whatever i do in congress, however long i'm here, i'll have no fonder memory than my pastor, morris mathis, standing before the american people in prayer for our great nation. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair will general tain up -- entertain up to 15 further one minutes from each side of the aisle. the chair recognizes the gentleman from yinch. -- indiana. mr. pence: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman -- without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. pence: thank you, mr. speaker. later today the hous