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00:01:18>> NEXT, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY ROBERT F
00:01:20KENNEDY, JR., AND HOUSING AND
00:01:24URBAN DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY SCOTT TURNER ADDRESS ALLEGED
00:01:27FRAUD IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR HOMELESS SHELTERS IN LOS
00:01:30ANGELES, AND PUSH FOR MORE FAITH BASED RECOVERY PROGRAMS TO HELP
00:01:33THE HOMELESS. THIS IS 30
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00:01:39>> [APPLAUSE]
00:01:46>> WELL. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU, PASTOR MATT AND
00:01:49VANCE. THE DREAM CENTER TEAM. AND TO ALL OF OUR STUDENT
00:01:53VOLUNTEERS. SO GREAT TO SEE YOU. UH, VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT
00:01:56THE DREAM CENTER DOES ON A DAY
00:01:58TO DAY OPERATION. IT ENCOURAGES
00:02:00MY HEART TO BE HERE AGAIN, UH,
00:02:02AS THEY SERVE THE PEOPLE OF LOS
00:02:05ANGELES AND FULFILL THE MISSION AND THE CALL THAT GOD HAS PLACED
00:02:09ON THEM. CALIFORNIA DRIVER OF
00:02:13OUR NATION'S HOMELESSNESS
00:02:15CRISIS. LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THE HEARTBREAKING REALITIES OF THE
00:02:19L. A. S DRUG FUELED HOMELESSNESS
00:02:21CRISIS THAT PLAGUES THIS ONCE
00:02:23BEAUTIFUL CITY JUST THIS YEAR, HUD'S OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
00:02:27GENERAL, IN COORDINATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
00:02:31ARRESTED ALEXANDER SOUFER, THE
00:02:33EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ABUNDANT
00:02:36BLESSINGS, FOR $23 MILLION IN FRAUD, MONEY, MONEY WITH DIRECT
00:02:39TIES TO THE LOS ANGELES HOMELESS
00:02:42SERVICES AUTHORITY, OR LHASA. AS
00:02:44MANY KNOW IT, SUPER SIPHONED
00:02:46MONEY MEANT TO HOUSE HOMELESS
00:02:48AMERICANS WHY DID HE DO IT? SO
00:02:52THAT HE COULD LIVE IN A $7 MILLION MANSION IN BEVERLY HILLS
00:02:55DRIVE, A 120 500 $0 RANGE ROVER
00:02:58PURCHASE, A VACATION PROPERTY IN GREECE, AND FLY AROUND ON A
00:03:02PRIVATE JET. THING ABUNDANT
00:03:06ABOUT THIS WAS SOUFER, AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT HE STOLE
00:03:10FROM THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS. FOR
00:03:13YEARS. A GROUP CALLED PEOPLE ASSISTING THE HOMELESS, OR PATH,
00:03:18WHICH RECEIVED $2.5 MILLION IN
00:03:21HUD HOMELESS FUNDING SINCE 221.
00:03:23THEY CLAIM TO BE CONVERTING THE
00:03:26OLD RAMADA ON WASHINGTON BOULEVARD INTO A HOMELESS
00:03:30SHELTER, AND AS OF THIS WEEK,
00:03:31THE RAMADA IS STILL EMPTY.
00:03:34EARLIER THIS YEAR, PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
00:03:38TO ESTABLISH THE TASK FORCE TO
00:03:39ELIMINATE FRAUD. AND I'M PROUD
00:03:42OF THE WORK THAT HUD, HHS, AND
00:03:44DOJ HAVE DONE TO BRING ACCOUNTABILITY BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT. THESE ARE TWO
00:03:48EXAMPLES OF WASTE, FRAUD, AND CORRUPTION UNCOVERED BY OUR
00:03:51JOINT EFFORTS. THEY HIGHLIGHT
00:03:53WHY WE PUT LHASA ON NOTICE. THEY
00:03:58WILL NOT RECEIVE ANOTHER SIN OF AMERICAN TAXPAYER MONEY UNTIL
00:04:01THEY CAN ACCOUNT FOR EVERY
00:04:04SINGLE DOLLAR MONEY, AS WE ALL KNOW AND ALL AGREE, DOES NOT
00:04:07GROW ON TREES. TAXPAYERS
00:04:10UNDERSTAND THIS. AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS. WE MUST, AND WE
00:04:13SHALL BE GOOD STEWARDS. YEAR
00:04:16AFTER YEAR, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS WERE
00:04:19FUNNELED TO LHASA WITH LITTLE
00:04:21ACCOUNTABILITY AND ZERO THE LA CONTINUUM OF CARE, LED BY LHASA,
00:04:25HAD RECEIVED $1 BILLION IN
00:04:28TAXPAYER DOLLARS OVER THE LAST
00:04:30FIVE YEARS. THAT'S $1 BILLION OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WITH
00:04:33NO ACCOUNTABILITY AND ZERO
00:04:37RESULTS. AND DESPITE RECEIVING MORE FEDERAL HOMELESSNESS
00:04:40FUNDING THAN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN OUR NATION, LA
00:04:43REMAINS THE EPICENTER OF THE
00:04:45NATION'S DRUG FUELED
00:04:48HOMELESSNESS CRISIS. DURING THAT
00:04:51SAME DECADE THAT HOMELESSNESS IN
00:04:53LA DOUBLED HOW MANY KNOW THAT'S
00:04:58A PROBLEM? DOUBLED THE AMOUNT OF
00:05:04HOMELESSNESS TRIPLED. WE GOTTA
00:05:05RUN A NEW PLAY. THAT PLAY DOES
00:05:08NOT WORK. LHASA COULD NOT VERIFY
00:05:10THE EXISTENCE OF 2300 HOUSING UNITS, THAT IT WAS RESPONSIBLE
00:05:14FOR. IN AUGUST OF 2023. LARSON
00:05:18COULD NOT EVEN DETERMINE WHETHER USED FUNDING TO PAY FOR EMPTY
00:05:21HOTEL ROOMS BECAUSE IT FAILED TO
00:05:25RECORD. WHEN INDIVIDUALS EXITED
00:05:29MOTEL HOUSING. MOST EGREGIOUSLY, THE AGENCY'S FORMER CEO, WHO
00:05:33HAS RESIGNED. SHE RESIGNED AFTER
00:05:36SHE AND LOST A VIOLATED THE FEDERAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST
00:05:40RULES BY COMMITTING MORE THAN $2
00:05:42MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS TO HER
00:05:45HUSBAND'S EMPLOYER. THIS IS TAXPAYER MONEY. WE CAN'T STAND
00:05:49FOR THAT ANY LONGER. THE NUMBERS
00:05:52DON'T ADD UP. THE VERY
00:05:54ORGANIZATION TASKED WITH ENDING HOMELESSNESS AND EQUIPPED WITH
00:05:57BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, SHAMELESSLY WASTED THEM ON CORRUPTION AND MISMANAGEMENT WHEN THEY SHOULD
00:06:01HAVE FOUGHT TO GET THE MOST VULNERABLE AMERICAN PEOPLE OFF
00:06:04THE STREETS, HEALED AND TRANSFORMED. BUT AS GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS, WE
00:06:08HAVE CUT LOSSES FUNDING OFF FROM
00:06:12RECEIVING ANOTHER DOLLAR. WE HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR THIS
00:06:15ABUSE. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT VANCE, WE ARE ROOTING
00:06:18OUT CORRUPTION AND ENSURING THAT THOSE WHO NEED CARE ARE TRULY
00:06:22GOING TO GET IT. THE DAYS OF FUNDING, CORRUPT FAILURE ARE
00:06:25OVER. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT FUND A HOMELESS
00:06:29INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX ANY LONGER. AT HUD, WE'RE INTERESTED, ONLY
00:06:33INTERESTED IN REAL RESULTS, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY HELPING OUR
00:06:36FELLOW AMERICANS GET OFF THE STREETS OUT OF ADDICTION AND ON
00:06:40A PATH TO SELF SUFFICIENCY. I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE WITH YOU
00:06:44ALL. TODAY. I WANT TO INTRODUCE MY DEAR FRIEND, COLLEAGUE, AND
00:06:47BROTHER, SECRETARY OF HHS, >> [APPLAUSE]
00:06:51>> MR. BOBBY KENNEDY
00:06:56>> HEY, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU
00:06:58VERY MUCH. SECRETARY TURNER.
00:07:00AND, UM, THANK YOU, PASTOR MATT BARNETT, FOR HOSTING US HERE
00:07:04TODAY AND FOR TAKING THE TIME TO
00:07:07GIVE US A TOUR OF THE FACILITY.
00:07:10UM, THIS IS, I JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING THIS IS AN
00:07:14EXTRAORDINARY FACILITY. AND WHAT
00:07:15THEY DO HERE, UH, SHOULD BE A
00:07:18TEMPLATE FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING
00:07:21ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND I SEE THESE VOLUNTEERS HERE FROM
00:07:25ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, 6000 KIDS A YEAR, COMING FROM CHURCHES TO
00:07:28HELP, BUILD THIS PLACE, TO
00:07:34RESTORE THE ROOMS, TO RENOVATE
00:07:36THE STRUCTURE, TO, UH, TO SERVE
00:07:38MEALS AND TO PARTICIPATE. IT'S
00:07:44AN EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISHMENT.
00:07:45AND, UH, THE, UH, THE COURSE I
00:07:49WAS TOLD OF FOR EACH PERSON
00:07:54HERE, THERE'S 600 MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE HOMELESS NOW WHO ARE
00:07:57REBUILDING THEIR LIVES AT THIS
00:07:59PLACE AT A COST OF ABOUT $7,500
00:08:03PER YEAR, PER INDIVIDUAL
00:08:06MEANWHILE, L.A. COUNTY, TO DO
00:08:08THE SAME THING, TO TAKE A HOMELESS PERSON OFF THE STREET
00:08:11AND GET HIM INTO HOUSING, IS
00:08:13PAYING ABOUT $185,000 A YEAR UM,
00:08:20DURING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION,
00:08:25THE WHITE HOUSE MADE THE
00:08:25DECISION AGENCY COULD NO LONGER
00:08:30GIVE MONEY TO FAITH BASED
00:08:32ORGANIZATIONS AND TOLD THE
00:08:35STATES ALSO BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
00:08:39AND MATT BURNHAM WAS TELLING ME THAT DURING THE COVID CRISIS,
00:08:42ALL THE GOVERNMENT ANGELES,
00:08:45INCLUDING ADAM SCHIFF, ACROSS THE STATE, WERE TELLING PEOPLE,
00:08:49GO TO THE DREAM CENTER TO GET
00:08:51MEALS AND THE MEAL BURDEN HERE WENT FROM 1000 MEALS A DAY TO
00:08:5510,000, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO
00:08:57PLACE ELSE FOR PEOPLE TO GO. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE
00:09:01JOBS. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE LOSING HOMES. AND WHEN THEY WENT
00:09:04TO THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND
00:09:07MY AGENCY AND ASKED FOR SUPPORT,
00:09:10UM, MY AGENCY TOLD THEM, WE CAN'T HELP YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE
00:09:13A FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION. IT MADE NO SENSE AND WE HAVE NOW
00:09:17CHANGED THAT AND PUT FAITH BASED
00:09:21ORGANIZATIONS FRONT AND CENTER, BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING IT BETTER
00:09:23THAN THE GOVERNMENT IF THEY'RE DOING IT ONE TENTH THE PRICE
00:09:27THAT WE'RE PAYING, AND I SAW
00:09:30THE SUCCESS UPSTAIRS WITH THEIR
00:09:33CLIENTS, THEY'RE DOING IT BETTER
00:09:35THAN US, AND WE NEED TO START
00:09:39RECOGNIZING THAT I LIVE IN THIS CITY. FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS,
00:09:42I'VE WATCHED THE DECLINE. I'VE
00:09:47WATCHED THE HOMELESS POPULATION EXPLODE I'VE GONE MANY TIMES
00:09:50DOWN TO SKID ROW. I'VE BEEN TO
00:09:52THIS BUILDING TO GO TO RECOVERY
00:09:56MEETINGS, I'VE SEEN THE
00:09:57INEPTNESS, THE INCOMPETENCE OF
00:10:01GOVERNMENT THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS PROBLEM. HOMELESS. THIS
00:10:05HAS NOW REACHED RECORD LEVELS IN
00:10:07RECENT YEARS, AND HALF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY
00:10:10ARE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
00:10:15MORE THAN 750 000 AMERICANS WERE
00:10:18HOMELESS, ACCORDING TO HUD'S LATEST STATISTICS. AND BEHIND
00:10:22THAT NUMBER ARE PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
00:10:25THERE ARE MANY. AND ADDICTION. THERE ARE MANY CAUSES FOR
00:10:28HOMELESSNESS. ONE OF THE MOST
00:10:29IMPORTANT CAUSES IS THE PRICE OF
00:10:32HOUSING AND REGULATORY BURDEN.
00:10:34BUDD MENTAL ILLNESS AND. AND AN
00:10:38ADDICTION ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO IT.
00:10:43AND ALSO WHEN PEOPLE BECOME HOMELESS, THOSE PROBLEMS BECOME MUCH WORSE. WE CAN'T ADDRESS
00:10:47THIS CRISIS WITHOUT CONFRONTING ADDICTION AND MENTAL ILLNESS.
00:10:51AND THAT'S WHAT THIS FACILITY
00:10:55DOES. AND WE CAN'T CONTINUE FUNDING PROGRAMS WITHOUT DEMANDING EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE HELPING PEOPLE GET OFF THE
00:10:58STREET AND REBUILD THEIR LIVES.
00:11:01AT HHS, OUR GOAL IS CLEAR TO
00:11:03CONNECT PEOPLE TO EFFECTIVE
00:11:06TREATMENT, RECOVERY SUPPORT, SAFE HOUSING, AND A PATH TOWARD
00:11:10LASTING INDEPENDENCE. THAT REQUIRES HHS AND HUD TO ALIGN
00:11:13BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HOUSING
00:11:16SYSTEMS, AND REQUIRES THE
00:11:18FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO KNOW WHERE THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE GOING
00:11:21AND WHETHER THEY ARE PRODUCING
00:11:24RESULTS. WHEN FRAUDSTERS STEAL
00:11:26FROM FEDERAL PROGRAMS, THEY STEAL RESOURCES FROM THE
00:11:29TAXPAYER. THEY'RE ALSO STEALING
00:11:32FROM PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY ARE ENTITLED AND BADLY NEED THESE
00:11:36SERVICES. MONEY INTENDED FOR
00:11:38TREATMENT, RECOVERY, AND HOUSING
00:11:40CANNOT END UP IN THE HANDS OF
00:11:44FRAUDSTERS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT FAIL. THE PEOPLE THEY'RE
00:11:46PAID TO HELP. PRESIDENT TRUMP
00:11:49HAS DIRECTED THIS ADMINISTRATION
00:11:51TO STOP THAT ABUSE AND HHS
00:11:53ALONE. WE'VE UNCOVERED NEARLY
00:11:56$100 BILLION IN FRAUD. WE HAVE
00:11:58SAVED MORE THAN $46 BILLION IN
00:12:01CLAWED BACK 30 BILLION. AND
00:12:03WE'RE NOT FINISHED. UM, IN
00:12:07MINNESOTA RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, SCOTT GAVE AN EXAMPLE OF
00:12:11SOMEBODY WHO IS STEALING THE FEDERAL MONEY THAT WAS INTENDED
00:12:14FOR THESE POPULATIONS. AND
00:12:18LIVING IN BEVERLY HILLS AND
00:12:20BUYING FANCY CARS IN MINNESOTA
00:12:28WAS INTENDED TO HELP VULNERABLE
00:12:30PEOPLE OBTAIN HOUSING, THE PRICE
00:12:33OF THAT PROGRAM GREW FROM $2.6
00:12:36MILLION IN EXPECTED ANNUAL COST.
00:12:40MORE THAN 100 MILLION A YEAR DURING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION,
00:12:44AND IT WAS BECAUSE THE MONEY WAS
00:12:48NOT BEING MONITORED, AND IT WAS
00:12:50BEING STOLEN. AND THERE WAS, YOU
00:12:52KNOW, IN ONE INSTANCE, PEOPLE
00:12:55BUYING FANCY CARS, PEOPLE BUYING
00:12:58HOMES WITH MONEY THAT WAS INTENDED FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE AND
00:13:00ADDICTS. AND THAT PROGRAM, AS A
00:13:04DIRECT RESULT, THIS WAS FOR
00:13:07PEOPLE WHO, WHO SUFFERED DISABILITIES. PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:13:10ELDERLY, PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION. A LONG
00:13:13WAITING LIST TO GET INTO THAT PROGRAM. AND THAT PROGRAM HAS
00:13:17NOW BEEN CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE
00:13:21COST OF THE FRAUD THAT IS A
00:13:24DIRECT IMPACT ON PEOPLE WHO NEED
00:13:28THESE SERVICES, WHO ARE ENTITLED TO THESE SERVICES. THAT COMES
00:13:32FROM THE FRAUD. UM, THIS IS WHAT
00:13:36OVERSIGHT REQUIRES. EVERY DOLLAR LOST TO FRAUD IS A DOLLAR THAT
00:13:39DOES NOT HELP SOMEONE WHO NEEDS CARE, TREATMENT, AND STABLE
00:13:43HOUSING. THE PRINCIPLE IS SIMPLE. IF A STATE WANTS
00:13:46TAXPAYER MONEY, IT MUST SHOW
00:13:48THAT THE PAYMENTS ARE LAWFUL AND
00:13:51LEGITIMATE, OR WE'RE NOT GOING
00:13:52TO PAY THEM ANYMORE. MOST OF
00:13:56THESE PROBLEMS BEGAN UNDER MY
00:13:58PREDECESSOR, XAVIER BECERRA HE.
00:14:01WHEN HE CAME INTO MY AGENCY,
00:14:03THERE WERE ONLY 80 PEOPLE IN
00:14:07PROGRAM INTEGRITY, 80 PEOPLE. THIS IS FOR 50 STATES AND FIVE TERRITORIES. THESE ARE THE
00:14:11PEOPLE WHO ARE MONITORING $2.2
00:14:15TRILLION IN PAYMENTS ANNUALLY
00:14:16FROM MY AGENCY. WE DO 4 MILLION
00:14:22TRANSACTIONS A DAY. THERE'S .
00:14:27XAVIER BECERRA CAME IN AND
00:14:30TRANSFERRED 76 OF THEM OUT, SO THAT WHEN I CAME IN, THERE'S
00:14:33ONLY SIX PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
00:14:36CHARGE OF ALL PROGRAM INTEGRITY FROM MY DEPARTMENT. AND IT WAS
00:14:40AN INVITATION FOR THE FRAUDSTERS
00:14:42TO COME IN AND STEAL EVERYTHING.
00:14:44AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS HOSPICE PROGRAM. WE'VE CLOSED
00:14:48THAT, CLOSED THOUSANDS OF
00:14:51HOSPICES HERE IN LOS ANGELES, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE
00:14:53PATIENTS. THEY WERE JUST BILLING US $6,000 A MONTH FOR PHONY
00:14:57ACCOUNTS. AND, UM, THE DURABLE
00:15:03MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FRAUD, TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS HERE IN LOS
00:15:07ANGELES COUNTY. AUTISM SERVICES, TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, ALL
00:15:10STOLEN WAS MINDING THE STORE.
00:15:14XAVIER BECERRA CAME IN CHASE.
00:15:23WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN WE GET
00:15:24AN INVOICE FROM A HOSPICE THAT
00:15:29WE KNOW IS FRAUDULENT, WE KNOW THAT HOSPICE IS NOT TREATING
00:15:33PATIENTS. THEY'VE BEEN BUSTED
00:15:36BEFORE. WE HAVE ALGORITHMS THAT CAN IDENTIFY THAT. THIS IS
00:15:39ALMOST CERTAINLY A FRAUDULENT
00:15:42CASE. HIS POLICY AND THEN YOU
00:15:46CHASE IT. YOU GO BACK AND TRY TO CLAW IT BACK, WHICH OF COURSE,
00:15:49NEVER HAPPENS. THIS WAS AN
00:15:54INSANE POLICY. WE SHUT THAT DOWN. WE NOW DON'T PAY ANYTHING
00:15:56THAT WE SUSPECT TO BE
00:15:58FRAUDULENT. AND WE HAVE AI.
00:16:01WE'RE USING AI, MACHINE COUNTING SYSTEMS, ALL KINDS OF
00:16:03ALGORITHMS, TO DETERMINE WHEN
00:16:06WHEN PAYMENTS COME TO US, TO
00:16:09DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE PROBABLY FRAUDULENT. AND WE'VE
00:16:12STOPPED BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF FRAUD BY DOING
00:16:16THAT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE UNDER
00:16:18XAVIER BECERRA. BUT HE DIDN'T. HE LET THE PEOPLE STEAL THE
00:16:21MONEY. IS BEING STOLEN FROM THE
00:16:24PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA. AT HHS,
00:16:27WE'RE STRENGTHENING OVERSIGHT
00:16:29BEFORE THE MONEY MOVES. WE'RE BRINGING THAT SAME ACCOUNTABILITY TO OUR WORK ON
00:16:33HOMELESSNESS, ADDICTION, AND
00:16:37SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS THROUGH
00:16:38SAMHSA HHS SUPPORTS PREVENTION,
00:16:43CRISIS RESPONSE, MENTAL HEALTH, AND SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT, TREATMENT, RECOVERY SERVICE, AND
00:16:47CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY BASED CARE AND HOUSING. THE THING THAT
00:16:50THE DREAM CENTER DOES SO WELL,
00:16:53AND WE'RE EXPANDING ACCESS TO TREATMENT TO OUR STREETS
00:16:57PROGRAM. WE PUT IN NOW AN EXTRA
00:17:01$100 MILLION TO BRING OUTREACH, TREATMENT, RECOVERY SUPPORT, AND
00:17:04CONNECTION AND HOUSING TO PEOPLE
00:17:06WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
00:17:09HOMELESSNESS. THE OBJECTIVE IS
00:17:10NOT TO MANAGE HOMELESSNESS
00:17:13INDEFINITELY. IT'S TO HELP
00:17:14PEOPLE MOVE OUT OF HOMELESSNESS
00:17:17INTO PRODUCTIVE LIVES AND INTO
00:17:20CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY. COMPASSION REQUIRES US TO ASK
00:17:23WHETHER A PROGRAM WORKS, WHETHER
00:17:27MONEY REACHES THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT, AND WHETHER THOSE
00:17:29PEOPLE ARE BECOMING HEALTHIER,
00:17:31SAFER, AND MORE INDEPENDENT. WE
00:17:34SHOULD MEASURE SUCCESS NOT BY HOW MUCH WASHINGTON SPENDS BUT
00:17:38BY WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE FEWER PEOPLE LIVING ON THE
00:17:41STREETS, MORE PEOPLE RECEIVING
00:17:44EFFECTIVE TREATMENT, MORE PEOPLE
00:17:45IN SUSTAINED RECOVERY, AND MORE
00:17:49AMERICANS WHO ARE REGAINING STABLE AND INDEPENDENT LIVES.
00:17:51AND THAT'S WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY
00:17:55AND EFFECTIVE CARE GO TOGETHER.
00:17:57EVERY DOLLAR FROM STEALING IS A
00:18:00DOLLAR PRESERVED FOR ITS LAW,
00:18:02FOR PURPOSE, OR RETURN TO THE
00:18:05AMERICAN TAXPAYER. PRESIDENT TRUMP, VICE PRESIDENT VANCE, AND
00:18:08THE WHITE HOUSE FRAUD TASK FORCE, AND THIS ENTIRE
00:18:12ADMINISTRATION WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE MONEY, DEMAND PROOF,
00:18:15AND HOLD ACTORS ACCOUNTABLE. WE
00:18:20WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO REWARD AND RECOGNIZE FAITH BASED PROGRAMS
00:18:23LIKE THIS ONE THAT ARE DOING
00:18:24SUCH A GOOD JOB AND MANAGING OUR
00:18:29MONEY IN WAYS THAT ARE EFFECTIVE. AND WE'RE GOING TO
00:18:31CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ODD FUND PROGRAMS THAT GET PEOPLE OFF THE
00:18:35STREET INTO TREATMENT AND
00:18:37RECOVERY. AND ON THAT PATH TOWARD SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
00:18:41SECRETARY TURNER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR
00:18:43PARTNERSHIP IN THIS WORK AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP. NOW, I THINK
00:18:47WE'RE GOING TO GO TO QUESTIONS
00:18:55>> QUICK NOTE FOR THE PRESS. WE HAVE TEN MINUTES. PLEASE KEEP YOUR QUESTIONS ON TOPIC. AND I HAVE JACQUELINE, OUR PRESS
00:18:59SECRETARY, WITH THE MICROPHONE
00:19:03HERE ON THE LEFT. >> THANK YOU. HALEY GOMEZ WITH
00:19:05THE LINCOLN MEDIA FOUNDATION AND DAILY SIGNAL. WHAT SPECIFIC
00:19:09REFORMS IS HUD LOOKING FOR IN ORDER? IF YOU GUYS WANT TO
00:19:13RESTORE THAT MONEY, OR IS IT GOING TO BE REALLOCATED TO
00:19:16CENTERS LIKE THE DREAM CENTER? >> WELL, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
00:19:20IS REALLY WHAT THE DREAM CENTER AND PLACES LIKE THE DREAM CENTER
00:19:23THAT ARE RESULTS ORIENTED HAVE A
00:19:29TRUE CONTINUUM OF CARE. THE DREAM CENTER DOES NOT RECEIVE
00:19:33FUNDING. AS PASTOR MATT SAID,
00:19:34IT'S ABOUT FRIENDS, FAMILY, CHURCHES, PRIVATE PEOPLE. WHAT
00:19:38WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE. TO BRING SOMEONE IN.
00:19:41IT'S IN THE NAME. BRING THEM IN, HOUSE THEM. PUT THE AX TO
00:19:44THE ROOT. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
00:19:46WHY ARE THEY HOMELESS? DRUG ADDICTION, MENTAL ILLNESS, TO
00:19:50TREAT THAT AND THEN GET THEM HEALED AND TRANSFORMED AND OUT
00:19:52TO A LIFE OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
00:19:55IT'S A NEW PARADIGM. IT'S A DIFFERENT PARADIGM. IT'S NOT
00:19:58JUST HOUSING. IT'S NOT HOUSING
00:20:03FIRST. IT'S THE CONTINUATION OF CARING FOR MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND FAMILIES. WHEN YOU TAKE THEM
00:20:06OFF THE STREETS, GET THEM
00:20:10HEALED, GET WRAPAROUND SERVICES AROUND THEM, AND GET THEM TRANSFORMED BACK TO A LIFE OF
00:20:14SELF-SUFFICIENCY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE BEST PARTNERS IN
00:20:17ORDER TO DO THAT. THAT'S GOOD
00:20:20STEWARDSHIP OF OUR TAXPAYER
00:20:21DOLLARS
00:20:24>> HI, LINDSEY. YOU MENTIONED LHASA. CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHETHER
00:20:28FUNDING WILL BE IMMEDIATELY CUT
00:20:29FROM LHASA, OR WHAT ACTION WILL
00:20:32BE TAKEN AGAINST THEM? >> YES, MA'AM. WE'RE IN THE
00:20:35MIDDLE OF THAT RIGHT NOW. AND AS I SAID BEFORE, YOU KNOW, OUR AIM
00:20:39IS AT LHASA DOES NOT RECEIVE ANOTHER DOLLAR UNTIL THERE'S
00:20:43ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND THE RIGHT PARTNERS HAVE TO
00:20:47COME ALONG FOR US TO WORK WITH. THIS IS AMERICAN TAXPAYER
00:20:49DOLLAR. EVERYBODY IN HERE IN THE
00:20:53MEDIA, THE PRESS, MYSELF AND OTHERS, WE ALL WORK HARD FOR THE MONEY THAT GOD BLESS US WITH THROUGH OUR JOBS. AND MY JOB IS
00:20:57TO STORE IT WELL OVER THAT MONEY. AND LHASA HAS NOT BEEN
00:21:01FAITHFUL STEWARDS OVER AMERICAN TAXPAYER DOLLARS. AND THERE'S
00:21:04CORRUPTION. AND SO WE HAVE TO
00:21:08END THAT. >> HI, SIR. THANK YOU. JAMIE
00:21:10PAGE FROM CALIFORNIA POST. YOU MENTIONED PATH, AND YOU
00:21:13MENTIONED THE RAMADA INN. WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANY SPECIFICS ABOUT AN INVESTIGATION. CAN YOU
00:21:16GO INTO ANY DETAILS ABOUT THAT? >> NO DETAILS AT THIS MOMENT,
00:21:20MA'AM. WHAT I SAID WAS THIS IS THAT TO THIS DAY, AS LATE, AS
00:21:24EARLY AS THIS WEEK, THAT RAMADA
00:21:27INN IS STILL EMPTY. THEY
00:21:29RECEIVED $2.5 MILLION IN 2021.
00:21:32THAT'S FIVE YEARS AGO, BECAUSE
00:21:35THEY WERE GOING TO CONVERT THIS TO HELP OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS.
00:21:38AND IT'S STILL EMPTY. WE CAN'T
00:21:43ALLOW THAT. >> PETE DEMETRIO, KNX, NEWS RADIO, LOS
00:21:47>> ANGELES. EITHER ONE OF YOU GENTLEMEN, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE PERCENTAGE OF GOVERNMENTAL
00:21:50PROGRAMS THAT ARE AIMED AT ASSISTING IN GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF HOMELESSNESS ARE ACTUALLY
00:21:54EFFICIENTLY DOING THE WORK? AND DO YOU REALISTICALLY THINK THERE
00:21:57ARE ENOUGH FAITH BASED PROGRAMS, SIMILAR TO WHAT THE DREAM CENTER
00:22:00IS, THAT CAN PICK UP THE SLACK? IF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS ARE
00:22:04FAILING THE.
00:22:07>> YOU KNOW, I'M A PIGGYBACK
00:22:09OFF WHAT BOBBY SAID. I MEAN, THE
00:22:11DREAM CENTER IS A TREMENDOUS EXAMPLE OF THAT. UH, THERE'S,
00:22:14I'VE BEEN TO ABOUT 9 OR 10 FAITH BASED ENTITIES THAT HELP
00:22:18OUR HOMELESS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AROUND THE COUNTRY
00:22:22THAT ARE DOING TREMENDOUS WORK,
00:22:23THAT HAVE RESULTS, REAL RESULTS.
00:22:26AND THAT'S WHAT HUD IS ABOUT. WE'RE ABOUT FUNDING RESULTS, NOT JUST FUNDING AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN BEDS, BUT
00:22:30WE'RE ABOUT FUNDING REAL RESULTS, PEOPLE GETTING OUT OF
00:22:33HOMELESSNESS, BACK TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY. AND THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, SIR, YES, I DO
00:22:37BELIEVE THAT AS WE BRING BACK, AS BOBBY ALLUDED, TO, BRING BACK
00:22:40THE FAITH BASED ENTITIES TO THE
00:22:42TABLE, BECAUSE, REMEMBER, BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT START HELPING
00:22:46HOMELESS PEOPLE, FAITH BASED ENTITIES, WERE DOING A LONG TIME
00:22:47AGO AND HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS
00:22:51JOB. YOU'RE SITTING AND STANDING IN ONE, AND THERE'S OTHERS AROUND OUR COUNTRY
00:22:55HELPING UP IN BALTIMORE AND OTHER DREAM CENTERS AND OTHER
00:22:58UNION RESCUE MISSIONS AROUND OUR COUNTRY. THE FAITH BASED THAT
00:23:02ARE ACTUALLY HELPING AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT ARE FACING HOMELESSNESS. AND, BOBBY, YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT?
00:23:06>> I WOULD JUST SAY THIS. I
00:23:08DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY LIMIT TO WHAT THESE FAITH BASED
00:23:12PROGRAMS CAN DO. YOU LOOK AT
00:23:14THIS 450, ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE
00:23:17FEET, WITH HUNDREDS OF ROOMS IN
00:23:20IT THAT HAVE ALL BEEN RENOVATED.
00:23:22AND THIS WAS A THIS WAS A TINY
00:23:27LITTLE CORNER CHURCH WITH NO MONEY. AND WHEN THE CATHOLIC
00:23:30CHURCH WAS, WAS SELLING THIS FACILITY, THEY HAD PROPOSALS
00:23:34FROM HOLLYWOOD, FROM THE
00:23:36STUDIOS, POWERFUL PEOPLE, FROM
00:23:39REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS, WHO ALL
00:23:41WANTED TO GET INTO THIS AND THE
00:23:43CHURCH WAS MISSION DRIVEN. AND
00:23:45IT SAID, WE LIKE WHAT THE PASTOR
00:23:49BARNETT IS TALKING ABOUT, EVEN THOUGH HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY
00:23:52MONEY, HE DOESN'T HE HAS
00:23:59INTEGRITY AND ENERGY, AND THEY
00:24:02CAME IN HERE AND THEY DON'T TURN ANYBODY AWAY. EVERYBODY WHO
00:24:06WANTS TO COME HERE GETS A SPOT.
00:24:09AND, UM, AND THEY'VE HELPED
00:24:13THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. SO AT A TINY FRACTION OF
00:24:16THE COST THAT L.A. COUNTY IS PAYING FOR HIS PROGRAMS, THAT WE
00:24:20HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER THEY EVEN
00:24:22WORK. AND SO I DON'T, YOU KNOW,
00:24:25I THINK THE MORE AND MORE THAT
00:24:26WE, THE GOVERNMENT LOOKING AT A
00:24:31TRACK RECORD LIKE THIS, AND
00:24:35SAYING, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU
00:24:39REPLICATE THIS? HOW CAN WE HELP
00:24:42YOU? EXPAND THIS, THAT YOU'RE
00:24:44DOING THE SAME THING TO HELP HOMELESS PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE
00:24:48STATE. AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH IT TO A
00:24:50SOLUTION, NOT BY THROWING MORE
00:24:53MONEY AT THE PROBLEM, BUT
00:24:55FINDING WHAT WORK. AND THEN AND
00:25:01THEN SUPPORTING IT.
00:25:01>> UH, SECRETARY KENNEDY, UM,
00:25:05HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES TO BE THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN THE CITY OF
00:25:09LOS ANGELES. WE HAVE A MAYORAL ELECTION. JUST CURIOUS IF YOU'RE STILL REGISTERED TO VOTE IN THE
00:25:13CITY OF LOS ANGELES, IF YOU'VE FOLLOWED THIS DEBATE BETWEEN THE
00:25:16INCUMBENT MAYOR AND A DSA CANDIDATE, NITHYA RAMAN. UH, AND
00:25:20IF YOU PLAN ON VOTING AND JUST TELL US YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THESE, UH, THIS.
00:25:23>> ELECTION, I'M IN A VERY
00:25:26STRANGE POSITION, BECAUSE WHEN I
00:25:28RAN FOR PRESIDENT, UM, THE
00:25:31DEMOCRATIC PARTY SUED ME FIRST
00:25:33TO GET ME OFF THE BALLOT IN 12
00:25:37STATES, INCLUDING NEW YORK AND
00:25:39CALIFORNIA, AND THEN WHEN I, UM,
00:25:43WHEN I ENDORSED PRESIDENT TRUMP,
00:25:46THEY SUED ME TO KEEP ME ON THE
00:25:47BALLOT IN THOSE SAME STATES. AND
00:25:50IN THE COURSE OF ONE OF THOSE
00:25:52LAWSUITS, IT WAS DECLARED THAT I
00:25:54HAD NO LEGAL RESIDENCE. AND SO
00:25:59IT, IT'S A I'M IN A DILEMMA WHERE I LITERALLY HAVE NO STATE
00:26:02WHERE I CAN LEGALLY VOTE. RIGHT
00:26:06NOW, I'M PROBABLY THE ONLY PERSON IN THE COUNTRY WHO'S A LEGAL CITIZEN, WHO HAS THAT
00:26:10DILEMMA. BUT I'M STILL TRYING TO
00:26:11FIGURE IT OUT BEFORE THE NEXT
00:26:15ELECTION.
00:26:21>> FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES IN
00:26:24LIGHT OF JUDGE MCELROY'S
00:26:27DECISION TO SET ASIDE THE 2026 NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY,
00:26:31WILL YOU GIVE THE LOS ANGELES CONTINUUM OF CARE 45 DAYS TO FIND A NEW COLLABORATIVE
00:26:35APPLICANT >> SIR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
00:26:38QUESTION. WE'RE WORKING ON THIS RIGHT NOW. ONE THING I WILL SAY
00:26:40IS THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE
00:26:43REFORMS. UH, INCLUDING IN OUR
00:26:482026COC NOFO, BECAUSE THE HOUSING FIRST MODEL IS A FAILED
00:26:51MODEL, WE'RE COMMITTED TO THE REFORMS THAT WE'RE PUTTING
00:26:54FORTH. IT'S A SHAME THAT, YOU
00:26:58KNOW, UH, IDEOLOGY POLITICS HAVE
00:27:01PLAYED INTO US SERVING AMERICA'S MOST VULNERABLE
00:27:02PEOPLE. UM, WE WANT GOOD PARTNERS TO COME TO THE TABLE.
00:27:06TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH PEOPLE, UH,
00:27:10WHO WANT TO COME TO US AND COME WITH US AND PARTNER WITH US TO
00:27:13ACTUALLY GET THE WORK DONE. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE MULTIPLE
00:27:17TIMES. I'VE BEEN ON SKID ROW MULTIPLE TIMES. I'VE BEEN TO THE
00:27:20DREAM CENTER, AMERICAN TAXPAYER DOLLARS, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
00:27:23HERE IN CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES,
00:27:25BEING USED TO BUILD A HOMELESS
00:27:28INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. AND THEN WE HAVE JUDGES THAT WANT TO PUT US
00:27:31IN LITIGATION, ACTIVISM, AND ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND SO WHEN I
00:27:34LOOK AT THIS, I, I BROUGHT SOME, I WANT TO SHOW EVERYBODY, AND I
00:27:38LEARNED ABOUT, THIS IS A BAD
00:27:40THAT I, THAT I, I LEARNED THAT THEY'RE GIVING OUR HOMELESS
00:27:44NEIGHBORS WITH AMERICAN TAXPAYER
00:27:47DOLLARS. AND IN THIS BAG, WHEN
00:27:49YOU GO IN HERE, NOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HELPING THE MOST
00:27:52VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY, A CONTINUUM OF CARE.
00:27:56THIS IS NOT A CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT I THAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
00:27:59THESE ARE THIS IS DRUG
00:28:02PARAPHERNALIA. IN THIS BAG, THIS
00:28:05BROWN BAG THAT'S HANDED TO
00:28:08PEOPLE, HOMELESS THAT ARE ADDICTED TO DRUGS, THAT HAVE
00:28:12MENTAL ILLNESS, HARD WORKING PEOPLE'S MONEY. PEOPLE ARE
00:28:16PUTTING THESE TOGETHER WITH
00:28:18THEIR HANDS TO GIVE TO PEOPLE
00:28:22THAT ARE ALREADY ADDICTED NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS, HAS
00:28:25EVERYTHING TO DO WITH CARING FOR
00:28:27PEOPLE PROPERLY. THIS IS NOT THE CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT I'M
00:28:31LOOKING FOR. IT'S NOT THE CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT BOBBY IS
00:28:34LOOKING FOR. THIS IS KEEPING PEOPLE ADDICTED AND GIVING THEM
00:28:38A WAY TO STAY ADDICTED. WOULD
00:28:39Y'ALL ALL AGREE? THAT'S DONE.
00:28:44THIS IS THE TOOL KIT THAT ARE GIVEN OUT RIGHT NOW. BUT THE
00:28:47TOOL KIT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
00:28:49TALKING ABOUT IS THE TOOL KIT TO
00:28:52RESTORATION AND REVITALIZATION. AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK
00:28:55THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. BUT ANY
00:28:58VIABLE PARTNER THAT WANTS TO COME AND JOIN US IN THIS WORK,
00:29:00TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, WE
00:29:05WELCOME THEM. >> FINAL QUESTION. >> SECRETARY TURNER, JONATHAN
00:29:08CHO WITH DISCOVERY INSTITUTE AND FRONTLINE'S TURNING POINT USA.
00:29:11THE FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE IS
00:29:14PERVASIVE IN CALIFORNIA'S HOMELESS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. BUT
00:29:17WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE YOU NOW INVESTIGATING? AND IF YOU'RE
00:29:21NOT, WHEN WILL YOU START LOOKING AT CITIES LIKE SEATTLE AND
00:29:24STATES LIKE WASHINGTON, WHERE THE HOMELESS DRUG CRISIS IS OUT OF CONTROL?
00:29:27>> YES, SIR. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. YOU KNOW, BOBBY
00:29:31DID ALLUDE. YOU KNOW, THE WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE THAT WE BOTH
00:29:34SIT ON AND WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE WHITE HOUSE, HHS, DOJ,
00:29:38UH, THERE'S MULTIPLE CITIES AROUND OUR COUNTRY. MANY OF THEM
00:29:40HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC. BOSTON,
00:29:43UH, BOBBY MENTIONED MINNESOTA, WASHINGTON STATE, UH, HERE IN
00:29:46CALIFORNIA. AND THERE'S OTHERS.
00:29:47ONE THING ABOUT IT, IF PEOPLE
00:29:52ARE BEING FRAUDSTERS, IF PEOPLE
00:29:55ARE BEING CRIMINALS AND USING AMERICAN TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR
00:29:59CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, THIS IS A DAY AND AGE UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
00:30:02AND BOBBY MYSELF, OUR CABINET
00:30:05SECRETARY, OUR MEMBERS IN THE CABINET, THAT WE'RE NO LONGER
00:30:08GOING TO STAND FOR PEOPLE TO DEFRAUD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:30:10THIS GOES. THIS TRANSCENDS POLITICS. THIS IS RIGHT AND
00:30:13WRONG. AND IT'S NOT JUST FRAUD,
00:30:15WASTE, AND ABUSE. IT'S
00:30:17CORRUPTION AT ITS CORE. AND I
00:30:21BELIEVE GOD CALLED US TO THESE SPOTS TO, YES, SERVE AND TO LEAD
00:30:24AND TO, TO SERVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. BUT I BELIEVE HE ALSO
00:30:28CALLED US TO THIS SPOT TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE VERY HARD TO
00:30:31GO AFTER. CORRUPTION AND TO
00:30:34SHINE A LIGHT ON CRIME, TO SHINE
00:30:35A LIGHT ON WASTE AND ABUSE AND
00:30:40FRAUD. MY MOTHER'S BEEN WORKING FOR 50 SOMETHING YEARS. VERY
00:30:42HARD. SHE'S NOT A RICH LADY. SHE'S BEEN POOR. SHE'S BEEN
00:30:46THROUGH OUR FAMILY, HAS BEEN THROUGH IT. AND I THINK ABOUT MY OWN MOTHER, WHO WORKS EVERY
00:30:50SINGLE DAY TO TAKE CARE OF HERSELF AND TO BE A BLESSING TO
00:30:53OTHER PEOPLE. AND SO WHEN I SEE PEOPLE STEALING AMERICAN
00:30:57TAXPAYER DOLLAR, I THINK ABOUT MY MOTHER. I THINK ABOUT MY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES. I THINK ABOUT PASTOR MATT AND OTHERS
00:31:01THAT ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND SO THIS IS
00:31:04A DAY AND AGE WHERE, UH, IT'S A
00:31:07DIFFERENT PLAYBOOK. AND BECAUSE
00:31:09THAT PLAYBOOK THAT THEY'VE BEEN
00:31:11RUNNING, THAT'S A BAD PLAYBOOK.
00:31:14IT'S NEW PLAYS COMING. AND THESE PLAYS WILL BE SUCCESSFUL
00:31:18BY THE GRACE OF GOD FOR THE
00:31:19AMERICAN PEOPLE. THANK YOU
00:31:35>> SUNDAY ON C-SPAN'S Q TOUR, THE NEW YORK CITY OFFICE AND HOME LIBRARY OF PULITZER PRIZE
00:31:39WINNING, BEST SELLING BIOGRAPHER, ROBERT CARO, WHO'S
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00:31:52>> VOTING RIGHTS ACT, THE CIVIL
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00:31:58HE DID IT ALL, AND THEN HE DID
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00:32:07SO, AS I SAY, VIETNAM.
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00:32:12>> [MUSIC]
00:32:18>> IT'S >> [MUSIC]
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00:33:45>> NOW, U.S. FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT
00:33:47JUDGE NOMINEE ANNA SAINT JOHN
00:33:50TESTIFIES THAT A CONFIRMATION HEARING BEFORE THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, REPUBLICAN
00:33:54COMMITTEE MEMBERS ENDORSED SAINT JOHN'S TENURE IN THE COUNTRY'S
00:33:57JUDICIAL SYSTEM. ACROSS THE AISLE, DEMOCRATIC