The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on affordable housing access and safety. Housing authority officials and policy experts testified on the importance of requiring carbon monoxide detectors in all affordable housing units nationwide. They also discussed the need for the Housing and Urban Development Department to issue guidelines for the inclusion of manufactured homes as an alternative for affordable housing, and to increase vouchers and assistance for youth aging out of the foster care system, specifically LGBTQ and minority youth who are more often prone to experience homelessness when they age out of the system.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria testified on access to affordable housing before the House Financial Services Committee. All three also spoke to lawmakers about housing finance reform efforts.
State Department officials testified on Middle East policy before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee. Topics included relations with Iran, Turkey's military operation in Syria, humanitarian efforts in the region, and foreign aid to Saudi Arabia.
The Migration Policy Institute, Catholic Legal Immigration Network and Georgetown Law hosted a day-long conference on immigration law and migration at the U.S.-Mexico border. This portion of the event included a panel discussion assessing the Trump administration's recent policy changes at the southern border. Among the speakers were NPR immigration reporter Joel Rose along with representatives from the Hope Border Institute and Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.
The Migration Policy Institute, Catholic Legal Immigration Network and Georgetown Law hosted a day-long conference on immigration law and migration at the U.S.-Mexico border. This portion of the event focused on a discussion on why there is so much migration from Central America to the United States and what can be done regionally to help the conditions in these countries.
The Council on Foreign Relations held a discussion on Brazil's Amazon rainforest and climate change concerns. Climate change experts discussed ways to combat deforestation of the Amazon rainforest by working with the Brazilian government and engaging the private sector.
Former Federal Reserve Chairs Janet Yellen and Ben Bernanke, among others, discussed the impact of inflation on monetary policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. During this portion of the event, the focus of the discussions was on the relationship between monetary policy and inflation expectations, as well as the role technology and globalization play in dictating the economy.
Former Federal Reserve Chairs Janet Yellen and Ben Bernanke, among others, discussed the impact of inflation on monetary policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. During this portion of the event, the participants discussed the impact the labor market has on the relationship between inflation and monetary policy.
Former Federal Reserve Chairs Janet Yellen and Ben Bernanke, among others, discussed the impact of inflation on monetary policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. During this portion of the event, the participants gave a broad view of the implications that the labor market, inflation expectations, technology and globalization have on monetary policy.
The House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing on how some states are restricting reproductive rights and reproductive health care services. Witnesses for the majority talked about reproductive health care being a right that should be afforded to all, how restrictions and barriers placed on reproductive health care negatively impact low income women and women of color at far greater rates than Caucasian women, and that abortion decisions are personal decisions for the individual that government should not be making. For the minority, it was argued that abortion is morally wrong, that the pro-choice movement refuses to see a fetus as a human being, and that abortion should not be viewed as the only alternative when making reproductive health care decisions.
A House Energy subcommittee examined proposed legislation to secure the nation's wireless infrastructure from foreign interference. Lawmakers heard testimony from voting industry experts.
Joey Hood, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, and others discussed Iraq's political outlook at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC. They also weighed in on the current relations between the U.S. and Iraq under the Trump administration.
The House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing on how some states are restricting reproductive rights and reproductive health care services. Witnesses for the majority talked about reproductive health care being a right that should be afforded to all, how restrictions and barriers placed on reproductive health care negatively impact low income women and women of color at far greater rates than Caucasian women, and that abortion decisions are personal decisions for the individual that government should not be making. For the minority, it was argued that abortion is morally wrong, that the pro-choice movement refuses to see a fetus as a human being, and that abortion should not be viewed as the only alternative when making reproductive health care decisions.
A House Energy subcommittee examined proposed legislation to secure the nation's wireless infrastructure from foreign interference. Lawmakers heard testimony from voting industry experts.
Joey Hood, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, and others discussed Iraq's political outlook at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC. They also weighed in on the current relations between the U.S. and Iraq under the Trump administration.
