Philadelphia City Council 2016 Stated Meetings of Philadelphia City Council, 22 Sep 2016

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From YouTube: Council Members Oh and Quiñones-Sanchez on PA House Bill 1885

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Philadelphia City Council Members David Oh (At Large) and Maria Quiñones-Sanchez (7th District) discuss their opposition to PA House Bill 1885 during the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held September 22, 2016.

For more information on House Bill 1885, visit: http://bit.ly/2ddvaEn

A

And a non-privileged resolution urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to reject House bill number 1885 s proposal to withhold all state funding from Philadelphia, but she overthrows cosmid. Oh thank.

B

You very much council president. My resolution simply has to do with the issue of cutting off funds for Philadelphia different people. Elected officials may have different opinions. I don't always agree with the mayor and that's one issue.

B

However, punishing all Philadelphians for political disagreements or prospective disagreements is a very serious matter and as in particular, a Republican I'm very concerned about house bill 1885, making it out of committee. This bill, which disagrees with mayor's kenny's designation of Philadelphia as a sanctuary city, would cut off all state funding to Philadelphia for an indefinite period of time that is 2.7 billion dollars annually.

B

It includes 220 million dollars to the general fund, 4.5 million dollars to the county, liquid fuel, 1 million dollars to the water fund, 30 3.9 million dollars to the special gasoline tax fund, which I believe repairs our roads, 1.3 billion dollars to health choices, behavioral health revenues and 7730 1 million dollars for grants, revenue and $250,000 for aviation, and it is a large amount of money and it affects people in Philadelphia and including the district of the bill sponsor arm.

B

It affects kids with autism, after-school programs, seniors with disabilities, police, fire, emergency, medical, so forth, and so on.

B

I would like to point out that it is critical for our city government to let the General Assembly know that whatever the different opinions are that occur in a democracy, cutting off funds is not something that should be done in a trifling way and when we had a budget impasse, many social service agencies and providers, including of those in that district suffered, and it seems to be a popular thing in Harrisburg to talk about Philadelphia and punishing Philadelphia, but again as a Republican I want to make it clear to the Republican throughout our state that, if you have an issue- and I have my disagreements- we'll do it in the democratic process, but you don't cut off funding to an entire city.

B

Thank you very much. Thank.

A

You councilman and that resolution will be on next week's final pastors calendar.

A

You have other members, okay, she recognizes councilman Johnson, no okay and she recognizes councilman killed shs. Thank.

C

You come council, president I feel compelled to add my voice to to this concern and join the mayor on councilman Oh, called it ridiculous. The trifling the mayor has called it ridiculous. I just really want to clarify, because I think the advocates we're doing a bad job of really explaining this whole sanctuary city and as it gets politicized.

C

The federal government after 911 and the Patriot Act has the ability, the tools to get anybody they want at any time they want what we've essentially said as a city and I'm proud of you know what some people might call the defiant, behavior, Philadelphia and I absolutely want to support the mayor and council went black on others again have stood up with the mayor and said this is the right thing to do. They cannot use a city to indefinitely hold people for no reason and how people have us absorb the cost.

C

If they want someone- and they know they're a criminal or they suspect all they do is go to court and get a judicial order, and then they release us from the liability of holding someone unjustly for the sake of them figuring out what it is. They want to charge them.

C

This is about the core of protecting our democracy and that people are innocent until they're proven guilty and that people will be given due process, and you know, unfortunately, we're now part of the national rhetoric and again you know, mayor and I want to continue to support him to stay strong. What we're doing is protecting who we are and what our democracy stands for, and for the federal government and for the the political folks in the political season to utilize Philadelphia as an example. Well guess what I'm proud of this example, we.