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From YouTube: Congresssman Boyle - Committee on Fiscal Stability and Intergovernmental Cooperation 2-27-2017
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U.S. Congressman Brendan Boyle (PA-13) testifies before Philadelphia City Council's Committee on Fiscal Stability and Intergovernmental Cooperation on the potential impact of Congressional budget changes on the Philadelphia area.
The hearing took place on Monday, February 27, 2017.
B
B
Here
again,
I
also
have
to
say
what
a
pleasure
it
is
to
actually
be
testifying
for
a
legislative
body
in
which
the
makeup
is
14
Democrats,
the
three
Republicans
having
served
in
Harrisburg
in
Washington
I
have
no
idea
what
that's
like
so
I
am
especially
glad
to
be
here.
I
wish
that
the
topic
was
a
happier
one,
but
it
isn't.
It
is
no
exaggeration
to
say
that
impure
dollars
and
cents
this
is
the
gravest
threat.
B
The
city
of
Philadelphia
has
faked
from
the
federal
government
now
I
understand
that
council
has
my
entire
testimony,
so
I'm
not
going
to
read
through
it.
What
I'm,
instead
going
to
do,
is
try
to
bounce
around
and
highlight
some
of
the
many
major
areas
in
which
the
city
of
Philadelphia
could
be
impacted
by
President
Trump,
as
well
as
Republican
majority
in
Congress.
B
B
City
and
state
budgets
already
overburdened
will
be
left
to
pick
up
the
tab
or
handle
the
consequences.
If
they
don't,
for
instance,
Philadelphia
would
lose
funding.
It
uses
the
prop
up
its
affordable
housing
infrastructure.
Remediate
lead
paint
and
older
homes
clean
up,
polluted
land
and
drinking
water
and
millions
more
in
STD
prevention,
programs
and
after-school
programs,
as
well
as
bed
for
homeless,
shelters
and
trial,
protective
threats
for
John
protective
services.
B
So
let
me
highlight
several
of
the
major
areas
that
I'm
talking
about
and
then
I
don't
want
to
go
on
too
long,
cuz
I
know
members
will
have
questioned
the
first
as
it
relates
to
the
potential
of
ACA.
Repeal
president
Trump
and
congressional
Republicans
have
vowed
to
repeal
the
Affordable
Care
Act,
also
known
as
Obamacare,
which
would
result
in
higher
cost
of
care
and
higher
uninsured
rates
for
Philadelphia.
More
than
220,000
Philadelphians
will
lose
their
health
insurance.
B
If
the
ACA
is
repealed
without
replacement,
that's
1.1
million
state
residents
that
would
also
lose
coverage
within
a
few
years,
and
the
rate
of
uninsured
children
would
literally
double
if
the
ACA
is
repealed.
Also
at
least
130,000
jobs
will
be
lost
in
the
Commonwealth,
a
full
repeal.
The
ACA
would
cost
our
state
350
billion
dollars
over
the
next
decade
through
Medicaid
expansion,
166,000
previously
uninsured
Philadelphians
now
have
affordable
healthcare.
That,
too,
would
be
gone,
as
would
the
insurance
for
the
more
than
59,000,
previously
uninsured
Philadelphians,
who
now
have
affordable
health
care
through
the
exchanges.
B
So
that's
number
one,
the
ACA
repeal
number
two,
the
Medicaid
cuts.
Eighteen
percent
of
Pennsylvanians
are
covered
by
Medicaid.
What
that
means
for
Philadelphia
is
then
2016
166,000
Philadelphians
became
eligible
for
Medicaid
under
the
ACA
Medicaid
expansion.
Now
Republicans
in
Congress
have
proposed
a
block
grant
system
for
Medicaid,
which
would
result
in
losses
and
care
for
the
most
vulnerable
in
Philadelphia,
as
well
as
increased
future
expenses
for
other
safety
net
programs.
Under
this
block
grant
system
by
the
federal
government,
the
state
must
recover
or
must
cover
the
remaining
cost
with
declining
federal
appropriations.
B
This
will
surely
be
the
case
and
it
will
shorten
worsen
over
time.
So
the
only
choice
both
state
and
localities
would
face
is
whether
to
increase
taxes
were
simply
let
those
remain
uninsured
and
again
similar
to
the
ACA.
Those
who
would
be
most
affected
would
be
society's
most
vulnerable,
especially
children.
B
Third
area
is
Medicare
privatization.
Many
people
are
probably
not
aware.
The
Congress
is
already
in
previous
Congress's
voted
to
de
facto
privatize
Medicare.
It
was
in
the
Paul
Ryan
budget.
Donald
Trump
did
not
talk
about
it.
A
great
deal
during
the
presidential
campaign,
but
now
that
he
is
an
office
and
with
full
can
Republicans
control.
The
ALPHAN
Senate
I
think
it's
safe
to
say
that
Medicare
privatization
will
again
be
passed
by
this
Congress.
So
here's
what
that
means
for
us
is
Philadelphians.
B
The
way
that
would
work
is
states
and
localities
would
get
a
certain
amount
of
money,
a
block
grant,
but
again
that
would
not
be
enough
to
cover
the
costs
that
a
beneficiary
is
currently
receiving
through
Medicare
further
over
time.
That
gap
would
widen.
So
what
would
already
be
problem
initially
would
grow
to
be
even
worse.
B
For
and
again
you
see
I'm
going
to
get
into
some
areas
that
they
haven't
really
been
talked
about.
I'm
at
NIH,
health,
research
funding,
our
meds
and
eggs
are
a
big
part
of
our
local
economy.
The
Republican
budget,
much
like
the
one
that
the
heritage
foundation
came
up
with
beforehand,
has
questioned
whether
the
federal
government
should
be
funding
any
scientific
or
medical
research
at
all.
That
would
have
a
direct
impact
on
chop
on
the
university
of
pennsylvania.
B
On
the
number
of
I
don't
mean
that
you're
single
out
to
we
have
a
number
of
fine
medical
and
educational
institutions
that
are
some
of
the
largest
employers
in
philadelphia.
So
even
something
like
the
National
Institutes
of
Health.
That
may
not
seem
to
directly
impact.
So
what
Elsa
in
fact
do
stiff
Nutrition
Assistance
the
Ryan
budget
proposes
a
23
billion
dollar
cut
to
the
SNAP
program,
which
we'll
continue
a
cycle
poverty
in
Philadelphia
and
prevent
the
poorest
philadelphian
from
being
able
to
afford
the
basic
necessities
children
make
up.
B
Forty
percent
of
snap
participants,
1.8
million
or
13.4
of
all
percent
of
all
pennsylvanians
rely
on
the
SNAP
program
for
Philadelphia.
That's
about
three
hundred
and
seventy-five
thousand
people
who
are
benefitting
to
the
tune
of
50
million
dollars
per
month
that
would
be
gone
and
affected
by
this
ryan
budget
6
and
keep
in
mind
I'm
not
going
through
all
of
them.
B
By
the
way,
six
is
the
housing
and
safety
net
programs,
the
Republican
plan-
and
this
was
recently
confirmed
as
of
a
couple
hours
ago,
if
you've
seen
the
media
reports,
it
would've
that
they
have
vowed
to
eliminate
16
billion
from
the
social
services
block
grant,
which
will
result
in
less
funding
for
meals-on-wheels,
child
care
subsidies
and
shelters
in
Philadelphia,
a
hundred
thousand
formerly
formerly
homeless.
People,
including
veterans,
will
be
removed
from
the
current
housing
and
emergency
shelter
programs,
putting
them
at
risk
to
return
to
the
streets.
There's
already.
A
B
Crisis
in
Philadelphia,
these
cuts
would
only
prolong
them
and
make
a
current
problem
even
worse,
and
I
could
go
on
here,
but
I
just
want
to
highlight
two
other
areas.
Seventh
is
the
federal
transportation
funding.
This
would
affect
us
in
terms
of
roads
and
bridges
in
terms
of
tiger
grants
in
terms
of
funding
for
mass
transit
and
also
Amtrak,
be
aware
that
the
Heritage
Foundation
roadmap
of
the
budget
included
zero
dollars
for
Amtrak
funding
zero.
B
We
sit
smack
dab
in
the
Northeast
Corridor,
which,
ironically,
is
profitable
today
as
soon
as
I'm
done,
testifying
here,
I'll
be
rushing
over
to
33
station
to
catch
an
Amtrak
to
go
down
to
Washington
DC
to
be
voting
on
the
floor
later
today.
To
eliminate
funding
for
Amtrak
would
have
a
devastating
impact
on
our
local
economy
and
the
city's
budget
in
terms
of
Tiger
grants.
Specifically,
here's
some
of
the
things
that
Tiger
grant
have
funded
bike,
pedestrian
and
transit
projects
through
about
50
grants
per
year
distributed
directly
the
local
and
transit
agencies.
B
The
state
has
benefited
from
over
235
million
Tiger
grants
since
2010
the
Roosevelt
Boulevard.
Multimodal
studies
very
important
to
me.
As
we
know,
Roosevelt
Boulevard
historically
has
been
one
of
the
most
dangerous,
if
not
be
dangerous
roadway
in
the
country.
Right
now,
we're
benefiting
from
a
two
and
a
half
million
dollar
grant
from
the
federal
government
to
study
what
we
can
do
to
improve
safety
on
Roosevelt
Boulevard
that
would
be
eliminated.
B
The
safe
bicycle
and
pedestrian
access
that
inner
city,
philadelphia,
neighborhoods
are
benefiting
from
by
reclaiming
old
industrial
roadway
corridors
to
make
them
pedestrian
and
traffic
friendly.
That
would
be
eliminated.
The
septa,
the
FX
passenger
and
freight
line
separation,
which
is
designed
to
improve
safety
and
efficiency
and
alleviate
congestion,
that's
10
million
dollars
that
would
be
eliminated.
B
We
currently
receive
roughly
170
million
dollars
in
title
one
funding:
that's
over
two
thousand
dollars
per
impoverished
child
five
million
children
and
students
with
disabilities
would
lose
over
12
billion
dollars
used
every
year
to
ensure
they
receive
a
quality
education
and
the
seven
hundred
million
dollars
is
used
by
States
to
support
more
than
five
million
English
learning
English
language
learners.
Currently
in
public
schools,
which
in
Philadelphia
represent
about
ten
percent
of
all
of
our
students
that
would
be
cut
so
I
can
go
on
and
on
didn't.
B
Even
talk
about
purity
programs
didn't
talk
about
the
loss
with
respect
to
federal
education.
Funding
as
it
relates
to
student
loans,
didn't
talk
about
something
that
I
care
deeply
about
the
amount
of
money
going
to
help
victims
of
domestic
violence.
A
program-
that's
very
important
to
me
as
I
push
for
the
state
level
to
cut
our
backlog
of
DNA
rape
kits
rape.
Victims,
who
were
subject
objective
to
one
of
the
most
horrible
crimes,
then
agreed
to
a
rape
kit
only
to
have
that
rape
kit
sit
on
the
shelf
somewhere
for
months
and
years
untested.
B
A
A
A
Do
you
and
I
know?
We
don't
want
to
talk
about
too
much
in
here,
because
this
is
televised
and
it
will
be
a
reporter
on,
but
I
guess
we
need
to
have
a
sense
in
this
will
be
discussed
on
a
period
of
time
about
what
initiatives
we
should
focus
our
time
on
early
on
and
more
aggressively,
because
you
know
we
only
have
so
many
resources
on
the
local
level.
A
B
B
I
tried
to
narrow
down
the
list,
so
I
highlighted
on
the
the
seven
most
dire
and
what
I
see
is
the
most
urgent.
If
you
remember,
I
started
off
number
one
with
the
ACA
repeal
I
put.
That
is
number
one,
because
I
do
think
that
that
is
front
and
center
right
now
on
the
agenda
in
Washington,
even
though
the
whole
repeal
and
replace
mantra
is,
is
a
bit
of
a
misnomer,
because
we've
had
65
votes
on
repeal.
B
It
also
say,
as
one
of
only
three
Philadelphia
residents
who
is
representing
us
in
Congress
I,
think
that
federal
local
cooperation
and
working
together
is
more
important
than
ever,
because
as
I
work
on
these
issues
as
a
macro
level
and
looking
at
them
in
terms
of
the
entire
country,
obviously
I
pay
attention
most
to
Halifax.
That's
here
at
home,
so
I
certainly
would
be
more
than
happy
that
friendship.
Mr.
B
A
Here,
the
education
funding
cut
autumn
seemed
to
be
pretty
substantial
risk
and
proposed
by
the
newly
elected
president,
since
education
funding
historically,
is
a
bipartisan
issue.
Could
you
offer
more
details
on
how
you
believe
Republicans
are
reacting,
the
president's
trumps?
What
Trump's
need
to
cut
the
federal
government's
role
in
education,
starting
with
his
collection
of
this
education
secretary?
You
give
me
a
sense
of
normally
we
all
like
education,
all
right,
Republic
well,.
B
You
mentioned
the
new
education
secretary
I've
noticed
that
in
the
first
week,
under
her
tenure,
the
US
Department
of
Education
has
sent
out
to
press
releases
with
misspellings
in
the
title.
So
let
me
let
me
suggest
a
new
secretary
of
education
before
she
continues
criticizing
teachers.
If
you
might
want
to
activate
the
spell
check
button
on
on
her
press
releases,
I
would
say
that,
historically,
when
it
comes
to
public
education,
especially
k
through
12,
this
has
largely
been
the
focus
of
public
state
and
local
public
education
has
been
increasingly.
B
Fortunately,
the
federal
secretary
of
education
does
not
have
too
many
tools
at
her
disposal
to
choose
how
we
decide
as
a
state
and
local
level
what
we
do
with
our
education
dollars.
Frankly,
what
happens
in
Philadelphia
is
impacted
much
more
by
Harrisburg
than
Washington
DC.
When
it
comes
to
education.
However,
there
are
a
few
areas
such
a
title.
B
One
funding
such
as
funding
for
those
kids
with
special
needs
that
are
potentially
at
risk,
so
I
would
say
that
while
it's
certainly
an
area
to
be
concerned
about,
if
I
were
ranking,
kind
of
the
priority,
I
would
say
continuing
the
focus
on
Harrisburg
when
it
comes
to
education
over
Washington
would
probably
make
sense.
Thank.
A
D
Thank
You
counsel,
president
and
karson
voiles
pleasure
to
have
you
here
and
I'm.
Just
had
a
few
questions
just
reflecting
on
testimony
and
some
of
the
commentary
made
by
the
president,
empty
I
started
to
run
for
office.
I'm
lot
of
statements
were
made
by
the
present
about
infrastructure
and
jobs,
and
you
made
a
reputation
of
a
number
of
issues
and
in
particular
tiger
grant
program
and
a
lot
of
those
dollars,
help
for
infrastructure
projects
and
I
guess.
D
My
question
is:
although
some
of
the
budget
information
from
the
statements
made
by
the
President,
as
you
stated,
was
supported
by
the
heritage
foundation,
but
you
have
a
number
of
members
of
your
body
now
from
you
know:
conservative
districts
that
need
jobs
for
their
constituents
and
those
jobs
will
come
to
infrastructure
projects.
How
will
this
play
out
between,
from
your
perspective,
play
out
between
what
he
proposed
on
a
campaign
trail
some
of
the
proposals
from
the
heritage
foundation,
but
then,
realistically,
how
do
we
get
some
of
em
instructor
jobs?
D
We're
going
to
eliminate
things
from
the
budget
like
the
tiger
program
and
I've,
heard
some
ideas
with
reference
to
tax
credits
or
p3s,
but
those
alone
will
not
create
infrastructure
jobs.
So
do
you
think
members
of
Congress
will
support
some
of
these
initiatives
or
push
back
a
little
bit
from
your
perspective,
but.
B
You've
actually
highlighted
one
of
the
really
interesting
areas
where
the
teams,
with
the
strong
disagreement
between
president
Trump
and
the
speaker,
Ryan
Heritage,
Foundation,
more
typical
Republican
approach
when
it
comes
to
government
spending
on
our
nation's
infrastructure.
So
president
Trump,
during
the
campaign
in
many
ways,
talked
exactly
like
a
Democrat
when
it
comes
to
the
need
for
government
to
invest
in
our
infrastructure
in
our
roads
and
bridges
and
mass
transit
and
intercity
transit
and
he's
even
kept
that
up,
while
in
the
White
House.
B
At
the
same
time,
however,
while
that's
been
going
on,
Paul,
Ryan
and
others
have
continued
work
on
a
budget
that
wouldn't
do
anything
like
that.
I
noticed
that
when
the
Republican
members
had
their
retreat
here
in
Philadelphia
and
president
Trump
came
and
spoke
to
them,
I
was
watching
a
speech
and
I
believe
the
only
line
that
got
no
applause
in
his
speech
was
when
he
talked
about
the
need
to
spend
money
on
infrastructure.
Now
this
is
where,
frankly,
we
on
the
Democratic
side
of
the
aisle
are
willing
to
be
bipartisan.
B
Where
we
have
said
you
know,
we
have
been
strong
supporters
of
spending.
What
is
necessary
on
our
badly
neglected
infrastructure,
something
that
affects
older
cities
in
older
states
more
than
than
any
other
parts
of
the
country.
We
in
the
Democratic
side
would
be
willing
to
vote
for
a
major,
substantial,
Transportation
and
Infrastructure
Reinvestment
plan.
I
hope
that
the
the
Trump
approach
is
still
that
he
and
his
White
House
are
still
interested
in
that
gaming.
B
That,
through
this
Republican
Congress,
would
take
sort
of
a
weird
math
of
every
Democratic
member,
the
more
pragmatic
Republican
members
who
have
been
supportive
in
the
past,
some
of
them
a
fumar
from
suburban
Philadelphia
combined
with
president
Trump's
willingness
sinus.
But
whether
or
not
that's
going
to
be
a
major
part
of
the
agenda
remains
to
be
seen.
He'll
be
addressing
the
president
will
be
addressing
Congress
tomorrow
night
and
I'm
probably
more
curious
about
what
he
says
about
infrastructure
than
any
other
area.
B
B
I,
you
know,
I
I,
think
that
that
is
correct,
that
you're,
starting
to
see
some
of
that.
The
fact
that
there
has
now
been
hesitancy
on
their
side
than
before,
with
repeal
and
replace
I
think
is
a
direct
result
of
all
of
the
advocacy
and
activism
that
we've
seen
and
recently,
which
has
really
been
quite
extraordinary.
I
held
a
town
hall
meeting
just
yesterday
right
outside
Philadelphia,
and
we
had
about
a
hundred
or
so
people
RSVP
and
over
300
showed
up
with
standing
room
only.
B
So
what
is
going
on
right
now,
all
throughout
the
country
is
quite
remarkable,
even
in
district
that
you
wouldn't.
You
know,
you
wouldn't
exactly
think
that
this
would
be
going
on
in
Utah
and
some
other
places.
I
think
that
if
you
see
that
continue,
there's
no
question
that
more
Republican
members
will
get
cold
feet.
B
I
also
think
that
just
human
nature
being
what
it
is
when
people
who
benefited
from
the
afford
for
the
Affordable
Care
Act,
which
are
twenty
nine
point,
eight
million
people
nationally
when
they
heard
repeal
and
replace
they
might
not
have
taken
it
very
seriously.
In
fact,
we
know
that
a
certain
percentage
of
them
voted
for
president
Trump,
but
now
that
it
is
actually
seriously
at
risk,
you
see
people
galvanized
in
a
way
that
they
want
before
when
it
would
took
a
hypothetical
risk.
E
You,
council
president,
and
welcome
to
the
chambers
of
City
Council
congressman
and
it's
great
to
see
here
and
you
know
we
appreciate
you
taking
your
time
out
before
you-
you
go
down
there
and
the
belly
of
the
beast
and
in
and
fight
for
Philadelphia
every
single
day,
so
I
thank
you
and
as
when
a
personal
note,
I'm
proud.
You
know
that
you
represent
northeast
philadelphia,
which
I'm
humbled,
the
senior
could
work
of
DC.
E
You
know
hopefully
coming
back
with
some
rewards,
and
you
know
it
is
disturbing
to
hear
some
of
the
things
that
might
be
threatened,
because
you
know
these
executive
orders
and
there
active
are
so
broad.
So
broad
and
I
know
it's
our
responsibility
as
a
as
a
city
to
be
prepared
for
what?
If,
because
that's
a
responsible
thing
for
us
to
do,
you
know
title
one
alone
is
scary.
You
know
when
you
have
you
know
the
president.
Talking
about
you
know
job
creating.
E
You
know
creating
jobs
and
he's
directly
going
to
impact
the
people
we
want
to
try
to
educate
and
be
prepared
for
those
jobs,
whether
its
infrastructure
or
energy.
You
know
we
may
not
have
that
opportunity
when
he's
doing
it
and
you
know
the
list
can
go
on
and
on
you
know,
job
training.
You
know
our
seniors.
You
know
the
programs
that
our
seniors
are
involved
in.
What
gets
me
is,
you
know
certain.
E
You
know,
part
of
our
of
our
country
would
say,
and
in
legislatures
legislators
in
DC
and
in
our
state
would
say
well
their
entitlements
their
entitlements
until
your
mother
or
your
aunt
or
your
grandmother
is
looking
for
some
assistance
because
they're
on
a
fixed
income,
all
right
because
they
live
paycheck
to
paycheck
and
or
you
know,
hot
water,
heater
close
them.
But
that's
what
you
know
our
Twitter
here
or
furnished
at
get
out
and
they
have
any.
E
They
don't
have
any
money
and
their
children
have
moved
on
or
whatever
the
situation
is,
and
you
know
guess
what
let
me
turn
to
the
city
or
the
federal
government,
but
guess
what
you
know
the
present
cut
out
for
block
ranked
you
know.
So
these
things
are
very,
very
disturbing
to
the
one
and
a
half
million
people
that
we
represent
in
the
north
city
of
Philadelphia,
and
you
know
cutting
out
our
job
training
so
V
that
it's
just
it's
counterproductive
and
the
stroke
of
the
pen
is
so
broad
that
you
raise
an
interesting
point.
E
What
can
we
do
all
right?
What
can
we
do
with
the
city?
What
can
we
do
as
a
legislative
body?
Would
we
do
as
a
state
to
help
you,
and
you
mentioned
Harrisburg
and
Harrisburg
has
into
you
know
the
concern
that
I
have
with
Harrisburg
in
the
city
and
where
there's
a
lot
of
complex,
all
right,
conflicting
directions
where,
where
we,
where
we
go
and
what
we
should
be
fighting
for,
you
know
that
bills
get
introduced.
E
You
know
to
further
sensationalized,
you
know
the
death
by
a
thousand
lashes,
because
I
think
you
know
with
not
knowing
we're
having
any
kind
of
clarity
on
what's
going
to
be
cut.
How
are
we
to
react,
or
do
we
respond?
You
know
I
mean
so
I
mean
that's
one
question
I
mean:
did
we
just
sit
and
wait
and
respond
to
what
is
going
to
be
one
of
the
many
you
know
cutbacks
that
they
could
potentially
have.
So
it's
it's
troubling
and
multan.
My
and
my
eyes
are
glad
you
mentioned.
E
You
know
one
of
the
great
partnerships
that
we
have
with
with
you
is
the
Roosevelt
Boulevard
you,
you
know
through
a
two
and
a
half
million
dollar
grant.
Well
the
city's
match
that
two
and
a
half
million
dollars
says
five
million
dollars
using
our
public
dollars,
smartly
for
public
safety,
and
you
know
we're
proud
and
thankful
that
you
you
helped
champion
it.
E
You
had
mentioned
that
the
Civil
Thomas
inherit
salvation
blueprint,
but
that
slashes
the
budget
for
our
cops
and
we
have
it'll
raised
the
need
for
community
oriented
policing
programs
which
I
think
Philadelphia
has
benefited
from,
and
you
know
one
of
our
concerns
should
be
that
all
right
that
budget
cuttin.
So
how
do
we
better?
Have
a
community
relationship
with
or
our
communities
and
or
policing
programs
that
are
funded
by
the
federal
government?
Yeah?
Well.
B
Thank
you,
council
meeting,
also
for
all
the
good
work
you
do
for
the
Northeast,
as
well
as
the
entire
city.
You
brought
up
Harrisburg,
having
served
there
for
six
years
and
having
served
with
sherrell,
she
Mitch
I.
Think
she'll,
agree
with
me
when
I
say
this,
that
the
one
thing
you
could
get
bipartisan
agreement
from
from
all
of
our
colleagues
from
the
rest
of
the
state
was
whatever
bad
happened.
It
was
Philadelphia
fault
if
it
rained
and
poured
in
Harrisburg.
B
It
will
be
the
first
to
tell
you
that
blaming
Philadelphia
is
a
is
a
popular
game
there.
So
I'm
aware
of
the
challenges
that
that
we
face
and
in
Harrisburg
in
terms
of
the
federal
government,
though
I
was
very
glad
that
you
brought
up
an
area
that
I
just
briefly
mentioned,
but
the
kind
of
didn't
go
too
much
into
two
great
detail
just
to
talk
about
some
of
the
law
enforcement
monies
that
are
at
risk
here.
B
One
is
the
Edward
Byrne
memorial
justice
assisting
grant
program
so
that
funds,
a
variety
of
state
and
local
law
enforcement
expenses,
including
crime
prevention
and
education.
So,
just
last
year
in
2016,
275
million
dollars
was
allocated
to
the
state
for
Pennsylvania.
That
was
almost
seven
million
dollars
for
the
city.
We
in
the
city
benefit
of
to
the
tune
of
1.6
million
dollars
out
of
that
grant,
and
it
was
over
9
million
dollars
over
the
last
five
years.
So
that
is
the
kind
of
money
that
we're
talking
about
in
at
state.
B
You
talked
about
police
officers,
there's
also
the
cops
program
community
oriented
policing
services.
These
are
funds
that
are
aimed
at
initiatives
to
build
trust
between
communities
and
law
enforcement
agencies,
something
that
we
know
is
absolutely
critical
when
it
comes
to
law
enforcement.
Well,
there
are
currently
over
2,000
act
of
grants.
Nationwide
totaling
1.4
billion
dollars,
Pennsylvania
received
over
seven
hundred
thousand
dollars
out
of
this
money,
Philadelphia
disproportionately
benefited
from
those
funds.
So
when
we
looked
at
the
Heritage
Foundation
budget,
we
would
talk
about
the
elimination,
outright
elimination
of
the
cops
program.
B
As
far
as
what
we
can
do
about
it,
I
believe
that
your
voices
are
incredibly
important,
that
being
able
to
take
what
essentially,
is
in
Washington
DC
and
at
the
federal
level,
and
translating
that
into
what
the
impact
would
be
for
the
city.
What
the
impact
would
be
for
the
neighborhood,
how
that
would
affect
everywhere
from
southwest
Philly.
The
Northeast
Philly
that
everywhere
in
between
I,
think
that
you
play
and
can
play
a
critical
role
in
the
advocacy
of
this
and
I'm
making
sure
things
that
these
bad
things
don't
happen.
B
I'd
also
say
that
one
of
the
really
positive
trends
to
happen
over
the
last
10
20
years
is
the
way
this
entire
area,
city
and
suburbs
are
working
together
in
a
way
that
didn't
previously
happen.
There
are
many
people
who
live
in
Montgomery
County
who
live
in
Delaware
County,
live
in
Bucks,
County,
Chester,
County,
South,
Jersey,
etc,
who
get
it
who,
while
he
might
not
be
sold
out
residents?
Maybe
they
work
in
Philadelphia?
Maybe
they
come
in
to
be
out
of
the
ark.
B
We
will
see
a
sports
game
and
they
care
about
our
city
and
they
might
be
living
in
areas
with
a
representative.
There
might
be
voting
for
some
of
these
things
so
being
able
to
reach
them
as
well
and
show
how
they
would
be
impacted
by
these
cots
I
think
it's
something
that
can
be
done
at
the
city
level
and,
I
think,
is
important.
B
A
B
A
C
The
president
congressman
a
former
state
Rep.
It
is
indeed
an
honor
and
a
privilege
to
see
you
again.
I
want
you
to
go
back
to
your
tenure
in
the
Pennsylvania
House,
because
I
think
councilman,
green
and
Councilman
Greenlee
touched
on
this,
and
you
started
to
answer
this.
Maybe
at
the
executive
level,
where
this
is
uncharted
territory
for
our
nation,
but
the
idea
of
a
Democrat
functioning
and
a
majority
caucus
where
you
are
severely
in
the
minority
is
not
something
new
in
the
legislative
process.
C
You've
done
that
when
we
were
severely
in
the
minority
in
the
house
and
the
minority
in
the
Senate,
and
we
found
a
way
to
reach
compromise,
and
it's
so
intense
what
I'm
talking
about
it,
I,
don't
call
a
compromise.
I
say
the
c-word,
because
I
don't
want
anyone,
particularly
on
the
other
side
of
the
aisle.
You
get
a
chance
to
see
them
to
feel
fearful
right
about
even
being
seen.
Communicating
with
you
tell
us
politically
congressman.
What
is
that
light?
C
You
would
traditionally
go
to
find
the
ultra
conservative
Republican
issue
like
infrastructure
and,
if
you
like,
a
when
you
think
that
you
can
find
some
common
ground
and
maybe
work
together
on
the
issue,
is
that
compromise
and
working
sort
of
the
middle
of
the
aisle
is
that
even
possible
in
this
environment?
No.
B
B
I'm
also
proud
of
the
fact
that,
even
though
I
left
the
state
house
a
few
years
ago,
I'm
still
friends
and
texting
buddies
with
a
number
of
colleagues,
both
Democrats
and
Republicans,
who
will
will
be
comparing
notes
about
the
different
levels
of
craziness
that
were
both
involved
in
in
Harrisburg
in
Washington.
So
my
personal
style,
as
you
know,
has
been
to
to
reach
across
the
aisle
I
think
that
government
works
best
when
we
approach
it.
That
way,
we
don't
have
a
majority
majoritarian
system.
B
What
the
founding
fathers
gave
us
is
a
system
that
requires
compromise,
but
I
will
say
it
has
become
more
difficult
over
time,
especially
frankly
on
the
Republican
side
ever
since
2010
and
the
Tea
Party,
because
if
you're
a
Republican
member
and
you're
willing
to
work
with
the
Democratic
member,
you
face
a
real
risk
of
being
primary,
and
that
is
especially
since
most
of
the
members
today
come
from
districts
that
are
overwhelmingly
democratic
or
republican.
They
are
more
concerned
about
the
potential
of
a
primary
than
they
are
about
trying
to
reach
across
the
aisle.
Well,.
C
Fire
we,
let
me
just
say
congressman
thanks
again,
but
I
need
to
say
a
special
thanks
for
page
five
of
your
testimony
where
you
gave
a
shout
out
to
your
old
home
ground,
and
that
is
the
north
history
in
all
of
me
and
I.
Thank
you
for
mentioning
the
issue
because,
although
you
talked
about
sorta
ACA,
you
talked
about
education,
title
won
the
issue
for
lessons
community
development
block
grant.
C
Funding
is
extremely
important
and
it
helps
keeps
commercial
quarters
like
North
history,
and
if
we
find
a
way
to
relax
our
local
city
read,
it
can
benefit
other
neighborhoods
to
sew,
along
with
community
development,
block
grant
funding.
We
also
ask
that
you
keep
your
eyes
open
for
conferences,
so
the
direction
that
they're
walking
into
in
rolling
back
consumer
protection
that
we
gained
under
the
CFPB,
particularly
you
know,
I,
worked
on
the
issue
of
predatory
lenders
and
dapper
with
Councilwoman
marrying
tasco.
C
B
You
I
had
the
opportunity,
just
a
couple
months
ago
to
walk
up
and
down
North
fifth
street
and
see
the
incredibly
positive
work
that
is
being
done
in
the
North
history.
Revitalization,
that
money
that
would
not
have
happened
without
the
money
that
came
from
that
grant
so
making
sure
that
we
fight
to
preserve.
It
is
something
that's
very
personal
and
important
to
me.
Thank.
C
Thank
you
very
much
in
congressman
I
just
wanted
to.
Thank
you
again,
then,
to
add
to
the
chorus
of
those
who
are
saying
how
grateful
we
are
for
you
to
be
in
our
in
these
chambers
here
to
give
us
the
information
that
you're
doing
and,
of
course,
to
fight
for
Philadelphia
and
the
whole
region
and
in
fact,
for
the
country's
moral
future.
If
we
could
say
so
as
well,
you
know
Betsy
device
have
probably
the
most
humiliating
confirmation
hearing
ever
for
a
cabinet
secretary.
C
She
was
the
first
cabinet
member
to
ever
have
to
have
a
tie-breaking
vote
by
the
Vice
President
in
order
to
get
through
one
of
the
issues
that
had
to
do
with.
That
was
partly
because
there
were
senators
across
the
who
hopped
over
to
vote
against
her
in
part,
because
so
many
people
had
come
out
on
this
issue,
and
one
of
my
questions
really
is:
is
that
I
do
fully
recognized
that
the
there
are
some
limitations
to
the
education
funding
stream?
C
A
lot
of
it
does
primarily
rely
on
Harrisburg,
but
we
are
particularly
concerned
with
title
one
pedal
three
funding.
Betsy
DeVos
has
been
on
record
as
gleefully
saying
that
she
wanted
told
Bernie
Sanders
that
there's
no
such
thing
as
a
free
lunch,
forgetting
that,
in
fact,
there
is
because
we
have
the
most
expensive
free
breakfast
and
lunch
program
in
the
country
and
that
it
is
vital
to
our
children's
lies
futures
to
their
nutrition
and
help
that
they
do
continue
to
receive
a
vibrant,
free
breakfast
and
lunch
program.
C
And
you
know
one
of
the
questions
I
have
is.
Is
that?
Because
do
you
feel
that
the
outpouring
that
came
out
and
I
know
you
said
certainly
from
the
offering
that
came
out?
But
on
the
other
end
of
it?
The
fact
that
so
many
people
were
very
conscious
about
the
vulnerabilities
of
particular
accountant
numbers?
Does
that
provide
them
with
more
scrutiny?
B
All
right,
so
the
point
you
made
is
exactly
accurate,
actually
I
think
senator
Lisa
Murkowski,
who
was
one
of
the
two
Republicans
who
voted
against
the
secretary
of
education
specifically
and
explicitly
cited.
The
overwhelming
number
of
phone
calls
she
received
to
her
office
as
the
reason
why
she
was
voting.
No.
B
So
as
I
mentioned
that
my
town
hall
yesterday
and
I'll
reiterate
today,
people
have
a
much
greater
impact
and
I
think
they
even
realize
and
all
the
activity
that
we're
seeing
right
now
the
phone
calls
the
personal
visits,
the
email
all
of
that
doesn't
matter,
and
it
does
have
an
impact
and
give
a
tea
party
credit.
It
had
an
impact
eight
years
ago
when
they
did
it.
B
There
is
no
question
that
those
who
were
deep
to
those
who
just
deeply
opposed
what
President
Obama
and
then
the
Democratic
Congress
was
attempting
to
do
again,
give
them
credit
they
work
in
us.
They
got
active,
they
had
marches
and
they
were
able
to
beef.
I
would
say
fairly
successful
in
slowing
down
and
then
eventually
stopping
the
entire
Obama
agenda.
Even
though
give
1
by
10
million
votes
seven
percent
of
the
popular
vote,
so
that
is
what
I
would
say
to
you
know
to
the
people
today.
B
We're
wondering
you
know
well
I'm
very
concerned
about
this,
but
what
can
I
do
about
it?
Does
my
voice
really
matter
as
far
as
the
individual
deficiencies
that
a
that
a
particular
cabinet
member
may
have
I
read
now
the
confirmation
hearings
are
over
I,
wouldn't
read
too
much
into
that
potentially
scrolling
down
the
administration
pushing
hard
in
one
direction
because
they
can
always
use
someone
else
as
the
front
person
there
could
always
be
someone
different
on
Capitol
Hill
who's.
The
major
advocate
for
a
reform.
B
If
Betsy
DeVos
proves
too
controversial,
you
could
see
her
stepping
in
the
background,
let's
say
and
and
someone
else
taking
a
lead
on
some
of
their
their
issues,
so
actually
I,
wouldn't
now
that
confirmation
is
over
I,
wouldn't
I
think
we
can
take
heart
in
the
fact
that
people's
voices
can
make
an
impact,
but
at
the
same
time,
I
wouldn't
think
that,
just
because
a
certain
cabinet
member
is
unpopular
and
efficient,
one
area
that
that'll
in
any
way
slow
down
this
administration
for
pushing
for
a
change
or
a
policy
that
they
want.
Yeah.
C
D
You,
council,
president
and
good
afternoon,
other
some
oil.
Thank
you
I'm,
coming
from
a
different
perspective,
you
know.
Well,
no
one
wins
the
fight,
nobody
wins
a
fight,
I,
don't
know
anyone
does
want
to
fight,
and
in
that
light,
whatever
happened
in
November
happened
and
put
it
behind
us.
But
in
that
light,
is
there
an
opportunity
for
Philadelphia
to
take
a
lead
role
in
my
father
before
he
passed
away?
He
said
to
me
when
life
gives
you
lemons
make
lemonade.
D
Is
there
an
opportunity
for
Philadelphia
with
our
mayor,
our
council
president,
others
in
our
government
to
meet
with
the
President
to
try
to
find
some
compromises
that
we
all
can
work
together
with
and
move
forward
in
a
positive
way
as
all
this
negativity
is
terrible
not
just
for
us
but
all
the
citizens
of
the
city
in
the
country?
It's
just
not
productive.
Well,.
B
I
think
the
best
area
where
we
can
make
lemonade
out
of
lemons
is
when
it
comes
to
infrastructure,
and
let
me
highlight
one
area
specifically:
I
was
just
in
japan
and
had
the
opportunity
to
ride
the
bullet
train.
Some
of
you
know
that
I'm
very
passionate
about
bringing
high
speed
rail
to
our
country,
Japan,
has
had
AI
speed
rail
for
just
over
50
years.
You're
positive,
well
China,
the
United
States
of
America.
B
These
are
things
that
don't
have
to
talk
about.
I
know
we
had
myself
and
a
number
of
my
colleagues,
both
Democrats
and
Republicans,
were
eight
of
us.
We
have
the
opportunity
to
meet
with
the
Japanese
Prime
Minister
all
day.
He
specifically
brought
up
the
mall
web
to
president
Trump
and
president
Trump
was
very
excited
about
it.
So
I
think
that
when
it
comes
to
infrastructure
and
transportation,
specifically
high-speed
rail,
that
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
work
together.
Now
we
have
to
balance
or
we
have
to
battle
the
Heritage
Foundation.
B
More
doctrinaire
Republican
approach
would
go
the
opposite
direction.
That's
completely
eliminating
funding
for
Amtrak
and
eliminating
funding
in
these
areas,
but
I
really
do
think
the
the
best
area
for
potential
compromise
and
an
area
that
would
benefit
Philadelphia
specifically,
is
as
a
related
infrastructure
and
transportation.
I
guess.
D
What
I'm
suggesting,
in
addition,
in
addition
to
that,
is
that
somehow
we
get
them
our
mayor
on
council
president,
others
get
a
meeting
with
the
president
to
go
over
the
issue
that
we're
confronted
with
as
a
city,
so
they
can
maybe
at
least
understand,
and
we
have
some
compromise
that
we
move
forward.
That's
something
have
only
the
West
best
way
to
get
a
meeting
like
that.
Organized
the.
B
Best
way
to
meet
well,
as
you
tried,
tweeting
him,
because
he
does
pay
attention
to
that
from
what
I've
seen
but
I'm.
Certainly
you
know
I
would
if
there
is
an
interest
here
in
facilitating
a
meeting
I
by
the
way.
I
should
have
pointed
out
earlier
that
my
staff
is
here.
Let
me
just
introduce
them
my
legislative.
B
Alena
master
OG,
honest
my
communications
director,
Sean
Tobin
and
district
director
Scott
hafford,
and
when
I
talked
earlier
about
making
sure
that
we
have
strong
cooperation,
communication
from
City
Council
here
to
the
representatives
who
are
fighting
for
our
city
in
Washington
DC,
certainly
anything
we
can
do
whether
it's
a
meeting
request
or
to
let
you
know
kind
of
what
what
is
coming
up
and
how
Philadelphia
could
be
impacted.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
there
were
all
that
information
as
much
as
possible.
A
B
Both
might
be
in
that
I
would
say.
You
know,
I
hope
that
he
can
be
a
professional
because
they're
always
the
stories
of
Tip
O'neill,
giving
a
speech
on
the
House
floor,
railing
against
President,
Reagan
and
then
heading
down
to
the
white
house
that
afternoon
and
negotiating
something
where
they
could
agree.
So
so,
hopefully,
president
Trump
will
take
that
approach.
I'm
gonna.
D
President
and
thank
you
congressman
appreciate,
oh
you
got
to
run
something
to
be
real
quick.
We
talked
about
infrastructure
earlier.
Maybe
it's
a
great
opportunity
if
we're
going
to
work
with
the
President
to
find
a
way
talking
about
infrastructure
and
and
using
schools
as
a
ability
to
knowing
our
schools
are
very
old.
Can
that
be
part
of
infrastructure
and
a
way
that
then
he
could
fund
help
fund
our
schools
through
infrastructure
changes
and
have
an
opportunity
for
him
to
look
like
a
hero
to
the
schools?
Is
that
something
we
can.
B
B
E
D
And
actually
congressman.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
will
be
equally
brief,
but
on
a
bipartisan
note
long
ago,
and
far
away
when
you
won
the
Democratic
primary
from
northeast
shore
dosti,
I
texted
you
and
so
there's
a
great
day
for
northeast
philadelphia
and
council.
President
I
stand
by
my
words,
because
I
may
be
a
Republican
I'm,
a
Philadelphian
first
and
I
did
like
what
you
said
in
regards
to
infrastructure
and
I
do
see
opportunity
there.
I
just
recently
wrote
an
op-ed
for
the
northeast
times.
D
I
think
this
is
a
place
where
we
could
really
grow
our
economy,
make
our
economy
more
modern,
and
I
have
a
what
I
really
like
is
what
you
mentioned
about
trains
and
infrastructure.
Is
it
possible
with
your
staff,
that
you
could
provide
council
president
and
us
some
information
on
that
high-speed
rail
train
in
japan?
D
I
mean
the
more
we
know
about,
and
maybe
some
suggestions
from
staff
where
we
could
do
what
we
could
do
to
help
that,
along
on
a
local
level,
I
think
it's
very
important,
I
know
exactly
where
we're
situated
right
in
the
middle
and
I'm.
You
know
commend
you
for
this
and
help
us
so
long
as
I
guess
what
I'm
asking
for
your
cooperation,
which
I
know
I
for
the
answer.
B
Right
well
now,
maybe
a
little
first
of
all.
Thank
you.
Alan
and
yes,
I've
always
appreciated
the
very
gracious
congrats
message
that
I've
done.
We
got
from
you
on
election
night
and
I
would
be
happy
to
work
together
on
that,
because
it
was
an
area
you
might
tell
lies
we're
talking
about
I'm,
incredibly
excited
about
the
possibility
of
high-speed
rail
and
what
that
would
do
for
our
local
economy,
what
it
would
do
for
the
American
economy.
What
do
we
do
for
the
environment?
B
So
there
you
had
business,
you
had
labor
working
together
you
when
we
got
that
bill
passed,
you
had
Democrats
were
strongly
for
it.
Like
myself
used,
some
Democrats
were
against
it.
You
had
Republicans
who
were
strongly
for
it,
and
then
you
had
Republicans
more
tea
party-aligned
who
were
strongly
against
it,
and
that
was
truly
a
bipartisan
effort.
I
I
I
think
it
would
take
exactly
the
same
sort
of
effort
at
the
federal
level
to
get
this
done
and
I'm
a
hundred
percent
committed
to
that
I.
B
D
Would
look
forward
to
working
with
you
on
that
initiative
and
council
president?
As
you
know,
I
was
part
of
a
delegation
and
went
to
germany,
frankfurt
our
sister
city,
and
to
see
the
fact
that
they
have
high
speed
rail.
They
call
it
the
eyestrain
I
inner
city,
mobile
Express,
and
it
is
fantastic
and
they
connect
cities
that
they
never
thought
possible.
We
could
do
the
same
thing
here
and.
B
D
The
average
citizens
that
place
between
Basel
and
Frankfurt
Germany
is
about
30
euros,
which
is
about
thirty-four
thirty-five
dollars.
You
can't
get
on
a
in
our
high-speed,
the
Excel
Express.
You
can't
even
afford
to
get
on
there
and
it's
not
that
fast.
At
the
end,
anyway,
yeah
Thank
You
congressman
thank.
A
You
it's
clearly
something
that
we
need
to
look
and
very
aggressively.
I
know
that
there's
promise
I
mean
you
mentioned
earlier
is
a
team
of
individuals.
I
saw
the
presentation
about
the
immaculate
today
we're
looking
at
ren
de
alva,
some
of
the
other
individuals
kahala.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
being
here
today.
A
We
clearly
will
look
forward
to
having
further
conversation,
real,
quick
and
our
team
and
pulling
the
other
than
hearing
it
was
understood,
and
you
actually
represent
in
your
testimony
that
it
would
be
the
need
to
have
further
cooperation
and
I'm
working
together
and
indicated.
What
did
you
call
it?
Mississippi,
rapid
deployment
force
or
the
rapid
deployment
team,
rapid
response,
team
and
under
sounds
like
it's
some
sort
of
a
war
strategy,
but
I
guess
there's
some
degree.
We
are
in
fact
in
at
war.
A
So
if
you
can
give
us,
you
know
some
point,
the
person
who
would
be
the
one
that
would
be
able
to
respond
on
a
rapid
basis,
because
we
can't
have
a
hearing
every
time
something
happens
in
Harrisburg
Washington.
It
will
be
helpful
and
we'll
make
sure
that
we
have
the
appropriate
people
and
I'm
sure
the
administration
would
do
likewise.
Thank
you
so
much
well,
absolutely.
B
I
will
definitely
do
that,
be
happy
to
and
I
really
commend
you
councilman
park
when
you
would
personally
reached
out
to
me
about
this
hearing
I
was
excited
about
I
thought.
It
was
a
great
idea,
so
I
credit,
you
and
I
thank
the
good
work
that
members
we're
doing
running
the
fifth
biggest
city
in
the
country,
which
constantly
challenges
is
not
easy.
So,
as
just
one
Philadelphian
I
say,
thank
you.