'Have You Ever Thought About This?': Kennedy Grills Biden Nominee Over San Francisco Homelessness

miss bargava am i saying your name right yes senator you are okay tell me in your opinion why san francisco has become the unsheltered homeless capital of the world thank you senator for the question most important thing about homelessness for hud is having the sufficient staff to be able to address those concerns having the program staff having so you think it's because we don't have enough staff but what why what is why have so many uh homeless people gone to san francisco have you ever thought about this senator i think homelessness is an issue across the country i think there are several reasons why homelessness happens but i think the most important and critical thing for us if confirmed i would want to focus on a staff that can address the seriousness of homelessness can you think of another reason other than you in your opinion we don't have enough staff i would i would a little surprised i thought you were gonna say we need to put more money into into housing as opposed to more bureaucracy that surprises me a little bit senator it is it is critical and important that we get the resources that we need in order to address such a serious issue so you think we're not spending enough money on it on staff senator i think the we need the staff to focus on on the issue and and finding solutions to sort of to focus on the issue okay let me ask you this if if if somebody is under the age of 55 in america an american citizen and they they they don't have children and they're not disabled do you think before they receive government assistance they they should be encouraged and are required to get a job given that we've got 10 000 10 million rather job openings in america senator i think that those are issues that are being taken very seriously i'm asking what you considered you're going to be a senior official at hud what do you think it's a pretty straightforward question thank you senator i think i will work with everyone at hud to be able to address these issues what do you think the answer is senator i think the answer is is not an easy one but i think we have dedicated staff and we have so we need more staff to study that one too senator i think we have staff that at hud that would be able to to think about ways to to support and you don't have an opinion about whether somebody who's relatively young childless and healthy before receiving taxpayer money should be asked to get a job you don't have an opinion about that and you're going to be a senior official at hud senator i think that i don't have the specifics about what is required and i think we have staff at hud that would be able to to really focus on the specifics of of the question oh my god thank you mr chairman senator menendez is recognized from new jersey for fun uh thank you mr chairman miss barkava in recent years

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Published: Tue Oct 26 2021