[applause] thank you so much for having me here and everyone. I have had an amazing todays. Left, a few people were saying im going to have a great weekend because im going to go to iowa. I was like suckers, because they are going to be so cold. This is my third time as a national cochair and im incredibly excited to be part of that includes everyone who wants to send our country in the right direction. When i was in middle school, i went to a tiny town, about 100 went to a middle school in iowa and i had a long wayride, 45 minutes each and one day i was in middle school and a bus was driving through athens and it has a tiny town square and the bus came to because there was an honest to god traffic jam in aston, iowa and the bus was stopped in kids started to get rowdy. , she shut the back and some smart alec shattered of course it is closed, it is 4 00 because remember back then, those were the hours. What i understood it when i got home and saw the crowd of people standing in front o
Progressive government should focus on during its first 100 days in office. Good morning. Welcome to the Cap National Security conference. It is wonderful to see so many friendly faces, former officials, advocates, Congressional Staff, and thought leaders. Thank you for joining us this morning. It feels a little bit like a family reunion, but this is more than a reunion. It is more than an average think tank conference. Advocates, Congressional Staff, and thought leaders. Thank you for joining us this morning. It feels a little bit like a family reunion, but this is more than a reunion. It is more than an average think tank conference. We all have an urgent task before us, to be ready to advance the progressive National Security and Foreign Policy agenda on day one of a new presidency, should we be so lucky in november. It is obvious there will be a lot of repair work to restore americas leadership in the world after donald trump. The last couple weeks have shown what danger might lie
We welcome, in her own right for her first trial by fire experience is Land Use Committee deputy City Attorney anne pearson. Do you have any announcements . Clerk silence all cellphones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copies of any documents that include as part of a file should be submitted to the clerk. Items will appear on the januarf supervisors agenda less otherwise stated. We are joined momentarily to my right by vicechair of the Committee Supervisor ahsha safai who rightfully comments that it is quite warm in these chambers so, ms. Major, when you have a second after you read item number 1, if you could ask them to cool this place down you can ask them through the chair. Send some heat to my office since i dont have any right now. That would be great. Sure thing transfer the heat from the board chambers to room 256. Clerk item number 1 entitled regulating the width of sidewalks to reduce the sidewalk width of certain locations along the westerly side of pierc
Me here and everyone. I have had an amazing todays. Left, a few people were saying im going to have a great weekend because im going to go to iowa. I was like suckers, because they are going to be so cold. This is my third time as a national cochair and im incredibly excited to be part of that includes everyone who wants to send our country in the right direction. When i was in middle school, i went to a tiny town, about 100 went to a middle school in iowa and i had a long wayride, 45 minutes each and one day i was in middle school and a bus was driving through athens and it has a tiny town square and the bus came to because there was an honest to god traffic jam in aston, iowa and the bus was stopped in kids started to get rowdy. , she shut the back and some smart alec shattered of course it is closed, it is 4 00 because remember back then, those were the hours. What i understood it when i got home and saw the crowd of people standing in front of the locked doors was that the bank was
The committee will come to order. Good morning, everyone. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. With that i would like to recognize myself to give an Opening Statement. Today, the committee is holdingg our third hearing this congress on a critical issue, facial Recognition Technology. It is clear that, despite the private sectors expanded use of technology, its just not ready for prime time. During this hearing we will examine the private sectors development, use, and sale of technology as well as its partnerships with Government Entities, using this technology. We learn from our first hearing on may 22 of 2019 that the use of facial Recognition Technology can severely impact American Civil Rights and liberties, including the right to privacy, free speech, and equal protection under the law. We learned during our second hearing on june 4 how federal, state and local Government Entities use this technology on a wide scale, yet abide