We had the honor to introduce a few people who will make some remarks to celebrate congressman conyers. First, as a tribute to congressman conyers and the way he works the way he builds strong coalitions to fight for what is right in this country there are 19 other groups that have joined i. P. S. And honoring congressman conyers here tonight. I mention them as among the hundreds of groups that have worked with the congressman over the year, that have partnered with this man for this half century. Let me mention the 19. The naacp, the sentencing project, the nation, now celebrating its 150th anniversary, that is prejohn conyers for the nation. Peace action, National Peoples action, jobs with justice, friends of the earth. Social security works. Campaign for americas future. Progressive democrats of america, council for a livable world, alliance for justice fund for constitutional government, wi without warn, Economic Policy institute, and the center for economic and policy research. [a
And so medications are available and will be filled. Well, i thank you, mr. Chairman, for allowing me to participate today. Thank you very much. Mr. Bilirakis, do you have any other questions . [inaudible] mr. Kaufman . Thank you, mr. Chairman. Just one more question. Mr. Secretary, my oversight investigations subcommittee uncovered that the vas cybersecurity Protection Measures were inadequate even when the va has been fully funded before the shutdown. In fact, the investigation discovered numerous occurrences when foreign statesponsored hackers infiltrated the va network. Has how has the shutdown affected the private information of veterans and their families . Are these 20 million individuals in the va system now at even greater risk . Congressman, i will tell you that what we know we have, we will have the ability to respond to what we know, but theres, you know, as you would expect more to this than sometimes even were able to know. So we do take steps to assure the security of ou
Or fewer than four percent of the president s nominees have worked as lawyers at Public Interest or civil rights organizations. State and federal prosecutorss out number public defenders by more than 3 1. Only 11 has a fulltime academics. Of those who worked in private over seven and 10 were for Corporate Law firms. It is the aggregate, eight nomineese president s have been either Corporate Lawyers or prosecutors and in some cases both. Clearly, president obamas remarkable historic progress in advancing personal diversity has not yet been matched in the area of professional diversity but change may be coming. Before the rules changed, the rampant obstruction of judicial nominations i Senate Republicans had the effect of narrowing the field of potential candidates who could potentially expect to be confirmed. Crosseds hope, fingers that in those days are over. What ever constrains the president as senators and and even potential nominees themselves as a result of the debilitating effort
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