Protection, Transportation Security Administration, and a secret service answer questions from the House Homeland Security committee. The committee on Homeland Security will come to order. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on a department of Homeland Security use of a facial recognition and other Biometric Technologies. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Good morning. The committee on Homeland Security is meeting to examine department of Homeland Security use of facial recognition and other Biometric Technologies. The government use of biometrics is not entirely new. For example, finger prints have been used as an identification tool for many decades. Other biometrics includes dna, voice pattern and palm prints. In recent years facial recognition has become the new chosen forum of Biometric Technology as facial Recognition Technology has advanced it is used by the
I now recognize myself for an opening statement. The parent of homeless security is beating to examine the Homeland Securitys use of facial wreck mission and other Biometric Technologies. Government use of biometrics is not entirely new area fingerprints have been used as an identification tool for many decades. Dna andometrics include palm prints. In recent years facial recognition has become the new chosen form of Biometric Technology, as facial Recognition Technology has advanced it is used by the government its use by the government in the private sector has also increased. Dhs is collect ding and storing different kinds of biometric information and using this information for multiple purposes. Cpv and tsa are using biometrics confirm the identities of travelers. Opposed to Biometric Technology and recognized it can be valuable to Homeland Security. However, it proliferation a phrases across dhs questions about privacy, security, transparency and accuracy. People deserve an answer
Maria big show this morning, thank you for joining, us, joining us Dagen Mcdowell, jon hilsenrath, veronica, great to see everyone, big news this morning actually, first of all, we have a record high in the markets and we are looking at stocks chattering the records this morning, take a look at futures, s p up 5 and a half and nasdaq up 23 points all markets losed in alltime highs yesterday, the major 3 indices were at unchartered territory and new highs, President Trump touted with strength in the economy during rally in florida last night. You know, we just set another stock market record, the stock market just hit another alltime in history meaning 401 k s and jobs. [cheers and applause] americans have so much to be thankful for, the economy is booming, wages are rising, crime is falling, poverty is plummeting, confidence is soaring and america is stronger than ever before. Maria oh, yes, part of the reason for this strength in the markets is the fact that we may be getting close to
Five minutes to make an opening statement. Today the committee is holding our second hearing on the use of racial facial Recognition Technology. We will be examining the use of this technology by Law Enforcement agencies across the federal government. We had a broad survey of full range of issues, raised by technology. We heard from a number of experts about the benefits and the dangers of this technology across government and the entire private sector. Stark conclusion after our last hearing was that this technology is evolving extremely rapidly, without any really safeguards, whether were talking about commercial use or government use, the real concerns about the risks that this Technology Poses to our civil rights and liberties and our rights to privacy. The other conclusion from our last hearing was that these concerns are indeed bipartisan. As we saw at our last hearing, among conservatives and liberals, republic republicans and democrats thats a widerange agreement we should be c
Is looking to take shape here. A few high clouds coming in. Thats why the lows are on the mild side. Theres no breeze whatsoever. At least so far. Well see if it develops. But theres 50s for some. 60s for many. And 70s, even on some of the temps. On the peninsula. Filling in. 60s, 50s for some. But low 60s for many. Even over to fremont. I mean, even san mateo and foster city. Thundershower activity, just south of tahoe. These higher clouds are with us. And everything coming around the big dome of high pressure. 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s through the interior. 5 01. 80. Is that better yet . 80 is a little better. I dont know if you know this. But theyre doing some roadwork there, steve. On 80 westbound. As you drive out toward the area. Well talk about that in a second. I want to check on the altamonte pass as we always do. And you can see traffic is busy there. As you drive out to pleasanton and livermore. We also have traffic looks good out to castro valley. 80 is better. They finally pic