Good morning to all the wonderful members who have joined us and i want to take a moment to send a message to michigan, to our subcommittee, this is our first hearing with our subcommittee and we are delighted to have you join us. Want toe begin today, i play a video that will set the stage for the discussion we are about to have. Please play the video. [video clip] permeatesupremacy every order of society and every institution. Whomever is engaged in those groups, wherever that might outed a number of Law Enforcement officers who have connection to White Supremacy. Primarily, we have discovered that through social media accounts. It is a good day for a chokehold. Sise that this piece of dealt with quickly. Or, f these muslims. Bad in any situation. What if i told you that all those inflammatory words were posted by former or Current Police officers . They are just a sampling found ofthe plainview project, officers using social media woment muslims, blacks, in eight jurisdictions of va
Office testified. This isan hour and 20 minutes. I thank everybody for joining us today. Both virtually and in the hearing room. And also like to thank the witnesses for their participation in this important and timely oversight hearing. Before we begin id like to take this opportunity to note some important requirements. Let me begin by saying that Standing Health and Committee Roles at practice will continue to apply during hybrid proceedings. All members are reminded that theyre expected to adhere to these standing rules and put in a courtroom. During the period designated by the speaker the committee will operate in accordance with House Resolution 965 and subsequent guidance from the rules committee and canada respects the rights of all members to participate. House regulations require members to be visible through a video connection throughout the preceding though please keep your cameras on. Also, please remember to remain muted until you are recognize to minimize background noi
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Want to put too much credence in letters. I thought i would sneak that in. Is there, the chairman was suggesting in his time that you could have waived the role to bring the public in at an earlier date at a drafting of the rule. Your answer to that was a little bit to read a cold, yes i have that power, but it is not a power practice. Following up on the question why in looking at that did you not avail yourself . Wheeler there are many reasons why. You put out a draft, what do you do two days later when paragraph 345 gets changed . Do you put it out again and say, look at this . Had you deal with the back and forth between offices. How do you deal with ongoing research. Is it right to have this kind of an activity that can be very much affecting of capital markets, people misinterpreting this or that. Markets crashing or inflating whatever the case may be. It is for that reason, that foia and specific says that these kind of editorial negotiations are specifically works in progress.