The Defense Committee but we see overlaps. My amendment would make changes to d. O. D. Computing systems using software bought and modified for the purpose will not result in the disruption of their service. I want to recognize an unsung hero of the computing age who invented the first compiler for a Computer Programming language and was a visionary who worked to make it possible. Rear admiral grace Murray Hopper is not well known outside of the technology field, but i admire her work. This will provide the chief privacy officer with the tools it needs. The chair the gentlelady is recognized for 0 seconds. Ms. Jackson lee thank you. Chief privacy officers with the tools it needs to make changes to the d. O. D. Computer networks. In this world of hacking and the importance of securing our infrastructure of cybersecurity, i believe that this amendment will contribute to the improvement of the d. O. D. And protect against cyberattack. With that, i thank them for including my amendment and
House that is doing all that we can to ensure that our veterans get timely care and the best care that we can provide them. This is cynical and its shameful and i believe, i believe that the American People can see straight through it. So i hope again, madam chair, that the president will reconsider this position. Because there is no place, no place here in this bill for political gamesmanship when it comes to our military families and our veterans. Thank you. I yield back. The chair the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. The gentleman from georgia is recognized. At this time i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. Lee, a member of the subcommittee on military construction and Veterans Affairs. The chair the gentlelady from california is recognized for three minutes. Ms. Lee thank you very much, madam chairman. Let me thank the Ranking Member for yielding, for his unwavering leadership for our veterans on this committee and for your friendship. Thank you very m
And she also professed her innocence. Pure and simple. 30 independent legal experts have said the proceedings were constitutionally deficient to bring a contempt proceeding. They were constitutionally deficient because the chair did not overrule ms. Lerners fifth amendment assertion and order her to answer the question. And as long as that deficiency is there, there is no reason to move forward with this effort today. But lets move on to the bigger picture. Every single 501c4 that was in the queue before the i. R. S. Could have selfcertified. They didnt even need to be in that queue. So whether or not there was a list of progressive organizations and conservative organizations that they were through omehow get the thousands of applications they had, they could have moved aside and selfcertified. There have been 39 witnesses before this committee, there have been 530 pages of documents. There is no smoking gun. But the other side is locked and loaded, theyre just shooting blanks. I yiel
If we are to be faithful to our oath to support the constitution, we must find him faithless in his. Secretary william cohen, you were a member of the House Judiciary Committee, the Opening Statements that concluded and now the debating is about to get underway. Explain what happened. The first thing that happened, republicans demanded of our chief counsel and minority counsel, and i believe it was congressman sandman took the case, along with congressman wiggins. They said where is the specificity . Youre alleging obstruction of justice. Where are the specifics . They had a point. And then made that pretty emphatically. I think it rocked the committee back a bit. It was a very broadgauged language and did not have a lot of specifics. The committee felt like it was on its heels. They had to reconnoiter is such, and we went back to our offices and i did receive a call, meeting with Tom Railsback and others and they said, you like to write, why dont you see if you can put these things, t
Parks was born. She refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus in montgomery, alabama. An act of resistance that launch the modernday Civil Rights Movement. Today, we spend the hour looking at her life. We have one of the most famous americans of the 20th century treated like a Childrens Book hero, not seen as being worthy of a substantive, scholarly treatment. That is what surprised me and continues to surprise me, the ways that we diminish her legacy by making it about a single day, a single act, as opposed to the rich and lifelong history of resistance that was actually who rosa parks was. We speak with historian jeanne theoharis, her new book, the rebellious life of mrs. Rosa parks. All that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Obama Administration has granted itself the right to launch a preemptive strike on foreign targets. Cyber attacks would be carried out, should the what has been the n