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The committee will come to order. Before we begin, i want to remind all members we are in open session. We will discuss unclassified matters only. Please have a seat. Our members may be wandering in a bit late. We are here until 1 00 in the morning. But those in Armed Services were here until about 5 00 or 6 00 in the morning. So a few groggy members here on the committee. In the heat of the 2016 election, as the russian hacking and dumping operation became apparent, my predominant concern was that the russians would begin dumping forged documents along with the real one that is they stole. It would have been all too easy for russia or another malicious actor to see forged fox sh documents among the authentic one that is will make it impossible to identify or rebut the fraudulent material. Even if the victim could expose the forgery for who it was, the damage would be done. Three years later, were on the cusp of a technolaj cal revolution that could enable even more sinister forms of d
children as young as 6 months. we know the white house says vaccinations could begin as early as next week once given the okay from the cdc and the fda. president biden already pledged to make 10 million vaccine doses available nationwide with the majority of states already preordering shipments since the beginning of the month. yeah. but many health experts are worried that parents of young kids may not take their kids to get those covid shots. the latest polling from the kaiser family foundation show that only 18% of parents of kids under 5 would want to vaccinate their child as soon as a vaccine becomes available. cnn medical analyst says that parents should remember the benefits of vaccinations still outweigh the risks of covid-19. more than 400 children in this age group of under 5 have died tragically during this pandemic. thousands have been hospitalized. it s really distressing for little kids to get sick, so that s what we re trying to do to prevent that kind of
It is referred to as revenge porn. The different types of responses that weve seen from government and the legislative steps that we could take to better protect victims. Before we get into this, a few logistics. So everyone knows, this event is being recorded. If you want to participate online via twitter were using the hashtag itif privacy. And we have a really fantastic panel today. To get into this discussion. But before we get to that, the reason were having this discussion here today and i mean that both in a general sense as well as a literal sense, is because we have the privilege of hearing from representative Jackie Speier. For those of you that dont know her, representative represents the 14th Congressional District and she serves on the House Armed Services committee as the Ranking Member of the subcommittee on oversight and investigations and on the House Permanent Select Committee on intelligence and a tireless advocate for womens rights and a champion for the safety, hea
It is referred to as revenge porn. The different types of responses that weve seen from government and the legislative steps that we could take to better protect victims. Before we get into this, a few logistics. So everyone knows, this event is being recorded. If you want to participate online via twitter were using the hashtag itif privacy. And we have a really fantastic panel today. To get into this discussion. But before we get to that, the reason were having this discussion here today and i mean that both in a general sense as well as a literal sense, is because we have the privilege of hearing from representative Jackie Speier. For those of you that dont know her, representative represents the 14th Congressional District and she serves on the House Armed Services committee as the Ranking Member of the subcommittee on oversight and investigations and on the House Permanent Select Committee on intelligence and a tireless advocate for womens rights and a champion for the safety, hea