American veterans. We will hear the opening statements. I will remind you to pause two to three seconds before spe speaking, so the microphone picks up your words and so you can pause when answering questions so we capture your complete response. Thank you very much, ms. Barnes, you are recognized for five minutes. Ms. Barnes, you may have to unmute. I think were having trouble hearing you. Proceed, ms. Barnes. I think you just unmuted okay. Members of the subcommittee and task force, thank you for inviting me here to today to discuss Sexual Harassment at the department of Veterans Affairs. 2016 survey by the protection board estimated that 22 of va employees experienced some form of Sexual Harassment in the workplace. Va has several methods to address such Sexual Harassment complaints, but we found that the agency was falling short in a number of areas including one, the complaint structure, the [inaudible] and three [inaudible] to va employees. I will discuss issues with the complain
Oppressed for their nationality, their tribe, their religion, their color. A warrior in his lifelong commitment to engaging in good trouble to break down the forces of separation, especially in this nation of ours. To challenge those who would claim incense in their actions, designed to maintain a Caste Society based on race, and address the systems of exclusion from full participation and the freedoms guaranteed by our constitution, especially participation in the vote. A prophet who spoke of your will that we become the beloved community here on earth. A beloved community he has now joined among the community of saints, the cloud of witnesses to your love and your truth. In all this johns work must now be our own. Bless the members of this chamber with the courage and wisdom to address the ongoing challenges that john lewis encountered his entire life. Help them, help us all to bring forth the beloved community in our midst where all men and women might live together in the land of t
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Shots. Actually felt. Well its true i know the 1st. Point should your thirst for. Greetings and sal you take so you know it seems that everyone these days rather than just rolling up the sleeves and doing a little hard work or trying to fix the problems we face would rather just let technology do the dirty work for us it seems to be one of the sad truth of the 21st century you know rather than sweeping up your own mess several good do it for you tired of parallel parking your car hello auto park. Too tired to pick up the remote just to have alexa change the channel for you rather than do real detective work just let bay show Recognition Technology tell you who and who in which suspect to arrest yes that was the case recently in detroit michigan when Police Arrested 42 year old black man Robert Julian williams on a felony warrant for larceny after facial Recognition Technology fingered him was the perpetrator of shoplifting 3800 dollars worth of watches from a shy mellow store the compu
Year old black man Robert Julian williams on a felony warrant for larceny after facial Recognition Technology fingered him was the perpetrator of shoplifting 3800. 00 worth of watches from a shy mellow store the computer said you did it so thats a wrap case closed looking down on lets go grab you know starbucks and maybe pepper pepper spray a few protesters on our way there but not so fast no no no no turns out this Crime Fighting facial Recognition Technology has a pretty major fatal flaw the New York Times reports that while facial Recognition Systems have been dangerously used by police for more than 2 decades recent studies by mit and the National Institute of standards and technology or nist have found that while the Technology Works relatively well on white men the results are less accurate for other demographics in part because they lack of diversity in the images they used to develop the m. Lying databases and this flaw in the programming has now made poor father of 2 robber wi