It was also testimony from the Homeland Security departments acting inspector general. This is just under two hours. Good morning. This hearing will come to order. This hearing will come to order. I would like to welcome our witnesses. The title of this hearing, the unprecedented migration at the u. S. Southern border, subtitle, what is required to improve conditions . I think that is incredibly important that we concentrate on what can we do to improve conditions, Continuous Improvement . I have nobody is satisfied with the conditions on the border. This is unprecedented what is happening on the border. It is overwhelming. It is out of control. I was talking to the commissioner, the acting commissioner before the hearing, and mentioned how former dhs secretary jeh johnson was on msnbc couple months ago i talked and he talked about how when he came to the office, if apprehensions for the day were under a thousand, it was not too bad a day. If there was over 1000, he knew he would have
Of naval operations. It is followed by another hearing on train safety with the head of the federal railroad administration. At a Senate Homeland security, u. S. Customs and Border Protection acting at a Senate Homeland security hearing, u. S. Customs and Border Protection acting commissioner mark morgan was asked about conditions at migrant detention facilities, and allegations of misconduct by Border Patrol officials. There was also testimony from the Homeland Security departments acting inspector general. This is just under two hours. This hearing will come to order. I would like to welcome our witnesses. The title of this hearing, the unprecedented migration at the u. S. Southern border, subtitle, what is required to improve conditions . This hearing will com i think that is incredibly important that we concentrate on what can we do to improve conditions, Continuous Improvement . I have a manufacturing background. That is what we seek to do. I will say at the onset that nobody, nob
Constitution civil rights and Civil Liberties will come to order. Without authorized to declare recess to the subcommittee at any time. I welcome everyones attendance herein t here and the hearing, Voting Rights act, Shelby County v. Holder. This is the sixth an verniversaf Shelby County v. Holder. Normally what i would do, id give an Opening Statement of five minutes and the Ranking Member would give one of five minutes. Miss clarke, one of of witnesses, has a 3 40 train, which would have been easy to accomplish were it not for the house of representatives schedule. Well go straight to her statement, and go back to the traditional i talk he talk, panel. Miss clarke is the president and executive director of the committee for civil rights law under law, one of the nations leading civil rights organizations. She previously worked for seven years at the naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund where she helped lead the organizations work in the areas of voting rei rights and election law a
House budget committee, discusses federal spending and efforts to avoid another government shutdown. And at 9 30, emily martin of the National Womens law discusses efforts to close the gender pay gap. Host political reporting that House Speaker nancy pelosi will meet with Steven Mnuchin to discuss finding ways to avoid budget cuts and raise the debt limit as congress possibly faces another federal shutdown later this year if these issues are not resolved. This is the washington journal for july 10. Part of his political many credit him for the rise of and airdparty system recent poll showed many respondents say the current twoparty system is broken. That is what we want to get your sense of in our first hour of the washington journal. When it comes to the twoparty system, do you think it is broken . Call us and tell us why. If you consider yourself a political independent, 2027488000 is the number to call and everyone else can call at 2027488001. You can post your thoughts on twitter a
Weekend on cspan three. , historians discuss ideas that shape into national ideologies. Topics include 19th and 20th century and unilateralism and the impact of fear on u. S. Foreign policy. We are going to start our last panel for the day. Incredibly exciting. Im one to keep my remarks short. We have billion people who should be speaking. To borrow davids description of the panel. This is the panel on international ideologies. Ideas onng on these elite and grassroots levels that have shaped the United States. Unilateralism, internationalism. And the way it does Foreign Policy. The first people speaking today is an associate professor of history at Michigan State converting the world in the early american republic. Of is working on this study missionary diplomats. Tentatively titled Foreign Missions and Foreign Relations in 19th century america. Quick going to try to be since we have such a robust panel. At first i thought it was too silly for a conference on a serious topic. In the br