Thank you very much. You got a lot going on. People are all over the place. Ranking member has an adhering and chairwoman has a science hearing and people will come and go. Forgive us for that. Welcome. What do we have today . For our second panel we have Catherine Lehman is the chair of the u. S. Commission on civil rights and president obama appointed her to a sixyear term on december 15, 2016. The 16. The commission unanimously confirmed the president designation to chair the commission on december 28, 2016. She also serves as a cabinet of California Governor Gavin Newsom where she has been Legal Affairs secretary since january, 2019. She served as assistant secretary for civil rights at the barman of education until 2017. Welcome. Michael waldman is president of the nyu school of law and nonpartisan law and policy institute that focuses on improving systems of democracy and justice and that rentacenter is a leading National Voice and voting righ rights, money and politics, criminal
Thank you very much. You got a lot going on. People are all over the place. Ranking member has an adhering and chairwoman has a science hearing and people will come and go. Forgive us for that. Welcome. What do we have today . For our second panel we have Catherine Lehman is the chair of the u. S. Commission on civil rights and president obama appointed her to a sixyear term on december 15, 2016. The 16. The commission unanimously confirmed the president designation to chair the commission on december 28, 2016. She also serves as a cabinet of California Governor Gavin Newsom where she has been Legal Affairs secretary since january, 2019. She served as assistant secretary for civil rights at the barman of education until 2017. Welcome. Michael waldman is president of the nyu school of law and nonpartisan law and policy institute that focuses on improving systems of democracy and justice and that rentacenter is a leading National Voice and voting righ rights, money and politics, criminal
Papadopoulos talking about the origins of the counterintelligence investigation into russia and the 2016 president ial election. Later, several senators speak about u. S. Policy in syria and the recent withdrawal of u. S. Troops in the region. Next, House Administration subcommittee takes a look at Voting Rights and election procedures in the u. S. With the legal experts mobility right advocates cancel right leaders among the witnesses. This hearing comes as a new cspan survey shows 55 of americans believe that the federal government should still oversee election and administration in states and localities with histories of voting discrimination. Good morning. The subcommittee on elections and the committee of House Administration will come to order. I would like to think members of the committee as well as our witnesses and those in the audience for being here today. I today. I ask unanimous consent that all members of five educative days to revise and extend their remarks and that an
Thank you very much, director kosinski, and your staff. I think these mostly addressed the concerns. The question whether it should be an ordinance or in the charter, to be clear. All of the commissions are in the charter. If we would create this by charter, it wouldnt be a Charter Commission that has all the responsibilities and duties defined in the charter. So we think its important that we have something that has. I think this is in many ways recognizing that this department is here to stay. One of the reasons why this this department maybe the main reason why this department doesnt have a commission currently is because its a new department. Its only been around a couple years, and the advisory structure that we have is here from a time when we didnt have a Single Department with the authority that your department has, had a single director and all of that. So i want to be clear that one of the things that were doing here by having a Charter Commission is recognizing the critical
The advisory committees who do such important work. I realize this is an awkward thing to be coming out and speaking in support of oversight over a department that you work so regularly with. So i imagine that, you know, i just want to appreciate your courage and your partnership on this. I think it says a lot that the people who are on the front lines of serving our population thats experiencing homelessness believes strongly that there should be more accountability, transparency, and public input. I think that says a lot. Yes, i talk a lot about speed, and i dont think this is going to slow things down, but theres nothing more wrong than getting it wrong and having to do it over and over and over again. We have to listen to these folks not just at the beginning but throughout the process to make sure that we get it right. And when we deny them that opportunity, we are going to create so many delays throughout the process because were going to have to spend money to fix our mistakes,