Welcome. Thank you very much. [applause] i spent a lot of time growing up in jersey. My father had a little mens underwear were close to on the Lower East Side and use jobber and his customers were all in new jersey. I would come with him on springfield avenue. We would go to patterson and went to all these come after the second world war, all the army and navy stores. I really got to know new jersey, and my first wife was from her and her classmate in high school was barney frank black got to meet when he was like 16. I wish he would be a politician. So im here to talk about something that happened to me that could happen to you and could happen to your sons. It could happen to your nephews. It could happen to your husbands. I i was on top of the world. I was 76. 76. I had just retired from harvard after teaching there for 50 years without a single complaint of any kind ever leveled against me. I had among the highest ratings as a teacher for many years. I meant toward thousands of st
Have all of you here. I dont need to do much of an introduction because you know our friend alan but i will tell you a secret. He was going to name the book 50 shades of alan but decided against it. He thinks only he can tell jokes. I can tell a couple of jokes. We are happy to have alan here in jersey so lets give him a jersey welcome, thank you very much. I spent a lot of time growing up in jersey. My father had mens underwear and work clothes store on the Lower East Side and his customers were all in new jersey. I would come on springfield avenue and new york and patterson and passaic and after the Second World War the armynavy store so i got to know new jersey. My first wife was from bayonne, new jersey and her classmate in high school was barney frank who i got to meet, he was 16 years old and i knew he would be a politician. I am here to talk about something that happened to me that could happen to you and it could happen to your sons, your nephews, your husbands. I was on top of
They got to know new jersey and my wife im here to talk about something that happened to me that could happen to you or your sons your nephew husbands i was on top of the world, just retired from harvard after teaching their 50 years without a single complaint of any kind leveled against me among the highest ratings as a teacher teaching 10000 students altogether and i was given honorary degrees the time in my life to sit back and reflect on what i had accomplished growing up in brooklyn into graduating college for the first my family now suddenly a woman i never met i am told accuse me of having sex with her when she was under age i never had sex with anybody under age even when i was underage. I tried but in my day marriage license were not preceded. I was married in 20 years old that was my life my wife and i we known each other 36 years and had a wonderful marriage and it just came out of the blue like somebody scribbled my name on the bathroom wall. I didnt take it seriously and n
This hearing will come to order. Apologies for beginning a little bit late. We have another vote at about 5 30. I want to thank the four individuals or Witnesses Today for being with us. And i would like to thank as well my friend, senator johnson, for his cooperation and support in moving forward with this hearing. A lot going on of historic magnitude before the United States senate. But the issue before us today is truly of the store consequence in president ial and practical import. The issue is in fact whether four companies sitting here today, represented by very able leadership except their obligation to respond to congressional subpoenas. The apparent refusal to do so in full is not only unprecedented, but it threatens opening a door to other u. S. Companies cloaking themselves from scrutiny whenever they work for a Foreign Government, or even a foreign state owned enterprise. This potential shield invoked by these four consultants risks blocking not only the subcommittee, but a
This hearing will come to order. Apologies for beginning a little bit late. We have another vote at about 5 30. I want to thank the four individuals or Witnesses Today for being with us. And i would like to thank as well my friend, senator johnson, for his cooperation and support in moving forward with this hearing. A lot going on of historic magnitude before the United States senate. But the issue before us today is truly of the store consequence in president ial and practical import. The issue is in fact whether four companies sitting here today, represented by very able leadership except their obligation to respond to congressional subpoenas. The apparent refusal to do so in full is not only unprecedented, but it threatens opening a door to other u. S. Companies cloaking themselves from scrutiny whenever they work for a Foreign Government, or even a foreign state owned enterprise. This potential shield invoked by these four consultants risks blocking not only the subcommittee, but a