My dad is from dover, my mom is from manchester, from the west side specifically. My grandfather taught at unh. My mom is a teacher in farmington. I loved growing up here. I couldnt have picked a better place for myself to grow up. I kind of want to talk about growing up a little bit with you guys today. Growing up can mean a lot of things to a lot of different people. For myself and my generation, it included learning things like our planet is dying. I was in middle school when i first learned about Climate Change. I learned all about pollution and i learned all about Greenhouse Gases and recycling and everything. I was 12 specifically when i learned we were hurdling towards a turning point after which our planet was permanently damaged. In high school, i learned all about history. I learned about the way history shaped society, the way it continues to shape society. I learned that people born into different circumstances than myself, whether its race or class, ability or anything els
I am very pleased subcommittee is holding this hearing. After decades of policies that led to mass incarceration, we are finally at a point of examining the policies and the consequences. What has been missing from the discussion of criminal Justice Reform as the special and specific impact the tough own crime arrow has had on women and children. Todays hearing begins a discussion about women and the criminal Justice System. It is critical we understand how and why women become involved in the system, what happens to them when they are in one when they are incarcerated, and what happens when they are released. We need to what happens to families and especially children when women are incarcerated. We need to examine the special needs women have when they are incarcerated. What is different . What happens to their children when they are in the system and when they are released . Federal law can lead to termination of parental rights if the child of an incarcerated woman remains in foste
[laughter] lahey for the field pitch and let me thank ben jerrys and i want to thank them not just for the great ice cream that they produce which we have eaten too much of over these showingy years but for what a progressive business can be like. [applause] in vermont, Everybody Knows them. Ben jerrys treats their employees with respect. They have been a staunch ally of our family farmers during difficult times. They have been a protector of the environment and they have virtuallyhere for every important social justice fight in the last few years why want to thank ben jerrys for what they do. [applause] this is labor day. Of us do barbecues and have fun but its an important thing to recognize what this day is about. Thank the millions of men and women all over this country who do all the work that they do to help us live good and decent lives. We think our teachers and their thank ourworkers, we Police Officers, our andfighters, or emt folks all those people in health care. We thank t