capitol hill for a house immigration subcommittee. live coverage on c-span. dedicated to circulating motions or written materials that members may want to offer as part of the hearing. if members want to submit materials, send them to the email address previously distributed to your offices and we will circulate the materials to members and staff as quickly as we can. i ask all members to mute your microphones when you are not speaking to help prevent feedback and technical issues and of course, amuse yourselves anytime you seek recognition. i will now recognize myself for an opening statement. i would like to welcome witnesses and the members of the immigration and citizenship subcommittee to today s hearing that will explore the initiative by the current administration to support noncitizen servicemembers, veterans, and family members. immigrants are important to society. they provide key support to u.s. military. currently, immigrants account for apart approximately 3%
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thank you so much for being here tonight for what i know will be a fascinating discussion. we are delighted to have you all here again in person not in front of a zoom camera or computer. [applause] over the years we have had the honor to host many distinguished guests here in yorba linda. we have never however had the opportunity to welcome someone who has served as attorney general of the united states not once but twice and not in one presidential administration but in two presidential administrationsseparated by 25 years . it s pretty unique. that is the unique distinction in american history and it says a great deal about william bars patriotism and his commitment to public service. and perhaps his two tours of duty as attorney general under two. different presidents were the inspiration of his book one damn thing after another. our guest of honor tonight has had a very distinguished career in both the public and private sectors . he began government service in the minis
you have a new book out, what are you hoping readers will find out? these are things we need to think about what we are considering not the space of america . you are also a lawyer. are those two specialties what brought you to examine aiding this topic. really, it is about five or six years old. can you walk us through the protest that wrote the russians the crescendo of 2020? erin: americans toppled the first equestrian monument we got. put up the statue of king george and that only lasted for about 70 years before soldiers of the new army independence and pulled it down. these issues both rock to folk is use of monument the white worldview. there is a lot of debate on whether monuments in public spaces should be taken down. nothing compares to the summer of 2021 after the death of george floyd, millions of americans marched to protest rachel racial disparity, black lives matter. lots of these rallies focused on monuments as a symbolic meeting place for sho
you have a new book out, what are you hoping readers will find out? these are things we need to think about what we are considering not the space of america . you are also a lawyer. are those two specialties what brought you to examine aiding this topic. really, it is about five or six years old. can you walk us through the protest that wrote the russians the crescendo of 2020? erin: americans toppled the first equestrian monument we got. put up the statue of king george and that only lasted for about 70 years before soldiers of the new army independence and pulled it down. these issues both rock to folk is use of monument the white worldview. there is a lot of debate on whether monuments in public spaces should be taken down. nothing compares to the summer of 2021 after the death of george floyd, millions of americans marched to protest rachel racial disparity, black lives matter. lots of these rallies focused on monuments as a symbolic meeting place for sho