Withdrawing the amendment. If there is no further debate, the amendment we are back live at the House Appropriations committee. Theyre working on 2021 spending levels for the defense, commerce, justice and transportation department, as well as the department of housing and urban development. The markup is excited to go into the evening. You are watching live coverage on cspan. Chair lowey for what purpose does the member from california rise . The member of california . Thank you. I havent amendment at the desk have an amendment at the desk. Chair lowey the clerk will read the amendment. I ask unanimous consent to dispense of the reading. Chair lowey without objection, the reading of the amendment is dispensed with. Thank you. This amendment is straightforward. It would block a president from starting a war with iran absent expressed authorization from congress. This amendment consists of language that the house is already adopted as part of h. R. 550 in january of this year. Let me be
Sectors expanded use of technology, its just not ready primetime. During this hearing, well private sectors development, use and sale of technology as well as its partnerships with Government Entities, using this technology. We learned from our first may 22 of 2019 that he use of facial Recognition Technology can severely impact American Civil Rights and liberties, including the right to privacy. Protection and equal under the law. We learned during our second federal, n june 4 how state and local Government Entities use this technology on wide scale. Yet provide very little why itsncy on how and being used or on security measures to protect sensitive data. Despite these concerns, we see facial Recognition Technology and more in our everyday lives. Used in ology is being schools, grocery stores, irports, malls, theme parks, stadiums and on our phones, social media platforms, door and even in ootage hiring decisions and its used by Law Enforcement. This technology is completely unregula
F facial Recognition Technology. They testified before the House Oversight and reform committee. Working on e is legislation to address the emerging technology. Good morning, everyone, and is out objection the chair authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. Would now like to recognize myself to give an opening statement. Today the committee is holding on a critical ng issue. Facial recognition tech. Its clear that despite the sectors expanded use of technology, its just not ready primetime. During this hearing, well private sectors development, use and sale of technology as well as its partnerships with Government Entities, using this technology. We learned from our first may 22 of 2019 that he use of facial Recognition Technology can severely impact American Civil Rights and liberties, including the right to privacy. Protection and equal under the law. We learned during our second federal, n june 4 how state and local Government Entities use this technology on wide
The committee will come to order. Good morning, everyone. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. With that i would like to recognize myself to give an Opening Statement. Today, the committee is holdingg our third hearing this congress on a critical issue, facial Recognition Technology. It is clear that, despite the private sectors expanded use of technology, its just not ready for prime time. During this hearing we will examine the private sectors development, use, and sale of technology as well as its partnerships with Government Entities, using this technology. We learn from our first hearing on may 22 of 2019 that the use of facial Recognition Technology can severely impact American Civil Rights and liberties, including the right to privacy, free speech, and equal protection under the law. We learned during our second hearing on june 4 how federal, state and local Government Entities use this technology on a wide scale, yet abide
Every lead lead nowhere. It was frustrating. We were asked to do very hard things. We can let the terrorists thrive or we can disrupt the plans. If some future president is going to decide to waterboard, he better bring his own bucket. Charlie joining me now are the filmmakers. Chris is the writer and executive producer. Jules and gideon body directors. Ive i pleased to have been at this table. Great to have you here. How did this project and underway . As journalists and documentary filmmakers, you see a closed door and you want to open it. We had done the chiefs of staff, the men who keep the president s secrets. We thought that these are the guys. The cia directors keep the nations secrets. It is important to know, this is not a history of the cia. This is the story of 12 men who led the most powerful Intelligence Agency in the world. It is a very human story. The table, around and we were constructing the arc of this film, we agreed early on that every act should be an ethical dile