I want to thank Ranking Member klobuchar and her staff for working closely with me and my office as we prepared for today and i also want to thank our chairman, the chairman of the full Senate Judiciary committee, senator graham, for his support of this hearing. After i and then senator klobuchar giving our opening remarks, well hear from two panels of witnesses with questions from members of the subcommittee. We have Something Interesting to deal with in the senate and every time they call votes, when they call votes during a subcommittee hearing, were at their mercy. Senator klobuchar and i have both cast our votes on the first of a series of three or four. At some point, were going to have to pause or tag team as we allow other members to sit in for us, just dont be eisenhower sitting on a stone block in the direction of the greatest accomplishments the president of the United States and Supreme Commander of the forces him. Greg on welcome to todays hearing with the policy and Consu
Hosted a Virtual Meeting on Climate Change with her counterparts from the g7 nations. We will also hear from the dalai dall. Jane goo rep. Pelosi it is my honor to welcome this distinguished group of leaders to the 19th annual g7 speakers meeting on addressing the Climate Crisis with Environmental Justice for all. We are pleased to be joined by the ambassadors of the g7 nation. It is a privilege to be here once again to confront the existential threat of our time, the Climate Crisis. As we have over the years. On parliaments committed for the ocean. Wenk you to the president , send our regards to you. Your participation in todays meeting with leaders from diverse communities, including from both the state and scientific communities. We are pleased to be joined by the dalai lama. His holiness became the first Nobel Laureate on the basis of his environmental advocacy. In his acceptance speech, he said, with the evergrowing impact of science on our lives, religion and spirituality have a
Of your words and you can pause when answering questions so that we capture your complete response. Thank you very much and ms. Barnes, youre now recognized for five minutes. Ms. Bans, yrnes, you may have t unmute. I think were having trouble hearing you. Proceed, ms. Barnes. I think you just unmuted. Okay. Chairman pappas, chairwoman brownley, Ranking Member bergman, chairman takano, members of the subcommittee and task force, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss gaos work for Sexual Harassment at the department of veteran affairs. I will talk about statements from my june report released last week. The protection board estimated that 22 of va employees experience some form of Sexual Harassment in the workplace. Va has several methods to address such Sexual Harassment complaints. But we found that the agency was falling short in a number of areas. Including one, its complaint structure, collection of incidents on Sexual Harassment and actions taken, and, three, provision in
Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Its not effective to establish an effective repeat infringe of policy. It ignores red flags with patterns of infringement by certain users. Youtube often out tos content i. D. As an unrequired benefit to rights holders. It is not an unrequired benefit to rights holders. Its far from perfect, again, still allowing millions of online content to sift through the system. Theres no realistic way that rights holders can unilaterally review trillions of pages necessary to identify infringements and protect their rights and Online Services and platforms can. They are the gatekeepers, not us. Thank you, mr. Henley and mr. Hanson, if i come back for another round i may ask you to talk about the same subject and mr. Henley, i think you were really describing on a broader basis the sheer numbers of people who were experiencing the frustration of feeling like they had been robbed as mr. Preston described in his opening comments. Before i go to Ranking Member coon
Transferring from one administration to an other. Good morning, and welcome to talking transitions. We all woke up to shocking news this morning so before we get started, let me give our best wishes for a speedy recovery for President Trump, the first lady, and all the officials who work closely with the president. 3, month out from november americans have started voting in the most president ial election in a generation. President elect joe biden or reelect President Donald Trump will face a double digit unemployment situation, growing pandemic, a reckoning on racial inequality. These problems is the federal government and the federal government needs to be effective. Why it is critical for effectiveness on effectiveness. A smooth transition this year is not enough. Bestyear will be the transition ever in american history. Should President Biden win, the challenges are daunting. In normal times, a new president a 78 day. Bank to form a government, select more than pout 4000 political