Lead. A journalist weighed in on the challenges that arab and middle eastern female journalists face while reporting on stories in their countries. Watch tonight at 8 30 eastern on cspan2 and enjoy book tv this week and every weekend on cspan2. Next, a hearing on School Safety and gun violence. A house subcommittee and security officials. The parent of a skunt stild in the parkland, Florida High School student and lauren hogg cofounder of march for our lives. This is an hour and 50 minutes. The subcommittee is engaging the communitys respective on School Security. Good morning and thank you to everyone who is here today. The Sub Committee is meeting to discuss perspectives on School Safety and how the federal government can better support local stake holders in making our children safer. I want to thank the witnesses for participating in todays hearing. First we have miss lauren hogg and mr. Max schacter testimonies are ones the marine public needs to hear and ones that members of cong
[background sounds] cabell. [background sounds] the subcommittee his meeting today to receive testimony on engaging the communities respective of School Security. Good morning and thank you everyone. The subcommittee is meeting to discuss Community Perspectives on School Safety and how the federal government can better support local stakeholders in making our children safer. On the think the witnesses work to participating in todays hearing. First we have, ms. Lauren hogg, and mr. Max schaffner, testimonies are once the American Public needs to hear and once that members of congress should take to heart as we go about our work. A special thank you to both for sharing your experience with us. Jen would also to acknowledge congressman deutsche, who does not set on this committee but he represents florida has been a champion for measures to improve School Safety. I asked the consent to allow to question the witnesses at todays hearing. That went out objection, it is so ordered. Im both of
Mr. Buck yes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. My amendment specifically amends the bill in front of us. It doesnt ask another committee to take it up. Number one. Number two, it talks about risk factors that are included in our bill specifically page 22 of our bill and makes sure that a veterans use of a a veterans use of a firearm previously is not considered a risk factor because that veteran was serving his country and had authority to use that weapon. I want to make sure we are protecting veterans and it is i believe germane to the underlying bill that were considering. Mr. Nadler im prepared the chair is prepared to rule on the point of order. The chair rules the point of order is well taken, the bill is not im sorry, the amendment is not within the jurisdiction of the committee, although it amends this bill, any amendment obviously would amend this bill, it requires actions to be taken by the department of Veterans Affairs under fitele 38 and we have under title 38 and we have no jurisd
Own emissions standards. All that and so much more on making money. Charles well, we begin with the fed the day after and while most observers agree that jay powell did a better job communicating, yet confusion reins as fed members are all oaf the map where rates should bo from here. President trump telling fox news what he thinks of the rate cut decision. I think we should do more because other countries have done more. If you look at germany, if you look at japan, look at some others theyre cutting much more. In fact theyre borrowing money, getting paid to borrow money. Were paying interest. Were the most prime in the world. We have this great economy. Were doing better than weve ever done. Our employment numbers are the best they have ever been, unemployment numbers also. We are doing freight. We should be cutting there is no inflation. Charles as the fed is pumping even more cash into our Financial System today. In fact over 200 billion in the last three days in the repo market. Wi
Many levels and i want to take us back to the underlying bill and extreme Risk Protection order act. Which would incentivize states and localities to implement extreme risk laws, which is simply common sense. And i wanted to bring forward our experience in my home state of washington, which became the fourth state in the nation to pass an extreme risk law in 2016. Since we have implemented that law in Washington State, and weve supported it with county resources to help enforce the law by also recovering firearms from people ordered to surrender them by a judge, a number of people at risk of suicide have been referred. According to kimberly wyatt, who runs the king county program, she has, quote, seen folks who were in the midst of the Behavioral Health crisis come into court and thank Law Enforcement for saving their lives. Late last year Law Enforcement in Washington State prevented a possible mass shooting after someone flagged a potential threat. And that was a man who posted image