Are called d out brought into the light and you can no longer hide from the truth of iraq shows and that my friends is most certainly the case this week as 2 examples of the United States governments addiction to institutional cruelty and torture are making headlines the 1st comes in a new draft report on the office of Inspector General for the u. S. Department of justice which reveals that border u. S. Attorney general Jeff Sessions Deputy Attorney general in russia gate ashtray grid system 0 Rod Rosenstein and other top d. O. J. Epistles were dry were the driving force behind enforcement of the trump administrations family separation policy and pressured officials who spoke out to go along with prosecuting parents of children as young as infants. In fact a 2 year inquiry into the controversial marburys tactics of separating undocumented immigrant parents from their children along the u. S. Southern border even alleges that Jeff Sessions directly told u. S. Attorneys prosecuting these
Caitlin dickerson the immigration reporter for the New York Times called out the official lives surrounding this story over the years tweeting 1st to the department of Homeland Security said mass operations werent happening they said the documents my sources provided were fake then they said separations were an unintended consequence when in fact they were always the point years later the i. G. Confirms again the truth. And speaking of barbaric practices let us now jump over to the great state of oklahoma where according to charges filed on monday Oklahoma County jail detention officers took a page out of the old one tom obey torture playbook and physically chained incarcerated people to walls and forced them to listen to the popular kids song baby shark audio loop at extremely high volumes over and over and over again for hours on end. Is this the United States we were taught about in schools when we were growing up one then wantonly terrorizes families whose only crime was crossing a
Department of justice which reveals that border u. S. Attorney general Jeff Sessions Deputy Attorney general in russia gate hashtag resistance hero Rod Rosenstein and other top d. O. J. Epistles were dry were the driving force behind enforcement of the trumpet administrations family separation policy and pressured officials who spoke out to go along with prosecuting parents of children as young as infants. In fact that 2 year inquiry into the controversial and barbaric tactics of separating undocumented immigrant parents from their children along the u. S. Southern border even alleges that Jeff Sessions directly told u. S. Attorneys prosecuting these immigrants that quote we need to take away children. Caitlin dickerson the immigration reporter for the New York Times called out the official lies surrounding this story over the years tweeting 1st to the department of Homeland Security said mass separations werent happening they said the documents my sources provided were fake then they
[inaudible] i know youre familiar [inaudibl [inaudible]. Testing. Can you hear us . We can. From the top well pick up where i left off . If you could start from the top, please. Welcome, everybody. Today is our first hybrid hearing in the subcommittee under the new house rules. Some members will appear in person and others appear remotely via web x. Youre familiar with web x, but remind everyone after few points. Since some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone pursuant to the latest physician, all persons must wear a Face Covering except when recognized. Members not wearing a Face Covering will not be recognized. Let me make a few reminders of hybrid hearings, for those appearing in person youll see those appearing remotely on the two monitors in front of you. On one monitor appearing remotely in what is known as the web x as grid view mode. On the other monitor, you will see each person speaking during the person when theyre speaking, including members who are
Committee. The committee will come to order. I would like to point out we are glad to have two representatives velazquez and plaskett and join us in the questioning as we pursue this hearing. I recognize myself for five minutes for Opening Statement. Im convening todays subcommittee hearing to examine preparations by fema to respond and helping our nation recover from Natural Disasters which will overlap with the nations efforts to fight the pandemic. Fema is responsible for coordinating response and Recovery Efforts for all domestic disasters including the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. A has struggled to anticipate the severity of multiple disasters due to Climate Change and contracts for supplies and retain and deploy key personnel. As United States continues to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, in a recent surge of cases across the country, its clear this unprecedented moment has left all of us in unchartered territory. People have called the year 2020 apocalyptic. It does feel l