Participate in the questions and there is a formal way i would ask unanimous consent and on Committee Member be allowed to participate in the hearing after the subCommittee Memberofthe sun opportunity to ask questions. Is there any objection . There being none, if none, you are recognized at the appropriate time for five minutes of questions. With that, but the committee will come to order. Ladies and gentlemen, i called the committee to order from the Armed Services committee. Since february of this year the committee has been conducting extensive oversight of the program. We first heard about the systemic failures and privatized military Family Housing program from a panel of courageous military spouses who provided graphic and disturbing testimony about lead, mold, exposure, infestations, rude and dismissive House Management and ineffective oversight of the program by the services. Then we heard from the assistant secretaries on their efforts to address the failures of oversight tha
Another author that i like the most, so this is from phil clay who is the author of redeployment. For i knew it would be urgent, compelling an excellent from the first page, information is a much more expensive book than either suspected. A riveting and raging memoir from a a author of remarkable toughness and emotional rage. This is an unflinching and honest account of war, of homecoming, and of what happens when a woman reports and assault in the institution around her try to smother the truth. That did you a good idea of what were about to hear, and without any for the talking from me, may i introduce ryan dostie. [applause] hello. Thank you for everyone coming tonight. Thank you for having me. Im just going to set up my timer so that i dont talk for too long. Im going to explain quickly the format, not the four but the stretch of the book so you know why i might be popping in to whatever i start the book out much to some reviewers dismay as, at the very start of the rape. It follow
I am grateful throughout this whole campaign to have the opportunity to come to places like iowa to go to communicates across the country and just be reminded in every stop that we have about how great our country is. Why . Because i know who makes our country great. It is we, the people. And to see the diversity, to see the heart, to see the care that we as americans have for each other is what gives me hope for our future. Because right now we are facing incredibly challenging times. We are facing great divisiveness. And unfortunately we face selfserving politicians and people in positions of power who are seeking to tear us apart and to divide us for their own selfish gain. Whether it be for political gain, providence its, clicks on line or media ratings or whatever it is, they are putting their own selfish interests ahead of the interests of the people. Driving wedges between us based on the color of our skin, where worship, om, how we if we worship, all the things that makes up th
They stand for coming out here on this lovely saturday evening. We are very pleased to have steve waldon to talk about his new book. Sacred liberty. It is about religious freedom and what steve calls in the subtitle, americas long, bloodied and ongoing struggle for that freedom. These days we tend to think of a religious freedom as a basic fundamental principle of our democracy and one we take very much for granted. But our countrys history as they recount in a fascinating history is filled with examples of religious prosecution. In just the opening pages of his book, he recall stories of ministers brutalizing baptist ministers around the time of the resolution, the American Revolution and later catholics and jews from holding office, the banning of native american spiritual practices, attempts to exterminate women and much more. All of which underscores and despite the First Amendment, the struggle to ensure religious freedom in the United States has indeed been challenging and compet
Hello, South Carolina. Thank you. Thank you. What a treat. Thank you. Thank you so much for inviting me. Thank you for what you do. Chairman robertson and the is so good toit be in a state that is home to institutions like whip clyburn, new arrivals like congressman cunningham, and so many people at every level of government and activism who know, even though there are a lot of 2020 types coming, who know that we stop treating the presidency like it is the only office that matters and organized to win at every level of the ticket. [applause] it is as if one member of our family died at the hands of another. Even as an outside process works to determine what happened, we already know why such deep wounds are surfacing. Why our whole community hurts. I also want to tell you that my community is full of people who believe in safety and justice. We will heal and come out stronger in the broken places. When a city is challenged, just as when a nation is challenged, the most important thing