Has made a number of public comments. We held a hearing, many members, republican and democrat, were present on the question of fragile states. He is, i think, appropriately highlighting that the cost of restabilizing countries like libya, syria, iraq and continuing to hold together countries like nigeria and pakistan is going to be substantial. And we need to engage in a bipartisan and thoughtful way in advancing why it is in americas interests to prevent the collapse of even more larger and potentially dangerous states. Im really grateful for your presence. Thank you. Senator cardin for a closing comment. Thank you. I want to thank both of our witnesses for being here. I certainly agree with both of your statements about the United States must reassure our gulf state partners and israel of our commitment to their security. I do just make the observation, we all talk about being strong in regards to iranian activities that are not directly related to the jcpoa, and i agree with that c
Roughly, 3,000 people lost their lives and the nation hasnt forgotten their loss. The senator from new york and i introduced legislation called the justice against sponsors of terrorism act. This is Bipartisan Legislation that would enable americans and their family members who lost loved ones on that horrible day to pursue their claims for justice against those who sponsored these acts of terrorism on u. S. Homeland. This bill was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee Without objection, and similar legislation passed the senate u unanimously last congress. That kind of support, i believe sends the support we will combat terrorism with every tool we have available and the victims of terrorist attacks in our country should have every means at their disposal to seek justice. I am grateful of the work from the senator from new york, along with chairman grassley for shepherding it through the Senate Judicial communityy and the support of likeminded senators in this chamber. We wor
About an Administration Official was invited to testify but is not expected to attend. Watch that hearing live here on cspan3. The house homeland subcommittee looks at risk that could occur from resuming air travel to cuba live here on cspan3. This sunday night on q a vanity fair columnist and slate magazine Founder Michael kensly talks about his new book old age, a beginners guide on living with parkinsons disease. Parkparkinsons is a brain disease. I obviously meant obviously thinking, is it going to affect my thinking, how i earn a living. So that became pretty important and i asked this neurologist whats going to happen . And he says he was trying to tell me it wasnt such a big deal. He said you may lose your edge, as if that was just nothing. I thought, gee, my edge is how i earn a living, its why i have my friends, maybe why i have my wife. Sunday night on cspans q a. Now internet activist and blogger Ethan Zuckerman talks about civic participation and the Role Technology has in
The constitution of Civil Justice comes to order. The chair is authorized to declare recessed committee at anytime. Welcome to you gentlemen. Sorry for being a little late. We called this hearing today to examine hr3765, the a. D. A. Education reform act of 2015 and hr241, the access act of 2015, which are two common sense proposals that require plaintiffs to require defendants with written notice and opportunity to correct an alleged a. D. A. Violation voluntarily before they may file a lawsuit and force a Business Owner to incur legal costs. Overall purpose. When a. D. A. Was signed into law by george h. W. Bush, it was to provide the disabled with equal access. Its hailed as the most sweeping, nondiscrimination legislation of the act of 1964. Enterprising plaintiffs and their lawyers have abused the law by filing a flurry of a. D. A. Lawsuits aimed at churning out billable hours rather than improving access for the disabled as the a. D. A. Intended. These predatory lawsuits are poss
The subcommittee on Government Operations and the subcommittee on National Security will come to order and without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Were here today to discuss incorporating social media into the federal security clearance and Background Investigations. Having a security clearance means by definition you have access to information that would hurt our National Security if it got out. And that is why we perform Background Investigations on individuals who want a security clearance. The goal of our Background Investigations must be to find out if an individual is trustworthy. Back in the 1950s, that meant talking to neighbors and family. Today, with more than a billion individuals on facebook, what a person says and does on social media can often give a better insight on who they really are. Since 2008, various federal agencies have conducted studies on using social media data in investigations and they all find the same thing, that there