Kings. Amy civil rights pioneer julian bond has died at the age of 75. For over half a century, he helped fight for freedom in the United States. He cofounded the student nonviolent corn ending committee helped integrate georgias house , of representatives, and then chaired the naacp. He fought for environmental and gayrights. We will speak to Eleanor Holmes norton, delegate to congress representing the District Of Columbia, former naacp chair benjamin jealous, Pulitzer Prizewinning historian taylor , president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. And we will hear julian bond in his own words. We march because Trayvon Martin has joined emmett till in the pantheon of young black martyrs. We march because the United States Supreme Court has eviscerated the Voting Rights act for which we fought and we march because every Economic Indicator shows gaping whitelike disparities. We march for freedom from white supremacy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Or
Kings. Amy civil rights pioneer julian bond has died at the age of 75. For over half a century, he helped fight for freedom in the United States. He cofounded the student nonviolent corn ending committee helped integrate georgias house , of representatives, and then chaired the naacp. He fought for environmental and gayrights. We will speak to Eleanor Holmes norton, delegate to congress representing the District Of Columbia, former naacp chair benjamin jealous, Pulitzer Prizewinning historian taylor , president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. And we will hear julian bond in his own words. We march because Trayvon Martin has joined emmett till in the pantheon of young black martyrs. We march because the United States Supreme Court has eviscerated the Voting Rights act for which we fought and we march because every Economic Indicator shows gaping whitelike disparities. We march for freedom from white supremacy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Or
Andfather was an academic president of a college in pennsylvania. School up at a quaker which was obviously an integrated quaker school. Graduated, the family moved to atlanta which he tells me was for him a terrifying experience because of all that he had heard that happens to africanamericans. He started at Morehouse College and in 1960 was a cofounder of the student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which is one of the majors for those of you are not old enough to older history, one of the major activist organizations of to know your history, one of the major activist organizations of the day. The legislature was read on ran grown redrawn and he and won. The assembly of the state of onrgia declined to seat him the grounds that he had endorsed the position against the war in vietnam and indicated that people who tried to evade the draft, while he was not going to encourage them, or people who should be commended for courage. For those reasons he was not seated in the state legislatu
B. Good morning. The subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection will come to order. The chair now recognizes himself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Good morning. Today we are here to get the facts to learn what happened at equifax that led to the personal information of over 143. Americans information being stolen. We must find out what happened. The public deserves to know what happened and what steps are being taken to protect their Sensitive Data Going Forward. Todays hearing needs to shed some much needed information and light on this breach. We have received ashursurances m equifax that mr. Smith can speak on concrete remediation steps that the company took in the aftermath to secure its Computer Systems and protect the affected u. S. Customers as well as what happened when he was chief executive. As chairman of the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection subcommittee i often speak about the fact that we live in a digitally connected world. That fact of
Services for free. And my constituent james from new york asked why did it take so long to announce the data breach and why shouldnt you be held responsible for every day of failing to report . I think hopefully my written testimony, my oral testimony, and the dialogue we have had today has talked about the timeline in enough granularity to help that person understand what occurred from march through 7th. And a constituent stephanie asked, do they know if the people were targeted or randomly picked . Why some but not others . At this point, all indications are it was at random. It was targeting of individuals specifically. I have exhausted my time, but let me assure you, mr. Smith, i have many,many, many constituents questions that continue to pour forth and were going to provide those after the hearing here. And would expect that they would all be answered, and again, thank you for your response. I yield back. Thank you very much. The gentleman yields back. The chair now recognizes th