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Im lisa loy, Vice President for programs here and privileged to direct the Prevention Network which is part of our comprehensive health program. We are delighted to host this event with American Cancer Network and thrilled to be joined by three secretaries from hhs Whose Service has spanned multiple administrations from parties both democratic and republican. For those new to bpc, our mission is to drive principled, actionable policy solutions that combine the best ideas from both political parties. Today were here to talk about health and in particular to talk about ways to promote health and prevent disease, specifically cancer for ourselves, our families and our communities. From individual behavior changes to changes in our environments to policy changes at the state and federal level, theres a lot we can do to prevent cancer. For many of us, cancer is personal, some of us personally or affected someone we care about. Theres a tremendous amount of good work happening to better unde
All right. Senator klobuchar, were delighted to have a good prosecutor. Okay. Well, good. Well, thats a good way to begin. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman, and thank you to all of you for working on this issue. Senator durbin and i have been long involved in this issue, and also senator franken and i represent a state that has a lot of refugees and are a big part of the fabric of life in our state, leading businesses, teaching our students, on our police forces. So i think i would start with this issue with you, director rodriguez, on the Security Check. As you state in your testimony, refugees are subject to the highest level of Security Check of any category of traveler to the u. S. I believe we need to uphold these stringent Security Standards which require extensive by graphic and biometric checks, information vetting. Do you agree with me that refugees are the most carefully vetted of all travelers, and what has uscis done to ensure that the high security requirements for refuge
Judiciary will come to order, without objection the chair is authorized to declare resources of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing and oversight of the department of justice and National Security division. Before we begin with i would like to remind members that we have established an email address and distribution list dedicated to circulating exhibits, motions, and other written materials that they want as part of the hearing today. If you would like to submit materials please send them to the email address that has been previously distributed to the offices, and we. I will now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. National Security Division, or an s day was established was in the department of justice in 2006 with the aim to create counterterrorism and streamline interactions between federal prosecutors, main justice, and the Intelligence Community. The decision operates on the front lines of meteorologist facing our country, including a ris