[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. Almighty god, you have called us and we are yours. We pray this day that our lawmakers would respond to this calling with worthiness, keenly aware of the privilege that it is you who have sent them into the leadership of this country. May they receive this mantle of responsibility with all humility, gentleness, and patience. May they demonstrate eagerness to maintain the unity of the spirit who binds this body together in peace. Bearing with all others around them in the manner of unconditional love you, yourself, have revealed to your sons and daughters. And help
[inaudible conversations] im calling this hearing to order. It is exciting for me that i get to be here with senator cotton in their first hearing on the subcommittee on criminal justice and counterterrorism. I want to welcome Ranking Member cotton and all the subcommittee members and thank the witnesses that are here today both in person and a virtual witnesses that we will have as well. Im going to acknowledge in a moment after finish my opening remarks should senator grassley show up we will make time for them to give remarks after senator cotton gets some. I was asked by one of our members senator klobuchar who really wanted to be here today but she is unfortunately at home attending Funeral Services of dante wright who was shot and killed during a traffic stop and she wanted me to express that she would be submitting questions for the record. Right now across the country we are having a review and absolute critical conversation about leasing in america. Im very grateful over the l
Our live coverage begins online at cspan. Org or listen live on the cspan radio app. Next, a look at Police Reform and Mental Health. A house subcommittee heard from Law Enforcement officials and advocates. [inaudible conversations] im calling this hearing to order. It is exciting for me that i get to be here with senator cotton in their first hearing on the subcommittee on criminal justice and counterterrorism. I want to welcome Ranking Member cotton and all the subcommittee members and thank the witnesses that are here today both in person and a virtual witnesses that we will have as well. Im going to acknowledge in a moment after finish my opening remarks should senator grassley show up we will make time for them to give remarks after senator cotton gets some. I was asked by one of our members senator klobuchar who really wanted to be here today but she is unfortunately at home attending Funeral Services of dante wright who was shot and killed during a traffic stop and she wanted me
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Committee will come to order. Today, we are holding a hearing on the nomination of attorney general becerra to be secretary of health and Human Services. Senator burr and i will have an Opening Statement and then i will recognize senator feinstein to introduce attorney general becerra. After attorney general becerra gives his testimony, senators will have five minutes and i will be happy to stay for a second round if any senator has her many questions. Has remaining questions. Before we begin, we will follow the advice of the instruction on conducting this hearing. We are grateful to everyone who has worked so hard to get this set up and to help everyone stay safe and healthy. Members are kept six feet apart. Some senators are participating by videoconference. While we are no longer able to have a hearing over to the public, video is available on our website at health. Senate. Gov. Thank you attorney general becerra for joining us. I appreciated our conversations so far about how to ta