Pellegrino, dr. Uni libby, ellie newson, and chris dixon, thank you very much for what you have said. [applause] is do a formatdo a little bit different than i usually do because i want to involve you in the discussion. I do not give you a long speech, i will listen i will limit it to three hours. [laughter] sen. Sanders i want to touch on, there are some out there. I want to touch on some of the essential issues and get your thoughts on it. I want to start with the issue of money and politics. If you run for president of the United States, for governor or senator for that matter, it is an expensive proposition. Thatncern right now, is especially since Citizens United , what we have seen is a major corruption of our political process. And the one person one vote. We are america here. If we were arguing about an issue, majority wins. Everybody has the same vote. But increasingly in american politics, that is not the case. You have a handful of billionaires who are literally spending hun
Questions on education, health care, and Climate Change. If you run for the president of the United States, it is an expensive proposition. Now is thatight especially since Citizens United , what we have seen is a major corruption of our political process and the concept of meaning oneeting person one vote. We are america here. If we were arguing about an issue, majority wins. Everybody has the same vote. But increasingly in american politics, that is not the case. You have a handful of billionaires who are literally spending hundreds of millions of dollars in all kinds of ways electing candidates who represent the wealthy and the powerful. And that concerns me very much because that undermines american democracy, which is why you end up in congress with Republican Leadership talking about tax breaks for billionaires and cuts to social security, medicare, and medicaid. Go out on the streets of indianola or anywhere else, it is not like that. That is what the money interests want. We ha
And Public Policy events from washington dc and around the country. So you can make up your own mind. Created by cable in 1979, cspan is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Up next hearing examines the effects of trauma on children and their mental and physical developments held by the house education and labor subcommittee, this is about two hours 15 minutes. The committee on education and labor will come to order. Will come everyone. I note that a quorum is present. The committee is meeting today in a hearing to hear testimony on the importance of trauma in education to assist students impacted by gun violence and other adverse events. I note for the subcommittee that miss of oregon, miss , miss wilde of pennsylvania and mr. Castro of texas are permitted to participate in todays hearings with the understanding that their questions will come only after all members of the subcommittee on both sides of the aisle who are pr
Over to the u. N. Security council in new york there you can see mark who of course is the emergencies change for the u. N. Hes giving a briefing hes giving a briefing on the various emergencies around the world i believe hes talking about syria right now and we will be will listen a little bit to that but were also waiting to hear the very latest from the Security Council as to the situation in yemen but lets just listen to what he has to say about syria the displaced people compromising their ability to provide education for children. On 22 oldest following advances in many areas of northern hammer in southern italy the syrian authorities announced again the opening of the crossing point for civilians wishing to leave the area we understand the syrian authorities of station buses in the area and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent has been asked to prepare for possible population movements there are 2 shelters identified in iran to see if people with a capacity of 150 families the u. N. And
Hearing on women and the criminal Justice System in the criminal Justice System. Members questioned the witnesses on jails for female prisoners, highlighting several examples including solitary confinement, emotional distress, lack of resources when entering reentering society. This is about two and a half hours. The committee on crime, terrorism and Homeland Security will come to order. The chair istion, able to call recess at any time. For annize myself opening statement. I am very pleased this subcommittee is holding this hearing. After decades of policies that led to mass incarceration, we are finally at a point of examining the policies and the consequences. What has been missing from the discussion of criminal Justice Reform as the special and specific impact the tough own crime arrow has had on women and children. Todays hearing begins a discussion about women and the criminal Justice System. It is critical we understand how and why women become involved in the system, what happ