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Talk about portsmouth virginia. Were a confederate statue is being removed from the city center. You can see it wrapped right now, they are ready to cart it away, this controversy over the monument escalated on wednesday after the president and Vice President were arrested during a peaceful protest where they were trying to protest the existence of the statue there in the middle of the town square. They have been removing it from its base and getting rid of it. And this is one of several confederate monuments and statues of people who were important during the confederacy that are being taken down we are keeping e on the opening of service into san jose including an inaugural train ride with politicians. At the station were a Ribbon Cutting is set for a few hours from now. Good morning, we are stirring to see the station, live as employees are coming to work prepping the site here for the big festivities in celebration later on today. All of the safety checks are done last minute finis
Good morning. The committee will come to order. Not too many of us here this morning and the energy and Natural Resources committee. Its kind of a foul day. E department of energy because we would be moving forward with a package of Energy Related bills that we have been working on for well over a year. In many cases four years. Equities from some 70 different members of the senate. And we are stalled out right now. We are not not because of the concern of the people in this community, that they have not participated in but because of a matter completely unrelated to the jurisdiction of this committee, completely unrelated to anything weve been working onee prior to it so its stalled out right now. It makes me wonder why we work so hard around here to try to incorporate the good work around here. Too just take Good Committee work. My mood shouldnt have anything to do with your responsibility as a secretary and department of tear and all you are seeking to do but i do know the work of t
The committee on homeland to get he will come t to order. Let me set the outset number of our members are still en route from the Prayer Breakfast this morning. They will join us accordingly. The Ranking Member being one of them. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on the department of Homeland Security use of facial recognition and other biometric technologies. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a committee in recess at any point. Good morning. The committee is meeting today to continue examining the department of Homeland Security is use of facial Recognition Technology. The Committee Held part one of this hearing in july of last year, after news that thet department was expanding its use of facial recognition forth varying purposes, such as confirming the identities of travelers, including u. S. Citizens. As facial Recognition Technology has advanced, it has become the chosen form of Biometric Technology used by the government and industry. I want t