American day. His remarks spoke to the people in the audience who are just been sworn in as naturalized United States citizens. Said, we have gathered here to affirm of faith. A faith and a common purpose a common devotion. Some of us have chosen america as the land of our adoption. The rest of us have come from those who have done the same. What was the object that nerved us or those that went before us. Saw to liberty, freedom from oppression, freedom from want, freedom to be ourselves. Behind me, just across Columbus Circle a central park. 73 years later, we are here to affirm that common faith that learned hand proclaimed. Today well begin a conversation about how to strengthen our democracy at home. And help foster a new consensus that spreads freedom abroad. Over the past century, the world has witnessed the transformative power of freedom around the world. In 1900 there were no true democracies. My mother was born before women had the right to vote. And only until the Voting Rig
Good morning. Welcome, everyone. This is the oversight hearing of the subcommittee of disability assistance and memorial affairs. Well now come to order. I first want to take a moment to welcome the subcommittee members. Especially those who are new to congress and new to the committee. And also those who are returning. Its my privilege to have been asked to be chairman of the subcommittee and im grateful to chairman rowe for the opportunity. I want to explain that although i look toward to working with Miss Elizabeth este from connecticut as our new member, under committee rules, miss Julia Brownly is still the committees acting Ranking Member. And my understanding is that the full committee will schedule a business meeting to familiarize the subcommittee or im sorry, formalize the subcommittee assignment and our new subcommittee Ranking Members soon. But since we have not got that, i need to see if we have also we also want to make sure that we know that weve been joined by the Ranki
Good morning. Welcome, everyone. This is the oversight hearing of the subcommittee of disability assistance and memorial affairs. Well now come to order. I first want to take a moment to welcome the subcommittee members. Especially those who are new to congress and new to the committee. And also those who are returning. Its my privilege to have been asked to be chairman of the subcommittee and im grateful to chairman rowe for the opportunity. I want to explain that although i look toward to working with Miss Elizabeth este from connecticut as our new member, under committee rules, miss Julia Brownly is still the committees acting Ranking Member. And my understanding is that the full committee will schedule a business meeting to familiarize the subcommittee or im sorry, formalize the subcommittee assignment and our new subcommittee Ranking Members soon. But since we have not got that, i need to see if we have also we also want to make sure that we know that weve been joined by the Ranki
Good morning. Welcome, everyone. This is the oversight hearing of the subcommittee of disability assistance and memorial affairs. Well now come to order. I first want to take a moment to welcome the subcommittee members. Especially those who are new to congress and new to the committee. And also those who are returning. Its my privilege to have been asked to be chairman of the subcommittee and im grateful to chairman rowe for the opportunity. I want to explain that although i look toward to working with Miss Elizabeth este from connecticut as our new member, under committee rules, miss Julia Brownly is still the committees acting Ranking Member. And my understanding is that the full committee will schedule a business meeting to familiarize the subcommittee or im sorry, formalize the subcommittee assignment and our new subcommittee Ranking Members soon. But since we have not got that, i need to see if we have also we also want to make sure that we know that weve been joined by the Ranki
[inaudible conversations] good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you all for coming this morning. My name is kenneth feinberg, and ive been assigned the task of designing and administering the gm ignition compensation claims resolution protocol, the gm ignition switch compensation program. I want to spend a few minutes this morning, a, an overview of the program, how we got where we are. Secondly, i want to summarize the Eligibility Criteria for claimants who can file a claim. There are and third, i want to explain a bit the dollars and the compensation that is available under the ram. Under the program. We started drafting this protocol about two months ago at, initially, gms request. We have reached out to a wide variety of individuals and institutions to get as much information as we could about what ought to be in this ram. In this program. I thank General Motors for their total cooperation in establishing this program. Theyre funding it, and theyre funding it without any cap on