[applause] thank you, dean butler for your kind production and for the opportunity to be here. I want to also think president carrera for this leadership of George Mason University and to the students and faculty with us today. Thank you for making time to be here during this busy day of classes. Its a great honor for me to be here today to address a very important topic. Earlier this year marked the 45th anniversary of title ix, the landmark legislation passed by congress that seeks to ensure, and i quote, no person in the United States shall on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any Education Program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. The amendment to the Higher Education act was initially proposed by Democrat Center evan bayh, signed in law by Richard Nixon and was later renamed for congresswoman patsy mink, herself a victim of both sexbased and racebased discrimination as a thirdge
Reaction to the announcement. [applause] thank you dean butler for your kind introduction and the opportunity to be here. I want to also think the president for his leadership of George Mason University and to the students and faculty with us today, thank you for making time to be here during this busy day of classes. Its a great honor for me to be here today to address a very important topic. Earlier this year marks the 45th anniversary of title ix, a landmark legislation passed by congress that seeks to ensure, and i quote no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, denied the benefit of or be subjected to discrimination under any Education Program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. The amendment to the Higher Education act was initially proposed by democrat senator birch, signed into law by republican president Richard Nixon and later renamed for patty make. Herself a victim of sex and race discrimination. She has ser
Secretary devos thank you for your introduction and for the opportunity to be here. I want to thank president cabrera for his leadership at George Mason University and to the students and faculty with us today, thank you for making time to be here on this busy day of classes. Its a great honor for me to be here today to address a very important topic. Earlier this year marked the 5th anniversary of title 9, the landmark legislation passed by congress that seeks to ensure, and i quote, no person in the United States shall on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any Education Program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. The amendment to the Higher Education act was initially proposed by democrat senator bayh and signed into law by republican president nixon and renamed for patsy minching, a. Ctim of sexbased and racism minchings law has served an Important Role in shaping our environment. Tle
Guidance that has led us down a path where we now have 5 million folks with security clearances and access to the nations most Sensitive Information and facilities. Would you like to think about it, brian . Go ahead. I do not mean to interrupt. I just wanted to clarify we are very sensitive to what you say about that number. As a 5 million number that you are referring to covers both people with security clearances as well as people eligible for access. And being sensitive to that number as you mentioned 5 million of anything is a lot. Is. Spin and because of that, recently and speak of the devil as you mentioned, on halloween, the dni signed an executive correspondence going out to all of the Government Agencies stating that they need to they are required to go through their clearance list and validate the numbers and come back to the people that are being decreased from the clearances and get back with us with that information. When will they get back to you . They were given 90 days