And general michael hayden, the honorable porter goss and the honorable judge webster. Thank you. [applause] ms. Gordon how lucky are we . I think i may be the first moderator in this programs history who has the joy of saying that she worked for everybody that was on the panel. [laughter] gentlemen, im going to try to make you proud. This is remarkable. Here is what we are going to do, take a little bit of a romp through their histories and perspectives from their 10 years tenures, and comment on the issues of today and then see if we can bounce back and forth. Can you look at us when you address us . Ms. Gordon yes, sir. [laughter] ms. Gordon i love that. We are getting it back echo. Ms. Gordon i love that. First question for each of you, what was the greatest threat or issue that consumed your tenure, and what do you see is the greatest issue or threat facing the nation today from a security perspective . John, you get to go first. Congress is an answer . [laughter] ms. Gordon we wi
Good morning we are here to get the facts of what happened. Americans deserve to know what they are doing to fix the problem and help individuals that are impacted. We will find out what happened. Todays hearing needs to shed some much needed information fre received assurances that mr. Smith can speak for the company on concrete steps that he took in the aftermath to secure the Computer System and protect the affected customers as well as what happened when he was chief executive. The chair of the Consumer Protections Agency Speaks about how we are individually connected world. The fact of life can have many positive implications far and wide ranging for commerce, and trade. Massive reminder of bad actors that are out there and the security challenges facing our economy. In this case sensitive personal information that is used to build Credit History and allow individuals to engage by cell phone and secure mortgages as a compromise. Reasonable security measures must be implemented, th
Democrats, 202 7488000. All others, 202 7488002. We welcome your posts on facebook as well. And we look for your tweets. Send those. We will get to your calls momentarily. Again, this is a poll that came out from the Pew Research Center. A couple of the leading paragraphs that came out this weekend. A busy newsweek and we thought they get around to hearing your thoughts on this. The key take away for more than two decorates, partisan divide has been a force in politics. Today, the divide between pins and democrats on fundamental issues including the role of government, it worse education issues. Graphic what is striking is how Little Common ground there is among partisans today. Even on issues on which republicans and democrats have moved in the same direction for example, growing numbers in both parties say homosexuality should be accepted rather than discouraged the partisan differences are wider today than in the past. Directorical research joins us first thing this morning. Thank y
Calls and he can join the conversation on face book and twitter as well. Washington journal, live at 7 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Announcer on newsmakers, were joined by california congresswoman linda sanchez, vice chair of the House Democratic caucus. She is the former chair of the congressional then it c aucus. Sarah, you are up first. Congressman, thanks for being with us. Orlando, shooting in democrats staged a sit in and made a push. Is this moment different and what can democrats do . The situation is slightly different. It is the same tragedy that repeats itself. We have limited venues to try to force action on some sensible gun violence registration legislation. Use different. And strategies for different situations. Because we do not control the agenda, we are not able to set hearings or schedule specific pieces of legislation for the floor. Ways weushing in the can. We are reaching out to republicans to see if we can get members on the other side of the aisle to stand with us on
The caucus. Thank you for being with us today. I want to start with the shooting and las vegas. After the shooting in orlando, really tried to push and nothing has changed. Realistically, is this moment different and what can democrats do . The situation is slightly different. It is the same tragedy that seems to repeat itself over and over. We have limited venues by which to try to force action on some sensible gun violence prevention legislation. Americas galvanized attention on this issue and it was impactful, but we have to use different strategies for different situations and because we do not control the agenda, were not able to set hearings are scheduled specific pieces of legislation. There are limited avenues we have available to us. We are pushing when we can and reaching out to republicans to try to see if we can get members on the other side of the aisle to stand with us on some of these sensible measures. To will continue to do that we will continue to do that. But there h