And who loved this committee very greatly. He passed away just a few days ago having served his country in the armed forces and in the congress, and so we do mourn his passing and it would be not in keeping with our traditions to from seed witho proceed without giving our condolences to his family and for those who sent him to congress to represent them. At this point i would like to recognize mr. Nadler, the chairman of the full committee for remarks on mr. Conyers. Thank you, madam chairperson. Americans across the country are mourning the loss of john conyers today, but nowhere is his loss felt so deeply than here in the Judiciary Committee where he sfefserved for more th0 years as a member of the committee including 20 years either as chairman or Ranking Member. John conyers was a true champion for civil rights for the oppressed and disenfranchised. Prior to the service in congress, he was in the Civil Rights Movement and was in selma, alabama, in 1963. He holds the distinction of
Judge and an Immigration Law attorney. The subcommittee will come to order. With the indulgence of our witnesses before we proceed to the hearing, i think many of us would like to say a comment or two about the late john conyers, who was a member of this committee for many decades. Who gave his life to public service, and who loved this committee very greatly. He passed away just a few days ago having served his country in both the armed forces and in congress. So we do mourn his passing and it would not be in keeping with our traditions to proceed without at least giving our condolences to his family and to those who sent him to congress for so many decades to represent them. At this point, i would like to recognize mr. Nadler, the chairman of the full committee for remarks on mr. Conyers. Thank you, madame chairperson. Americans across the country are mourning the loss of john conyers today, but nowhere is his loss felt more deeply than here in the Judiciary Committee, which he serve
[applause] good evening, everyone. Im the Deputy Director of programs at politics and prose bookstore. Id like to thank you all for joining us this evening. Tonights event is a joint effort with our venue part owners of the marvin theater. I am honored tonight to introduce doctor Jared Diamond. I work with academics every day. We offer over 100 classes yearly with local distinguished professors on subjects such as current and classic literature, history, politics, writing workshops as we are a community of lifelong learners and speaking of learning, Jared Diamond is professor of geography at the university of california los angeles. His work includes five bestselling books and hes here today to talk about the most recent book entitled upheaval turning point for nations, from the firsthand experience the history of the six countries where he lived and was in five of six languages. I asked which language he didnt speak and he said japanese but he had japanese relatives. Upheaval complete
Good evening, everyone. Im the Deputy Director of programs at politics and prose bookstore. Id like to thank you all for joining us this evening. Tonights event is a joint effort with our venue part owners of the marvin theater. I am honored tonight to introduce doctor Jared Diamond. I work with academics every day. We offer over 100 classes yearly with local distinguished professors on subjects such as current and classic literature, history, politics, writing workshops as we are a community of lifelong learners and speaking of learning, Jared Diamond is professor of geography at the university of california los angeles. His work includes five bestselling books and hes here today to talk about the most recent book entitled upheaval turning point for nations, from the firsthand experience the history of the six countries where he lived and was in five of six languages. I asked which language he didnt speak and he said japanese but he had japanese relatives. Upheaval completes the trilo