thank you for your patience, without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. this hearing is entitled holding wells fargo accountable, examining the role of the board of directors in the bank s egregious pattern of consumer abuses i now recognize myself for four minutes to give an opening statement. today we receive testimony from ms. elizabeth duke and mr. james quigley who until earlier this week served as chair of the board of directors of wells fargo and company and wells fargo bank respectively. both have resigned after our call for their resignations following the release of a scathing majority staff report on wells fargo s compliance failures and their individual failures as board members. but their resignations do not absolve them of their failures. directors at wells fargo and institutions across this country must understand that they are the last line of defense when it comes to protecting their company s shareholders, emp
our annual surveillance conference. we really began the conference in 2013 focused on the nsa and i m inspired by the enormous amount of information coming out. the following year i decided it made sense to have a dedicated full-day conference on surveillance of this is our fifth year. i recall a year or two in, the excellence reported. do you think is the information peters out, do you think there will still be enough to talk about every year in the domain of surveillance. i wouldn t say i m happy to say but i can confidently say that it doesn t look like we are running into one of being short on subject matter. but following the conference, from the art museum, they ve agreed to have a special tour for attendees of sites unseen. this is an astonishingly original artist that explores the surveillance state in its many guises and works to use art to make visible operations of the state that are normally clifton shadow. if you haven t seen this exhibition it s worth it and it
our annual surveillance conference. we really began the conference in 2013 focused on the nsa and i m inspired by the enormous amount of information coming out. the following year i decided it made sense to have a dedicated full-day conference on surveillance of this is our fifth year. i recall a year or two in, the excellence reported. do you think is the information peters out, do you think there will still be enough to talk about every year in the domain of surveillance. i wouldn t say i m happy to say but i can confidently say that it doesn t look like we are running into one of being short on subject matter. but following the conference, from the art museum, they ve agreed to have a special tour for attendees of sites unseen. this is an astonishingly original artist that explores the surveillance state in its many guises and works to use art to make visible operations of the state that are normally clifton shadow. if you haven t seen this exhibition it s worth it and it
our annual surveillance conference. we really began the conference in 2013 focused on the nsa and i m inspired by the enormous amount of information coming out. the following year i decided it made sense to have a dedicated full-day conference on surveillance of this is our fifth year. i recall a year or two in, the excellence reported. do you think is the information peters out, do you think there will still be enough to talk about every year in the domain of surveillance. i wouldn t say i m happy to say but i can confidently say that it doesn t look like we are running into one of being short on subject matter. but following the conference, from the art museum, they ve agreed to have a special tour for attendees of sites unseen. this is an astonishingly original artist that explores the surveillance state in its many guises and works to use art to make visible operations of the state that are normally clifton shadow. if you haven t seen this exhibition it s worth it and it
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