Keeping with our tradition to without at least giving our condolences to his family and those who served with him and who he represented i will recognize the chairman for remarks on Mister Conyers. Thank you madam chairperson. Americans across the country are mourning the loss of john conyers today that l his loss is not felt more deeply here in the Judiciary Committee serving more than 50 years. Including 20 years as chairman or Ranking Member. He was a true champion for civil rights and justice and on the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement he also holds the distinction to be the only member of congress to be endorsed by Martin Luther king jr. Throughout his career he was a leader of progressive causes he authored universal healthcare legislation and introduced hr 40 with the reparations of jim crow back j in 1989 with a long track record to work across the aisle with partisan legislation such as the violence against women act usa freedom act and the Voting Rights act. As a leader
Lab now because of trafficking, something we didnt talk about in 2006 when this bill was passed, we have more issues making sure we protect our most valuable resource so thank you for what you do to make life better. Thank you, i yield back. Chair will recognize mister lieu. Thank you, mister chair. I think the witnesses for the work that you do. Active duty in the air force, i worked on cases as a prosecutor, coauthored a number of bills, sex offenders, very important issue to me. I do have a sense that it may take a long time a victim of a sex offense to come forward including children with victims of sex offenses so i asked the panel is that true and if it is, why does that happen . Thank you so much, mister lieu. It is true and if you look at the clergy or Catholic Church abuse cases we have good statistics on that. There have been as many as 10,000 victims who have come forward in those cases but many of those victims came forward after we 10 years, 20 years, 30 years, even 40 yea
The meeting will come the order, subcommittee on crime, terrorism and Homeland Security investigations will come to order. Without section chairs authorized to declare a recess, we welcome everybody to todays hearing on combating crimes against children and i will recognize myself for an Opening Statement and recognize the gentleman from michigan and chairman of the full committee, and we will begin our questioning. I will thank each of you for being here today, this addresses one of the most difficult issues for people to contemplate, exploitation of societys most innocent and vulnerable, our children. Public safety is a preeminent function of government even among the preeminent dysfunction protecting those who cannot protect themselves is most important. Examining current laws, to evaluate effectiveness of these laws and Work Together across every proverbial aisle. To make sure laws are tough and effective as possible and when needed strength and where needed. Thank our witnesses fo
Having with one entity or another. What i get to is that the president did have an opportunity to talk with chancellor merkel today, and their conversation was focused on the situation inside of syria and they shared a deep concern about the increase in violence there. They also had an opportunity to discuss the situation in ukraine as well. And continued violation of ukraines territorial integrity by the russians. But i dont have more detailed readout of the conversation to share beyond. Josh, thanks. [inaudible] the president is aware of the crash in hoboken. Just received a detailed briefing at this point, fsk is still in its early stage of that investigation is being led by the National Transportation safety board. I know that the federal Railroad Administration is involved as well, and has personnel on site. They are collecting as much information about what happened as they can. The president will be updated on that situation as they learn more. Im not aware of any conversations