Incident remains under investigation this much is known has cause real pain for mr. Browns family as well as residents of ferguson and others across the country. Evens of unfolding have sparked a muchneeded National Discussion on police strategy, Law Enforcement response and race relations. The purpose of todays hearing is not to explore what happened in ferguson that day but other judicial system the purpose of todays hearing is to examine the effectiveness of programs for state and local police with surplus military equipment and exercises for planning and training. The issues to there not just about ferguson that affect communities across the nation. Says retake the deep dive into local lawenforcement agencies to explore the value of these programs to police the communities they serve, and taxpayers. Lets start by a thinking senator Mitch Paschal and her staff for cochairing this with me and our call date from missouri has spent a lot of time in ferguson we look forward to hearing a