There must be whistleblower protection. Can you address how you feel about whistleblowers and retaliation within the department. I would be happy to. Should i be confirmed i would do everything in my power to make sure theres no retaliation. I feel whistleblowers are an important part of the way democracy functions and i was happily recently the president signed into law and other whistleblower due to efforts, but i believe within each department we need to ensure not only various environment of of trust and respect, but a safe place for voices to be heard. Its vital we understand concerns of employees. Let me also address contracting after disasters. We are all very worried about all of the americans. For the first time i believe, in my lifetime weve been unable to restore a sick living necessities to thousands of americans for weeks now. Im confident you will get other questions about puerto rico, but i want to hone in on contracting youve awarded more than 2 billion in contracts, tw
Welcome to a very important hearing that we have been thanks for being patient as we get started. I will have an Opening Statement and senator feinstein then we will introduce the first panel then when we are done to the second panel. The Senate Judiciary committee responses to the increase of religious hate crimes. It is the great bipartisan interest religious hate crimes are victims the crimes would not have been committed except for hatred. Overthecounter to our america is freedom and they would treat this as religious groups rather than individuals. Religious hate crimes are on the rise. Crimes against jewish people are the most common religious a crime and they have increased against muslims try the fastestgrowing category. To these crimes increased by 67 percent by 2014 and 2015 from where the fbi has records available. I have been contacted the year from practicing religion should never have been. This is my pledge to you to confront antisemitism tuesday about prejudice and cond
Welcome to a very important hearing that we have been thanks for being patient as we get started. I will have an Opening Statement and senator feinstein then we will introduce the first panel then when we are done to the second panel. The Senate Judiciary committee responses to the increase of religious hate crimes. It is the great bipartisan interest religious hate crimes are victims the crimes would not have been committed except for hatred. Overthecounter to our america is freedom and they would treat this as religious groups rather than individuals. Religious hate crimes are on the rise. Crimes against jewish people are the most common religious a crime and they have increased against muslims try the fastestgrowing category. To these crimes increased by 67 percent by 2014 and 2015 from where the fbi has records available. I have been contacted the year from practicing religion should never have been. This is my pledge to you to confront antisemitism tuesday about prejudice and cond
Welcome to a very important here ainley have berthing support the patient to have been Opening Statement and then to introduce the first panel with vr done the Senate Judiciary committee is holding a hearing will entitle their responses to the increase of religious chairman grassley welcome, everybody, to a very important hearing that we have. Thank you for being patient while we get started here. Ill have an Opening Statement. Senator feinstein will go, and then well go, ill introduce our first panel. Then when were done there go to the second panel and introduce that at that time. The Senate Judiciary committee today is holding a hearing that we entitled responses to the increase in religious hate crimes. This is a subject of great bipartisan interest in the committee. Religious hate crimes harm victims. And also have a great impact on communities. Many of these crimes would never have been committed but for hatred. They run counter to americas values such as religious freedom and to
Thank you sarah. Now let us welcome from northern ireland, manchester francesca drumm. Francesca the world around us is changing fast. That just our Political Landscape but also on a social, geographical and cultural level. We all agree that the past months have been amongst the most chaotic and confusing that we as young people have witnessed. And yet we strive to raise our voices, the argument and the discourse. As bystanders and observers. Disregarded by the debates. Generation cryur for recognition. We seek to be had. Heard. We seek integrity. Values that we believe to be a cornerstone to any political argument. And we have been overlooked among state beer mongering and recent times. Today, as we consider the prospect of a kinder, there were democracy, we have the crucial task of young people to communicate the values that are integral to our generation. Hope, possibility and vision for a new world where boundaries between them and us must be breached. A society that looks in on it