Meeting will come to order. Homeland security investigations. Will come to order without objections to chair oj rise of the recess at the subcommittee any time. We welcome efrp to todays hearing on combatting crimes against children and i will recognize myself for an Opening Statement then recognize the gentleman from michigan. Then the chairman of the full committee, if he is able to make it, and then we will begin our questionings. I want to thank each of you for being up here today. Todays hearing addresses one of the most difficult issues for people of good conscious to contemplate. The most innocent and vulnerable, which would be our children. Public safety is the most preimminent function of government. And the most preimminent of protecting those who cannot protect themselves is most important. Today is regarding the exploitation of children, the effectiveness of laws and working together across every proverbial aisle that exist to make sure our laws are as tough as possible. Am
Comey will brief members of the House Intelligence Committee to answer questions about russias influence in the 2016 president ial election. Well have live coverage monday morning at 10 00 eastern on cspan 3. Back in the house judiciary committee, prosecutors of crimes against children testified on the federal policy that helps and hurts their efforts. A warning that some of the testimony is graphic in nature and may not be sitabe suitable younger viewers. The committee will come to order. The subskmity of Homeland Security and investigations. We welcome everyone to todays hearing on combatting crimes against children. And i will recognize myself for an Opening Statement and then i will recognize the gentleman from michigan and the chairman of the full committee if hes able to make it and we will begin our questioning. So i want to thank each of you for being here today. Todays hearing address is one of the most difficult to contemplate. The societys most vulnerable, which would be our
Comey will brief members of the House Intelligence Committee to answer questions about russias influence in the 2016 president ial election. Well have live coverage monday morning at 10 00 eastern on cspan 3. Back in the house judiciary committee, prosecutors of crimes against children testified on the federal policy that helps and hurts their efforts. A warning that some of the testimony is graphic in nature and may not be sitabe suitable younger viewers. The committee will come to order. The subskmity of Homeland Security and investigations. We welcome everyone to todays hearing on combatting crimes against children. And i will recognize myself for an Opening Statement and then i will recognize the gentleman from michigan and the chairman of the full committee if hes able to make it and we will begin our questioning. So i want to thank each of you for being here today. Todays hearing address is one of the most difficult to contemplate. The societys most vulnerable, which would be our
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
Judges were guests of the cato institute. Its about 90 minutes. Good afternoon, everybody. Im tim lynch. Today we will be hosting a debate on the question of whether or not the american criminal Justice System needs an ov overhaul. We have two very distinguished judges from our federal appeallate courts. Whats kind of interesting is that both of our guests were appointed to the bench by president reagan. This is not going to be your typical left right debate here in washington. The judges are in unique position by writing articles, giving lectures and ideas that have an impact on our legal system. I want to thank both of our guests for taking time out of their busy schedules to give us the benefit of some their experiences from the bench and suggesting ideas that might improve our legal system. I would like to take a minute or two to Lay Foundation for the discussion thats to follow. Before i do that, if you have a cell phone quickly doublecheck and make sure theyre silenced as a court