Attorney general james good morning. I want to thank you all for joining me. Im joined here this morning by the chief of the Charities Bureau and the cochief chief of the enforcement section. Enforcement section, emily stern. Just a few minutes ago, my office filed a lawsuit against the National Rifle association to dissolve the organization in its entirety. For years of selfdealing and illegal conduct that violates new yorks Charities Law and undermine its own mission. The National Rifle association or the nra is the largest and most influential Gun Organization in the nation. Since its founding in 1871, the nra has been a registered notforprofit Charitable Organization in the state of newark prayed the Attorney Generals Office has a large range of regulatory powers over charitable corporations and their trustees. Including the nra. The nra influence has been so powerful that the organization unchecked for decades while top executives funneled millions into their own pockets. Four yea
The only way we can provide relief to these families is to take control of the pandemic as fast asfa we can do so if my colleagues are serious about getting the kids back to school safely, i would ask them to join me in demanding federal leadership to contain the virus instead of wishing that it would go away. We have to make it go away. To follow the sciencebased guidance as a result, lives were lost, my favorites were destroyed and we are now in the position all of our schools can safely resume in person operations. We must learn from these mistakes not to repeat them. Our childrens futures are at stake. Before we close, i did enter into the record the American Federation of teachers called reopening schools safely as well as the position statement from the Speech Language Hearing Association and i ask unanimous consent for these materials to be entered into the record, so ordered. All members have five minutes to submit additional written questions for the assist which will be forwa
This full Committee Nomination will come to order. This morning the committee will consider four nominations to key transportation positions. The nominees before us today are eric soskin, nominee for Inspector General for dp of transportation. Robert pmbing rimus, nominated to be a member of the Surface Transportation Board. Sara feinberg, nominated to be a director of the amtrak board of directors. And chris coose, nominated to be a director on the amtrak board of directors. The Inspector General of transportation oversees audits of the d. O. T. s programs with the end goal of ensuring our national frppings system is safe, efficient and effective for the american people. Eric soskin has been nominated for this Important Role. Hes a senior trial counsel in the federal Programs Branch at the u. S. Department of justice where he has served since 2006. During his tenure at the justice department, he hasing mored complex litigation an was chose fn a detailed assignment as policy counsel in
Good afternoon as chairman of the Senate Commerce subcommittee on manufacture, trade and Consumer Protection i welcome you all here today to a hearing entitled, protecting americans from covid19 scams. The nation continues to fight the unprecedented Public Health present and president Public Health crisis brought on by the covid19 pandemic. In light of the serious threat this post to america, in the shoe shuddering of mainstream businesses, the response of Public Health protocols, have been felt in every corner of the country. It has been clear the preventive practices, policies, and resources, including expanded testing case testing capabilities and the ability to have protective equipment or absolute assess these to reopening the economy extinguishing this health crisis. However, during this time of National Emergency recorded and recovery, there are frustration scam artists that seek to take advantage of consumers, especially of the nations most vulnerable communities like that of o
Good morning. I want to thank you all for joining me. I am joined here this morning by the chief of the bureau and the code chief of the enforcement section, emily stern. Just a few minutes ago, my office filed a lawsuit against the National Rifle association to dissolve the organization in its entirety. For years of selfdealing and illegal conduct that violates new yorks Charities Law and undermine its own mission. The National Rifle association or the nra is the largest and most influential Gun Organization in the nation. Since its founding in 1871, the nra has been a registered notforprofit Charitable Organization in the state of newark prayed the Attorney Generals Office has a large range of regulatory powers over charitable corporations and their trustees. Including the nra. The nra influence has been so powerful that the organization unchecked for decades while top executives funneled millions into their own pockets. Four years the nra diverted millions and millions of dollars aw