Advance the measure both for 11 30 a. M. Eastern. Now live to the senate floor here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal father, our souls long for you, for we find strength and joy in your presence. Guide our lawmakers to put their trust in you, seeking in every undertakin to know and do your will. When they go through difficulties, may they remember that, with your help, they can accomplish the seemingly impossible. Give them a faith that will trust you even when the darkness is blacker than a thousand midnights. May they always find strength in your providential leading. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The
Cocommunity in realtime. Madam president , both these troubling interactions between the police and the citizens that are sworn to protect c or serve wasteful on video, its not new but they have the evidence they happened to be caught creating stronger legal evidence, misconduct and abuse. Today as the nation experienced yet another civil rights avement, this time giving pandemic, i want to share with my colleague some word colleaguf inspirations i turn to in times of trouble. First its the constitution. We the people of the United States in order to form a more Perfect Union establish justice first mentioned in the constitution. So let us think how we can help establish justice as we do by the constitution which weve sworn to uphold and defend. The second set of words i would like to share with my colleague and dear friend who represented baltimore in the congress for many years, representative cummings gave the eulogy for Freddie Grady who died after nting arrested and taken into pol
Freddie gray and so many others. The current protests weve seen throughout the nation and threat the world are a direct result of an incredible leap in technology. Where individual citizens and officers of themselves can recd interactions between Police Officers and members of the community in real time. Madam president , what these troubling interaction between the police and the citizens that are sworn to protect or serve, we saw that on video. Its not new but we now have the evidence. They just happen to be caught creating stronger legal evidence of misconduct and abuse. Today as our nation experiences yet another civil rights movement, this time during aem pandemic, i want to share with my colleagues and words of inspiration i often turn to in times of trouble. First is the constitution. We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, the first mention in the constitution. So let us think how we in the United States can help to establis
The committee will come to order. The gentleman from texas, mr. Green, who is also the chair for subcommittee and oversight for investigations is recognized for five minutes. Thank you, madam chair. Madam chair, as a practitioner, i once represented a recipient of welfare who was charged with a crime because she made more money at a job and received some benefits from the federal government. She had to be prosecuted. A crime was alleged. If this bank, where its mu was smaller, had maybe ten employees, had engaged in this type of activity, opening fraudulent accounts, creating fraudulent credit cards, someone would be prosecuted. A small bank would have had prosecutions take place within the ranks of the person within the bank. Evidence shows that small banks have had persons prosecuted. But wells fargo created 1. 5 million fraudulent accounts. Wells fargo had over 500,000 credit cards created, fraudulently. Is it the case that if you become so big and you create such a grand scheme, th
Thank you. This hearing is entitled Holding Wells Fargo Accountable examining the roll of board of directors and that the greatest patterns of consumer abuses. Today, we received testimony from elisabeth and mr. James quigley who until earlier this weeks are as chair of the board of directors of wells fargo and companys Walls Fargo Bank respectively. Both have resigned as our call for the resignations following the release of us phasing majority statute on wells fargos compliance failures in their individual failures as Board Members. Resignations do not absolve them of their failures. Directors at wells fargo, and institutions across this country must understand that they are the last line of defense when it comes to protecting your companys shareholders, employees and customers. And while ms. Duke mystically said said, there resigned to quote, avoid distractions that would be cleared and this is not a distraction, we are examining the conduct and the dereliction of duty. Over the pas