Levine is the Director Office of minority and women inclusion of the federal Housing Finance agency. And laura mcrae, the director of the office of minority women inclusion of a Consumer Financial protection bureau. That yourare reminded testimony will be limited to five minutes. I chime will go off at the end that your time. Respect themt you members and other witnesses time by wrapping up your moral testimony. Without objection, your written statement will be made part of the record. Cole, you are now recognized for five minutes to give in or a presentation on your testimony. Chairwoman and a Ranking Member wagner and distinguish members of the subcommittee thank you for this opportunity to testify and share the diversity and inclusion efforts of treasuries headquarters. Diversity and inclusion emerged as a discipline over the past 50 years or so. But i prefer to trace these values to the words on the great seal of the United States e. Pluralist unum. Out of many, one. Hundreds of th
Unmuting themselves muting themselves. Consistent with the regulations accompanying House Resolution 965, staff will only use members to witnesses as appropriate avoid inadvertent background noise. Members are reminded all house rules relating to order and decorum apply to this remote hearing. This hearing is entitled Holding Financial regulators accountable for diversity and inclusion perspectives on the offices of minority and women inclusion. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an opening statement. Today, Holding Financial regulators accountable for diversity and inclusion, perspectives from the offices of minority and women inclusion. Our country is facing three pandemics, covid19 and the economic pandemic, and the fight for social justice pandemic. These challenges have reshaped our work and our personal relationships in unprecedented ways. Todays hearing is totally virtual and i appreciate all of our witnesses and members for participating. I am hopeful we will be ab
We welcome our second panel of witnesses. Pamela gibbs, the director, office of minority and women inclusion of the securities and exchange commission. Levine is the Director Office of minority and women inclusion of the federal Housing Finance agency. And laura mcrae, the director of the office of minority women inclusion of a Consumer Financial protection bureau. That yourare reminded testimony will be limited to five minutes. I chime will go off at the end that your time. Respect themt you members and other witnesses time by wrapping up your moral testimony. Without objection, your written statement will be made part of the record. Cole, you are now recognized for five minutes to give in or a presentation on your testimony. Chairwoman and a Ranking Member wagner and distinguish members of the subcommittee thank you for this opportunity to testify and share the diversity and inclusion efforts of treasuries headquarters. Diversity and inclusion emerged as a discipline over the past 50
[inaudible] thank you. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. Without objection members of the full committee not on this subcommittee are authorized to participate in todays hearing. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times, even when they are not recognized by the chair. Members are also reminded that they are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves, and to meet themselves after they finished speaking. Consistent with the regulations of a Company House resolution 965, staff will only mute members and witnesses as appropriate. We not recognized to avoid inadvertent background noise. Members are reminded that all house rules relating to order and decorum apply to this remote hearing. This hearing is entitled Holding Financial regulators accountable for diversity and inclusion. I now recognize myself for four minutes to give an opening statement. Todays hearing fo
Latest jeffrey hello, everyone. Welcome to the latest installment. This has been going on, seemingly forever. Because behind we go behindthescenes to talk about some of our latest reporting and writing. I will remind you that next month we are hosting our atlantic festival, this time digitally. It will have certain advantages, namely you do not have to get dressed up to go to the festival. Please stay tuned for more information and we will be delivering that you regularly. Today we will talk with ed yong. If you are watching, i assume you already know who he is. He is the preeminent pandemic reporter. He is certainly one of the most important reporters working in america today. His stories about the pandemic have not only told us what is going on, but they have helped us to orient around what we should think about what is going on. He has been on this subject for a while. His recent piece is on the cover of this months atlantic, the print edition of the atlantic. You can read it online