Down and say, can we do both . What about our allies and other countries . That is the debate. It is not an easy answer. You can see both sides of the issue. Aside. E to set that one we have to solve that problem. Without it, we are going to have something bad happened. Security, that is a different issue. How networks are secure. We should talk about that. It is not the same as communications. If i look at that particular use case. What it tells me, Security Issues are only going to become more and more personalized in our society. The situation where you have terrorist organizations recruiting people on twitter. Ofis a pointer to me technology becoming a more personalized aspect of our lives. In particular, the upcoming generations. I think is going to be important for us, not just a focus on what is happening Technology Becomes more personalized and a part of what we are doing, we have to think around what are the indications of that from a policy perspective. A security perspective
Up next, you will hear conflicting testimony on how women are treated in the federal prison system. Charles samuels of the federal theau of prisons testifies system does not practice solitary confinement, while p kerman totally a different story. This is three hours. Not so in this case whatsoever. I think the testimony was fascinating, partly because i am somewhat new to this issue. I will keep my Opening Statement somewhat brief, because i know senator booker would like to make an Opening Statement. I am happy to have him do so because he has been involved in this issue longer than i have. I just want to make a couple of brief remarks. Being a business guy i am pretty data driven. The data, the statistics, on this particular problem the severe prison sentence with a high level incarceration rates are pretty stark. In 1980, there were 25,000 people in the federal prison systems. Today there are 29000, a 736 increase as our population has only increased 40 . In total, there were 500,00
It is the largest republican field of candidates to take the stage. Fox news is calling it a high stakes showdown. We want to begin with your comments on the Voting Rights. Is it still needed . Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. Send us a tweet, join us on facebook. Thank you for being with us. There are two forums. The main event at 9 00 eastern time. We want to get your comments on what questions you would ask the candidates. It seems the republicans like to violate Voting Rights act every chance they get. How does it showing your id heres the piece who says the federal Appeals Panel rule yesterday that a strict voter identification law in texas discriminated against blacks and hispanics and violated the rights act of 1965. A decision that defines the reach of the law. The case is one of a few across the country that are being closely watched. This after a 2013 Supreme Court decision that blocked the most enforcement tool, federal oversight o
They are beginning to listen but they are now where they should be, i think the the more you construct Civil Society to get involved the Better Future mexico is going to have. In terms of dr. Dressler talked about the competitiveness of telecom and broadcasting, that is just beginning and i have great hopes that she expressed that is going to be successful as it rolls out. Democracy and changing of lifestyle of years, and years in the country overnight just does not happen. You have to stay after the government, stay after those that are implementing these kind of reforms in order to see them happen as you want. If they are not happening as dr. Dressler said as she would like, if there only partially there, then stay after them to go the whole roots. As far as the United States government taken a handsoff, its not as public i think it would be a mistake diplomatically to the United States to jump in and start lecturing the mexicans about how this is the way you should do business. Im n
There are group van jones are involved with are somewhere else and then there in the middle is the constitution project which tries to bring these groups together and this panel today really represents a cross spectrum view of this problem and, i will introduce the Panel Members as we go on but i have to say from the beginning, our representative from koch, represents a group that has been in interested in criminal Justice Reform from the beginning, families against mandatory minimums was really started with the assistance and support of the Koch Foundation and we appreciate that. We appreciate all else that i have done. I can say the same if we had some of our very liberal benefactors here because this is something that has attracted support way different parts of the spectrum. Weve got a number about of folks dropping in. So well handle this sort of casually. And congressman danny davis is here. I would like him to say a couple word. Congressman davis is from illinois. He has served