Williams. Sworn in after a confirmation by the United States senate. As assistant attorney general, she serves as the primary and as the chief regulatory officer here at the department. Prior to becoming the assistant ag she was a litigation and pel ant partner where she focused on First Amendment litigation. From 20005 to 2006 severed as special counsel and assisted with a and associate justice sam mall junior to the United States Supreme Court. She graduate from the Harvard College with a degree in history and literature and earned her law degree from harvard law school. As the harvard journal of law and Public Policy and i turn it over to beth williams. Thank you so much patrick. On behalf of ft office of legal policy, i want to thank the attorney general, the and associate attorney general and rachel for their leadership on this t. Im proud to be working with the department to take steps to fight Human Trafficking. Im happy to with here with this panel discussing the department of
We will get started now with our last Panel Discussion of the day. This panel is titled a discussion on the department of justice grant opportunities for fiscal year 18 and identifying gaps for possible fiscal year 19 programs. This is the panel where you all get to hear how the department is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to Human Trafficking. Our panel will be moderated today by the honorable beth a. Williams. Beth was sworn in as assistant attorney general on august 21st, 2017, after unanimous confirmation by the United States senate. As a assistant attorney general for the office of legal policy, she served as the primary policy adviser to the United States attorney general and the Deputy Attorney general. And as the chief regulatory officer here at the department. Prior to becoming the assistant ag, miss williams is a litigation and appellate partner at a National Law Firm where her practice focused on complex commercial, securities and First Amendment litigati
Threaten strengthening how the department fights terror. I strongly believe and understand that there are very, very important tools within the Treasury Department that can come pat terrorism and that many of these tools such as sanctions are extremely effective and keep our Armed Service out of harm. So i am fully committed to the maximum amount of law to both enforce the existing sanctions in a very strict way and i will work with the president elect as he sees fit on additional sanctions and there are also other programs within treasury that i believe are very, very effective in fighting terrorism. Its a very important part of the treasury. And i know that that has been done very effectively. We all agree its important. What were trying to do is assess your qualifications. You havent been willing to talk medicare, havent been willing to talk specifics on terror. Lets talk about qualifications on the committee on Foreign Investment because this is Something Else you would have respon
Now treasury sect nominee Steven Mnuchin testifies before the Senate Finance Committee Help faced questions on hi as ceo of one west, bank that foreclosed on thousands of home owners after the 2008 downturn. This portion of the hearing is three and a half hours. Committee will come to order. Welcome to this more mornings hearing. Well discuss the nomination of mr. Steven mnuchin to serve as secretary of treasury for the Incoming Trump administration. I want to officially welcome mr. Mnuchin for to the finance committee. I certainly appreciate your willingness to appear before us here today and to serve in this important position. The position of treasury secretary is among the most important in the executive branch. The next treasury secretary will be asked a lot of questions that are going to very, very important here today. Well be talking about advancing policies that will improve our inagurations economic and fiscal outlook. This position oversees the collection of taxes and the ma
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