Who took part in our 2017 studentcam documentary competition. And studentcam 2018 starts in september with the theme the tunisi tunisi constitution you. Were asking students create a video of why the constitution is important. Now a House Oversight hearing on a bill to reauthorize the office of National Drug control policy. This is almost two hours. The committee on government oversieft and reform will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to call a recess at any time. Before we get to Opening Statements, i want to thank everyone. Our guests, our panelists, those in the audience, the members and staff and everyone for how accommodating you were this morning. We had an unforeseen contingency that arose in our normal room. So thank you for understanding. Over the past two decades, elicit drug use has emerged as a Public Safety cries wis overdoses becoming crises with overdoses becoming the leading cause of injury or death in the United States. Opioids and specifically
I want to thank everyone coming to be with us today. We convene a hearing to listen to testimony from government witnesses from the General Services administration of the federal bureau of investigation and the General Accountability Office about the cancellation of the fbi headquarters consolidation project and what comes next for housing the fbi. The Council Project will have replace the current fbi headquarters, the J Edgar Hoover building located at 935 pennsylvania avenue with the new hecklers in maryland or virginia. Involved in exchange for the J Edgar Hoover building with a private developer. They would then in turn have a campus like facility with proper safeguards for security, suitable for the focus of the Intelligence Agency more than simply a Law Enforcement. The new facility would also consolidate the myriad of fbi satellite offices which would make the bureau more efficient and save taxpayer dollars. No doubt that there is a need to replace the fbis existing headquarters
To testimony from government witnesses from the General Services administration of the federal bureau of investigation and the General Accountability Office about the cancellation of the fbi headquarters consolidation project and what comes next for housing the fbi. The Council Project will have replace the current fbi headquarters, the J Edgar Hoover building located at 935 pennsylvania avenue with the new hecklers in maryland or virginia. Involved in exchange for the J Edgar Hoover building with a private developer. They would then in turn have a campus like facility with proper safeguards for security, suitable for the focus of the Intelligence Agency more than simply a Law Enforcement. The new facility would also consolidate the myriad of fbi satellite offices which would make the bureau more efficient and save taxpayer dollars. No doubt that there is a need to replace the fbis existing headquarters. The men and women of the fbi would keep a safe deserving Office Building that meet
40 years ago, in the wake of watergate, the United States senate created a special committee to look into the activities of United States intelligence services. It was the Senate Select committee for governmental operations it quickly took on the nickname of its chairman, frank church and it was best known to history as the Church Committee. The committee met for 16 months. It reviewed more than 10,000 documents and called 800 witnesses before the committee and its staff. Its legacy includes the creation creation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 which we know as fisa. Two former Staff Members are with us and will be with us to help provide some Historical Context and understand the significance of the 40yearold video that you were about to see. From new york city, Frederick Schwarz who was the committees chief counsel is with us. Here in our studio in washington dc is Elliot Maxwell who was counsel to the committee as an in pennsylvania. Think you for joining us. In
Crowd, the media would want to attend and they would need space for them. I think it was intentionally a site that drew references to earlier very responsible investigations because one of the challenges that the Church Committee had to overcome was the criticism that investigating the National Intelligence community in the public and exposing to the public some of the activities of the Intelligence Community which by the very nature classified or secret will be exposing the Intelligence Community and there by weakening it. And by having the hearings here in this room i think they meant to draw upon sort of the institutional respect that people have for responsible investigations. Thank you very much. Thank you. Our coverage of the Church Committee 40 years later continues. This is American History tv only on cspan 3. Welcome to real america on cspan 3s American History tv. 40 years ago in the wake of watergate the United States senate created a special committee to look into activitie