Of the Trump Administrations muslim ban, i would like to welcome the members of t the subcommittee and oversight and investigations to this hearing. We are happy to be working on this important issue with you all today. Id also like to thank all of the majorityminority members in staff of both subcommittees for coordination and flexibility while planning this joint hearing particularly given the cancellation of yesterdays vote, i want to note that because of the cancellation not every member is able to be here today, but i did make a point of talking to mr. Columns and mr. Buck to be assure that they would be okay with proceeding and they assured me that they were since mr. Bigg and zeldon will be here, we do appreciate that flexibility and our opportunity to learn more and to probe issues about this matter. I really do think the hearing in many ways is overdue for 2 and a half years the administration has been allowed to arbitrarily ban from predominantly muslim countries and no overs
Might have. Otherwise excuse me, theres a general item for an upcoming meeting, perhaps in august. I think it would be timely with the onboarding of commissioner gray and commissioner smith joining us that we can have a deeper policy dive in terms of exploring not just the one of the items that are here before us today, but also other things that we had previously considered as a commission and can go through what we have been calling the policy prioritization station plan. I think we have done this on a quarterly basis, but looking at the overall portfolio of potential projects, it has been some time. I think it would be a good time to do grounding in terms of all that has come forward and matters before is now, and have a robust discussion of the full commission on where to go in the future both on the short medium and longterm. I think the timing would be good, because as you can see, a lot of these projects are in the later stages right now. The regulations that you approved hopefu
May have been some liability that we ought to have caught. We have a handful more matters under investigation. We are up to 93, twice as many matters under investigation then waiting for our triage. The amount of time that it takes investigators to get through those has either leveled off or begun to decline coming in now at 14. 5 months. Excuse me, mr. Pierce. On the preliminary review matters there was some Public Comment that came in on agenda item number six. I would just note for our discussion next month, and also for your consideration as you think about this, the comment had suggested adopting the practice of using warning letters. I would like to make sure that we include that as part of our discussion Going Forward where it would be i think its in between so you are not doing outright just so. It does not lead to a fullblown investigation either. Is it a good middle ground that i think is worth discussing and employing explain the benefit of adopting get thank you for flaggin
The basis of our sustainability of our victories lies in the unity and patriotism of our people. Let me give you another quote from the president our heroes on the front line know that the whole country is with them. And that is why the west was unable to inflict a strategic defeat on us. Lets listen what the president said. The socalled west, with its colonial habits, its habit of inciting National Conflicts around the world, seeks not only to restrain our development. They need russia instead. A dependent, fading, dying space where you can do whatever you want, in fact, they would like to do to russia the same thing that they did in many other regions of the world, including ukraine, to bring discord into our home and weaken us from the inside, but they miscalculated, this is already an absolutely obvious thing today, they faced a hard the position and determination of our multinational people, our soldier officers, christians and muslims, buddhists , followers of judaism, representa
Subcommittee hearing on the neglected children in foster care, testimonies from the Deputy Assistant director of the fbi. You are watching live coverage on cspan3. Eight months ago, the subcommittee opened a bipartisan probe into the safety human rights and short children in foster care in cross the United States. Protecting americas most Vulnerable Children from abuse and neglect is a moral imperative. We are talking about the most Vulnerable Children of the United States. Children that have been abused and neglected, children that have the trafficked. These children, state foster agencies, they arent mentioned to be a safe haven and sanctuary. Often, a last resort. Naturally, i take the greatest interest and have the highest obligation in and two children in my home state of georgia. And, as a result, the subcommittee, as part of the inquiry, has undertaken a deep dive case study into the safety of foster care in georgia. We have found significant evidence that children have been lef