Next a house hearing on Sexual Assault in the military after the death of private first class Vanessa Guillen. They reviewed how Sexual Assault is reported. Victims advocates recommended changing the process. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am the chair, jackie speier, we will have a hearing entitled hashtag me too moment, an examination of Sexual Harassment and perceived retaliation in his apartment of defense at fort hood. The hearing will come to order. We are here to discuss the pernicious military culture, time and time again, report after report exposes an environment ripe for sexual veracity where women are afraid to report their harassers because of fear of retaliation, ostracism or worse, fear that they wont be believed in the harassers wont be held accountable. By declaring hashtag i am vanessa gillen, thousands of taken to the streets and social media demanding respect. Demanding the rules of the, quote, old boys love and locker room talk are no longer the price of adm
Talks about the geopolitical rivalry between countries in the Indo Pacific Region of the world. Enjoy book tv on cspan2. A Senate Subcommittee convened a hearing to examine protecting free speech and preventing violent demonstrations. Several numbers talked about the rise in demonstrations by ansi for for and white supremacist groups. This is three hours. Cruz this subcommittee hearing is called to order. Welcome to the witnesses who are here. The First Amendments first for a reason. It guarantees not only the freedom of speech, but the right of the people peaceably to assemble. Peaceably matters a great deal in that protection. Without our First Amendment rights, rights that protect the countless ways in which people can peaceably express their social and political views, democracy wouldnt work. The right of the people peaceably to assemble and to demand changes to petition their government for grievances is in the very best tradition of america. No history of the United States, no re
Next on American History tv. We visit a hiroshima nagasaki atomic bomb exhibit in washington d. C. This american Artifacts Program was recorded in 2015. , hi im peter cousin a kick. And the professor of history and director of american universities Nuclear Studies institute. I began our institute back in 1995. Institute was born in the middle east midst of a controversy. I was gonna be held at the air and space museum of the smithsonian. This was an attempt by the smithsonian to do an honest and balanced to is this exhibit over the decision to drop the atomic bomb. This was the 50th anniversary. In the midst of that, i decided with one of my students whose mother and grandmother survived the atomic bombing it hiroshima. Her grandfather died in the atomic bombing. We decided we would do Something Special to commemorate the 50th anniversary. So we were gonna teach two courses here on campus and bring students here to kyoto and hiroshima. While we were planning, this the smithsonian exhib
Demand changes to petition their grievances is in the very best tradition of america. No history of the United States, o recounting of the unending struggle to live up to our ounding promises would be complete without recognition of the peaceful movements that have nation forward. To the beabolitionists suffragettes, to the countless and heroic souls who marched in support of the civil peaceable ment, assemblies have moved mountains n this country and they still can. When america saw the horrifying a Police Officer illing george floyd, a brutal killing that invoked for many he nations long history of acial discrimination and injustice, americans rightly and assembled to demand justice, justice for every of skin regardless color. Ut what began as legitimate protests against a vial act of sadly, were soon hijacked and tunityists opportunist and violent radicals. Rioters had , injured more than 700 law officers across the ountry and had murdered david dorn, a retired officer who erved st.
Opening statements at hearings are limit to the chair or the ranking minority member or his designee. This will allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help members keep to their schedules. Therefore im asking for unanimous consent that all of the members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted to the clerk by 5 00 p. M. Today. Hearing no objection so ordered. Without objection the chair may also declare a recess subject to the call of the chair. As described in the notice statements, documents or motions must be submitted to the electronic repository hnrc. Mail. House. Gov. Additionally please note in all full person meetings members are responsible for their own microphones. With our fully inperson meetings members can be muted by staff only to avoid inadvertent background noise. Anyone present in the hearing room today must wear a mask covering their mouth and nose. The speaker of the house and the sergeant at arms acting upon the recommend