Directors, government representatives and International Technology companies to talk about what state and local governments need to improve their systems. if you could silence your cell phones electronics i would appreciate it. Im going to take the role now. Vice chair ben hovland. Commissioner thomas hicks. We have a quorum of the commission. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us today at the u. S. Election system to examine the security challenge Election Security faces ahead of the 2020th president ial election. This vital conversational providers with a better understanding of ways the commission can help jurisdictions address a variety of Security Issues including those that stem from aging Voting Technology. When Congress Passed the help america vote act of 2002 that established the eac is the only federal entity solely focused on supporting Elections Officials on the voters they serve. Part of our charge is to be the nations clearinghouse of information on the Election Admini
On monday. Then, on saturday come august 3, another gunman walked into a with a in el paso, texas highpowered assault weapon. Andhot and killed 22 people injured another 24. Press reports indicate that he told police after the shooting that he was targeting mexicans. Later, in the early hours of sunday morning, another gunman opened fire at a popular bar in seconds,hio and in 32 nine people were murdered and another 27 were injured. The shooter used a semiautomatic 100 roundipped with a magazine. Over that one weekend, 31 innocent people were murdered and over 50 were injured because of just two Mass Shootings in america. Even as our nation grieves over the horror of gilroy, el paso, and dayton, we must confront the reality that gun violence is not just a problem stemming from Mass Shootings, gun violence is a Public Health epidemic that is plaguing our cities and communities every single day. Terrorists use highpowered, military styled assault weapons to kill our children and our fami
Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house of representatives, accompanied by the honorable Kevin Mccarthy, mckay cole james, the honorable barbara mikulski, the honorable Brenda Lawrence, the honorable debbie lesko, ms. Cokie roberts, and ms. Rebecca boggs roberts. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house of representatives. Good afternoon. [ cheers and applause ] good afternoon, yes, yes indeed this afternoon is very much a cause for celebration and cheering for what happened 100 years ago today in the house of representatives. Well, thank the u. S. Army String Quartet for making it so pleasant for us. [ applause ] im honored to be here with Kevin Mccarthy and the bipartisan members of congress. Mostly our women members of congress. We salute our cochairs of the bipartisan house caucus for womens issues, congresswoman Brenda Lawrence and congresswoman debbie lesko. [ applause ] and let us welcome cokie robe s roberts,
Hudson. I am the director of the center for political military knowledge. Today we are honored to talk about an important report, important subject, congressional efforts to oversee the Nuclear Security effort, more specifically a report copies of which are outside by the partnership for secure america and the Arms Control Association on empowering blueprints for a new generation. I want to welcome the cspan audience for joining us. To make everything easier if people can silence any cell phones you might have, that would be very helpful. The work we have been doing with the association, we collaborated with two organizations the last year and doing three events on the hill congressional briefings on Nuclear Threats and tools of the trade, encountering the threat and the global Nuclear Security architecture. The report and presentations we gave in congress, the Macarthur Foundation. The agenda for today, we have 3 presentations that will discuss the importance of congressional Nuclear
Involved with the workings of constitutional democracy. Studying it, thinking about it, writing about it, teaching about it. And actually directly involved in its workings. Thise introduce triumvirate. Roger gregory is the chief judge thehe court of appeals for Fourth Circuit. He has served on that court for almost 20 years. Has the distinguished distinction of having been nominated for the court by both president clinton and president george w. Bush. He was confirmed by the senate 931 judge gregory is the first africanamerican to serve on the Fourth Circuit. He founded a law firm with the first African American lawyer of virginia. Also have a chair of the professor of law at the university of virginia. He has served on the faculty any longer than any other. He is still going strong 55 years into the mission. He has devoted his professional life to combing the mysteries of the u. S. Supreme court and understanding constitutions. He was the principal trestman of the last revision of vir