Gives testimony before a house judiciary subcommittee. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, we are authorized to declare a recess at any time. We welcome everyone to the hearing on the department of justice civil Rights Division. With that, we will have the pledge of allegiance with the gentleman from arizona leading us to the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. I will now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. I think our witness for being here today. Civil Rights Division is responsible for the enforcement of his local civil rights statutes here in congress and related constitutional guarantees. This is an issue near and dear to my hard. I too in a previous life served in the United States and the e Eastern District of texas. My job there as a witness, my colleagues know, was to equally enforce the law. My
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