[inaudible conversations] this hearing of the subcommittee is called to order. We have a vote scheduled for 3 00 which is troublesome. Well see how this goes as far south we have a circumstance when it arises. I would like to thank todays witnesses for participating in this important hearing regarding International Soccer governance. Im not one who generally thinks congress should investigate every scandal in the world of professional sports. Nor do i believe the topic we are discussing today will lead to legislation that must be enacted. But as chairman of this subcommittee with jurisdiction over professional sports, i do believe this is a critical issue that deserves the publics attention. By shining a light on the corruption bribery and other criminal activity that has been a part of International Soccer for far too long, my hope is that the American People current and future sponsors, and Media Companies that support the game today will better understand the consequences of allowin
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Stack up against the wall of the border, it might help. Thats the only reason you get 1000 pages. [applause] when it comes to the sanctuary cities, cut off their federal funding. Make sure ice is getting the folks when they detain them. They are not doing that today. There was a law that i support. You may have seen this. It was the response to a horrific murder in san francisco. Someone has been deported and a calm back illegally, they should be convicted and it should be a fiveyear sentence. It should be a felony. There needs to be real consequences. We cannot have people picking and choosing the law. The left loves to say you have to follow the law except when they dont want to when it comes to immigration or obamacare. When it comes to laws they dont like. [applause] frank the next president has to be able to work with democrats. It cannot just be your way or the highway. Youve done a very good job of describing what is wrong with them. How are you going to work with them . Why wou
Berkeley with the latest. Henry. Julie, the family mourns the loss of roger and valerie the police hope the autopsy will solve the mystery of their death. 35 yearold roger morass and his wife valerie were found dead. Roger was a video game producer and former software engineer. 32 yearold valerie seen in a photo from her web site was eye researcher in San Francisco with her own lab who earned advanced degrees from berkeley and mit where they met. U c berkeley optometry professor was her advisor when she got her ph. D. In psychology from cal. She was a very happy person that was in a launching point in her career. Things were going well and what i knew of her husband, he, too, was a bright energetic and fun guy. A woman who knows the couple called police about one monday afternoon after finding roger and his cats unresponsive. And then police found valeries body. Authorities have ruled out radiation or Carbon Monoxide leak and no signs of violence or foul play. This is a mystery. It may
And so we couldnt possibly find a better person in the history of sports and civil rights than dr. Harry edwards and he was gracious enough to lend his name to that lecture and we expect well have several presentations under that name in the coming years. Today is we have a conversation thats going to occur on the area of sports and civil rights. Ive been a part of many panels and many presentations over the years and normally you try and find the best panelists and the best people to make that presentation. Rarely do you have the people, the top people, who are presenting. In other words, if you had to pick one, two and three, rarely do you get one, two and three. Today were fortunate that we have probably the three most important people in the civil rights sports and society and sports and Civil Rights Movement in the last 50 years and were ecstatic, were pleased, were proud that we can present them and have a conversation with them with you today. So let me say that again. We have h