Next, federal officials testify on support for noncitizen servicemembers before a house judiciary subcommittee. The effort aims to help deported veterans and family members get entitled benefits, including pathways to naturalization and Immigration Services. This is about 90 minutes. Capitol hill for a house immigration subcommittee. Live coverage on cspan. Dedicated to circulating motions or written materials that members may want to offer as part of the hearing. If members want to submit materials, send them to the email address previously distributed to your offices and we will circulate the materials to members and staff as quickly as we can. I ask all members to mute your microphones when you are not speaking to help prevent feedback and technical issues and of course, amuse yourselves anytime you seek recognition. I will now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. I would like to welcome witnesses and the members of the immigration and citizenship subcommittee to todays hearin
House Veterans Affairs subcommittee to explain what is being done to address the issue. This hearing is about an hour and a sexualharassment affects the rights and wellbeings of employees. An estimated 17 of the v. A. s four hundred thousand employees experienced Sexual Harassment in the preceding two years. This exceeds a governmentwide average of 11 and may be the highest rate of sexualharassment across federal workforce. These figures show an unacceptable situation. And the severity and pervasiveness of sexualharassment within v. A. Is not new. I wish i could say the department has done all it can, but despite very high levels of sexualharassment reported in anonymous surveys, 17 to 400,000 employees. They are afraid they will be blamed or socially ostracized. That means employers are not getting the help they need and injustices are not being corrected. Over the last two years, v. A. Has made progress. One of secretary mcdonaghs first acts was to make clear that he would not accept
Report on stories of the day. Just tell your smart speaker, play cspan radio. Cspan, powered by cable. According to a report from the Government Accountability office, about 17 of employees with the Veterans Affairs department say they have experienced Sexual Harassment in the workplace. V. A. Officials appeared before a house Veterans Affairs subcommittee to explain what is being done to address the issue. This hearing is about an hour and a sexualharassment affects the rights and wellbeings of employees. An estimated 17 of the v. A. s four hundred thousand employees experienced Sexual Harassment in the preceding two years. This exceeds a governmentwide average of 11 and may be the highest rate of sexualharassment across federal workforce. These figures show an unacceptable situation. And the severity and pervasiveness of sexualharassment within v. A. Is not new. I wish i could say the department has done all it can, but despite very high levels of sexualharassment reported in anonymo
Subcommittee to address what is being done about the issue. This hearing is about an hour and a half. The Government Accountability office, about 17 of employees with the Veterans Affairs department say they have experienced Sexual Harassment in the workplace. V. A. Officials appeared before a house Veterans Affairs subcommittee to explain what is being done to address the issue. This hearing is about an hour and a sexualharassment affects the rights and wellbeings of employees. An estimated 17 of the v. A. s four hundred thousand employees experienced Sexual Harassment in the preceding two years. I wish i could say the department has done all it can throughout history, but despite very high levels of Sexual Harassment reported in anonymous surveys. 17 of 400,000 employees, v. A. s own date say there were 500 form reports during a recent oneyear period. The meeting of the numbers is clear. One of the least common responses is to report that through official channels. Victims often fear
Experienced Sexual Harassment in the workplace. V. A. Officials appeared before a House Veterans Affairs subcommittee to explain what is being done to address the issue. This hearing is about an hour and a sexualharassment affects the rights and wellbeings of employees. An estimated 17 of the v. A. s four hundred thousand employees experienced Sexual Harassment in the preceding two years. This exceeds a governmentwide average of 11 and may be the highest rate of sexualharassment across federal workforce. These figures show an unacceptable situation. And the severity and pervasiveness of sexualharassment within v. A. Is not new. I wish i could say the department has done all it can, but despite very high levels of sexualharassment reported in anonymous surveys, 17 to 400,000 employees. They are afraid they will be blamed or socially ostracized. That means employers are not getting the help they need and injustices are not being corrected. Over the last two years, v. A. Has made progress