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Section five was a pretty effective check on minority vote dilution in these places. It did impose some burdens on state and roque government. I wouldnt local government. I wouldnt deny that. But they were modest burdens, certainly in comparison to the burden of actually martialing the expert evidence necessary to bring or to defend against a Voting Rights lawsuit. So i do think that something important was lost by the elimination, effectively, of preclearance spending, and i may disagree on that point. But i do think we agree that thats, for better or for worse, the main work that the section five preclearance requirement was doing before Shelby County. And i think whats interesting is the burden of proof almost always is on the plaintiff in an election case. So i think in most of the countries that we work around the world, the person filing the complaint has to prove the cla ....
Rehabilitation services, into victim services. So if this proposition passes the people, the voter, will ship to many resources and lower the amount of time that people can spend in prison for substance abuse, for petty theft, receiving stolen properties. Theres six lowlevel offenses that will change. And it will also make people who have went to prison for those crimes eligible for an expungement. And im really excited about it because after being released from prison 20 years, after rehabilitating myself and hundreds and hundreds of others, jeanne, ill be eligible to get an expungement or ill be eligible to clean up my record. I will be eligible to not be punished anymore for medicating my grief with an illegal substance. And incarcerated when i lost my son. And thats not just me. Those are hundreds of thousands of more californians. So im really, you know, like gung ho. Don ho for prop 47. Prophet, i think you mentioned a little bit the political ship is going on and you saw that in ....
Of the team to make those decision, its very difficult as a thirdparty partner participant to make that kind of assessment without the actual knowledge and data. As a former businessman, i would say that a site that couldnt accommodate a few hundred people simultaneously signing on and people waiting for weeks or months, security wasnt the reason that that should not have launched, but i appreciate that youre here on security today. The gentlelady from new york, a place where i. T. Comes first for many of her constituents is recognized for five minutes. Thats true, true of the west coast, too. I just want to note that this is the committees 29th hearing on the Affordable Care act and the sixth on the website. Oh, come on, please. I want to focus on some very positive things. And thats the cost growth is slowing to historic lows and that was one of the huge challenges that we confronted k the whole time that ive been in congress, ....
She was questioned by the groups president , former congressman phil sharp. This is an hour. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to resources for the future to hear epa administrator gina mccarthy. And since she has wonderfully attracted a much larger audience for rff, im going to indulge a couple of moments about who we are and what were up to, if you dont mind, or whether you mind or not. Let me just quickly say i think many people realize that we are an organization that strives to achieve highquality, objective research on major Public Policy questions related to energy, environment, and natural resources. Our organizations been at this for more than 60 years. We also try to promote serious public discourse, which is not always a simple thing to do in the washington, d. C. Area. Let me suggest to you that on the Climate Change issues in particular, and the various policy choices ....