Comcast supports cspan as Public Service along with tse other Television Providers giving you a frontrow seat to testimony democracy. Up next state and local Law Enforcement officials talk about the challenges facing their local agencies, some of the topics covered include gun violence, workforce recruitment and retention and the ongoing fentanyl crisis. They testify before the House Homeland Security committee chaired by congressman mark greene at the start of the hearing there was a moment of silence for new jersey congressman donald payne, jr. , who died recently and who served on the committee. The committee on Homeland Security will come to order. Without objection the chair may declare the committee in recess at any point. Before we begin todays hearing, i would like to take a moment to recognize the loss of our dear friend to all on this committee congressman donald payne, jr. , congressman payne was a fierce advocate for the people of new jerseys tenth district, his legacy alon
There was a moment of silence for donald payne, jr. Who died recently and who served on the committee. The committee on Homeland Security will come to order, without objection the chair may declare the committee in recess at any point. Before we have the hearing, id like to take a moment to recognize the loss of our dear friend on this committee, Congress Donald payne, jr. And his legacy, along with his fathers legacy will serve as a reminder to us all what it means to be a true public servant. I really appreciated the time that i got to work with congressman payne on the Colorectal Cancer caucus. He was a fierce fighter against that disease. I now recognize for a moment the Ranking Member, Ranking Member thompson to honor the life and legacy of representative payne. Thank you so much, mr. Chairman. This morning, we remember the life of congressman donald m. Payne, jr. Our colleague and friend. He was a union worker, a toll collector, he literally kept the buses of excess county, new j
Major investis in our countrys history by the u. S. House and senate. Each week, writers and historians tell the stories and see historic footage from the periods and examine the impacts of key congressional hearings. This week we look at the investigation that followed the deadly 1993 siege at the Branch Davidian compound near waco, texas and what its meant in the years that followed. Watch congress investigates, 7 p. M. Eastern on saturdays, cspan2. Up next, state and local Law Enforcement officials talk about the challenges facing their local agencies. Some of the topics covered include gun violence, Work Force Recruitment and retention and the ongoing fentanyl crisis and shared by congressman mark greene. At the start of the hearing there was a moment of silence for donald payne, jr. Who died recently and who served on the committee. The committee on Homeland Security will come to order, without objection the chair may declare the committee in recess at any point. Before we have th
Contronation with a High School Student is out of a job. Caught again. I dont know how many times ive before to jail. I never try to keep up with that. I never gave it a thought. I know i never went to jail and stayed. A notorious jewel thief with a long record of heists and arrests after her latest run in with the law. And good evening to you. Youre watching al jazeera america. Antonio has the night off. President ial hopefuls have wrapped up their showdown in boulder, colorado. Jeb bush, marco ruboi, donald trump, Chris Christie, rand paul and others focused on mostly economic issues. Bill who were the winners and losers tonight . I think that the clearest loser was cnbc. This was a very raucus debate. And the candidates scored their biggest points by criticizing the media. I thought the candidate who did the best was the one who initiated that tactic and that was marco rubio showing himself to be a real fighter in this debate and Chris Christie also came out very well. He had a wond
Expenditure of our federal resources in incarceration and the i think the average on mandatory minimums is about 11year incarceration and so without going too far, are you suggesting that those resources could be applied in other ways to make us safer . Absolutely. As ive looked at the spending of the department of justice and seeing that the bureau of prisons each and every year takes up a larger and larger percentage of the department of justice budget, that money has to come from somewhere and where its been coming from is money for agents and prosecutors and also critically importantly money for state and Law Enforcement assistance for the cop on the street. Those are the things that i believe keep our country safe. Now, let me say there are some defendants who need those long sentences. There are some who need to be this prison for a very long time. Because they are dangerous and our Society Needs to be protected from them but i think we need to use those lengthy sentences in a sm