Good morning andnd welcome to te subcommittee as of right and liberties briefing on the First Amendment under attack detailing government bans against civil rights protesters and journalists covering them. Your written testimony will be submitted as a major contribution to public understanding and discourse moment in time. We thank you want to thank a representative Jackie Speier who are not in the subcommittee but have joined us today. The eightminute and 462nd video of his dangling and murder by the officer Derek Chauvin demanded a pair of the broken central contract in america per this Mask Movement touched every state barred city small towns and suburbs is up more than twothirds of American People in Public Opinion polls galvanize the nation promotingat analysis and. Police brutality has been an essential Racial Injustice for centuries which is why many of us are proud we have a bipartisan basis that George Floyd Police at the most comprehensive Police Reform dilma history of the U
Joining us today. The written testimony is riveting, searing and a major contribution to public understanding and discourse about this moment in time. We thank you for it. I want to thank you mary k. Scanlon and not on the subcommittee but joined us today. The 8 minute and 46 second videotape strangling of george floyd ignited a Mass Movement where black lives matter to demand repair of the broken social contract of america this Mass Movement Touching Every state, large cities, small towns, farm communities and suburbs has won the support of more than twothirds of American People and Public Opinion polls and galvanized the conscious of our nation provoking analysis and serious legislative action. Police brutality has been an action of violent White Supremacy and Racial Injustice for centuries, many of us are proud we passed last thursday the George Floyd Justice in policing act. The most sweeping and comprehensive Police Reform bill in the history of the United States of america. But t
Television company and brought you today by your television provider. Mark kenyon was raised in michigan, introduced to the outdoors at a young age by his family he grew up hunting, fishing, hiking and camping. After college he worked for google and started the blog and podcast wired, his ratings of appearing outdoor life and field and stream, a member of the lifestyle can become he has hikes, rested, hunted, fished and bagged his way across public land in montana, wyoming, michigan, california, arizona to utah, nevada, colorado north dakota and elsewhere. Without further a do, mark kenyon. [applause] thank you, samantha. Thank you all for being here. This is terrific. Im thrilled to be here sharing with you my first book. I thought to myself it would be appropriate to tell a funny story that i thought was funny. This being my first book and my first book tour i got to thinking about my first public land adventure. The story quickly came to mind, it is perfect, funny, its subject is a
Introduced to the outdoors Hunting Fishing hiking and camping then to start the blog and podcast and to appear and outdoor life and then in montana and wyoming and michigan new utah nevada colorado and elsewhere without further ado. [applause] thank you for being here. This is terrific so my first book thinking it would be appropriate to have a funny story. And with my first book and book tour i got to thinking about the first adventures to quickly come to mind that this is funny and subject so before getting here thought i should pass it through my common sense filter who is my wife. Last night i sat down in bed and said i want to start with a story so what do you think and so i walk her through it. And the further i get to the story it was in wyoming a number of years ago. And if it was concern or discussed you could tell straight off she was appalled and could not open tonights gathering with the story about the combination of human urine and that her sensibilities said it wasnt app
Increase of federal workers overseeing protected lands in nevada and montana. And a house subcommittee is looking to protect federal workers on federal parks and wildlife refuges and other open spaces spaces. The subcommittee on National Parks and for ests will come to order. We are meeting to hear about antipublic lands extremism. Under Committee Rule 4f, any oral statements are limited to the chair and the ranking minority member. And therefore i ask unanimous consent that all other members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing rect if they are submitted to the clerk by 5 00 p. M. Today. Hearing no objection, so ordered. Thank you all for being here on the subcommittee of National Parks and forests public hearing on combatting the antipublic lands extremism. We are here in part to review the results of a recent Government Accountability Office Report detailing the impacts of government extreermtism on the Government Land managers and facilities. As we will hear the report fo