i know everyone here joins me in wishing chairman johnson a speedy recovery. i would like to welcome chairman hurd of the oversight and government reform committees, i.t. subcommittee and all of the i.t. subcommittee members for joining us in the ways and means committee hearing room today. back in 1936 when social security began issuing social security numbers, they were only used to track earnings and administer the social security program. back then, it wasn t much thought about keeping your number a secret. but today, social security numbers are the key to the kingdom for identity thieves. social security and identity security experts make a point of telling american, how important it is to protect their numbers. social security numbers are valuable targets for identity theft because of their regular use by both federal government and private sector as a unique identifier, especially by the financial industry. time and again we re reminded to protect our social security c
photos and as i m painting turner, i m thinking about what that might be like in his mind. for more, go to booktv.org. next a hearing on preventing identity theft by reducing the federal government s use of secretary of state numbers. this 90-minute hearing was hosted by two house ways and means subcommittees. good afternoon and welcome to today s hearing on the federal government s use of social security numbers. u unfortunately sam johnson was unable to be here today. i know everyone here joins me in wishing chairman johnson a speedy recovery. i would like to welcome chairman hurd of the oversight and government reform committees, i.t. subcommittee and all of the i.t. subcommittee members for joining us in the ways and means committee hearing room today. back in 1936 when social security began issuing social security numbers, they were only used to track earnings and administer the social security program. back then, it wasn t much thought about keeping your number a
the house is coming in at 9:00 for an early session. we will bring you live coverage gavel to gavel of that. the president earlier this morning met with the european union leader. this is what one leader had to say after meeting with the president. on one area, first and foremost on counterterrorism. i don t have to explain why. there are some issues that remain open like climate and trade. sure we can say have a common position and opinion about russia. when it comes to the conflict in seems we are on the same line. however, my main message to is we give our cooperation and friendship its deepest meaning. freedom, human rights, respect for human dignity. today is thetask consolidation of the free world around those values, not just our interest. principles, this is what we should be saying. that was the leader of the european union council. the president will later go on to italy for the g7 meeting. if you go to www.c-span.org, you can follow our programming there. another s
watch the battle of midway 75th anniversary special live from the mcarthur memorial visitors center in norfolk, virginia on june 2 beginning at 9:30 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. announcer: washington journal continues. host: joining us from capitol hill congressman francis rooney from florida, a former ambassador to the vatican from 2005 to 2008. i want to begin with the secretary of state rex tillerson to answer questions from reporters aboard airforce one as they left the vatican yesterday and headed to brussels. here is what he had to say ahead of the president s meeting with nato leaders. well, as the president has said, you know, he really wants to persuade nato members to step up and fully make their obligations under burden sharing. the two percentage g.d.p. was a target they all agreed to. i think you can expect the president to be very tough on them, saying, look, the u.s. is spending 4%. we re doing a lot. the american people are doing a lot
many of you are regulars to the events, history buffs who love to study the lessons of history. i would like to add a special welcome to some of you who are new to the preservationists who have joined us today in the audience. as we have over the decades in our existence, as the museum of the confederacy and the american civil war center which combined to form the american civil war museum, we have always thought that it was our responsibility to engage constructively with public issues arising from the subject of the civil war. whether that subject be monuments, the confederate battle flag, or the discussion of slavery as the cause of the war. our purpose today is to promote a constructive and civil consideration of civil war monuments. we have organized a program that features scholars who come from diverse academic backgrounds and bring diverse viewpoints to the subject. collectively they will provide background and perspective on monuments and give us different viewpoints