5term member of the oregon house of representatives serving the oregon 47th district. Prior to running for office jeff ran several nonprofits in portland including the portland habitat for humanity but running for office is not the only running that senator americaly does as he is a twotime iron man refer thats amazing, yes. Candid voice of concerned american who believes the country stands for something bigger. Tonight senator murphy and has worked since 1987 served previously as news director and Program Director and also serving as the host of the record and the awardwinning news program the conversation. Please join me in welcoming both of them here, senator and jeff reynolds. [applause] theres been so much going on on the border just in the last few days that i was trying to catch up on the news i realized it might be useful to begin with whats been happening lately and update us on just whats been going on in the last week or so on the immigration issue. Well, thank you, everybod
Does. As he is a twotime ironman try although on finisher. [applause] [cheering] 2012 ironman North Carolina and the 2016 ironman arizona which raised over 20,000 for the nonprofits along the way. So, that is amazing. [applause] the first book she will be discussing tonight is called america is better than this which tells the inside story of how one senator with no background as an activist became a leading advocate for reform of the brutal policies that have created a humanitarian crisis on the southern u. S. Border. It represents the heartfelt voice of a concerned american who believes his country stands for something bigger and better. Tonight senator merkley will be joined in conversation with ross reynolds, currently the executive producer of Community Engagement and the public radio where hes worked since 1987 having served as the news director and Program Director and also serving as the host of the record and awardwinning news program the conversation among many other programs
Ms. Ten nee she spent the spent her the spe life walking through the village. The village of pulaski embraced and cared for her for nine years. She was often seen wearing a bright orange dog collar so hunters would know who she was. She had her own Facebook Page with over 4,000 likes. Sadly, bella hasnt been seen for several months and the consensus is that bella has passed on. Bella brought joy to this Beautiful Community in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains and the tughill plateau region. She was the village mascot and symbol of reciprocity of kindness. One compassionate resident reached out to an orphan bella when she needed help the most and she spent her life yielding back the warm spirit that marks the pulaski community. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition . Without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Thompson i rise today to congratulate instructor at Central Pennsylvania Institute of science and technology f
The committee will reconvene. When we recessed we were in the questioning period with the director of the fbi and the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from georgia for five minutes. Thank you so much for being here. It is wonderful to seal. I would like to say that given your distinguished and exemplary record of service, i am frankly on the extraordinarily up the mystic side that under your leadership we will see a heightened degree of integrity Going Forward in the agency. I look forward to that. I wanted to ask a couple of questions around terrorism and isis. You mentioned in your opening the agency had some 1000 active terrorist investigations. To is that volume continuing strain the agency in terms of your resources . Dir. Wray it is a good question. Thousandsn to those of isis related investigations, we have a similar number two we would classify as homegrown violent extremists. And we would call those isis inspired. Lone wolfs who see loan wolves. We have a fair number of al qae
Then the conversation turned to me. Over the last few weeks, a number of women have come forward to talk about how they felt my actions had affected them. I was shocked. I was upset. But in responding to their claims, i also wanted to be respectful of that broader conversation because all Women Deserve to be heard and their experiences taken seriously. I think that was the right thing to do. I also think it gave some people the false impression that i was admitting to doing things that, in fact, i havent done. Some of the allegations against me are simply not true. Others, i remember very differently. I said at the outset that the Ethics Committee was the right venue for these allegations to be heard and investigated and evaluated on their merits. That i was prepared to cooperate fully, and that i was confident in the outcome. You know, an important part of the conversation weve been having the last few months has been about how men abuse their power and privilege to hurt women. I am p