Protection, Transportation Security Administration, and a secret service answer questions from the House Homeland Security committee. The committee on Homeland Security will come to order. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on a department of Homeland Security use of a facial recognition and other Biometric Technologies. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Good morning. The committee on Homeland Security is meeting to examine department of Homeland Security use of facial recognition and other Biometric Technologies. The government use of biometrics is not entirely new. For example, finger prints have been used as an identification tool for many decades. Other biometrics includes dna, voice pattern and palm prints. In recent years facial recognition has become the new chosen forum of Biometric Technology as facial Recognition Technology has advanced it is used by the
Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order we are meeting to examine an issue that effectively weve been at a stalemate for quite some time. What we should do with used nuclear fuel accumulating at the Nuclear Reactors. At a starting point we should recognize that Nuclear Energy is an important part of our countrys electric generation. I believe its a vital part of our mix. The large reactors not landscape provide reliable admissions free power to communities across our country. Our Nations Nuclear industry is critically important but it also faces a number of challenges and one that impacted the first reactors began operation and Nuclear Waste disposition. Beginning with the passage of the Nuclear Waste policy act of 1982 congress attempted several times to address the backend of the fuel cycle. In an effort to resolve an earlier stalemate the federal government was supposed to begin taking title to use fuel and moving it to a repository at Yucca Mountain in nevada beginn
Offenders. In addition these lines can go to help subsidize it costs for enforcement area directly into victim services. No fines were levied. Schools cannot truly be held accountable. Secondly, Congress Must compel the department of education to continually release a list of school with complaints. They may be deprived of affirmation surrounding their own complaints. The university was under investigation when i was raped there were still under investigation and i still did not know. Had i known, i could only about what have chosen another school to attend. I only wish i had known they were under investigation when i began going through my campuses silicon and that a modicum of preparation for this humiliation the wooden door. They did not protect the. I was thrilled to see that ocr recently released a list of schools currently under investigation, but that must become the norm. Compel them to continuously been publicly released surabaya experience can become a now wire. He did not us
Senator howard baker jr. Senator baker passed away today. Howard baker served this country well, and he served it in a fashion that was worthy of admiration, from both parties, all people because he was an american first, a tennessean second and a republican third. He served three terms in the United States senate, served as majority leader and minority leader. He served as United States ambassador to japan. Served as chief of staff to president Ronald Reagan. He was a private practicing attorney as well at the firm of bakerdonaldson, which was a firm his grandfather started and practiced law at one time with his father who served as a United States representative from tennessee. Howard bakers been recognized since his retirent from the senate many occasions and received the president ial medal of freedom and has received other awards. His was a life well lived and a life to be demonstrated to others as a role for legislators to work with both sides of the aisle and work for america fi
Kevin corke at the white house on a fed chief move. No matter what the president said, the fed chair made it clear today hes not going to step boy from this job. He says im going to serve each and every year of the fouryear term on the side to side otherwise. Thats his word that despite the criticism from president trump, the man who appointed him, and you may have seen this. They fed chief was asked by Maxine Waters of california if he would heed a theoretical call by the president to step down. Mr. Chairman, if you got a call from the president today or tomorrow and he said im firing you, pack up, its time to go, what would you do . Of course i would not do that. I would not do that. Powell stating he has no intention of leaving, no intention of being forced out or leaving other than on his own accord. White house Officials Say that powells job is safe for now. Theres no effort to remove him. I will say that unequivocally at the present time. Did you notice what larry said, at the pr