[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this hearing will come to order. Today we hear from four nominees, justice ruth pardon me, Beth Robinson, Jennifer Sung to the 9th circuit. Dr. Rahul gupta, national Control Policy. Elizabeth prelogar. With this slate the biden Administration And Senate democrats are advancing nominees wellqualified that bring diversity. Historic firsts among todays nominee, mon confirmation, Justice Robinson will be the first openly lgbtq woman on appellate court. Ms. Sung, the first asianamerican women to occupy one of the oregons 9th circuit seats and dr. Gupta, the first medical doctor to head the ocp and two judicial nominees and dr. Gupta, i have the pleasure of nominating the Solicitor General. And Elizabeth Prelogar is one of the most accomplished appellate litigators in this position. Nominated nine cases in the Su
Williams filed a lawsuit against the Detroit Police after they used facial Recognition Technology that falsely identified him as a shoplifting suspect. He talked about the experience and the negative impact its had on his family in a hearing held by the House Judiciary Committee subcommittee on crime and national security. As i said, good Morning And Welcome to a very important hearing, one that i hope will generate not only an understanding, but as i will ask a number of witnesses, legislative fixes that may be relevant and important in this rise of technology, matched against a document that has been a living document for more than a century obviously centuries, and that is the constitution of the United States of america. Like many other leaps forward in technology, facial Recognition Technology offers our society both promise and peril. Proponents extolled the potential benefits of modernized policing, greater certainty in Law Enforcement, safer borders and ultimately a more effici
The committee on foreign affairs will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any point and all members will have five day to submit statements. Extraneous material and questions for the record. Subject to the list of limitations of the rules, to insert into something into the record please have your Staff Email the previously mentioned Address Or Contact full committee staff. As as a reminder to all member, please keep your Video Function on at all times, even when youre not recognized by the chair. Members are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves. Consistent with house Rules Staff will only muted members as appropriate when theyre not under recognitionen to eliminate background noise. [inaudible] we are now waiting up the secretary. I am here, mr. Chairman. I am here. Before i make my opening remarks , mr. Secretary, thank you number one for being here. This is important given this topic into the importance of this to
I say that without any hesitation. So you better be good today. All right. It is great to call you chairman. We have called you many titles before. Its great to have chairman. You have called me many fames before. Be honest. That may be true. Go ahead dr. Rose. I am steve rose, president of Pass Aic County Community College. Our main campus is in patterson, New Jersey, the third largest city in our state. I have been president since 1996 and have been at the college since 1987. When i arrived we had 2,000 students a year. Turntly we serve over 11,000. This growth is fairly typical of Community Colleges during this time span. 80 of our students are minority with many having english as their second language. Maniel enrolled to seek an Associates Degree. Others come seeking our Work Force Development programs in Health Care and technology fields. The topic of this hearing, this is why Community Colleges were created. Pccc, like most Community College is an open Admission Institution servi
The colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack. Without objection, the Subcommittee And Reset at any time. Thank you to Chairwoman Clark, ranking member and our panel of witnesses for joining us. The impacts and Ransomware Attack are Colonial Pipeline which are far reaching. Nearly half of the east Coast And Supply for the Colonial Pipeline. When the pipeline was checked on, americans struggle to filter gas can in the Incident Cause major disruption to the Economy And Wellbeing of our country. Thats why its important for us to have a Conversation Today abouT The federal Government Response to Colonial And Role in ensuring cybersecurity of critical infrastructure. Last week we heard from the Colonial Pipeline about how the company responded to Ransomware Attacks against it. I also asked by his company prior to the attack appears to have resisted efforts to us has the Pipeline Security prior to theec attack. Today we will hear from Psa And Dhs component charged with ensuring cybersecurity of ou