breakfast this morning. and they will join us accordingly. the ranking member is one of them. the committee is meeting today to receive testimony from department of homeland security use of facial recognition and other biometrics. without objection the chairs authorized to declare the committee in recess. good morning the committee is meeting today to continue examining department of homeland security use of facial recognition technology the part one of this hearing july of last year after news that the department was expanding its use of facial recognition for varying purposes such as confirming the identity of travelers. as facial recognition technology has advanced, it has become the chosen form of biometric technology used by the government. i m not opposed to the use of the technology as i recognize that it can be a valuable tool to homeland security and serve as a facilitation. but i remain deeply concerned about privacy and transparency and data security and the accura
the committee on homeland security will come to order. let me say at the outset a number of the members are still in route from the prayer breakfast this morning. and they will join us accordingly. the ranking member is one of them. the committee is meeting today to receive testimony from department of homeland security use of facial recognition and other biometrics. without objection the chairs authorized to declare the committee in recess. good morning the committee is meeting today to continue examining department of homeland security use of facial recognition technology the part one of this hearing july of last year after news that the department was expanding its use of facial recognition for varying purposes such as confirming the identity of travelers. as facial recognition technology has advanced, it has become the chosen form of biometric technology used by the government. i m not opposed to the use of the technology as i recognize that it can be a valuable tool to