Security and Global Threats with fbi director christopher ray, at National Counterterrorism director chris miller, the talk included Election Security, cyber campaigns from russia, iran and china, extremist or threatened domestic threats. This is 2 hours and 40 minutes. This hearing will come to order, thank our witnesses, the honorable christopher wray, director of the federal bureau of investigation, the honorable chris miller, director of the National Counterterrorism center and the honorable Ken Cuccinelli, senior official performing duties of the deputy secretary. This is the annual threat hearing. When you look at the threats, and interesting how many hearings you held on so many of these things. I want to ask for my Opening Statement to be entered into the record. If you consider these threats, down the list, cyberattacks, ransom, intellectual property theft, something we are concerned about if you try to develop a vaccine, hundreds of millions of dollars of Economic Loss due to
Will make an Opening Statement and senator booker and senator blumenthal. The title of the hearing today is protecting the integrity of College Athletics. Like most americans one of the highlights with basketball. And its a lot of fun its going to be really big business with collegeage athletics and its all built around the model and then the challenge that the Business Model is fair without destroying the immature nature of the game with the collegeage Athletic Team thats the end of their career and to get compensated they get scholarships and room and board but to go into the private sector that the College Athletic experience is something i want to preserve and those that will not turn that into their livelihood those that require College Athletics for the opportunities for women and thats a good thing. So at the highest level College Athletics football. The football budget supports everything else. If youre an athlete how do we treat you fairly without turning it all into minorleag
The republican leader has called the senate back into session during a time when there is significant risks to members of this chamber and the staff who make the place function. This is a time of national emergency. We should be working to provide our country with the relief and support that is so direly needs but this is only the second day of business and leader mcconnell called the senate back into session and there will be no votes here on the floor, not one vote and so far there is no plan, no plan at all to consider Courtney Kube related legislation. If we are going to be in session with an elevated health risk why doesnt leader mcconnell help us work on issues related to Courtney Kube . Last night confirmed a noncontroversial nominee to the Nuclear Regulatory commission. The next nominee is for a counterintelligence post, no doubt important but unrelated to Courtney Kube. s nomination has been delayed by a republican senator. When the republican leader reasons we must process no
Good morning, everyone and welcome back as we returned from th good morning Everyone Welcome back as we return from Holiday Season to continue ournu workno in the Economic Opportunities subcommittee without objection the chair is authorized to call for recess at anyny time todays hearing is called reviewing the resources to address veteran hunger. Im hopeful we can shed some light on an important issue for veterans around the country. This hearing will discuss department of Agriculture Programs to identify Food Insecurity among nearly 20 million veterans to provide nutrition assistance to those in need. Specifically todays hearing will focus on how veterans access nutrition resources and recent policy changes have impacted the availability of resources and how congress can more effectivelyly support public and nonpublic agencies seeking to end veteran hunger this continues the subcommittees efforts to review economic factors that contribute to suicide which we now include homelessness
Of approving any measure or matters or recorded street for anys nays pursuant to notice i call up the chairss rfrmgs authorizing the issuance of certain subpoenas for documents and testimony for purposes of markup and move that the committee agree to the resolution. The clerk will report the resolution. Resolution offered by chairman Gerald Nadler resolved that upon the adoption of this resolution the chairman of the committee on the judiciary is authorized to issue subpoenas for the documents and testimony from current and former Administration Officials relating to the following. One, the zero tolerance policy and other family separation policies and practices, two detention or shortterm custody of children and or families, and three discussions about or offers of president ial pardonens to department of Homeland Security officials or employees. In addition the chairman as his discretion. Without objection the resolution is considered as read in and open for amendment at any point i