Funding expires. Bills on energy and clean air and forced labor. Announced Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in state in statuary hall at u. S. Capitol friday. The ceremony will only be open [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by conroy. Plain, father chaplain conroy let us pray. Ord, merciful god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. E give you thanks for the life and work of justice ruth ginsburg. Americans be inspired to be their best selves because of her example. She rest in peace. Bless those throughout our ation who are suffering from the pandemic, fires, hurricanes, and flooding. Needs continue. Our political leaders to tend to those needs with sp
Sarahs work is specifically targeted to addressing a range of harassment and discipline issues in elementary and secondary schools. Prior to joining the division, she worked for the new Jersey Institute for social justice and the American Civil Liberties union. She received her ba from the university of virginia. We have a jefferson scholar in the room . You guys need to connect before you leave. Her m. A. From the university of cambridge. Robert listenbee. I just call him bob. The administrator for the office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention. He washis appointment, the chief of the juvenile Defender Association for philadelphia for about 16 years and was a trial lawyer with the association for 27 years. He was instrumental in creating the juvenile Defender Association of pennsylvania. He has served on multiple state and National Organizations and commissions of that advocate for gender, race, and ethnic fairness in the treatment of juveniles and improvements the juvenile
And so medications are available and will be filled. Well, i thank you, mr. Chairman, for allowing me to participate today. Thank you very much. Mr. Bilirakis, do you have any other questions . [inaudible] mr. Kaufman . Thank you, mr. Chairman. Just one more question. Mr. Secretary, my oversight investigations subcommittee uncovered that the vas cybersecurity Protection Measures were inadequate even when the va has been fully funded before the shutdown. In fact, the investigation discovered numerous occurrences when foreign statesponsored hackers infiltrated the va network. Has how has the shutdown affected the private information of veterans and their families . Are these 20 million individuals in the va system now at even greater risk . Congressman, i will tell you that what we know we have, we will have the ability to respond to what we know, but theres, you know, as you would expect more to this than sometimes even were able to know. So we do take steps to assure the security of ou
Afghanistan and this has included 43 individuals and companies identified as having actively supported insurgent groups. Unfortunately, not every agency in the u. S. Government has the same fire in the belly. When we refer companies or individuals for suspension and debarment, those individuals are not acted on expeditiously as we want. We have proposed granting sigar or the theater commanders that can allowance to get rid of bad actors as soon as we find them. We are also working more closely than any other Law Enforcement agency with the Afghan Police and prosecutors to get afghans charged, tried, and convicted in afghan accords for bribery and corruption. Remember, this may sound odd to you, why are we using u. S. Court stepped in afghanistan, unlike in iraq where u. S. Contractors were predominant, the u. S. Government promoted an Afghan First Initiative which emphasized prioritizing contracts with afghanowned and operated companies. That is why in order to fulfil our mission of co
Welcome everyone to newsroom international, im Michael Holmes in nature suzanne malveaux. Well take you around the world in 60 minutes. Today, three women shot to death in paris execution style. All of them kurdish political activists. And those 11 killer whales, theyre apparently free now after being locked in by ice in a canadian bay. Well bring you those stories. Also, were going to begin with this the National Debate over gun control taking another turn today. Vice President Joe Biden meeting with members of gun advocacy groups including the nra. Biden heads a panel looking for ways to curb gun violence. Right now as we speak, he is meeting with sports men and women as well as representatives of wildlife interest groups. That meeting started in the last hour. Next hour he meets with the nra and gun owners groups. Later, he hears from representatives of the entertainment industry. White house correspondent dan lothian joining us now live. Dan, the Vice President says hes committed t