Held a hearing to examine congresses internal Sexual Harassment policy Committee Member Jackie Speier spoke. This is an hour and 40 minutes. For purposes of todays hearing titled preventing Sexual Harassment in the workplace. The hearing record will remain open for five legislative days so members may submit any materials they wish to be included. A quorum is present so we may proceed. At the outset i asked for unanimous consent that committee on ethics chairwoman susan brooks and ranking matter ted sit on the dais in question today. Without objection that is approved. I also asked unanimous consent that representatives Jackie Speier be sitting on a panel of witnesses. Without objection so ordered. I would like to thank all of our witnesses taking time out of their busy scheduled to be with us on this very serious issue. I commend speaker ryan for bringing this important issue to the forefront and for tasking this committee to undertake a comprehensive review. Todays hearing is a criti
Committee on housing demonstration for the purposes of todays hearing titled preventing Sexual Harassment in the workplace. The hearing will remain open for five legislative days so that members may submit any material they wish to be included. Legislative days so members may submit any materials they wish to be included. A quorum is present so we may proceed. At the outset i asked for unanimous consent that committee on ethics chairwoman susan brooks and ranking matter ted sit on the dais in question today. Without objection that is approved. I also asked unanimous consent that representatives Jackie Speier be sitting on a panel of witnesses. Without objection so ordered. I would like to thank all of our witnesses taking time out of their busy scheduled to be with us on this very serious issue. I commend speaker ryan for bringing this important issue to the forefront and for tasking this committee to undertake a comprehensive review. Todays hearing is a critical part of the review pro
Proceed. At the outset i asked for unanimous consent that committee on ethics chairwoman susan brooks and ranking matter ted sit on the dais in question today. Without objection that is approved. I also asked unanimous consent that representatives Jackie Speier be sitting on a panel of witnesses. Without objection so ordered. I would like to thank all of our witnesses taking time out of their busy scheduled to be with us on this very serious issue. I commend speaker ryan for bringing this important issue to the forefront and for tasking this committee to undertake a comprehensive review. Todays hearing is a critical part of the review process. First and foremost, let me say that there is no place for Sexual Harassment in our society. And especially in congress. This is an extremely important topic and it will take all of us working together to effectively address the issue. I believe as members of congress, we must hold ourselves to a higher standard. A gender that demonstrates we are
History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. To join the conversation, like us on facebook. Next on American History television, pulitzer prizewinning author eic foner on the challenges of establishing civil rights for friedman in the reconstruction period and beyond. Eric foner. With that, i would like to introduce eric foner. Eric when iuntered was a College Student thinking about becoming an historian and had visions of riding a good book. Then i read freemen, free soil, maybe ir and thought ought to stop now. I will not be able to write a book that good. Whatis is his first book, is he going to write . I ran away from antebellum history. You cant compete with people like him. I have come back to antebellum history and slavery and since then, i have relied on many of erics more than 20 books. I would review the list, but we do not have that much time. I do want to say, and this is the fun of introducing a speaker, looking at his selected publications, i notice he has written a
Represents the San Francisco Police Officers has filed a lawsuit against the city to stop what he calls unfair practices and actions by the Police Commission. The suit was filed tuesday ahead of last night position to implement changes to the use of force policy. Quibec this is all the result of a long running and contentious debate in San Francisco. Last night at city hall members of the Police Commission approved two major changes to the department the use of force policy. Members passed a measure that band officers from shooting at cars unless they were exceptional circles it is a truck they demanded the additional language be inserted. The union says officers need latitude when the public might be in danger from someone was behind the wheel of a car. Some commissioners agreed. When i first came on the commission there are several shootings at cars and suburban fatal. Also last night in a four, three vote the commission banned a maneuver known as carotid restraint, a type of the col