[background noises] the meeting will resume it. we are now ready for our second panel. i would like to introduce our witnesses. the first witness is the honorable eric adams who is the mayor of the city of new york. then we will hear from greg zack jackson who is executive director of the cumulate justice action fund. next we will hear from becky pringle who is the president of the national education association. next will hear from joseph who is the police commissioner of buffalo, new york. then we will hear from nick who is the senior vice president for law and policy at every town for gun safety. finally we will hear from amy who is the legal fellow at the edwin neese center for legal and judicial studies and the heritage foundation. the witnesses will be un- muted so we may swear them in. please raise your right hand, do you swear to affirm the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? yes, i do. let the
protocols they might have with law enforcement to keep your children safe. so you can talk intelligently and in an informed way about the steps that have been taken to keep them safe. so, i think it s important we re going to leave this recorded program and take you live to capitol hill for a congressional hearing on gun violence. an 11-year-old survivor of the uvalde, texas school shooting will testify, along with the parents of other shooting victims. live coverage from the house oversight committee on c-span 3, you can also watch our free video app, c-span now. unless your pool, you need to leave the room. unless your designated pool, you need to leave the room, thank you. [inaudible] welcome everybody, to today s hybrid hearing. pursuing to house rules, some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via zoom. her members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with zoom by now but let me remind you. , first of the house rules require th
Use by executive land holding agencies. In your opinion do you believe that gsa has done everything in its power to give life to the directives embodied in section 6409 which you referenced in your testimony of middle class tax relief act . Have they done everything they can . Mr. Chairman, i do not believe they have. As a matter of fact, im a former administrator myself of the federal agency and if i had implemented something too poorly that congress instructed me to do id be embarrassed. Theres an executive order by the president of the United States correcting gsa to move faster to get these contracts together and to date nothing has been done. Three years after Congress Enact this legislation, progress has been slow gsa hasnt been proactive. Proactive. I think our members are having to negotiate for each and every site individually just as they have in the past. Gsa has not implemented the intent of congress and we cant wait three more years for whats needed i think today. Theres a
Of legal authorities are important. And theand the importance of maintaining Civil Liberties of our citizens generally is why we recommend the fbi director have a special Advisory Panel available are continuing basis. These are some of the things we found some of the things we recommend as far as the future is concerned. The United States is likely to have an organization like the fbi that not only has a great history but the ability to accept change. It has not been easy. There have been tough moments to get the idea of intelligence and degraded along with Law Enforcement into the work of the fbi. It has been difficult but they have made remarkable progress up until now. The knew director is behind the recommendations we have made. There is a Bright Future for the fbi, but it is important that there be one because the future of the fbi we will be the way in which this country is protected against terrorism. Imare going to touch on three key areas with three tracks that i think are sig
Is one of the tests that the fbi utilizes. One other thing most of the people have been radicalized and guarded to violent extremists has certain characteristics. The same type as people who join gangs. Low selfesteem, unemployed categories such as this. A gives you some indication of the kinds of people they usually get involved. There are different statistics on that. That maythat may be more true to those who are going of foreign fighter out and less true or al qaeda type operators. Educated and you have seen across the board a high incidence of the down and hours. Not to say that there are not pockets. There are two aspects to the foreign fighter problem. There going to come back in the terrorists it is true. What is even more vital is the fact that they are recruiting going over the. It is like voting on american idol. It allows the claim that this is a caliphate. Showing the pipeline down over and apart from the physical threat is an important part of diminishing the brand. Yes,