Acknowledge your sovereignty over all events and times. Renew america in confident faith and deepen our commitment to seek peace. Help us to work sovereignty over all events and times. Together when whom we find se it difficult to trust, but with a m we must try to forge Common Future of security and prosperity. This peoples house with your that all might seek to find first areas of agreement and openness to Honest Exchange where it is not. May all that is done within the peoples house be for your honor and glory, amen. E speaker pro tempore the the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from. Llinois, i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker pro tempore the up
Need of the Financial Assistance to us. I appreciate your answers. We are ready and willing to do whatever we can from the side of the capital to be helpful in your efforts there. Thank you. Thank you, senator menend. How much i appreciate your accessibility, your willingness to work to solve problems. Appreciate everything youve done for us. Youre on the Moon Shot Task force for cancer cures. I am. Ive got a homework assignment. The Surgeon General in 2014 said skin cancer was the fastest killing cancer of all cancers. As one who survived two melanomas in my life, i took that on as a call to action. And found out there was a 13 year backlog of ingredients submitted to fda approval in sunscreen that had been delayed. So we passed the sunscreen innovation act out of the Health Education labor committee. 14 months later, none of those ingredients have been approved. Nothing has moved forward. As one to quote the president , hes asked you to identify and address any unnecessary barriers.
To yellow that means you start. Two minutes remaining youre going to see a yellow light. Unlike when were driving instead of running yellow light you will speed up though, because the red light starts soon. When the red light hits, you have to stop. Were trying to provide as much time as possible for interaction. I know youll help me abide by that. Once the opportunity comes, be as concise as possible. Finally the record of this hearing is going to remain open 30 days. If panelists or members would like to submit materials they can either mail them to u. S. Commission on civil rights, office of civil rights evaluation at 131 im sorry 1331 pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. Thats 1331 pennsylvania Avenue Northwest suite 1150 washington, d. C. 20425 or via email at Public Comments at usccr. Gov. With those business of housekeeping out of the way, let me introduce our first panel. Our first panelist megan mack, director of the office of civil rights and liberties at the department of Homeland
Screeria nigeria. By the inauguration ceremony for colorado governor john hickenlooper. The u. S. Commission on civil rights hosted its series of panels examining the nations use of immigration detention facilities. Speakers included government officials discussing how the facilities are created and ultimately maintained. The Commission Also looked at the legal challenges that the Detention Centers pose as well as other methods that could be used for immigration enforcement. Going to call the meeting to order. Good morning, everyone. Welcome. Im charm marty castro of the u. S. Commission on civil rights. I really would like to welcome everyone with us today, those testifying, members of the audience as well as those joining us via audio link as well as First Time Ever Live Streaming by the commission of a hearing or briefing on one of our civil rights topics. This is an effort by us to make our work more transparent and open to the public. We hope to continue to grow how we use technol
Respond also to some of the questions and issues that have has arisen. The aba is the largest voluntary Bar Association in the United States and one of the largest voluntary professional organizations in the world. The commission on immigration, and ill try to be clear which Commission Im speaking of when i use that term. The immigration coordinates abas efforts to ensure fair treatment and Due Process Rights for all immigrants and refugees in the u. S. That work takes the form of policy advocacy, Educational Programming and operating pro bony notice bono. Immigration detention is particularly important to the aba for two reasons. One impedes the access to counsel. The fact of generally remote detention locations much less the conditions that pertain in those facilities makes it extremely difficult for people to access pro bono representation. Its particularly hard for pro say se people. Imagine being in a Detention Center, not speak english and coming forward with crabtive effort tran