Subcommittee on a rise of organized retail crime. Discuss how criminal networks are recruiting people online and on the black market encourage congress to pass new legislation to help address the issue. [background noises] [background noises] committee on Homeland Security subcommittee and counterterror and Law Enforcement intelligence will come to order. Without objection subcommittee may recess at any point. The purpose of this hearing is to evaluate the unprecedented uptick in organized retail crime in the United States and to hear testimony from key witnesses from federal government and private industry. I doubt recognize myself for an Opening Statement. That afternoon. We welcome you to todays important hearing on organized retail crime threats to our public safety. The topic of todays hearing is the issue of organized retail crime. Which has been rising throughout the country demonstrating a threat to tens of thousands of retailers of all sizes and subjecting employees and custom
Occurs in their body, that it is within their agency as human beings to make those decisions. For more of this weekends chedule, go to booktv. Org. Earlier today, a house subcommittee held a hearing on Gang Violence. Sex trafficking. And drugs. We heard testimony from federal, state and local Law Enforcement officials on the relationship between gangs and how social media has impacted the fight against these crimes. This is an hour. It is now 10 00. The subcommittee on crime, terrorism and Homeland Security will come to order. Without objection, the chairs authorized to declare recesses of the subcommittee at any time. Mr. Sensenbrenner let me say that we are to vote between 10 45 and 10 50. I will not make an Opening Statement, but put my Opening Statement into the record. I will ask every other member to allow us to hear the witnesses so that they recall able to get their testimony in before we have to leave to go and vote. So, without objection, all Opening Statements will be placed
This is over an hour. Mr. Sensenbrenner it is now 10 00. Mr. Sensenbrenner it is now 10 00. The subcommittee on crime, terrorism and Homeland Security will come to order. Without objection, the chairs authorized to declare recesses of the subcommittee at any time. Let me say that we are to vote between 10 45 and 10 50. I will not make an Opening Statement, but put my Opening Statement into the record. I will ask every other member to allow us to hear the witnesses so that they all are able to get their testimony in before we have to leave to go and vote. So, without objection, all Opening Statements will be placed into the record at this time. We have a very distinguished panel this morning. And i will begin by swearing in our witnesses before introducing them. Would you all please rise and raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give to this committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god . Let the record show
This is over an hour. Mr. Sensenbrenner it is now 10 00. Mr. Sensenbrenner it is now 10 00. The subcommittee on crime, terrorism and Homeland Security will come to order. Without objection, the chairs authorized to declare recesses of the subcommittee at any time. Let me say that we are to vote between 10 45 and 10 50. I will not make an Opening Statement, but put my Opening Statement into the record. I will ask every other member to allow us to hear the witnesses so that they all are able to get their testimony in before we have to leave to go and vote. So, without objection, all Opening Statements will be placed into the record at this time. We have a very distinguished panel this morning. And i will begin by swearing in our witnesses before introducing them. Would you all please rise and raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give to this committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god . Let the record show
10 00. The subcommittee on crime, terrorism and Homeland Security will come to order. Without objection, the chairs authorized to declare recesses of the subcommittee at any time. Let me say that we are to vote between 10 45 and 10 50. I will not make an Opening Statement, but put my Opening Statement into the record. I will ask every other member to allow us to hear the witnesses so that they all are able to get their testimony in before we have to leave to go and vote. So, without objection, all Opening Statements will be placed into the record at this time. We have a very distinguished panel this morning. And i will begin by swearing in our witnesses before introducing them. Would you all please rise and raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give to this committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god . Let the record show that all of the witnesses have answered in the affirmative. I will give an abbreviate