The committee on crime terrorism and Homeland Security will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the subcommittee at any time. I welcome everyone to todays hearing on women and girls in the criminal Justice System, and i now recognize myself for an opening statement. I am very pleased that the subcommittee is holding this hearing today. After decades of policies that led to mass incarceration, we are finally added point of examining the policies and the consequences. What has been missing from the discussion of criminal Justice Reform is the special and specific impact that tough on crime and has had on women and children. Todays hearing begins a a discussion about women in the criminal Justice System. It is critical we understand how and why women become involved in the system, what happens to them when theyre incarcerated, and what their trajectory is once released. We need to examine the impact of the war on drugrelated policies that specif
I am very pleased subcommittee is holding this hearing. After decades of policies that led to mass incarceration, we are finally at a point of examining the policies and the consequences. What has been missing from the discussion of criminal Justice Reform as the special and specific impact the tough own crime arrow has had on women and children. Todays hearing begins a discussion about women and the criminal Justice System. It is critical we understand how and why women become involved in the system, what happens to them when they are in one when they are incarcerated, and what happens when they are released. We need to what happens to families and especially children when women are incarcerated. We need to examine the special needs women have when they are incarcerated. What is different . What happens to their children when they are in the system and when they are released . Federal law can lead to termination of parental rights if the child of an incarcerated woman remains in foste
President of the American Islamic forum for democracy in phoenix, arizona, a grad want of the university of wisconsin, milwaukee, and the Medical College of wisconsin. Dr. Jasser is a former commissioner of the United States commission on International Religious freedom and served as a medical officer in the United States navy. Dr. Jasser is currently in private practice in phoenix, specializing in internal medicine and nuclear cardiology. Ms. Farhan kara is the president and executive director of Muslim Advocates in oakland, california. Graduate of wellsly college and cornell law school, she has previously served as counsel to the u. S. Senate Judiciary Committee and worked as a litigation associate with several prom inept washington, d. C. , law firms. Mr. Philip hainey a former customs and Border Protection officer in the department of Homeland Security. Officer hainey completed several tours at the National Targeting Center near washington, d. C. , and he has won numerous awards an
I thank you for your picture just him and your service to this country. I am tom carper and i agree with this message. This hearing record will remain open for 50 days until october to record at 5 00 p. M. So you have time senator baldwin for submission of statements and questions for the record. Thank you all. This hearing is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] just hours before the expected elections for the speaker of House Majority leader Kevin Mccarthy removed himself from consideration. Its been reported that outgoing Speaker John Boehner only learned about the decision moments before mr. Mccarthy spoke to members of the caucus. We spoke to a capitol Hill Reporter for an update on the situation. Prescod joining us on the phone from phone from the Washington Post newsroom is someone who covers congress. Thank you for being with us and what has been a very busy day. Guest it has indeed. We started out today thank you we knew the
Not what we go for, to ensure babies born alive in such instances are given necessary medical care to house passed hr 3504, the born alive some abortion survivors protection act which requires baby surviving an abortion be given the same treatment and care that would be given to any child naturally born premature at the same age and impose criminal penalties at the federal level to prevent the killing of innocents human babies born alive. Moreover, these videos indicate abortion practitioners may have adopted new abortion procedures to avoid the risk of violating a partialbirth abortion ban act. In the 1st video the senior director of medical services at planned Parenthood Federation of america stated that, quote the federal abortion ban is a law, and laws are up to interpretation,. Todays hearing is intended to explore what interpretations have arisen since the laws passage. I look forward to listening to our witnesses here today, and it is my pleasure to recognize the Ranking Member