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Hearing comes a month after the us air force admitted a clerical error that allowed a former airman who shot 26 people at a church in Sutherland Springs, texas, to buy a gun despite a Domestic Violence conviction in 2012. The Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing runs a little over three hours. [inaudible conversations] good morning everybody. Thank you for attending todays hearing. We gather here today in the wake of violent acts by evil man in las vegas and Sutherland Springs. Those two places ge...

Hours. Morning, everybody and thank you for attending todays hearing. We gather today and the wake of violent acts by a violent man in las vegas and southern springs. There is a lesser number of people who find other places as well. Today with the help of our witnesses we hope to learn more about how those tragedies may haveve been prevented and we wil discuss various proposals on preventing similar tragedies in the future. Before october 1, 2017, few americans knew what they dump stock was. The...

Supremacist movement has been energized by mr. Trumps campaign. That it has unearthed some demons to use congressman sanfords words. The marchs chant in charlottesville, you will not replace us, was an expression of paranoia over cultural displacement. It reminds us of what dylann roof said when he murdered nine people in a charleston church. Youre taking over our country. The marchers chant, blood and soil, their antisemitism reminds us of one of the darkest chapters in modern history. In my wr...

Committee on Homeland Security will come to order. Committee is meeting today to exam the most serious threats confronting our homeland. Before i recognize myself for an opening statement, i would like to take a moment to welcome the newest member of our committee, don bacon. Don served nearly 30 years in the air force and is experienced in cybersecurity and Airborne Reconnaissance will prove greatly beneficial to this committee. Thank you, sir, for being here. Thank you, chairman. I now recogni...

Many of you may know that the library of congress has the most comprehensive collection of sound recordings, Radio Broadcasts in world, honor to host this event with wgbh educational foundation, our collaborators in the american archive of public broadcasting or a apd. A apb. Up. T my centuries mixed [laughter] 1964. The National Education television and radio center. Incidentally, last month, we digitized two of these programs so they could be more accessible the of the librarys website. The li...

The implementation of a 2017 law that reauthorized and expanded Education Assistance programs for u. S. Military veterans. Live coverage here on cspan 3. I want to thank you for joining us. We will begin our first oversight hearing on the implementation of hr3218 the veterans assistance education act of 2017. This bill was designed, rather signed into law by president trump. Its a great example of what congress can do when we put the american people, and in this case, our Veterans First and fore...

Lead to brakes used in other fields. Congressman tom cole shares this to our 20 minute hearing. We will go ahead and being in the meeting and the chairman will join us in a few minutes. I dont to keep the other members ready. Before we start i want to recognize my good friend the gentleman from arkansas with the purpose of an introduction. Thank you, mr. Chairman. If it pleases the committee i would like to first of all disclose that sometime around 11 00 oclock i have to depart early for a prev...

Purpose of an introduction. Thank you, mr. Chairman. If it pleases the committee i would like to first of all disclose that sometime around 11 00 oclock i have to depart early for a previously scheduled meeting but i do want to take just a moment to recognize a young lady in the audience today in each one of my colleagues have been provided a nice glossy bio of this young lady for the benefit of the rest of the audience and for hearing purposes to recognize mary would form an now she is in the b...

Afternoon, everyone. This subcommittee will come to order. I want to apologize in advance. Im going to have to step out and i will return shortly and have asked congressman bilirakis to preside in my absence comest a thank you for that. I want to thank iran for joining us for todays hearing at the subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. The House Committee on veteran affairs over are began first oversight hearing on the implementation of h. R. 3218 the veterans Education Assistance act of 2017 als...

Also on the calendar, this years state of the Union Address from President Trump before a joint session of congress. As always, you can watch the house live on cspan and see the senate on our companion network cspan 2. Next testimony from officials with the atf and the air force on proposed firearm regulations. And updating the criminal background check system. The measure proposed banning bump stock and similar devices. Senator Dianne Feinstein is the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary comm...