[inaudible conversations] without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess for the committee at any time. With that i will now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement and mr. Gomez will follow me with a minute in the same will be given to the Ranking Member. Good morning, thank you to everyone for being here today to discuss a topic which is vital to our democracy for this census. The 2020 census is imminent and accounting set to begin in alaska in less than two weeks and across the country on april 1. The constitution requires every person to be counted, every Single Person living in the United States of america, not just citizens, not just people of a particular Political Party or race but absolutely everyone. I am gravely concerned that the Census Bureau may not be prepared to meet this high bar and that the 2020 census could leave communities across the country undercounted, underrepresented and underfunded. The Government Accountability office and apartment of c
For a joke, and that is i think your own paid search. Google is talking to me. Why should we take you seriously . I dont know that you should. I hope you do. Outset, clear from the i announced about five months ago that this former congressman was going to take on a sitting president named trump. Nobody in their right mind should think about doing this unless you have a really good reason. Difficultly the most thing i have ever done. I come from a certain place politically. Most of the people in that world politically love trump rate i have lost my friends, my supporters, i get threats all the time. It has been difficult. The party has tried to whack me every single day. I am doing it. I got into it knowing it would be difficult. Im many things, but im not dumb. I knew it would be difficult. I thought it was important. I believe hes unfit. It is that message we have led with. I know who i am, i know this isnt going to be easy, but the guy in the white house scares me, he should scare e
Everyone please sit down. Know we have people trickling in, but we are starting anyway. Ok. Welcome to the Wilson Center to those who are physically here and those who will be watching us on cspan and by other means. Harman, the president and ceo of the Wilson Center and former member of congress who is proud of her role in helping create the department of Homeland Security. Today we are pleased to cohost ural Homeland Security Experts Group meeting with support from the miners association, american airlines, and mckinsey. It is the group of the best americann the Homeland Security. It was found over 10 years ago and is now rebooted and housed at the minor corporation. Secretary and my dear friend Michael Chertoff and i are honored to be cochairs, and rob walker is the newly minted director. Mission is to offer independence, nonpartisan advice to key government officials as they face hard security programs, raise awareness, and offer solutions. We are nonpartisan and we hope we add val
It is probably not as many times as you have used the word illegal. So backwards. One person is all it takes. Hopefully you will look in the mirror tomorrow and see who that one person is. We are not going backwards. [applause] we are not. We have one more question. I just want to respond to your statement, and i want to say it is interesting that there is one person that is attracting everyone. That is what the tea party is doing. That is why we are where we are at. And we just have to go out and vote, people. That is all i will say. Thank you, everyone, for being here, thank you to all the panelists for coming. It was a lively discussion. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] next, reporters and correspondents talk about their experiences and challenges covering the white house. After that, a forum on the money intelligence x. And then former secretaries of state at the
A question about is this ebola arus the proof we need national one Payer Health Care system . We just saw what happened in texas with this capitalistic Health Care System. Us its going to cost millions and millions to clean that mess up. Andt regarding ebola hospitals not being ready, you had a guest on 89 years ago. I forget the authors name. She wrote a book called pandemic. How areto our hospitals were unprepared. We had a shortage of doctors and nurses. All. Ook said it we were not ready then and we are not ready now. You should have her back on again. Continue to let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. Or send us ail us tweet. The cspan conversation. Like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. An article today in the national journal. Charlie cook reporting on how kansas and georgia could change the equation in the u. S. Senate with computer models that show republicans with a big advantage in georgia, except in the senate race which is looking like a tossup