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The task force on Election Security is a group of House Democrats looking into the voting rightvotingrights issues6 general election. They held their First Public Forum on thursday to hear from the Homeland Security secretary j. Johnson and former secretary for the National Protection suzanne spaulding. Topics include efforts to respond to and address russian interference and recommendations for congress to secure the 20 team and 2020 election cycle. This is an hour if we might, we can begin our...

Can begin our hearings. Obviously was delay with the arrival of the former president members. They continue to pray for his continued recovery and his families constantly in our mind. This is our Congressional Task force on Election Security. We are kind of looking forward rather than backward trying to figure out did we miss something, can we use this as an opportunity to fix things for the future. We have obviously the cochair and the Ranking Member on the house administrations have a comment ...

I call the committee back to order. Thanks to the first panel and we appreciate your testimony and i would like to welcome the second panel of witnesses before the committee. First we have ms. Botts, executive director for agriculture and rule of element, position which she was named in 2013, she has over 15 years of experience working in agriculture and helping individuals in rural areas understand issues related to policy and financing. You could be of help to individual sentors i would imagin...

If we may, we can begin our hearing. It was delayed with the arrival mr. Scalise, who was received warmly by the house, and we are continuing to pray for his continued recovery, and his family is constantly in our minds. This is our Congressional Task force on election security. Body to lookd this at some issues around what happened during the last election. A lot of us are concerned about it. We are kind of looking forward rather than backward. If we to figure out missed something, can we use t...

[inaudible conversation] morning. This hearing of the senate communit committee is called to order. I this is our annual threats to the homeland committee. I want to welcome eyewitnesses and acknowledge the victims of the hurricane and houston texas, florida, throughout the caribbean and puerto rico. Im sure we will be discussing that quite a bit. Maybe it wasnt contemplated when we first set up and schedule this hearing on the other enormous threats, but there are real threats to human life occ...

I call the committee back to order. Thanks to the first panel and we appreciate your testimony. We welcome the second panel that is with us. Fir, we have mr. Ms. Botts, she is a executive director for the kentucky she was named in 2013, has over 15 years of experience working in agriculture and World Development policy issues and helping individuals in rural areas understand issues related to policy and financing. You could be of help to individual senators i would imagine. Before returning to k...

Next, a forum on race and education with members of congress. Education advocates, students, and former officials. The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Hosted this event. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us today. Todays Education Brain trust is called from brown to fisher, increasing racial diversity to improve Educational Equity. Im melanie newman. Im the chief strategist for the naacp Legal Defense fund, the organization that i am proud to say i work for and that i...

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Witnessed the deadliest mass shooting. We should be passing the dream act who dreamers call this nation home. Timely, instead of wasting taxpayer dollars and our constituents time, this house should be reauthorizing chip, the bipartisanbacked Health Insurance program which expired over the weekend and which is going to leave children who badly need Health Care Insurance twisting in the wind without it. Congressional republicans have chosen to bring this irresponsible and extreme bill to the floo...