Transcripts For CSPAN2 Key Capitol Hill Hearings 20150518 :

I appreciate the good work in ferreting this out. How long is Homeland Security and secret service had your report . When did they get your first draft . They received my first draft this draft may 6th. We supplied the underlying materials either in the middle of late last week. Yet theres been no consequence yet. We get reports that maybe one person is going to retire and who knows when that will be. What direction does secretary clancy have in revoking their security clearance . I dont have that information. But he could revoke their security clearance immediately. Correct . Im not sure what the process is for revocation of security clearances. I know there is a process that is involved but i dont know what it is. It could be put on nonpaid leave. Correct . Thats my understanding. Do you think this is an aggravated situation . My understanding is that nonpaid leave unfortunately congressman you getting into areas of Employment Law that are simply beyond my competence. I apologize. I think thats a fair situation. But as mr. Russell just aptly pointed out even if they werent drunk and they interrupted a potential bomb scene, thats totally unacceptable. If they lied to somebody who also works for the secret service, that is unacceptable behavior. And if you look at what happened in the email chain trying to protect themselves and making sure that the word didnt get there is plenty of evidence, this is a Pivotal Moment for the secret service. This is the time when we find out what director clancy and secretary john son if they have the gulls to do what needs to be done, because in my opinion, these people should be fired, today. They should lose and have their security clearances revoked. That should have happened a long time ago. And those that didnt report this ive got a list here of people who at some degree or another, have at least according to your report, violated policy that could lead to their potential removal. Mark connally, George Ogilvie Kevin Simpson Alfonso Dyson and perhaps michael braun. At the very least those people need to be taken to the woodshed and should lose their security clearances and lose their job and if i was the president of the United States, id never want to see them again. I dont want to see them there. We got thousands of people like the gentleman who is recognized for his valor that should be protecting the president of the United States. But if youre going to go consume alcohol and then show up at the white house disturb a crime scene get out of here. Go home. Go find another job. You know what . You wouldnt be able to work at my mcdonalds. Our wont be able to run the french fry machine. Youre not going drink and show up to work and youre not going to do that if you work for the secret service. Your report is very conclusive, independent, and its time for this director and this secretary to take some definitive, conclusive action, and fix the problem and send a message to the rest of the work force we are not going to put up with anybody who is showing up at work drunk lying trying to cover up, not reporting. How many things went wrong here today . But thats my opinion. Yield to the ranking member. I want to thank you. For anybody who just tune in, dint want them to think he was talking to you. Raftlift. [laughter] you heave dub a great job and we do appreciate your staff and i know you had to pull together a lot of people in a little bit of time but we appreciate it. I agree with the chairman. Somebody asked are we going to straighten this out . I said well have to keep the pressure up but we cannot keep the pressure up without the kind of information you al have provided us. And im sure that i am hopeful that when mr. Clancy comes before us hell have a report letting us know what disciplinary action he has taken. We appreciate everything you have done. Also appreciate you working with us. From the very beginning you have just been great and your staff. So, thank you. Totally concur. My frustration is not with you mr. Roth or the inspector generals office. Without that information we could still be left in the dark, and what you a and your staff he done were appreciative on both sides of the aisle and pre appreciate it. Its now our responsibility to hold the Administration Accountable and make sure they fix the problem so we can stop having hearings like these. We do wish you god speed. Thank you for this work, and look forward to the other reports youre still working on. This committee stands adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] on capitol hill, only four days of work left before lawmakers go on a weeklong memorial holiday break. Theyre facing deadlines then Highway Trust Fund and government surveillance provisions in the patriot act and this week both the house and senate are planning on taking up and passing a bill to fund the federal him and Transit Program for two months to give them time to work on a longer term highway funding bill. The house and senate returning today at 2 00 eastern for legislative work. The Senate Working on trade Promotion Authority with votes on two amendments scheduled at 5 30. You can watch live coverage of the senate here on cspan2 and the house over on cspan. West virginia senator joe man shun takes part in a discussion about ways to make government better. Thats live at 2 00 eastern on cspan3, and cspans live today in iowa for remark biz democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in mason city, talking about jobs, the economy and initiatives to help small businesses. Its her second visit to iowa since announceing her candidacy. Attorney general Loretta Lynch and education second arne duncan were two of several speakers at the Fourth National submit of preventing Youth Violence. The center brought together officials from around the United States and federal agencies, including the departments of justice, education, health and human services, housing and urban Development Labor and the office on National Drug control policy. They shared information and discussed efforts and strategies to reduce and prevent Youth Violence. As we know, when this was started in 2010, the first assignment was the big reveal of the six city plans and we like to continue that tradition. So in 2014, we welcomed five new cities to the network. The cities of baltimore my home town woohoo. [applause] yes i was born and raised in Baltimore City. Cleveland, long beach [applause] we have long beach added to the network. [applause] louisville. [applause] and seattle. [applause] so, continuing the tradition of the forum we are welcoming each city the opportunity share with us their plans to develop a comprehensive strategy to work on and combat and as we like to say eliminate Youth Violence. So first we have the city of baltimore. Representing the city of baltimore we have dr. Leann the Health Commissioner for the city. Then the city of long beach. Good morning everyone. Good morning. Wow its still an enthusiastic crowd. Despite the break that just happened. Im lina wen the Baltimore City Health Commissioners on behalf hoff the mayor id like to thank the National Forum for hosting this important event and the many individuals who have gotten to us where we are today including our other City Partners from the Mayors Office Health Department, Mayors Office of criminal justice, city schools, rec and parks, city attorneys office, Police Department, and so many others who are joining us today. And were also very grateful to the Prevention Institute and the department of justice for all your hard, who and bringing together this really Inspiring Group of individuals here today. Our Baltimore Team prepares an entire presentation to talk about our blueprint for Youth Violence prevention. I will get to that but it wouldnt be right to talk about anything in baltimore without addressing the big elephant in the room of what happened two weeks ago. As you know, 25yearold named freddie gray died while in police custody. Peaceful protestness our city turned into riots riots and into violence. And have brought the problems in our city and indeed the many other urban cities, into the national news. The deep differences inequalities are evident own next slide are composite risk map, if somebody can bring up the map on the power point please. Youll see that on every metrics of poor outcomes of truancy teen pregnancy lack of employment that there are big differences. The word are small but you see the color code between the red and the white on the screen, that there are tenfold differences between neighborhoods often just a block apart. Not surprisingly, youll see that theres also these areas of red also correspond to the highest rates of youth shootings Youth Violence in our city. I won to show you this map which is of when chester the community that freddie gray came from. The statistics here are also sobering. Half of all people, adult and youth, are not employed. One out of every three buildings is vacant. The dark green areas are areas areas of high incarceration rate. Its high in this commune and our city. Now, mean people mentioned that the mayor talked about how permanent of an issue is, and i want to share a story with you. Im an emergency physician and i want to toll you about the patient, sean. He was 17 years old when he came to me in the e. R. And he had been shot five times. He was shot three times in the chest, and twice in the abdomen. Now, i knew sean because he was there just two weeks ago. He been assaulted and stabbed. A month ago he had a broken hand from punching someone. A month before that the was there for depression, suicidal ideations and maybe other times before that for alcohol heroin and cocaine intoxication. There were many notes about him. The chart about him could fill many books about his growing up in various foster families, about his lead exposure as a child, being abused, in and out of our online Justice System mitchell job in the er was to saves his life but i couldnt help wondering at what other point in his life could we have saved him . Violence we know cannot just be seen as a criminal justice issue. We know all of this. Ive heard this resonated in so much of what everybody says, at itsroots violence is a matter of life and death and its a Public Health issue. Like other Public Health issues we think empty measles or flu or ebola. Violence is something that is contagious. It causes fear. It wreaks havoc. But just like other Public Health issues we can prevent it. We can treat it. We can identify protective factors ration sillans factors and do something about it. Last fall, we received the news that baltimore had been selected as forum city. We had a tight timeline but we were committed to meeting the forum to develop a plan in 90 days. So with the help of the Prevention Institute under the leadership of the mayor we convened a broad group of public and private stakeholders. Had four planning meetings, six youth focus groups and intervieweds with our key informants. One theme that is resonated strongly with all of white house participate, one theme that regular nateed immediately is that our goal needs to be first and foremost to prevent our youth from entering the criminal Justice System. We have to focus on stopping that cycle of violence because it is our youth who are stuck in the cycle and we have to stop it from every possible point, and before our youth do enter the criminal Justice System, people mention Substance Abuse and we have to have plan to help our juggle also their families to get back on track. Want to share our vision statement which it that all young people in Baltimore City are valued and protected and Thriving Communities and a safe city where there is an abundance of opportunities for young people to dream and to realize their dreams. We identified several core principles. The first and many people mentioned this earlier and secretary duncan said this morning its our youth who will have the answer, so young people and their families must drive our priorities. The second that we have to ensure cradle to Career Education opportunities job opportunities, all that has to be part of the plan as well. The third is we have to acknowledge the role of trauma, know that trauma breeds violence and violence breeds trauma. When our youth are afraid to go out and play on the streets that when families are suffering from violence and trauma every day so much so that we feel like were living in a war zone, that is something that we really have to change. We have to focus on collaboration every city, every oral suffers from silos and we heard the mayor talk about the importance of really conveniencing around one central goal aligning the work that is being done in the city around the central goal. And finally the principle that reminds me of the african proverb i am because we are. Were all responsible for the safety health, and will being of baltimores youth. Now, our five cradle to career goals that we identified, early childhood, if theyve been nurturing, that families supported, connected and empowered. All young people are connected to a trust evidence adult. A neighborhood engages young people in positive opportunities. And finally that people in neighborhoods have Economic Opportunities as well. Now, not going to read the indicators we have here, except to mention that we have nine indicators and five measures under each of the indicators, and that these are things that will continue to refine what over time. I do want to say a word about structure. We know that preventing Youth Violence requires a combination of approaches. We have the leadership in our city with the mayor to show moral commitment and to see that we have an overarching vision to catalyze change. Second is we have and we will continue to pursue Community Engagement, for communities to define our priorities and our youth to play an integral part. And third that we must have strong collaboration because it as a true interdisciplinary coalition effort. We have our work cut out for us but were proud of the work that weve done. In 90 days we have developed a blueprint for being to god our work to guide our work. We received important feedback from the department of justice and we plan on moving the blueprint into a living and breathing Strategic Plan that will have metrics and timelines. Now, i also want to emphasize they last thing we want the last thing that any of us need is another report that were just going to file and put on a shelf somewhere. There are plenty of those out there. What we want is to make sure that we have actionable recommendations, and also that we have clear governance and accountability in implementation so that we can really move this critical issue forward again in collaboration with everyone in our city and making sure that our youth have a part to play in this process. Now, no doubt the events of the last few weeks and the lives of freddie gray and mannose our city will also shape or thinking and well guide our work. The world may have seen our burning buildings and destroyed cars. What we see is our residents will have their destinies determined by their zip codes. Our youth are crying out to be heard and the children dying on our streets. What we see is the need for concerted action from a Public Policy and coordinated approach, starting the blood blueprint. On behalf of the bat nor city parter citizen mayor i commit to a continued and dedicated focus to eliminate disparatesy fight for equity. I commit to strive for future where all young people in Baltimore City are valued and protected, in Thriving Communities and a safe city, where our young people can dream and realize their dreams. Thank you very much. [applause] good morning to all of you. Good morning. My name is doug hall bert. I have the privilege of serving as the long beach city prosecutor and its my pleasure to speak to you on behalf of our mayor, robert garcia, who was notable to by here him and we will describe the violence prevention plan the city of long beach has adopted in greater detail. A few years ago Long Beach Woodrow Wilson High School held its homecoming Football Game, and the game had ended and the students and the spectators were filing oust the stadium. The standing on the sidewalk. A young man of 16yearold man who was gang involved and had dropped out of school by that point, just 16 years of age came across two gang rivals. Words were exchanged words that amounted to a threat, and the young man tom vincent pulled out a gun and fired at least three s