Transparency and equity. Hearing of the judiciary hearing is called to order. Please take your seats and welcome to all of our witnesses. I am very grateful to my colleague senator durbin for giving me the opportunity to chair the hearing and we wish him a very, very speedy recovery. He evidently had knee surgery. I believe it may have been because of a College Sports injury and i dont know exactly all the details. Ive seen him in the senate gym but all of you know our colleague senator booker who is truly a College Athlete star and very knowledgeable on this topic and a partner with me in longstanding efforts to reform the system, i want to thank our Ranking Member senator graham who has been very interested and involved in this issue and i am going to put in the record a statement of chairman durbin before i begin my remarks. We all know today that the system of College Athletes is in need of reform. Thats why youre here. Its in need of reform now which is why we are here. The system
Northwestern’s hazing scandal is just one example among many. If coaches and university officials cannot be trusted to protect vulnerable young athletes, lawmakers in Washington must do so.
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