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I now call to order the committee on House Administration or purposes of todays hearing titled preventing Sexual Harassment in the congressional work place on examining the funds to the Congressional Accountability Act. Figuring record will remain open for five legislative days until members submit any they wish to be included. A quorum is present or we may proceed. I ask for unanimous consent that the committee on ethics chairwoman susan brooks, represented Jackie Speier and Bradley Byrne said on the dais and question our Witnesses Today. Without objection so ordered. At the outset with an ca...

Alan bjerga of Bloomberg News. It is a 21 billion a year program. How many people does that reach and what is the amount of assistance at each one of the individual recipients in the program gets . It has gone from the 20 million level and its been 70 billion now. It affects 40 one million americans. That is about one out of every eight. During the recession at one point it was one out of seven. You have seen the number go down. The amount of money people get can very much vary. Some people get very small checks. It is based on what your income level is and what youre need may be at the time. ...

Were going to go into our next panel, next discussion. Unfortunately, one of the congressional candidates that we had texted me about 3 00 a. M. Picture from himself on a plane. He was going to be taking the red eye from california to here to be with us and then taking the flight right away back. Unfortunately, his airplane had mechanical problems and he was unable to make his connection in chicago, but we have two of the young africanamerican congressional candidates. Were going to have a discussion about political activism. Theyll talk about their campaign. We will then break down to a discu...

To be with us and then taking the flight right away back. Unfortunately, his airplane had mechanical problems and he was unable to make his connection in chicago. But we have two of Young American candidates. Well have a discussion about political activism. Theyll talk about their campaign. Well then breakdown to a discussion of political activism, how were active in your local communities and how we can learn from each other and how to best become active in our own communities and why thats important. To lead our conversation, we have with us mr. Ayoob. Thats fine. So i want to thank everybod...

Himself on the plane. Hofs goi he was going to take the red eye from california to here. His airplane had mechanical problems and unable to make his connection in chicago. But we have two of the young africanamerican congressional candidates. Were going to have a discussion about political activism. Theyll talk about their campaign. We will then break down to a discussion of political activism, how were active in your local communities and how we can sort of learn from each other and how to best become active within our own communities and why thats important. To lead our conversation, we have...