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Our statutory authority. Increasingly we are finding ourselves unable to read what we find or unable to open a new device. That is serious. I think encryption is a good thing. I think there are tremendous societal impacts to encryption. Not only lock your cars, but you should encrypt things that are important to you. We have a collision in this country getting closer and closer to a head on, which is our important interest in privacy and our important interest in public safety. The logic of universal encryption is inexorable, that our authority under the fourth amendment, and amendment i think is critical to liberty and the right oversights to obtain information is going to become increasingly irrelevant. As all of our lives become digital, the logic of encryption is all of our lives will be covered by encryption. Terrorists and spies will be in a place that is utterly unavailable to courtordered process. That i think should be very concerning. I think we need to have a conversation ab ....
Time. Placing an employee on openended paid vacation as reward for bad behavior instead of removing them. Next, hr 571, the Veterans Affairs retaliation prevention act would improve the process for whistleblowers within the department to report waste fraud, and abuse, to correct problems at the lowest level in the agency possible. Perhaps more portly it would expand accountability of supervisors who would seek to retaliate against employees who report wrongdoing. Also, require the v. A. To undertake more training procedures to ensure employees are well aware of their rights and methods to report wrongdoing, and supervisors know there are serious consequences. It is a massive substantial support focus on whistleblower protection. I introduced hr 94. It would give the secretary the ability to remove any employee in a similar process that found that was found in a choice act signed into law last summer. Also our protections to ensu ....
Whistleblowers, an extension of nonmedical employee probationary periods and requirement that gao conduct a study of the a time space, and resources devoted to labor union activities. I encourage those of you today if you have not already research this legislation, please do so. We would welcome your support of these crucial pieces of legislation. I look forward to hearing from each of you today, and the groups that you represent. I now yield five minutes to the senator from georgia, my good friend mr. Isaacson. Senator isaacson i want to do laughs because i was late. I apologize. I will followup briefly on what chairman miller said. We are delighted to have you today. We appreciate what they do for the veterans. We have a lot of challenges but the chairman of the house and i have committed that we are not just caretakers of the status quo but instigators of improvement. We think v. A. Health care is important. We want Veterans Healt ....
Rights abuses against the citizens of venezuela and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from florida, ms. Roslehtinen, and the gentleman from texas, mr. Castro, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida. Ms. Roslehtinen thank you, mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on this bill. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Roslehtinen mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to place into the record letters between the chairman of the committees of referral on this bill. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Roslehtinen thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Roslehtinen thank you. Mr. Speaker, i rise today in support of h. R. 4587, the venezuelan human rights and democracy protection act. This ....
Saying, yes its pretty bad. When you talk to caucuses on both sides and you get a glimpse of the inside players. Now from the 15th annual harlem book fair a discussion of science and health. This is an hour and 15 minutes. So our first panel is titled mythologies of race, good science and health. Before i introduce our moderator i also want to acknowledge rich who worked with me tirelessly in pulling these panelists together , discussing and coming up with the ideas of what are the conversations that we are going to present, what are the conversations that impact us as a community and we should discuss and see if we can find a way in or a way out. So again thank you so much, rich. Our moderator for a first panel is earths are sheldon krimsky. He is the author of genetic justice, dna databank in criminal investigations and civil liberties. He is a professor of humanities and social sciences. He is that tops university so you had me there. Tops. Oh that stuffs. You know how these academi ....