. >> my name is anne harvey and i support everything that kathy said. the paper she filed on behalf of the association. that being said, i was walking down the streets and the words of a supreme court justice came to mind, the question, do trees have standing? so i did a little research and i got the words of the case by supreme court justice william douglas and the see era club versus morton where he talks about environmental issues and pushed fourth that question do trees have rights? standings like it's part of the administrative procedure act. that's not an issue here but if you haven't read the pin it's a part of my submission that i put forward for this hearing. it's an environmental issue and i think the reason it came to mind was there were signs on the trees about each tree and there's also sometimes a developer actually post trees telling us what will happen. a notice of a hearing where i can walk around and find it on a tree. i've seen complaints filed on buildings. it's bizarre. that's the way we notify people stuff. go out and look for it a

ann's catholic church in mississippi. in response to raise father dale, turn his parish in a makeshift legal and counseling center for affected families. our next witness, the honorable owner harvey. he is the founder and president of the board of a legal it education and community empowerment foundation. she's in david native, she's also a judge, a graduate of tupelo college who also has an distinction of being the first african american female to graduate from the mississippi possible. [applause] our last witness is ms. miss lorena you have tell me out of this. gino's lewis, is the lead organizer the mississippi immigrant coalition and working together in mississippi which was instrumental in providing support and aid to families affected by the mississippi i.c.e. rage. and that went out objection, the witnesses. it, will be inserted in the record. and i now ask each witness to summarize here is her statements for five minutes beginning with missus johnson. >> thank you congressman thompson. mr. chairman and members of the committee, i first want to thank you for this opportunity to talk about the unprecedented rage that occurred on august 7, and mississippi. the practice law h