president, noncommissioned associate -- officer association of the united states. harris, national vice commander. the american legion. mr. chris messick, national commander, military order of the purple heart. retired united states marine corps sergeant major, johnny baker. national commandant and ceo of marine corps league. retired united states army chaplain, brigadier general robert futsal's key, national president military chapels association of the united states of america. retired -- corporal charles brown, national president of caroline veterans of america. mr. donald mark, national adjutant, legion of valor of the united states. retired united states army lt. col., michael a okun's. mc. commander-in-chief, military order of the world wars. retired united states navy chief petty officer doug, national president, the entire -- retired and listed. brian sector. idc agent and medal of honor recipient. congressional battle of honor society of the u.s. mr. joe, national commander, disabled american veterans. retired air force colonel, jim o'brien. executive vice

for social housing _ housing associations are responsible for social housing are _ housing associations social housing are held _ housing associations are responsible for social housing are held to - for social housing are held to account _ as uk unemployment rises slightly in the three months to september, regular pay falls due to the cost of living crisis. former president donald trump is expected to announce his much—anticipated 2024 presidential run in a tv appearance in florida later tonight. and the border collie that reported itself lost by walking into its local police station. russia has launched a barrage of missiles at targets across ukraine, just hours after the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, appealed to 620 leaders meeting in bali to help him end the invasion of his country. the mayor of kyiv, vitaliy klitschko, said three buildings had been hit in a central district of the ukrainian capital, specifying that at least two of these were residential. another ukrainian official posted video of a five—storey residential building ablaze. the mayor said air defences had

>> we call our employees associates, and we believe it is our associates choice in terms of what theyo. >> and you will commit to being neutral? and -- >> we continue to support our associates and making those decisions. >> thank you. i was particularly interested in your testimony, because i know a lot of independent grocers across connecticut, family businesses like yours face the challenges that you described to the committee in your testimony. we have dominant grocery retailers in connecticut, most often stop and shop and shop right, as well as walmart and other big box stores that compete with independent grocers. i've heard from time to time about how the largest grocery sellers use their buyer power, in quotes, buyer power, to demand special treatment from privileged access to products, pricing manages. i know that it will be no surprise to you to hear from me, but i was surprised to learn that even before the pandemic, independent grocers resorted to buying products from costco because it gets such steep discounts. those retail prices are actually lower than the wholesale pric

and in the middle is far as a global association. and so german association and obviously companies react differently for this conflict potential. yeah, actually that's something i want to ask about because what do companies take into account when it comes to deciding whether or not they do engage with an event like this or with, you know, organizations that are associated with it? is it all business, or is there some ethics involved? it's mainly business. why do companies on those, these events, it's part of advertising and communication and prep positioning. but of course, it is perceived in society are leading to emotions on the friends of the side of the plan on the side of the more critical part of society. so the company which engages in these events is thrown into the conflict into the heat of the conflict. and that's something that companies have to get used to isn't if they're increasingly being expected to take positions on social issues. we seem not even outside of this world cup. so how our businesses reacting to that new

joe parsetic,, national commander disabled veteran association.rien, executive president , military officer association of america. commander christie purdy, chair, board of directors, commissioned officers association of the u.s. public health service. retired united states air force chief master sergeant gary wright, international president, air force sergeant association. mr. michael stetts, national commander, polish legion of american veterans. mr. jeffrey bordeur, national president korean war veterans association of the united states. mr. louise vasquez, national commander, american g.i. forum of the united states. mr. joseph mcneil senior, national president, blinded veterans association. mr. nelson mullis, national commander, jewish war veterans of the united states of america. the associate and emeritus members of the committee are located to my front right. i would like to ask the president and national commanders who comprise our associates and emeritus membership to stand and be recognized. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in reco

in that case, the supreme court said that these rights, freedom of speech and freedom of association,re indispensable to the freedom of association, particularly when it group espouses dissident beliefs. they were talking about their right not to have to open the kimono. and to make it known to the entire world. sadly, naacp versus alabama did not end the discussion. it did for a while, for several decades. i think american society generally supported the idea of maintaining the privacy and integrity of freedom of association. and the freedom of association is about as much at the headwaters of all of our rights, our first amendment rights and many other rights protected in the bill of rights. because so much of what we do as groups, as entities, what we do together, relates to other rights and protect us so that we can remind each other that we are not allowed. and particularly -- this is important -- when we can stand -- when standing up to government. when we can assemble, we can stand up to the government more confidently and petition the government for a redress of our treatments

james e robbins junior, national president, sleek reserve association. mr.ean, national commander amvets. miss arlene, army and navy union , united states of america. retired united states navy fleet master chief paul a kings berry, president noncommissioned officers association of the united states. ms. patricia harris, national vice commander, the american legion. mr. chris ved vick, national commander, ella terry order of the purple heart. retired united states marine corps sergeant major johnny baker, national, dante and ceo marine corps league. retired united states army chaplain brigadier general robert plus cow ski, national president, military chaplain association of the united states of america. retired united states marine corps corporal charles brown, national president, paralyzed veterans of america. mr. donald marx, national aji sin, leader a valor of the united states. retired lieutenant colonel michael a okun, md. commander-in-chief, military order of the world war. retired united states navy chief petty officer deborah l shake, national presi

>> we call our employees associates and we believe it's our associates choice in terms of what they decideo do. >> and you will commit to being neutral. >> we continue to support our associates on making those dedecisions. thank you. >> i was particularly interested in your testimony because i know a lot of independent grocers across connecticut family businesses like yours face the challenges that you described to the committee and your testimony and wewe have dominant grocery retailers in connecticut as well as other big-box stores that compete with independent grocers. i've heard time to time how they use their buying power to demand special treatment from privileged access to products to price advantages and i know that it will be no surprise to you to hear from me but i was surprised to learn that even before the pandemic, independent grocers sometimes resorted to buying products from costco because it gets such steep discounts. it is retail prices are lower than the wholesale prices than an independent grocer like you in connecticut could obtain. i know this was exacerbated by the cl

- tarnished if they have any association with it? look, i would be — association with it?ould be lying if i said we | would be lying if i said we didn�*t work with many clients who are in some shape or form, either officially, or through media investment involved in and around the tournament. yes, there are concerns, absolutely. you have to weigh that up with the fact that the world cup is the fact that the world cup is the biggest sporting event on the biggest sporting event on the planet, so i think because there is so much focus on some of the issues, and rightly so, some of the issues that you reference, there is almost an expectation that every sponsor comes out and has a point of view. but, in reality, most people watching the tournament once the tournament starts just want to see teams compete, and there are many other ways in which these sponsors can have a positive association with the game at large, without zeroing injust on qatar, or game at large, without zeroing in just on qatar, or having to comment, or having to come out and present a point of view, corporat

from these very water systems associating the nation. we have more than 750 professional workers in the field. we have boots on the ground working 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. reaching across the nation with all 50 states including tribes and u.s. territories. >> as we all know, water utility prep are -- according to the u.s. environmental protection safe drinking water information system, they are currently 50,000 community water systems in the country, 91% of them which serve population of less than 10,000. 60% of them serve a population of 500 if you are. the current public health crisis in jackson, mississippi, the covid-19 pandemic, the historic drought conditions plaguing the western states as we speak all highlight the essential fact. safe drinking water service and wastewater treatment is essential to modern life in the economy. this fact occurs and small, rural, tribal disadvantaged communities across the country. we have heard. we i mentioned at the top of the remarks that i'm a part time for the simple fact that many rural

stuart mcclinton is president of the association, leading the associations nonpartisan, on profit mission to preserve conservation at the white house private funding. john stanwich serves as the park service liason to the white house. overseeing the park services responsibility through the care of the white house and its grounds, as well as the park areas immediately surrounding the white house. finally, we are joined by lydia tederick, creator of the white house. she has been part of the white house curatorial staff since 1979. tederickh as lectured on the white house collection and specializes in of historic photographs of the white house mansion. please join me in welcoming our panelists to the stage for our final panel today. [applause] >> put me in the middle here, i don't like this. >> well, thank you sarah, for that wonderful introduction. it's been a pretty incredible day. heard some fascinating insights from different people. i know this will be a fitting conclusion to our symposium. before we get into our conversation about preservation of the white house, i figured i would shar

are indispensable to the preservation of freedom of association, take a workgroup espouses dissident police. the right they're talking about their specifically was the right not to have to open the kimono, to make known to the entire world it was part of them, who joined him, who is supporting them and so forth. of course, sadly naacp versus alabama didn't put in into the discussion. it did for a while. for several decades, there were exceptions from time to time. i think americans decided generous with the idea of maintaining the privacy, the integrity of the freedom of association. and the freedom of association if you think about it, it's about as much as the headwaters of all of our other rights come certainly all of our other first amendment rights in many of the other rights protected in the bill of rights. because so muchbe of what we dos groups, as entities, what we do together, relates to other rights and protects us so that we can remind each other we are not alone. and particularly this is important when standing up to government. when we can assemble, we can stand up to g

stuart mclaurin is president of the white house historical association leading the association's nonprofit nonpartisan mission to support conserv. station and preservation at the white house with private funding john stanwich serves as the national park service liaison to the white house overseeing the national park services responsibilities for the care of the white house and its grounds as well as the park areas immediately surrounding the white house. finally. we are joined by lydia teterick curator of the white house. she has been part of the white house curatorial staff since 1979. tetrick has lectured and published articles on the white house collection and specializes in historic photographs of the executive mansion. please join me in welcoming our panelists to the stage for our final panel today. here put me in the middle here. i don't like this. well, thank you sarah for that wonderful introduction. it's it's been a pretty incredible day. i heard some fascinating insights from different people and i know this will be a fitting conclusion to our symposium. and before we get into ou

of such associations in the city of kyiv, how many condominiums are there in kyiv, is there any generalgure? yes, in the city of kyiv, condominiums and housing cooperatives are estimated to be about 3,000 houses, and you are directly also the chairman of condominiums, as far as i understand, or several condominiums yes, i am the head of both the association of co-owners of an apartment building and the head of a housing and construction cooperative. you are in the solomyan district for kyivans, it will be possible to have such a geographical reference, but i have buildings in other districts, but i am also the head association e-e condominiums and condominiums of the solomyan district, which, by the way, was the first one in kyiv to be registered and will be united in the future. as far as i understand, the main problem was energy, the efficiency of buildings, they were insulated, they were replaced , communications were installed, new doors, new windows were installed. but after february 24, new challenges came knocking at us, there was a need to equip storage facilities with something

colonel, thank you for being here and for everything the infantry association does. to see you. >> will, rachel, pete, thanks for having me. i'm a big fan of your should want rachel: thank you. pete: appreciate t robert. will: tell us about the national infantry association. >> it's based out of columbus, georgia. we represent infantry men from all over the world. ormy infantry, marine infan to the best of my recollection foreign army infantry. then infantry supporters both inside the branches of our army, joint services, and civilians. all are members of the national infantry association. our purpose really is multifold. we want to build to help the past, present and future infantry men through our benefits and through our programs and we like to award special recognition to infantry men that have contributed to their nation. will: we understand you intend to award or recognize one particular infantry man this morning. >> i do. and the national infantry association is proud to present the order of st. maurice to pete hegseth. rachel: let's talk alaska the colors. it

the local and state rural water association has done a tremendous job.ut if you want to answer the question after the fact but when small towns like mine need to operate water utilities looking at new complex clean federal water act and receiving that required training to learn about the latest preparedness that we call on the state rural water association. and it's fine if you submit this in writing and our time is limited. with water utilities deal with every day that you may find are overreaching and further complicates your ability to do the job? if you would submit to those afterwards i would greatly appreciate it. >> we will make sure the answers are responded accordingly. >> the gentleman from michigan is recognized for five minutes. >> i think the shared goal of this hearing is so we can get out of the reaction i'm just broadly categorizing the lack of preparation and those that occur because of neglect. axa mississippi with a combination it was neglect anytime the federal government and then with the federal resources come in after the fact and

of such associations in the city of kyiv.any condominiums in kyiv are there any general figures? yes, in the city of kyiv of condominiums and housing and building cooperatives, there are approximately 3,000 houses, and you are also directly the head of the condominium, as far as i understand, are there several condominiums? yes, i am the head of the association of co-owners of an apartment building, and the head of a housing and construction cooperative. you are in the solomyan district for kyivans, it will be possible , such a geographical reference is better, but i have houses in other districts and e-e condominiums and apartment buildings of the solomyan district, which by the way, the first one in kyiv was registered and e-e will be united in the future, i will try to unite everyone e-e in a group more easily. already a full-scale invasion of of a half-scale full-scale repetition as far as i understand, the main problem was the energy efficiency of the buildings, they were insulated, they were replaced, communications wer

the english football association and the welsh and home nations�* football associations are part of fifay�*re putting some pressure on when it comes to human rights, but the fifa corrupt members who made the decision in 2010 for hosting the world cup in qatar in 2022, they also made the decision to put the 2018 world cup in russia and rfa, the english fa, was bidding to hold at the 2018 world cup to the same seat fifa people and did not want to hear about corruption in fifa at that time. and if you�*re a member, asked at the bbc to pull a panorama programme on the eve of the vote that was precisely raising the issue of fifa corruption, so we need to look closely at home. are we paying art, ourfootball paying art, our football associations paying art, ourfootball associations playing our part for better governance in these bodies, including fifa?— including fifa? david, very good to net our including fifa? david, very good to get your thoughts. _ including fifa? david, very good to get your thoughts. thank - including fifa? david, very good to get your thoughts. thank you - including fifa

of unions, writers and publishers was held in moscow, the activity of its association to ukraine is extensive , including assistance to young people, the authors were talked about not only about books and publishing, but about its patriotism of the story about what the russian word means today will continue the topic zinaida kurbatov this meeting is the first famous in the history of the young association of unions, writers and publishers the moscow manor house of the rostovs today is the legendary poets of criticism about bunnies. all of them welcome the creation of the association of writers, they are not divided into either villagers or red- blooded people, but they are divided differently for some russia is a country. you see, and for others, my country and here is my country, it was for stilyagi aksyonov and before the peasant. siberian shokshina and for the highlanders of asia , skander and for stanislav okun, this is my country 30 years ago, the union of soviet writers collapsed and new unions and pencubs appeared to replace them sometimes even an association that was at enmi

including, every demand there might chill the association.nd so they subjected and found that the california statute failed under that scrutiny pretty is rigorous disclosure laws it really meant designed at the end of day and certainly have the effect at the end of the day of killing the freedom of association and all the other rights attached to i that. in about a month or two ago, something really creepy happen in alabama. in this case in alabama, dealing with alabama's vulnerable child compassion and protection act. the department of justice this was litigation surrounding law passed by the alabama legislature vallarta s dealing withy transition of children experiencing gender identity issues and the department of justice issued ann abusive subpoena to nonparty, to litigation regarding that statute and the issue date to the legal form of alabama and the department of justice demanded access to all legal forms internal and associated with the legislature pretty they wanted to know what form have been saying and while this law was being cons

yes, yes, after strokes it can be associated with some kind of injury.may be related to stress. it could be high cholesterol. this is a huge metal- so they say body weight, diabetes mellitus , the so-called metabolic syndrome. and this is also the path to dementia. that is, at this stage, i want to make such an exclamation mark because this is a sign of a healthy lifestyle. if a person works on himself, he understands what in his life prevents him from being healthy and engages in physical activity, eats properly, if he controls his health indicators, such as body mass index, cholesterol, sugar, blood and other indicators that are important for him, which affect the vascular manifestation, then, in principle, this dementia can stretch up to 120 years and slowly. as they say grow and practically. he adapts to it, or it grows quickly in the case of alzheimer's, this process, as i said, is inevitable, and here, probably, this is more a question for relatives. they must understand what will happen. and what needs to be done at each stage, to create such a, w

our local and state rural water associations have done a tremendous job.tated, i know my time is running out, so if you want to answer this question after the fact and submit written, that would be great, but one small towns like my need help and operating our water utilities, understanding new and complex clean water acts and save drink water acts requirements, received the required to maintain our licenses and the latest resiliency practices we call in our state rule water so ca shun and asked for technical assistance. more to the point in this also scores what mr. gadis said. would you be able to elaborate and find if you submit this in writing, i know our time is limited, what are some of the complex federal regulations water utilities deal with every day that you all may find are overreaching and further complicate your ability to do the job of keeping our water clean and safe? if you would submit those to us afterward, i would greatly appreciate it. thank you. we will make sure that the answers are responded to accordingly. >> thank you, chairman. to

we will be with the associate professor of the hematology department of transfusiology of the belarusianedical academy after graduation ekaterina nikolaevna hello ekaterina nikolaevna kabaeva candidate of medical sciences hematologist associate professor of the department of clinical hematology and transfusiology of the belarusian medical academy of postgraduate education well, from school, from biology lessons, i’m sure everyone remembers that hemoglobin delivers oxygen to body tissues. but surely this iron protein has other equally important functions. this is its main function as carriers. that is, for this iron we need absolutely true, although it would seem, yes, iron has completely different associations, and here oxygen is good, hemoglobin is normal. i understand that for women, men and children, the norms are different. what is the norm for a man from 130 g / l, a man came out in women, it is above 120 g / l. in children, too, above 120 g / l, and in pregnant women, it is produced above 150 g / l. this will be the norm. now let's talk about, and what is not normal yes deviation.

being associated with c stal olympics. being associated with crystal palace — olympics.s _ olympics. being associated with crystal palace was iconic, - olympics. being associated with crystal palace was iconic, so - olympics. being associated with l crystal palace was iconic, so when olympics. being associated with i crystal palace was iconic, so when i told people i trained at crystal palace, theirface lit told people i trained at crystal palace, their face lit up and they remembered having school sports lazy and even to this day i will mention crystal palace and a lot of people of when they used to run here. some fear in place — of when they used to run here. some fear in place of _ of when they used to run here. some fear in place of an _ of when they used to run here. some fear in place of an olympic— of when they used to run here. some fear in place of an olympic legacy as a managed decline. what fear in place of an olympic legacy as a managed decline.— fear in place of an olympic legacy as a managed decline. what you have not here as a managed decline. what you hav

michael gove is holding talks with housing association that owned the flat where he died.ll block new funding for housing providers that fail to address safety concerns. he said the toddler's case should be a warning to other landlords who are ignoring complaints. landlords who are ignoring complaints-_ landlords who are ignoring comlaints. ., ., ., ., complaints. the regulator for social housin: complaints. the regulator for social housing has — complaints. the regulator for social housing has written _ complaints. the regulator for social housing has written to _ complaints. the regulator for social housing has written to local- housing has written to local authorities to make sure that we have a particular focus on damp and mould, but it is also the case that there is a responsibility on housing associations and other landlords to let us know about other hazards and let us know about other hazards and let us know that people are living with and how they are dealing with him. we are giving new powers to the regulator in order to make sure that housing associations are ke

attorney's office, miss crane served as the senior associate and litigation associate of private practice, where she received an award in recognition for her outstanding pro bono service throughout the legal it's a saudi. miss crane, welcome to our committee, you may proceed with opening remarks. >> thank you, mister chairman and members of the committee, it is an honor and privilege to be here today. i am grateful for the opportunity to appear before you, as you consider by nomination for associate judge of the spear court for district of columbia. there are many people are like to thank the day. first, i extend my thanks to each of the members of the committee to the committee staff are considering the application. i further extend my appreciation to the judicial nomination commission and its stare, and g sullivan, for their service on the commission. i extend my humble thank you to president biden for nominating me to serve the people of the district of in this capacity. i struggled to find words to express my deep appreciation for the support of my colleagues, family and friends, many

are kept up to the mark, — associations are kept up to the mark, but _ associations are kept up to thenot in the situation, _ properties that are not in the situation, not in the state they should — situation, not in the state they should be _ situation, not in the state they should be in.— situation, not in the state they should be in. quite striking, tens of thousands _ should be in. quite striking, tens of thousands of _ should be in. quite striking, tens of thousands of properties - should be in. quite striking, tens of thousands of properties not i should be in. quite striking, tens of thousands of properties not in | of thousands of properties not in the state they should be in. i think mr gove is trying to set out the scale of the challenge, but i suspect a lot of people will find that quite worrying, the idea that there are tens of thousands of properties in england which are deeply problematic, so as well as saying to housing associations that if you don't meet high standards were not going to give you any money to expand, the government is also putting money today into enforc

the tennis association has done nothing. and the carby player has now filed a criminal complaint and federal authorities have been brought in because of the anti semitic elements to the case. leon english was called it dirty to the 13 year old goalkeeper, still troubled by the incident. bother her basic he alice, her mother is therefore ha the and goes to a jewish school and they were studying the middle ages. her i'm her compile based on cases why jews were persecuted, describe and evaluate the behavior of the religious and secular rulers. once men sometimes choose how to where appointed had a jewish hat, what does it look like people? yeah, i think back a picture of one often. it so pointed like a which is hat i didn't of of when they yelled at you, you weren't wearing pointed hats or stars of day, but no one could see it except you had them. a copy were covered on the ma, kirby star logo fly. it was really crazy at 1st m f one and they were just shouting you maccabees. i'm with her. then they started insulting us as jews

as she makes her way into her neighbourhood association. during lockdown, paula meadows became the headquarters for locals, who rallied together to help their fellow neighbors. meatica. above they created an organization called so most 3 bo, we are tribe. and as i says, i don't believe people are. we began by coordinating all the help that was needed in our neighbourhood, such as shopping for vulnerable, elderly people are going to, the pharmacy are walking their pants. one day a company contacted us and said that they had a batch of dairy products that they couldn't use. look at it. they asked if we wanted them, and we said yes, bring them over. you know, back they did it by and then we distributed the milk and yogurt and so on for another big so yes, you come on pathologist. so julio came to so much 3 booth every morning to help out before going to work. as a lab technician in the gregorio marlin yarn hospital at the height of the pandemic, the modern young was overflowing with more than 1100 covered patients with hundreds more turning up

these are the various moments that are associated with the birth of a child.er all, they killed even babies. a very serious topic, the dedication of our soldier is a simple soldier. that, but for the lives of others. e return of cities. and what a very difficult and complex historical topic and the more we talk , do not chat. how sometimes some can't stand, say calmly better less, but calmly. tell me how it was. and it's blue. hit, blue hit and remain in memory, rather than, uh, just give a lecture to read about what when and where the belarusian artist, a native of russia 's sverdlovsk, this city gave our culture the most famous.

rubenstein national center for national history of the white house historical association. doctor shogan is a trained political scientist, with a ph. d. in american politics from yale university, as well as a bachelors degree in political science from boston college. she has almost 15 years of service and the federal government, including prominent roles with the u.s. senate as well as the library of congress. doctor shogan teaches government students at georgetown university and served as vice chair of the women suffrage centennial commission. another feather in her cap and an illustrious resume is that she currently serves as the co-chair of the board of directors at the women suffrage national monument foundation, designated by the congress to build the first memorial in d. c. dedicated to the history of the movement for women's equality. it's a huge deal. to begin with our panelists, we have a lane rice bachmann. she is a state archivist of maryland and a coauthor of a wonderful book, designing camelot, published by the white house historical association. i'm proud to s

hello svetlana georgievna pashkevich candidate of biological sciences associate professor, head of the laboratory of neurophysiology of the institute of physiology of the national academy of sciences of belarus scientific interests experimental neurophysiology let's start purely physiologically, what is pain? first of all, more signals to us that we did something wrong, that the body is exposed, but to the effects of damaging factors, and therefore, very often pain factors are called, but c-ceptors, but ciception is a term that charles sherington led to indicate a damaging effect and, uh, when the body signals to a person that it does not touch and it can be burned hot, then the person pulls his hand away. for this. we have signaling along nerve fibers so that we can very quickly avoid a damaging factor, and such fast fibers are called, and delta. and we also have slow fibers. this is a slow and such a spreading pain that is difficult for us to localize, and such pain occurs if the introduction is not acute, but it has been with us for a long time and we are constantly exposed to this

cardiovascular diseases, tyre and dalogy emergency endocrinology member of the european association the study of diabetes , international diabetes federation, european and belarusian association of endocrinologists. let's first find out what is insulin and what is glucose and in general how are they connected to each other and are connected insulin is a hormone that is produced by the pancreas by beta cells and insulin lowers blood glucose levels. insulin - this is the main hormone that regulates the entire metabolism of the entire metabolism, that is, insulin regulates the metabolism of glucose under the action of insulin , protein is synthesized and muscles grow. under the action of insulin, fat is synthesized and under the action of insulin, slow carbohydrates, starch , or as we call it glycogen, are synthesized in the muscles and in the liver. that is, it is one of the main metabolic analytical human hormones, what happens to this hormone and why this happens to it. e, if a person is diagnosed with diabetes, usually a diagnosis of diabetes indicates that the a person does not ha

miss crane served as the senior associate and litigation associate in private practices where she received and was awarded recognitions for her pro bono contributions. you may proceed with your opening remarks. ms. crane: mr. chairman and the members of the committee, it is an honor to be here today. i am grateful for the opportunity to appear before you as you consider my nomination for associate judge of the superior court for the district of columbia. first, i extend my thanks to each ember of the committee for considering my application. i further extend my appreciation to the judicial commission and its chair, g sullivan. i extend my humble thank you to president biden for nominating me to serve the people of the district of columbia. i struggle to find words to express my appreciation for the support of my colleagues, family, and friends who have been supporting me throughout this journey. in particular, i want to thank the current and former leadership of the district court . this includes the current u.s. attorney matt graves, as well as vince cohen, channing phillips, and jesse lo

he apologized for that through the as did the association. he knows and beyond that, nobody has been willing to discuss it. awesome. and it still hasn't happened. notice a month later, patient that's just disappointing, african poison, good time or not them off whatever's lesson. and that's interesting because you're saying it, and that's the way it is. if you have, it's like that in many associations and clubs and with perpetrators teeth on monday . they say no, we're not anti semitic. i'm, we're not racist. and we're not opposed to any minorities. is it because his teacher is ne, a king. but then when it comes to a real concrete case, well, how do they deal with it? indeed, at 1st they don't know what to do. i'm at all then don't want to address it, gone and ultimately want to deny or cover it up one. so the actual offense gets covered up by their actions. dick in darcy mit the m 100 vill detached and we'll get deck. the other club says the accusations haven't been proven. they did fire the coach, but not immediately. the tennis association