representatives john sarbanes of maryland, burgess owens in-q-tel testified about the recommendations for ensuring free and fair elections. >> election officials have faced unprecedented threats and harassment. after they were unfairly blamed for election results in the 2020 election that certain politicians and voters did not like. it did not want to accept. last year the threats for some election were so bad that they had to temporarily abandon their homes come spend money on increased home security or even secure around-the-clock police surveillance. election workers have had their young children or parents threatened. the threats, they received, , tn particularly graphic and often include racist and gendered insults get some election workers report the harassment and threats are continuing to this day. a recent survey of election workers commissioned by the brennan center for justice found one in three election workers feel unsafe because of their job and nearly one in five listed their lives being threatened as a job-related concern. even in face of these challenges and the globa

burgess owens, i want to ask you this.june 11th you troet tweeted critical race theory creates more racism within not less. you're allowed to answer that question or is a that because of the way the world is. but talk about that. the kids in college are flooded by critical race theory or the mindset >> we're going to stand- so good to see you >> thank you, great to see. >> you we have to remember what our foundation has always been in our country judeo christian values done one thing better than the history of mankind. everybody looks at this generation from the outside in. critical race theory with jim crow when young people and like myself were taught to judge by skin color. my generation had to deal with that. i was one of the first blacks to go to the particular high school. third black if he university of miami. part of that process was not developing relationships because we have to overcome the prejudice of our fathers taught to us judge each other based on race. i'll say that the thing that now i realize ai went ba

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ed: burgess owens, a churchman with six kids and faith. rep. s: no one got close to al who was whether the greatest owners to play for. -- was one of the latest owners to play for. of all the things i will look back on that made a difference, thank goodness they saw me and thought i had value. they drafted me and traded me and thank goodness my last few years as a rater, -- raider. it was because of the culture and getting it all. ed: you are in miami when they lost and then they became rock stars. last question, what motivates you to keep up the fight? you have a lot of things you have done in your life. you could go home and watch the grandbabies. rep. owens: a great question. i was raised by a generation that was remarkable. my dad went to war and came back, a successful hunter manure, professor, mentor -- a successful professor, entrepreneur, mentor. if you truly want to show how much you love the flag, then love god, country, family, and respect them and and authority. that is what i was raised with and what i raised my family to do. i want

that occurred during the jim crow era compared to where we are now then our colleague congressman burgess owensm honored to have him with us today not just because he helped the oakland raiders win a super bowl in january 1981. he grew up in the jim crow south in the 1960's during his testimony. he said jim crow laws like poll taxes, property tests, literacy test, and violence and intimidation at the polls made it nearly impossible for black americans to vote. he went on to say, it is disgusting and offensive to compare the actual voter suppression and violence of the area that we grew up in with a state law that only asked people to show their id. i look forward to hearing from burgess and i will remember him -- remind my colleague i am not giving your super bowl ring back. i took it as part of -- of orientation. thank you for that. >> we are privileged to have three members of congress with greater knowledge about the subject. i would like to introduce them. congressman starving -- he has represented maryland since 2007. he serves on the house committee on energy and congress and the health s

congressman burgess owens, great to see you tonight, thank you. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: we hateof problems besetting our great nation but supersized goldfish are suddenly a big problem in our water supply. supersized goldfish. weird, but true. we've got details, naturally, next. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: how biblical are the plagues we are facing these days? well, put it this way, monster goldfish are now a threat to one town in the midwest. the city of burnsville, minnesota, just south of minneapolis says people are dumping pet goldfish into lakes and ponds. they don't expect this will be a problem, but it is. according to officials, the fish "grow bigger than you think and contribute to poor water quality by mucking up the bottom sediments and uprooting plants." could this be true? we decided to find out. an expert on goldfish behavior, works for the zoo miami, the goodwill and best hitter and we're happy to have him on tonight. ron, thanks so much for coming on. give us a sense of the goldfish threat not just in the southern suburbs of minneapolis, but around this country. >> well, you

before the break, i raise the point of order be here -- because i had a suspicion that congressman burgess owens had withdrawn from the panel. i do not know that to be a fact. i need to establish the facts before i reach my conclusions. may i ask the ranking member if congressman owens was present when ms. williams testified? and able to hear and see her just might as he would if he were in the committee room? >> i do not know the answer to that. i know mr. owens was going to vote, like he would if he was in person. because of remote hearings, and the proceedings are so new, i think these are issues that we could address in the future. i prefer his words not be stricken, remote made perceiving regulations only require the participating members keep their cameras on, not witnesses. if we continue down this path, we will argue that he was not participating in the hearing. i think it is semantics on issues. if we could get clarification in the future. >> outside here for five minutes and listened to a black history lesson from the gentleman. i'm the oldest one in this room. i lived in the south. my

representatives john sarbanes of maryland, burgess owens in-q-tel testified about the recommendationsnd fair elections.

> thank you, very much, metro detroit here madam chairman, i had a suspicious that congressman burgess owens withdrew from the panel and i do not know that as a fact and i have to establish the facts before i reach conclusions. may i ask the ranking member if congressman owens was present when ms. williams testified? and able to hear and see her testimony as if he were in the committee room? >> i don't know the answer to that. i know that mr. owens was going to vote like he would if he was in person. because of the remote hearings, and the proceedings that are so new, i think these are issues that maybe we can address in the future, prefer that his words not be stricken because remote committee proceeding regulations only require that participating members keep their cameras on not witnesses. if we continue down this path we'll argue that he was not participating in the hearing, so i think it's semantics on issues and maybe we can get some clarification in the future. >> i think it's more than semantics, mr. davis. i sat here for five minutes and listened to a black history lesson from the g