working to identify who he was three police were injured in the incident according to the federal security bureau. schools in the u.s. state of illinois might soon have to change their curriculums to teach more about the contributions made by the l g b t communities in u.s. history the work of the figures will be given more focus in subjects ranging from science to sport california made a similar move last year the bill still has to be given the go ahead by the states house of representatives but it's already got plenty talking it will promote acceptance and a more accurate betrayal of history it is in direct contradiction to the clued you david christian beliefs of many in illinois to discuss the issue further we invited media commentator gina loudon human rights activist peter tatchell to offer their views. it's very important people understand the contribution that gay people have made i think is about informing straight kids so they understand bt issues. their prejudice is broken down if a history book or any book whatever write about me personally i wouldn't want them to leave with my religi

federal bureau of prison correctional officers to protect them. this bill would allow the correctional officers to protect themselves without jeopardizing the safety and security of the facilities in which they work. correctional officers are authorized to carry concealed firearms while offduty and this bill doesn't alter that existing privilege. instead because there is no mechanism to allow these correctional officers to store firearms that they might carry in their commutes, they are precluded from bringing their personal firearms onto the premises of these facilities and precluded from carrying firearms for personal protection as they travel to and from the workplace. h.r. 613 requires the bureau of prince to allow properly qualified correctional officers to bring their firearms on the premises in a manner that minimizes possible safety risks. the bureau would have to provide security officers for a secured storage located outside the secured perimeter or allow the officers to tore in vehicle locked boxes approved by the bureau. orrectional officers provide a function and we depend on them to keep all of our facilities safe, secure and efficiently run for

we are very close, and of course, our relationship with the federal bureau of investigation is critical for the national security of this country, but you mentioned something else that's important, and it's a bit of an unheralded story, but the intelligence services of our closest allies do amazing things for the national security of this country each and every day, and i can't talk very much about it in this open session, but they do incredible things that advance our national security on the terrorism and proliferation fronts in particular, and we owe a great deal of gratitude to those allies. >> thank you for that. >> senator feinstein? >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. good morning, miss haspel. >> good morning, miss feinstein. while many nominees have classified back grounds you are very unique. you have 30 years of undercover experience. accordingly, we asked your agency that your records be declassified. i think i signed three letters in that regard to make an informed decision and because the public should be aware of the background of its leaders. instead, the cia selectively declassified only small

and of course our relationship with the federal bureau of investigation is critical to the national security of this country. but you mentioned something else that's important, and it's a bit of an unheralded story. but the intelligence services of our closest allies do amazing things for the national security of this sunt u countcountry eac day. i can't talk very much about it in this open session, but they do incredible things that advance our national security on the terrorism and proliferation fronts in particular. and we owe a great deal of gratitude to those allies. >> thank you for that. >> sna's time has expired. senator feinstein. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. good morning, ms. haspel. >> good morning, senator feinstein. >> while many nominees have classified backgrounds, you are very unique. you have 30 years of undercover experience. accordingly, we ask the agency that your records be declassified, i think i signed three letters in that regard, to make an informed decision. and because the public should beware of the background of its leaders. and they selectively declassi

, to require that the director of the bureau of prisons ensure that each chief executive officer of the federal pennel or correctional institution provides a secure storage area located outside of the secure perimeter of the federal pennel or correctional institution, for firearms carried by certain employees at the bureau of prisons, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 378, the nays are 0. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from viverage, mr. goodlatte, to suspend the r

security of encryption and make all devices more vulnerable to cyber attacks and the like. >> i think department leadership -- the department of justice has been very vocal about this. certainly the federal bureau of investigation has been vocal. my boss, the deputy attorney general has made speeches in recent months. he's emphasized we don't want to hurt cyber security. we are content for providers to come up with their own solutions for this problem so the government doesn't want the keys. we don't want to be the ones managing this process. we want to ensure that we have access to the information in the same way we did as recently as two or three years ago. >> i think that argument is even though it's the proers are doing it, the very act of doing it will result in a weakened security system. >> it's fair to say absolute secrecy is not a value that we would uphold. there has to be some balance. there has to be some striking of a balance between the private/of your communications and law enforcement's availability with a warrant to access it. so if there are marginal tradeoffs to be made, that's a policy decision but we've certainly -- in our society we've never had a situation where absolute

and, of course, our relationship with the federal bureau of investigation is critical for the national securityof this country. but you mentioned something else that's important and it is a bit of an unheralded story. but the intelligence services of our closest allies do amazing things for the national security of this country each and every day. and i can't talk very much about it in this open session, but they do incredible things that advance our national security on the terrorism and proliferation fronts in particular. we owe a great deal of gratitude to those allies. >> thank you for that. >> senator feinstein. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. good morning, miss haspel. >> good morning, senator feinstein. >> while many nominees have classified backgrounds, you are very unique. you have 30 years of undercover experience. accordingly, we asked the agency your records be declassified. i signed three letters in that regard to make an informed decision and because the public should be aware of the background of its leaders. instead, the c.i.a. selectively declassified only small pieces of

and of course, our relationship with the federal bureau of investigation is critical to the national security of this country. but you mentioned something else important. and it is a bit of an unheralded story. but the intelligence services of our closest allies do amazing things for the national security of this country each and every day. and i can't talk very much about it in this open session. but they do incredible things that advance our national security on the terrorism and proliferation fronts in particular. and we owe a great deal of gratitude to those allies. >> thank you for that. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. good morning, miss haspel. >> good morning. >> while many have classified back grounds, you are very unique. you have 30 years of undercover experience. accordingly, we ask the agency that your records be declassified. i think i signed three letters in that regard, to make an informed decision, and because the public should beware of the back ground of its leaders. instead, the cia selectively declassified only small pieces of information to bolster your nomination,

the state, you're going to have federal resources in the atf, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, the fbi come in and help with you certain aspects. homeland security has assets that they can as well. but you got to be able to quickly do the forensics. because you have to be able to figure out where this pattern is going. especially, you have got a small community there, i understand it's just south of houston, which is a big metropolitan area. you have got who knows what explosive devices sitting around, that's going to scare the community as a whole. never mind the shock that they're obviously going through. of we learned from the principle deputy spokesperson for the white house ross shaw about this phone call between president trump and texas governor abbott. i know that condolences are expressed. but something else, too, there are those materials that support that comes to bear. can you talk about where we might be going. because you're right, we don't know if they're going to be able to identify all of the explosive devices immediately. >> no, but you have a lot of as pets within the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms, a massive presenc

bureau of prisons uses augment station to assign custodial duties. at the hazelton federal correction center in west virginia; there have been 60 major security incidents since the beginning of this year, including one inmate's death earlier this month. i fought to ensure that the recently passed omnibus bill -- to curtail the overreliance on augmentation, people that didn't have these types of experiences. and instead, hire staff before continuing to augment existing staff. a memo was sent out last week stating that augmentation is an important mechanism to operate safely and efficiently. so what do we have to do to get his attention and ask for some help? >> the augmentation has gone on for a long time. senator manchin. and everything that participates in augmentation is supposed to and i believe is also trained in the incarceration management. >> this is a tough prison. >> this is a tough prison here. >> well, facting could be different in different situations. but the augmentation program to eliminate that would be highly expensive. you would have to hire entirely new guards for one person to spend two hours in the lunch room helping keep an eye on

bureau has been working with people from the government accountability office and we value their individual assessment and support. were also engaging the private sector and federal agencies in the area of cyber security with the goal of working together to make sure that the information that we collect is protected and can withstand the threat of cyber attacks, and, if necessary, contain a threat in a way that sustain service and maintains public trust. even as we are in the midst of the test, key operations for the 2020 census have started. therefore, i would like to touch briefly on the updated local census address program and the delivery of the planned questions to congress. it provides tribal, state, and local governments with an opportunity to review and comment on the address list. more than 11,000 governmental units registered for the local program, exceeding the registrations that we had in 2010. the census bureau also delivered the 2020 questions to congress in march, as required by title 13. as background i would like to take a brief moment to provide an overview of the process for determining the content on the census. throughout each decade, regular content reviews are conducted to ensur

it requires the federal bureau of prisons to provide officers with an onsite storage locker for their personal firearms so when they get to work, they can secure them in a safe place. or allow these prison guards to store their personal firearms in a loc lockbox that is in their . pretty simple. pretty straightforward. yesterday, the house voted on a companion bill and it passed 378-0. 378-0. so now is the opportunity for the senate to act. we should act quickly. we should pass this. we should do it through a hot line and get this done. i'm sure the president will sign this into law and we will be providing a tool to enhance the safety of the prison guards who protect our security. there's another piece of legislation, mr. president, which is the life saving gear for police act. i've introduced this legislation and what this would do, it would allow local law enforcement to continue obtaining the surplus defensive federal gear that they need to protect themselves and the public. it's based on a simple principle. the idea is that the police ought to have at least sufficient equipment, at least they should be at least as well equipped as crimina