initiative spearheaded by an extraordinary individual named george russell. who what was known as one nation , an attempt to adjust the tensions that exist between muslims and non-muslims. also had a distinct pleasure of serving. i also had a distinct pleasure of serving on the initial board, when the school was initially launched and then later as a member of the academic community when a college began to establish its first round of classes. teresa, isd from currently the president and cofounder and senior back faculty member. it is the first muslim liberal as college in the united states. he is also an advisor to stanford university program and islamic studies. he serves as a member of the board of advisors of george russell's one nation program. he also in addition and the vice president for the form for the promotingrting -- peace in muslim societies. which is founded and presided mastersone of the top of islamic sciences in the world. h attributedy, hamsa to the writing of the 2006 affirmingn in morocco the right to religious minorities and muslim major

it was initiative spearheaded by an extraordinary individual named george russell. who established what was known as one nation, an attempt to address the tensions that exist between muslims and nonmuslims. it's also had a distinct pleasure, i also had the distinct pleasure of serving on the initial board of zatuna college when the school was launched and later as a member of the academic affairs committee when the college began to establish its first round of classes. as you heard from theresa, shake homsa youssef is president and co-founder and senior faculty member at zaytuna college, the first muslim liberal arts college in the united states. he's an adviser to stanford university's program in islamic studies and center for islamic studies at berkeley. he serves as a member of the board of advisers of george russell's one nation program. he also in addition is the vice president for the forum for promoting peace. and muslim societies. which was founded and currently presided over by sheikh abdullah bin maya. sheikh homsa contributed to the paper on reaffirming t

russell george. no targeting of any group, no order to destroy any e-mails, no obstruction of any investigation. i didn't say that. mr. george, republican ig said that. republicans may want to ignore these findings, but they are right here in black and white. finally, let me make one final observation. on the committee's official website, there's a section called, "getting results." twenty employees called on to resign or be fired. mr. koskinen is on that list with tbd next to it. creating a hit list to knock off federal officials is not something to be proud of. publicly defaming a public servant who came out of retirement to take the helm of an agency in turmoil is not a positive result. it is a travesty. we can and we should be proud of the bipartisan pro active reforms we work on together and will continue to work on, as we'll do this afternoon with regard to the postal reform. so i hope we can return to focusing on those issues that have the potential to deliver real results to the people who se

those are the words of republican inspector general russell george, that mr.oskinen was extraordinarily cooperative. we're talking about putting a permanent blot on the service record of mr. koskinen, something that will follow in the rest of his career, something that he will be answering questions on the rest of his life. it is a quasi criminal prosecution that we are up to hear. if something is grave as this to a man's life and career, you want to have a high standard of proof. it is like a criminal prosecution. in a criminal case, a prosecutor has to prove his or her charges beyond a reasonable doubt. here, we have the chief prosecutor who has said there is no evidence, a far cry from meeting any reasonable standard of proof, let alone beyond a reasonable doubt. that is why i have submitted this amendment. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on the amendment and think twice before we besmirch the good name of a hard-working public servant. i yield back. chairman chaffetz: the gentleman yields back. any other members wish to be heard? the gentleman from massac

those are the words of republican inspector general russell george, that mr. koskinen was extraordinarily cooperative. we're talking about putting a t on the service record of mr. koskinen, something that will follow in the rest of his career, something that he will be answering questions on the rest of his life. it is a quasi criminal prosecution that we are up to hear. is grave as this to a man's life and career, you want to have a high standard of proof. it is like a criminal prosecution. in a criminal case, a prosecutor has to prove his or her charges beyond a reasonable doubt. here, we have the chief prosecutor who has said there is cry fromce, a far meeting any reasonable standard of proof, let alone beyond a reasonable doubt. that is why i have submitted this amendment. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on the amendment and think twice before we besmirch the good name of a hard-working public servant. i yield back. rep. the gentleman -- chairman chaffetz: the gentleman yields back. any other members wish to be heard? the gentleman from massachusetts, mr.

it was initqo%y an extraordinary individual named george russell.f zatuna college when the school was e1 launched and later as a member of the academic affairs committee when the college began to establish its first round of classes.q as you heard from theresa,homsa youssef is president and co-founder and senior faculty member at zaytuna college, the first muslim liberal arts college in the united states.e1 he's an adviser to stanford university's program in islamic studies and center for islamic studies at berkeley. he serves as a member of the board of advisers of george e1 russell's one nation program. he also in addition is the vice1 president for the forum for promoting peace. and muslim societies. which was founded and currently sheikh homsa contributed to the paper on reaffirming the rights of religious minorities and metk with the pope in rome to discuss the implications of this declaration. sheikh homsa youssef will speak for 30 minutes this afternoon.v followed by a brief dialogue an1 then we'll have time for questioning and answers. it iÑ

our second will be inspector general jay russell george from the treasury inspector general for tax administration. mr. george was confirmed to his current position in november 2004. prior to that he served as the inspector general of the corporation for national and community service. mr. george began his career as a prosecutor in the queens county district attorney's office in new york following which he served as assistant general counsel in the counsel's office in the white house office of management and budget. mr. george also has served as the associate director for policy in the office of national service after which he moved to the private sector where he practiced law at kramer, levi, nessun, cayman and frankel. then in 1995 mr. george returned to washington, d.c., to join the committee on government reform and oversight as the staff director and chief counsel of the government management information and technology subcommittee. mr. george received his bachelor of arts degree from howard university and his law degree from harvard university's school of law. he will be joined by deputy ins