we have in the center hiram revels. there are a large number of african-americans who served in the house. there is joseph rainey again. it takes is all the way around to all of them who were there. i find this so poignant. when this was printed, no one knew how long would it be? did they think it was going to be a very long time? did they think it would just be a moment. you can see it seems terribly damaged and had a hard life. indeed, it has. someone pasted it probably on a wall. underneath that print is -- and on top is wallpaper. it was pasted on someone's wall in recognition of those things that happened. printed in d.c. we acquired it in thd.c. it may have never left the city. >> madam secretary, we proudly give 72-hour delegate votes to the next president of the united states. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> american history tv was live yesterday from the smithsonian national museum of american history for an all-day conference of african american history. the theme was "the future of the african american past." hist

that distinction went to hiram rebels of mrs. b, and was it by mississippi. he came into congress in early 1870. but when you think about that revolution that occurred within , matter of less than a decade so rainey had been born into slavery and conscripted into the confederate army to dig trenches around charleston where he was from. he escaped to bermuda during the war. comes back after the war. political experience and the political role locally and within a decade he is holding the state of a former confederate slaveholder. revel's story was the same. he was born as a free man, never was a slave. he comes into the senate and occupies the seat that had been held by slaveholder less than a decade before. when you think about the great paradoxes of american history, that is one of them. they come to the capitol and represent african-american constituencies and they are doing it after the seeds have been given up during secession by slaveholder's. -- after the seats have been given up during secession by slaveholders. read about: i have it, and we have a pri

my name is hiram mejia. is --stion to you all correct me if i'm wrong, but this leaks show that most of these activities are already legal or illegal in many countries. and they will continue to find new ways to evade paying taxes. will they think twice before trying to not comply with the local national >> what is interesting in the panama papers is that we have for decades of documents. there have been changes in regulatory systems over that time. you can see in e-mails and documents, for example, a change in panama -- there were shares of people to hold shares that do not have an identifier or that left many people to just go, all -- buti have anonymity it is not worth the trouble -- sure, put the name of my public share. not everyone is desperate and dedicated to go to the very limits of anonymity behind whatever they are doing and when reforms were introduced, we saw in the panama papers that sometimes they complied. there are examples where they have not as well. expectation is that some people will be

bruce and hiram rebels, the two african-americans who served in the senate giving the senate its due, as we do and they are surrounded by the larger number of african-americans who served in the house. who is joseph rainy, the first african-american in the house. and it takes it all the way around to all of them who were there. i find this so poignant in that when this was printed, no one knew how long -- would it be? did they 20 years would be a long time or just a moment. but what did happen to this print, eventually, as you could see, it looks terribly damaged and like it has had a hard life and indeed it has. it was at sp point, someone -- some point, someone took this and pasted it on probably a wall because it is pasted on board and underneath that is wallpaper, under the print and on top of the board is wallpaper so it was perhaps pasted on someone's wall in -- in sort of recognition of those things that had happened. it was printed in d.c. we were able to -- we acquired it in d.c. it may never have left the nation's capital, unlike back representation at the time it was printe

my name is hiram mejia. is --stion to you all correct me if i'm wrong, but this leaks show that most of these activities are already legal or illegal in many countries. and they will continue to find new ways to evade paying taxes. will they think twice before trying to not comply with the local national >> what is interesting in the panama papers is that we have for decades of documents. there have been changes in regulatory systems over that time. you can see in e-mails and

>> well, as you know, it was governoror hiram johnsonon, a gt gift t to the people of california--i wish we had d at in connecticut, where i come from--and we had a little experience with that in prop 103, the auto insurarane property, casualty reform initiative of 1988 that we advocated here, because your auto insurance premiums are among the highehest in the country. and we had $2 million to spend. the insurance indndusy hurled $80 million a against us- tv adsds and so on. anand we bet them. and there are about $80 billion less money you alll have had to pay in the ensuing years. why did we beat them? one is we e went up and down the state. it was a real grarassroots effort. harvey rosenfield and others were involved.d. second, the media covered it every day, and especially the "los angeles times." and, third, it was something everyone understood, when they write their auto insurance, you know, checkck so it wasn't complex to understand. so it is true. the corporations have twisted grotesquely ththis ininitiative right thahat you have against y. i mean, even the tobacco companies block

my name is hiram mejia. my question to you all is -- correct me if i'm wrong, but this leaks show that most of these activities are already legal or illegal in many countries. and they will continue to find new ways to evade paying taxes. will they think twice before trying to not comply with the local national laws and pay their fair share? >> what is interesting in the anama papers is that we have four decades of documents. there have been changes in regulatory systems over that time. you can see in e-mails and documents, for example, a change in panama -- there were hares of people to hold shares that do not have an identifier or that left many people to just go, all right, i have anonymity -- but it is not worth the trouble -- sure, put the name of my public share. not everyone is desperate and dedicated to go to the very limits of anonymity behind whatever they are doing and when reforms were introduced, we saw in the panama papers that sometimes they complied. there are examples where they have not as

my name is hiram mejia. my question to you all is -- correct me if i'm wrong, but this leaks show that most of these activities are already legal or illegal in many countries. and they will continue to find new ways to evade paying taxes. will they think twice before trying to not comply with the local national laws and pay their fair share? >> a few remarks. i think what is interesting in the panama papers is there we have almost four decades of notments falls top good and so good changes in nation regulatory measures in that time. you see for example a change in panama that outlawed something that allowed people to hold shares that do not have an identifier or name the did leave many people to go, ok i am under anonymity.ty -- put my name on the public share. andeveryone is desperate to dedicated to go to the very limits of anonymity to hide what they are doing and when reforms were introduced we saw in the panama papers sometimes they complied. we saw examples where it they were not as well. my expectatio

my name is hiram mejia. is --stion to you all correct me if i'm wrong, but this leaks show that most of these activities are already legal or illegal in many countries. and they will continue to find new ways to evade paying taxes. will they think twice before trying to not comply with the local national >> what is interesting in the panama papers is that we have for decades of documents. there have been changes in regulatory systems over that time. you can see in e-mails and documents, for example, a change in panama -- there were shares of people to hold shares that do not have an identifier or that left many people to just go, all -- buti have anonymity it is not worth the trouble -- sure, put the name of my public share. not everyone is desperate and dedicated to go to the very limits of anonymity behind whatever they are doing and when reforms were introduced, we saw in the panama papers that sometimes they complied. there are examples where they have not as well. expectation is that some people will be

just a click of a in a way when one hits one institution, whether it be ran somewhere or whatever the hiram 162 inflict, one can easily get another institution in a matter of seconds if not simultaneously. and that calls for the sharing of information way that is rather unprecedented in the law enforcement arena. very often an investigation, information is not shared because number one the investigation may be it in the context of a grand jury, but more important late the investigation is seeking to identify the perpetrator to achieve accountability. in the cybersecurity realm, the perpetrator may be an ocean away, maybe an accessible to law enforcement and actually apprehending the perpetrator may not necessarily be as important as ensuring the victimization is not replicated elsewhere. and the paradigm we are seeking to establish in the cybersecurity from is a much more open sharing of information paradigms and otherwise exist in the traditional wars meant and security arena. what we are seeking to accomplish across the administration is to treat the cyberthreat indicator itself, this uni