she is a graduate of colby college, phi beta kappa naturally, magna laude.later won a white house fellowship and is a white house fellow was assigned to the white house and work with president johnson directly. after she left, she went to harvard, finisher teaching assignment air. she got her phd at harvard as well and that she began her career after teaching of writing extraordinary books. i think to start by asking you this. you've written books about some presidency obviously couldn't know. franklin roosevelt. if you had a chance to have dinner, who would you want to have dinner with. i keep knowing that people say to you, you could have dinner with one of you guys. i know i should ask abraham lincoln, what would you attend different about instruction had he lived? but i know i wouldn't ask you not. i would say mr. lincoln, would you tell me a story and if he started telling me a story, his whole face would change. my would come on. the story might be a funny story. i might have an anecdote. it might have a moral. it might be a dirty story and i would see

ramirez graduated from harvard law school, cum laude, she served as editor as the harvard law review. she holds an aba in history magnaum laude, from harvard university. i am honored to introduce to you the chairwoman you through various -- edith rimer is -- edith ramirez. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, maria, for that generous introduction. mbalso want to thank the h latino commission for inviting me. i am delighted to be here today. washington celebrating the 50th anniversary of the passage of the civil rights act. and honoring the latino lawyers, past come present, and future, whose struggles and successes represent the vitality and the brood of the civil rights movement. congratulations to our honorees. carmen. tiz and you are a credit to the lawyers about whom professor atencio will be talking about after lunch. congratulations for putting on such a terrific conference. respectful of those who brought us where we are today. inspiring to those of us who seek to leave now. and supportive of those who will take us into the future. what an important reminder this is to us all, the civil rights movement is not a

he earned his juris doctorate magna cum laude. we appreciate your presence today and look forward to your testimony, your written statement will be entered into the record in the entirety and ask you summarize your testimony in five minutes or less. thank you, welcome. >> thank you, mr. chairman. congressman conyers, members of the committee. thank you for inviting me to testify today. information agency files go to the heart of our mission to provide independent and nonpartisan oversight. that's why 47 inspector generals signed a letter last month to congress expressing their concern about the issue. i want to thank the members of congress for their bipartisan support in response to that letter. the ig acted by congress in 1978 is crystal clear. section 6 a provides that inspectors general must be complete, timely, and unfiltered access to all agency records. since 2010, the fbi and other department components have not read section 6 a in that manner. therefore, refused request during the review for relevant grand jury, wiretap,

he earned his jurs doctor magna cum laude. we appreciate your presence today and look forward to your testimony, your written statement will be entered into the record in the entirety and ask you summarize your testimony in five minutes or less. thank you, welcome. >> thank you, mr. chairman. congressman conyers, members of the committee. thank you for inviting me to testify today. information agency files go to the heart of our mission to provide independent and nonpartisan oversight. that's why 47 inspector generals signed a letter last month to congress expressing their concern about the issue. i want to thank the members of congress for their bipartisan support in response to that letter. the ig acted by congress in 1978 is crystal clear. section 6 a provides that inspectors general must be complete, timely, and unfilters access to all agency records. since 2010, the fbi and other department components have not read section 6 a in that manner. therefore, refused request during the review for relevant grand jury, wiretap, a