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. >> mediacom supports c-span as a public service along with these other providers, giving you a front row seat >> you now, new jersey democratic representative tom melanowsky. he talks about the biden administration policy agenda. this is an hour. >> prior to his election to kong in 2018, mr. malinowski had a distinguished career in government and in the n.g.o. community. during the clinton administration tom served as a speech writer for christopher, an albright and as a senior director at the national security council. from 2001 to 2013, tom was the washington director for the human rights watch, a highly respected n.g.o. dedicated to promoting human rights and civil liberties. he joined the obama administration as the assistant secretary of state until the end of the administration in 2016. since his election to kong, tom has served on the house foreign affairs committee including service for the middle east north africa and global terrorism. tom was named as the vice chair in the 117th kong. to kick off our kong today, tom will deliver brief remarks. following that, i will moderat