mr. harper, mr. terry, ms. schakowsky, i'm -- i've got a high probability that i can tell you which one of us comes out the winner at the final table. because i played with billy long and i think he probably beats me. i've never played with jan, so i don't know. she may be a sleeper. [laughter] but poker is a game of skill. and all my bill does is allow free will at the state level if the governor allows it for people who want to to play poker online. and i, again, appreciate mr. terry for his holding this hearing. i'm going to stay and hear the other questions. maybe, if given the opportunity, i'd like a second round for myself if -- >> jan and i will discuss it. the gentlelady from illinois and i will discuss that. mr. harper, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank each of you for being here on what is a very important topic and one that is -- has created a little bit of a division. ok. quite a divide. but i -- you know, we have, of course, legal gambling in the state of mis

public safer fort or has it gotten over out of hand joining me today to discuss the issue hill harper mr harper is the award winning actor a new york times best selling author is latest book is letters to an incarcerated brother in courage when hope and healing for inmates and their loved ones our old friend mark geragos they were now on defense attorney who celebrity clients are with cooling chris brown the late michael jackson and he's co-author of a terrific book mistrial an inside look at how the criminal justice system works and sometimes doesn't another old friend judge joe brown he's of course the longtime host of his famous t.v. show which ended its fifteen year run earlier this year a social activist joe is now considering going into politics and. with us again is kevin hagen i say again because kevin who was incarcerated for twenty eight years was released in two thousand and eleven from san quentin where rico probably impact program that stands for incarcerated men putting away childish things i say again because i interviewed kevin when he was a prisoner at san quentin hill who you'

mr. harper talked about the issue of health care.e do not distinguish between a jordanian patient or a syrian patient. this huge load on our health care has been multiplied, and you can see it. as for electricity, for example, a country that imports 90% of its gas. electricity has been subsidized, but now we are lifting the subsidy in a gradual sense, but we are still paying a lot in terms of energy. when you look at the camp, you that it looks like this, but it is the fourth- largest city in jordan. it is the fifth-largest camp in the world. this camp needs to be serviced. this camp needs not just health and security as i mentioned before, but it needs electricity. it needs to be lit so that we can take care of the residence. so, the generation of electricity and the energy bill is enormous. after that, jordan was really -- affected due to the egyptian gas crisis. we need to satisfy and cater to the camps. on ourmp is situated autofire. if it is polluted, we will pay a high price for years to come. this is where i am really stressin

mr. harper.t is good to be here in washington and also update you on where we stand after your visit to the camp. keepwe're doing is to track of the refugees as working close of the government of jordan. another example of the close relationship we have come about to have a joint registration system which are based on biometrics. the first time every refugee in --dan -- probably february will be registered by biometrics. out of the 600 plus thousands who have been registered since march 2011, we have registered several thousand. we are registering by the day. i believe we have got the biggest registration center in the most and probably advance registration center in the world in jordan. it is something we have been proud of. that way the syrians can be registered. accessequired to jordan's free medical system and education. previously documents used to be border.om the with this system, the error being returned to refugees. we're moving in the right way. are being returned to refugees. we are mo

we also have up on the floor this week gregg harper's mr. miller: kids first research act. gregg harper is one -- gabriella miller kids first reerch act. gregg harper has a child with special needs. he's put this bill forward which essentially provides a choice. do we want to spend taxpayer dollars to pay for political conventions or would we rather put that money towards pediatric medical research which has been woefully unattended to in terms of our research agenda. gabriella miller is who the bill is named after. if you've not met her parents, her story is quite inspiring. she's a young girl, 10 years old, who actually died about a month ago. she's from loudoun county, virginia. about a year ago she was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. and if you've seen anything that she has said and what her parents have indicated is when a child is 9 years old and is diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer, that child becomes an adult pretty quickly. she's a terrific inspiration to all of us. her parents are fighting hard. they've asked to be a part of this process. will be her

mr. harper, mr. terry, ms.sky, i'm -- i've got a high probability that i can tell you which one of us comes out the winner at the final table. because i played with billy long and i think he probably beats me. i've never played with jan, so i don't know. she may be a sleeper. [laughter] but poker is a game of skill. and all my bill does is allow free will at the state level if the governor allows it for people who want to to play poker online. and i, again, appreciate mr. terry for his holding this hearing. i'm going to stay and hear the other questions. maybe, if given the opportunity, i'd like a second round for myself if -- >> jan and i will discuss it. the gentlelady from illinois and i will discuss that. mr. harper, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank each of you for being here on what is a very important topic and one that is -- has created a little bit of a division. ok. quite a divide. but i -- you know, we have, of course, legal gambling in the state of mississippi

harper first, then mr. ellis, then mr. willing. >> there are many interesting things. i'd be grateful how we can result this fundamental the security services will tend to trust us, this is a problem but we can't prove it to you. there is simply no way to explore that properly. issue that the terrorism, like pedophiles as my is eague said earlier, clearly something that you can't do anything to stop it. for is often used to argue further legislation. what is the solution to this problem? we avoid being in this constant position where security say things l just and there's no way to accomplish it? we need to have those eventually side, how can we break that down? >> well, okay. briefly as possible -- this is clearly at the heart of it. and in the real world, this is going to come back to parliament and parliament is going to congress -- all countries with security services are going to work out -- going to have to work out this of oversight. s seem to me mittee talent the political and the society that you represent the public interest of things that are not purely secu

harper first, then mr. ellis, then mr. willing. >> there are many interesting things. but i think i'd be grateful how we can result this fundamental problem that the security services will tend to trust us, this is a problem but we can't prove it to you. and that there is simply no way to explore that properly. we also have the issue that terrorism, like pedophiles as my colleague said earlier, is clearly something that you can't do anything to stop it. this is often used to argue for further legislation. what is the solution to this problem? how can we avoid being in this constant position where security services will just say things and there's no way to accomplish it? we need to have those eventually to the other side, how can we break that down? >> well, okay. as briefly as possible -- this is clearly at the heart of it. and in the real world, this is going to come back to parliament and parliament is going to have -- congress -- all countries with security services are going to work out -- going to have to work out this question of oversight. but those committees

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