mr. jackson. good evening and welcome. >> testifier: my name is -- i think it's comical how you recommend the occ to the people bringing complaints i think it's very comical how you sit there smirking during this whole thing when people are talking about issues that bring pain to their lives and brought tragedy. that is an extreme sign of disrespect and lack of concern on your behalf on issues that affect the people -- >> president: nobody is smirking. >> commissioner nobody smoking. that's not to. no one has but we have listened to you but do not come up here and misrepresent the record and say that were smirking. >> testifier: do want to enjoy me some more? >> presidentlet him speak. >> clerk: go right ahead. >> presidentorganists are you 2 min. again. you have a full 2 min. >> testifier: i was going to make a point of how all this is theatrical. it's like a big play. a big -- y'all dancing to the music because nothing is happening. we always receive from the text they know that the police depar

mr. jackson would be a good member for seat two. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> okay, any other member of the public who would like to comment come forward? i did read monet name and i am not sure if that person is here, please come forward. >> hello, i am here speaking against mr. rama. i just want to start with, we need to make sure that the shelter haves a culture diversity. and i think that i attended maybe 7 months ago, and i didn't see any black members, so, and it is a violation of the san francisco ordinance 2305. and i think that the other problem that i am having is, he has been with these organizations like the community housing partnership long enough that he should have been properly trained about the shelter the sunshine ordinance and the ordinance creating the committee and the standards of care and he should have known that and he did not mention any of those documents. the report or the shelter shock created by the homelessness and i am just saying that if he prepared for this and especially if he prepared ti

mr. jackson. [inaudible] >> another by the president of the caucus for american [inaudible] [inaudible] >> let me say that again into the microphone for those that are watching. we are passing out to handouts, one by mr. jackson who is in europe today who wanted to give you his perspective on this, he is a tremendous black american leader. pastor of the local church in the dc area and a champion for the cause of christ. and then also we have a handout going out by rabbi rj spiro. he is president of the american caucus and here is part of the remarks as well the first presenter will be doctor james dobson who made a five minute video presentation and we want to show that to frame the debate today. then i will be the first visible visionary. >> i appreciate your attending the press conference. i'm unable to be there myself, but my colleagues have asked me to address you briefly by way of this video. >> we have some decision that the supreme court will render regarding the definition or redefinition

jackson. mr. scarborough: my name for those watching his rick scarborough come on the front of vision america which we found vision america.org. mr. staver: if there's any questions, just two things i wanted to just point out because it's a question that comes up but the first thing is not as much pleasure that comes up but as a policy matter, as a policy matter, same-sex marriage says that the highest level of government sends a message that children don't need moms and dads, the two women and two men are the equivalent of a mom and a day. it forever deprives children of ever having the opportunity of a mother and a father. heather recently wrote and i think the article was in federalist.org, that she was raised in a home with two moms. she's now married to a man come has children, and she says her heart ached when she was in the home with her moms come and she loved her moms, not speaking evil against her moms, but she said she was deprived of her father and she was never able to have that oppor

mr. jackson, who by the way, mr. sepich was the visiting director, and mr. jackson is now the acting director after mr. talton was removed. >> yes, he was placed there by mr. sepich. he was the deputy network director. and when mr. talton was fired, robin jackson came in as the director. i think i pointed out he was woefully. >> and i'm a visitor here, so i have to be careful not to violate your rules of five minutes. but if i can just point out one other thing, mrs. flanz was in the room with me when i asked mr. sepich to be included in the same investigation that mr. tremaine was subject to intense interrogation. mr. sepich was the boss of the first senior administrator fired for mismanagement under the law this congress passed last august. mr. sepich quietly retired one week ago. thank you for letting me be here, chairman, and ranking member. thank you to mr. tremaine and dr. head and i just can't tell you how much i appreciate your encouragement and your willingness to help us get this right. >> thank you. and i think your passion speaks for itself. and i

mr. jackson, who is still here. and kim armbruster who is someone who has withdrawn her application. and okay? and so she is no longer an applicant, and we have anakh sul rama? >> hi i am a community organizer with the community housing partnership and i moved to the city in 2007 as an lgbtq, hiv positive refugee from texas i got a job when i first got here and just for different reasons i was not able to get housing, and i lived in my office for a bit of time, there was really stressful at work, and difficult for it and i ended up losing the job and ended up becoming home sxls staying in the shelters, and as a person that was lived most of my life in the south, we are as gay people where we think of san francisco as a place where we can come to and find community and find like minded people and find healthy situations to lift ourselfs in and when i got here i

mr. jackson, who by the way mr. sepich was the visiting director, and mr. ckson is now the acting director after mr. talton was removed. >> yes he was placed there by mr. sepich. he was the deputy network director. and when mr. talton was fired, robin jackson came in as the director. i think i pointed out he was woefully. >> and i'm a visitor here, so i have to be careful not to violate your rules of five minutes. but if i can just point out one other thing, mrs. flanz was in the room with me when i asked mr. sepich to be included in the same investigation that mr. tremaine was subject to intense interrogation. mr. sepich was the boss of the first senior manager fired for mismanagement under the law this congress passed last august. mr. sepich quietly retired one week ago. thank you for letting me be here, chairman, and ranking member. thank you to mr. tremaine and dr. head and i just can't tell you how much i appreciate your encouragement and your willingness to help us get this right. >> thank you. and i think your passion speaks for itself. and i think wh

jackson. mr. scarborough: my name for those watching his rick scarborough come on the front of vision america which we found vision america.org. >> if there's any questions, just two things i wanted to just point out because it's a question that comes up, but the first thing is not as much pleasure that comes up but as a policy matter, as a policy matter, same-sex marriage says that the highest level of government sends a message that children don't need moms and dads, the two women and two men are the equivalent of a mom and a day. it forever deprives children of ever having the opportunity of a mother and a father. had the recently wrote and i think the article was in federalist.org, that she was raised in a home with two moms. she's now married to a man come has children, and she says her heart ached when she was in the home with her moms come and she loved her moms, not speaking evil against her moms, but she said she was deprived of her father and she was never able to have that opportunity.

. >> i'm heidi zhou-castro with al jazeera america, is mr jackson in. >> no he's not. >> reporter: he never appeared. in response to the texas bar association complaint he denied the existence of a deal and presents a twist. evidence that brings webb's story into question. on the same day web formally recanted his cameron todd willingham testimony from prison he wrote this letter to john jackson's friend saying "i sincerely hope john nose i have no choice. the arianne brotherhood told me what to write". webb says the prison gang forced him to write a motion to recant. when we asked web about this he changed his story saying the arianne brotherhood never bothered him in prison. >> the heart of a lot of this is johnny webb's testimony was unreliable and should never have been used in the first place. at this point nobody is relying necessarily on what johnny web has to say. >> do you think he's innocent? >> everything that i looked at and that has come up shows there's no evidence that he committed the crime. >> reporter: that the innocence project argues creates reasonable doubt about

mr. jackson mr. sepage was the seven director and mr. jack on is the acting director after mr. talton was removed. >> yes he was placed there by mr. sepage. he was a deputy network director. when mr. talton was fired, robin jackson came in as the director and, again i think i pointed out he was woefully -- >> i'm a visitor here so i have to be real careful not to violate your rules of five minutes. but if i can point out one other thing, miss flanz was in the room with me and the deputy secretary when i asked mr. sepage to be included in the same investigation that mr. tremaine and dr. muse were subject to intense interrogation because mr. sepage was the boss of the first senior administrate administrator that was fired for mismanagement and misconduct under the law that this congress passed last august. mr. sepage quietly retired one week ago. thank you for letting me be here, mr. chairman. and thank you to mr. tremaine and dr. head and dr. hooker. i just can't tell you how much i appreciate your courage and your willingness to help us help get this right. >> thank you represe

this march, the texas bar association accused jackson of ethical breaches in his handling of the willing hamcase. we searched for the man himself. is mr. john jackson in? >> no he is not. >>reporter: jackson never appeared. but in his response to the texas bar association's complaint, jackson denies the existence of a deal with webb and the former prosecutor presents a twist. evidence that brings webb's whole story into question. on the same day webb formally recanted his willing hamtestimony from prison he wrote this letter to john jackson's friend saying i sincerely hopes he knows i had no choice the airryian brother hood isir yon brother hood is responsible. >> it should -- his step mother and brother have always stood by his innocent but last year an exoneration exoneration for him was denied. john jackson is going to find himself in the hot seat very shortly facing those accusations of misconduct levelled by the texas bar association. so he'll actually face a jury trial and he'll be the defendant. that trial date has not yet been set but it could happen before the end of the year. >> and what would the potential punishment be? >>

mr. chapter -- jackson is the acting director after mr. talton was remote. mr. tresmaine: he was placed there by dr. savagery when dr. talton was fired, robin jackson came in as the director. again, i pointed out i thought -- rep. roby: i'm a visitor so i have to be careful not to violate your rules all five minutes. ms. flanz was in the room with me and the deputy secretary when i asked mr. savage to be in the same investigation that mr. tres maine. mr. savage was the first fired against the law this congress passed in august. mr. savage quietly retired one week ago. thank you for letting me be here. thank you to mr. tresmaine. i cannot tell you how much i appreciate your courage and your willingness to help get this right. rep. coffman: i think your passion speaks for itself. when i mentioned about being on the right team, there's no question our representative martha roby has been advocate. web not seen the likes of. thank you so much for that. -- we have not seen the likes of. rep. kuster: a brief follow-up along the lines of representative rice and i want to

mr. robin jackson, the deputy network director over dalton during his tenure and who was immediately plantedas interim director by charles sepich, the visiting director. dr. mousse and i were two seasoned and experienced yet idealistic newcomers to the leadership team in march of 2014. although we both identified scheduling manipulations, illegal hiring practices, continued use of paper wait lists, severely delayed consults, critical levels of understaffing, fraud, and a complete breakdown of human resources and the business office directly to dalton we quickly concluded he won support our efforts to hold staff accountable. in june of 2014 we were forwarded an e-mail send to talton in april of 2013 alerting him to critical scheduling manipulations from a staff position. since talton was publicly claiming no prior knowledge of any scheduling manipulations, we became seriously concerned about his integrity. and on june 11th raised those concerns directly to robin jackson and charles sepich. we also informed him we have been contacted by representative martha robie on june 10th regarding her fa

mr. sheila jackson williams. >> i thank the ranking member. as i indicated, i had to marking up the usa freedom act, an opportunity to protect the civil liberties and the privacy rights of americans while we protect domestic security, another aspect of responsibility that i know that you take very dear as the deputy secretary for homeland security. let me just indicate that i missed the discussion on the swearing-in or not swearing-in, and i draw support from my colleagues who raise the point -- and i support them -- that although you willingly were sworn in, i do think it's appropriate that if the answerer of the report is sworn in, then the presenter of the report should be, as well, with no in any way denigrating of the inspector general. i want to go through some points. first, that you came to the deputy secretary to improve infrastructure aspects of one of the largest departments in this government, department of homeland security. many of us on this committee were there when this department and this committee ultimately was founded, if

mr. robin jackson, the deputy network director over dalton during his tenure and who was immediately planted as interim director by charles sepich, the visiting director. dr. mousse and i were two seasoned and experienced yet idealistic newcomers to the leadership team in march of 2014. although we both identified scheduling manipulations, illegal hiring practices, continued use of paper wait lists, severely delayed consults, critical levels of understaffing, fraud, and a complete breakdown of human resources and the business office directly to dalton we quickly concluded he won support our efforts to hold staff accountable. in june of 2014 we were forwarded an e-mail send to talton in april of 2013 alerting him to critical scheduling manipulations from a staff position. since talton was publicly claiming no prior knowledge of any scheduling manipulations, we became seriously concerned about his integrity. and on june 11th raised those concerns directly to robin jackson and charles sepich. we also informed him we have been contacted by representative martha robie on june 10th regarding her f

mr. sincroy under the enforcement summaries the stipulation that chris jackson entered into will take care of numbers two and three. >> those are an additional. >> only an additional. >> a she means to of violations 235i or fines for filings. >> and number 2 from 2011. >> i believe that's the one from court agreement on. >> okay. >> i had a comment about this document and i know i can't but i want to make sure when we are doing this work particularly in the timeline on all the documents that could. to the commission particularly open any of the complaint that are outstanding and pending in any such documents that find themselves at the commission. >> right. >> sorry by away of theirs we're timely handling those. >> that's correct. >> that's written. >> so just under the lobbyist pro-program in your report it says as of march 15, 19th street 26 are registered on the audit not near one hundred and 26. >> that was from last year i'm sorry could you - so in terms of the chu's who we choose to audit we chose by firm as opposed to by individual lobbyists because the reason that was chosen really

jackson lee: thank you, mr. speaker. as i address the house and ask unanimous consent to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: to discuss a number of concerns that i believe we have need to confront as quickly as possible. yesterday and today commemorates sadly, the snatching of over 200 girls from northern nigeria. the area where the girls lost their incense and their right to a quality -- good quality of life was in the dark of night when heinous thugs armed with horrific weapons burst into dorm rooms of sleeping girls preparing to take exams to improve their lives. their parents had worked hard. they were like any other parent here in the united states or around the world loving their children. and these evenous thugs with their vial -- heinous thugs with their vial leader, boko haram, stole them, stole their incense in a certain sent their virginity and now we are struggling to find them. over a year many of us pressed the nigerian government to find and bring back the girls.

of a breach with jackson later on, because jackson signed on to salt 1, but in salt 2, jackson felt that henry, mrs. is years later in the ford administration, -- this is years later in the ford administration, had given away the tomahawks and the backfire issue that he had pledged in salt one to support to his dying day. so that was part of the rift. >> you didn't agree with kissinger's approach? john lehman: i certainly agreed with -- you know, kissinger has always wanted or been tempted to have favor of both sides in these debates. and so he liked to have plausible deniability that he was really for tomahawk and pushing tomahawk and trident. so i was, in some ways, the sacrificial, i was the expendable person in that lehman, he made this deal with jackson, but i can assure you, i did no such deal without henry's blessing. and i thought that it was -- it was a good deal. in order to get a firm commitment for the trident and the tomahawk, which i thought would be a tremendous benefit, i thought it was a good deal. i thought only the balance it was a good deal. -- on the balance it was a good idea.

mr. chairman, i ask for support of the jackson lee amendment and i reserve my time. the chair: the gentlelady from texas reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. mccaul: i ask unanimous consent to claim the time in opposition though i am not opposed to the amendment. the clerk: without objection, the gentleman from texas -- the chair: without objection, the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. mccaul: i support this amendment that ayou los the secretary of homeland security to consult with stakeholders and submit a report on how best to align federally funded cybersecurity research and development activities with private sector efforts to protect privacy and civil liberties while assuring security and resillents of the nation's critical infrastructure. the promotion of research and development activities to design resilient critical infrastructure that includes cyberthreats infrastructure that also includes cyberthreat consideration in its plan is important as we build defenses defense the cascading effect of c

jackson lee: thank you very much, mr. speaker. what you have seen today is a powerful impact of women of the united states congress. earlier today we joined on the steps of the united states congress and in the area that we joined with the young girls who had escaped from boko haram, women of faith and many other advocates we stood there arm and arm listening to the stories of those young girls who jumped out of trucks and escaped from the violence of boko haram and their thugish leader. boko haram are terrorists. and year ago they stole our girls the world's girls. i led a delegation joined with my colleagues to nigeria and in that effort, we saw the families who are crying and were broken. we protested at the the nigerian embassy and made a call to the then president. the day we have been on the floor working with my colleagues who have continuously said bring the girls back. mr. speaker, 15,000 lives in nigeria have been killed because of boko haram. 1.5 million of those are displaced persons and 800,000 of those are children.

jackson and any public comment on this item? >> no, i just talked to the young man mr. white to inform him, i want to inform i'm a certificate holder i received a letter from olsen lee last year that the certificate holders will not be any longer than after 2016 i'm glad you're going to hold a hearing auto while take our comment during public comment. >> yes. at my age 82 i forget. >> i'll remind you. >> laughter. >> so commissioner mondejar. >> one last next thing or thing i want to hear from the nonprofit partner t n d c if it's okay. so i just want to know how that this meets our requirements as a nonprofit partner do you have any comment. >> thank you for asking commissioner don falk we're really thrilled to be part of project we're very passionate about our values and sxhuts we feel like it is important to represent those in our discussions about design and financing and how the project will carry forth i think in our mature selection always partners we felt like we needed to hear and see that and relate it they'll be responsive to us when we raise those issues tha

mr. anthony: it has always been a stage. whether it is andrew jackson with his big cape or harriet lane coming in with her fan making a real dramatic entrance. whatever the changing technology is, these people are experts they are leaders. they know they are leaders in the intent to lead, and they own it. just like the obamas, the reagans, the kennedys -- they all own it. it is a stage and they know they are on it. ms. medford: the basics were always there whether it is martha washington, or michelle obama, there are certain things we are expecting of them and certain things the president is expecting of the first lady. but it changes according to the circumstances they find themselves in. ms. swain: i invite folks to the microphone. if any of you have questions get to the microphone and we will get your question. for miss thompson, they are doing this as a way to get around -- [laughter] ms. thompson: that's exactly right. the obamas exist in a world where there is social media. it is the first administration to really utilize twitter facebook, instagr

jackson any more public comment commissioners final thoughts and questions? >> seeing none. >> i have a question for the city attorney it talks about about what mr. saks said i believe the city attorney said that falls under our jurisdiction. >> you have jurisdiction to access the decision of the director that's what your jurisdiction items from. >> exactly the rip indication of the 2008 there's a provision in the administrative code that talks about the excision is not authorized to wave the provision of the mechanic code, however, can grant a modification in this case finding the special circumstances and compliance with the strike letter of the code so. >> the planning code is it listed that. >> that's question for the planning department and commissioner i have to weigh in. >> i'll hear commissioner walkers question. >> i asked if the planning that the - would you read that again. >> section 77.5 f the commission is not

jackson lee: i have mr. allen: amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 5, printed in house report 114-88 offered by ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 212, the the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the manager, the chairman and ranking member of the house intelligence committee for their service and leadership. and i offer this amendment as i believe will answer a question that has been raised by many members but really has bipartisan support. this amendment is offered as a jackson lee/polis amendment and the specifics says not later than threel years after the enactment of this act, the comptroller general will report on actions to remove cyberthreat indicators. again, this relates to the concern that many of us will hear over and over again from our constituents, in the world of hacking and misdirection and unfairness and terrorism, it is important to secure this nation, to be able to have the right

get some -- who had been on stonewall jackson's staff, to get people from this area to go to brazil as as confederados. he made an especially strong appeal to mrsnd was killed at sharpsburg, loevited their home here but she had four young boys and he said they have their chance of full development to get out of here and go to brazil. her local minister, the pastor of the presbyterian church told him to leave his parishioners alone that he would their spiritual advisers.

mr. barletta: h.r. 172 designates the united states courthouse located at 501 east court street in jackson, mississippi, as the r. jess brown united states courthouse. mr. brown was a civil rights attorney who worked against racial discrimination and was credited in a 19 -- in the 1950's with filing the first civil rights lawsuit in mississippi. a native of oklahoma, mr. brown attended illinois state university, indiana yoompt and the texas southern -- university and the texas southern university law school. in the 1960's, he was one of only four african-american lawyers in mississippi and one of three who took civil rights cases. in 1962, he worked on behalf of james meredith who's successful lawsuit allowed him to be first african-american student to enroll in a university of mississippi. later, mr. brown worked to fight against discrimination in transportation and other public accommodations. given his dedication to the law and civil rights, it is appropriate to name this courthouse after him. thank you and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pe

-- who had been on stonewall jackson's staff, to get people from this area to go to brazil as as confederados. he made an especially strong appeal to mrs. thornton who lived over here on beach street because her husband was killed at sharpsburg, loevited their home here but she had four young boys and he said they have their chance of full development to get out of here and go to brazil. her local minister, the pastor of the presbyterian church told him to leave his parishioners alone that he would their spiritual advisers. the reality is they opened up but it was to be an outreach to our kind of people there. >> thank you. >> i just had a quick question. do you think the majority of the people, do you have any information on this, left for political reasons, not wanting to live under yankee rule or was it more economics hoping to reestablish a slave institution in brazil or elsewhere? and also, do you have any information perhaps about the states that they were more likely to have left were deep south states like alabama, mississippi or upper south states, which i would think it would be deep south states but i'm just guessing on that

jackson lee, for five minutes. >> thank you very much to this the ranking member, mrs. saldana, for your leadership to the nation and for being an outstanding texas. we're all very proud of you. delighted to see you standing -- sitting before us today and know that you bring a sense of knowledge and passion to this position. he me indicate my appreciation for ice. i have worked with them over the years, if i might say, and find them to be commendable and to be concerned about the security of this nation. i think that is very important. you will find as you come to congress that there are, the first amendment rights of members allow them to have different perspectives and views, and also representing their constituents. and that is what this house represents, this committee represents and democracy represents. but we also have an order of three branches of government and the responsibilities of the president and your responsibility in compliance with the guidelines of the administration. and so my first question to you is do you accept the concept of prosecutorial discre

. >> the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from texas miss jackson lee for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, to the ranking member and thank you very much particularly for your service. this should be an outstanding and i'm very proud of you. glad to see you sitting before us and know that you bring a sense of knowledge and passion to this position. let me first of all indicate my precious for i.c.e. i worked with them over the years, if i might say, and find them to be commendable and to be concerned about the security of this nation. i think that very important. you will find as you come to congress that there are the first amendment rights of members allow them to have different perspectives and views and also representing their constituents. and that is what this house represents, this committee represents, a democracy represents. but we also have an order of three branches of government and the responsibilities of the president and your responsibility and compliance with the guidelines of the administration. and so my first question to you is do you accept the concept of pros

jackson, the officer said the suspect grabbed my taser. in an incident report named sergeant gan says slager told him that mr. scott took my taser. grab and took have different means, right? >> certainly do. >> we saw by the video that mr. scott did not have the taser. >> that was very apparent. obviously, listen carol. i don't want to paint police with this broad brush. police protect us they serve with decency, respect communities. for that they deserve a debt of gratitude. i want do limit my discussion to this particular issue. it's very troubling for a variety of reasons. the first reason, of course the videotape speaks for itself. carol, the lead-in to this there are there were concerns with martin releasing the dash cam. we all want to know how did the incident begin and what led to this alleged murder i'll say. that's important. the reality is notwithstanding whatever might be on that video, we know what we see. what we see is probably troubling. if you look at a coverup, i think the first thing you need to look at is what was the officer doing after shooting and killing mr. scott, walking away after handcuffing him, getti

jackson. tom, welcome back to you. i just wanted to begin with this phrase "excusable homicide." this is what mr. bate' attorney is arguing -- mr. bates' attorney was arguing. you hear mr. bate saying i'm sorry, this was a mistake. can you explain excusable homicide. when is homicide ever excusable? >> what it's going to mean is the following -- the defense is going to argue this man is a good citizen, he has no criminal record he volunteers his time for the community, he makes donations to the police department and did not created the situation. the defense is going to see that a serious criminal who was trying to sell guns to an undercover agent set the stage, created the situation, to get away. this man did his best with what he knew to cope with the situation and made an honest mistake. the prosecutors are going to see that it was not simply a mistake. it rose to the level of culpable reckless homicide which they call manslaughter. a think it's going to be a defense lawyer's cowboys, it will be tough get a conviction on. >> you do? >> i do. >> go ahead -- >> no, i'm sorry, continue. you think

mr. walsh. how often do presidents use celebrities who enhance their image quiet >> guest: here we see president reagan and nancy reagan with michael jackson. a lot of people were taken up shortly this because michael jackson showed up in full regalia. presidents have tried to capitalize on other people's fame for many years at franklin roosevelt was the brilliant pioneer in this spirit there are pictures available at his library in other places with huge numbers of hollywood stars. more than any other president to had to know what to do some presidents try to do it or unable to succeed. it is one of the most solid pictures of any president in that it's mattis richard nixon with elvis presley. people might be familiar with the picture where nelson and was a fan of law enforcement and he wanted to get a law enforcement out so you could help law enforcement track down the bad guys. he went to the white house and he also showed up in regalia. of course nixon was a straightlaced guide and he had on a cave. he had a shirt open to his waist and he said something like elvis, that is quite a get up you have on. elvis said you have your audience an

jackson lee: i thank you very much mr. speaker. just as the president does, the united states congress has the bully pulpit. in doing so, i believe that america cries out for a response over the past six months to a year, we've seen a number of tragic incidences occurring between civilians and police. in particular, we cite the tragedy of the shooting of walter scott in south carolina. all lives matter. and to those who have been petitioning and protesting, young people indicating that black lives matter is a reflection of the high number of african-americans that find themselves at the wrong end of a gun of someone engaged in law enforcement. we know that there are good people who serve this nation and we are a law-abiding nation. mr. speaker, i think it is extremely important that we begin an open discussion in the congress, dealing with the issues of lethal force excessive force police training statistics. i intend to introduce and ask my colleagues to join me on the cadet bill, that wages a wide ranging perspective of the stati

jackson son lee, for five minutes. >> thank you very much to this the ranking member mrs.being an outstanding texas. delighted to see you standing -- sitting before us today and know that you bring a sense of knowledge and passionqÑÒuz this position. he me indicate my preeshs for ice. i have worked with them over the years, if i might say, and find them to be commendable and to be concerned about the security of this nation. i think that is very important. you will find as you come to congress that will are the first amendment rights of members allow them to have different perspectives and views, and also representing their con stipwents, and that is what this house represents, this committee represents and democracy represents. but that we also have an order of three branches of government and the responsibilities of the president and your responsibility in compliance with the guidelines of the administration. and so my first question you is do you accept the concept of prosecutorial discretion? your mike please. >> i do. and i have for the last several(>pdb years as an a