mr. romero cited just a minute ago. >> thank you. mr. romero, if i might then. if racial profiling can be a violation of civil rights as i believe it is under a whole line of cases, martinez, forte, and others, these are not all cases that i'm familiar with personally, but that's the line of analysis by the supreme court that has laid this enforcement actions for racial profiling by the department of justice? and if you would just follow up on professor harris' comment, how do we, in the gap between the formal policies create police entities that, as captain gale describes it, are accountable, are professional, and where at all levels are engaged in moving us forward towards a more just and effective policing community? >> when you look -- thank you for the question, senator kuntz -- when you look at our, the testimony we submitted, you see that we detail a number of the seminole racial profiling cases. in fact, some of them brought by david harris. one might be instructed for why this piece of legislation is essential is to track when the incident occurred and

mr. romero. >> thank you, senator blumenthal. officer gale, i must take some time to visit your fair city of denver because it doesn't look liej any of the major cities i've visited in any 11 years as director of the aclu. with all due respect, you will forgive me for having to point out that your very optimistic assertion that all is well is just not borne out by the data we already have. let my give you data that we know quite well in new york city, the country's largest police department. there were, from 2002 to 2011, there were more than 4.3 million street stops. 4.3 million. 88% of those -- that's nearly 3.8 million -- were of innocent new yorkers. that means they were either arrested for summons or -- either issued a summons or arrested. let's break it down by race. obviously it's a much better place if you're puerto rican like me and might live in denver but new york is not a very good place for people who are african-american or latino. in 2011 a record 685,000 new yorkers were stopped by the new york city police departm

mr. quigley and miss romero with regard to the necessity and importance of witnesses cooperating in these investigations. i want to thank the witnesses for being here and for their service to the country. the former members of the auto task force were part of the obama administration's successful rescue of the american automotive industry. in december 2008 an analysis by the economic policy institute projected that the bankruptcy of u.s. automakers and collapse of the domestic auto assembly industry could eliminate up to 3.3 million u.s. jobs within the next year. that's a quote. the collapse of general motors alone would lead to an estimated loss of 900,000 jobs. that calamity was averted by the actions of you, our former members of the government and the obama's administration's auto task force. and you deserve our thanks. we do appreciate what you have done. today's hearing is not focused on the successes but on why these three individuals have not

mr. romero. frank gale is national second vice president and colorado state president of the fraternal order of police. he served for 23 years in the denver county sheriff's department, where he had responsibility for the courts and jails. captain gale is currently the commander of the training academy and the public information officer. he has received numerous awards and decorations from the fraternal order of police and the denver's sheriff department. captain gale, it's an honor to have you today and please proceed. >> good morning, mr. chairman. my name is frank gale, i'm a 23-year veteran of the denver county sheriff's department and currently hold the rank of captain. i am the national second vice president of the fraternal order of police, which is the largest law enforcement labor organization in the country, representing more than 330,000 rank and file law enforcement officers, in every region of the country. i'm here this morning to discuss our strong opposition to s-1670, the end raci

mr. romero is a witness here today as the special inspector general for t.a.r.p. we're here today because for over a year, three of the key figures involved in the gm and chrysler bailouts have refused to meet with the special inspector general. i'm grateful they showed today and i'm willing -- we're very interested in hearing their testimony and the reasons for not meeting with the special inspector general. on may 9th, the special inspector general notified the committee that three former obama administration officials before us today, mr. bloom, mr. feldman and mr. wilson, had been uncooperative with the special inspector general's audit. these three individuals come from diverse backgrounds and possess different expertise, but together, represent leading figures from president obama's auto task force. all three of these individuals made pivotal decisions which are projected to cost taxpayers $23 billion and have left many delphi retirees with drastically reduced pensions while preserving full pensions for delphi's unionized retirees. these are the consequences

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mr. romero, i'm hoping this will be helpful and you will get the cooperation that you need. we want to make sure. >> thank you so much, ranking member. >> at this moment, we will take a number of recess. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we have votes that are going to occur, mr. bloom, so we will be limited the number of questions that we were going to ask. i want to reiterate that these are questions that were given queue to on june 22 that to this committee, in a state similar to the one you were sitting in, you said absolute and you are answering in writing that you did not answer in writing and today you are refusing the answers and running so really going to go through this while i ask you to questions. and get your answers. >> electrification i like to make is that i believe that the letter that the secretary of the treasury come on behalf of the secretary of treasury, center on november 21, 2011, did not refuse to answer the questions because of litigation. in fact, 2.5 pages of response to the issues were raised in the letter. but that said, if

mr. quigley and ms. romero. with regard to the necessity and the importance of witnesses cooperating in in these investigations. and i want to thank the witnesses for being here and for their service and to the country. the former members of the auto task force were part of the obama administration's successful rescue of the american automotive industry. in december, 2008 and an analysis by the economic policy institute projected that the bankruptcy of the u.s. automakers and the collapse of the domestic auto assembly industry could eliminate up to 3.3 million u.s. jobs within the next year and that is a quote. the collapse of general motors alone would lead to an estimated loss of 900,000 jobs. that calamity was averted by the actions of you, our former members of the government, and on the obama administration task force. and you deserve our thanks, and we do appreciate what you've done. today's hearing is not focused on these successes, with why these three individuals have not yet been interviewed by the spe

mr. feldman, we have a number of your co-workers e-mails that also can help you refresh your recollection. when we get to the sig-t.a.r.p. reason for wanting to speak to you, miss romero states that sig-t.a.r.p. believes they played a role in the pension decision and these individuals' failure to speak on this issue poses a significant obstacle. mr. feldman, do you agree that you played a role in the pension decisions? >> i don't think i agree that i played a role in the pension decisions. i certainly spoke regularly to the pbgc and to general motors regarding the delphi pension issues. >> did you ever speak to people at the white house concerning this issue? >> brian dietz who was at that time at the white house was a regular member of our team and the team reported to larry summers and tim geithner and dr. summers was at the white house at that time. >> could you please put up slide six? this is joseph house. his e-mail reporting that you made progress discussing our proposal with key folks at the treasury and white house and is not yet wrapped up his coordination. this would be the issue of the pensions. pbgc's e-mails indicating we have several, including this one

mr. chairman. >> i thank the gentleman from ohio. members will have seven days to submit opening statements for the record. i will now recognize our panel of witnesses today. hristy romero christian amer is the inspector general for the troubled assets relief program. mr. ron bling, mr. matthew feldman, -- ron bloom, mr. matthew feldman, and mr. wilson, are all members of the task force. thank yo mr. a professor of law at george mason university school of law. as you valvano, this -- as you all well know, this committee swears in witnesses. if you all please rise and raise your right hand, you will be sworn in before your testimony. raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you. let the record reflect that the witness is answered in the affirmative. you are all well practiced at testifying before congress. as you well know, we have the light system here. green beans, as we know from traffic school, green beans go. yellow means hurry up. -- green means go. yellow means hurry up. red means stop. summarize or testimony to allow for discussion and quest