ms. nelson? >> chair klobuchar and members. i'm janai nelson. i'm the director of lds, formerly the naacp legal defense and educational fund. thank you for the opportunity to testify about the state of voting rights for black americans. both on the ground and in the courts, about the urgent need to protect and secure the fundamental freedom to vote. my testimony is informed by lds extensive experience over 80 years, advancing rights for black americans since our founding by thurgood marshall in 1940. and it is also informed by the on the ground election protection work that we must do every election cycle in order to ensure that black voters can cast a ballot and have it counted. last week was the 59th anniversary of bloody sunday when patriots, like genre lewis were brutally beaten in selma, alabama for simply demanding the right to vote. and their courage and action led to the passage of the voting rights act of 1965 and the true start of our multi-racial democracy. we need congress to follow in the steps of those foot soldiers with courage an

ms. nelson, mr. allen, i had a pleasure of being here in alabama we could go, and at the university, as a member of this body conducting a field hearing in alabama talking to alabama voters about just that point, modern discrimination that alabamians are experiencing and we are seeing have russ the country. i would like to actually instead of landing there, he said something in testimony in response to an earlier question, that i would love to press on a little bit to understand more, you said that you are often -- your office uses to get mapping software for counties and disabilities and by expressing that accurately quick >> for the county boards and registrars.>> so that is helpful, because i noted earlier this month, 6000 voters in alabama's newly drawn section of the district, election postcards with incorrect voter information. and i appreciate your office as said before that you were not involved in handing out those postcards. can you talk a little bit about the intersection between the chall

ms. nelson will receive any punishment or even be fired for putting this memo out? you fired. i can't believe you. sorry. do do, do, do not, did you not read this, this and this to foster a more trauma informed environment that promotes the psychological safety of our employees and the veterans. we sub photographs depicting the v g day and time progress should be removed from o va facilities. this actually reflects listen carefully our dedication to creating a respectful and safe work based and is in keeping with our broader efforts to re promote a culture of inclusivity and awareness. meanwhile, they're coming back from war more where we dropped a couple of nuclear bombs will be if you will, jima, the horrors, and this is this right itself. if this is not the perfect vote for donald trump or you get this listen, do you think this, this genius came up with this on her own? do you think that one day she woke up and said, oh, let me see, by the way, i can show you some other pictures during world war 2. when americans went into france, where they were accosted by french women wh

ms. mcclellan. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. director, senator nelson, i actually am going to start with a question from my 13-year-old son who wants to be an astronomer, who is a big fan of the great observatories. he looks at, uses images from hubble, spitzer and even the now-deorbited compton telescopes. but he wants me to ask you specifically about chondra, the ex-gray telescope that under the current budget proposal looks like will be -- could be ending, and he's very concerned, as i know a number of astronomers are, that this could leave a blind spot in the collection of x-ray information in the future. so can you assure my 13-year- old son, jackson, that nasa is still committed to x-ray images in space and the data that you collect in that way? >> earlier i had talked about how the compromises that you all had to make which certainly understandable cost $24 and $25 to have less money. in science just in '24, it's a billion dollar cut. and so you have to make some choices. shandra has been phenomenally successful, but we have new missions that are