elizabeth warren and bob casey are calling for more federal oversight of the country's conservatorship system. in a letter to health and human services secretary javier becerra and garland, msa light on long-standing concerns from advocates who have underscored the potential for financial and civil rights abuses of individuals placed under guardianship or conservatorship. despite these concerns comprehensive data are substantially lacking. lack of data hinders the federal government's ability to make policy changes. in a new explosive investigation in the new yorker writers detail exactly how spears' conservatorship, which controls every aspect of her life from her finances to her birth control, came to be. they wrote, quote, as famous and wealthy as spears has been since she was a teenager, she has never been in full control of her life. many of the most harrowing revelations in her testimony have been visible to anyone who cared to look closely. she told the court she had wanted to express them for a long time but had been afraid to do so in public. i thought people would make fun of me, she said, or laugh at me and say she's lying. she has everything. she is britney spea

warren, the future of the dhs project at the atlantic council. he previously served as the dhs deputy secretary of counter terrorism policy. the third witness is ms. patrina mulligan acting vice president for the national security and international policy at the center for american progress and author of redefining homeland security, a new framework of dhs to meet today's challenges. the final witness is mr. frank cipilo who is the director of auburn university's lekragt institute for cybersecurity. he directed president bush's security advisory council. without objection, the full statement will be inserted into the record. i now ask ms. cordero to summarize her statement for five minutes. >> chairman thompson, and ranking member katko, thank you for appearing before you today on the important topic of homeland security. for the past two years i have led a project for the center of security for reforming dhs with the purpose of intelligence and integration of the department's work. i am grateful for the opportunity to share the insights developed through this project and to work with this committee going forward in connection with the important

warren buffett has got it correct. we need to put our heads together. thank you, mr. president. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: mr. president, just about a month ago i was on the floor, senator durbin, from illinois, was here. we were on the floor at that time to ask for unanimous consent to pass legislation to fix a technical issue with the voca deposit. as colleagues will remember, voca is designed to -- to help sustain the crime victims fund act, or that's the legislation that we had introduced at that time. and just to refresh memories, i'd like to reiterate why this fix to -- to the victims fund is so essential. effectively what we're talking about here is stability, sustainability and really certainty. i had an opportunity in late june to host a roundtable with members from the victims' services groups from around the state. we were focused on the impact of the voca deposit issue specific to -- to alaska and what it meant for those who provide for the services for victims, whether these are the child advocacy centers, whether they are the domestic violence shelters and centers, abused women ne

ms. warren: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. ms. warren: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business and that upon the conclusion of my remarks, the senate resume executive session, as under the previous order. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. warren: thank you, madam president. almost exactly a year ago today, i stood here and called for congress to take action to protect renters before the expiration of the eviction moratorium enacted during the early weeks of the pandemic. today, like a year ago, we are only hours away from a fully preventable housing crisis. the c.d.c.'s eviction moratorium expires tonight at midnight, putting millions of families still recovering from the economic fallout of covid-19 at risk for losing their homes, for losing the bedrock of their safety and stability. right now, more than 11 million renters report being behind on rent. that is one out of every seven renters. and people of color who have been hit hardest by this pandemic are disp