chair o os *f ossoff: mr. holly for six minutes. senator holly: i want to make sure i got this straight. you stated today and in your report that about 4,000 twitter employees are classified as engineers, is that right? mr. zatko: yes, sir. at the time half of the employees, there were 7,000-plus full-time employees. senator holly: that means these 4,000-ish employees would have had access to live user data all over twitter, they could access individual users' personal information. have i got that right? mr. zatko: yes, sir. they would have accession to the production environment f they spent the time to meander around and look around, they would find they could access these large data. senator holly: including geolocation? mr. zatko: i know twitter has i.p. locations. they do use geolocation services based upon i.p. addresses. senator hawley-ily: 4,000 employees. extraordinary. those employees if they wanted to to get this information and docs twitter users. mr. zatko: that's a concern of mine, yes. senator hawley: that's a signifi

>> thank you for that question, chairman ossoff. dcra 2013 that the they had report the data and study the data to determine the strategies to reduce deaths, as well as the relationship between policies, procedures, management actions, relating to these deaths. so, yes, the department strongly agrees with joa that we must strengthen how we collect data under dcra and i think our legislative proposal is aimed at dixing fixing this. >> i appreciate that, but why did doj cease publishing this data when it fulfills a vital public interest. >> thank you for the question, it's important to talk about that, from two perspectives, one a legal perspective as well as a data perspective. from the data perspective, the data as we hear and as we agree with jao and hearings from the states, there's significant underreporting and providing that data would be misleading. it would not provide a full picture of what is happening in custody. >> so, ms. henneberg, i'll let you complete that answer. i want to make sure i understand what i'm hearing and

joining me now is the chairman of that hearing, georgia democratic senator, jon ossoff.nk you so much, sara. thank you for having me. and i think it's important for all of us to imagine that a loved one is arrested, in the case of mr. laughlin, on a nonviolent charge, widesnds up a county jail, is denied the medical treatment they need, it never comes out. thousands of americans die every year in custody, whether in local jails, state prisons, or federal prisons. there is an ongoing humanitarian crisis in custodial facilities across the united states. i led a ten-month bipartisan investigation of federal oversight of deaths in custody. what we found is shocking. as you noted, nearly 1,000 deaths across the country that the department of justice failed to identify at all. of those deaths that doj did identify, nearly a full third, they didn't have any details about the circumstances of death, 70% of them were incomplete. what that means is the policy-makers, whether at the department of justice or in the congress, lack the information we need about who is dying, where the

chair o os *f ossoff: mr. holly for six minutes. senator holly: i want to make sure i got this straight. you stated today and in your report that about 4,000 twitter employees are classified as engineers, is that right? mr. zatko: yes, sir. at the time half of the employees, there were 7,000-plus full-time employees. senator holly: that means these 4,000-ish employees would have had access to live user data all over twitter, they could access individual users' personal information. have i got that right? mr. zatko: yes, sir. they would have accession to the production environment f they spent the time to meander around and look around, they would find they could access these large data. senator holly: including geolocation? mr. zatko: i know twitter has i.p. locations. they do use geolocation services based upon i.p. addresses. senator hawley-ily: 4,000 employees. extraordinary. those employees if they wanted to to get this information and docs twitter users. mr. zatko: that's a concern of mine, yes. senator hawley: that's a signifi

warnock: because georgia elected me, and my friend and brother jon ossoff, among the things we have been able to accomplish is we passed the single largest tax cut for middle and working-class families in american history. the expanded child tax credit. [applause] [foreign language] [applause] sen. warnock: because i believe health care is a human right, i wrote a provision that was signed into law that caps the cost of health care for seniors on medicare. i do not believe people like my 84-year-old mother should have to choose between buying medicine they need and food that they need, we have to treat our elders kindly. this is my effort to be kind to our elders in public policy by capping the cost of their medicine. i did this because i do not look for the big pharmaceutical companies. i work for you. [applause] [foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [applause] sne. warnock -- sen. warnock: i live in a state where one in three adults have diabetes. and one in three asians have diabetes. that number may be higher because it often goes undiagnosed. that is why i wrote another pro

. >> thank you, chairman ossoff and ranking member johnson -- and thank you for the committee stuff, made my appearance -- no amount of time can truly heal what i share with you today. jonathan luis fano's my brother. he was so kind. he felt guilty so much is killing a bug. he wants took the bus downtown just to babysit our cousins kids, even though it was his own birthday. jonathan would spend hours upon hours listening to my problems and would do anything to support me. but at the time, he needed the same support, no one responsible for his care, custody, and control gave it to him. jonathan suffered from bipolar disorder and depression, for which he sought professional help and support from his family. he was never any type of threat or danger to us or to others. in october 2016, jonathan was arrested and baton rouge, louisiana, while having a mental breakdown, and taken to east baton rouge parish prison. in his ten weeks in pretrial detention, jonathan never received a mental evaluation. after cutting his wrists, he was placed in isolation. despite our frequent phone calls, our f

. >> thank you, chairman john ossoff and ranking never johnson for the opportunity to testify before you today. thank you to committee staff whose work made my appearance today possible. mothers and sons have a special bond. a bond that no one should ever be able to break. tragically, in my case, that bond was broken. it was broken by a for profit medical provider that brought a painful death on my only son, my only child. my son matthew was scared and alone in the chatham county georgia detention center on a nonviolent drug offense. matthew was suffering from cardiomyopathy, which the for profit medical provider ignored. studies show that the prognosis for people with untreated cardiomyopathy is bleak. and matthew was never given any treatment. .. cardiomyopathy is bleak. and matthew was never given any treatment. the for-profit medical provider had no intentions of treating him, because cardiology appointments outside of the jail would cut into >> one of his jailers called his pain and anguish quote-unquote fussy.il matthew knew he was dying. he told me many times by phone and in a

happen sooner, and it's the votes the people and activity of people like raphael warnock and jon ossoffave made that happen. of course the benefits of our bill will extend way beyond evs and batteries. solar p industry association projects by 2027 the u.s. solar market will grow 20% more than expected thanks to inflation, the inflation reduction act. and numerous companies focus on renewables, carbon capture, heat pumps are announcing a flurry of investments, very often citing our bill, now law, the ira. all of these examples share something important. these arees the jobs of tomorro. these industries are going to stick around for decades as our country makes the transition away from fossil fuels and towards cleaner forms of energy. the impact will be felt everywhere. it's going to take millions of workers to build these vehicles can reshape our infrastructure, install these technology inog or homes and offices. because so muchuc of this will e done by union labor, these will be good-paying jobs at good wages with good benefits, lifting up the middle class, keeping those who are in the

speaking in native tongue] [applause] >> because georgia elected me and my friend and brother jon ossoff, among the things we've been able to accomplish is we passed the single largest tax cut for middle and working class familieser in american history, the expanded child tax credit. [applause] [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] [applause] >> and because i believe that health care is a human right, i wrote a provision that was signed into law that caps the costst of healthcare for seniors on medicare. because i don't believe that people like myy 84-year-old mother should have to choose between buying medicine that they need and food that they need. we have to treat our elders kindly, and this was my effort to be kind to our elders in public policy by tapping the cost of their medicine -- capping. i i did this because they do not work for the big pharmaceutical companies. i work for you. [applause] [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] [applause] >> as senator, i represent a state where 11% of t

and i think that the warm up ossoff interracial alliance so and the way they managed to work together what it greater than the sum of its parts so i'm very interested in them and i'm very interested aoc i have that aoc alexandria ocasio-cortez was a possible new frederick douglass since the first commercial for her primary campaign for congress in new york. i happened to cross your commercial on the internet, and i was like my antennae were up, you know, my cassandra were up and i was like, aha, that's someone to watch. and in the meanwhile has proved herself be quite astute in the way she expresses herself just similar to douglass, the battles she chooses, which are similar to garrison and her ability to either to disempower people, which is similar to real western champion. so she interests me greatly. and from the point from the prophet, from my prophet, i would give you my friend elie mystal, the justice correspondent for the nation, who has also just come allow me to retort, allow me to reach out. and i was blessed to meet elie in a social context years ago. and the first time i

merck adele shared her story with senator ossoff in private. it seems like it just brought back more memories because i noticed that i had suppressed it. some of these memories that was done to me. uh, and yeah, it's difficult. 30 years later, mark adele is now a pastor in long beach. well, let me to become a pastor is, uh when i got out of prison, i, uh went through so many hardships because of what happened in prison. i'm depressed. and this is like 30 years later in july, the justice department hired collect peters to run the bureau of prisons, which employs more than 30,000 people. she is billed as a reform minded outsider tasked with rebuilding the agency. while peters has yet to release her plan to do so, she has stressed the importance of creating an environment where people can feel comfortable coming forward and talking about misconduct. the more you speak on it. the more you talk about it. the better, the more healing you'll get. so that's maybe one of the reasons why i am speaking up. there remains a question of security cameras when

. >> thank you, chairman ossoff and ranking member johnson -- and thank you for the committee stuff, made my appearance -- no amount of time can truly heal what i share with you today. jonathan luis fano's my brother. he was so kind. he felt guilty so much is killing a bug. he wants took the bus downtown just to babysit our cousins kids, even though it was his own birthday. jonathan would spend hours upon hours listening to my problems and would do anything to support me. but at the time, he needed the same support, no one responsible for his care, custody, and control gave it to him. jonathan suffered from bipolar disorder and depression, for which he sought professional help and support from his family. he was never any type of threat or danger to us or to others. in october 2016, jonathan was arrested and baton rouge, louisiana, while having a mental breakdown, and taken to east baton rouge parish prison. in his ten weeks in pretrial detention, jonathan never received a mental evaluation. after cutting his wrists, he was placed in isolation. despite our frequent phone calls, our f

senator oh soft: -- senator ossoff: thank you for being here.i have routinely asked you this and periodically put this question to chair paul and secretary yellen. what do you see as the most significant threats to financial stability, or to put it another way, what keeps you up at night? mr. gensler: you don't want me to say my daughters. look, i think in terms of, we are living in uncertain times. i don't need to say this. but with the war in eastern europe and ukraine, with senator banks around the globe moving from accommodating to tightening, with the remaining, you know, challenges, geopolitical challenge, between great nations and also with covid and commodity prices. all of that in the mix, what i look at and think about is the relationship between the banking sector and the hedge fund sector and investors, relationship between the banking sector and commodity traders. that's called a prime brokerage relationship. those relationships i really do think a lot about. i think about resiliency in the market and that's why we have about a doze

thank you, thank you mister chairman. >> thank, you senator jon ossoff. senator mitt romney, you are recognized. >> thank you, mister chairman. rasicot, how do you avoid the failure of imagination that obviously was part of the express -- how do you have within your organization the kind of creative, out of the box thinking to imagine what possible threats might come our way? >> i appreciate that question, senator, it really goes to the atmosphere that you set up in the office. i think that cwmd is an un-heralded gem within dhs. the best and brightest work there and they are so dedicated to the country. they are very willing to think out of the box and think about what's going, and one of the things i always ask is, what should i ask you that i didn't think to ask you? what else are you thinking about? we try to probe, and think about, that's maybe how we always have done it, but how is somebody else who has maybe not been dedicated to the cause that we, are thinking about doing. i'm sure you are familiar with one of our predecessor officers, the domestic

chairman. >> thank you, senator ossoff. senator romney, you are recognized for your questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. how do you avoid the failure of imagination that obviously was part of the experience from 9/11? how do you have within your organization that the kind of creative, out-of-the-box thinking to imagine what possible threats might come our way? >> i appreciate that question, senator. it goes to the atmosphere that you set up in the office. i think that cwmd is an unheralded gem within d.h.s., the best and brightest work there. they are so dedicated to the country and so willing to think out-of-the-box and think about what is going on. one of the things i always ask them, what should i have asked you that i did not think to ask you? what are you thinking about besides the question i am asking? we try to probe and think about, ok, maybe that is how we help always done it. but how is somebody else who may be isn't dedicated to the cause that we are, thinking about doing it. i am sure you are familiar with one

ossoff in journalism this but having limited access and opportunity. her school did not have a formal journalism department she sought out the mentorship of a cousin who worked in the industry to shadow him. let's hear from anisa. >> i am majoring in broadcast journalism. good morning, welcome to news network. breaking news. agricultural and mechanical university has just received the west vernon scholarship to achieve her role of earning a phd. her top goal is to on her on his network to spread positive news and provide great diversity on the screen. she is honored to be a scholarship winner. she left a legacy from different backgrounds. inspiring individuals from this generation and generations to come. her messages to never lower your self-esteem because of what you see on the screen, no, you can achieve anything because of who you are. that is all the time we have for today, congratulations, anisa, we can't wait to see you do amazing things. [applause] >> i hope anisa hires me for her news network. callie was recognized for a scholarship for journa

. >> senator ossoff from georgia is recognized. >> thank you, mister chairman chairman gensler great to see you and thank you for your testimony. >> good to see you again. >> i have repeatedly asked you this question and also put this question, periodically, to chair powell and secretary yellen. what do you see as the most significant threats to financial stability. or, to put it another way, what keeps you up at night? >> you do not want me to say my daughters, okay, listen, in terms of we are living in uncertain times. i do not need to say that, with the war in eastern europe in ukraine. with central banks around the globe moving from accommodating to tightening. with the remaining geopolitical challenges between great nations and also with covid. and commodity prices. all of that in the mix, what i look at and think about it is the relationship between the banking sector and the hedge fund sector, and investors. rs. that is cal lethe relationship tween the banking sister and commodity traders. that is called a prime brokerage relationship and those relationships i think about a lo

senator ossoff have said the huge issue, we do a terrible job of collecting data of the deaths of peopled bars, prisons, jails, juvenile defect detention facilities. which really important about this investigation use of this yourself, the conditions in our jails and prisons are leading to countless deaths every year that present -- preventable we have to focus on why this is happening with 1.2 million people in the state and federal prisons, and 10 million innovations into the county jails every year. when conditions are they're completely inhumane, we have to do a better job at figuring out why this is happening every day in the united states. and, you know, with them interest in the reporting that, it has been very difficult for the justice department to collect this information, partly that is because we have over 3 million counties in the united states, and the counties are something that are not referring to the state agencies. we have to do a better job of figuring out why this is happening, who is dying in custody in the night states, and in the prisons and confinement in jails a

on january 5th of last year in georgia, john ossoff and raphael warnock won their runoff elections to the united states senate which handed the control of the chamber to the democrats. the next day, january six, we all know what happened that day. and then the day after that, on january 7th back in georgia. election systems in rural coffee county were breached by a team working on donald trump's behalf. this is them being led into the county elections office by trump supporting local official. the tree was set there to search for evidence of election fraud in the later claimed to have made copies of every voting machine are driving every ballot. you've got to admit it is a pretty brazen move to go preaching election machines in support of donald trump's election lies, literally the day after those election lies had breached an assault on the capitol. there they are. obviously, we talk a lot about january 6th. but it is worth taking a moment to consider january 5th and january 7th as well. and it is no accident that both of those events a book and january six are the consequential elec

on january 5th of last year in georgia, john ossoff and raphael won their runoff elections for the united states senate which handed control of the chamber to the democrats. the next to january six well we all know what happened that day. then the day after that, on january 7th back in georgia election systems in rural coffee county were breached by team working on donald trump's behalf's, the system being that into the elections office by trump supporting local official. a team was sent there to search for evidence of election fraud, and the leader claimed to have made copies of every single voting machine and hard drive and every ballot. you have to admit it is a pretty brazen move to go breaching election systems in support of donald trump's election lies. literally, the day after those election lies sparked a violent assault on the u.s. capitol. but, that they were in kaufman county, doing just that. obviously we talked a lot about january six, but it is worth taking a moment to consider january 5th and january 7th as well. it is no accident that both those events that both looking to

but also the level of enthusiasm that he and senator ossoff were able to bring on in january of lastn. i think what they will be able to do that. i think they need to do to make sure that he is getting every last voter he can out. including those independent voters. probably don't even think much of herschel walker. the folks who otherwise might think, oh, you know what, senator warnock is going to win. there is no way herschel walker can win. never, never let 2015, 2016 thinking get in the way of things. just because you don't think herschel walker can win, doesn't mean he can't. >> i want to underline and highlight what you just, i guess carried, sick around, we have plenty more to talk about. next, the political report, it is, updated encouraging news i would argue for democrats, we are going to talk about a few races to watch and what could be driving these shifts right after this. gh after this out of her medicare plan. ♪wow, uh-huh♪ advantage: me! can't wait 'til i turn 65! take advantage with an aarp medicare advantage plan... only from unitedhealthcare. make your home totally

on january 5th of last year in georgia, john ossoff and raphael won their runoff elections for the united six well we all

ossoff: mr.president, i ask the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. ossoff: mr. president, i rise this afternoon in pursuit of justice for the black men and black women abducted, beaten, and killed during the segregation era in the american south and in retaliation for their participation in the civil rights movement. i rise today, mr. president, to ask that the senate pass the civil rights cold case investigations support act to secure justice and pursue truth for the victims of those atrocities, for the victims of civil rights cold cases, and for their families. justice for folks like alfonso harris, a member of the sclc who was murdered in albany, georgia, in 1966. justice for earnest hunter, who was killed in a physical altercation at the camden county jail in st. mary's georgia in 1958. justice for caleb hill jr., dragged at night from a county jail in georgia in 1949 and shot to death by a lynch mob. decades may have passed, but the pursuit of justice cann

ossoff: i appreciate that and making that commitment here today will mean a lot to veterans in georgia who are skeptical after years of dealing with this, that there can be a change. there must be a change. veterans deserve timely access to their records. i am going to ask for a further commitment, which is once you have had the opportunity to meet again with the folks at the nprc and to get your bearings in the first weeks of office should you be confirmed, that he will timely submit to this committee your assessment -- that you will timely submit to this committee your assessment of the backlog and your plan to eliminate it. will you make that commitment? dr. shogan: i will make that commitment and will make myself available. a further comment on that, the first thing that has to be done if i am confirmed as archivist if -- is removing the backlog, but there has to be a second step, which is to make sure that backlog is not created in future circle answers. the pandemic -- future circumstances. the pandemic is over, but we might have future roadblocks in the future. there has been gr

. >> senator ossoff? >> thank you. i want to begin by noting how weak and unpersuasive i find the arguments being offered today to muddy the waters or suggest that, for the federal government and department of justice, the protection of our electoral processes and workers is not absolutely at the core of our democracy and important work. the, mr. chairman, has the ability to protect high-level federal officials, go after organized crime and violent crime, and coordinate our electoral processes. i find it necessary having heard some of the commentary from our colleagues today to remind my colleagues of what happened in georgia, where, amidst donald trump's endless barrage of lies, some of them amplified by members of this body, as he sought to hold onto power by any means necessary, republican election officials in georgia were warning that it constituted a threat to the lives of election workers. the house committee heard a couple weeks ago from two election workers about the threats of lynching they received for carry

. >> senator ossoff. thank you, mister chairman. >> and thank, you for your testimony. i want to note by how weak and persuade unprepared and offering today the offering waters. and offering the suggesting's. federal department of justice, the protection of our electoral processes institutions on workers is not a vital mission, at core, essential to the functioning of our democracy. absolutely worthy of high-level attention in the department. and the department of justice, has the ability to protect the judiciary. filing officials. organizing violent crime, and, to coordinate the robust protection of our nations electoral processes. and i find it necessary, having heard the commentary from our colleagues today, to remind my colleagues of what happened in georgia. where amidst donald trump's endless barrage of lies, some of them amplified by members of this body, as he sought to hold on to power by any means necessary, republican election officials in georgia were warning that it constituted a threat to the lives of election workers.. the house committee heard a couple w

. >> thank you, senator ossoff. that concludes the questioning in brings this hearing to a close. it's important that we all again realize what's at stake. struggle of ukrainian people and putin's inhumane war. the fight between democracy and tyranny. the price is high. but zelenskyy said it best. describing to putin what ukrainians would go without. he said without gas or without you. without you. without a lighter without, you without you. without food or without you, without you. without honor or without you, without you. that's the strength of ukrainian resolve an hours of this committee and others congress and in the administration must match it. congress must work hand in hand with you, with the administration, in our multi lateral coalition to protect the sovereignty and to protect the people of ukraine. again, thanks to the two a you for your -- for being here today providing testimony. senators who wishes amid questions, there do one week from today on tuesday september 27th. the two of u.s. witnesses please summit your responses to those questions for the record. 45, no