we have juanita rhoades berg, then tabercio, then elizabeth stan, anthony romero, a larry shelton -- hillary shelton, then a great leader and civil-rights issues, kevin levine, a retired police officer and dr. jqamel bryant comes after hillary shelton and then kevin levine. we will start with margaret wong and then we will proceed. i will distribute this list and i thank you all very much. [applause] >> good morning everyone and welcome. my name is margaret wong, the executive director of the rice kin group, working with groups across the country to end civil liberties violations for everyone in the united states regardless of race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, immigration, or citizenship status. it is a pleasure to be here today and to have joined all of you for this momentous hearing. want to start by acknowledging center cardin's leadership as the sponsor of the act. he has been a true champion and has taken this bill and move it forward in the last year and we're grateful to him for his leadership. we also want to thank senator durbin for hosting the hearing today. this