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i'll talk to congresswoman bonnie watson coleman about this growing crisis and her cause of action, next management you get straightforward advice, tailored recommendations, tax-efficient investing strategies, and a dedicated advisor to help you grow and protect your wealth. fidelity wealth management. >>> on the heels of recognizing world mental health day this week we want to shine a light on the crisis within the black community. suicide rates among black youth are skyrocketing. according to the journal of community health, the suicide rate among adolescent african-american boys ages 13 to 19 rose by 60%. for black adolescent girls from ages 13 to 19 the numbers are even more dire with rates increasing by 182%. from 2001 to 2017. for more on this health crisis i'm joined now by the new jersey congresswoman and house homeland security committee member, bonnie watson coleman. congresswoman, thank you for being here. >> thank you for raising this issue today. >> it's a critical issue that you raised. why do you think we're seeing this increase? what is the thing that is accelerating this

watson coleman. >> miss nakamoto your inspections are involved which means the facilities know you're coming once a year. it there for three days. >> yes.. >> physical like clockwork? is it a year from the time you before or do they anticipate even if you don't call them and tell them? >> we receive our schedule from ice. >> can you tell me quickav and n you list the other federal agencies you have a similar contact with from which you do inspections without notifying people in advance and what other agencies do you have contracts with? >> u.s. marshals service and? that's it? >> yes. [crowd boos] that's your only other one? >> yes. >> you aggressively disputed some of oig's repeated reporting in the letter "-right-double-quote from your inspections of the facility directly responding to the oig findings for example, you allege oig findings in the facility regarding hanging nooses or whatever you call them and inadequate dental care was inaccurate and an embarrassmente to their office and ice. is it part of your contract with ice to receive findings that the oig or other group find in

i thank my colleagues, miss watson coleman and -- the tsa modernization act improves our nations transportation security. it's a government to describe now, but i'd like to highlight a few key point. it established a five-year term for this tsa administrator to provide stability, to the agency's leadership. and, sadly, the current chaos and leadership vacancies within have undermined those efforts. administrator, has been forced to wear two hats. acting as dhs deputy secretary, and transportation administrator. i commend him for answering the call of duty, but the role of tsa administrator is a full-time job that requires full-time dedication to securing our transportation system. i hope the president will nominate perpetrators to fill many of the dhs vacancies, and does provide tsa with a stable leadership that congress envisioned but it passed this legislation. in addition to establishing the administrators term, the tsa modernization first pushes tsa to enhance its strategic planning efforts, number two, to secure public areas of airport aspirations systems, and improves the security of air

watson coleman so she can finish. >> thank you my colleague or they t just wanted to know if ay of these facilities were facilities that had two ratings to sequential ratings less than adequate? and if so are they not supposed to lose their ability to serve youris capacity and to knowledge have any of them? that's my question. thank you. >> i don't know. i can get that information submitted for the record. i don't have that information in front of me. >> thanknk you. >> reclaiming my time. thank you. ms. hawkins or organization released a report on the increased use of solitary confinement orr segregation by i.c.e. at according to the report the henderson detention center which was in southern nevada was among the top 15. they used segregation 121 unique times and unique placements in 16 of thosese placements lasted more than 75 days. i wonder if you could explain what i.c.e. detention standards tate regarding the use of segregation and if you are aware of any waivers that were granted by i.c.e. for compliance with standards? >> thank you for your question. i can probably speak more gene

watson coleman and mr. catsko in advancing the legislation in the last congress that i am happy to carry on with ranking member lesko in this congress. the tsa modernization act enhances the nation's transportation security, and the act is too comprehensive to describe in a few minutes that we v but i would like to highlight a few key points. first, the act established a five-year term for the tsa administrator to provide stability to the agency's leadership, and sadly, the current chaos and vacancies within the dhf have undermined the efforts. administrator pushkey has been forced to wear two hats. i commend the administrator for answering the call to duty, but the role of the tsa administrator is a full-time job that requires full time dedication to ensuring the security of our transportation system. i hope that the president will nominate permanent leaders to fill many of the dhs vacancies and thus provide the tsa with a stable leadership that congress envisioned when it passed this legislation. in addit

. >> congresswoman bonnie watson coleman. being >> i apologize for not being able to hear your testimony i was in another hearing. from what i heard and the answers to the questions. i want to ask a question about the disparity in health for the mortality with tax and what's happening in researching the particular issue. and you and what resources are applied. it's a critical question and first's majority in the least establishing the collaboration wars and the senators about this topic and the child health is very much there any health across and we have to think of our continuum and it's the worst outcome of maternal for amenity and as a woman goes through the process of conceiving of the delivery and when you look at the disparity and the american indian women is proportionately higher burton and maternal morbidity and have to look at the continuum of at conception and doing care and visiting hospital to take care of the delivery and very importantly for the most part what happens is that each of these places or will be in

. >> the chair recognizes the gentle lady from new jersey, miss watson coleman. >> thank you for coming today. good luck to mr. mcaleenan. good luck to you and whatever it is you're going to do next. i have a number of questions. i could be here forever. i want to start with either mr. glawe or mr. travers. there are 15,000 isis members in syria and other places and iraq versus 1,000. who said that? >> i did, ma'am. >> okay. what is the time frame you're talking about, from when to when? >> this is five years ago before the buildup of isis and the caliphate was formed. isis was down to about 1,000 people. even after the demise of the caliphate, the low end of the estimate is 14,000 isis members in syria and iraq, mostly in iraq. which for us suggests there is a great ver tile ground for a long-term insurgency. >> do you think given the recent betrayal of our kurdish allies and and the uproar and chaos taking place over there becomes fertile ground for isis to grow there as well? >> sorry, ma'am. i didn't get the question. >> the president of the united states pulled away the troops who