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ENFORCING VOTING RIGHTS LAWS WITH REPUBLICANS CONTENDING THEY ARE PARTISAN IN WHICH ISSUES TO PURSUE. SUITS HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST NORMAL -- MANY STATES...
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| 00:00:42 |
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WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE CHAIR IS AUTHORIZED TO DECLARE A RECESS OF THE COMMITTEE AT ANY TIME. LAST YEAR MARKED THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CIVIL WAR....
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| 00:06:31 |
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OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. WITH THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS, THE DIVISION IS THE GUARDIAN OF FUNDAMENTAL...
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COMES FROM THE
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RECENT COMMENTING THAT VOTER I.D. WILL ALLOW GOVERNOR MARK -- GOVERNOR ROMNEY TO WIN PENNSYLVANIA. BOATER IDEA, WHICH WILL ALLOW GOVERNOR ROMNEY --...
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ALLOW GOVERNOR ROMNEY TO WIN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, DONE. >> SO, I DO NOT THINK IT GOES TOO FAR TO DEMAND THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION GIVES CLOSE AND...
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| 00:11:03 |
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ANY VOTING CHANGES LIKELY TO DISENFRANCHISE VOTERS. THERE IS A STRATEGY TO DISENFRANCHISE VOTERS FOR PARTISAN, POLITICAL PURPOSES, AND IT IS THE MOST...
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| 00:12:38 |
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ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL THOMAS PEREZ IS HERE TODAY TO TESTIFY. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. >> IT IS AN HONOR TO BE. >> MR. THOMAS PEREZ BECAME THE...
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GENERAL ON OCTOBER 8, 2009, PRIOR TO BECOMING -- 2009.
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HE SERVED AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR LEGISLATION. HE SERVED AS A CAREER PROSECUTOR IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION. HE WENT ON TO SERVE AS DIRECTOR...
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DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT
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THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? >> I
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DO. I RECOGNIZE MR. THOMAS PEREZ. DID NOT FORGET THE MICROPHONE
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BUT DID >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN FRANKS, RANKING NUMBER NADLER. IN THE YEARS SINCE I LAST. BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE HAS CONTINUED...
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| 00:20:21 |
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PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THOSE WHO PROTECT US TO VOTE SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE STRONGLY SUPPORT. SOME
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| 00:20:29 |
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STATES CONSISTENTLY FAILED TO GIVE BALANCE TO MILITARY MEMBERS IN THE ELECTIONS, SYSTEMICALLY DISENFRANCHISING MILITARY VOTERS, BREAKING FEDERAL LAW,...
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| 00:21:52 |
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ACT PASSED IN 2009 WE IMMEDIATELY WENT TO WORK OFF, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WORK DONE IN THE PLAY 10 CYCLE THAT WAS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE ENFORCEMENT...
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| 00:23:03 |
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WHO REQUESTED THEM AND ARE AT THE MERCY OF THE STATE TO RECEIVE THEM? >> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING PROACTIVELY ON THE ISSUE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO....
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| 00:23:16 |
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PROGRAM AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, WHO PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ENSURING THAT MILITARY AND OVERSEAS BOATERS CAN EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE. I...
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| 00:24:05 |
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OCTOBER, 21ST, 2011 -- "TOP JUSTICE OFFICIALS INVITED LIVES ON THIS -- INVITED HIS LONGEST -- ISLAMIST ADVOCATES WHO LOBBIED THEM FOR A LEGAL DEFINITION...
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| 00:26:08 |
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MEETING? >> I WOULD NEED TO READ THE ARTICLE TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT.
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WHEN I CAN TELL YOU IS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGGRESSIVELY HIS
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| 00:26:17 |
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FORCES ALL OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS, INCLUDING LAWS THAT PROTECT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. >> POINT OF ORDER, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> MY TIME HAS EXPIRED COULD >>...
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THAT ARTICLE, EITHER,
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AND WE THINK IT BEHOOVES US BEFORE ACCUSATIONS ARE MADE, OR AT LEAST THE
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| 00:26:38 |
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SAME TIME YET PHYSICIANS ARE MADE WE SEE THE ARTICLE, THE CONTEXT, AND WE KNOW THE -- WE ARE TALKING OFF. >> FAIR ENOUGH. I WOULD PLACE IN THE RECORD...
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CALLER" ARTICLE. I WILL PLACE THAT IN THE RECORD WITHOUT OBJECTION. WITH THAT MY TIME HAS EXPIRED. I WOULD RECOGNIZE THE RANKING MEMBER. >> THANK YOU....
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| 00:27:10 |
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NEW YORK'S POLICE APARTMENT STOP AND FRISK PROCEDURES. LAST YEAR, THE NYPD STOP AND INTERROGATED OVER 685,000 TIMES, A MORE THAN 60% INCREASE SINCE ...
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| 00:28:11 |
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NEW YORK AND WE HAVE RECEIVED REQUESTS TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER NOT -- AND ARE IN THE PROCESS TO REVIEW THESE REQUESTS. WE HAVE BEEN AT THE POLICE...
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| 00:28:43 |
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THAT? >> IT REMAINS UNDER ACTIVE REVIEW. I CANNOT GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC RESPONSE DATE. OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPONENTS IN THE
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| 00:28:53 |
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DEPARTMENT. >> THANK YOU. A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO,
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| 00:29:00 |
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WE HELD MANY, MANY HOURS OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE QUESTION OF THE RENEWAL OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 5 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT....
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| 00:30:25 |
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ON THIS ANNIVERSARY OF THE ADA IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE FORMER CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE, AND I HAVE READ HIS TESTIMONY IN CONNECTION WITH THE REAUTHORIZATION...
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I APPLAUD THE TREMENDOUS WORK FOR MAKING IT A REALITY. IN THE PAST SEVERAL CONGRESSES THERE HAVE BEEN PROPOSALS THAT WOULD REQUIRE NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC...
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THOSE PARTICULAR CASES THAT ARE GIVING RISE TO THAT LEGISLATION, WE BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BURDEN PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SEEKING FULL ACCESS TO THE...
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| 00:33:06 |
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YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO YIELD TO THE CHAIRMAN. >>
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THANK YOU, SIR. I APOLOGIZE IN TRYING
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| 00:33:15 |
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TO BEAT THE CLOCK. LET
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| 00:33:19 |
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ME RECAP ON THAT ONE. WILL YOU TELL US HERE TODAY SIMPLY THAT THIS IS ADMINISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL NEVER ATTAIN OR ADVANCED A PROPOSAL...
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| 00:33:43 |
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LET ME ASK A NEW QUESTION. WILL YOU TELL US THAT THIS IS MINISTRATIONS DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL NEVER ENTERTAINED OR ADVANCED
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| 00:33:53 |
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A PROPOSAL THAT CRIMINALIZES SPEECH AGAINST ANY RELIGION? >> AGAIN SIR -- >> THAT IS NOT A HARD QUESTION. >> ACTUALLY
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| 00:34:04 |
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IT IS WHEN YOU MAKE THREATS AGAINST SOMEONE. >> I AM ASKING YOU, WILL YOU TELL US THIS DEPARTMENT OF
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JUSTICE
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WILL NEVER ENTERTAIN OR ADVANCE
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| 00:34:14 |
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A PROPOSAL TO PENALIZE SPEECH AGAINST A RELIGION? >> AGAIN, SIR. IF YOU HAVE A PROPOSAL YOU ARE CONSIDERING, WE WILL ACTIVELY REVIEW THE PROPOSAL
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| 00:34:26 |
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COULD >> OK, I'M ASKING THAT YOU -- PROPOSAL. >> OK, I AM PROPOSING THAT YOU ANSWER THIS QUESTION. WILL YOU TELL US THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL NEVER...
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| 00:34:40 |
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THAT CRIMINALIZES SPEECH AGAINST ANY RELIGION? >> AGAIN, SIR, IF YOU GIVE US THE CONTEXT. >> I WILL NOT YIELD. >>
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| 00:34:52 |
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YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN AN ANSWER THEN. >>
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| 00:35:00 |
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I IF I REPHRASE THE QUESTION COMING YOU MIGHT GET A ANSWER. >> I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I WILL ASK MY QUESTIONS,
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| 00:35:08 |
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AND YOU WILL ASK YOUR. >>
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| 00:35:13 |
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I'M TRYING TO GET AN ANSWER TO A FAIRLY BASIC ANSWER HERE. IF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CANNOT ANSWER THE QUESTION
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| 00:35:22 |
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OF WHETHER THEY WILL ENTERTAIN OR ADVANCE A PROPOSAL THAT CRIMINALIZES SPEECH AGAINST ANY RELIGION, THEN IT IS PRETTY LATE IN THE DAY. I WILL CHANGE...
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| 00:35:59 |
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AWAITING TRIAL. >> ALL RIGHT. THAT SEEMS TO CONTRADICT INFORMATION WE GOT FROM CRA. >>
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| 00:36:09 |
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I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU TO PROVIDE -- >> COULD YOU GIVE US A
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| 00:36:17 |
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REPORT INCLUDING ONGOING CASES INCLUDING SHORT SUMMARIES OF EACH? >> I WOULD
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| 00:36:24 |
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BE HAPPY TO DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> ANY ESTIMATION? >> AGAIN, WE WILL DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >>
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ALL RIGHT.
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I WILL TELL YOU THAT OUR STAFF
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| 00:36:39 |
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DID STAFFCRS TO GET THIS INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF THIS HEARING, AND THE DOJ REPRESENTATIVE SAID THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 300 CASES BROUGHT, BUT THEY...
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| 00:37:27 |
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STAFF. THE HATE CRIME PREVENTION ACT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. WE HAVE HAD MANY INVESTIGATIONS. WE ARE PROUD OF THOSE CASES. WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK...
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| 00:37:52 |
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FULL COMMITTEE, MR. CONYERS. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I'M VERY PLEASED YOU
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| 00:38:06 |
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ARE HERE, MR. ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL. I WILL YIELD TO THE RANKING MEMBER OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, JERRY NADLER. >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO REPHRASE THE QUESTION...
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| 00:38:23 |
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HATE SPEECH AND HATE CRIMES ARE DIFFERENT TOPICS. I ASSUME THE DEPARTMENT WOULD MAKE A COMMITMENT, THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO OFFER A PROPOSAL TO CRIMINALIZE...
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| 00:38:55 |
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SPEECH, OTHER THAN WITH A DIRECT THREAT OF VIOLENCE OR SOMETHING
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| 00:39:01 |
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LIKE THAT? >> AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE HATE CRIME LAWS WHETHER BY FORCE OR THREAT OF FORCE IN CANDIDATES OR INTENDS TO INTIMIDATE
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| 00:39:12 |
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SOMEONE ON THE BASIS OF COLOR, CLASS. >> SO, SHORT OF INTIMIDATION AND THREAT OF VIOLENCE, YOU ARE NOT ENDORSING THE CONCEPT THAT SAYS YOU CANNOT CRITICIZE...
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| 00:39:24 |
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OR ANYTHING ELSE? >> WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE FIRST AMENDMENT, AND AT THE SAME TIME WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE PROSECUTION OF PEOPLE WHO USED THREATS OF
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| 00:39:35 |
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VIOLENCE TO ON THEIR MIND AND TEAR TO COMMUNITIES APART ON RACIAL LINES, SEXUAL ORIENTATION LINES, RELIGIOUS LINES. >> THANK YOU, AND I YIELD BACK. I...
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| 00:39:54 |
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STARTED OFF ON
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| 00:39:56 |
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THIS RAPID- FIRE BACK-AND-FORTH, AND SOMETIMES MORE -- SOME OF THE FINER AND MORE SUBSTANTIVE PARTS OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GET LOST. I WOULD LIKE...
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| 00:41:58 |
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STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE WANT TO ENFORCE THE LAWS, WE ARE ENFORCING THE LAWS AND WE ARE DOING SO IN A FAIR AND INDEPENDENT WAY. AS I SAID TO THE CHAIR BEFORE,...
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| 00:44:04 |
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THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>
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| 00:44:06 |
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THANK YOU. MR. SCOTT, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED
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| 00:44:10 |
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FOR FIVE MINUTES. >>
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| 00:44:12 |
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THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
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| 00:44:14 |
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MR.
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| 00:44:20 |
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PEREZ, WHEN SOUTHERN STATES HOSPITALS WERE SEGREGATED, AND WERE INTEGRATED BECAUSE PRESIDENT JOHNSON CONDITIONED THE RECEIPT OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID...
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| 00:44:51 |
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THAT AGGRESSIVELY ENFORCES TITLE 6. >> WHAT ABOUT RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION? >> AS WE HAVE
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| 00:45:02 |
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DISCUSSED>> THE ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO BE COMMITTED TO ENSURE THAT WE PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS IN WAYS CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW AND
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| 00:45:12 |
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OUR VALUES, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK VALUATE ISSUES THAT ARISE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. >> UNTIL 2001, THERE COULD BE NO RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION...
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| 00:45:29 |
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IDEA? >> WE RESPECT THE JUDGMENTS OF CONGRESS AND REINFORCE THE JUDGMENTS
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| 00:45:38 |
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AND THE LAW AND PLACE. >> CONGRESS SAID IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO DISCRIMINATE. DO YOU AGREE? >> IN THE CONTEXT -- AND WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATION
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| 00:45:48 |
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A FEW TIMES -- WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION? WE
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| 00:45:54 |
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WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WE ENFORCE THE LAW IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH BOTH THE CONSTITUTION AND OUR VALUES, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO IF I WAIT THESE...
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| 00:46:26 |
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WE HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ABOUT ANY DISCRIMINATION LAWS, AND WE HAVE IN FORCE
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| 00:46:36 |
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CASES BASED -- AND FORCE CASES BASED ON THE EMPLOYMENT CONTEXT. WE HAD A CASE IN ARIZONA -- >> I AM CONFUSED. CAN AN ORGANIZATION HAVE AS AN ARTICULATE...
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| 00:46:54 |
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JEWS WITH FEDERAL MONEY? >> WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT HOW TO TREAT THE ISSUES OF INSURING WE
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| 00:47:03 |
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PARTNER WITH FAITH THAT SUCH BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND WAYS CONSISTENT WITH ALL THEIR LOSS AND THE VALUES -- LAWS AND VAULES -- >> DID ALLOWS YOU ARE...
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| 00:47:26 |
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AND JEWS WITH FEDERAL MONEY? >> EVERY SITUATION IS FACT SPECIFIC. WE HAVE PROSECUTED BROUGHT SEVERAL SUITS INVOLVING DISCRIMINATION
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| 00:47:37 |
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BASED ON RELIGION, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE SPECIFIC FACTS OF PARTICULAR CASES -- >> IF THE ORGANIZATION IS RUNNING A PROGRAM WITH FEDERAL MONEY...
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| 00:47:53 |
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THE AMOUNT WE WILL DIE WITH THE FULL CONTEXT OF EVERY CASE AND WHEN THE FACTS DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE IS IN FACT DISCRIMINATION OCCURRING, WE WILL NOT...
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| 00:48:19 |
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RECEIVE FEDERAL MONEY? >> WHEN WE LOOK AT PARTICULAR SITUATIONS AND A FIGHT THE FACTS AND MAKE THE CORPORATE JUDGMENT. >>
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| 00:48:30 |
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ARE YOU ASHAMED OF SAYING YES THEY CAN IN FACT DISCRIMINATE LEGALLY WITH THE LAW YOU
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| 00:48:38 |
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ARE ENFORCING? >> EVERY CASE IS FACT SPECIFIC. WHEN THE CHAIRMAN ASKED ME ABOUT THREATS CASES -- >> WHAT IS THE BARRIER
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| 00:48:48 |
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TO DISCRIMINATION BY A FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION? WHAT LAW PREVENTS THEM FROM DISCRIMINATION?
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| 00:48:55 |
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WHAT WHAT CAN YOU APPLY THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM DISCRIMINATING, FROM HAVING A POLICY WE DO NOT HIRE CATHOLICS AND JEWS? >> WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE...
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| 00:49:15 |
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FROM THE DEPARTMENT SO AN AGENT FROM THAT PARTICULAR OFFICE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT OR WHETHER THERE IS A LOT OF MORE GENERAL APPLICATION. >>--...
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| 00:49:36 |
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THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
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| 00:49:39 |
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I APPRECIATE THE TESTIMONY. I CANNOT HELP BUT REFLECT BACK
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| 00:49:45 |
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ON SOME DIALOGUE THAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN A FORMER MEMBER OF NEW YORK WHEN HE ASKED ALONG THE LINES OF THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA, IS THERE A PARTICULAR...
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| 00:51:10 |
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DOES IT TROUBLE YOU? >> I BELIEVE IT IS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
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| 00:51:17 |
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I THINK THE ATTORNEY GENERAL LIVES IN THE DISTRICT OF
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| 00:51:22 |
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CORRULUMBIA. >> AS A TROUBLE YOU THAT THE YOUNG MAN COULD BE OFFERED A BALLOT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF UNITED STATES? >> THE INDIVIDUAL DID
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| 00:51:36 |
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NOT VOTE, AND THE QUESTION PRESENTED IS WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF VOTER FRAUD IN THE UNITED STATES.
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| 00:51:44 |
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IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LITIGATION, I CANNOT COMMENT TOO MUCH -- >> I KNOW WHY THE INDIVIDUAL VOTEDID NOT VOTE, BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT
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| 00:52:01 |
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TO BREAK THE LAW. THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT DOES VOTE -- BREAK THE LAW. MAYBE THEY CANNOT EVEN READ THAT IN ENGLISH, UNDERSTAND IT IN WHATEVER LANGUAGE....
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| 00:52:51 |
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I CANNOT RECALL THAT. >>
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| 00:52:54 |
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THAT IS MY RECOLLECTION, AND I RECALL THIS STATEMENT WHEN IT WAS POINTED OUT THE HEARD
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| 00:53:00 |
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THAT HER CAMPAIGN WAS 4.5 POINTS
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| 00:53:03 |
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DOWN IN THE POLLS, AND THIS IS FROM MEMORY, HER ANSWER TO THAT WAS, I AM NOT BEING -- WORRIED ABOUT BEING DOWN. I CAN PICK UP SIX POINTS ON THE STREET....
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| 00:54:29 |
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IT IS A DHS DECISION, AND DHS
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| 00:54:34 |
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MAKE THAT DECISION -- >> DHS HAS ANNOUNCED
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| 00:54:40 |
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THEY ARE LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE FROM DOJ. >> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT REFERENCE
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| 00:54:47 |
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THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE FROM DOJ. IN ARIZONA, WE
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| 00:54:52 |
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HAVE PRE-CLEARED AN ARRANGEMENT, SIX YEARS AGO, SO PARIS AND THAT IS MAKING USE OF THE SAVED DATABASE AND THEIR VERIFICATION PROCESS. IN THE COURSE...
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| 00:55:29 |
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PROVIDE LEGITIMATE ELECTIONS? CAN YOU IMAGINE ANY REASON WHY DOJ WOULD RECOMMEND NOT TO PROVIDE THAT LIST? >> AS I UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS, THE KEY...
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| 00:55:48 |
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ALIEN REGISTRATION NUMBERS COME OUT OF THE INDIVIDUAL. IF YOU ARE NOT COLLECTING THE DATA, THEN THE SAME DATABASE WILL NOT BE HELPFUL. >> COULD YOU CITE...
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| 00:56:06 |
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IS THE DEPARTMENT THAT ADMINISTRATORERS THE SAVE
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| 00:56:11 |
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ACT. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IF YOU DO NOT COLLECT THE REQUISITE DATA COME THE DATABASE IS USELESS. >> GENTLEMAN CAN FINISH THE QUESTION. YOU ARE FINISHED?...
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| 00:56:31 |
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BEEN PASSED BACK AND FORTH FOR TOO LONG AND IT IS A TIME
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| 00:56:36 |
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TO GET A RESOLUTION. I YIELD BACK. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION, ALL MEMBERS WILL HAVE 5 LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO SUBMIT TO THE CHAIR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE
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| 00:56:47 |
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WITNESSES, THE WITNESS IN THIS CASE, WHICH WILL BE FORWARDED, AND WE WILL ASK THE WITNESS TO RESPOND AS PROMPTLY SO THE ANSWER WILL BE MADE A PART OF...
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