nassar. but the gymnastics signed by chairman gaudi, then ranking member cummings and also missus fox and myself, the committee wrote, and i quote, sexual assault should not be tolerated. but when it does occur, it is imperative that a swift and immediate action be taken to stop the abuse, prevent it from occurring and address its effects. i would like to enter a letter into the record without objection so ordered and we are here today to hold another sports governing body accountable because the nfl has failed to the thousands of employees that work for teams across the country and that failure has endangered women across the nfl and sent a powerful message to every workplace that accountability is optional. my time is expired into the gentle lady is recognized and i placed the letter in the record. >> in 2014, the nfl revised its personal conduct policy so i want to discuss a passage of that for the management that's been held through a higher standard and will be subject to more significan

gymnastics' handling of allegations against larry nassar. a letter to the u.s.a. gymnastics signed by chairman gowdy, then ranking member ms. foxx, member cummings, also ms. foxx and myself the committee wrote, and i quote, sexual assault should not be tolerated, but when it does occur, it is imperative that swift and immediate action be taken to stop the abuse, prevent it from occurring, and address its effects, end quote. i would like to enter the letter into the record, without objection, so ordered. and we are here today to hold another sport governing body accountable. because the nfl has failed the thousands of employees that work for teams across the country. and that failure has endangered women across the nfl and sent a powerful message to every workplace that accountability is optional. my time has expired. the gentlelady is recognized, ms. norton. i place the letter in the record. ms. norton: thank you, madam chair. mr. goodell, in 2014 the nfl sraoe advise -- revised its personnel conduct policy. i want to discuss the passage of that. it said ownership

nassar and subsequently lied about their misconduct. i want to take this moment, in your presence, to again raise my strong concerns with the fact that it seems these agents have not been held fully accountable for what you described as an institutional failure. i understand the doj is reviewing its earlier decision, this is an issue that blumenthal and i pursued in the commerce committee, but you are reviewing the decision not to criminally charge these agents. could you provide me a status update as to where this issue lies? yeah, so, you are right this is a horrible institutional failure. it's almost unspeakable. it is unspeakable what happened to those and, also unspeakable the way in which the investigation failed to proceed we have created institutional changes in that regard to make sure does not happen again. the fbi has revised its procedures. the deputy attorney general has issued memorandums to the field. whenever u.s. attorney's office, or federal law enforcement decides not to follow up and immediately devise a state and lo

the committee held the hearing on the fbi's mishandling of the larry nassar investigation, who was convicted of the most heinous kind of abuse, with respect to athletes. great women shared their stories with us, they showed up to tell their stories and go through grave obstacles. the inspector general concluded that two fbi agents made false statements during their investigation into nassar. and to the ig himself, the inspector general, during the investigation. the fbi agents lied. he referred those cases to the department of justice. what i'd like to ask is that the department of justice now, in effect, show up by providing an explanation with regard to the prosecution of the agents. the deputy attorney general announced the criminal division was conducting a new review and that new information is for that review to be completed. what i am speaking to you is a you will explain when it's made and it's typically not explained. the justice department itself says that in criminal civil rights cases, quote, it is case closing notification letters and cases closed with indictments. and for prose

nassar did not receive -- >> why did you nor the attorney general show up at the hearing? >> sir, i think the committee, and i thank the committee for its work, was able to hear from director wray and the attorney general. >> don't you think you disrespect these victims of sexual assault by ignoring dr. feinstein's letter or don't you think you owe them an apology for supervising the fbi, don't you think you showed disrespect by not showing? >> i meant no disrespect, and i'm here to ensure that the failures, the inexcusable failures, fundamental failures do not happen again. i welcome the committee's questions here today on that subject. >> you're about three weeks too late by my count. a lot of the initial failures of the fbi occurred in 2015. we're now in 2021. and despite the department of justice's refusal to act on the criminal referral by the inspector general, now you tell us six years later that the department of justice is reviewing new information and has a sense of urgency and gravity over these potential criminal prosecutions. you know, i've been in washington

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they were as guilty as larry nassar himself. i don't know how the politicians are all involved and now they are going to save the day and they care so much. they have things going on in their own chambers with young children. host: you mentioned christopher wray who took over the at the i in 2017. he did testify yesterday -- took over the fbi in 2017. he did testify yesterday. here's part of his testimony. [video clip] >> good morning. on behalf of the entire fbi, i want to begin by saying to the brave women who testified this morning, and i gathered there were some others here today who were among the many whom larry nassar hurt deeply. i am profoundly sorry to each and every one of you. i'm sorry for what you and your families have been through. i am sorry that some many different people let you down over and over again. i am especially sorry that there were people at the fbi who had their own chance to stop this monster and 2015 and failed -- this monster in 2015 and failed. that is inexcusable and we are doing everything in

larry nassar. they accuse the fbi agent's tasked with the investigation of misrepresented and covering up their claims of abuse. following their testimony, fbi director christopher wray and justice department inspector there spoke with the committee about the investigation. this is about four hours.

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nassar, the former usa gymnastics doctor accused of sexually assaulting hundreds of girls and women. vials, alongside mckayla maroney, maggie nichols, aly raisman, appearing before the first panel on the handling of that investigation in the second panel will include michael horowitz and christopher wray. the gymnasts will appear in person, according to an aide to the senate judiciary committee chairman, dick durbin. in a 119 page report released in july, it was said that the fbi failed to intervene in a timely manner and the field office made fundamental errors by failing to notify other offices or state or local authorities. more on that today at 10 a.m. eastern, that hearing is where we are going to be going right after our program ends this morning, so you can stick around here on c-span for that. back to your phone calls about this book coming out, "peril," details from the joint chiefs of staff and his concerns over the waning days of the trump administration and the potential for war between the u.s. and china. his actions, other revelations about the book and the trump admini

nassar, the former usa gymnastics addition and convicted sex offender. the hearing comes after the fbi inspector general found the agency failed to properly investigate reports that mr. nasser was assaulting young athletes. horowitz and fbi director christopher wray will appear before the committee. watch on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. ♪ >> he was a notorious philanderer. he was ambitious. these are the words of david, a journalist and former reporter at the "wall street journal," words from a book review about joseph p kennedy senior, father of jack, teddy, and bobby kennedy. her book is about joseph p kennedy, sr's time as abbasid or to great britain, 1948. >> listen at c-span.org/podc asts or wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ >> you can be a part of the national conversation by participating in c-span's national studentcam competition. submit a five-minute to six-minute documentary that answers the western, how does the federal government impact your life? you c-span video clips, which are easy to find and

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nassar's sexual abuse, i'm sure you recall his prosecution. there was an inspector general for that visit to the fbi's possible delay malfeasance. i hope that will be published promptly in the interest of the transparency value. judge garland: i will consult with the inspector general and i believe in making those reports public to the extent permissible within the law. and finally, you may be aware that a number of my former colleagues have taken action against exxon and other oil companies to hold them accountable for misleading and defrauding the public about climate change for decades. nothing could be so important as the united states department of justice similarly taking action against gas and oil companies for lying to the american public about the devastating effects of these products on climate change. i hope you will consider taking action in that regard. judge garland: from the way you began it feels like there is pending litigation on this matter. it's not something i should be commenting on. sen. blumenthal: thank you, judge. >>

nassar's sexual abuse , i'm sure you recall his prosecution. there was an inspector general for that visit to the fbi's possible delay malfeasance. i hope that will be published promptly in the interest of the transparency value. judge garland: i will consult with the inspector general and i believe in making those reports public to the extent permissible within the law. and finally, you may be aware that a number of my former colleagues have taken action against exxon and other oil companies to hold them accountable for misleading and defrauding the public about climate change for decades. nothing could be so important as the united states department of justice similarly taking action against gas and oil companies for lying to the american public about the devastating effects of these products on climate change. i hope you will consider taking action in that regard. judge garland: from the way you began it feels like there is pending litigation on this matter. it's not something i should be commenting on. sen. blumenthal: thank you, judge. >>

likable weng, and have seen with the me too movement, the conviction of larry nassar, charges against harry weinstein, conviction of bill cosby and others, does sexism amount to irrelevant pouting? >> i understand your concerns. i can tell you issues of sexism are very concerning and important to me, especially as a father of two young daughters and someone who has three older sisters i admire very much. >> why did you write that? article, irote that was 19 years old, and i was trying to defend it professor i knew and admired at the time. at the time, i did not have the life experiences of how the workplace works. my only job was as a newspaper boy delivering papers in our local neighborhood. i did not understand the dynamics of the workplace. frankly, also very naive. engageught was i don't in that kind of behavior. my friends don't engage in that kind of behavior. at that time, we did not hear much about these kinds of stories. now we know why. spotnk i had a major blind on that. host: that is from the senate judiciary committee. how far is too far to go back? he was a teenager. he