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Explores the struggles of Work-Life balance on middle class families in the United States.

This committee hearing examines the work that is being done worldwide to protect individuals of all faiths from repression from governments like North Korea, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Assyrian Christians in northeastern Syria or groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq or Levant (ISIL) or Boko Haram. Religious persecution in the world has a heavy impact on U. S. foreign policy, but the response cannot be just a military one, political and economic issues must also be addressed. Expert witness testimony from David N. Saperstein, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, U.S. Department of State, Bishop Oscar Cantú, Chairman, Committee on International Justice and Peace of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Tony Perkins, President, Family Research Council, and Dr. Jay A. Sekulow, Chief Counsel, American Center for Law and Justice is included. The chairman of the hearing is Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

North Korea: progress after Perry: hearing before the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, March 21, 2000.

Dirty bombs and basement nukes: the terrorist nuclear threat: hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, March 6, 2002.

Nominations of John Ramsey Johnson and Gerald I. Fisher: hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session on the nominations of Johm Ramsey Johnson and Gerald I. Fisher to be associate judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

The Meltzer Commission: the future of the IMF and World Bank: hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, May 23, 2000.

Medicare fraud, waste, and abuse: hearing before the subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate; One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session; special hearing.

Legislative proposals and issues relevant to the operations of the inspectors general: hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, July 19, 2000.

Lessons of NAFTA for U.S. relations with the Americas: hearing before the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, Narcotics, and Terrorism of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, April 27, 2000.

America's schools: providing equal opportunity or still separate and unequal?: hearing before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, on examining educational equity and resource adequacy among public school systems within and among states, May 23, 2002.

Energy tax policy in 2016 and beyond: hearing before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, second session, June 14, 2016.

S. 803, E-government Act of 2001: hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session on S. 803, to enhance the management and promotion of electronic government services and processes by establishing a Federal Chief Information Officer within the Office of Management and Budget, and by establishing a broad framework of mea

Iran nuclear negotiations: status of talks and the role of Congress: hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, January 21, 2015.

DNA crime labs: the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act: hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, May 15, 2001.

The Department of Energy's budget request for fiscal year 2017: hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, second session, March 3, 2016.

Civil Rights Division oversight: hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, September 13, 2011.

Supporting children and families through investments in high-quality early education: hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, second session ... February 6, 2014.

Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: combating campus sexual assault: hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session ... July 29, 2015.

Economic crisis: the global impact of a Greek default: hearing before the Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, on examining the systemic risks Greece could pose to the rest of the Eurozone and the broader international economy, June

Housing finance reform: protecting small lender access to the secondary mortgage market: hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, on examining components such as infrastructure, technology, and the cash window, that need to be preserved for small lenders in a new housing finance system, Novemb

U.S.-Mexican relations: the unfinished agenda: hearing before the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, April 16, 2002.

Our nation's water infrastructure: challenges and opportunities: hearing before the Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, December 13, 2011.

Nominations to the U. S. Coast Guard and the Consumer Product Safety Commission: hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, second session, April 8, 2014.

Bioterrorism--domestic weapons of mass destruction: hearing before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations; and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate; One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session; special hearing.

Trust lands and resources of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon: hearing before the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, on S. 266 ... July 24, 2001, Washington, D.C.

Offshore profit shifting and the U.S. Tax Code. Part 2 (Apple Inc.): hearing before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, May 21, 2013.

Black carbon: a global health problem with low-cost solutions: hearing before the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, September 24, 2013.

President Clinton's eleventh hour pardons: hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, February 14, 2001.

S. 1074, the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2013; S. 1132, the Lumbee Recognition Act; and S. 161, the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2013: hearing before the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, October 30, 2013.

Surface transportation reauthorization: oversight and reform of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: hearing before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, March 4, 2015.