[inaudible conversations] betty evening everyone. Rainy daybooks International World war i Museum Missouri are pleased to welcome Andrew Carroll editor of several best sellers. Also edited on the pro bono basis operation homecoming for girl which inspires the Emmy Award Winning film and the same name. The of that honors veterans with those wartime correspondence in more than 40 countries and collected an estimated 100,000 previously unpublished letters in emails. The legacy project has been renamed the center for america and is now part of the centers director currently embarking on the campaign to preserve the least 1 million correspondence to talk about his fellow book of my fellow soldiers. En to also from world war i from the spring and summer on pbs. Andrew carroll. [applause] betty evening i really appreciated. On those great independent bookstores and in setting this all up and many times as a researcher aisle is love coming back here and want to give the behindthescenes but i d
[inaudible conversations] spiritous subcommittee would come to order on how will simplify the broken tax code before we get started with Opening Statements about 80 yield to the chairman brady for the distinguished witness before us today. They give for your leadership of tax policy that such an important time in americas history and for hearings like this to have the conversation with a more progrowth tax system. Thanks to the witnesses of a special welcome to our friend former leader of this committee and a longtime mentor to me personally. Thanks for being here to share your insight. I would like to take a moment for the legacy at the ways and Means Committee actually serving on the committee 20 years chairman of the 1995. And the strong voice of 1986 lower rates for americans with complexity with those tax figures and to bring the same passion and determination that the tax code works for the American People and not against them. And to do those same taxes year after year to know i
Welcome back to the campus of university of arizona and day two of the tucson festival of books. Booktv is life again today. This is the tv on cspan2 and we are going live to the first panel on politics. [inaudible conversations] welcome. Good to have you here. Welcome to the nice annual festival of books in tucson. Its under incredible experience for all of us in tucson to have this with such incredible speakers and authors coming in from all over the country. I will be your moderator this morning. [applause]. Think you. You are very kind. When i think cox cox mccue can indication for sponsoring this then you. Mr. Nichols is sponsored by cindy and neil raney. Can we have a quick round of applause parsed bonsers. [applause]. This will last an hour and immediately following the session the authors will go to the book signing tent. Mr. Nichols will be a bit delayed, so david will sign his books for you, if he would like. [applause]. Which will increase their value. Its the arizona bookst
Welcome back to the campus of university of arizona and day two of the tucson festival of books. Booktv is life aga we are in the gallagher theater and here is a quick look at the lineup in just a few minutes we will be discussing politics that followed by a callin program with venetians in his book is called People Get Ready. You will hear the authors talk about civil rights in the Supreme Court, freedom of the press, immigrants and education and epidemics. All sorts of callin programs today including one with maureen dowd of the New York Times. You can follow along with our programming and get behind the scenes pictures and videos on the site, facebook. Com booktv, insta graham booktv and twitter booktv. We are going live to the first author panel and this is on politics. I think i see many of the faces we have seen at similar panels in the previous years. Welcome to the ninth annual, can you believe the ninth annual festival ofestival of the books. It is incredible to have such spea
President of external affairs. Im so delighted that you all could join us today. Reviving antitrust cap highlighted the concerning indicator that is the economy has grown far too consolidated with more power being concentrated among the largest firms in america. Because of conservative assault on both government and middle class. This assault has played out not just in the courts but in the antiforce the federal trade commission and a wide range of federal regulators and halls of congress where the view that big more than efficient has dominated far too long. Since the early 1980s conservative legal thinking embodied in robert bork and ant anyonical anyone scalia from the abuses of markets and large corporations. Unfortunately the Trump Administration is going precisely in the wrong direction. Trump has appointed billionaires and ideologues to his cabinet that seek to strip the government of these tools to protect the public. He has appointed a chair of the federal communications comfo