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And here too i will refer to my fathers 1959 address. He worried then about californias dangerously overcrowded prisons. A he talked about identifying those prisoners who should never be released to prey again on an innocent public, but he also said, we should also determine whether some prisoners are now kept confined after punishment has served its purpose. We face these same questions today what purposes should punishment serve and for how long should a person be confined to jail or prison, f...

Weeds here, to maintain a practicing license has to get a certain amount of continuing medical education every year. And whats happened over the past decade and a half is more and more of that continuing medical education has been funded by the Drug Companies or the companies that make certain products. And the challenge is as the questioner pointed out, the funding passes through and its technically an unrestricted grant and there are various fire walls in place. Everybody who has looked at thi...

Legislative agenda. The most Diverse Congress industry poised to take power and a wave of new lawmakers is arriving on capitol hill. Republicans called it the ranks. And that spirit, the hill should look at the quirks of the voting members and the new congress. There is a Record Number of female lawmakers, alongside 430 men following the departure of michael grimm. You taught senator tim scott is part of the largest black republican lass in Congress Since the reconstruction era. There will be 46...

And so one of the things at the very basic level we need to do is just get more people participating. Its hard to run a good democracy with less than one in five people participating. And what that tends to do is bring out the people who are the most focused and organized and generally the most ideological. And its going to take a while to shift that around. The political scientists will tell you thing that is dont make sense to me but theyre pretty consistent on it that moving to more early vot...

The week ahead will task you with thinking about many of these challenges and considerations that Face Congress and the president every day. With your faculty director, you will explore these issues and attempt to find some Bipartisan Solutions. This seminar is a unique spacebased experiential learning opportunity that very few College Students will ever have. Being here in d. C. Together as a group and engaged in the seminar will allow us to do a deep dive into and to remain focused on the issu...

Flow of vital information. I agree with your point about whistleblower protections, but there are a range of different motives. There are spy, Robert Hanssen types. No sympathy for that. A lot of people leak because it makes them feel important. They are in the know, and it shows they are in the know. It makes them feel good to do that. I dont have much sympathy for that. I do have sympathy for an actual whistleblower. Were are instances where h have seen for the right reason they have gone to t...

Our sisters, our fathers and sons and brothers, we must pass the paycheck fairness act. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot. That includes equal pay for equal work. I urge my colleagues to come together and pass the paycheck fairness act. And with that you can watch newsmakers at 10 00 and 6 00 eastern on cspan. A week ago, afghan voters went to the polls in the president ial elections in the firstever democratic transfer of power and afghanistans history. It could take up to six weeks to t...

His car. Dustin says coronado was shouting at the thieves from the doorway of his everett avenue home when he was shot. I think they just started shooting. Then. A bullet hit dozen says coronado was the first person he ever hired. And not only was he passionate about his work, but also about helping people. Dawson says its what gave him true, joy. He would help anybody like you would do anything for anybody. Hes just just a really good kind person who never hurt anybody. And did the best he coul...

Higher a gallon than when President Biden took office. Diesel prices are even higher, nearly 2. 81 per gallon more than in january of 2021. In short, look, we need to unleash our Domestic Energy production, not ask for help from opec. Or venezuela. We need to unleash our oil and Gas Resources in states like my home state or the presiding officers home state. We can produce a lot more oil and gas in this country and we have the best environmental . Andz. Thats how you bring the price down at the ...

In ohio. Later, more like a Campaign Coverage as a Vice President joe biden travels to lynchburg, virginia. This weekend, booktv is will be in austin, texas. From 11 006 00 eastern, you can hear from Douglas Brinkley and others. Sunday from noon6, a book about ulysses s. Grant, infiltrating drug cartels and inside the house of representatives. The texas book festival, live this weekend, on booktv, on c span 2. Next, we will talk about covering president ial campaigns with political journalists w...