Of traditional libraries. Hosted by zocalo public square. This is about an hour and ten minutes. Thank you. [ applause ] i feel like i should behave somehow. There is a slight stigma. Ill try to behave. You havent so far. [ laughter ] part of why were here is to celebrate this library and this is coinciding with that. I wanted to start sort of soft and fuzzy before i really try to go antilibrary on these people. You what . I told them i warned them, beforehand i hate libraries and so one of the striking things ive been talking to people for weeks preparing for this, people have really wonderful memory, childhood memories of libraries in particular and when they first got the favorite moments. Could we start i have to introduce you, my goodness. To my left, susan hill dredge is the former director of the institute of museum and library services. A president alley appointed Senate Confirmed position. Shes currently a professor of practice at the university of Washington Information Schoo
Of the other branches. Mr. Speaker, i want you to listen to whats coming out of this white house when we talk about this lawsuit the house is considering filing. Is this what you hear . Is what you hear from president barack obama in 2014 the same thing you heard from him as candidate for president barack obama in 2008 . The most important job of the Supreme Court is to guard against the encroachment of the executive branch. That is all this house is asking the court to decide. And we didnt choose a controversial issue, one that we might disagree with the president on whether or not it should be implemented. We chose his own Health Care Bill to say, mr. President , i know youre proud of this Health Care Bill and so lets do it. Lets implement it. Lets not pick and choose. Lets do the whole thing exactly the way you signed it, exactly the way the house and Senate Passed it. Lets do it that way. You dont get to make those decisions on your own. The president knew that as a senator. In fac
You want when youre a governor. Governor branstad picked really wisely four years ago. Theres no reason to change a winning team right in the middle of a winning streak. So please give as much support to Lieutenant Governor reynolds as you give governor branstad. Shes earned it, and shes great. [ applause ] now here we are. Were at scott county. Now, you know, i probably shouldnt say this, but when i was walking in, branstad said this is the best county. This is just incredible. These guys, i never lose in scott county. I never lose in scott county. These are really good, good supporters of our party. And so for all of you who are here tonight, and i turn to the chair while governor branstad was talking and said, this is such an amazing turnout in the middle of july, for you all to be here, supporting this team and this ticket in the middle of july when you could be doing lots of other things, it is incredibly impressive for me to see all of you out here. And so i can tell you that wer
Schulman, in a 2008 president bush appointee was asked, did the Citizens United case in any way affect the irs process by handling tax exempt applications. His answer, no. To the best of my knowledge, it did not. Likewise, the head of the Elections Crime Branch said it is the law, so no, i am not aware of any effort or part of any effort to fix a problem from Citizens United. While republicans continue to promote their unfounded allegations, they conveniently overlook the furnling of dark money into elections. 501c organizations are not barred from participating in political campaigns. But the regulations are clear, they state political activity must be a substantial amount of the groups activity less than 50 . These groups can already gain Tax Exemption as a section 572 organization. That would require them to disclose their donors rather than keeping the American People in the dark about where theyre getting their money. As i repeatedly stated, anonymous money in politics disrupts th
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