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Migration policy institute. So long with our partners, catholic legal integration clinic endorsed down law, we are very delighted to a commute to the 16th annual policy confronts. Do you get a we will in a moment from executive director but i wanted to join with clooney and also thinking for hosting us and once again for this meeting to go to the dean slave trader, and to all of the staff that were involved in putting this together. It couldnt happen that went out you. I also decided in the i wa...

Okay. Oneminute warning. That invigorated people. 30 seconds. 30 seconds was particularly effective. Ill have to remember that. Well, its my happy duty to introduce and moderate the second panel. Let me just begin by introducing myself briefly. Im bill galston, a senior fellow in the Governance Studies Program here at brookings. Delighted to be a small cog in the brookings Service Year Alliance machine that has produced this meeting. I want to thank two people in particular. Bell sawhill for con...

Next, the hearing on the house energy and commerce subcommittee on the potential Health Effects of e. Cigarettes. It also includes Public Officials from North Carolina, massachusetts, michigan and kansas testifying how the states are responding to the rise in vaping related illnesses. The subcommittee on oversight and investigations hearing will now come to order. Today the committee is holding a hearing entitled sounding the alarm the Public Health crisis of cigarettes. The purpose is to examin...

Here and i am here and get used to it. applause explorer nations passed on American History to be every weekend on seaspan three. A panel looking at ways to improve the budget process and before the House Committee on the committee of congress. The committee will come to order and declare a recess on the committee at any time and this hearing is entitled recommendations for improving the budget and the process i will look at the work of the joint elected committee on the process reform. I now re...

I have been a fan since its inception. It is my anniversary. 10 years ago, i moderated my first panel on Climate Change. I am thrilled to be back with this wonderful panel. I would like to introduce eric conway, the historian of science and technology and the coauthor of a book, merchants of doubt, how a handful of scientists obscured the issues for tobacco and global warming. The p the director for Research Center and she has authored numerous reports focused on the public trust in science. Inc...

Introduce and moderate second panel. Let me begin by introducing myself briefly. My name is bill galston. Am a senior fellow here at brookings and delighted to be a small cog in the institution. People,o introduce two bell, for working tirelessly to bring about, and also, our president , john allen, for letting his vast experience and moral authority to our enterprise this morning, and i think it is a sign that brookings is spiritually aligned with the National Service movement. Introduce the qu...

Civilian National Service programs. This was hosted by the Brookings Institution. It is one hour and 10 minutes. John good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Im john allen, the president of brookings and on behalf of the institution and our partners at Service Year Alliance, i want to welcome you all to this important event today. I want to welcome those coming in over the webcast and of course we always welcome the media. This morning youll be hearing from a distinguished group of leaders and volun...

Nancy pelosi, condemning the actions of President Trump as she announces a formal impeachment inquiry. President trump has tweeted in response calling the inquiry a total witchhunt. Welcome everyone to the four, all of this stems from a whistleblower complaint that the director of National Intelligence has so far refused to turn over to congress. He reportedly details efforts by President Trump to pressure the president of ukraine to investigate democratic residential candidate joe biden and his...

The subcommittee on oversight and investigations hearing will now come to order. Today the committee is holding a hearing entitled sounding the alarm the Public Health crisis of cigarettes. The purpose is to examine the Public Health impacts the regulatory authorities related to key cigarette manufacturing sales and use. The chair now recognizes for purposes of an opening statement. Our country is facing a serious Public Health epidemic one that is causing severe harm. It will examine the cost o...

Was the last two pass all the bills as part of the Fiscal School year and i was almost 25 years ago and motels members have not seen a process that works the way its supposed to where they are there on time and the committee on appropriation process which i served along my colleague who was established by the bipartisan act of 2018 and was charged with making recommendations to significantly reform the budget process. A very active establishing committee was that the process wasnt working at all...