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Host good morning. It is friday, may 24, 2024. The house and the senate will meet for pro forma sessions to date and votes will not take place until after memorial day. We begin in the wake of yesterdays hearing with the leaders of rutgers university, ucla, northwestern. It was the third congressional hearing for College President s since campus protests corrupted early this spring. This morning we are asking if the wave of protests has changed your view of Higher Education. If they have, the nu...

Moment. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. [inaudible conversations] [applause] some of you may be looking up at this stage and saying, wait a minute, whats wrong with this picture of. [laughter] we thought in our program we had gray davis up here wheres gray . We thought we had Barbara Boxer up here. Wheres barb baa boxer . Actually weve done a bit of a bait and switch here, but its a great panel, and i think its going to be extremely interesting. We do have still tim ...

Im sure the significance of this position at this crucial time is not lost on you. Its not lost on any member of the committee. Its a major focus of the committee for some time now and we agreed to have you here to discuss your thoughts on these matters. On a number of occasions i stated the president ial leadership would be a key component to any successful tax reform effort. Just last week i quoted president obama at a speech on the senate floor back in 2012 he said things like the current Cor...

Im sure the significance of this position at this crucial time is not lost on you. Its not lost on any member of the committee. Its a major focus of the committee for some time now and we agreed to have you here to discuss your thoughts on these matters. On a number of occasions i stated the president ial leadership would be a key component to any successful tax reform effort. Just last week i quoted president obama at a speech on the senate floor back in 2012 he said things like the current Cor...

A few that have been here before the committee a number of times you just cant tell you what it means to us. But now we are going to shift a little bit and consider the nomination of mr. David to serve as the assistant secretary of treasury for tax policy. Welcome to the finance committee. We appreciate the willingness to adhere today and we also appreciate the willingness to serve in this capacity. Im sure the significance of this position at this crucial time is not lost on you. Its not lost o...

A few that have been here before the committee a number of times you just cant tell you what it means to us. But now we are going to shift a little bit and consider the nomination of mr. David to serve as the assistant secretary of treasury for tax policy. Welcome to the finance committee. We appreciate the willingness to adhere today and we also appreciate the willingness to serve in this capacity. Im sure the significance of this position at this crucial time is not lost on you. Its not lost o...

Are grateful to have you here to discuss your thoughts on this matters. Ive stayed my view the president ial leadership will be a key component to any successful tax reform effort. Just last week i quoted president obama in a speech on the senate floor in 2012. He said things like our current Corporate Tax system is outdated, unfair, and inefficient. He never g the problem was that president obama never got around to meeting out on tax reform. I expect more from President Trump and tax reform, t...

More regulations, no drilling, war on coal, everything you saw from Obama Hillary clinton would have done on steroids, at least thats what she ran on. Neil she would probably ram that through republican congress. Would have been tough. You have a republican congress. Neil youre absolutely right. You literally have a stopgap on everything, marginally upside surprises which is health care maybe some day. Who knows. Neil they dont give that up do they . Taxes. Taxes should be cut. Neil it is gettin...

In a 5248 vote. Next, the white house swearingin ceremony held 25 years ago this month. This is 20 minutes. Visit us online at cspan. Org history to learn more about the Clarence Thomas confirmation. You can search our Video Library for confirmation hearings in the full senate debate. This is American History tv on cspan3. When i was trying to come up with my documentary for studentcam, i was a little bit haunted because there were so many elements i was trying to put into it. A lot of informati...

And mrs. Bush accompanied by Justice Byron white and justice and mrs. Clarence thomas. The chief invocation will be given by john c. Danforth. I ask you please to observe a moment of silence in memory of mrs. Natalie rehnquist. Holy and loving god, who has given us this great nation, and its called gifted men and women to bear the burdens and assume the duties of public service. We give you thanks and praise for raising from humble origins Clarence Thomas to the highest court in our land. We tha...