Fact that he is the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman means he cannot be too independent. Hes responsible for assuring some of the administration possibly guess priorities. In some of the administrations top priorities. Along those lines, theres no better example than what is going on with the nsa. The administration is pushing as hard as they can to defend these programs. Patrick leahy has said he is he said the changes. Nsa got out of their lane on this. This is problematic for the hiselligence committee. Willingness as a leader and chairman to take this position shows that he is an independent in the senate. They brought up the issue of immigration and gun control. Where are both of these issues . Guncontrol he said is over with. He sees immigration as still life. Alive. Even though it is now out of his hands, he is still going to work really hard at communicating with members of the house and trying to get the final product to the president does. President s desk. Thank you for b
The more lead time we give these contractors, the better the business that we get. It would save all of us money if we had some sense for at least a 12 month period of what is coming. Thank you for the comment, governor. I could not agree with you more. There is a substantial need for all of our stakeholders in the Transportation Industry for longterm look outs in terms of budgeting and Funding Availability and instability within the system. What i would also say to that is we have to see transportation in the context of what is happening globally, which is that the while i think American Workers are the best workers in the world, while i think we have the best infrastructure in the world, we have a world that is quickly trying to catch up to us. Tocannot afford to wait create the 21st century infrastructure that is going to make this country continue to achieve our goals economically. I havent strong belief that there is a bipartisan understanding of that i have a strong belief that t
Thank you. It is great to see all of you. Many of you are old friends. It is nice to come back. It feels like the homecoming. We have a great panel and a huge subject. How to know where to begin . This is about the first ladies as influence makers. That is the term that is itself subject to perhaps misunderstanding on multiple definitions. You have written among other about the book explicitly first ladies of the 20th century, which presume there is someone Something Different about them. Influence . Ou define it is a vault. It has evolved. We saw the influence begin as one that was ceremonial and focus, and since the beginning of the 20th century, and since 1960, we have seen the president ial spouse assuming more influence. It goes way beyond hello talk. Lady bird used to say that the first lady was the only one who could tell the president to shut up. And then, not be fired. That influence has taken various forms. Sometimes, the concerns of the first lady become the concerns of the