Enjoy booktv now and over the weekend on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] all right. Good evening ladies and tillman. My name is jasmyne post. Im a scholar here at university of louisville and its an honor to welcome you to our Mcconnell Center event. In celebration of Constitution Day we thank you for joining us for debate on did america have christian founding . Its my pleasure to introduce aa moderator for this the next debate. Olde providence 24th dean or the Brandeis School law at the university of louisville. Prior to becoming too brandeis Dean Crawford said at the robert professor of environment the tw at Tulane University law school in new orleans. Before killing he was a tenured member of the faculty at Georgia State University College of law in atlanta where he found and codirected the center for comparative study of metropolitan growth which has developed new models for fieldbased fuelbased education and comparative and environmental landuse law. Dean crawford is a lot of t
[applause] ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming out on yet another rainy day in kentucky in 2019. Let me take a moment to ask you to take your time now to check your cell phones and make sure it is turned off. Thank you all for coming out today to another historic moment for the history of the Mcconnell Center here at the university of louisville. Ive decided to handle it this way. I will not call you out. Thank you for bringing her today out in the rain or dragging her through the rain here today. This is a historic moment for the center, one of many in our history. I was thinking about it this week the very roman statesman, one of those important and one of the most important statesmen of all time in his book on duties as it seems if we were going w to live in a free socie, we would have duties. One it seems to me is to remember, to learn from our past and pass on to the rising generation. The two authors today have done that with the buck that we launched to the world. We also
Ladies and gentleman, thank you for com ladies and gentlemen thank you for coming out on another rainy day in kentucky. Let me take a moment. Thank you for coming out at this historic moment at the Mcconnell Center there is a number of distinguished guests in the audience tonight if you think i would call you distinguish then that is the case. But i do owe and introduction to the president of the university of louisville thank you for bringing her today. This is a storied moment in our history and the statesman one of the most important of all time because it seems to me we have duties one is to remember to learn from our past and the rising generation with the book we launch to the world and we have High School Students all over kentucky just spending the last week at the Mcconnell Center studying the constitution. So whatever else to study the foundation of the american constitutional order. And then to help us remember history to get those lessons onto the next generation. An attorn
[applause] good morning everybody. I have to say that was one of the most surreal moments in my life to walk and no behind you is the Senate Majority leader and the secretary of the state. As a young people would say i can make it a name, couldnt i . Welcome. I am your president and i am so honored today to have the opportunity to introduce a man who truly needs no introduction anywhere in the world and certainly not here, his old Stomping Ground and that is of course, leader mitch mcconnell. I would like to say before i would like to say thank you. Would you mind giving him a round of applause. [applause] he does such an amazing job with our students and as soldiers and we are so grateful to have the opportunity to serve. Leader mcconnell is the longestserving Senate Majority president. U. S. Senator and he is only the second kentuckian to serve as majority leader in the u. S. Senate. He has so many roles as you know including a Senior Member of the appropriations agriculture and rule
1979. Cspan is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Next, secretary of state mike pompeo talks about u. S. Foreign policy challenges at the university of louisville Mcconnell Center. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell was also there to introduce the secretary and ask him a few questions. [ applause ] good morning, everybody. I have to say that was one of the most surreal moments in my life to walk and know that behind you is the Senate Majority leader and the secretary of state. As the young people would say, i could make it a meme, couldnt i . Welcome. Im your president , and im so honored today to have the opportunity to introduce a man who truly need no introduction anywhere in the world and certainly not here, his old stomping grounds. And that is, of course, leader mitch mcconnell. I would like to say first of all before i introduce him thank you to dr. Gary greg. Would you mind giving him a round of applause . [