Institute, thank you for joining us this evening. I have the pleasure of introducing our two panelists and ted olson in just a moment. I would like to take a moment first to thank justice joining this evening. Its an honor to have you with us. Thank you. Today has been a time to celebrate the legacy of the first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court. This evening, we have the privilege of welcoming the second and the third. Were extraordinarily grateful to justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Sonia Sotomayor for joining us to honor Sandra Day Oconnor. Justice ginsberg and justice day oconnor share an unusual distinction, interesting nicknames. Justice oconnor earned the moniker fwotsc. Justice ginsberg, crowned the notorious rbg. Ill leave it to you to decide which one is catchier. The justices also share a lifelong commitment for expanding opportunities for women. It makes sense when Justice Ginsberg joined Justice Oconnor on the bench, they bonded over their role in transfor
On behalf of the Reagan Foundation institute thank you for joining us this evening. I have the pleasure of introducing our two panelists and ted olson in just a moment. We have a number of distinguished guests with us. I would like to take a moment first to thank Justice Brett kavanaugh for joining us this evening. An honor to have you with us. Thank you. [ applause ] today has been a time to celebrate the legacy of the first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court. This evening we have the privilege of welcoming the second and the third. Were extraordinarily grateful to justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor for joining us to honor Sandra Day Oconnor. It turns out that Justice Ginsburg and Justice Oconnor share an unusual distinction and that is interesting nicknames. When Justice Oconnor was confirmed she earned the moniker f. W. O. T. S. C. , for first woman on the Supreme Court. Justice ginsburg meanwhile has been crowned the notorious r. B. G. So ill leave it
Discussing Herbert Hoover, some things he did to alleviate suffering in germany, which remember, had been a big enemy of the allies of the u. S. One of the things i enjoyed so much doing the research is seeing his compassion for people that were very unpopular, and otherslity to encourage to also feel that compassion and save millions of lives. Here is the book. Im going to start by telling you about the british blockade. Thet when the war started, British Government started and interdiction of goods started an interdiction of goods. This blockade prevented many things from entering the country, including food and fertilizer. And since then, over the past century, scholars have discussed this. There are scholars who say the blockade had no impact whatsoever. Other scholars argue it had a huge impact on germany. I started this book because i wanted to ask the question, what were Living Standards actually like in germany . This debate that has gone on the last century began much earlier.
offensive against hamas president biden tonight gave a thumbs up, and answered yes and announced that the u.s. has made any progress securing a humanitarian pause to get aid into the gaza strip. that proposed pause dominated discussions between secretary of state anthony blinken and leaders from several arab nations during the meeting in jordan today. arab leaders want an immediate cease-fire in gaza to prevent the death of civilians. however, secretary blinken warns a cease-fire would only help hamas, which the u.s. designates as a terror organization. it s our view that a cease-fire now would simply lead hamas in place and able to regroup and repeat what it did on october 7th. and you don t have to take my word for it. just a few days ago, a senior hamas official said that it was their intend to do october 7th again and again and again. no nation, none of us can accept that. meantime in washington d.c., thousands of pro palestinian protesters also demanded an immediate
Can i alert my colleagues that are here to introduce individuals normally we would turn to you and let you do that. But this meeting is has some more controversy than most hearings have so this is the way were going to handle it. Im going to make an Opening Statement, a little longer than usual. Senator feinstein will make a statement thats longer than usual. Then because of the two states that are involved, and for different reasons, but coming to the same conclusion, normally we dont have members speak, but i felt i ought to give the courtesy to both senator kennedy and senator said he wanted to speak about the controversy and his nominee. Then im going to turn to senator franken and senator franken will have up to five minutes s that okay . Youre going to introduce people, but i would like to get the controversial statements out of the way first. That makes sense. Okay. Congratulations to all the nominees and to your families and everybodys welcome at the committee. Two weeks ago, i