Regular camera crew, but to have cspan with us this evening. And we are also Live Streaming facebook page,c and any of you who want to find them later, you can go to our page, and will upload it on youtube. Is that correct . So, again, im sharon pratt. On the founding director of the is it due to politics, policy, and history which is housed here at the university of the District Of Columbia. We were launched up january of last year. And we have sort of the same kind of focus as do other institutes of politics, except a very strong focus as well on the and by so this city, doing, the history of this country, because we are entirely a creature of the politics of creating a new nation. For those of you who saw the musical hamilton, there is a song that says, in the room where it happened, and we are what happened. [laughter] washington, d. C. So, while we have topics that are contemporary, we always try to sort of drill down on that topic to talk about its historical origins, and that is
College athletes ability to earn money from endorsements. They spoke at a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing. Good morning, everyone. The committee the subcommittee will come to order. Were honored to have the chairman with us this morning, and i expect senator blumenthal to join us momentarily. As chairman of this subcommittee with jurisdiction over amateur athletics i welcome all of you to todays hearing entitled name, image, likeness, the state of intercollegiate compensation. The expectation or hope is that we might limit ourselves to that kuip of conversation but i have no control over my colleagues or what the witnesses may say that may take us broader in scope. I look forward to hearing from our witnesses. Im appreciative of all of them being here but especially the chancellor of my alma mater the university of kansas, the president of the collegiate Athletic Association and two former student athletes. In my home state we have a rich history of College Athletics. The womens s
Have the chairman with us this morning, and i expect senator blumenthal to join us momentarily. As chairman of this subcommittee with jurisdiction over amateur athletics i welcome all of you to todays hearing entitled name, image, likeness, the state of intercollegiate compensation. The expectation or hope is that we might limit ourselves to that kuip of conversation but i have no control over my colleagues or what the witnesses may say that may take us broader in scope. I look forward to hearing from our witnesses. Im appreciative of all of them being here but especially the chancellor of my alma mater the university of kansas, the president of the collegiate Athletic Association and two former student athletes. In my home state we have a rich history of College Athletics. The womens soccer team won their first title last year. In my hometown of Manhattan College football at kansas staet university and a legacy continued by the current coach and Athletic Director gene taylor and who c
Hampshire, this was his first swing on the campaign. Thank you. Im looking out there, i see some very friendly faces. Good morning nashua. Some energy, come on, i want to get going here. [applause] not that hard, its sunday morning, you slept yesterday, right . It is great to be back in the granite state, a second home for me. Ive got two second homes, iowa and New Hampshire. [laughter] i love this state. Growing up i have great memories of visiting here with friends. Squam lake, getting up the highway there toward some of your blue ice that you get to ski on sometimes and high school in concord where i would really look forward to taking that first cut of the hockey season on the black ice and now the ice doesnt even freeze, so its hard to do today, but i love the primary tradition of the state. Not just because you voted for me. It goes a lot farther back than that, folks, to be honest with you. When i was 24 years old stationed on the other side of the earth, when Radio Broadcasts a
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