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Graham. The coowner and with my wife and behalf of the entire staff i would like to wem you. A few notes it would be a good time to turn off your cellphone or anything that might go beep. When we get to the q and a part of the session try to make your way to the microphones. We are recording for our Youtube Channel and cspan tv is here. Finally, when we get to the end of the program, before you come up to have your books signed our staff would appreciate it if you fold up the chairs you are sitting in and lean them against something that will not topple over. I am delighted to be detrointroducing evan thomas. He is a wonderfully fluid writer and engaging and someone who has enjoyed two remarkable careers. One living in the presence as an accomplished journalist and the other living in the past as a firstrate historian. In journalism he spent ten years with Time Magazine movin ....
Manhattan of the Initiative Thanks for joining us today as a former house and Senate Staffer thanks to those Congressional Staffers to are with us the recess period is a rare opportunity to be caught a pioneer backlogs schedule get home from work at a reasonable hour am prep from when we are in session next week. We are grateful for you to take the time to be here with us. The article one initiative is committed to important work we went alanon partisan opportunity now more than ever we must focus on the founders intended design of the legislative branch. Our aim is to pursue ideas to restore congress to write full responsibilities that are essential for the Constitutional Order and protection of civil liberties. Today we are happy to be hosting this d ....
Staffers with us. I realize that for many of you, there assess recess period is a ray tint to get caught up on your backlog, schedule overdue doctor appointments, get home from work at a reasonable hour and prep for what is happening next week. Your work is essential and we are grateful for you taking the time too be here. The article one initiative is committed to important work and its worthy of your attention. Our purpose us to provide a nationwide, nonpartisan opportunity to discuss congress as an institution. We believe that now more than ever we must refocus on the founders ended design for the intended design for the legislative branch. Our aim is to pursue ideas and innovations to restore congress to its rightful responsibilities, which are essential to our Constitutional Order and protection of personal liberties. Today were happy to be hosting the great Panel Di ....
Halfway through the first volume of the landmark history of the Federal Reserve. Not only having worked at the Federal Reserve, but having had lunch many, many times talking about his history, i have followed closely over time the massive transformations that has occurred at the fed, just since the financial crisis but over my lifetime. And before, and to think that the first 10 years of my life we were on the Gold Standard, you know, it suggests that things have changed a lot. And so when a friend at the wall street journal called up to ask if i would review a new book by a university of pennsylvania professor named peter contibrown called that are independent of the Federal Reserve, i jumped at the chance because of two things. One, i really do love that they. I ....
And other agencies, creating the very best bailout protection we could have in the future would mean that the equity holders, not the taxpayers, are standing behind financial risks. Senator brown of ohio, a liberal democrat come and senator vitter of louisiana, a conservative republican, have backed just such a bill. The second is to free these amazing new innovations in personal health information, such as smartphone monitoring apps, and personal genetic profiling techniques such as those up 23 and me from fda premarketing controls. Senator deb fischer of nebraska, republican, senator angus king of maine, independent, democrat he caucuses with the democrats have been it is pretty good piece of legislation along those lines. I have a particularly colorful phrase in my article. I said if these acts were to pass and actually take power away from the regulators in these two areas, they would be great victories for bipartisan, smart populism over the forces of faux expertise in crony capit ....