We will go ahead and get started. The Environmental Energy Study Institute thank you for joining us back i hope everybody got all the candy. Thank you for joining us this morning we have a wonderful panel and will be learning about the Global Commission of a global call for leadership. The urgency of Climate Change may feel more acute but the issue of Climate Change has been with us for decades. Esi stated in 1988 addressing Climate Change is a moral imperative. Many scientists m Public Policy experts have been working on the issue proposing solutions i hope what were actually seeing his momentum to act there is some evidence this is the case last week i testified before the Senate Energy committee that probably would not have been the case a few years ago in Speaker Pelosi and the House Select Committee is another example. As we know now that inaction on Climate Change makes it harder and harder to achieve. We have to act now to contribute to that momentum constantly reinforce it. So
Begin with. What do you want to fix in the court . Realized other courts need fixing but fix the court is the only nonpartisan National Organization that adds for greater accountability primarily in the Supreme Court. We believe transparency and account ability means Live Streaming the hearings at the Supreme Court which are currently not livestreamed. Smart policys a change and the Financial Disclosures to be posted online. We want them to explain their conflicts of interest and we want them to follow a code of conduct. Justices are the only judges that dont have to follow a professional code of conduct. We want to convince them to adopt one. Host what led to the founding of your group . Working in d. C. Like a political consultant and i was working on cases where that would reach the Supreme Court. Issues Like Health Care or marriage or voting and a lot of the litigants were in california and they just assumed tune in to. Span cspan was doing this to some extent. That i talkeded to b
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Well, good afternoon, everybody. I want to welcome you all today. I am peter russo, i am the director of Congressional Affairs at the Cato Institute and i want to thank you all for coming. You were at a capitol Hill Briefing entitled major tax reform in 2017. Before we begin, if youre watching via cspan or the live stream and would like to join the conversation, wed love to hear from you, so please tweet comments and questions to us and our panel at catoevents. Catoevents. This spring the Mercatus Center released this, if youd like additional copies, please contact me after the program, ill be happy to hook you guys up. Mean while, fully searchable pdfs are available at cato. Org. There is a chapter in here on federal tax reform and the tax treatment of health care and as well as the importance of preserving global tax competition. With that i want to introduce catos Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies and editor of www. Governmentdownsizing. Org, before joining cato, senior
These debates and you can catch audio of these on the podcast you will find in the store. I would like to thank the foundation for making this yearf he is possible. Im the economics books editor and the director and the moderator. For more information to buyor tickets to the future debate, go to the website at the support forum. Org. The audience initially votes for, against or undecided on the resolution and then again after the debate is over. It is as follows. Americas colleges in the environment that makes them aa hostile space for africanamerican students. Defending the resolution to my right we have Lawrence Ross thes author of black bold blackandwhite politics and race on americas campuses. It. With any questions you want to put to him after the debate. We have Camille Foster in telecommunications entrepreneurt and host and cohost of the libertarian podcast the fifth column. [applause] so now we will close the voting can begin. Colleges foster the racist environment that the the