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Tropical storm harvey. Our speakers include the acting secretary of homeland security, the federal Emergency Management administrator, the National Service director, and also joining to take questions will be representative from the u. S. Coast guard and the secretary of health and human services. Again, the first three speakers will provide opening remarks and then we will open up to your questions. Just to let you know, in advance the administrator will be heading immediately from here to make his way down to texas so we should end promptly at 745 to allow him to get to his airplane to make ...

Thank you very much for being here. This is a terrific crowd and the crowd we just spent a few minutes with in the overflow room is here and excited as well. Senator warren and i are here, number one, two thank you because i must tell you as they look back historically at this time of our country they will look back right now to advance of activism and an activism that is here tonight thats in the overflow room, that spread across the country and in activism that stopped the repeal of the worst piece of legislation that ive ever seen in all my time of government. [cheers and applause] senator ...

Are reading. Every summer we travel up to capitol hill and ask members what is on their Summer Reading list. Here is what senator angus king of maine told us. Book tv visited capitol animal ask member of congress what theyre reading the summer. Ive good at couple of books. I never read just one book at a time. Read in pieces. Im finishing up a novel by one of my favorite authors, robert davies, canadian, called the cunning man, written in the early 90s and rereading jfks profiles in courage which is all about what happened in the senate historically. Im listening to a book that i downloaded ab...

When president lincoln was assassinated, so fascinating book. Last year i finished a good book and he gave it to everyone in the Freedom Caucus who knew they had to move chamberlain out of power and bringing churchill to cover said it so it was a fascinating book and we read this while we were involved in changing our leadership so it was sort of an interesting book i read. Since then i cant remember all the ones ive read in between. Fb airport was the book on lincoln and i picked up because i have a long flight i grabbed 1984, George Orwells book. I had read animal farm but ive never read thi...

The United States has one of the highest incarceration rate in the world. There are Racial Disparities in conviction and sentencing. We need to reform our criminal Justice System and develop alternatives to the existing policies. Talking about criminal Justice Reform and how to approach the issue. I am pleased to welcome Governor Terry mcauliffe to the brookings institute. Many of you know him as governor of the commonwealth of virginia. Jobs andrked to create build a 21st century economy. Tois also committed bettering the lives of ordinary people. After the tragic violence in inuts will, char...