Good morning thank you for being here. We are honored to have congressman raskin here to lead us through the legislation which is so very important so prepare so for a civics lesson or a lesson on the constitutional United States the 24th amendment to the constitution was ratified with the assassination of president kennedy with strong bipartisan support. Congress has a duty to take all necessary action with that continuity of government and with that democracy for the future that is why a today it is my honor to welcome congressman a constitutional scholar jamie raskin from maryland introducing legislation to establish a commissiono to discharge the duties facing the judgment of the voters which shows the need for us to create a process for future president s and then to strengthen the guardrails in the constitution to ensure stability and continuity of government in times of crisis the 20th amendment has a path if the president suffers a crippling problem and is unable to discharge the powers and duties of hissc office and transfers the powers. Specifically section four. To set up the independent body to confront such a crisis. And then to lay out the process the president s incapacity this honors the Standing Commission with medical experts selected in a bipartisan and bicameral way. This must be determined. But of the necessity of action due to the health of the current president with this bill we support and defend the constitution and to help the American People and to preserve the public for generations tobl come. And with the Constitutional Authority but then again legislating for your leadership. Madam speaker thank you very much thank you for letting me present for this legislation and in times of chaos and with that stability and the continuity of the office to go with that bipartisan and majority in the majorities of the state legislatures passed in 1967. And those are designed to guarantee the peaceful transfer of power but then they want to resolve those basic questions of stability and continuity and success in the presidency. And then the Vice President becomes the president but that establishes that the Vice President see is vacant then they become the Vice President three establishes a process for the temporary transfer power transmitting to the president s in the speaker of the house the statement establishing the temporary disability happening multiple times with the various president s including president reagan and when he underwent colorectal surgery. And those that have become incapacitated has no reason to temporarily transfer power. Meaning in the words that the president is unable and with the execute the power of his duties. But then to determine there is a president ial incapacity and with the speaker of the house and the inability to conduct the powers and abilities of office into the Vice President son. Section four to see the president has the opportunity to object and he can what these bodies are saying and to be a vote of the house ands to have two thirds so it is procedural to make sure its only for the most extreme situations where you have a president that cannot know the functions of the office. Its never been necessary but essential in the nuclear age to have a safety valve option and to have 535 members of congress but only one president in the age of covid19 killing more than 210,000 americans and now the white house staff the 24th amendment is clear. To end up in, on a ventilator making no provisions for the transfer power to have the powers of the presidency the situation is what the mans actions i Wish Congress set up this bring a body 50 years ago. What they need to dodo this. Certainly in the next congress and you cant always count on thect cabinet and that is totally bicameral and bipartisan. And that legislatione introduced today to seek to establish a 16 Member Commission that can act in such an emergency. And eight members are chosen cap Republican Leaders half democra democrat, medical personnel, physicians, and other medical authorities. From highranking executive Branch Officers and Vice President attorneys general with the treasury state and surgeon general. So the commission is entirely bipartisan under the 24thbi amendment and that is the key actor under the 20th amendment. So the constitution with the crisis and with that continuity of selfgovernment we are in the middle this momentous election. When we get through this is something serious we have to face and i am delighted to introduce this legislation. And whether or not thats appropriate. And whether or not thats appropriate and future congress. [inaudible] the legislation sets up a process that congress has votes in the house and the senate to conduct a medical exam of the president andd that includes what they think is necessary to determine whether or not there is the incapacity that the president refuses and has a right thing that could be taken into account by the Commission Based on the other evidence that it has. Any judgment about somebodys behavior this is about a diagnosis of professional and medical diagnosis. When this happened after the assassination of president kennedy and Lyndon Johnson became president. There was no Vice President and if anything happened to president johnson and his health is not the greatest, the speaker of the house becomes the president of the United States. And then with the house and senate and of course but then on both sides of the aisle i love the story how that happened but he was the minority leader and he said mr. President im so honored to serve in the position that you served in and he saidve to me i served with your father and when he died the incoming speaker to open up the Speakers Office and then to have the possession of the Speakers Office. And the minority leader and then to have a real personal connection to ford who the spot by the 25th amendment to thehe constitution we can do a couple things at once with political activity 25 days now they can make their verdict but then it raises the issue and if the president becomes incapacitated whatever it happens to be they wouldnt have that ability Ronald Reagan had are george w. Bush had to make a judgment for this period of time. To transfer the power it sets up the formula is not for any of us to decide that and is a distinguished gentleman said it is crucial the Vice President of the president s party. So you are touring with that idea . So why introduce this legislation now . And then to have the clearer view of the legislation when it be easier when the decks are clear. An why not execute the 20th amendment and then to observe the power of the constitution. And said that the body was never set up was never really a good time to do it as opposed to the need to have this h institutionally. So i guess i would say the situation is focused on everybodys mind and then following through on the suggestion on the 20th 2 amendment. And in the age of covid19 all of those have been afflicted by a we need to act. And then mental state might be affected and this is just another attempt to get rid of this president to get rid of this president when i said about the president andd the that there are those who believe that taking certain medications can affect your judgment. I dont know. Lets say what i actually said. I now. Thats whatt i said you may have gotten that several times there are those medical professionals who say that certain medications can impair judgment. I now i appreciate your question because this is important is not any of us making a judgment of the wellbeing but the medical side of it and those that are selected equally in a bipartisan way and the Vice President is crucial to that. Is important to socialize and to have that in place it can be said if the president wins this election is that would apply to him and that apply to the next president of theto United States and then to do Something Like this its not about the election and i think the distinguished gentleman from maryland and we shouldve done this a while bac back. But people want to know to give some comfort there is a way to do this very respectful not making a judgment with the behavior that we dont like and then again with the full involvement of the Vice President of the United States. For that threshold. [inaudible] we understand and politics people point fingers but as such gravity and importance to the government so we have to think of this in constitutionalinin terms. This is why we need to set up an institution composed on a bipartisan fashion and bicameral fashion to make judgments whether five minutes from now with five minutes from now or 50 years from now were living in the age of a lot of chaos and to say i want to appreciate what you have to go through on a daily basis with the chaos of politics that is especially intense recently. I appreciate her assuming we need to have constitutional foundations for dealing with the chaos. And those around the 25th amendment gave us the tools we need to deal with these kinds off isis crisis. With the constitution of the United States its always been gratifying to go around the country democrats or republicans rights or left or whatever but the constitution is what unifies us. This is a comfort to people not just to say who was in power i dont like the way they are acting with a process that is bipartisan based in the constitution giving congress the power to do this which it hasnt done and again add a time that there is a necessity for but it isnt about any of us making a decision if the 24th amendment should be revoked. As totally not the point. Is not up to us. But up to his point just put yourself in a situation in your responsibility to your family so those who are not capable of making decisions for your family just because its unforeseen or accidental whatever happens with you like to have a plan for your family in advance even if it is temporary, god willing, that would be in place. That is what this is. Just one more. And as examples somebody whos capacity to govern is reduced by thee coronavirus. I have no idea oror the president for any of us who was on the medication of that is an altered state and the medical professionals say that this could have an impact and judgment but im glad you brought up the subject because we have to be very careful what happens in the uk. Wes have very stringent rules with the fda about the Clinical Trials and the number of people so when the drug is approved by the fda and the Scientific Advisory committee it is safe and efficacious to have the trust of the American People vaccines are about trust we pray that it is soon. The sooner the better that one caday sooner but not one day later either. My concern is the uk system is not up to par so they decide they will approve a drug that is the concern i have of any similarity between the two. [inaudible conversations] good evening. Welcome to north dakotas coverage of election 2020. This is the debate between the candidates for minnesotas seventh district congressional seat. My guests tonight are democrat peterson and republican, michelle fischbach. Based on the coin flip, peterson will go