Theyll send the tape back to dc and run it unedited unfiltered which is the way i prefer it to have happen. I want to thank the center and the chamber of commerce mo whoever is responsible for letting us have access to the facility again. Its terrific. Ill talk about things in d. C. And then get going. The only thing congress has to do year in and year out is fund the government. We do that through the appropriations process. We are todays october 7th. Food is the seventh day of the new fiscal year. We should have gotten all that appropriations work done at least before the end of september. And we didnt. Which is not unusual. Congress typically doesnt get that work done. The fiscal 19, the year we finished off. We did get 70 of the spending plan before the end of september meaning probably the department of defense which is the largest block of spending on the discretionary side had a full year to execute that 700 billion plus budget theyve got. So this year because we had well, mecha
Normally do, and then it will be up to you to ask questions and whatever you want to talk about. We found out about the cspan coverage this morning but apparently you guys knew about it earlier in the week, because this is a team out of austin that has come here. Fantastic. Im tickled to death they could find santa anna on a map. And they have come to be with us this afternoon as part of that. It is taped. The idea, i think, is they will send a tape back to d. C. And it will be unfiltered, unedited, the way i prefer it. So whoever runs it, whoever is responsible for that, thank you for letting us have access to the facility again. It is terrific. I will talk about some things in d. C. , then get going. The only thing congress has to do year in and year out is fond of the government. We do that through the appropriations process. Today is october 7, today is the seventh day of the new fiscal year. We should have gotten everything done at least before the end of september, and we didnt.
An offer conversation on immigration begins now. Live from the brooklyn book festival. [inaudible background conversations] good afternoon. And welcome. I maryellen fullerton, i teach law here at Brooklyn Law School and my specialties include Immigration Law and refugee law. Its a particular honor for me to be able to moderate the panel we are here for this afternoon, not my homeland but my home. Before we begin, the book festival has asked me to let everyone in the audience know a couple things. One, the books by the authors in this program will be can be purchased from barnes and nobles outside directly after this program is over and the office will be available to sign the book. Also, dave asked me to let all of us know that remind us at the end that we need to leave promptly so the next channel can come into this room. Turning to our discussion. I like to find out among the panelists and when we get a chance at the end to hear from the audience, id like to find out why we are here.
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