Statement from me and from mr. Cole then well go tow our distinguished witnesses. Today the rules committee will hold a hearing to discuss how the constitution separated powers between the legislative and executive branches and how the balance of power between these branches has shifted over time. We are doing this in the hopes of finding concrete Bipartisan Solutions to better ensure congress is playing the role our nations founders envisioned. Thats a lot, i know. And while a constitutional debate may be fun for law students and legal scholars and mr. Raskin [ laughter ] the it wasnt fun when i was yeah. For the rest of us, it could feel a little in the weeds. So, so for the rest of us, let me simplify. You know, we throw around the phrase, the peoples house, a lot around here, but this really is but this really is about whether we remain the institution that our nations founders created to be the voice of the people. The constitution entrusts congress with deciding how to spend fede
Democracies are being unraveled with by a new class war. [inaudible conversations] good evening and welcome to Hudson Institute, stern policy center. Im john wallace, chief operating officer. Id like to welcome our audience here at our pennsylvania avenue headquarters and our cspan audience the our first ever podcast taping that is both live and marks the Second Season of the premiere podcast of the Second Season realignment hosted by our Hudson Institute fellows. The podcast launched last year, and i recommend end for those of you who havent been following it, that you take a look at the episodes from last year, particularly the conversation with secretary of state mike pompeo, josh haully, mike duran and others. Its an Excellent Program partly because of the two people who put it together and their ability to bring out topics and to move the argument along. So we couldnt be prouder of the work that theyve done and want to thank them for that, and we are happy to launch this Years Pro
Being unraveled by a new class war. Good evening and welcome to the policy center. I am john walters chief operating officer and id like to welcome our audience here at the pennsylvania headquarters avenue and or cspan audience to the firstever podcast taping that is both live and marks the premiere of the second reason of the realignment posted by hudson media. We are proud of the realignment that the launch last year and i recommend especially for those of you that havent been following it to take a look at the episode from last year particularly the conversation with secretary of state mike pompeo, mike gallagher, mike durand and others. Its an Excellent Program partly because of the two people that put it together and their ability to bring out topics and move the argument along so we couldnt be more proud of the work theyve done and we want to thank them for that and we are happy to launch this Years Program with michael lind to as many of you know is a prolific writer of more tha
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Good evening and welcome to the policy center. I am john walters chief operating officer and id like to welcome our audience here at the pennsylvania headquarters avenue and or cspan audience to the firstever podcast taping that is both live and marks the premiere of the second reason of the realignment posted by hudson media. We are proud of the realignment that the launch last year and i recommend especially for those of you that havent been following it to take a look at the episode from last year particularly the conversation with secretary of state mike pompeo, mike gallagher, mike durand and others. Its an Excellent Program partly because of the two people that put it together and their ability to bring out topics and move the argument along so we couldnt be more proud of the work theyve done and we want to thank them for that and we are happy to launch this Years Program with michael lind to as many of you know is a prolific writer of more than a dozen books and cofounder of the