President harris for meeting todays meeting and thanks to you, all of you, especially health and Human Services secretary researcher and director of the gender policy council, jan klein for co chairing this task force, an attorney general, garland, Homeland Security secretary, mayorkas and Veterans Affairs secretary mcdonough for your work on this task force to protect access to a womans right to choose Reproductive Health care. In the wake of the Supreme Courts extreme decision of wiping out a 50 year constitutional president of roe v wade. You know, i created this task force by executive order last month and to ensure that every part of the federal government does its part at this critical moment where Womens Health and lives are on the line. Miss chaos and uncertainty unleashed by this decision. Emergency medical care being denied to women experiencing miss characters. Doctors uncertain about what they can do to provide for the patients. Pharmacists unsure whether they can fill pres
Health care. In the wake of the Supreme Courts extreme decision of wiping out a 50 year constitutional president of roe v wade. You know, i created this task force by executive order last month and to ensure that every part of the federal government does its part a even the life of the mother has been questioned in some states. The extreme ideology are determined to end talking about nationwide bands of circumstances. Whether you have incest or having a rape or i mean it just this is just extreme, you know, even the life of the mother is in question in some cases in some states, Republican Congress in the extreme mag ideology are determined to go even further talking about nationwide bands on that with outlaw abortion in every state and every circumstance going after the broader right to privacy as well. But as i said before this fight is not over and we saw that last night in kansas, in the opinion of people, the opinion of the dobbs case. The extreme majority of the Supreme Court wro
Couple of bedtime stories. And theyre watching right now. If you will forgive me, i want to read two bedtime stories to my girls. But theres a point to this also and the point is very simple. The urgency we have and should feel is because of our kids. Its because of the future that theyre facing. Its because of the limited limited opportunities they have. So i want to read first of all to caroline and katherine a book, a bible bible stories from the old and new testaments which we often read similar stories at home. This one is entitled King Solomons wise words its from proverbs. King solomon had good advice for how people could live a good life and be happy. Here are some of his wise saying. Children with good sense make their parents happy. But foolish children make them sad. Swede hearts, you make your mommy and me very happy. You will say the wrong thing if you talk too much so be sensible and watch what you say. Ill have to confess to my colleagues that is not an encouraging prove
Are responsible for, you know, getting tough on crime and throwing the book at people and implementing the policies that we enshrine into law. But i will ask you both, youre both members of the bar. Youre both attorneys. Youre licensed to practice law. And you know that when a person suffers a a felony conviction even misdemeanor convictions in many states, they are barred from being able to be licensed to practice law. Do you believe that those types of barriers which are collateral consequences, you believe that those should be removed from persons ability to practice law, to get a law license . Mr. Heck . Well, i think like in any other collateral sanction, i think they have to be looked at, the offense and the offender. And i think there are cases. Weve seen it in ohio, where those impediments have been removed. And someone who is convicted, say, for example of Involuntary Manslaughter or murder have become lawyers. Weve seen it with a lot lesser offenses. And yet at the same time
Let me be clear about a couple things. This is not at all about the principle that every defendant deserves a competent attorney in his trial. It is not about the idea that somehow a person, a lawyer should be condemned for the crimes of his client. This was always about the principal that no one should be able to make a mockery of our criminal justice system, fan the flames of racial strife in america, join a dishonest international antiamerican campaign, along the way drag the family of a Fallen Police officer through three decades of hell and then be confirmed to a high post in the justice department. [applause] so why am i telling the story . It is not just to celebrate a conservative victory but thats ok. Once in a while, we need to do that. I think it demonstrates that when we stand up and we fight and we fight on principle, we can actually win. Sometimes even in washington, d. C. And this is what republicans need to do. It is what republicans need to do across the country. It is