The committee will now resume. And well now proceed under the fiveminute rule with questions and ill begin by recognize mr. Collins. I thank the chair. Weve got to go to the floor and take up the 9 11 bill. I appreciate that. Mr. East olympian, do you think theres any possibility that this group of attorneys and nonattorneys on this Judiciary Committee have any or their staffs have any problem understanding the constitutional role of congress in oversight of the administration on any administration . I dont know the background of every member but i think the usual member ought to know the answer to that. And that would come from just if nothing else, life growing up and taking government classes growing up, correct . One of the things i want to be interested in and theres a lot of things that people will talk about today and well get into a lot of Different Things. One of the problems ive had here, we talk about constitutional process and our internal processes and going on. One of the
Time. We welcome everybody to todays hearing and lessons from the Mueller Report 3. I will now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. The title of todays hearing is lessons from the Mueller Report part 3, constitutional processes for addressing president ial misconduct. As many of you may already know, the subtitle is taken directly from volume 2 of the Mueller Report where he describes why he did not reach a prosecutorial judgment regarding trumps conduct. There the special counsel explained as an attorney operating within the department of justice, is he bound by Department Policy including an office of Legal Counsel opinion that asserts that a president is immune from prosecution while in office. The special council recognized that a federal criminal accusation against a sitting president would place burdens undue burden or burdens on president s capacity to governor. The report acknowledged such an accusation cog spgs disrupt constitutional processes for addressing president ia
I teach history at wegman university. Over this panel of historians, we are talking about the 1790s and now thinking about the relationship of that fragile history. How we might think about what we can learn from that moment i how it connects our does not connect to what is happening in american political history at this moment. The way this is going to work, i will introduce the four panelists. Each person will talk for five minutes or so. Develop a few lines of inquiry. I will ask a few questions based upon what people have said. Folks will have a chance to have a conversation. 35 ort to leave the last 40 minutes for questions. Please have in mind things that you want to say or ask about. I will introduce folks from my left to my right. First is caitlin carter. She is a visiting professor at the university of notre dame. Her phd is from princeton. She spent the last two years with a postdoctoral fellowship at the university of michigan. She is working on a book entitled houses of gla
[inaudible conversations] thank you all for being here in the Senate Committee on health education, labor and pensions. We will come to order. This morning we will be considering the nomination of doctor Monica Bertagnolli to serve as the National Institutes of health director. Let me begin by welcoming doctor bertagnolli to the committee. We look forward to hearing from you and we thank you for being here today. I see you brought along a fellow from wyoming and we welcome senator barrasso as well. The nih with a budget of more than 47 billion is the largest funder of medical research in the world. This research has led to new treatments and Prescription Drugs that are significantly improved the lives of americans and people throughout the entire world and i think all of us every single american should be very proud of those accomplishments. Having said that, let me say a few words about my concerns. I dont have to tell any american that the Healthcare System in our country is broken a
[inaudible conversations] thank you all for being here in the Senate Committee on health education, labor and pensions. We will come to order. This morning we will be considering the nomination of doctor Monica Bertagnolli to serve as the National Institutes of health director. Let me begin by welcoming doctor bertagnolli to the committee. We look forward to hearing from you and we thank you for being here today. I see you brought along a fellow from wyoming and we welcome senator barrasso as well. The nih with a budget of more than 47 billion is the largest funder of medical research in the world. This research has led to new treatments and Prescription Drugs that are significantly improved the lives of americans and people throughout the entire world and i think all of us every single american should be very proud of those accomplishments. Having said that, let me say a few words about my concerns. I dont have to tell any american that the Healthcare System in our country is broken a