Abraham lincoln when he came on the committee, this was his Committee Assignment when he was in the United States congress. Its interesting, he became known as spotty because he was challenging the president where were the origins of the Mexican American war, theres a great history of the committee an what its been able to do. Whats interesting is what changed when i left because the oversight and Government Reform Committee changed and now nancy pelosi, Elijah Cummings changed the name of the committee, the committee on oversight and reform. See, democrats dont believe that government is the problem, they think its a solution, government is all good, what you see now are hearings and a press to go after individual and individual corporations, that is not necessarily the purview of the United States congress. Again, the committee is wide, probably the widest birth of any sort of jurisdiction, Supreme Court case that is we lay out here where oversight, wings were clipped back to try to
Now on cspan2 book tv, television for serious readers. Welcome to heritage. Thank you for joining us. We will have a fun discussion today about the new book power grab and to introduce them is senator mike, a great friend of heritage and a best friend of the constitution. Hello. Its a pleasure to be with you. This merges several of my interests. The constitution, conservative politics, books about the things the Heritage Foundation and my friends jason and julie chafe this. Ive known them for a long time. I first came to know jason over 30 years ago when he became a place kicker at byu. Hes really good. Till this day he holds some records including the most successful scored in a single game and i think in a single season, and he was also famous for the fact that immediately after he picked a field goal the helmet would come off and then he had this awesome job to the sideline and he became famous for that. I think it resulted in something called the chafe its rule. I think it played a
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Politics, books about those things, the Heritage Foundation and my friends julie and jason chase at. I first came to know the name over 30 years ago when he became a placekicker at byu. To this day he holds records including the most successful point after touchdown scored in a single game, and i think in a single season. And jason himself could be utahs next governor with a long conversation of the Republican Convention and then to say was under consideration and said i didnt imply they said we dont carry want to talk to you anyway for go but we hit it off and ended up working together for go and then i became his chauffeur. [laughter] he and i live closer together than any two members of the senior staff and even broke his foot. Actually was quite serious but he fell and broke his foot and had to be in a cast and had to be elevated several months at a time. And then to sit in the backseat of the car to keep his foot elevated i asked him if he wanted me to get a chauffeurs hat and i d
Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to heritage. We are going to have a fun discussion today about the books power grab. To introduce him as a senator, a great friend of heritage and best friend of the constitution. It is a pleasure to be with you. This merges several of my interests. The constitution, conservative politics, books about those things, the Heritage Foundation and my friends julie and jason chase at. I first came to know the name over 30 years ago when he became a placekicker at byu. To this day he holds records including the most successful point after touchdown scored in a single game, and i think in a single season. And jason himself could be utahs next governor with a long conversation of the Republican Convention and then to say was under consideration and said i didnt imply they said we dont carry want to talk to you anyway for go but we hit it off and ended up working together for go and then i became his chauffeur. [laughter] he and i live closer together than any