Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Mary Schapiro express important that the action on a stock frank. Chairman schapiro said the libel make markets more transparent, stable and efficient. From George Washington University Law school, and this is 45 minutes. Good morning. I am paul berman, 19 of the law school as art said and i want to welcome you to this conference and obviously welcome Mary Schapiro, chairman of the securities and Exchange Commission. So one of the things that i think makes this law school, the George Washington University Law school distinctive and different from other top law schools is the degree to which we are integrated into the real world of law and policy practice in this country. So one of the things we are always striving to do this not be an ivory tower Academic Institution solely, but also one that is always trying to engage the practicing bar, people from corporations, people who are not lawyers in the educational enterprise and also when Public P
Decided to become an advocate for anyone, anywhere who was facing the kind of fear that comes with standing up for yourself and your fellow men and women. So we honor two great men by being here today, two men with uncomfortable souls. We also have just acknowledged other brave human rights activist who received this prize and who stand before us. Because each of them has also known what its like to come up against governments and powerful forces who are determined to squeeze the hope from your heart to imprison your mind, to break your spirit. Chung stood. To that kind of oppression. Escaped from it as tom escaped from the holocaust and ran towards freedom. Im very proud that the United States is a place he ran toward. That it was our country thanks to people like tom lantos who others who might see in this audience who held high the banner of human rights as not being something given to you but something you are endowed with. Paul, thank you because you stood your ground. You stood i