This is just under an hour. [applause] what do you all think about the white leather . Is this a good look . Thank you all for joining us on evening of active democratic voting and significant raining. This event marks the oneYear Anniversary of the 12th installment of the series on leadership. The purpose of this leadership is to call of the series is to call on leaders from national politics, education, and advocacy to grapple with the questions that allow some people to enable a true leadership. What enables some of us to struggle to overcome the obstacles and unite the diverse interests that are part of any dynamic and true democracy . Towe are extremely fortunate be having our first Year Anniversary with three legislators who live of this question every single day. I should note we are very proud to name this series in honor of the Extraordinary Service of bob and elizabeth dole. Both are proud partisans in the truest sense. They have overcome a lot of real adversity and shown the
Is this a good look . Thank you all for joining us on an evening of active democratic voting and significant raining. This event marks the oneyear anniversary of the 12th installment of the bob and Elizabeth Dole series on leadership. Some of you know that the purpose of this is to the series as to call on leaders from National Politics from arts and education and grapple with the question of the characteristics and circumstances that allow some people to leadership and what allow some of us to struggle to overcome the obstacles and the diverse interests that are part of any dynamic and true democracy. We are extremely fortunate to have our firstthat live this question every day. We are very proud to name the series in honor of the Extraordinary Service of bob and olivia stole. Elizabeth dole. Showing the confidence and creativity to signify differences as you note as we enter the discussion that when senator dole joined others to help found there were a few ideas and animated the ambi
Up next a senate panel looks at the pros and cons of setting term limits for advocate. Advocates argue that term limits would allow them to spend time raising money for reelection. We hear from senator jim demint at this subcommittee hearing on the constitution. Good afternoon. This hearing is called to order. I apologize that we are slightly delayed. We had a series of votes on the senate floor. But it is good now to convene the hearing. Let me begin by thanking all of you for attending. And thank youing senator hirono oh efor working with plea and my staff to convene the hearing and bring the witnesses together. The topic before us is one, i believe, of great importance. The need for term limits for members of congress so that we begin to fix what is broken here in washington politics. Before i introduce our first panel id like to explain why weve organized todays hearing. The 2016 election, the American People made a resounding call to drain the swamp. That is modern washington. And
Weve organized todays hearing. The 2016 election, the American People made a resounding call to drain the swamp. That is modern washington. And sadly this is a bipartisan problem. The American People have lost confidence in washington and especially in congress. And it isnt hard to see why. Enmeshed in back room deals and broken promises, our capitol has too often become a political playground for the powerful and well connected. For members of the permanent Political Class looking to accumulate more and more power at the expense of american taxpayers. As part of his promise to drain the swamp, President Trump strongly endorsed and campaigned on passing congressional term limits. Though our founders didnt include term limits in the constitution, they feared the creation of a permanent Political Class that existed parallel to rather than within american society. As Benjamin Franklin observed, quote, in free governments, the rulers are the servants. And the people their superiors. For th
Host the washington journal from march 8. The houses expected in at 9 00 a. M. Today, so a two hour program. Fohear from you about last nigs state of the union speech in which President Biden not only spoke about current events, suc, and reproduction rights, but drew comparisons with the donald p his name. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. If you want to text us, you can do that at 202 7488003. You can also post on our social media sites. Facebook at facebook. Com cspan and you can post on x at cspanwj. When it comes to the length of last nights speech, the Washington Examiner picks it up with their story this morning saying that the president ke, from their estimation, one hour and nine minutes. It is the secondlongest address to congress so far, they add. The leng o speech was of topic of interest because of the questions surrounding mr. Bidens age and mental acuity adding that hen general. The length of the remarks was closely monitored. The takeaways from axios from