Did not limit a respondents ability to engage in expression or debate on any subject he wishes. Because section 52 as disparagement provision places restrictions on certain areas, it does not violate the First Amendment. I cooperate of a Government Program . It has historically been more tied to First Amendment values. To the incentivizing of Free Expression. Factat seems to ignore the that we have a culture in which logos, rockrched, bands, expressing a point of view. Using the market to express views. Disparagements would not work with copyrights. As a powerful Government Program. Let me say two or three things about that. There is no question that through their music, the slants views onssing their issues. Theyre are able to get intellectual Property Protection that way. If they were prevented from having copyright protection or registration on their music, that would pose much more substantial First Amendment issues. Im surprised that you could not bring yourself to say that the go
I know i dont need to tell people this this room about the scope of the crisis, the victims, family, doctors, Public Health officials, journalists like me and lawmakers like these fine folks have been spreading the word about whats been going on, and were going to begin our program today with a discussion of the policy and the government response. Ill invite you all to sit down now. So joining me on stage pardon me just a moment while i adjust this. First off we have congresswoman diana deget of colorado. She is a senior democrat on the house energy and Commerce Committee, ranking democrat on the oversight investigation subcommittee. She cosponsored coauthored the 20th century cure which put a billion dollars of new general funds into the Opioid Epidemic to combat it. She is the chief deputy whip of the Democratic House democratic caucus. Thank you very much, congresswoman. Senator ed markey is here, of massachusetts, democrat, and member of the Senate Commerce committee which has broa
In 1979, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Host and this week on the communicators we want to introduce you to bob quinn, Senior Executive Vice President for external and legislative affairs for the at t corporation. Mr. Quinn, thats a lot of title. What does it entail . [laughter] guest well, at at t that would entail i run the regulatory shop for both the state and federal operations. You know, we do business in 50 states, so we have interactionings with state interactions with state commissions across the country where we have wireline operations, those interactions are pretty significant i also run the Public Policy organization, and i run both the tate and the federal legislative the state and the federal legislative efforts that we have in the United States. We also have international interests, as you are probably aware when we acquired directv, we acquired an ongoing sate
Bush institute. This is an hour. [applause] mr. Bush thank you, all. Thank you. It is nice to be back in washington. [laughter] its nice to be back in washington. Albeit briefly. Laura and i are honored you all came. I want to thank the chamber for opening up this beautiful building and for their concerns about our vets. I want to thank David Shulkin for being here. Hes the secretary of Veterans Affairs. Its really good you are here, mr. Secretary. Especially since in a couple hours, you will be across the street in the white house for a bill signing. Passed by republicans and democrats that President Trump will sign the bill which will give you some tools to reform the va. If anybody can reform the va, you can. You are a strong leader. And were lucky to have your service for our country. [ applause ] you know, a lot of times you hear people gripe about the va. And im sure there are some flaws in the system. But its important for our citizens and our vets to know the vast majority of p
Fabulous job they are doing. When the white house passed their Health Care Bill, a bill President Trump called mean, i thought it wouldnt be possible for Senate Republicans to conjure up a bill worse than that one. Unfortunately, that is what they have done. Can you read it . Do i have to color it in . That stands for emergency room, too. Hows that delight . Meaner. I have another career as an artist. Ok, the Senate Version of trumpcare is meaner than the house bill. Theres a lot to unpack but its general outline is very simple and very clear. Theyre saying its a draft but i asked Mitch Mcconnell on the floor is there anything i said which i say now that is not in that draft and he just sat down. He didnt answer, so my guess is, its all in there. The bill takes dollars out of health care for millions of americans and puts them right back in the pocket of the wealthy. It cuts health care for those who need it most, just to give a tax break for those who need it least. Senate republicans