Can. I watch cspan all the time when im home, its the only station that i have on most of the time. I think its absolutely excellent. I watch all of the debates around the country. And thank you for the book talks and the history. And i liked all of it and im thankful that i can use it in my classroom. I teach at a Community College in connecticut. Call us anytime at her phone number or email us at comments at cspan. Org. Or you can send us a tweet at cspan comments. Like us on facebook or follow us on twitter. A discussion about corruption in government. This was part of the hungry minds series in colorado. And this is one hour 45 minutes. Welcome. We are speaking on corruption and government power. Steve is the director of legal studies in irvine, california. A former constitutional litigator for the institute for justice, he has litigated cases in the u. S. Supreme court and lower courts throughout the nation. He was the lead lawyer in speech now versus fec, the case that created su
Senate special aging committee. This is an hour and a half. Good afternoon. It is my great pleasure to call to order the very first hearing of the Senate Special committee on aging. In the 114th congress i have had the honor of being a member of this committee since my very first days in the United States senate and i am delighted to now assume the chairmanship. This is the first time that a maine senator has chaired the committee since the mid1990s when my predecessor and good friend senator bill cohen for whom i worked for 12 years served as the committees chair. Im also pleased to welcome new and returning members to this committee and onto about delighted that my good friend and colleague senator Claire Mccaskill of missouri will service the committees Ranking Member. Senator bill nelson, the former committee chairman, has also chosen to remain a member of this committee and he will continue to share his expertise with us. Throughout its history, the aging committee has spurred con
Records have been pretty much upheld a. Interpretation and application of the ethics rules is really up to the branches of congress themselves, its the committees to interpret that. Anyone else . Yes. [inaudible] about how congress can avoid ethical investigations. Well, i think nowadays, and again, jim kim service take to this better than i. No sophisticated lobbying shop pitches just on their ability to have, you know, who they know and have contacts, and certainly, nobody pitches on the basis that they play golf or take somebody out for drinks. Its the background its the relationship, its the inside knowledge of the process, and the people. So i dont think thats there is an impression obviously outside but i dont think the sophisticated firms any longer pitch that because it doesnt conform with reality. Very personal question, but do you have a good volume of clients coming on the issue of lobbying registration and that the . Yes definitely. We advise clients on compliant whether th
With the clients financial records which aps must have to substantiate substantiate. Are permed under statutory acceptance to prevent fraud and authorized investigation. A revised federal guidance clarifying the client records may be shared with aps in a timely manner would mean Financial Abuse could be stopped much earlier. I believe financial snugs would welcome this clarification. Secondly, Financial Institutions should be granted authority to temporarily freeze accounts when theres evidence the owner is being defrauded, for example, sending money to a jamaican lottery scam in time to contact affirm ps or take other measures. I hope this committee and congress will look at their own decades of research into elder abuse, some of which are on evidence here. This is a partial stack of all the many reports from the many, many hearings that go back almost five decades now, will would at own research in elder abuse to stop and prevent incidents can be reduced as they have for other victim
What does each side have to do tonight . Bate caller there have been some Little Things being promoted. Tonight . Right now. W things Mary Landrieus campaign is focusing on bill cassidys time as a teacher. He has also been a congressman. How much work he was doing for lsu. Bill cassidy refused the allegations, saying he was doing a lot of work. Had people in d. C. He was working with. As far as the cassidy side, he has been only agreeing to a limited number of debates. This is literally the only debate between the primary and the runoff. For his campaign, it has really keep your head down and get through this. Story on the a teaching controversy. Askseadline, Mary Landrieu bill cassidy to bring records. The Keystone Pipeline has been an issue in the race. Especially the votes in the house and senate. What did the votes do for both sides . Caller the Keystone Pipeline han an issue in the at the end of t, iote was a lot more think it played better on tv and in d. C. Than it did here. Any