Along with public trust. The House Committee on the judiciary will come to order. Without objection, the judge is authorized to declare recesses at any time. We welcome everyone to the oversight hearing on Police Practices. Before we begin, i want to briefly recognize susan jensen whose last day on the committee after 20 mores of service is tomorrow. Susan is highly respected on both sides of the aisle, is one of the preeminent experts on bankruptcy Administrative Law and the federal court system. It is a testament to her knowledge and fairness that she worked as counsel and later senior counsel for both republican and democratic chairs of this committee. First hired by former chair henry hyde for her expertise in bankruptcy law, susan later moved to the democratic staff under former chair and Ranking Member john conners where she expanded her portfolio to include Administrative Law and ethics issues. When i was elected to serve as chair, i also asked susan to serve as the community pa
Institute for research for catholic studies at au. I just confirmed with him a few minutes ago something that i thought might have been unlikely but its true. He has two books hot off the press just in the last few months. These arent just any presses. From Cambridge University press his book legislative hardball, House Freedom and power of threat making in congress, and a few months before that, choosing the leader, u. S. Elections in the u. S. House of representatives which looks like this, because it is this. I think theres some copies in the back maybe. No copies but ill talk about that. Ill leave that to matt. Matt was originally supposed to speak with his colleague doug harris from the university of bal mer who couldnt be here. Well leave that with matt. Thanks for making time to join us here today. Welcome. [ applause ] well, thank you very much and thanks for the opportunity to speak to the capital Historical Society. Can everyone hear me . Youre in the back . Excellent. Its gr
Election lecture series like last time he is professor of politics at Catholic University and associate fellow at the institute for policy research and catholic studies at a you. I confirmed a few minutes ago that i thought may have been likely. He has two brooks books hot off the press in the last two months. From Cambridge University press his book legislative hardball, the House Freedom caucus in the power of threat making in congress and then a few months before that, leadership elections in the us house of representatives which look like this because it is this. And i think this one copies in the back maybe . No copies on that. He was supposed to speak with his colleague doug harris who could not be here today unfortunately but we will leave him to speak on his behalf. Congratulations for the banner year and publication. Welcome. [ applause ] thanks for the opportunity to speak to the capitol hill historic society. Can everyone hear me . Excellent. Its great to be back here with t
Tonight, our keynote speaker is one of our closest friends, our champion, and a hero of the Faith Community, Vice President mike pence. [applause] to this no stranger organization or this stage. He first addressed the faith and 2012. M audience in this is the third year in a row that he has keynoted the gallup. And member of congress governor, he earned a welldeserved reputation as a principled common sense conservative who was respected by his colleagues and was viewed as a rising star in his own party who was headed for bigger and greater things. Know about you, but i will never forget where i was on the day in july of 2016 when donald trump announced he had selected mike pence to be his running mate. For millions of members of the Faith Community, it was a moment of joy, genuine gratitude, and celebration. We knew mike pence. He was our friend. Family, champion of the a defender of innocent human lives, and we trusted him. Thrilled that donald trump saw in him what we had seen for y
Ready to get started. We have the after lunch session. Vicki and i happen tasked with getting everyone really ready to go. Do not embarrass us. My mom is watching. All right. Im excited to start the second part of our program today. We still have a time of candidates to hear from. I am so, because they are not just articulating how they will protect access. They are talking about expanding it and getting bolding getting visionary. Exactly. Do you feel like you are hearing what you want to hear . [applause] ok. A couple reminders on our ground rules. Make sure our storytellers who are being so brave and sharing arer testimony, that we listening to those folks. Second ground rule. We are on the record, so our hair is right and tight because we are getting good love on social media from folks watching all across the country. Number three, this is a glitter, not shade environment. If youre not feeling moved, you do not have to cheer, but we will save the shade for the ballot box, all right