Of government at harvard university. Since joining the faculty in 1992, profession so 1992, he is a member of the core faculty within the carr center frp human rights policy and is a faculty affiliate. In the wake of the 2000 president ial election bs, professor king directed the task force for the National Commission on election reform chaired by gerald ford and jimmy carter. That culminated in land marc Voting Rights in 2002. He later oversaw the evaluation and new Management Structure for the Boston Election Department and he served in the Advisory Board of americanelect. Org. In the past professor king chaired the Bipartisan Program for newly elected members of the u. S. Congress and he corrected the executive program for Senior Executives in state and local government. Professor king is the author of three books and published in a range of journals including the american Political Science review and the journal of politics. Please welcome david king. [ applause ] thank you. Is thi
Circumstances in which it is discouraged and never encouraged and i do not have a feel for that circumstance. I do not know what really is the fact between the banking leadership that may have encouraged this behavior. We have seen this before. I served with a number of my colleagues including center that senator brown where we saw the consequences of a system that rewarded appointments for veterans who needed medical care. We saw a scandal across the country in which veterans were put on the list suggesting they had an appointment. They did not and circumstances which those individuals those individuals were listed as having an appointment and the allegations exist that there was a failure of the va system to provide health care. There is a number of us on this committee and in congress who work to find the right regulatory balance for Financial Institutions and just to stress with you the importance of than having our Financial Institutions the cave, their behavior conduct be a certa
But we want to make certain the circumstances of which it is discouraged and never encouraged, and i dont have a feel for that circumstance. I dont know what really is the facts within the banking leadership that may have encouraged this behavior. A number of my colleagues, including senator brown on the Veterans Committee where we saw the consequences of a system that rewarded appointments for veterans who needed medical care. We saw a scandal across the country in which veterans were put on a list suggesting they had an appointment. They didnt. In the circumstances in which those individuals those individuals were listed as having an appointment, the allegations certainly existed there was death as a result of the failure of a v. A. System to provide Necessary Health care. I think a point thats senator highcamp, and i would make to you again, theres a number of us from this committee and in congress who work for try to find the right regulatory balfour the right Financial Institution
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