Against the Electoral College. It is useful because it lays out all of the common arguments for it as well. Which is helpful for allowing each person to make up their mind about what they think about this institution genuinely speaking. I do a whole week on this americansry few understand the full extent of the process. If you take a course on the american presidency should probably walk away understanding how this process is used to select how our chief executive officer works. Also because of how it structures have elections turns out. Just like how we started our discussion on president ial nominations by talking about the history and processes and a deep dive into the process rules, the rule nominations today. We should start a president ial election the same way by taking on how we select a president. Youre reading for this week was George C Edwards book on why the Electoral College is bad for america. It is in its third edition, after all. In the book, edwards explains how the El
the committee will now come to order. good afternoon, welcome to today s hearing. to review the president s fiscal request for the federal bureau of investigation. our witnesses fbi director christopher wray, it is very nice to have your before the committee again. i must admit, that i rewrote my opening statement for today s hearing. based on the tragic events in texas. i want to begin by recognizing the more than 36,000 employees of the fbi to protect our country from violent criminals, terrorists and others who would mean is great harm. i want to thank everyone at the fbi for their dedication and service to the country. the fbi remains on standby to jump into action to assist their state, local and tribal partners, investigating criminal activity. the most recent example of this, was assisting in the horrific aftermath at the shooting at robb elementary school in uvalde , texas yesterday. a shooting that has claimed 21 lives, 19 of them children. i, as a mother, and gra
terrorism threats and concerns around the southern border. hearing runs an hour and 45 minutes. nd 45 minutes. the committee will now come to order. good afternoon, welcome to today s hearing. to review the president s fiscal request for the federal bureau of investigation. our witnesses fbi director christopher wray, it is very nice to have your before the committee again. i must admit, that i rewrote my opening statement for today s hearing. based on the tragic events in texas. i want to begin by recognizing the more than 36,000 employees of the fbi to protect our country from violent criminals, terrorists and others who would mean is great harm. i want to thank everyone at the fbi for their dedication and service to the country. the fbi remains on standby to jump into action to assist their state, local and tribal partners, investigating criminal activity. the most recent example of this, was assisting in the horrific aftermath at the shooting at robb elementary school i
matters. america is watching on c-span. powered by cable. fbi director christopher wray says the agency is dedicating full resources to investigate the deadly mass shooting in uvalde, texas. he made the comment while testifying on the bureau s 2023 budget request subsubmit and asked about domestic terrorism threats and concerns about the southern border. the hearing runs an hour 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] # [inaudible conversations] . [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the subcommittee on commerce, justice, science, and related agencies will now come to order. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to today s hearing to review the president fiscal year 2023 funding request for the federal bureau of investigation. our witness today s fbi director christopher wray. director wray, for a nice to have you beforeag the committee again. i must admit, however, that i rewrote my opening statement for today s hearing based on the tragic events in texas. but i
giving a front row seat to democracy. fbi director christopher wray says the agency is dedicating for resources to investigate the deadly mass shooting in uvalde, texas. he made the comment while testifying on the bureau s budget request before a senate appropriations subcommittee. he was asked to talk about domestic terrorism threats and concerns about the southern border. the hearing runs an hour and 45 minutes. the committee will now come to order. good afternoon, welcome to today s hearing. to review the president s fiscal request for the federal bureau of investigation. our witnesses fbi director christopher wray, it is very nice to have your before the committee again. i must admit, that i rewrote my opening statement for today s hearing. based on the tragic events in texas. i want to begin by recognizing the more than 36,000 employees of the fbi to protect our country from violent criminals, terrorists and others who would mean is great harm. i want to thank everyo