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Minutes for an Opening Statement to the happy halloween, everybody. Im dressed as americas most maligned superhero, congressman, able to fly across the country in six hours on alaska airlines. [laughter] we were thinking about titling this hearing frankenstein how the house mailing standards have haunted members for decades, but i suppose we should go to the official un spooky title for the record. Likeue most of the issues that fall into the committees mandate and work of the house he commission on the congressional mailing standards it is very inside baseball. To most people, frank is a name or a hot dog but the reality is for members of congress the congressional frank is actually fundamental to how we communicate with our constituency and every time we respond to the requests were sent newsletters or notices about upcoming townhomes we used to frank and its no surprise with the rise of social media, congress has seen an overall decline. Ten years ago it spent an averae of 58,000 on
Orientation discrimination. This is about an hour. This discrimination is because of sex, because the adverse employment action is based on the male employees that you to conform to a particular expectation on how men should behave, namely that men should be attractive only to women, and not men. There is no analytic difference between this discrimination in forms of discrimination already recognized. Example, discriminant discrimination against men who are effeminate. That discrimination is because of nonconformity with an expectation about how men should hate. The attempt to carve out discrimination against men for not being gay from title vii cannot be administered with consistency or integrity. In the words of the on bond Second Circuit, it forces judges been counting to determine whether or not discrimination is based on sex or orientation. That is futile, because when a man is discriminated against for being gay, he is discriminated against for not conforming to expectations on h
Antiimmigrant sentiment has been translated into true ugliness. Announcer watch tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. With author Bradford Kane. We will discuss his book, pitchfork populism, the forces that shaped and election and continue to change america. Good morning. Lets define populism. In the book, you talk about it as a movement of this engine disenchanted people who are motivated. Is that populism . Just alet me go back bit. There is a long history of populism in the United States. There has been economic populism. There was the populism of the 1800s. I would also note the progressive party, Teddy Roosevelt in 1912 had an amazing agendas it was a populist agenda. It was fascinating. It got enacted over many years. Populism isform of not actually populism. Normally, its based on elevating the people, elevating the masses. In this particular case as was really inn 2016, its the case of donald trump, he motivates his base to empower him rather than him empowering the mass
Trump will have on the impeachment inquiry . Republicans, we want to hear from you at 202 7488001. Democrats, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. Is 202 nts, your line 7488002. And since he was mayor of new york city for so long, we want to hear especially from new york city residents. You have a special line, 202 7488003. Keep in mind, you can also text is your opinion at 202 7488003, and we are always reading on social media, on and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Our focus it will be on former new york city mayor will be on for former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani. I will read a little bit for you this morning to layout this issue. Current diplomat george kent told congressional investigators in closeddoor testimony this week that Rudy Giuliani asked the state department and white house to grant a visa to the former ukrainian official who joe biden had pushed to have removed when he was Vice President. According to four people testimony,th kents he testified around january