Is just under two hours. Senator whitehouse good morning. I call this committee to order. We have multiple committees on which we serve in the senate and from time to time its important to go check in at another committee to get in the queue properly and so senator grassley will be along. Ill make my opening statement, yield to him and then ill introduce the first three witnesses. Senator grassley will introduce a witness, senator lee will introduce a witness and then well proceed. We are here today to discuss womens rights, their right to bodily autonomy. Their right to set the course of their own life. And their right to economic freedom. I hear often that the Budget Committee should only be concerned with debt and deficits but any serious conversation about debt and deficits must also analyze threats to Economic Growth and stability. Debt and deficits do not occur in a vacuum. Welcome. The result from the they result from the fiscal decisions that we make and from what we do that st
Palestinian prisoners. But even if a deal is reached, israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists there will be a fresh Military Offensive in rafah. There has been Widespread International concern that an Israeli Ground operation could endanger more than one million palestinians sheltering there. Our correspondent Anna Foster Injerusalem has the latest on where negotiations stand. We are at that point in proceedings where, through the afternoon, i have been watching in the regional media, various briefings saying were on the verge of an agreement, the framework of an everything through to israel saying no they wont agree to a ceasefire to end the war permanently. The key thing at this point in time is this is the moment would be here these briefings and hear Different Things from different sides but until we get some sort of official word, potentially from the egyptian mediators, in charge of the talks in cairo, really all of thatis talks in cairo, really all of that is backgroun
Will have to get back to you. Hasrter general kelly become a political conversation. We believe the last few minutes of todays White House Briefing to go to the Heritage Foundation for a panel on freedom of speech, what does it mean . Oflysts will debate if vincent van names should be allowed to receive the federal trademark as one example. Introduction are being made. You are watching live coverage on cspan. Hosting our discussion this afternoon is tiffany bates, legal policy analyst. She researches and writes about records, judicial nominations, and other constitutional issues. She is also cohost of heritages 101 podcast. She was a regular contributor to the daily signal, heritages multimedia organization, and she also coordinates a pellet advocacy program. Please join me in welcoming tiffani bates. Tiffani. [applause] thank you, and welcome to the Heritage Foundation, and thanks for joining us to celebrate free speech week by highlighting recent First Amendment victories. I look at
Heritage foundation discussion on a court ruling on offensive language and freedom of speech. Containshour event language some viewers might find offensive. Good afternoon, welcome to the Heritage Foundation. This is the Sarah Allison auditorium. Who are hereose from our heritage. Org website, and on cspan tv. For those inhouse, we would ask a courtesy that mobile devices are silenced or turned off. Isone watching online welcome to send a question at any time, emailing speaker at heritage. Org. Bateseaker is tiffany legal policy analyst. , she researches and writes about records, judicial nominations, and other constitutional issues. She is also cohost of heritages 101 podcast. She was a regular contributor to the daily signal, heritages multimedia organization, and she also coordinates a pellet advocacy program. Please join me in welcoming tiffany bates. Tiffany. [applause] thank you, and welcome to the Heritage Foundation, and thanks for joining us to celebrate free speech week by hi
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