Attorney general Jeff Sessions were not introducing a bipartisan prison sentencing reform bill. Will talk about criminal Justice Reform and the role of prosecutors. President trump i want to speak now, directly to americas children, especially those that feel lost, alone, confused, or even scared. I want you to know that you are never alone and you never will be. You have people who care about you, who love you, and you will do anything at all to protect you. President trump yesterday speaking to the nation about the School Shooting in florida that left 17 dead and over a dozen injured. Good morning everyone, the flags in washington remain at halfstaff in memory of the victims and their families. The front pages of the news this morning centering on school safety, and that is where we begin our conversation with you. How to we keep schools safe . Parents and students, we want to hear from you. 202 7488000. Educators, 202 7488001. Aw enforcement, 202 7488002 all others, your line is 202
Institution. Mr. Galston let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill galston, senior fellow in governance studies. Thanks so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present, and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The occasion of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this is titled kwoek can thed, broken senate save itself and the country . Those of you that read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an institution and will not be surprised to learn how distressed he is by what he describes as its precipitous decline. This topic could not be more timely. We are just days from the expiration of another short term continuing budget resolution, and perhaps even more pertinently from a promised open Senate Debate on u. S. Immigration policy. Will the promise be kept . And if it is
Unacceptable. They must be held accountable. Russiansstion that the may be trying to interfere with our democracy. How do you feel about that legislatively . Specifically, what are you about . Look over the last year. There are things i disagreed with. People know where i stand, they know that ive been critical, things he has said and done that i disagree with. For example, i felt his comments about charlottesville were of that nature and that is why i said what i did. Interestingly, i expected us to be further apart on policy but he is not doing the 45 tariff on foreign goods and did not pull out of nafta day one. He has adopted many things i think make a lot of sense for the country and i will support him and work with him on those policies. But where we disagree, i will point that out also. Should states restrict ak47s and assault weapons . Mr. Romney i will let the states make that decision for what is best with their own state. I think thats the best way to deal with this. What ab
Yu Lieutenant Governor stanford. It is a pleasure serving with you, appreciate all that you are doing, and appreciate the fact you are staying so close to your kids. I cant even get through the first line. This guy is amazing as a dad, a partner, former cfo, he is exactly what the state needs it is a key part of what we have gotten done as well. [applause] governing is a team effort and there are three branches of government and we are well represented here today. We have four of the five Supreme Court justices that serve our state here today including the chief justice, longestserving justice in the history of north dakota but lets honor our judicial court, if you guys could stand to be recognized. [applause] and we have a fabulous turn out of state legislators hear from across the state, they have different from all over, these people serve all of you, not just when they are in session but all year round so if we could have all our state senators and representatives today please stan
Senatorers namesake Mitch Mcconnell introduced senator schumer and they talked about the relationship. Thank you very much. I want to express my gratitude to you for your service. View, a done, in my seamless job of plugging the gap. When this program started in the early 1990s, i had no idea it could develop into what it had become. I hope youll join me in thanking him for the good job. [applause] weve had a lot of interesting speakers over the years. There might be none more interesting than our guests this morning. You brooklyn. Mer is from always associate a smell of triple x roche sprayed with love. It was his hard work day in and day out that took this kid from brooklyn to the United States and it. It is also why last year Time Magazine named him one of the most influential people. He was elected to the new York State Assembly at the age of 23. In his memoir, chuck remembered his parents actually did not want him to run. Basically life of a corporate lawyer was to be 6 respectabl