The irs targeting of political groups. In october, chaffetz introduced legislation to impeach koskinen. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to the hearing on examining allegations of misconduct on irs commissioner John Koskinen part one. I begin with myself. The constitution sets forth a system of checks and balances and grants each branch of government tools to shake sure no one gets too much power. The power to write the laws, power of the purse, impeachment power and other powers. They allow congress to expert oversight over branches including rooting up corruption, fraud and abuse by government officials and taking further disciplinary action on behalf of the American People when warranted. The duty to serve as a check on the other branches including against corruption and abuse is a solemn one and congress does not and must not take this responsibility lightly. That is why this committee scheduled a hearing
Next, treasury secretary jack lew. With reporters on the domestic and global economies and his Upcoming Trip to the g7 summit. The event was hosted by the Washington Bureau of the Christian Science monitor. Its 50 minutes. Tv reporter from boston. Good to see you. Just retired this year. [ room noise ] youre going to be right here, sir. Were going to start right on time this morning. Im dave cook from the monitor. Thanks for coming. Our guest is treasury secretary jacob lew. His last visit was in july 2015 and we appreciate his coming back before his trip next week to anchorage and then the g7 Foreign Ministers meeting in japan. Our guest flirted with a journalism career while he was editor of the Forest Hills High School beacon. He evidently thought better of it and while in college caught the washington bug, working for representative bella abzug and joe moakley, earned a bachelor degree at hafshtd and a law degree at jpmorgantown. Between 79 and 87 he learned politics from a master
Campaign. Reagan and bush 149 states. This is little over a half hour. [applause] [chanting] rep. Ferraro hello [applause] [cheers] rep. Ferraro you guys are a riot. [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention [applause] rep. Ferraro ladies and gentlemen of the convention [cheers] rep. Ferraro ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my name is geraldine ferraro. [cheers and applause] i stand before you to proclaimed tonight america is a land where dreams can come true for all of us. [cheers and aplpause] as i stand before the American People and think of the honor this Great Convention has bestowed upon me, i recall the words of dr. Martin luther king jr. , who made america stronger by making america more free. He said, occasionally in life, there are moments which cannot be completely explained by words. Their meaning can only be articulated by the in audible language of the heart. Tonight is such a moment for me. [applause] my heart is filled with pride. My fellow citizens, i p
The constitution of Civil Justice comes to order. The chair is authorized to declare recessed committee at anytime. Welcome to you gentlemen. Sorry for being a little late. We called this hearing today to examine hr3765, the a. D. A. Education reform act of 2015 and hr241, the access act of 2015, which are two common sense proposals that require plaintiffs to require defendants with written notice and opportunity to correct an alleged a. D. A. Violation voluntarily before they may file a lawsuit and force a Business Owner to incur legal costs. Overall purpose. When a. D. A. Was signed into law by george h. W. Bush, it was to provide the disabled with equal access. Its hailed as the most sweeping, nondiscrimination legislation of the act of 1964. Enterprising plaintiffs and their lawyers have abused the law by filing a flurry of a. D. A. Lawsuits aimed at churning out billable hours rather than improving access for the disabled as the a. D. A. Intended. These predatory lawsuits are poss
Tv reporter from boston. Good to see you. Just retired this year. [ room noise ] youre going to be right here, sir. Were going to start right on time this morning. Im dave cook from the monitor. Thanks for coming. Our guest is treasury secretary jacob lew. His last visit was in july 2015 and we appreciate his coming back before his trip next week to anchorage and then the g7 Foreign Ministers meeting in japan. Our guest flirted with a journalism career while he was editor of the Forest Hills High School beacon. He evidently thought better of it and while in college caught the washington bug, working for representative bella abzug and joe moakley, earned a bachelor degree at hafshtd and a law degree at jpmorgantown. Between 79 and 87 he learned politics from a master in his role as Principal Deputy policy adviser to House Speaker tip oneill. As a special assistant to president clinton in 93 and 94 our guest played a key role in helping design americorps. He was later Deputy Director and