Im bradly graham the cohonor of politics and prose and welcome and thank you so much for coming. We were vers very excited when we learned of last years hearings on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court that ruth marcus was writing a book on the subject because we knee that if anyone could deliver an indepth hen the scene s account of what happened, and also put the whole drama into a grander plate context it would be ruth. Her bookes revealing and incitele and evened hands and fast pace and elusive pros makes for a compelling read. In the acknowledgments she calls thats book she has been preparing to write for her entire career. And indeed she brought to it a wealth of knowledge and experience. Out indicate net history at yale and the how at harvard she went into journalism after he studies and spent 35 years at the Washington Post, closely observing how washington works and developing a wide network of friends and sources. I think nearly all of whom are here tonight.
[inaudible conversations] okay. Here we are. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. My loud enough . Good morning, everyone. It is such a pleasure as to welcome you all on behalf of the brookings institution, Cornell Law School and band of law school, erin, dan and i are truly thrilled, incredibly delighted and deeply honored that you join us today in person as well as online to talk about the u. S. Financial and Payment System. Given that it is a friday of a Holiday Weekend and you guys are here to talk about the Payment System on a dreary d. C. Day, i think its safe to assume that you are here for a completely unabashedly full on nerd experience for the day. And so that is exactly what were here to give you. Because the u. S. Payment system deeply, desperately needs it. It needs your ideas. It needs or technologies. It needs your policies. Needs your passion to get it ready and equipped for the digital century that we know is already here. We know i think in this room that the u. S. Paym
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