Republican party in kentucky. Thank you, david. Youre looking at one of the very few unfortunate kentuckiens not to be in the commonwealth on this derby eve. I want to thank the National Press club for giving me this. And hopefully everybody at home understands i will be back this evening and please save me a mint julep. So id like to introduce our panel for the senate role on the judicial confirmation process. First we have martin gold, mr. Gold is a partner with capital council. He brings over 40 years of experience on senate staff and in private practice. Hes a recognized authority on matters of congressional rules and parliamentary strategies. Mr. Gold is the author of Senate Procedure and practice, a primer on procedure now in its third edition. He advises in offices of senators and serves on the faculty at George Washington university. He often speaks a about congress as well as political and Public Policy is developments. Hes a graduate of the Washington College of law and Ameri