For more of the schedule go to booktv. Org. D. C. Circuit court judge Brett Kavanaugh spoke recently the Heritage Foundation about the judiciaries role in maintaining the constitutional separation of powers. Hes introduced by former attorney general ed meese. This is one hour. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation center for legal and judicial studies and to our tenth annual joseph story distinguished lecture. As you might imagine the namesake of our lecture is that eminent jurist, joseph story he was remarkable patriot who carried out the founders vision of a constitutional republic. Before joining the spring for it quite a career of his own. He was a congressman. He was a state legislator. He was the speaker of the massachusetts house of representatives, and he was also even while he was on the Supreme Court a professor at the harvard law school. Interestingly enough he was also noted as one of the most successful authors of the first half of the 19t
Work force. This subcommittee will work to find sense sbl solutions. Federal agencies employ some of the best and brightest individuals this country has to offer. Every day federal Civil Servants protect our communities, keep our airports running safely and smoothly and military running extremely effectively. We are gafl for their diligence. Important work is obstructed by a culture that rewards attendance over initiative, one that does not differentiate between poor performers and those who excel. The high performing often complain that under performing count parts harm work place moral and raise concerns that compensation is not appropriately related to performance. The 2016 federal Employee View Point survey found a mere 22 of employees agreed with this statement. Pay raises depend on how well employees perform their jobs. While the government fails to appropriately compensate employees based on performance managers face additional challenges. Federal managers are frustrated by comp
We will have votes in a couple hours. We want to make sure we move quickly through this. Before i start, i want to acknowledge that our good friend and Ranking Member of the committee, frank palone is not with us because his father died. We keep his family in our prayers. I did not personally know his father, i know he raised a good son. So we thank him for that. We will continue on from there. Next, joined today also with my colleague who is wearing Denver Broncos orange. Congratulations for a super they must be a good team, because they beat the steelers. Now on with our hearing. Good more than, wer good morning. Were reminded those that seek to do us harm through a variety of harms, including biological attacks. The threats are growing and every changing. We are ill prepared to detect and respond to the threats as rapidly as needed. We have been caught flat footed too many times in the past. We face a deadly enemy we cannot see. Our methods to find it are inadequate. We may know kno
Next, a Senate Hearing on u. S. Preparedness for biological threats. Then Gina Mccarthy talks about the clean water act and the clean power plan. After that, new mexico governor sus Susanna Martinez gives her state of the state address. Now a house hearing on the nations preparedness for biological threats. It comes following the release of recommendations from a special panel on biodefense. This is just over two hours. Good morning. We will begin this hearing. We will have votes in a couple hours. We want to make sure we move quickly through this. Before i start, i want to acknowledge that our good friend and Ranking Member of the committee, frank palone is not with us because his father died. We keep his family in our prayers. I did not personally know his father, i know he raised a good son. So we thank him for that. We will continue on from there. Next, joined today also with my colleague who is wearing Denver Broncos orange. Congratulations for a super they must be a good team, be
Every election cycle will remind us how important it is for citizens to be informed. Home for political junkees and a way to track the government as it happens. Its a great way to stay informed. There are a lot of fans on the hill. My colleagues will say i saw you on cspan. Theres so much more that cspan does to make sure that people outside the beltway knows whats going on inside it. Next, Homeland Security security jay johnson. Topics include counter terrorism, Immigration Enforcement, Cyber Security and refugee admission programs. From the Wilson Center, this is just over an hour. Good morning, everyone. Im jane harman the president and ceo of the Wilson Center. I want to take a moment to recognize all my colleagues from the aspen institutes Homeland Security advisory council, especially my cochair michael chert off. In the middle there. Hes Homeland Security number two. And he has a list of other dignitaries. Let me first recognize my colleagues from that committee. In addition to