Good afternoon. Good afternoon. This afternoon the president is looking forward to officially announcing the new chairman of his board of advisers or the White House Initiative on historically black universities. Johnny c. Taylor judge junior taking on this Important Role is the former. Of the thurgd marshal fund and currently for the society of Human Resource management. As you know the president previously signed skuft order promoting excellence and innovation at hbcus. He believes it will advance the Human Potential and with todays announcement he demonstrate his commitment to hbcus. Before taking questions i want to highlight the historic obstruction by Senate Democrats, an issue that represents a threat to americas interests and security. Compared to the four Previous Administrations this senate has confirmed the fewest nominees senator schumer tactics led to 73 fewer confirmations than the next closest administration. Half of president owe President Trumps nominees are still wait
Will be featured in our new season of landmark cases, which begins tomorrow. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the National Constitution center. Beautiful. That is so inspiring. Wonderful live cspan audience, you can see that the great members of the National Constitution center are inspired i this nonpartisan mission of constitutional education and believe it is crucially important for citizens to educate themselves about the constitution so american democracy can thrive. In this mission, we are so excited to be partners with cspan. We have a wonderful collaboration. Landmark cases, which describes the human stories behind some of the most Important Supreme Court cases of all times. That series was inspired by the comments of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg at the National Constitution center a few years ago, where she said how inspiring it would be to hear those stories so people can relate to the cases. Series was such a success that by popular demand we are launching tonight
Next, a preview of cspans landmark cases from the National Constitution center in philadelphia. Welcome to the Constitution Center. I am the president of this wonderful institution which is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. That is so inspiring. Wonderful live cspan audience. You can see the great members of the National Constitution center, like people around the country, are inspired by this nonpartisan mission of constitutional education and believe it is crucially important for citizens to educate themselves about the constitution so american democracy can thrive and survive. And in this educational mission, we are so excited to be partners with cspan. We had a wonderful collaboration a few years ago. Landmark cases. Which described the human stories behind some of the most Important Supreme Court cases of all times. That series was inspired by a comment that Justice Bader
Stories behind the Supreme Court most historic ruling. Welcome to the Constitution Center. And the president of this wonderful institution which is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. Tearful. That is so inspiring. Wonderful live cspan audience. You can see the great members of Constitution Center by people around the country are inspired by this mission of constitutional education and believe it is important for citizens to educate themselves so american democracy can thrive and survive. In this mission we are so excited to be partners with cspan. We have a wonderful collaboration a few years ago, landmark cases which described the human stories behind some of the most important Supreme Court cases of all time. That was inspired by a comment that Justice Ginsburg made at the Constitution Center event a few years ago where she said how inspiring it would be to hear those human stories so p
Poverty law center. Senator Lamar Alexander chairs the committee. Good morning. The Senate Committee will please come to order. We are holding a hearing on exploring free speech on College Campuses. Senator murray and i will have an Opening Statement and then introduce our witnesses. His is an Exceptional Panel we look forward to learning from you. After your testimony we will have five minutes of questions. Before we get into the hearing, i want to make a comment about the recommendationssenator marie senator murray and i made to the senate, along with 22 other senators equally divided , republicans and democrats for a shortterm bipartisan agreement to reduce premiums and avoid chaos in the individual Insurance Market during 2018 and 2019. Im very encouraged by what has happened since we introduced that a week ago. From the Congressional Budget Office yesterday which said in effect that as we believed the alexandermurray proposal would continue costsharing payments for 2 years, 2018 a