And we are glad that they are here to do that for us. Lance has an incredible background. Not much experience with the military or think tanks or education and lance has all of them. Something notable that you might not of known is he is a speechwriter for gentleman here in california and does anyone remember the name george duke mason . He was also the writer for ed neese in the reagan administration. He has that and he is military experience and he is now the head policy person at tr i on the education track and delighted to welcome him back. [applause] thank you, erica, for that kind introduction and for welcoming back here to the Silicon Valley to the Biggest Group therapy session in the bay area and erica mentioned i started my career after law school and im a recovering lawyer so i started my career as a speechwriter and for those of you vaguely remember governor george i was the guy who gave the duke all that charisma. So i was a speechwriter for the governor and speechwriter fo
I am calling the 2018 Summer Winter meeting to order. On chair would like to call the Committee Man from texas to the. Could we all stand for the invitation please . Dear lord, we thank you for giving us another day to serve you. We thank you for the blessing that it is to live in the greatest and most prosperous , and lord,he world we thank you for the opportunity to work to preserve the foundations of freedom and liberty and we ask that you would help us to continue to be the leaders that you called us to be. Help us to serve faithfully, and help us to understand that like your servant esther in the bible, we have been called for such a time as this. He asked that you would bless and protect the leaders of this great nation, President Trump, the house and senate leadership, governors and state legislators all over this land, that you would give them wisdom and understanding, and that they may make decisions that improve the lives of all americans. Bless and protect our Party Leaders
But the crisis continues to build within the gop since the release of an explosive recording of trump making lewd comments about women. trump sot i just start kissing them. Its like a magnet. Just kiss. I dont even wait. House Speaker Paul Ryan says he will not defend trump or campaign with him between now and the election. Instead, the speaker will use the time to shore up support for republican congressional races. 43 51 Kevin Sheridan ryans paul ryan will focus on being in 42 different cities in 17 different States Running a very aggressive next month to win back the house 52 56 Craig Boswell bridge trumps remarks have prompted dozens of republicans to withdraw their support a defiant trump tweeted that paul ryan should graphic spend more time on balancing the budget, jobs and illegal immigration and not waste his time on fighting the republican nominee Hillary Clinton kicked off a Campaign Event in detroit monday after facing trump in a tense debate on sunday. 1 171 22 Hillary Clin
Thank you. Mark were going to talk about a trio of republicans who had to deal one way or another with donald trump, billionaire. Paul ryan had a Capitol Hill Press Conference yesterday where he said he has no plans now to endorsedoors to un donald trump. According to our sources, ryans carefully chosen words were meant to keep that door ajar. When asked about trump in an interview with nbc news chuck todd that will air in full on sunday, ryan told fellow republicans to run for the hills if they want to. Todd you think it is that house, follow your conscience. Speaker ryan the last thing i reduce tell anybody to do something that is contrary to their conscience. This is a very strange situation. This is a very unique nominee, but i feel as a responsibility institutional he as the speaker that i should not be building some chasm in the middle of the party. The implications of the speaker passwords to chuck todd . A vote of conscience, as we typically think of it, is a vote on abortion o
Margaret im mark halperin. Thank you. Mark were going to talk about a trio of republicans who had to deal one way or another with donald trump, billionaire. First up, paul ryan, the speaker of the house had a capitol hill , press conference yesterday where he said he has no plans now to an indoors unendorse donald trump. According to our sources, ryans carefully chosen words were meant to deliberately keep that door ajar. When asked about trump in an interview with nbc news chuck todd that will air in full on meet the press on ryan told sunday, fellow republicans to run for the hills if they want to. Todd you think it is that members in the House Republican Conference Follow your conscience. Speaker ryan the last thing i tell anybody to do something that is contrary to their conscious conscience. Of course i would not do. This is a very strange situation. This is a very unique nominee, but i feel as a responsibility institutionally, as the speaker of the house, i should not be building