Its goal is to improve regulatory policy through independent research on regulatory performance and process, and to host events like this where we can have informed debate on regulation, and everything with the word reg in it. There is a long tradition at brookings working on regulatory policy. Way back in the 1990s in my youth and im going to stick by that being my youth i was affiliated on the aei side with the joint study on regulatory structures. That center no longer exists. I want to start something up again, and lo and behold, here we are. It is a particularly opportune one to focus our attention regulatory policy. In recent years we have seen increasing delegation of Policymaking Authority from congress to the agencies. We see this now nine months into the Trump Administration. If you look at the priorities of the president , on domestic policy on regulatory policy. Front, you had the repeal of the aca, and that did not go as planned. We have tax cuts or tax reform, depending o
Director of economic studies here at brookings. I am also the founder and director for the center on regulation and markets, which is a relatively new endeavor at brookings. Its goal is to improve regulatory policy through independent research on regulatory performance and process, and to host events like this where we can have informed debate on regulation, and everything with the word reg in it. There is a long tradition at brookings working on regulatory policy. Way back in the 1990s in my youth and im going to stick by that being my youth i was affiliated on the aei side with the joint study on regulatory structures. That center no longer exists. I want to start something up again, and lo and behold, here we are. It is a particularly opportune one to focus our attention regulatory policy. In recent years we have seen increasing delegation of Policymaking Authority from congress to the agencies. We see this now nine months into the Trump Administration. If you look at the priorities
[chatter] good morning, everybody. It is a Beautiful Day outside, and you are all here to talk about regulatory policy. I love it. My kind of people. I am the Vice President and director of economic studies here at brookings. I am also the founder and director for the center on regulation and markets, which is a relatively new endeavor at brookings. Its goal is to improve regulatory policy through independent research on regulatory performance and process, and to host events like this where we can have informed debate on regulation, and everything with the word reg in it. There is a long tradition at brookings working on regulatory policy. Way back in the 1990s in my youth and im going to stick by that being my youth i was affiliated on the aei side with the joint study on regulatory structures. That center no longer exists. I want to start something up again, and lo and behold, here we are. It is a particularly opportune one to focus our attention regulatory policy. In recent years we
The Bush Administration pursued a policy of detainee mistreatment that since has been acknowledged to include torture of detainees. And the process that got the United States of america into a place where it was torturing detainees was a Legal Process that was full of mistakes and failures by the office of Legal Counsel at the department of justice by mr. Bybee, by mr. Mr. Hugh and by following them mr. Bradbury. Lets start with just a word on the office of Legal Counsel. Within the department of justice, the office of Legal Counsel is seen as being the best of the best. The department of justice prides itself on attracting and training and perfecting the skills of the best lawyers in america. And as a United States attorney, i had the privilege of serving with a lot of absolutely spectacularly skilled lawyers and trial advocates just in the small rhode island u. S. Attorneys office and of working with others from the department of justice. And i have just a very, very high opinion of
Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. President trump is promising action on tax reform and health care. In an interview taped yesterday and broadcast today on cbs face the nation, the president said the revenue losses from his plan to reduce personal and Corporate Tax rates will be offset by economic growth, better trade deals, and he seemed to suggest a new tax on imports. We have countries where if we make a product, and we send it to that country, they charge us 100 tax. If they make the same product and send it to us, we charge them nothing. You think thats smart . Its not, were g