This is just under an hour. [applause] what do you all think about the white leather . Is this a good look . Thank you all for joining us on evening of active democratic voting and significant raining. This event marks the oneYear Anniversary of the 12th installment of the series on leadership. The purpose of this leadership is to call of the series is to call on leaders from national politics, education, and advocacy to grapple with the questions that allow some people to enable a true leadership. What enables some of us to struggle to overcome the obstacles and unite the diverse interests that are part of any dynamic and true democracy . Towe are extremely fortunate be having our first Year Anniversary with three legislators who live of this question every single day. I should note we are very proud to name this series in honor of the Extraordinary Service of bob and elizabeth dole. Both are proud partisans in the truest sense. They have overcome a lot of real adversity and shown the
Sunday on cspans q a. Each year, the u. S. Capital Historical Society orders the accomplishments of the committee. Next, a tribute to the Senate Finance committee. Present and past members discuss the committees purpose and work. It was formally created in 1816. My name is jane campbell. I am lucky and fortunate to be the president and ceo of the historicales society. I just took this job in february, so this is my new but this organization has been around for more than 50 years, and we are delighted to have you all join us for a of the distinguished history of the Senate Finance committee. We begin the program tonight the presentation of colors by the United States Capitol Police ceremonial unit and the pledge of allegiance. Please rise. March. Right shoulder. Now, please join in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Right s
The books title is intriguing, the broken, can the senate save itself in the country. Im curious, what is your conclusion to that question. Tom, first of all, im thrilled to be having a conversation with you. When cspan told me you were going to do it, i felt like i had won the lottery. To see an old friend but also also great senator and Senate Leader and an author on this subject. You cant do much better than that. Thank you. I am flattered. The easy answer is that your jury is still out on how it will go. When i tried to convey in the book was, first that the senate has declined over a long period of time, not a couple of years, more like a couple of decades for the senate has declined in a way where it sort of goes like that and it stevens over the last nine or ten years. What we are facing now is a very diminished and weakened senate at precisely the time we need a strong one. All of a sudden we are facing the possibility, lets say we were facing the possibility of an inexperience
Students,0 4, 2018, survivors will march on washington. They will be joined by students from around the country who want nothing more than to be safe in their schools. When i ask what i ask of President Trump and my colleagues and especially speaker of the house paul ryan and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is this meet with these students. Let them share their stories. Facetoface with you. In theat this can happen hometowns in your own districts. Know that gun violence is an everyday tragedy in our country. What if these were your kids or your grandchildren . What would you do then . We know what we need to do to safer from guny violence can we know the solutions. We just need the courage to act. It is time. It is time for republicans in congress to show just a shred of the courage of the Stoneman Douglas students. It is time for speaker ryan to let the house vote, to require background checks on a resale and transfer, to keep guns out of the hands of suspected terrorists, to o
Cspan is brought to you by youe or satellite provider. The communicators looked at technology and its impact on voting and democracy recently with speakers at the state of the net Conference Held in washington d. C. Heres a look. Host katie harbath, is the Global Politics director for facebook. What does that entail . Guest being the Global Politics and government outreach director means that myself and my team who are situated across the world work with governments, elected officials, candidates on how to best use facebook to communicate with citizens. And then we also help to work on facebooks overall efforts in elections which includes protecting the integrity of elections on our platform whether thats through preventing foreign interference, fake accounts, etc. , but then also helping to teach people how to use their Civic Engagement tools so more people can have a voice in the political process. Host people heard you say what you did, and theyre going you didnt do a very good job