Ladies and gentlemen, my name is lou hardy, im one of the cofounders [applause] bostonians [inaudible] and we do a lot of Educational Forums like this to talk about immigration. I want to welcome all the people that are assembled, i want to welcome everyone who may be watching on live stream and the people who are watching on cspan booktv. And i want to let you know that, despite the covid regulations in boston which used to be the cradle of liberty and we are now in lockdown all the time, but what were doing tonight is were skirting the law and were getting together for this wonderful event to talk about a very important book. More than 50 of it deals with immigration, both legal and illegal, and i would like everyone to welcome mr. Harlan hill and mr. Ryan girdusky. [applause] apparently im going to be doing marco rubio all night. [laughter] its very hot here in boston, but lets are get right to it. Harlan is a political consulling about the, an adviser to the [inaudible] weve seen h
President trump also made news in this impromptu get together which we werent exactly expecting on a monday morning, saying the coronavirus briefings are making a comeback starting tomorrow from the Briefing Room at 5 00 p. M. Start our coverage with chad pergram who covers capitol hill. Chad, that meet meeting in the oval office set the table for next few weeks negotiations. What are we looking for . Reporter a lot of negotiations will be with republicans, make no mistake on that. Republicans are all over the map on this by there is major disagreements how to do another bill. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin said they will be about kids and jobs. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell said he will take control to write the bill in his office. There is lot of questions whether he can finish a bill at all. Mitch mcconnell is confident they can. Listen. Begin the process of socializing what weve been discussing with the administration over last two weeks with our members. Were looking fo
Safe boston. And we have with us a variety of issues and do a lot of Educational Forums like this to talk but immigration. Tonight we are talking of i want to welcome the people assembled and welcome everybody who may have be watching live on the live stream and the people who are watching on cspan booktv, and i want to let you know that despite the covid regulations in boston, the cradle of lisch and were in lockdown all the time but what were doing is skirting the law and getting together for this wonderful event, and were going to talk about a very important book in our minds, more than 50 of it deals with immigration, legal and i will legal, and i would like everybody to welcome mr. Harlan chill mr. Ryan girdusky. [applause] apparently im going to be doing a marco rubio imitation all night so bear with me. Its very hot here in boston, and lets start, get right to it. Harlan is a political consultant. An adviser to the Trump Reelection Campaign we have seen him on cnn, msnbc, and al
One of the first people i met into our planning and congressman style not only did you take speaker ryans place but a former paul ryans staffer i think there is a closer fiscalke hawk then probably doctor tom to inspire the effort in your former boss and predecessor. So we are curious to hear your unique perspective as millennial legislators indicating Small Business person South Carolina and similar business background. We would really like to evolve into a discussion molly have you online because you have so much in common with the members of this commission. Thank you for havingh us. This is an issue dear to my heart literally the number one issue i ran on. We have been out of control for decades when i first came to congress that was one of the most pressing issues and in the first year we spent one. 4 trillion more than we brought in revenue at 25 trillion in debt nine on the Financial Services committee but i was talking about this left and right but in 2025 we would spend more m
Good afternoon, everyone. First off, id like to thank the Clermont Institute for sponsoring this panel and for sponsoring all of its panels here at the american Political Science association, and thanks to all of you for coming to hear whether congress is still dysfunctional. I suspect you already know the answer to the question, but maybe well provide a fuller background and explanation about whats going on these days on capitol hill. Its no secret to political scientists that congress is a mess. Its no secret to the members of congress that congress is a mess. And nor is it a secret to the American People that congress is a mess. Routinely, congress polls very poorly when people are asked whether they approve of the job its doing, and this trend is bipartisan whether democrats or republicans control congress, most people assign it a failing grade. The trend is also long standing. Over the past Decade Congress has not once achieved an Approval Rating above 30 . It wasnt always this wa