American enterprise institute. Event is hosted by the American Enterprise interested institute. I am a senior fellow at the American Enterprise interested to enterprise institute. Thank you for coming. Thanks to those who are tuning in virtually. What i thought i would do is before getting into our panel, we have a terrific lineup and two excellent panels i am make excited about. I want to start by saying a few words about why we are having this event here now i way of background. I think it would be uncontroversial to say the covid19 crisis was a crisis. We think about it, it is something that we will be grappling with for some time to come and certainly among the most important events of recent times. It was a Public Health crisis, arguably the worst in 100 years, which resulted in unspeakable amount of death and illness. It also has resulted in a set of policy and political decisions which were unprecedented, the effects of which we are grappling with and trying to understand and th
Thanks for being with us. Thanks. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Health care also the topic at ben cardins town hall. He reveals efforts to repeal and replace the law and the future of health care. Tonight we are hoping to have a town hall meeting where we can have a discussion about health care. I want to welcome just thank you to. Free speech for all lets just have a discussion for all. So good evening. Welcome to everyone who came this evening. My name is tom lewis, im the Vice President for government and Community Affairs for johnson hospital kiJohns Hopkins and i want to welcome you to the Montgomery County campus. I want to say a little bit about our speaker tonight before i introduce him. Senator cardin served for 20 years in the maryland house of delega delegates. He was the youngest speaker ever elected to lead the maryland house of delegates. He also spent 20 years as a u. S. Congressman from maryland and had a distinguished mark there. He was elected to the u. S. Sen
Tax policy center. I will be replacing len berman next week, but the ever efficient Tax Policy Center is already putting me to work. First thing id like to do today is acknowledge our online audience who are with us. I encourage all yo all of you te your thoughts and observations using liveaturban. We ask you to email events at urban. Org. We will make a point to use these questions in the q a portion of the program. Im excited to be joining the Tax Policy Center, and i thank you all for joining us today to grapple with important issues surround our states fiscal futures. The panel will examine obstacles and opportunities governors and legislatures will face, and the decisions as they pass new budgets. That budget this year or budget process this year appears to be exceptionally challenging, given the uncertainty about what federal policy will look like in a wide range of areas. As the new Administration Stands up, and new policies are shaped, its important recall many of the programs
Tax policy center. I will be replacing len berman next week, but the ever efficient Tax Policy Center is already putting me to work. First thing id like to do today is acknowledge our online audience who are with us. I encourage all yo all of you te your thoughts and observations using liveaturban. We ask you to email events at urban. Org. We will make a point to use these questions in the q a portion of the program. Im excited to be joining the Tax Policy Center, and i thank you all for joining us today to grapple with important issues surround our states fiscal futures. The panel will examine obstacles and opportunities governors and legislatures will face, and the decisions as they pass new budgets. That budget this year or budget process this year appears to be exceptionally challenging, given the uncertainty about what federal policy will look like in a wide range of areas. As the new Administration Stands up, and new policies are shaped, its important recall many of the programs
Tax policy center. I will be replacing len berman next week, but the ever efficient Tax Policy Center is already putting me to work. First thing id like to do today is acknowledge our online audience who are with us. I encourage all yo all of you te your thoughts and observations using liveaturban. We ask you to email events at urban. Org. We will make a point to use these questions in the q a portion of the program. Im excited to be joining the Tax Policy Center, and i thank you all for joining us today to grapple with important issues surround our states fiscal futures. The panel will examine obstacles and opportunities governors and legislatures will face, and the decisions as they pass new budgets. That budget this year or budget process this year appears to be exceptionally challenging, given the uncertainty about what federal policy will look like in a wide range of areas. As the new Administration Stands up, and new policies are shaped, its important recall many of the programs