Welcome everybody. Im david, head of Public Policy at wells fargo. Im very pleased to be here with you today. We are still pleased to serve for the first year, and even prouder to what the book festival grow into the popular and impactful event its become. You wouldnt be surprised to see as move the needle on the best seller list. It is important to keep this free event. The library of Congress Real purpose is learning and opportunity, which matches our goal of allowing the community to succeed. Learning to love books and learning is part of what this session is about. If were lucky, certain other fanning font thirds will be discussed tonight. One thing that i learned from this story is how people can of all, and through persistence and hard work overcome their imperfections. Its an incredible story that reminded me that someone of goodwill can overcome their issues and realize great potential. The International Director of a break, and our moderator, the thank you. Welcome to the 18th
Guest senator ron wyden from oregon and senator Amy Klobuchar of minnesota, two of the biggest voting champions in the senate to talk about the challenges we face during the pandemic around voting. After a discussion with the senators we will be talking with alayna who is the director of state operations and ballot measure under major strategies, we will be talking about the Gold Standard of voting reform that she helped pass and we will also be talking about what reform looks like across this country. We know these are extremely challenging times and many people are enduring significant struggles, i really appreciate you spending sometime this evening with us. As you know the covid19 pandemic threatens not only our economy and our health but also the health of our democracy. It is shocking that even during the covid19 pandemic some states and localities are actively trying to disenfranchise certain voters especially from communities of color. What we saw in wisconsin several weeks ago
Klobuchar of minnesota and oregons ron wyden suggest voting amid the coronavirus pandemic. Over the next hour, they talk about voting by mail and what Congress Needs to do to make it nationwide. All and welcome those of you who are joining us on zoom and those on facebook life. I am president of common cause. We havely 50 years, been Holding Power accountable through lobbying, litigation, grassroots organizing and 1. 2 million members have helped with hundreds of reforms at the national, state and local levels. Thank you for joining this evenings webinar. We have two special guests senator ron wyden for morgan and senator Amy Klobuchar from minnesota. Oregontor ron wyden from and senator Amy Klobuchar from minnesota. After a discussion, i will be talking with our director of state operations and ballot measure strategies. We will be talking about the Gold Standard of voting reforms that she helped pass and we will talk about what reform looks like across the country. We know these are
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For responsibility for sentencing falls on someone neutral, not someone who has a longstanding relationship with the defendant. Not someone whose political career was aided by the defendant. And surely not somebody whose personal involvement underlined the case. President trump compared the sentence together members of the deep state and the top officials at the department of justice and the fbi who have yet to be held accountable for the biggest political scandal in american history. Comey lied, mccabe lied. Lisa page lied, her lover strzok, peter strzok lied. You dont know who these people are . Just trust me. They all lied. You have people thats forged documents. You had people that wrote fake dossiers and brought them to the fbi and used people in the Justice Department to get them to the fbi. A lot of bad things are happening and we are cleaning it up, we are cleaning the swamp. We are draining the swamp. I just never knew how deep the swamp was. Lou we are getting a good idea. Jo