Children. We dont see them as our grand tchirn. But i guarantee you if you were to do an altar call as i will this sunday and ask for every parent and ever grandparent who has a child thats been impacted by the system, whether its by a wrongful incarceration, wrongful arrest or whether an incarceration or an arrest, i guarantee you that between one third and one half of the congregation will come forward. This is our issue. I used to try to disance mibe up until i was incarcerated. I dont have one of those rags to riches things. No. I met jesus before i went. Unlike those of you who have not sinned since you became religious. And i zranchinge the shame cool aid. I didnt know to know that i was in trouble. So i gave them a phony nick name, they call me doc. That was the only inmate attorneys that had a mono grammed jumpsuit. That took a while. And so it was ok for two weeks until a young man came up to me and he said, pastor. I said i dont know you. He said i used to play drums in your
Welcome. Thank you for joining us via cspan this afternoon and all of our Television Viewers are welcome to send in questions by mail to us. We will post the Program Within 24 hours on our website for your future reference, as well. Hosting our discussion today is our senior legal follow in legal and judicial studies and manager of our judicial reform initiative. He handles things like elections, campaign financing, voter fraud and identification laws and registration issues. Before joining us, he served for two years as a member of the federal Election Commission and has been a counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the u. S. Department of justice. He is a former litigator, and house counsel, and senior corporate officer as well in the insurance industry. Please join me in welcoming my colleague. [applause] i would like to welcome you to the Heritage Foundation, particularly all of you who braved the torrential rains overnight to be here in erson. We are here to
Philharmonic here. They thought that was a big deal. They did one say to me can i bring Michael Jordan . No id look, there is likes kim jong ill western movies. The old cds i would bring and i know that it was well received. It didnt necessarily bring peace but i recall in this lars trip and i wish i know you invited eric to come, the google guy. But he had real interaction with north korean students at this hightech school, this computer school. They treated him like a rock star. And i didnt see any hoss tilt there. I ventured over the years i ventured into weddings, out door weddings, restaurants, the subway. I love the subways there. You get in there and i never detected any hostility. There were language barriers but i had some interters. Im an american. I think there is a people to People Potential that we can Work Together. The hostility is at the government level, the military im sure towards us. But people to people, ive never detected that negotiatetivity. Ive got to say i did
Gets more lifethreatening and expensive. A lot of good things are going to happen. We are the last industrialized nation in the world to have National Healthcare policy. What i have preferred a public option . Yes. But the system we have got is the best that we have ever devised. Started it iny massachusetts. It will help america, it and for many americans, we have got great health for people who can afford it. For or people, they do not have access to doctors living in the innercity. That needs to change. On twitter from jack who writes do you think the Founding Fathers back in 1776 envisioned a secret fisa as key to a thriving democracy . Dont know what they were thinking, and certainly they did not think about the fisa court. 1776really did not see in the first 10 amendments, the bill of rights did not come until later. The Founding Fathers were great. But they were not infallible. They were certainly wrong about women, who did not have the right to vote, and they were certainly wro
Immigration system and talked about the countrys history. [applause] thank you. Thank you very much and welcome to freedom hall. Grateful to be able to witness this joyous and uplifting ceremony. It will be inspiring to see people of different ages, in raise theiruntries right hands and take the oath to become citizens of the United States. All who swear the oath of citizenship are doing more than completing a legal process. A lifetime pledge to support the values and loss of america. The pledge comes with great privileges and also with great responsibilities. For some of you today, a concept a long and difficult journey. For all of you, it is a defining moment in your lives. America is your country. It is more than a home. I welcome you to this free nation and i congratulate you and your families. Fellow der to tidy it is an honor to call you fellow americans. Our immigrant heritage has enriched americas history. It continues to shape our society. Each generation of americans of immig