Every one of you here taking the time to meet as a community and take an active role in electing the candidate who will take down donald trump in november. [applause] before coming here to carson city, i was working in montana for a nonprofit dedicated to assisting students experiencing homelessness, making them feel like they belong, helping them understand their full potential. I knew they were not alone in their fight and that millions of americans have experienced similar feelings of exclusion and the Current System is actively working against those who need the most help. I wanted to be involved in making bold changes happen and i knew that i could make a difference in pete buttigiegcampaign here. When i moved out here, i had no idea what to expect. All i had was a dented up suzuki, a car they do not even make anymore. A couple of suitcases, my wonderful dog named jeff and an eagerness to select a candidate who can heal the divides of the nation and begin a new american era. From
Welcome dr. Craig smith. Ladies and gentlemen, would you please welcome dr. Craig smith. [applause] dr. Smith, its a pleasure to see you, thanks for being here with us tonight. You have written for some of the most powerful people in the world. Can you tell us a little bit about your early life and tell us more about how you get to be a president ial speechwriter. I became a president ial speechwriter can only happen in america. I was an undergraduate debater got a lot of training in how to make cases, how to sift evidence, how to build arguments. I then went on for a phd in Communication Studies where i focused on the ancients, aristotle on rhetoric, cicero on oratory. All those things are incorporated in the speechwriting craft. Professor of a Communication Studies, focusing on rhetoric and public address. At sanp after starting diego state, i wound up at the university of virginia and i was at the university of virginia in 1976 and i was invited down to the university of North Carol
Then later a look into how facial recognition technologies are being used identify people come into the u. S. But first the Supreme Court oral argument kelly versus the u. S. With her argument in case 181059. Mr. Roth. Mr. Chief justice, and may it please the court. Once again the government is trying to use the open ended federal fraud statutes to enforce honest government at the state and local levels. Its through this time is that the defense is committed property fraud by reallocating two two traffic lanes from one public road to another without disclosing their real political reason for doing so. This theory terms of the integrity of every official action at every level of government into a potential federal fraud investigation. It in runts mcnally and skilling by subsuming on the Services Fraud within property fraud and by criminalizing ulterior motives even without brides or kickbacks. It would, in fact, a sweeping expansion of federal criminal jurisdiction into a a particuly fr
Discrimination and inequality. Getting it done means finally fixing our broken immigration system and creating a path to citizenship for the 11 Million People living in the shadows. [applause] getting it done means protecting a womans right to choose and appointing judges who will defend that right. [cheering] getting it done means providing Health Insurance to every single american. [applause] decades ive two taken on the toughest fights and won. Ive taken on donald trump and one many times. Beat among gun safety, copollution, and in flipping the house blew and i am ready blue and i am ready to do it again. I cannot do it alone. If you want Health Insurance for everyone, if you want to combat jobs, ify with better you support my commitment to quality Public Education matter what zip code you live in, if you share my belief and opportunity for all not just of the few , if you are ready to defend the constitution of the United States and if you are ready to clean out the oval office and
And vicki kennedy, the widow of Edward Kennedy discussed their husbands careers and legacies conversation about Public Service at the Kennedy School of government and Harvard University. Next, a house panel looking at the Trump Administrations changes to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. We hear from the Senior Vice President of the no kid Hungry Campaign and antipoverty advocates. Come to order, weve got objection and the chair is authorized for a recess at any time. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement. Every child deserves the chance to grow up healthy. Children shouldnt have to worry about where their next meal will come from. Thats an unimaginable burden for a young person that can deprive them oftheir childhood. Food insecurity hurts childrens academic outcomes, their ability to Pay Attention and their behavior. It has longterm impacts on physical and Mental Health and even depresses lifetime earnings. As doctor Martin Luther king sa