Disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision. [cheers] [applause] when a handful of billionaires like the Koch Brothers and a few of their friends are prepared to spend 900 million in this campaign democracy. Is not that is oligarchy, and we will not allow that to proceed. I want this country to have a vibrant democracy. I want us to have one of the highest voter turnout rates in the world, not one of the lowest. [cheers] sen. Sanders i want the people in this room, in the state, in this country, who want to be involved in this political process, progressive, conservative, moderate. Fornt you to be able to run Office Without begging wealthy people for Campaign Contributions. [cheers] and i want voting rules to be very simple. In america, if you are 18 years of age and a citizen of this country, you are registered to vote, in the discussion. End of discussion. [cheers] numbernders so, goal one, we need a vibrant democracies where the voices of all our people shape the future of thi
Over the course of the year, that customer is paying 42,000 for the body parts, it is hard to imagine how the procurement business is operating at a loss, and what we are seeking to do is to figure out if there is a violation of the law, and if someone is selling these fetal tissue parts for a profit, and that is what we are digging down on. We are looking at the pricing of fetal tissue represented in those d series documents, and then we have constructed the chart that shows where there seems to the movement of the money. So you all have heard this debate from both sides. Youve heard the questions coming from both sides. I am going to start, ms. Clayton, with you, and work my way down to mr. Sukhia. Very quickly, what i would like to hear from you, what documents would you request or subpoena from these procurement organizations in order to find out . We have asked for banking records from the procurement business that has been the point of discussion today and they have refused to gi
Im delighted to be here for the wall street journal. Ill be talking with Gina Mccarthy, the administrator of the epa today. Well hear a few words from the administrator to begin with. Then were going to talk for ten or 15 minutes. Then i would like to turn it over to questions and answers from you. Thats always the most interesting part, i think, for any of these gatherings at the council. We have a few members of the press in the back. I will be diligent in getting to you as well. Dont be offended at all if i lean a little bit more toward the members in picking them first to ask their questions, but well try to get everybodys questions answered. I think were just at a fascinating moment in the environmental discussion and debate. The paris conference was at a minimum quite notable. Many say historic. Some say a little bit more controversial in issues of implementation that still need to be resolved. But fascinating no matter how you look at it. Gina mccarthy will be here to explain to
Dialogue can contribute and not fashion to peace and prosperity in a very important region of the world. And they can also stimulate and form and other faith public debate on the risks and opportunities that policymakers in washington, seoul and beijing are dealing with. To get us started, we have a distinguished american official who was very much involved in policymaking here in washington and also in the stewardship of u. S. Relations with the republic of korea, peoples republic of china and other important nations in that region. Danny russell, whom ive had the honor of knowing and working with for many years as assistant secretary of state for east asia and pacific affairs. He recently within the last couple of weeks returned from travels with president obama to china, burma and australia. He is going to provide us with an overview of u. S. Interests and policies in the region. So danny, welcome back to brookings and thanks for giving us the view from washington and the view from
Frankly might inform the way we do our debates here. Is an important global dialogue. I and thet question, president of a Dominican University. The selection of the debate site is not a small matter. I knew we were going to get to this question. It is not about the past. It is about why you choose colleges and universities as opposed to other sites. And whether this matters . Dynamicthe more economies is in california. Why colleges and universities . It is mantra. We are involved in educational function. We just that we would do this on university campuses. If you see what it does to a college community, it is just incredible. We continued to do that. Try to get geographical balance. We try to do it in the west, northeast, south. It does not always work that way. Sometimes the proposals do not meet the standards. There are very strict standards on hotel rooms within a certain district. You will have 10,000 reporters it is a facility to take care of the reporters from all over the world