Us restore the public trust, not further erode it. The American People deserve as much. Thank you, mr. Speaker. And i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The chair recognizes the gentleman from kansas, mr. Yoder, for five minutes. Mr. Yoder thank you, mr. Speaker. On the afternoon of sunday, april 13, psalm sunday, it was a Beautiful Day in kansas. Many families were gathering across the community to be close and to celebrate these meaningful and important religious holidays. Yet on that day of great beauty, tremendous evil was arriving in my community. On that day, hatred, combined with bigotry, would spur horrific things. That day a singing competition for the best singers was occurring at the Jewish Community center just down the street from where my family lives. The Jewish Community center of greater kansas city has been in operation since 1914 and is a bustling center for events, meetings, discussions, exercise and service of a Di
Coming up tonight, the Senate Rules Committee heres from John Paul Stevens and then senate obama remarks on the minimum wage bill and then we bring you the debate on the minimum wage bill. Wednesday the Senate Rules Committee held its first hearing on Campaign Finance in response to the Supreme Courts ruling strike down limits on individual political contributions. John paul stevens joined current and federal Election Commissioner representatives at this twohour hearing. I am deeply worried about the future of our democracy. For over a hundred years we have struggled with the issue of money and politics always looking for the balance between freedom of political expression and the corrosive influence of unchecked money to Public Officials. We have had scandals and corrections. We have had new laws and new ways to abade those laws. But we have never seen what is happening today. Court poins, clever political up operatives have created a new Political Landscape where candidates are compe
That does not mean that you cannot do it in a thoughtful way. That is what we try to do. Lots of other organizations try to do the same thing. So, you just have to decide. Where are you going to expend your energy . Some people spend all day long with cable news on. It palays a role. That is a great place to go on a breaking story. But, there are also a lot of talking heads. We said, toasy as tune into the people that you agree with. There are people on both sides of the spectrum. People are guilty of that. Just listening to people who affirm your beliefs. I think that the more that you demand and reward more thoughtful journalism, the more you will get. Back to the issue of Foreign Policy, when you are making or your editors are making k at anns, do you loo issue through the prism of our americans interested in the ukraine story . Obviously, theres a lot of interest in that now. Or do you say here is a Foreign Policy story that is of monumental importance. There is no question that th
Their condition is caused most d frequently by strep throat. This disease alone kills, in africa, more than 300,000 people every year. Ward but what percentage do you save of that . Oh, very small one. Insignificant. Because we can do 1,500 operations per year, no more, one hospital for a continent, obviously, is not the solution of the problem. Gupta ian roberts has been farming salmon in canada for more than 20 years. He works for Marine Harvest. Theyre the biggest Salmon Farming Company in the world, and he took us to see one of their farms in British Columbia. We come out here and it is just so beautiful, and the argument is that these farms threaten the pristine nature of this beauty. Is that a fair argument . No. While there is a local impact and, lets be honest, when you farm anything, whether its vegetables or animals on land, you have an impact. Im steve kroft. Im lesley stahl. Im morley safer. Im bob simon. Im scott pelley. Those stories tonight on 60 minutes. Enjoy yothanks.
Litigation regulate speech in order to give adversarial parties a fair and equal thertunity to persuade decisionmaker to roll in their favor, rules regulating political campaigns should have the same objective. Theelections, decisionmakers are voters. Not judges or jurors. That does not change the imperative or the equality of opportunity. Second, all elected officials would lead happier lives and be better able to perform their if theyesponsibilities did not have to spend so much time raising money. Limiting Campaign Contributions and expenditures should recognize the distinction between money provided by their constituents and money provided by nonvoters. Corporations and People Living in other jurisdictions. An important recent opinion written by judge Brett Kavanaugh of the d c circuit, and summarily affirmed by th Supreme Court, upheld the constitutionality of the federal statute that prohibits foreign citizens from spending money to support or oppose candidates for federal office