And direct their way, training them in your school of humility so that they will strive to bring glory to you. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C. , december 12, 2017. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable ben sasse, a senator from the state of nebraska, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed orrin g. Hatch, president pro tempore. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell yesterday the senate advanced the nomination of Leonard Stephen grasz to be a judge on the eighth Circuit Court of appeals. Mr. Grasz has sterling credentials
It will be interesting to see how this plays down in terms of the story in the post on money in the bush world. I think there will be a broad sense of that is the way politics work. I think that will push for it being Even Stronger in advocacy on going after money and going after the way government works. Can i ask another question. I was struck by the New York Times piece a week ago now about election polling in near crisis and they cited an increasing number of homes that only have cell phones, willing to answer surveys, and likely voters, and the result is pollsters will be less reliable and may not even know when they are off pace. I thought, given your long experience, would let you say whether you agree with that . Stan they set up question . This being the only poll that you could trust, and the reason, i am not just saying that, the reason is 60 on cell phones. Stan right. And also, we are the only ones in a national poll. We are only dealing with people who voted in the prior
But dont forget that the other hand should be used to reach down and to lift others up. Next year, five years, ten years from now, hundreds of graduates will sit in those very seats and its my wish for you that you take all of the skills you have acquired and remember that they will be better and more enriched if you reach down and lifted them up like you were lifted up by your mentors and your teachers. Las positas college, john f. Kennedy said and it was his birthday this week, that the american by nature is optimistic. Experimental, and a builder. Who builds best when called to build greatly. Today, you were called. You were called to solve some of the greatest problems of our time. Remember how you got there, how you walked across that narrow bridge. Answer the call and reach down and pass your knowledge on to others. Thank you so much. Congratulations, las positas. [applause] Preet Bharara is the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york. He recently addressed the gradu
But dont forget that the other hand should be used to reach down and to lift others up. Next year, five years, ten years from now, hundreds of graduates will sit in those very seats and its my wish for you that you take all of the skills you have acquired and remember that they will be better and more enriched if you reach down and lifted them up like you were lifted up by your mentors and your teachers. Las positas college, john f. Kennedy said and it was his birthday this week, that the american by nature is optimistic. Experimental, and a builder. Who builds best when called to build greatly. Today, you were called. You were called to solve some of the greatest problems of our time. Remember how you got there, how you walked across that narrow bridge. Answer the call and reach down and pass your knowledge on to others. Thank you so much. Congratulations, las positas. [applause] Preet Bharara is the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york. He recently addressed the gradu
Because they are earned in the view of these people, rightly or wrongly. To a significant degree, wrongly. And significantly antielitist, that theres a wisdom in the collective that the elites often are combating. He wrote, and i thought this was quite a remarkable statement, the tea party is jacksonian american aroused, angry, and above all fearful backed by the new american demography that threatens its interests and scorns its values. They view obama as a sort of, having a conscious strategy of Building Political support by increasing americas dependence on government, and they i in polls of the tea party conducted by Pew Research Center and others suggest that these people consider obama as pushing america towards socialism. Well, thats not entirely wrong in the sense that obama seems to be ad slow candidate of advocate of europeanstyle social democracy. So this is a powerful strain in american politics. It has significant antecedents in our political tradition. It may not be a big