Records have been pretty much upheld a. Interpretation and application of the ethics rules is really up to the branches of congress themselves, its the committees to interpret that. Anyone else . Yes. [inaudible] about how congress can avoid ethical investigations. Well, i think nowadays, and again, jim kim service take to this better than i. No sophisticated lobbying shop pitches just on their ability to have, you know, who they know and have contacts, and certainly, nobody pitches on the basis that they play golf or take somebody out for drinks. Its the background its the relationship, its the inside knowledge of the process, and the people. So i dont think thats there is an impression obviously outside but i dont think the sophisticated firms any longer pitch that because it doesnt conform with reality. Very personal question, but do you have a good volume of clients coming on the issue of lobbying registration and that the . Yes definitely. We advise clients on compliant whether th
Regulating what judges and lawyers can talk about. That is a basic overview of the case, and we can get into more at question time. Thanks. Tracy, youre up. Im happy to be here today. Turns out it is very cold in nashville. But in nashville, we just close. All the public schools, private schools, everything is closed today in nashville, the temperatures that are slightly warmer than the temperatures in d. C. Today. My role today is principally as an empirical legal scholar. I ask questions about the decisions, courts and judges make and why they make those decisions and i answer the questions by using statistical empirical methods, right . So thats what i do. Im one of the members of one of the amici in a brief filed by empirical scholars and law Political Science and economics. And Political Science. Two of those are my field of law, and Political Science. But i also teach law. As andrew mentioned. All law School Classrooms are fantastic. At least the ones i teach in our fantastic. An
Brian talked about getting 500 people to sign up. That power to do that has not existed up until now. That is an amazing opportunity for an entrepreneur to find a market demand that is pentup by the populace. As that proliferates and people start doing it and adopting it i think we have seen in many different instances, whether it is the company we named, stub hub, ticket regulations, all of these things in the past 10 years, a little bit of hey, easy on the tiller, lets see how this plays out. Thats one of the things local government can do, because i do think there is a tremendous opportunity in the 35,000 municipalities that airbnb or uber are in to test. Part of what we do is iterate. You have an amazing lab right around the world to see what works and what doesnt work. I think i think that can be applied to the federal government and what we are talking about with congress. I think how boston implements technology and uses it, taking the best from what boston can do, or new york c
Pursuant to the ord of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morningr. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour, and each member r than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. Foxx for five minu ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker paying for college is hard work and its getting more difficult as tui and fees continue to increase at rapid rates. Fortunately, American Families have an investment tool known as a 529 plan to help them save for their childs college education. Since 2001 students have been able to withdraw earni from these plans tax free if the funds are used to pay for qualified Higher Education expenses. It was disheartening to learn last week that president obama now
With scott pelley. Dubois good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im Maurice Dubois. This is our western edition. President obama warned Congress Today money is rapidly running out for the battle against zika, even as more americans become infected. The situation, he said, is critical. A lot of folks talk about protecting americans from threats. Well, zika is a serious threat to americans, especially babies, right now. So once again, i want to urge the American People to call their members of congress and tell them to do their job. Deal with this threat, help protect the American People from zika. Dubois the air war against mosquitoes carrying the virus began today in south florida. Planes are spraying insecticide in the miami neighborhood where Officials Say at least 15 people were infected by local mosquitoes. David begnaud is there. Reporter todays aerial assault in a 10mile radius around the zika zone was effective. Thats according to dr. Tom frieden, director of the c. D. C. The aeria