The committee on rules and administration will come to order. Good morning to i want to thank amy colleagues for joinin us today. Id like to welcome our nominees to todays hearing. Shawna bashard, sean cooksy and alan dixon are the president s nominees to be members of the federal elections committee. As our witnesses are joining us remotely i also understand that their families and friends are watching today and so i welcome them as well. This is a big responsibility, its a significant president ial nomination, and significant to the work of this committee. And i know youre proud of your Family Member as they have moved forward to this opportunity. Let me say a little bit about a couple of nominees and then im going to turn to another committee member, senator cruz to talk about the third nominee. Allen dickerson is the nominee to be a member of the federal Elections Commission for a term, expiring on april the 30th, 2025. Mr. Dickersons been practicing law for 20 years, primarily in
Fiction addition, sunday live from noon to 3 00 eastern on cspan2. This year hosts the bison tell neil of Illinois Statehood the bicentennial of Illinois Statehood. Next, the journalists tell story about political leaders they have covered over the years and they discuss the National Role the state key figures have played in their lifetimes. This is about one hour and 10 minutes. 11 greetings to everyone. And greetings to everyone. We are glad to have such a wonderful turnout for this special program we have sponsored by the Illinois State society. We begin in kick off the state societys bicentennial celebration of 200 years of Illinois Statehood. We want to give a special welcome to all those who are viewing this event. Program topecial highlight the political contributions and the contributions of illinois political leaders here in washington and their legacies. We have a distinguished panel of folks we have gotten to know over the years who we watch on television and listen to on th
Program library and, i would like to welcome you all, the book is entitled on war and politics the battlefield inside washingtons beltway which i think the friends of the library. And the cheese and fruit, and the reception. When i asked about your cell phones, interrupt the presentation, tonight i have the introduction, the author talk and a question and answer session. There will be a mike set up in the center aisle to approach the make. After the program, and there are others who are interested. And have wine and cheese. This program will be taped by cspan and will be airing at a later date the next few weeks. I will turn the program over to longterm friend and colleague Major General Arnold Punaro. Please join me in a warm welcome. [applause] turn your cell phones back on while i am talking. It is an honor for me to be your mc and the role the author has seen me play a number of times in the days together, Science Application International corporation and this is the second time in
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