And we thought, oh my god, this is such a big hotel, we will never get 200 people. We lasted at that hotel only for a year, and we have moved from one hotel to another weve held the convention every other year in washington, d. C. And this year there are almost 1300 folks registered already. [applause] with all those conventions, weve always started in the same way, and that is having an invocation to get started on the right foot. Each of us who have not drank alcohol or use drugs today is grateful, but we remember that seldom do we take credit for that all by ourselves. And two years ago and several other times in our history, deacon ron ely has been wanting to come early in the morning to start us off on the right foot. Deacon ron, could you get started on the right foot . [applause] god bless you, paul, and thanks for the introduction. God bless all of you. Im happy to be here. I dont know how many times, but truly indeed this is a pleasure for me to be here amongst all of you as w
Just waiting for an opportunity to bid. If denver, colorado, ever pursues the olympics, they would have to make sure the taxpayers do not foot the bill. Reporter the mayor is serious about that, that means that denver will not host the games. Every olympic game since 1960 has been over budget, but an average of 179 . The aoc is not just asking for money but asking for countries to change their laws. Reporter he studies the olympics at the university of virginia. Colorados quirky laws that knows the Olympics Association will not change state law, even amend the constitution. The obvious reaction to that is, well, next. Reporter colorado can take pride knowing we would take on a spectacular olympics. And here they come [ dramatic, champion music ] so we get to afar. The theme from tonights olympic theme ceremony is tolerance. No anthem, no flag, our Cheryl Preheim is in rio. Reporter this first refugee team hopes its experiences will speak to the world. These athletes wont win medals. Th
And im so honored to have a great and dear friend to i to our country. Former senator phil graham with us and his coauthor john early to talk about their new book the the myth of american inequality government biases the policy and i mentioned that this is an important topic me because before i to aei and then for a while while i was to air i spent all of my time focusing on people at the bottom of the income scale and how we can help them move up and i had seen and felt both when i worked in these programs in new york city, in new york state. And when i wrote about them here at aei that we would made progress that we werent getting credit for, because the official statistics of the United States did not account that progress in an accurate way. And there was something wrong with where were telling each other the facts about what was going on and. Now the topic is not new one i think our two coauthors would acknowledge that others before them like every stat Scott Winship michael strai
American Enterprise Institute and i welcome all here to this i think important conversation about a topic that i have cared a lot about for my entire career. And im so honored to have a great and dear friend to i to our country. Former senator phil graham with us and his coauthor john early to talk about their new book the the myth of american inequality government biases the policy and i mentioned that this is an important topic me because before i to aei and then for a while while i was to air i spent all of my time focusing on people at the bottom of the income scale and how we can help them move up and i had seen and felt both when i worked in these programs in new york city, in new york state. And when i wrote about them here at aei that we would made progress that we werent getting credit for, because the official statistics of the United States did not account that progress in an accurate way. And there was something wrong with where were telling each other the facts about what
This. I think, important conversation about a topic that i have cared a lot about for my entire career. And im so to have a great and dear friend to i to our country. Former senator phil gramm with us and his coauthor early to talk about their wonderful new book, the the myth of american inequality how government biases the policy debate. And i mentioned that this is an important topic to me because. Before i came to aei and then for a while while i was at a i spent all of my time focusing on people at the bottom of the income scale and how we can help them move up. And i had seen and felt both when i worked in these programs in new york city, in new york state, and when i wrote about them here at aei, that we would made progress, that we werent getting credit for, because the official says, is because of the united states. I did not account for that progress in an accurate way. And there was something wrong with the way we were telling each other the facts about what was going on and