Thank you. Book testify continues on cspan2, television for serious readers. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everybody. Welcome. Welcome to heritage, thank you for joining us, we will have a fun discussion about Jason Chaffetz new book, power grab and introduce him senator mike lee, best friend of the constitution. Hello. Its a pleasure to be with you. This merges several of my interests, the constitution, conservative politics, books about those things at the Heritage Foundation and my friends jason and julie chaffetz. I first came to know the name Jason Chaffetz over 30 years ago when he became the place kicker at byu, hes really good, to this day he holds records including the most successful points after touchdown scored in a single game and i think in a single season and he was also famous for the fact that immediately after he kicked a field goal or pap, the helmet would come off and then he had this awesome slow jog to the sidelines and became famous for that, the chaf
arguments in about 80 of those casings touching on every aspect of american life, big or small. and at this very moment, they are waiting to hear if they will pick up one of those big cases, the kind of case that winds up in the had history books. the outcome could determine who is on the ballot for milons of voters as they head to the polls this year. we are talking about a challenge to donald trump s spot on the ballot based on the 14th amendment, which bars insurrectionists from running for office. as we reported on this program yesterday, the ex-president is now asked the supreme cou to keep him on the ballot appealing a ruling from the supreme court that found trump was ineligible because of his role on january 6th. the republican party has also asked the court to take the case. so of the voters who filed the challenge in the first place, everyone agrees the supreme cot has to take action. the washington post reports that attorneys for the colorado voters who challenge
We know you are only two weeks into this job, but we expect you to know everything. We are still reviewing the effects of the recent reforms in the budget caps adjustments that were included in last weeks bipartisan budget act and we look forward to your testimony. Over the past year our committee has been working to improve, strengthen and streamline health care and welfare programs under our jurisdiction. In health care we have taken action to cut needless red tape. It makes it more difficult for providers to deliver high quality care to their patients. We recently advanced targeted bipartisan reforms to improve medicare for the American People, continuing the drive to strengthen quality and care coordination. Our committee played a firsthand role in developing legislation repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. With the American Health care act that was passed by the house last may, we delivered market Oriented Solutions that would truly increase flexibility, reduce costs and re
Morning. Thats the Inspector General Michael Horowicz who says he will investigate comeys handling of james comeys handling of the email scandal. Heres nbcs Pete Williams with all the details. Reporter the justice departments independent watchdog said hell look at Public Disclosures by james comey and others about the email investigation. Word of the review is welcomed by clinton supporters who say they believe the fbi affected the election. When a Law Enforcement agency breaches its protocol in such an unusual and unprecedented way, i think for the confidence of that agency everybody should get to the bottom of what happened. Inspector general horowicz said hell look at how they blasted the emails. They were extremely careless in the handling of the information. Reporter it will look to the letter comey sent to congress revealing new emails had to be reviewed. Nothing significant was found. Its easily the most pointed d. O. J. Review ever of an fbi directors conduct. These are the typ
Want to tell you about this morning. Thats the Inspector General Michael Horowicz who says he will investigate comeys handling of james comeys handling of the email scandal. Heres nbcs Pete Williams with all the details. Reporter the justice departments independent watchdog said hell look at Public Disclosures by james comey and others about the email investigation. Word of the review is welcomed by clinton supporters who say they believe the fbi affected the election. When a Law Enforcement agency breaches its protocol in such an unusual and unprecedented way, i think for the confidence of that agency everybody should get to the bottom of what happened. Inspector general horowicz said hell look at how they blasted the emails. They were in the handling of the information. Reporter it will look to the letter comey sent to congress revealing new emails had to be reviewed. Nothing significant was found. Its easily the most pointed d. O. J. Review ever of an fbi directors conduct. These ar