In lexington, kentucky. You served as an its a advisor to mitch mcconnell. Give us a sense how that background informs or doesnt your approach at approaching policy. Absolutely. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to be here today. Yes, i did spend a good chunk of my youth in lexington, kentucky, and had the opportunity to serve the senior senator and party leader from kentucky in United States senate, senator mcconnell. In terms of how that informs my work at the commission, you know, i cant quantify how much i learned from senator mcconnell just about his work ethic and his discipline and his leadership style, his approach to governance. His approach to bipartisanship. Ofmy working for him, most if not all the legislative initiatives are worked on, they didnt pass the senate with 60 votes. They passed with 85 plus votes. Often times, and were talking substantial legislation on the energy front, multiple form bills, multiple highway bills. These are consequential pieces of legisla
Would address its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. An investigation last year found the churchs financial arm, which in the 18th century was known as queen annes bounty, had received funds linked to enslavement worth more than £1 billion in todays money. Today, a group with oversight of the churchs response said the £100 million that had been earmarked by the church to address the legacy of slavery was not enough. The church said the funding that has been put aside should be considered a Seed Investment and would grow over time. Lets start with our panel on this in then an expert review. For 200 years, the church as been in denial about its role in this, but clearly there has been a change in the way organisations view this, that if you inherited wealth as a result of slavery, then you inherit the problem today. How do you feel about that . 501 the problem today. How do you feel about that . ~ the problem today. How do you feel about that . ~. ,. ~. , about that . So i t