The left institute hosts a summit on sentencing laws. Participants include federal judges, advocates and states attorneys general. Its live this morning here at 8 45 here on cspan2. The American Conservative Union annual conservative Political Action conference wrapped up saturday. Its chair, matt schlapp, spoke at the event friday and talked about the conservative message and the need for the Republican Party to stay united in order to win in november. This is about 15 minutes. [applause] well, hello, conservatives. [cheers and applause] it has been a long seven years. Obamas radical policies are hurting us. We feel defeated. Our economy is stagnant. Our military is underfunded, and our veterans feel forgotten. Our faith is not respected or protected. And whats the state of the American Family . We all know that without Strong Families we will perish. [applause] americans want to feel strong again, safe again, confident again and free again. And not have to wait in lines . Thats fair,
Join us this thursday for live coverage of the white house state dinner for justin trudeau. Beginning at 6 15 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Participants include federal judges, advocates and state attorneys general. Good morning. Welcome to the alternative sentencing key stakeholder summit. My name is aaron lipskar. Im the director of the institute. Along with our many partners that have collaborated, worked with us by producing this event today. We are privileged and honored you have joined us here as we take some time over the next few days to talk about and share our experiences and ideas regarding alternative sentencing and explore the possible role that alternative sentences can play both in reducing our number of individuals that are incarcerated but certainly delivering on Public Safety and fiscal efficiency and responsibility. We have as you can see from the program to very full days. We are very thankful that we have very excellent to experts and leaders in the fields of alternative