To the stories that you have told, including the story of veronicas family. Very moving. If i were a justice, the commitment i would make to you and to all people affected by follows is that i would the law as you enacted it, and i have no agenda. I would not be coming in with any agenda. I would do equal justice under the law for all, and not try to force or disrupt in any way the quality choices that you and your colleagues have adopted. Sen. Hirono so are you saying that the impact of the Affordable Care act on the millions of people who rely upon it, that you would deem to be policy considerations that we should address . Sen. Hirono senator, i think that you choose the law and you have structured the Affordable Care act. You set the policies. And i think when a court has to interpret those statutes or decide how it applies in a Certain Circumstance, the court looks to traditional legal materials, looks to the briefs, listens to the real world impacts on the litigants before the co
Andake your phone calls text messages. Later West Virginia senator shelley capital joins us. 8 00 p. M. After eastern last night, the first day of questions concluded for Supreme Court nominee judge Amy Coney Barrett. The second and final day of questions begins at 9 00 a. M. Eastern. They will be 20 minute rounds as opposed yesterdays 30 minutes. Welcome to washington journal on this wednesday, october 14. Starting at 9 00 in the Senate Judiciary committee, so a two hour program devoted to hearing from you and your reaction on what you heard from judge merrick yesterday. Here is how lines break up this morning. If you support the nominee, the line is 202 7488000. If you oppose her nomination, 202 7488001. If you are undecided about it, 202 7488002 send us a text. That line, 202 7488003. Make sure you include your name and where you are texting from. On twitter, we are cspanwj. It is facebook. Com cspan. As we have done over the last couple days, we will go over the committee. We shoul
[inaudible] senator blumenthal. Thank you very much. Thank you for being back. You very much, mr. Chairman, thank you for being back, your honor, and thank you to your family as well. I want to begin by saying, perhaps not surprisingly to you, that i was really disappointed by your responses to a number of my colleagues most recently on the coons issue of whether you would purchase fate in a decision involving the upcoming election if you were confirmed. I continue to believe that if you were to participate in a decision involving that enduring,it would do explosive damage to the court. I think you know it would be wrong, not because of anything you have done. Fact, i am not raising the issue of whether you have done any sort of deal or commitment because of what donald trump has and my republican colleagues, because they have indelibly put at issue your integrity through their statements. The president has said that he is putting you on the court as the ninth justice, so you can decid
Harriet tubman is celebrated for her work as an abolitionist, underground railroad conductor, and union army scout during the civil war. Next, karen hill of the Harriet Tubman house talks about Harriet Tubmans lesserknown role as an activist in the Womens Suffrage Movement. The president Woodrow Wilson house hosts this conversation as part of a series commemorating the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. Good evening. I am the executive director at the Woodrow Wilson house. It is truly my pleasure to welcome you to the first of a series of speaking events we are going to have on a suffrage series. The wilson house, if you have not been here before, is part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Wilson and his wife edith lived in this house. Edith turned it over to the National Trust in 1961 on her death. It has been lovingly cared for. We welcome you tonight. I wanted to tell you about how we started this speaker series. Our senior manager said to me this su
Civil war. Next karen hill of the Harriet Tubman house talks about her lesser known role as an activist in the women suffrage movement. The Woodrow Wilson house in washington, d. C. Hosted this as part of a series commemorating the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. Welcome. Good evening. Im the executive director here at the Woodrow Wilson house. And it is really truly my pleasure to well you to the first of a series of speaking events that were going to have on a suffrage series. So the wilson house if you havent been here before its part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Wilson and his wifeedeth lived in this house and edith turned it over to the National Trust upon her death and its been lovingly cared for until tonight. I wanted to tell you about this speaker series. Said to me this summer when i first started there is a commission on the suffrage and i think we should go to that meeting. It is the womens Suffrage Centennial commission, and i said