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, this issdale college a little more than an hour. A. G. Barr thank you very much. Im very honored to speak at this dinner, and i really appreciate your comments, larry. Great to get to know you. Ive been reading you over the years, and it is a real delight to have spent the evening with you. Im very pleased to speak to you at this Hillsdale College celebration of our magnificent constitution. Im a great admirer of hillsdale. I dont get to make many speeches like this. Im usually talking about crime rates and that kind of thing, but i wanted to speak at hillsdale, because it is one of the few maybe a handful of institutions of Higher Learning where it is actually worthwhile spending the money to get an education at. [applause] and i mean that sincerely. Sadly, many colleges these days dont teach the constitution, much less celebrate it. One out of every four americans don ....
Thank you very much. I am very honored to have been invited to speak and i really ouappreciate your comments. Its great to get to know you. Ive been reading you over the years and it isow a delight to have spent the evening. Im very pleased to be able to speak to you at this Hillsdale College of celebration. I am a great admirer of hillsdale. As i was saying i dont get to make many speeches like this. This. Im usually talking about crime rates and that kind of thing. But i wanted to speak at hillsdale because its one of the few institutions of Higher Learning where its worthwhile spending money to get an education at. [applause] and i mean that sincerely. Sadly many coaches these days dont even teach the constitution much less celebrated. One out of every four americans dont even know who we fought the revolution against. That number is increasing steadily as our educatio ....
I represent the committee is on and will come to order. [inaudible] the committee of Homeland Security will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. Good morning. Again i want to say our thoughts with those americans dealing with devastating natural disasters including the wildfires in the west and hurricane is in itself. As the churning, i remain committed to ensuring they receive the federal health needed to respond, recover and deal back stronger. Today the committee on Homeland Security is meeting for its annual hearing on worldwide threats to the homeland. Our nation recently observed the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001. Nearly two decades later, we continue to mourn the nearly 3,000 lives lost that terrible day and keep their loved ones in our prayers. This committee ....
We do not participate in elections or endorse candidates in any way. Grateful to be producing with the nyu center that advocates for civil debate on politics and public policy, and nyu votes, which works to give every nyu eligible student the information they need to vote. I am especially grateful to be introducing an event with some of the countrys most important thinkers on what i think is one of the most urgent issues we face, and theres a lot of competition. Weve been witnessing a relentless and unprecedented series of attacks on the twin foundations of our democratic system. Free and Fair Elections and the rule of law. They are not unrelated. The president has made repeated threats to subvert the election, some with support from the attorney general, sending military to the polls, Voter Suppression, and perhaps most chillingly refusing to commit to abide by the electi ....