For joining. My name is loren smith. Itll be three years this month that ive been at the department, incredibly honored to be part of a great team doing a lot of what we think is really, really awesome work. Its going to be a lot of help to a lot of different parts of the country. Were really, really excited about. I had the honor of serving previously with secretary chow at the labor department. Its been a fascinating experience seeing different cabinet agencies and how the different organizations work. Im joined today by four really excellent panelists i think youre going to enjoy hearing from. I first want to introduce Alex Herrgott who is executive director of the public improvement counsel, fipsi. He has been in that role since september 2018. He had been serving previously as the associate director for infrastructure for counsel on Environmental Quality at the white house. Mr. Herrgott worked for senator james earnhoff in california. He served as primary staff for transportation
Its the glass city. We have companies that range from libby glass to first solar. So we have Heritage Companies and we have part of americas rising sun. And right here birthed in this community, we are not a capital city. Weve had to earn our way forward largely through private enterprise with a very heavy industrial tilt. We see a number of new Industrial Companies rising, our Port Authority has been very, very involved in so much of this with the largest gas discoveries on the continent here in ohio and western pennsylvania. Ber seeing a transformation in the economy due to natural gas and the movement of that up into this region. We serve the Steel Industry here. Without this region of america, we could not go to war nor serve the vast automotive and Railroad Industry which is a part of our heritage here. This is the largest watershed that drains into the great lakes. So you are right near lake erie, the southern most of the great lakes. And we are sitting alongside the mamy wriv, w
National service programs. This is one hour. This has been a fabulous day i agree we have saved the best for last theres no question whenever i do a Service Event i say we have to hear from young people who are serving or have served because they understand what its all about because they are at the ground level. So im excited about this panel and i want to thank my friend for his overthetop, and. I did have the privilege of helping, but that wasnt the. It was a group of people, my best friend and College Roommate Michael Brown and others. It is a small group of thoughtful dedicated people and it wasnt me or my goal for this is that people when they experience this idea and i am honored to be here. It is like a reunion for me with Service Legend is gimp my brother i worked closely for 20 years who still thinks to president george w. Bush to the largest increase ever. Bill visited but then he went into the white house and made it happen. Susan has been carrying the torch domestically an
Christian science monitor. Our guest today is acting director of the u. S. Bureau of citizenship and Immigration Services. This is his first appearance at a monitor breakfast a welcome mr. Cuccinelli. Now, and a pit of background, he was born in edison, new jersey and grew up in virginia. He graduated there from uba, and then earned a law degree and a masters in International Commerce of policy from george mason university. In 2010, mr. Cuccinelli won a special election to the state senate from fairfax county, and in 2009 he was elected attorney general for the commonwealth of virginia. Mr. Cuccinelli his time is attorney general earned him a reputation is a start is operative which he into a bid for the government ship in 2013. He lost narrowly but remained engaged in politics surfing is head of the Senate Conservative fund sumer back and is an advisor to chris, are less guest last month. And the senator his president ial campaign. In june, President Trump appointed mr. Cuccinelli to
Antiimmigrant sentiment has been translated into true ugliness. Announcer watch tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. With author Bradford Kane. We will discuss his book, pitchfork populism, the forces that shaped and election and continue to change america. Good morning. Lets define populism. In the book, you talk about it as a movement of this engine disenchanted people who are motivated. Is that populism . Just alet me go back bit. There is a long history of populism in the United States. There has been economic populism. There was the populism of the 1800s. I would also note the progressive party, Teddy Roosevelt in 1912 had an amazing agendas it was a populist agenda. It was fascinating. It got enacted over many years. Populism isform of not actually populism. Normally, its based on elevating the people, elevating the masses. In this particular case as was really inn 2016, its the case of donald trump, he motivates his base to empower him rather than him empowering the mass