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Particularly the cochair mr. David rubenstein. You can become a donor or sponsor for the festival. The instructions for donations or in your program. Also, on your phone app and online. Before we begin, just a few announcements. If you have your cell phone, turn them off and at the conclusion of the program, we will be taking questions from the audience at one of the microphones. This afternoon, it is a distinct pleasure of mine to be joined onstage by doctor ronald whyte, the author of american ulysses. Previously, hes written many books on Abraham Lincoln, on lincolns leadership and also on the rhetoric. But today, we are going to talk about ulysses s. Grant. If you have not read the book yet, i can commend it to you. It is 827 pages. I was telling him before hand, i read through all 827 pages, and you do not hear about very often. That very often. Given the recent conversations about the legacy of the civil war, i cant think o ....
I was in a country that was a police state. I had heard that term my entire life. I never understood what it meant. I heard about the ussr and other nations that were surveilling people who visited the country. I felt, literally, like i was being observed in every place that i went. The place was very secure and very safe. There is very few crimes. But, it was because people had given up their liberty in exchange for security. That is what people are concerned about. Were going to give up our liberty in the name security. You said that the fisa courts were not a rubber stamp. I had a hard time following your argument. You said that the judges are reading the material and it is not a rubber stamp. That seems to be a nonsensical argument. It doesnt seem to be a determination of whether or not somebody is rubberstamping. I was a criminal defense attorney, never a judge. It seems to me, there is always a check and balance on the government. When you go and get warrants, you have an abba ca ....
Immigration reform and you heard them explaining how republicans are urging comprehensive Immigration Reform. Before i go to the next speaker, madam speaker, how much time do we still have . The speaker pro tempore you have 18 minutes. Ardard with that, i mr. Cardenas with that, i yield time to mr. Garcia of florida. Id like to thank the gentleman from california. Madam speaker, its been 20 days since the Senate Passed overwhelmingly bipartisan Immigration Reform bill. In the House Judiciary Committee, we have been considering we have considered four controversial bills, none of which address the 11 Million People that are already here. In south florida, for example, there are thousands of ven ....