[applause] good afternoon, everyone. it s a pleasure to be here with all of you. as our spring semester draws to a close and i wish to begin by expressing our deepest decision to justice ruth bader ginsburg were joining us here on campus today. it s an honor to welcome here to gaston all and to hear her reflections this afternoon. i also wish to express our gratitude to the honorable ronald chief judge for the us court of appeals for the second circuit and all his efforts to make this extraordinary symposium possible for our community. i look forward to sharing a few more words about the judge in just a moment. i d also like to think professor mary and professor wendy from our georgetown law center who will join the justice in conversation today. professor hartman and professor williams are for authorized biographers and co-authors of her recent book, my own words, published this past year. i wish to thank all of you being here for the special gathering. the bernstein symposi
your reaction to former fbi director james comey s testimony before the senate intelligence committee investigating russian interference in the 2016 elections. host: good morning. 17 senators asking questions for two hours and 38 minutes. it was the ninth one so far for the senate intelligence committee. today, members of congress, the white house, and the country assessing what it all means following testimony from the fired fbi director james comey. it is friday morning, june 9. the president will face reporters in a rose garden news conference. we will have it live for you on the c-span s network. from the editorial pages to your calls and comments, reaction to yesterday s hearing. 202 is the area code. (202) 748-8001 is the line for republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. if you are an independent, (202) 748-8002. send us your comments at c-span wj or on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. the other major story on this friday morning comes to us from great britain. this
important for the country and the people we love. charles: on one side they want more spending for medicaid and opioid treatment. the other side, they want to get rid of the exchanges and stability fund. can the negotiator-in-chief bridge that gap between big and small government fan generate a passable healthcare bill? john, you came out pretty hard today. your organization saying flat out you did not like this bill, it does not adhere to conservative principles. point the finger at ted cruz and others saying if this doesn t get through, they will have to batter consequences. we were promised a repeal of obamacare for a decade and that isn t what this bill is. charles: mitch mcconnell says it s unfair for you and other folks to say this. because to do what you want, you will need 60 votes in the senate. they are trying to get a compromise done through reconciliation. because anything at this point is better than nothing. why do you disagree with that? freedom works is
house of january 6, 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate connue beyond 1:50 p.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you mr. speaker. the strange collide scope of this can lied scope of this congressional session began with a proposed shutdown of homeland security to the bipartisan action to fix the vecksing s.r. medicare funding formula. the so-called doc fix to prevent dramatic cuts to providers. yes, it is still hard to overcome deep divisions, philosophic differences and some real serious politics. the heated rhetoric and convoluted votes on the trade packages is a recent example. wouldn t i
anyway. there s no consequences involved in those reports. all right. mr. esser, again, are there measures that need to be taken to get the whole thing up to the standard it ought to be? i mean, is there anything that you would recommend? yes, yes. we do recommend that the cio, the agency, take the steps that in a lot of cases they re beginning to take. the centralization of the i.t. governance is well along the way. what they also need to do is get a full inventory of the assets that they re responsible for protecting. and the shell project that ms. seymour has alluded to earlier is also something that we support. we also have some concerns about the way it s been the project has been started and managed, but overall, we support the idea behind the shell project. we appreciate the gentleman. i know recognize the gentle woman from new mexico. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for having this important hearing. i want to thank the panel for taking this conversation an