levels, putting the president in a strong position to fix long standing trade concerns with china. on thursday the president will meet with the chinese vice premiere who is here this week for continued talks. president trump is committed to achieving greater market access for u.s. exports and better treatment for our farmers, ranchers, and businesses. fair and reciprocal trade with china will boost long-term economic growth not only in the united states but globally. as the president said last week, the united states proudly stands with the people of venezuela who have courageously spoken out against the corrupt and illegitimate regime of nicholas maduro. maduro must do what s right and allow for free, fair, and credible elections in accordance with democratic principles. to speak more about u.s. policy towards venezuela and to take your questions, i d like to welcome to the podium national security advisor john bolton, secretary of the treasury steven mnuchin and director of
when we schedule this event we expect a president trump to deliver his annual address to congress in two nights. he is not doing so. the exact timing of the speech remains to be set. so, we thought we would convene our panel anyway to discuss both what we expect the president to speak about when he does appears our congress but also to talk about the current state of the relationship between the legislative and executive branches. i couldn t imagine a better panel of folks than my four governance studies colleagues here with me to tackle these questions. you have briefly we have with us. a senior fellow and governance studies. a senior fellow and the editor-in-chief. a senior fellow and the deputy director of the center for effective public management. and also a senior fellow. let us begin. so, e.j., some folks have argued at this point the state of the union is an anachronism, a televised spectacle that does little to benefit the country. does the state of the union matt
the clock is ticking on the sea are keeping the government open for three week spirit what is scheduled to happen in washington to move the negotiations along? guest: i bet there was a lot of scrambling on the weekend on behalf of democratic leaders because they had already teed up a series of votes on spending bills that they do not need to vote on any more. the conference committee working on the new deal trying to get something and get together, that will kick off very soon. they will work on that behind the scenes. housekeepinglot of for democratic leaders, as far as setting them getting them together for the next three weeks at home. they re united after a pretty big win for them on friday. host: i want to come back to the conference committee but the spending bill teed up front by democrats, one got lost in the struggle by negotiations of the shutdown kicked into high gear on friday. democrats were moving toward an offer for the president. what was that? rolledgoi
good evening, everyone. my name is molly reynolds, i am a senior fellow. thank you for joining us. when we scheduled this event, we expected president trump to deliver his annual address to congress on tuesday night. he is not doing so. exact timing of the speech remains to be set. so, we the exact timing of the speech remains to be set. so, we thought we would convene our panel anyway to discuss both what we expect the president to speak about when he does appears before congress, but also to talk about the current state of the relationship between the legislative and executive branches. i couldn t imagine a better panel of folks than my four governance studies colleagues here with me to tackle these questions. colleagues here with me to tackle these questions. you have briefly we have with us. a senior fellow and governance studies. a senior fellow and the editor-in-chief. a senior fellow and the deputy director of the center for effective public management. and also a s
that will kick off very soon. they will work on that behind the scenes. housekeepinglot of for democratic leaders, as far as setting them getting them together for the next three weeks at home. they re united after a pretty big win for them on friday. host: i want to come back to the conference committee but the spending bill teed up front by democrats, one got lost in the struggle by negotiations of the shutdown kicked into high gear on friday. democrats were moving toward an offer for the president. what was that? rolledgoing to see that into what will happen in the next couple of weeks question ?ark weeks sayingtheir members were we need to show we are for border security so they started thatng together a proposal had over $5 billion of border security and it. it is clear there was new technology and some additional staffing at points of entry where illegal drugs are coming in. democrats were excited to have the proposal out there. you could see a bad their own ideas