allen. about domestic abuse allegations against former white house staffer rob porter. this is 35 minutes. we thank c-span for carrying this event today. i think my colleagues who made all of this possible, including our ceo. cofounder, and a couple friends of the show. i think all of you for being here. i really appreciate it. i look forward to seeing you here, where we make you smarter. hop on axios.com. our next guest has been a congressman, a house republican leader, the governor of indiana, and is now the vice president of the united states. on behalf of all of my hard-working colleagues, we are honored to welcome to the stage mike pence. [applause] welcome back. vice pres. pence: thank you. mike: you were just telling us that the olympics, you realize that you are good at to winter sports, sledding and skiing. if i get upence: the slopes without anything being broken, i think it is a gold medal. in addition to the offices i mentioned at the top, you were a statewide rad
i think all of you for being here. guest on states has been a congressman, a house republican leader, the governor of indiana, and is now the vice president of the united states and always is a huge or h oosier. to welcome to the states vice president mike pence. [applause] welcome back. you said you have a specific metric on skiing. vice. pres. pence: yes, if i get off the slopes without any broken bones that is a win. mike: in addition to the offices i mentioned at the top, you were a statewide radio host in indiana. you ever think to yourself, this would be so awesome. vice pres. pence: i do. how did you know that where i started out? that was a little radio station. i started out doing a washington update on wednesday nights, one day week. it did grow into a daily radio program that i thought might actually be my career in broadcasting radio and television. the opportunity came along to run for congress one of more time. now i am sitting with u.s. vice president of
this hearing is 2 1/2 hours. good morning. today we welcome four nominees to testify before the committee as we consider their nominations to serve as commissioners of the federal trade commission. nominated to serve as a commissioner and ftc chairman and his credentials are impressive. mr. simon served as the ftc s chief antitrust enforcer, among other positions the the commission. most recently, he served and was partner and co-chair of the entrust group at a law firm. christine wilson is an antitrust and consumer protection attorney who served as vice president for regulatory and international affairs at delta airlines. she too as worked at the commission before serving as chief of staff to kim murris during the george w. bush administration. noah joshua phillips is a familiar face to many of us, as he currently serves as chief counsel to senator john cornyn, where he advises on issues such as antitrust and intellectual property. finally. mr. chopra has extensive experie
[ applause ] members of the cabinet and legislature, distinguished guests and most them rightly, fellow citizens of wisconsin. it is an honor to come before you this afternoon to report on the state of our great state. before we start, i want to recognize the first lady of wisconsin, my wife and our two sons, matt and alex. [ applause ] last year as you might remember, my wife joined me at this podium to talk about her groundbreaking work called fostering futures. she and her team continue their efforts regarding tribal council, county governments, nonprofits, colleges and universities and employers across wisconsin. our state agencies have been trained how to incorporate trauma informed care. she brought together a group of for spouses and staff to wisconsin to talk about this work and she went to washington to get the federal government more involved in syria. i want to thank you for your leadership, jeanette, leadership that will change the lives of children, adults a