General at the office of the Deputy Attorney general where he oversaw investigations conducted by the dojs Law Enforcement agencies. In 2003, president george w. As theminated mr. Wray assistant attorney general for dojs criminal division, where he oversaw major investigations in the domestic and International Criminal activities. The dojsersaw counterterrorism Counter Intelligence and export control sections. In they was instrumental dojs efforts to combat terrorism, cyber crime, and espionage. Today, he joins us to discuss chinas ongoing efforts to interfere in the United States Domestic Affairs through espionage, disinformation campaigns, intellectual property theft, and monetary theft. It is my pleasure to welcome director wray to the Hudson Institute. [applause] mr. Wray thank you. Good morning, everybody. I realize it is challenging under the current circumstances to put on an event like this. I am grateful to the Hudson Institute for hosting us today. The greatest longterm threa
Today, francine. After the three day weekend here in the united states, what i really suggest is the testing of how we get back to normal. The markets decided with futures higher. Francine we will have plenty more on the market shortly, but now lets get straight to bloomberg first word news from new york city. Ritika good morning, in france hasn hong kong, carrie lam defended the sweeping new security laws. She says it is untrue that the legislation would ban street protests. She promised Hong Kong Freedom would be preserved. Prodemocracy groups are planning another major rally tomorrow. President trump is vowing to move the Republican Convention out of North Carolina unless crowds are allowed. Statesa shot at the democratic governor, roy cooper. The president says he wants to be assured that republicans can gather in charlotte in august, whether there are coronavirus outbreaks or not. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing another day of pressure to discipline his top adviser.
Good afternoon, everyone. First off, id like to thank the Clermont Institute for sponsoring this panel and for sponsoring all of its panels here at the american Political Science association, and thanks to all of you for coming to hear whether congress is still dysfunctional. I suspect you already know the answer to the question, but maybe well provide a fuller background and explanation about whats going on these days on capitol hill. Its no secret to political scientists that congress is a mess. Its no secret to the members of congress that congress is a mess. And nor is it a secret to the American People that congress is a mess. Routinely, congress polls very poorly when people are asked whether they approve of the job its doing, and this trend is bipartisan whether democrats or republicans control congress, most people assign it a failing grade. The trend is also long standing. Over the past Decade Congress has not once achieved an Approval Rating above 30 . It wasnt always this wa
And academics are part of this discussion hosted by american Political Science association. Routinely congress pulled very portable people as whether they approved of the job it is doing. This trend is bipartisan whether democrats or Republicans Control Congress most people assign it a failing grade. The trend is also a longstandig peer over the past Decade Congress has not once achieved Approval Rating above 30 . It wasnt always this way. During the 1990s congress Approval Rating typically were in the 40s and 50s. Today they hover in the teens and the 20s. Once thought to be the great repository of americas republican Principles Congress is now referred to as a broken branch. Why exactly has Congress Come to this point . What are the causes of the dysfunction . Has anything changed since trumps election and the democratic takeover of the house . Can this longstanding state of affairs be changed . Can congress be reformed, it is so what do we need to do to reform it . To answer these q
160th congress 116th congress. The American Political Science Association hosted this 90 minute event. Association, live coverage here thanks to all of you for coming to hear about whether or not congress is still dysfunctional. A fulle will provide background of whats going on on capitol hill. It is no secret to political scientists, nor to the members of congress or the american people, that congress is a mess. Congress routinely polls poorly and this trend is bipartisan. Republicanscrats or control congress, most assigned us a failing grade. Over the past decade, congress has not once approved in Approval Rating over 30 . During the 1990s, congresss Approval Ratings were in the 40s and the 50s. Today, they are in the teens and 20s. Once thought to be the great repository of americas republican principles, it is now a broken branch. Why has Congress Come to this point . What are the causes of congresss dysfunction . Has anything changed since trumps election and the democratic takeov