Invitation. Its a great conference. Now, investor state dispute settlement. Thats the topic if i look its from a german perspective, which is in the sense of the debate in the center of the debate. Procedures and mechanisms are part of most International Investment agreements and there are more than 3,000 of these agreements. Essentially its about Foreign Investors that discussion from this morning. You can see the rest online at cspan2. Org. Well go live again to coverage of the Cato Institutes conference on International Trade and the ttip. A look now at domestic policies and their impact on International Trade. This is just getting underway. Alphabetically. Senior fellow of began this career as a journalist with the Vancouver Sun and the fortunately times and the spent time inside u. S. Trade or he this is back at a time when it was weekly publication, and you had to jim colby is best known for his work in congress, although now doing really good work at the german marshall fund. Th
That story as also is included miss lerners failure to willingly testify before this committee. Im going to put all that aside for a second. Miss oconnor, youre white house counsel. Im a lawyer, youre a lawyer. I want to step away from the irs problem and investigation for a minute and just have a comparative discussion because i think in the responses there may be some misunderstanding with respect to the independent the treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration and id like to talk to you a minute about their powers. Not with the irs, but just in general. Id like to compare the powers of the treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration with the fbi because one of the things we heard from the commissioner yesterday is, were going to do the Inspector General is going to do an investigation, and that is probably a good thing. There are many who dont believe its enough, but you and i having a discussion on a comparative just of authority and powers perhaps can let other peopl
Veterans serving in the house of representatives. This is an hour. Good afternoon. And welcome. My name is byron and i am an adj adjunct professor and the 170ing president of the National Press club. He are commit today our professions future through programming with events such as this while fostering a free press world wide. For more information about the pres club visit our website at press. Org. I would like to welcome our speaker and those attending the event. Guest of our speaker are at the head table and working journalist who are club members. If you hear applause, generals of the member public are attending so it isnt lack of journalistic activity. I would like to welcome cspan and others. You can follow us on twitter. We will have a question and answer period after the guest concludes and i will ask as many questions as time permits. I would like each of the guest to stand as your name is announced. Erin kessler, marisa shultz, christina marcos, pope barrel former head of the
Former gm lobbyist being elected in november to succeed him. Dingell was ranking democrat until he was ousted in 2008. He is known for his quick questions. He earned a nickname, the truck, for his stature and style wielding the chairmans gavel. The committee has wide ranging jurisdiction. He has authored laws on clean air, endangered species, and health insurance, including shepherding through the Affordable Care act. In spite of passing environmental legislation, dingell has a reputation as an ally of the Auto Industry and its main union that has led them to fight attempts to strengthen environmental regulations for cars. He has watched Congress Since he was a child at his fathers knee and serving as a house page in the 1940s. We invited him to the press club to give a farewell speech. Mr. Dingell said hes not done working or governing yet. Hes here today to speak to us about when congress worked. Please help me give a warm National Press club welcome to congressman john dingell for h
August 15th, on a sunday, one those of moments when Richard Nixon essentially appeared on National Television halfway through bonanza, a great cowboy show, not really my time but maybe the viewers will remember. And interrupted the show to say were not going to allow the dollar to be converted into gold anymore, and this is one of most significant events, the most significant thats to have happened in the history of money, and i was a very decisive moment where he shut the gold window. Thats the term. Where people could not simply come into fort representatives. This is an hour. Good afternoon. And welcome. My name is byron and i am an adj adjunct professor and the 170ing president of the National Press club. He are commit today our professions future through programming with events such as this while fostering a free press world wide. For more information about the pres club visit our website at press. Org. I would like to welcome our speaker and those attending the event. Guest of ou