we will first start with congressman daniel lipinski.and especially the house as being a place that is supposed to be a bunch of diverse interest beingg piled into the same form and then having to work things out amongst themselves so we can go to basic ways. either they cancel each other out and nothing happens. are they bargain out a compromise most can live with tand move on to the next chambe. was h that happening when you ae in congress? wasn't having much, a lot, not much at all? what was your experience? we start because phil read -- let me read this from a distinguished academic on a public servant. the blurb on the back of the book. while few claimants contemporary congress is uniting the nation are solving are most vaccine problems, why congress lays out a convincing case is exactly with the institution was designed to do, has done in the past, and can do once again. let me tell you as we all know it's not doing that right now. so many different thoughts come to mind as phil was speaking did anyone ever do that we do the cartoo

sitting at the far end is daniel lipinski, a distinguished visiting fellow at the hoover institutionleo the 13th fell on social thought at the university of dallas. he represented the third district of illinois ine the u. house of representatives from 2005-2021. his career was quite distinguished. congressman lipinski earnediv a doctorate from political science from duke university and is author of congressional committee tatian, content and consequences. in the middle we have reid ribble, the micro-practitioner and resident in political the university of wisconsin green bay. he, too, served in congress and served well. he represented the eighth the district of wisconsin in the u.s. house of representatives from 2011-2017, and after retiring from the house congressman ribble served as a seal of the national roofing contractors association for fivi years. with that come witht, a step awy from the lectern and bring up our guest philip wallach. [applause] >> just want to start by thanking everyone who braved the smoke today and is here in person. it's a real honor to have you all gather

sitting at the far end is daniel lipinski, the 13th fellow at the university of dallas. he represents the third district of illinois in the house of representatives since 2005 to 2021. congressman lipinski earned degree in political science, content and consequences. in the middle we have ride ribble, university of wisconsin green bay. he too served in congress and served well. he represented the eighth district of wisconsin and the u.s. house of representatives from 2011 to 2015 and after retiring from the house he served as the contracting association for 5 years. with that, let me step away and bring up our guests. [applause] >> just want to start by thankinge everyone who braved e smoke today and is here in person. it's a real honor to have you gathered together and to thank theer american enterprise institute for providing really such a wonderful professional home for me where i could write this book. i want to start off by reading but i find inspirational and helps give a sense of why i'm involved in this project so it comes from this book in defense of politics by