one person is the research professor at georgetown university where she directs research on health insurance reform. she served at the u.s. apartment health and human services. she has a b.a. from oberlin college. our next guest is a very distinguished. she serves as a board member of the commonwealth of authority. she holds a b.s. from the university of massachusetts, boston. in james is a member of an organization that was withheld and retirement benefits for fortune 500 companies. he went to george washington university. he retired in 2001 from one particular organization. robert is from the heritage foundation. he is involved in a health insurance reform initiative in 2005. he received his degree from the university of arizona. our next guest was an operations manager. she is very experienced. our next guest directed the bureau of health professions. he has a ba from harvard university. welcome to all of you. thank you for your patience today. you will be given five minutes to summarize your written statement. if there is something you want to comment during your presentation from what y

georgetown university law center in washington d.c. hosted the event. it is a little over an hour. >> welcome. thank you for coming today for our discussion of the book recently released by the university of michigan press on argument in the supreme court. i am going to moderate our discussion. this book, edited by tim johnson, is a unique volume. the editors have assembled a series of essays written by journalists who covered the supreme court. each focuses on oral argument and the case before the supreme court and offers lessons on the court and the role of oral arguments. the supreme court's to sit in making process is a uniquely closed process to the public. virtually all the court's deliberations occurred behind closed doors. one of the only objections to the secrecy is oral argument. when the court spend an hour in public discussion of the case. oral arguments present the unique window on the supreme court decisionmaking. the panelists have observed countless cases of oral argument, having had the unique opportunity to observe what the court does

caller: i was a history major at georgetown university and have looked at consulting jobs. i did a little bit of finance. i have been on tons of interviews and applied to tons of companies. i do not know what to do. i am optimistic about the economy. i know that i am young and don't have many responsibilities, but it is frustrating. host: good morning. caller: i'm a first-time caller. host: glad to have you been caller: obama has only been in office for little over five months. everybody wants him to try to do something it took bush eight years to mess up. now all those people complaining now, why were they complain when bush sent those jobs overseas? and that the way things are going with unemployment is that bush administration put those things in effect. they're just happening now because there's no way that obama could be blamed for losing as many jobs as have been lost in five months. host: we have talked about the climate a little. here's the from page of the times this morning. obama opposes trade sanctions and a kind of bill. the effort shift to senate after the hou

host: our guest is a former adjoint professor of law at georgetown university.hat brings you to this issue of redistricting? guest: i was in the justice department for 21 years, in the voting rights section, the civil rights division. i looked at a lot of redistricting plans in that capacity when i was in the death -- when i was in the justice department. i left in 1994. i have done a lot of litigation in the area of redistricting and was retained to represent certain members of the congressional black caucus. whose tissues were struck down in the 1990's in wake of the supreme court decision. -- whose issues were struck dumb. then i was retained as general counsel by the national democratic party's redistricting party, impact 2000. host: is a more democratic or republican party? guest: it is split pretty evenly. republicans control more of legislatures and governorships in states where they had a monopoly. this time you see more split control. neighboring virginia is a good example where you have a democratic governor and senator and republican-controlled house.

chai is the former asia director at the national security council and he's a professor at georgetown university. leon seigel is a professor at the social science research council in new york and author of disarming strangers, which is a diplomatic history of the 1994 agreed framework and nancy liquor ingborg has helped deliver food aid to women and children in many parts of the country. we're greatly appreciative for their expertise being here and i just introduce ambassador bosworth. he as many people know, he's one of our most distinguished veterans of diplomacy in the united states. served in many different posts. i had the pleasure and senator lugar did also way back -- not way back in 1986. i worked very closely with ambassador bosworth and senator lugar was then chair and worked very closely with them on the philippines and we had many philippines and we had many meetings and many visits to thek philippines as we transitioned to the democracy from the marcos regime and it was a really astounding transition and i will say again as i've said previously in public that we were lucky to have a

victor cha is in the former asia director at the national security council and professor at georgetown university. evans riviera is the president of the three a society and former deputy assistant of east asian pacific affairs. if leon sigal is professor of social science research council in new york and author of disarming strategy is, of a agreed framework, and that nancy lindborg is president of mercy corps and work inside the north korea to help deliver food aid to women and children in many parts of the poorest parts of the country. they are greatly appreciated for their expertise being here and i just introduced ambassador bosworth, as many people know he is one of our most distinguished veterans of the diplomacy in the united states. served in many different posts. i had the pleasure and senator lugar did also way back -- way back in 1986. i were two recklessly with ambassador bosworth and senator lugar was then chair and worked very closely with him on the philippines and we had many meetings in many visits to the philippines as we transition to the democracy from the marcos regime and it

[laughter] >> georgetown university library. i was curious about the fortress you showed before he started building them. it had a kind of star structure and reminded me -- >> in the drawing? >> in the drawing that looked like the pattern of the great builder of fortresses -- i'm curious to defied any connection >> that six ackley right, he studied that in paris because he had to enroll in art school but he bought into all of the glasses and paris and for those of you that don't know this was perhaps the greatest expert in military history of siege graft and how to build and attack for its and kosciuszko was very influenced, that is true. >> i'm curious why would azar paul mog do anything for kosciuszko, why wouldn't he kill him? azar paul felt sorry for him and had faults on easing up on the us serfs. he later eased up on the serfs of russia, not as quickly as kosciuszko but like him to, but he was of the same faults in general and cuba sent a tyrant like his mother catherine the great who wanted to stretch russia as far as she

we're sitting at a replica of the supreme court at the georgetown university law center where the dimensions are exactly as they are in the court with the lectern, the same distance from the justices in real life and it's incredibly close and i can imagine it's just a really nerve-wracking experience for the lawyers. i always feel for them and i'm surprised more of them haven't fainted as has happened in history. but the case i picked to write about in a way is a lot less known than the others you just heard about but it is in a way the exact opposite, flip side of the coin from dahlia's case 'cause in this case, there is a rookie lawyer, a lawyer who had never argued before the supreme court before, but he ended up making a spectacularly unsuccessful argument. he like michael was totally passionate about the facts and the background of the case but it just fell flat and it was too passionate and it makes another point about the supreme court. many cases, when they get to the supreme court, are much more abstract level than the trial court and the lawyer court levels. in the trial court the

i want to thank georgetown university law center for hosting the discussion and want to thank you for coming and watching today. thank you. [applause] >>> jerry goldman is in northwestern and for some professor of law and directs the oyez project. timothy johnson is university of minnesota professor of law and political science. for more or informational and timothy johnson, visit law.umn.edu. for information on jerry goldman, oyez.org. >>> the c-span's six bus is traveling the country visiting libraries, bookstores, festivals and authors. here are some of the people and places we visited. >> we are here at the lexington public library's branch with bob sloan. you often write short stories about life in appellation. tell about the true story that is accounted in the valley of the shadow. >> there was a feud in the county where i am from that occurred back in the 1880s and my grandfather -- my paternal grandfather, my dad's dad was born in 1877. the feud lasted about 1884 to 1887 depending on who you talk to. so i grew up hearing first hand accounts of some of this. my grandfather was

i said to thank georgetown university law center for hosting our discussion and i want to thank you forcoming and watching today. thank you. [applause] >> jerry goldman is a northwestern university professor of law and directs the oyez project a multimedia supreme court archive. timothy johnson is a university of minnesota professor of law and political science. for more information on timothy johnson, visit law.umn.edu for jerry goldman, oyez.org. >> here's a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals over the next few months. >> you've been watching book tv on c-span2. every weekend we bring you 48 hours of nonfiction books, public affairs, history, and biography saturday morning at 8:00 through monday at 8:00 am eastern. ..

karen pollitz who is the research professor georgetown university health policy institute. welcome to all of our witnesses. is the policy of the subcommittee to take your testimony under oath. please bid bison of the right and the rules of the house to be it buys the council during your testimony. kiewit to be represented by counsel during your testimony? mr. hamm you would? any time during the questions if you want to get advice from counsel, just let us know and we will allow the. council cannot testify but the cannon fisa. mr. collins? mr. sassi? ms. pollitz? so then let me have you raise your right hand and take the oath. do you swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth in the matter pending before this committee? let the record reflect that the witnesses replied in the affirmative. they are now under the beginning with their opening statement. you have five minutes for an opening statement in you may submit a longer statement for inclusion in the record. mr. hamm if you don't mind will start with you, st

. >> the georgetown university library. i was curious about that fortress you showed before he started building them. it had kind of a star structure and it reminded me-- >> in the drawing you mean? >> the drawing from above and that look like the start, a pattern of the great builder of fortresses and i am just curious, did you find any connection with him as a model? >> that is exactly right. >> steady devoe bun in paris because he had to enroll in an arts school buddy audited all of those classes that the military schools in paris. for those of you who don't novo bahn was perhaps the greatest expert in military history at seat crafted how to build forts, how to attack force and kosciuszko was very influenced by him, that is true. >> i am curious about why would czar paul do anything for kosciuszko-- why not just kill him? >> harpal felt sorry for him and also had similar thoughts about easing up on the serfs. he later eased up on the surface of russia, not as quickly as kosciuszko would have liked him to but he was of th

say a word about the good advice from your professor as i continue to be a law professor at georgetown university law school where i taught full-time. i've never been in the habit to people you really ought to go into law just because i am an law. indeed my favorite joke is we have been over a lawyer since thomas jefferson and do need teachers, like the kind you turned out to be and we are going to get into the kind of teacher you turned out to be. but first let me explore a little bit more about this campaign. >> guest: you bet. >> host: why this intrigued by the mystery judge. >> guest: yes. >> host: i have always felt judges can hardly purge themselves entirely of their political instincts. the politics is in their soul. i wish you would talk about this advice from the mystery judge who found you and apparently is the only real adviser than your students that you ever had. >> guest: right. well i don't know that i should use his name. >> host: i'm not asking you to use his name, we want him to keep his job. >> guest: judges are largely effected in many seats as they are political animals, and

say good word from your edify is from your professor as i continue to be a law professor at georgetown universitylaw school where i taught full time. i have never been in the habit of saying to people you really got to go into law and because i am an walz. indy 500 my favorite joke as we have been over-lawyered since thomas jefferson, and we are going to get into the kind of teacher that you turned out to be. first let me explore a little bit more about this campaign. i was intrigued by the mystery judge. >> guest: yes. >> host: i've always felt judges can hardly purge themselves entirely of their political instincts, the politics is in their soul. i wish you would talk about this advice from this mystery judge who found you and apparently is the only real adviser other than the students you ever had. >> guest: while i don't know why should use his name. >> host: why not asking his name, we want him to keep his job. [laughter] >> guest: we do. the judges are largely elected in many seats, so they are political animals and he had been involved deeply with the democratic party. of course had to ste

and by the way i like this good in baez's a professor as i continue to be a law professor at georgetown university law school where i taught full time. i have never been in the habit of speaking to people, you really ought to go into law just as i am in law, indeed, my favorite joke as we have been over lawyer since thomas jefferson, really do need teachers like the kind you turn out to be and we are going to get into the kind of teacher you turned out to be carried a perversely export a little more about this campaign. i was intrigued by the judge. i have always felt that judges can hardly perjure themselves entirely of their political instincts and politics in their souls. i wish to talk about this advice on this mystery judge who found new and apparently was the only real advisor for your statins as you ever had. >> guest: i don't know that i should use his name's. >> host: i'm not asking for his name. >> guest: the judges are largely elected and in many seats and there are political animals and he has been involved deeply with the democratic party. of course, had to step away from that once he

. >> i'm michael nelson georgetown university. i think this is a useful panel and very encouraging. you have laid out the right issues. there's a lot of agreement on what needs to be done but we have not spent enough time how to make the infrastructure itself more secure and particularly i wanted to pick up on phill's point that we need to have at the foundation and infrastructure that has good authentication built into it with privacy protection built into that authentication mechanism. when phil and i and others were working on the cyberpolicy 15 years ago when the clinton white house, we knew we had to have better authentication. and 15 years later we have more problems with on-line identity theft and more problems with fishing and we still haven't solved that problem. there have been dozens of private public partnerships. to highlight some of the specifics in this area i would like each of the panelists or whoever wants to take to tell me why you think we haven't made progress on this and 15 years and what we need to do going forward, industry, government, congress. >> richard,

bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 702 east university avenue in georgetown, texas, as the kyle g. west post office building. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. lynch, and the gentleman from california, mr. bilbray, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. lynch: madam speaker, i now yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lynch: madam speaker, as chairman of the house subcommittee with jurisdiction over the united states postal service, i am pleased to present h.r. 2422 as amended for consideration this afternoon. the bill before us will designate the united states postal facility located at 702 east university avenue in georgetown, texas, as the kyle g. west post office building. introduced by our collea

i went to princeton university, law school at night school. i finished at georgetown while working out here. >> what was the first thing you did in politics? >> the lowest person on the totem pole for a campaign for bill ruckleshouse for the senate in our home state. he went on to renown in the nixon administration, and resigned in the saturday night massacre. >> you worked for him when he was the first head of the epa? >> no, just when he ran for office. i finished school and fell in with the boy-mayor of indianapolis, dick lugar, our distinguished senator. he was an idealistic and very active young mayor at a time when cities were at the forefront of american consciousness. he was making great transformations in my home town. i went to work for him a couple of summers, and he talked me into sticking around for a little while, namely 13 years. >> you just turned 60. how old were you when you started working for him? >> 20. >> and then what? after you worked for him as mayor, what was next? >> he got elected to the senate. he asked me to come along, and i did. i spent

when i was a professor, i am on leave at george washington university, there would be so many people who would say, how're things at georgetown? how're things at georgetown? so now i am in a situation where people say what is going on at olc? when are you guys going to release some more torture memos? if there is a nutshell description, it is olc tells us what the law is. olp tells us what the law should be. with olc, it serves as an outside counsel to executive branch agencies. it serves as the gc at doj, whereas olp spearheads the policy initiatives. . we beg judges for the white house and coordinate the rulemaking in the department. in terms of policy, in terms of legislation, policy initiatives, olp is known as the think tank of the justice department. in the reagan and registration, for example, they came up with the legislation which resulted the legislation which resulted in the current federal sentencing system. they dealt a lot with death penalty issues, hideous issues, and came forward with an original meaning of jurisprudence. in the clinton administration, they spearheaded anti-terrorism legislation in the afterma

when i was a professor, i am on leave at george washington university, there would be so many people who would say, how're things at georgetown [laughter] so now i am in a situation where people say, what is going on that to old, -- at old, when will you really is torture memos, that kind of thing. if there is a nutshell description, it is olc tells us what the law is. olp tells us what the law should be. with olc, olc serves as an outside counsel to the executive branch agencies and serves as the gc at doj where ieas olp spearheads policy initiatives. we do other things. we beg judges for the white house and coordinate the rulemaking in the department. in terms of policy, in terms of legislation, policy initiatives, olp is known as the think tank of the justice department. >> in the reagan administration for example, they came up with the administration which resulted in the current federal sent entersing. the dealt with death penalty issues and really came up with original meaning jurisprudence. ftermath of the oklahoma city bombing. spearheaded the violence against women act. and the brady bill. in the bush administration