i pursued my legal studies at government law college in mumbai for five years.rsued my masters at the university of oxford in england for a year. and now i'm currently a practising lawyer in a mid—sized law firm. it was my dad who actually pushed me to do law. for me, the choice was always economics or law. there was no question of her coming to my business. i think, after 12 she decided that she wants to go into the legal law field, and god has been kind. five years she has studied at the government law college, the oldest institution in mumbai, and luckily she got into oxford, so there was nothing to think about or anything. it was just to accept, and pay the fees. for graduation we were so proud, our daughter is graduating in oxford. so, it was a nice, sunny day. we went there in our indian attire. it's a proud moment for us. i don't want to ask you any questions... i think it's very boring! i think it's boring for everybody, i get very passionate, and i think it's boring for everybody else who's not a lawyer. the timings are horrible for you guys. yeah, it's

i pursued my legal studies at government law college in mumbai for five years.pursued my masters at the university of oxford in england for a year. and now i'm currently a practising lawyer in a mid—sized law firm. it was my dad who actually pushed me to do law. for me, the choice was always economics or law. there was no question of her coming to my business. i think, after 12 she decided that she wants to go into the legal law field, and god has been kind. five years she has studied at the government law college, the oldest institution in mumbai, and luckily she got into oxford, so there was nothing to think about or anything. it was just to accept, and pay the fees. for graduation we were so proud, our daughter is graduating in oxford. so, it was a nice, sunny day. we went there in our indian attire. it's a proud moment for us. i don't want to ask you any questions... i think it's very boring! i think it's boring for everybody, i get very passionate, and i think it's boring for everybody else who's not a lawyer. the timings are horrible for you guys. yeah, it

i pursued my legal studies at government law college in mumbai for five years.iversity of oxford in england for a year. and now i'm currently a practising lawyer in a mid—sized law firm. it was my dad who actually pushed me to do law. for me, the choice was always economics or law. there was no question of her coming to my business. i think, after 12 she decided that she wants to go into the legal law field, and god has been kind. five years she has studied at the government law college, the oldest institution in mumbai, and luckily she got into oxford, so there was nothing to think about or anything. it was just to accept, and pay the fees. for graduation we were so proud, our daughter is graduating in oxford. so, it was a nice, sunny day. we went there in our indian attire. it's a proud moment for us. i don't want to ask you any questions... i think it's very boring! i think it's boring for everybody, i get very passionate, and i think it's boring for everybody else who's not a lawyer. the timings are horrible for you guys. yeah, it's a tough balancing task. i

jason holds his ba in government and public policy from college of william and mary and law degree from william and mary school of law. the last person you hear from is elliot burke of -- not only does elliott serve as partner of the firm but he also serves with the current president of the rnla. prior to starting his law firm he served as partner and as -- he has been named as the national best lawyer. he is a graduate away first university and emory university school of law. with that i will turn this over to 40th full day with the first subject which is lobbying disclosure act. >> hello? all right. this is, i do not want to make this too much in the weeds but certainly there are a lot of complex issues with regard to lobbying registration and disclosure. everyone should be aware of, if one is intending on engaging with federal officials, officeholders and other employees here in d.c. and otherwise. we should have a powerpoint. the first slide. okay.it is working. as ron mentioned, the overarching belong here the lobbying disclosure act of 1995, every place a law from 1946 which is la

relief laws, and the idea was with a national government with very long terms in office, six years senators, four year presidents, there was nothing analogous to that in state confusions. electoral college picked the president, enormous constituencies. the original house was 65 members for the entire country the massachusetts legislature the delegates and others 55. and they thought the more constituents you'd elect the relatively affluent people in the community and the larger the constituency, the more independence they would have from constituents influence. in a state they were in the direction of more elite rule because they thought you couldn't trust the average person in government. they thought they would redistribute property. and that's why he was a lifetime tenured senator and president. that was a extren extreme-- some voted for a lifetime tenured president about because they thought that property rights wouldn't be protected in a republican form of government. >> interesting. just take one quick thing, we're obviously, as is often the case during presidential election years, people often have questions how we got the electoral college. can you take a bead on what, sort of w

in governments ba and public policy from the college of william and mary ann law degree from the college of william and mary school of law. the last person is elliott burke. as they does he serve managing partner of his firm, he serves as our current president of the rnla. elliott previously served as a cochairand the practice and in our woods. he's been in as the national oft lawyer in one washington's best lawyers. he is a criminal law graduate of weight force university and emory university school of law. i will turn it over to claudia who will do with the first subject come the loving disclosure act -- subject, the lobbying disclosure act. >> hello? want to make this too much in the weeds, but there are a lot of complex issues with regard to lobbying, registration, and disclosure that everyone should be aware of if one is intending upon engaging with federal officials, officeholders, and other d.c. and here in otherwise. we should have a powerpoint. we do. ok. the first slide. ok. it is working. mentioned, the overarching law here is the lobbying disclosure act of 1995. it replaced t

college. i wasn't the law kick. a big block of government cheese they would give you. we could use private public partnerships to get better food at some of these programs. my point is it will have a very specific tanl jigible impact on kids. part of what with concerns me is these conversations can lose sight of the tangible impact it will have on real people. >> sorry. i agree, follow the impact. if we look at that we have sun kids participating. program participants said we would see. we would go on and on. andy wrote about the $7 million waste we have ever seen. we have all of the data, all of the evidence that shows that these programs when they are operated at the federal level aren't working for kids. it is closer than being operated by those -- >> those are great talking points. i can point to all types of programs. is any program perfect? of course not. are there inefficiencieineffici? of course not. we can point to comparable programs. what you don't do is cut it entirely and eliminate it. you figure out a way to make the investments actually generate t -- i t

new laws criminalize violence towards women and offer them unprecedented legal protections. girls are attending school and going to college. women are working in government, serving in the military, in the police force and even running for office. there is an afghanistan women's chamber of congress that specifically works to see that women are incorporated into the nation's economic future. for american women like me who grew up with parents telling me i could achieve anything i wanted to, those kinds of things are commonplace. for afghan women who grew up in gaited e that subject them to second class citizenship, this is nothing short of extraordinary. centuries of repression are being reversed and a new generation of women that expects and demands basic rights is taking hold. during our visit, our delegation was honored to meet with the afghan first lady and many other women leaders. we discussed the opportunities now available to afghan women that weren't conceivable 15 years ago under the taliban, and most importantly, they explained just how critical these gains are to the overall stability of afghanistan. while it is certainly encouraging to listen

jason holds a ba in government and public policy from the college of william and mary, and his law degreefrom the college of william and mary school of law. the last person is elliott burke. not only does elliott serve a aa managing partner of this firm he also serves as our current president of the rnla. prior to starting as current law firm, he served as a partner and as a practice group cochair at mcguire woods. he's been named as a national best lawyer and by the washingtonian as one of washington's best lawyers. he is a criminal -- grad of weight force and emory university school of law. with that introduction i'm going to turn it over to claudia will do with the first subject, which is the lobbying disclosure act. >> thank you, ron. [inaudible] >> you think so? hello? definitely. all right. i don't want to make is too much in the weeks but there are a lot of very complex issues with regard to law being registration and disclosure that everyone should be aware of if one is intending upon engaging with federal officials, officeholders, and other employees here in d.c. and otherwise. a