john zimmerman. [applause] >> thank you very much. thanks to andy and kelsy and the aei for welcoming me to this gordon new home. this ohio god would hey made the whole world if he has the money. thank you to andy for this lovely comments; he play be be thirst person who is not a bloor telltive to-bash blood relative to read my book. my first book i wrote, somebody gave ms. this 800 number and i would describe you your book is doing and i actually called it and i put in the 800 up in and i got robo voice that said, good morning, you have sold -- zero -- books today. that one getting me any closer to god so i haven't done it since. but do my brief message here is that, first of all, nobody is being silenced. we have to be careful how we describe the free speech problem. it is real. but we've got to be really careful's the term wes use to describe it. there are 4,000 places to get a ba in the united states. and if most of them trigger warnings, mike row aggression, save spaces, say what? it's not an issue at all. people have not heard t

please join me in welcoming our valued guests doctor john zimmerman. [applause] >> thank you andy and kelsey and aei for welcoming me to this gorgeous new home. this is how god would've made the whole world if he had the money [laughter] it's just beautiful. thanks to andy for his lovely comments. he may be actually the first person who is not a blood relative to praise my book. i'm not sure of that. the very first book i wrote when i was in nice, someone gave me this 800 number that you could call and allegedly it was described how your book is doing. i actually called it and put in the 800 number and i got the ubiquitous robot voice that said good morning, you have sold zero books today. that wasn't getting me any closer to god so i haven't done it since, but by a brief message here is, first of all, nobody is being silenced. we have to be really careful in the words we use to describe the free speech problem. we have a very good sense of what the problem is and it is real. but we have to be really careful about the terms we use to describe it. there

professor john zimmerman the author of campus politics and is going to present to us on there is -- his new book and the conture of's what is happening right now, what is gone on actually on university campuses. a lot of of talk, some signals,, some noise and give us a sense why that matters. after that he'll probably talk for 15-20 minutes, give hem leeway. it's good book. then i will come back up here with david french and greg to have a conversation about this. we'll bat around handful of ideas.you ly you probably know david who has lit gifted on these issues. he has been in the trenches. hes. ... fire which is probably the leading organization for working on campuses and free-speech issues and i'm a fan of his because he cowrote what i think was the best article of 2015 in the atlantic, the coddling of the american mind. it's fascinating, one of the parts of john's book is that there's an increased emphasis among folks on campus thing the safe spaces, it's good for mental health. there is this alternative >> we just have a couple rules. one, please make sure that you raise your hand

professor john zimmerman the author of campus politics and is going to present to us on there is -- his conture of's what is happening right now, what is gone on actually on university campuses. a lot of of talk, some signals,, some noise and give us a sense why that matters. after that he'll probably talk for 15-20 minutes, give hem leeway. it's good book.

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mcsally: 9-year-old christina taylor green, dorothy morris, judge john roll, phyllis sneck and congressional staffer, gabriel zimmerman. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 22 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 26. will the gentleman from idaho, mr. simpson, kindly take the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of l. 26, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to amend chapter 8 of title 5 united states code to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law. the chair: when the committee of the whole house rose earlier today, a request for a recorded vote on amendment number 12 printed in house report 115-1 offered by the gentleman from iowa, mr. king, had been postponed. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in house report 115-1 on which further proceeding