karlyn bowman, senior fellow at the american enterprise institute. chris faricy mexico is there to university and bill galston brookings institution to build his top domestic policy adviser to president clinton where representatives beginning of the ultimate here. it turns out we will go in alphabetical order. to karlyn, you want to get us started? >> thank you. howard has asked if i set the stage device a few words about tax attitude in the mid 1980s and today. but first i'd like to see a little bit about the polls i watch at aei on many different subjects. there are very useful to understand complex and i don't think they should ever be used to make policy where the issues tax form or a d. grade for the professionalization of college athletics. they are too blunt tools for that purpose. publics rarely ever get specific legislative advice. they start their deliberations about their values. there are other problems in making any kind of sweeping judgments, sweeping assertions from limited amount of public polling data we have in the tax area overall.

thank you to karlyn bowman and everyone for this very interesting discussion. thank you very much. [applause] >> so, each region around the country is different. in the 1990's we did the first assessment of scientific report of impacts around united states. we divided the united states into 20 different regions. we had workshops in those regions and we had to think about what the most important issues were. it turns out the one that was common among all of them was water. what is going to happen to water resources c echo we talked about what was going to happen to water in the pacific northwest where it is very wet, or down in texas along the rio grande basin where it is very dry. in the dry area you will be concerned about getting enough water and in the wet area you would be worried about snow or downpours and flooding. >> obviously, this is a global problem. it first started out as if we do something in maryland or in the united states, that is one

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karlyn bowman, assistant professor of political science and public policy at the maxwell school and bill galston, senior fellow at the brookings institution government studies program. domestic policy adviser of president clinton who represented just the beginning of the alphabet here. it turns out we will go in alphabetical order. >> thank you. howard has asked if i would set the stage today by saying a few words about tax attitudes in the mid-1980s and today. first, i would like to say a little about the polls that i have watched. i think they are useful tools to understand complex public. i don't think that they should never be used to make policy, whether the issues tax reform or ukraine, college athletics. they are just too crude and to blunt the tool for that purpose publics rarely ever give specific legislative advice. they start their deliberations about most issues with their values. there are other problems in making any kind of sweeping judgments, sweeping assertions from a limited amount public polling data that we have in the tax area overall. not only are the response rates

thank you to karlyn bowman and everyone for this very interesting discussion. thank you very much. [applause] no bed available. >> our guest today is here because of a personal tragedy. son todeeds lost his suicide in november and was wounded himself in an attack. deedspened after senator try to get care for his son, only to be denied by a system he tried to fix, and the system told him there were no beds available. since november senator eads has recovered from his physical theds and has led legislature to enact legislation, adding millions to prevent other families from experiencing a tragedy like his did. the amount of time a mentally ill person can be held is limited to eight hours. before making mental health his signature issue, the senator was a county prosecutors known for allowing access, and was elected to the virginia house of delegates in 1991 and left the house. he was a democratic nominee for governor in 2009. these help me give a warm national press club welcome to virginia state senator creigh deeds. [applause] that generousor introduction. i want to invite my wife