Cliff Stearns: “Not to overrule, but to pass laws here to check the balance of the Supreme Court?”

Next, we will elect our Executive Committee. I automatically join the Executive Committee in my capacity as past president. The secretary and treasurer are each elected to a 1-year term, with eligibility for another 1-year term. The…

Thank you, Barbara. And let me just conclude before we leave here to say we have a lunch today--and I hope all of you will come--to bestow the 2016 Distinguished Service Award on the current Senators and Representatives who are retiring…

thank you, Martin. I think, as you pointed out, we were waiting for both the majority leader, Steny Hoyer of Maryland, and the minority leader, Kevin McCarthy, between 8:45 and 9:00, and they might have had different schedules/commitments…

Barbara, thank you very much. And thank you, Members, for your confidence. I think in light of the hour here, we will go right directly to honoring our past president and our vice president. Pete, if you will give me the plaques, I would…