Molly Reynolds and Margaret Taylor on National Security and the 116th Congress
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🗓️ 23 January 2019
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
It's a new year with a new Congress, and the Democrats now control the House of Representatives. But how will that change affect the state of play for national security legal issues? To find out, Benjamin Wittes spoke last Friday with Brookings senior fellow and expert on all things Congress, Molly Reynolds, and Brookings fellow, Lawfare senior editor, and former Chief Democratic Counsel for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Margaret Taylor.
They talked about the dynamics of a divided legislature, what committees Lawfare Podcast listeners should keep an eye on, and how the new chairs of certain committees will affect key issues in national security law.
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| 0:29.0 | On the Senate Formulations Committee, there is a new chairman. |
| 0:35.0 | His name is Jim Rish. He's a Republican from Idaho. |
| 0:39.0 | And he is replacing Bob Quaker from Tennessee, who is left the Senate. |
| 0:43.0 | So Jim Rish, he's a pre-lokey guy. |
| 0:47.0 | He's pretty supportive of the president and the president's policies. |
| 0:51.0 | He gave a really interesting interview to USA Today, a couple of days ago, |
| 0:55.0 | where he sublated out his priorities for that committee. |
| 0:59.0 | And he said that his biggest foreign policy concern is China's expanding geopolitical influence. |
| 1:05.0 | And he would be taking a broader look at the reemergence of a competition between global powers. |
| 1:11.0 | And he indicated that his first set of hearings will be on that topic. |
| 1:15.0 | He also indicated that he has no plans for hearing on Syria. |
| 1:19.0 | And no plans for legislation to ensure that the United States stays in NATO. |
| 1:27.0 | So it's very interesting to read because it gives a little window into how he is sort of perceiving what his new chairmanship is going to be like. |
| 1:35.0 | I'm Matthew Khan and this is the LawFair podcast, January 22nd, 2019. |
| 1:41.0 | It's a new year with a new Congress and the Democrats now control the House of Representatives. |
| 1:47.0 | But how will that change affect the state of play for national security legal issues? |
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