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‘Know Your Why,’ Pelosi Advises 1L Students

November 1, 2023 Campus News Congress

Alternating between inspirational advice and anecdotes from a career in the trenches of Capitol Hill, U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi, H’02 (D-Calif.), Speaker Emerita of the U.S. House of Representatives, delivered Georgetown Law’s 2023 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecture on October 26 to an audience of 1L students in the newly renovated Hart Auditorium.

L-R: Panelists Reginald Brown and Kristin Amerling and moderator Jim Townsend of the Levin Center, speaking at the event “How the January 6 Committee Broke the Mold: What it Means for Future Oversight.”

The January 6 Committee: Understanding its Innovation and Impact

February 3, 2023 Campus News Congress

It’s not often that a Congressional oversight committee hearing can draw the same number of TV viewers as a prime-time football game. But last October, some 20 million people tuned into the first public hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.