Gabe graduated summa cum laude in 2007 from the University of Southern California with dual degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Vocal Arts Performance, and was awarded the Renaissance Scholar’s prize for excellence in unrelated disciplines.įollowing graduation, Gabe moved to Europe to pursue triple Master’s degrees in Opera, Lieder, and Voice where found himself quickly needing to learn various new languages as his studies took him from country to country. Legislative leaders noted that other lawmakers had made time for the Senate's proceedings, despite work and other obligations.This week’s conversation is with Gabriel Wyner, a polyglot, former opera singer, bestselling author of Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It, and founder of the Fluent Forever app, the most funded app in crowdfunding history. The vote came after nearly three hours of contentious debate, with defenders of Clark criticizing the Senate for taking up the ethics charges without him present. The ethics committee cited comments Clark made before filing the complaint on social media and a picture that circulated of him wearing a scarlet “E' - similar to the scarlet “A' worn as punishment for adultery in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter - at a Republican Party event after he was sanctioned by the Senate. Flowers had not requested the payments and repaid the money in August after she realized she had received them because of a clerical error, the ethics committee found. Rules the Senate adopted during the coronavirus pandemic allowed members to participate remotely, but not receive per diem funds. “I am saddened for this body that I love, more than anything else.' “How can we be expected to fight corruption and wrongdoing in government if we can't reveal and stand against our own questionable behavior?' Clark said in a statement via text message. The lawmaker accused the Senate of punishing a whistleblower with its vote. Kim Hammer, who chairs the ethics committee, told senators before the vote.Ĭlark didn't attend Tuesday's proceedings, citing a long-planned trip with his family and said his attorneys would not have been able to attend.

“The committee felt that the comments and actions of Senator Clark, including bringing these ethics petitions for the purpose of retaliation, were bringing dishonor and disruption to the institution of the Senate,' Republican Sen.

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