 Welcome back to this week on the Hill. Well, as discussed, the GOP platform committee met this week and in a divided vote approved the platform. As a delegate to the committee, a committee I've served on numerous times, here's how I would describe the platform and the process. Platform, it's a concise statement of campaign priorities, but not a bold and enduring declaration of principles like Ronald Reagan called for back in 1976 that actually launched the Republican Party into being the majority party.