Welcome to the december meeting of the Lincoln Group of the district of columbia. Group was formed in ,he 1930s to honor the memory legacy, principles of Abraham Lincoln, and for over 80 years, we have had programs like this with outside speakers, and our own members, and today, we are very pleased to have three of the members of the Lincoln Group of d. C. Who have authored books related to the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. Each of our speakers will talk for about 15 minutes, and then the three will gather here and have an opportunity to take your questions. , so keep your questions that you have in mind for the first and second speaker, or after the third speaker. Briefly. Troduce them all three of them. And then have an opportunity to say a few more words about each as they begin their talks. Is a biography of lincoln, subtitled the man who saved america. And it is for the general reader. Show,thor, david, will has some astonishing illustrations. The second book, by elizabeth ex
Questions. So keep your questions that you have in mind for the first and second speaker, or after the third speaker. I will introduce them briefly. All three of them. And then have an opportunity to say a few more words about each as they begin their talks. The first book is a biography of lincoln, subtitled the man who saved america. Say a few more words about each and it is for the general reader. The author, david, will show, has some astonishing illustrations. The second book, by Elizabeth Smith brownstein, an experienced washington journalist, talks about what is today called president lincolns cottage. It was the other white house for lincoln and mary lincoln during three of the summers that they were occupying the white house the rest of the year. A third is carl adams, who has just moved to the washington, d. C. Area from illinois, where he did Landmark Research on the case of a young slave named nance or nancy, who was freed as the result of a lawsuit filed by Abraham Lincoln
Handel who served the state of georgia in the sixth district. Thank you for talking with cspan. You have been in washington for a couple of weeks. What has it in like . Rep. Handel when an extra day or represent the people of the six district. Surprising the most thing coming into this position that you have picked up in the last two weeks . Too much wasnot surprising. It was fast pace. That is important. We have a lot that we need to get done. Making sure on the issue side and policy side that getting the team put in place as well. Issues, moste of representatives come in with a learning curve to learn issues, but we you but you are coming into the middle, how do you bring yourself up to speed in order to make the decisions you have to make . I am a fairly studious individual. I spend every single evening catching up on issues. And as many briefings as i can get to, i go to. Yesterday, we had a good budget briefing. We had eight tax reform briefing. Had a tax reform briefing. My colle
Learn issues. Youre coming in in the middle dealing with a debt ceiling in the budget. How do you bring yourself up to speed to make the decisions a f individual so i spend every single evening catching up on issues and, as many briefings as i can get to, i go to. So, yesterday we had a very good budget briefing. We had a tax reform briefing. Yesterday evening. And then, frankly, my colleague not just from the georgia delegation but from across the entire caucus has been extraordinarily helpful being willing to spend time with me if its before a set of boats in committee, a bill markup to help me get up to speed and answer all my questions. So, thats been really, really helpful. Do you have a mentor here, someone specific as a colleague who is currently serving youve been relying on . Congressman doug collins has been terrific. He and i serve on judiciary together and congressmean Drew Ferguson serve on education and workforce today and several of the female members have a fairly tight
Learn issues. Youre coming in in the middle dealing with a debt ceiling in the budget. How do you bring yourself up to speed to make the decisions a f individual so i spend every single evening catching up on issues and, as many briefings as i can get to, i go to. So, yesterday we had a very good budget briefing. We had a tax reform briefing. Yesterday evening. And then, frankly, my colleague not just from the georgia delegation but from across the entire caucus has been extraordinarily helpful being willing to spend time with me if its before a set of boats in committee, a bill markup to help me get up to speed and answer all my questions. So, thats been really, really helpful. Do you have a mentor here, someone specific as a colleague who is currently serving youve been relying on . Congressman doug collins has been terrific. He and i serve on judiciary together and congressmean Drew Ferguson serve on education and workforce today and several of the female members have a fairly tight