You want to ask a particular participant, please identify who you want to answer your question. We did hear the presumed leader do you support Mitch Mcconnell . Do you think there should be another option . I have been around the bases enough times to know that that will be made by the respective cocked respective caucuses. Agendalan to articulate and to establish the expectations of what we expect to get done. That is our goal and our objective. Then leave it to the majority of the republicans who are in the senate and in the house to pick their leaders. This is not about personality, it never has been. If senator mcconnell does what he pledged to do, we are going to be thrilled. We will throw everything behind us if he does what he campaigned on. Government funding runs out on december 11 and in a conference earlier it was asked if obama care should be defunded in any new spending bill that comes up in the lame duck or if efforts should be made in january. Obviously you all want a fo
Republicans expanded their majority in the house of representatives. This is 15 minutes. I missed you all. That is what the president said yesterday. He did . I hope you did not believe it. Never do. [laughter] good. Im going to start by congratulating my friend, senator Mitch Mcconnell. As you know, mitch and i have worked very closely together over the last eight years and i dont think i could ask for a better partner or do i think the senate could have a better majority leader than Mitch Mcconnell. Also, i express my gratitude to the people of ohios eighth congressional district. You know, my mission is the same today as it was in 1990 when i was first elected to build a smaller, less costly, more Accountable Government here in washington, d. C. And right now i believe that means continuing to listen, to make the American Peoples priorities our priorities and to confront the big challenges that face middle class families starting with the economy. You have heard me talk many times a
Courts i missed you all. I missed you all. You did . I hope you did not believe it. Never do. [laughter] good. Im going to start by congratulating my friend, senator Mitch Mcconnell. As you know, mitch and i have worked very closely together over the last eight years and i dont think i could ask for a better partner or do i think the senate could have a better majority leader than Mitch Mcconnell. Also, i express my gratitude to the people of ohios eighth congressional district. You know, my mission is the same today as it was in 1990 when i was first elected to build a smaller, less costly, more Accountable Government here in washington, d. C. And right now i believe that means continuing to listen, to make the American Peoples priorities our priorities and to confront the big challenges that face middle class families starting with the economy. You have heard me talk many times about the many jobs bills that the Outgoing Senate majority has ignored. Those bills will offer the congres
Thats a drop of 20 in only five years, and its no coincidence those are the same five years and the only five years in the history of america that we have dropped on the listing of the countries of the most Economic Freedom. The worlds Economic Freedom index never has america dropped five years in a row at the same time the middleclass has been slotted. 70 of working age americans no longer working are under the age of 55. What kind of jobs have been lost . 60 of the jobs lost during this recession or middleclass jobs but only 22 of the new jobs are middleclass jobs with two wages. A number of working age americans without a job has increased by 10 million in the first five years of the obama presidency. I know obama is not a magician like David Copperfield in las vegas thats a pretty cool trick. 2 Million People lost every year of his presidency. Americas second largest employer is a temporary agency, kelly services. 40 of American Workers now earn less than the minimum wage in the ye
The biographer, the narrative and the documentation and the researchers, but with the thing that the biographer needs above all, and that is empathy. I felt great empathy for her and she was so difficult in some ways. But i congratulate you. Thank you all for being here that means a lot. [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] upstairs and by both of these books and find out what really happened. [inaudible conversations] interested in American History . Watch American History int television on cspan3 every weekend. 48 hours of people and events that help document the american story. Visit cspan. Org history for more information. Charles johnson is up next on booktv. He spoke about his book, why coolidge matters. At the Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit here in washington d. C. This is about half an hour. Charles e. Johnson and his new book is called why coolidge matters leadership lessons from americas most underrated president. Charles is an investigative journalist an