Painful recession. Were not interested in negotiating on those terms because its not in the best interest of the American People. Im pleased that weve been joined by the distinguished representative from the great state of california, let me now yield time to representative barbara lee. Mr. Lee thank you very much. First let me thank you, both congressman jeffries and congress mrman horsford, for your tremendous leadership, your vigilance and your diligence. And we appreciate your conducting these special orders to make sure that the American People know the truth about whats taking place here in washington, d. C. Ms. Lee also i have to salute our chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, the gentlelady from ohio, congresswoman marcia fudge, for her leadership and he suring that the entire member the entire Congressional Black Caucus continues to be the conscience of the congress. Here we are 14 days into the Tea Party Republican shutdown and three days away from the Party Republican go
I am going to try to do a cartoon on that. I do not know if he made the connection. That is where you need an editor. People will think that is obama and you cannot do that. I could see me doing Something Like that. That is why you need an editor. We need an editor. Occasionally. Thanks. Go ahead. My name is trey. How do you avoid getting burned out. Yet the do a cartoon every day. How do you avoid getting burned out . You have to do a cartoon every day. How do you stay fresh . There was this thing for bill waterson. It were taking breaks. They were not political artoonists because, if you do comic strip, you do a world for the rest of your life. For us, we have the best scriptwriters working for us in washington. These guys are giving us new material. The other thing is that we are doing something because the conversation that we have with the audience and a cousin we deal with serious things, we get to vent. There is a medicinal element in it. There is something that gives us a lot o
Encourage charity. Their one term ended with great public frustration. Tonight, the story of lou hoover. What an interesting life she had. Here to tell us about her years before the white house is annette dunlap. She is a scholar at the Hoover Institution and working on a biography of Lou Henry Hoover. What inspired you to spend several years of your life looking at this woman . I was at the National First Ladies Library in canton, ohio. I realized that this was a story that has not been told. There are so many layers to her. Some activities that she was involved in. The legacy that she left for women is something that i want people to know about. She was born in waterloo, iowa. The story i heard is that her father wanted a boy. So they say. The name lou is not short for anything. She was raised as a tomboy. One of the earliest pictures of her is her fishing in a stream. We have a picture of her carrying a rifle. A lot of her diary talks about her joy of being able to hunt, fish, and b
Canton ohio and i started looking, it was a woman whose story has not been fully told. Or so many layers to her and different at remedies that she has been involved. And the legacy that will like to see the rest of the people. Iowa. S born in her father really wanted a boy. Lou and he did pretty much raise her as well to call it, boy. One of the early pictures of her was her fishing with her father. But the pitcher we are going to show of her carrying a rifle on top of a borough. A lot of her diary talks about the joy of being able to hunt and fish and be outdoors. How does that translate into her grownup life. Outdoors ande decision to study was an outgrowth of that. , we have material when she went on camping trips. She rode horseback. She slept on the ground while her other camp mates slept in tents. From a policy perspective, she spent her years encouraging other young women to incorporate the outdoors and physical activity into their lives. It was not just for her. When other wome
It does not look bleak to me at all because what all of this the dominantthat strategy that we have used for a decade is not the strategy that is going to kick the door open to help all children succeed. It is just like the strategies that we used in the 70s and 1980s. You see incremental grains. Gains. In the 1960s you see bigger games and you did in the 1970s, 1980s and, 1990s. With the war on poverty we focused on equity. Im giving kids that have the least creating a more level playing field. The you saw in the terms of 1970s, 19 80s, 1990s, and now, is that we actually didnt do . We did some programs that help some kids, but not all kids. In the last 10 years with no child kind is that we said that testing and sanctions are going to be the dominant strategy. The countries that outcompete us do not use that. What they do instead is that they actually focus on ensuring that kids get really good teachers and really good teaching and have a real focus on equity as well. I am optimistic