I can add on both of those, just take that as another example and what is uncertainty. That matters a lot. You can get different results. You need to have that on the bigger issue of uncertainty and ambiguity, one of the things we havent talked about at all is what the view of the nation should be regarding uncertainty. When you move away from the standard and expected framework or even within that we have to have the government be riskaverse. Once you move into areas where there is not ambiguity and this shows up in Climate Change policy, we have to take a 0 3pvstand. My Technical Work goes in analysis of social policy. You have to take a stance of what the right answer is. Thats as well. Im interested in that point. There may be circumstances where the government is in the National Interest to respond to uncertainty by taking action now. I have a paper that came up with the journal on the effect of infrastructure. The big uncertainty is whats the effect of government spending. I cran
Americans not scrutinizing it too closely. Happened inwhat 2005 in 2006. The financial crisis in 2008 has really caused a lot of people to the fundamental propositions of the u. S. Foreignpolicy. And the onese approach is to continue to count on this disconnect. It is not a new phenomenon and frankly it hasnt really it plays out that way and a minute. I think that is a reasonable approach. There is a couple different ways this manifests itself. During the cold war, this of course, it was a bipartisan problem. Is. Is how vital it and to not resort to the sort of that characterizes u. S. Foreignpolicy. Dean achesons book. The senator advise dean to scare the hell out of the american i will paint said a picture clearer than the truth. In long history of american in agnpolicy, speaking way that it doesnt expect them to respond well enough or urgently enough unless things are painted to them clearer than the truth. Out three aspects that will bring the American People into the discussion. W
Going to be joining us in just a second. First, welcome, all the people out in live stream land. Well be taking your questions on hash tag politico breakfast. Tweet us, welcome to the others watching. Appreciative to the bank of america for making these conversations possible. We had a Great Partnership this year, including conventions, election night, and so were very, very excited to be ail to bring these substantive conversations about the most important issues driving washington to you, thanks to the bank of america. Thank you, john, and thank you to your colleagues. You may have gotten cards. Well be bringing you into the conversation, think about what youre going to ask. Without further adieu, well bring in bob woodward. Mr. Woodward . [applause] thank you. Saving seats with my notes. Ill pick those up. Which is your chair . You get the daddy chair. Okay, thank you, thank you. So the price of politics, which has become a best seller, as all your books do, looked at the last cliff
Mr. Reid mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid mr. President , this senate is a place where we make friends we have our differences on policy but we really are a senate family. And its just not that way with democrats who work here in the senate. Its also with republicans. When we work together, which we do outside the view of most of the public, we work well together. And one of the troubling things for me, as im sure it is all of us, when someone who is a part of the family leaves, and especially it applies when you feel so close to the Family Member thats leaving. Today the democratic cloakroom, the nerve center of the senate, and the entire Senate Community say goodbye to a dedicated staffer, tequia delgado. We congratulate her on her role as Member Relations advisor for the white house. After graduating from Southern Illinois university in C
Point, yes, we have class warfare. Those who are poor are completely left out of the National Dialogue on poverty and hunger. That is a bipartisan effort, to keep people who are poor out of the National Dialogue. That is why i work with low income women to be able to take photographs and provide direct testimony on their experiences with raising children in poverty, how to break cycles with poverty, and there are so many conversations happening. This concept of violence and the trail. People have been silenced for so many years. Betrayal. People have been silenced for so many years. Poverty is solvable. They and expect nothing less. They are raising their children and they expect their child to be the president of the United States, a lawyer, a doctor, and they want the best education, the best type of food, a safe and affordable home to live. The women we work with are investing so much into their children. They are having to trade off paying for rent and paying for food, and trade of