This is nearly an hour. [applause] it is my pleasure and honor to present to you the governor of the best state in the nation, colorado. Gov. Polis youll be happy to know that the Escort Committee did their job, i was unable to escape, but they fully contain the and did their job. Speaker, majority leader durand, majority leader rodriguez, majority leader lynch, treasurer young, secretary of state griswold, first gentleman reese, members of the state board of education, justices of the colorado supreme court, members of the cabinet, denver mayor mike johnson, u. S. Attorney cole finnegan, and of course all the members of the colorado General Assembly, theres a few new ones i havent met yet. Welcome. Over the last year ive been thinking a lot about who we want to be when our great state turns 150 years all come in just two years. As we envision our future together, im often reminded of president kennedy speech it rice university, it was there when he articulated his full vision, saying
Unbiased, word for word, from the Nations Capital to wherever you are, because the opinion that matters the most is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan powered by cable. David, welcome to after words on book tv. Your book is titled you report to me, where did that title come from . Who was reporting to who . Well, that book is really titled based on a conversation i had with President Trump right as i was becoming acting secretary of the interior. And i sat down with the president and had a discussion about potentially taking this role after serving as deputy secretary and in our discussion, we got to the end of the discussion, and i said to him, who do i report to . He said you report to me, which was a very different perspective than i expected. I expected to be told i reported to the chief of staff or someone else. And so, i walked out of there, out of the oval office with that crystallized in my memory and it turned out that it was actually true, that as i worked wit
David, welcome to after words on booktv. Your book is titled you report to me. Who was reporting to . Guest this book is really titled based on a conversation i had with President Trump right as i was becoming acting secretary of the interior and i sate down with the president and had a discussion about potentially taking this role after serving as the deputy secretary. And in our discussion, we got to the end of the discussion and i said to him who do i report to and he said you report to me, which was a very different perspective than i expected. I expected to be told i reported to the chief of staff or someone else. So i walked out of there come out of the oval office with that crystallized in my memory and it turned out that it was actually true, that as i worked with the president , but i founded is thai called him, discussed issues with him and he made, you know, the input that he wanted to make and it turned into a working relationship that was very, very efficient and much diff
Welcome to afterwords on book tv. Your book is titled you report to me. Where did that title come from . Who was reporting to who . Well, that book is really titled based on a conversation. I with President Trump, right . As i was becoming acting secretary of the interior and i sat down with the president and had a discussion about potentially taking this role after serving as deputy secretary and in our discussion, we got to the end of the discussion. I said to him, who do i report to . And he said, you report to me, which was a very different perspective than i expected. I expected to be told. I reported to the chief of staff someone else. And so i walked out of there, out of out of the oval office with that crystallized in my memory. And it turned out that it was actually true that as i worked with the president , what i found is that i called him, discussed issues with him, and he made, you know, the inputs that he wanted to make. And it turned into a working relationship that was
Without. So, wow is there for our customers, with speed, reliability, value and choice. Now, more than ever, it starts with great internet. Wow. Wow supports cspan as a Public Service, along with these other televisn a front row seat to democracy. The u. S. Senate is a■s■put t gavel in. Today lawmakers will work on a government funding measure passed by the house with the first of two shutdown deadlines tomorrow at midnight. Yesterday majority leader schumer filed closure on the first package and americans who with cancer, exposed to nuclear radiat luthe morgantown, West Virginia, will open the senate in prayer. The guest chaplain i invite you to pray with me. Creator god, from the beginning you have brought order from chaos. And in your wise compassion, you Order Society by calling people into vocations, masks of god, d; which through others your work is done. We pray your blessing upon our senate this day, and especially upon the many you have called to live out their vocation wi