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As i mentioned earlier, we will have autographing right on the other side of the elevator, and first thing to that area, thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] you have been listening to pamela paul, editor of the New York Times book review talking about terry mcmillan, dave barry, jay mcirnerny and maria semple. Coming up in an hour from miami, you hear from actors and author Jane Alexander about her book wild things and wild places, but in the meantime we are pleased to be joined at the Miami Book Fair by former Florida Governor and senator bob graham, his newest book is called america, the Owners Manual. You write in your book you thought donald trump was a fad that would ultimately pass. Obviously that part of the book needs to be revisited. The rest of the book holds up pretty well. In a sense the fact that he is not a fad makes the fundamental point of the book which is that there are a lot of americans who are extremely
The constitution first. [laughter] [applause] that was my answer. Pick up that softball. What did you want to read . First, they need to learn how to read. [laughter] yeah. That would help. Well, theres a guy a fellow new yorker who just recently elected president and a friend of mine wrote a book about him and told me that all of the books in his house are actually spines of books, leather bound spines with nothing behind them. The first start would be reading almost anything. Mine wasnt that they read anything, when they get questions, they are supposed to swear upholding the constitution and when they get questions about it all right, i think we have time for one more question. No more questions. No more questions. All right. We will end on that. T. Thank you so much to all of the authors. [applause] as i mentioned earlier, we will have autographing right on the other side of the elevators and you may leave and proceed to that area. Thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] [in
Other body has in effect decided to, if not slowwalk tax reform, certainly take its time. Last month, the news here in washington was full of headlines about various discussions among the house leaders, and you got a sense all of them speak for themselves that the tax reform issues they were apparently going to take their foot off the gas. So, mr. President , it does not seem that the other body is poised to move forward any time soon on comprehensive tax reform, so because there is little indication that the other body is going to move on this, my view is letting the incentives for the Renewable Energy resources in particular, solar and wind and other renewables and Energy Efficiency in effect get thrown overboard, in effect sacrificed on this altar of inaction, that would be a huge mistake. If you do that, youre talking about putting at risk thousands and thousands of american jobs and jobs that are critical to our countrys energy and environmental and economic security. My view is h
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