Sat through the whole thing. And the preacher asked him the next week, senator baker why did you sit through that whole argument about lightbulbs . He said well, i could have pulled out my wallet and bought the lightbulbs but i thought it was important for the session of elders to all have their say, talking all the way through to the end so theyd be comfortable with voting on a decision. And thats the way he looked at the senate. Senator lamar alexander, thank you very much. Thank you. My colleagues thank you for being here this afternoon. Senator baker. We come this evening in this stately and formal old senate chamber, our convocation has the light spirit of a family reunion. Its a thrill to me to see the way our colleagues react to senator baker on both sides of the aisle. And even some that could not be here tonight made a special point of coming by to speak to senator baker. Tonight we welcome a second in the series of leaders lecture series. We are hoping this will be something
[indistinct conversations] thank you for being here this afternoon. Though we come together this evening in this stately and formal Senate Chamber, our convocation has a light spirit of a family reunion. It is a thrill to me to see the way our colleagues react to baker on both sides of the house and even some who could not be here tonight made a special point of coming by to speak to senator baker. Tonight we welcome the second in a series of leaders, lecture series. Were hoping this will be something we will continue throughout this year. Byrd being are invited speaker our invited speaker in september. Im delighted the American Public is joining us this evening through television. They will hear this outstanding gentleman, who will give us a great deal of his usual wisdom and much wit. I hope they also sense the enormous affection for our speaker tonight that is almost palpable in this room. I wish they could see the display of photographs in the corridor outside this chamber, for our
I have enough notoriety through the issues i am involved in that certain elements of society know me and know me well, but broadly speaking, it is a nice feeling to have that. That anonymity. Once you get elected president , it is over with. As i think about it, i think my life has been more fulfilling. I think my personal life, my wife and my family, has been much more fulfilling. Much more happy with my being in the senate than it ever would had been in the white house. Remember, those trying to get bill humphries to run for president in 1988. We were really working on bumpers to run. I got him to come out to iowa the three of us it was paul simon, berkeley bedell, and me. We try to get them to run. After going around, he said to me and said, you know, i think, i think i could run a good campaign. I think i could even win the nomination. By gosh, i think i could win the presidency. But you know what . I would never have another happy day in my life. The splendid misery from the time
In an interview with cspan, senator harkin reflects on his time in washington. This is 35 minutes. Senator tom harkin of iowa, we are sitting in a room you spent a lot of time in over the years. And done a lot of important pieces of legislation. I am wondering what prompted you to make the decision to retire this year. There is still a lot to do. I guess what prompted me were long discussions with my wife. And thinking about the past and where i am. I came to the decision that 40 years here is long enough for anyone to be here. And, you know this whole concept i haveg to power all these offices and a great committee, all that stuff. I think a lot of people stay around too long. So i just started thinking about it. I thought, i am still relatively young. Healthy. I feel and contrary to what my political opponents say, my mental faculties are still recent. Decent. I just love the senate. I love my work here. Giveandtake. I look to legislate. I love politics. O i will miss the senate it i
Of the baton. And the next 12 students have begun and theyre nearly all ready to start off into their fall experience, theyll do a spring and summer one as well. The discoveries of helping people start with intention, thinking about, dont declare a mission, im sorry, dont declare a major, but start by a mission. So for example, Debbie Paterson who is one of our new students interested in health care. So one of her experiences is side open idea, on their challenge forked straighting the challenge for the ebola virus and finding ways to create that. Ons for in a er to be secondly to take a risk and find things that push you out of a comfort zone. Not that classes are bad, but more so thinking about what do i need to learn that i dont know yet. To fulfilljust going a degree, but how will i learn new skills. Johnson, one of our students last year, was in a spot where he had an invitation work with agency to them for three month and hes like im really interested in orthodoxy and id really l