Festival of books. Here in downtown nashville. Today we are at the National Public library and i like to thank them for hosting this if it and monday other sessions. Theyve been a great partner to this if it for several years and we just want to say thank you. Southern festival of books is an annual if it produced each year by humanities tennessee, i would like to take those moment to thank humanities tennessee and all who contribute to the organization for their continued support of the written word and the writers, the young writers, Community History and civil discourse in all things humidity here in tennessee. And humanities in tennessee like to say, our story and our state and i like to think humanities for helping us tell and preserver stories. So a pit of housekeeping before we began, in a moment ill introduce our other and share some stories, and some insight from the book, no surrender. The conclusion of his presentation, we will open the floor up to questions and if you have
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we know we have got a job to do and that this is a great time for mayors to be in washington, dc. now more than ever washington and the country need to be reminded that it is still possible to look past party affiliation and work together and to get things done. let me introduce myself. i am the mayor of rochester hills and president of the united states conference of mayors. is the mantra we should shed party labels. it is in our agenda. it is proven by the men and women that are standing up here this morning. i would like to this is the most challenging part. i would like a quick roll call to introduce themselves. the focus here is your name and your city number not your latest economic win. [laughter] baseballll score, team. why don t we start way down here with the mayor here. and whoever else is trying to can, as best we massachusetts. mayor of framingham, massachusetts. des moines, iowa. minnesota. dayton. las cruces. tacoma, washington. new orlea
weathering of mayors, the largest of mayors gathering of mayors, the largest of anywhere. it will be an exciting week in washington, dc glad we are here when there is nothing else going on. basically have the media all to ourselves this week. we know we have got a job to do and that this is a great time for mayors to be in washington, dc. now more than ever washington and the country need to be reminded that it is still possible to look past party affiliation and work together and to get things done. let me introduce myself. i am the mayor of rochester hills and president of the united states conference of mayors. is the mantra we should shed party labels. it is in our agenda. it is proven by the men and women that are standing up here this morning. i would like to this is the most challenging part. i would like a quick roll call to introduce themselves. the focus here is your name and your city number not your latest economic win. [laughter] baseballll score, team.
Like it all has been worth it. Politics, Paul Wellstone told us, is about the improvement of peoples lives. I know that the work ive been able to do has improved peoples lives. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. For a decade now, every time i would get tired or discouraged or frustrated i would think about the people i was doing this for and would bet me back up on my feet. I know the same will be true for everyone who decides to pursue a politics that is about improving peoples lives. And i hope you know that i will be fighting alongside you every step of the way. With that, mr. President , i yield the floor. Neil with that, senator al franken has resigned from the United States senate. He says he will do so in the coming weeks. He didnt specify how many weeks. That is important parliamentarywise because we dont know whether he wants to stay for the vote, not only temporary measure to continue the government and continue operating the government for another couple weeks and