Policies given to us by the department of justice, not based on politics and that sort of thing. Reporter watch after words on booktv on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] great to be here with you all to celebrate and discuss an excellent new book by one of our countrys most original and insightful economic thinkers, amity shlaes. Over the course of her distinction career and ready has brought her intelligence and feel for storytelling to our countrys leading intellectual and cultural institutions. Amity shlaes has been a member the rhetorical board, a columnist for the Financial Times and bloomberg news, taught economic history at the stern school of business, now in addition to her prolific book writing, amity shlaes is a president ial scholar, chairs the board of the Calvin Coolidge president ial foundation and in a big coup for us that am i chairs the Selection Committee for the Manhattan Institutes high act prize, an award she herself has won. Amitys latest book, Great Society a n
Its great to be here with you all to celebrate and discuss an excellent new book by one of the originals and insightful economicic thinkers, amy shlaes. Over the course of her distinguished career, shes got her wideranging intelligence and feel for storytelling to some of the countrys leading intellectual and cultural and technician. She served as a member of the wall street journal editorial board, columnist forle both the Financial Times and Bloomberg News and has taught economic history at the stern school of business. Hi now in addition to her prolific book writing, she serves as a president ial scholar for james college, chairs the board of the Calvin Coolidge president ial foundation and for us at nih hermiachairs the selection comme for the Manhattan Institute cries, an award she herself has won. The latest work a new history is a stunning achievement. Few decades have been printed on the popular quite as much as the 1960s and so many of us remember that decad the decade t drama
Your party passed a bill in the house to balance the budget. How did we get to this point . That is not just the spending. That is the deficit. Onhave gotten there based benign neglect. On the democratic side, more versus more. On the republican side, i see no evil, i speak no evil, but it is a great detriment to the american taxpayer, American Dream, but we got here. Hard, soith it will be people dont want to and have left it alone. Troublesomeularly with the weight is president has made promises to eliminate the debt. Be ahas proven to completely empty promise. He raised the debt by 9 billion. He signed off on deals raising additional billions in debt. Is that there has been zero leadership on the president ial level, benign neglect from the congressional level. Debt in one year. Where is the Republican Party that has claimed to be deficit hawks . Malignuld describe it as neglect, not benign neglect. This is a National Security issue. We cant rely on other countries our debt. It is a
Governor sanford, one of the headlines, Government Spending, 985 billion in one year. Rd, one of the ,eadlines, Government Spending 985 billion in one year. Your party passed a bill in the house to balance the budget. How did we get to this point . That is not just the spending. That is the deficit. Onhave gotten there based benign neglect. On the democratic side, more versus more. On the republican side, i see no evil, i speak no evil, but it is a great detriment to the american taxpayer, American Dream, but we got here. Hard, soith it will be people dont want to and have left it alone. Troublesomeularly with the weight is president has made promises to eliminate the debt. Be ahas proven to completely empty promise. He raised the debt by 9 billion. He signed off on deals raising additional billions in debt. Is that there has been zero leadership on the president ial level, benign neglect from the congressional level. Debt in one year. Where is the Republican Party that has claimed to
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