Thank you very much. [chanting omalley] omalley thank you very much. It is great to be here with all of the once again in New Hampshire where democracy is still alive and well and every person matters. [applause] knowing that New Hampshire has the thirdlargest legislature in the world, i would like to see a show of hands how many of you who are currently serving in the legislature or have served in the legislature . And let us all salute your service in democracy. [applause] like greato knowledge a couple of other people. I would like to acknowledge joyce craig and jim duncan is on their recent successes and i were some every success. [cheering] once to a knowledge to supporters of my campaign, dan oneill and commissioner paul martin and their success on tuesday. [cheering] in theow americans granite state, my name is martin omalley. I am a lifelong democrat. I am running for president of the United States, and im running for one reason and that is to rebuild the truth of the American
Minimum wage three times in my four years as governor. [cheering] that is a solid record. Through all that i have been honest with the people on every thing i do. I have had courage to take tough votes. Showed some guts under pressure. And always had high ethical standards. Animals 30 years of Public Service i have not had any scandals. [cheering] Lincoln Chafee as we look to the future i believe in prosperity through peace. [applause] Lincoln Chafee on the prosperity side there is a disparity of wealth. It is real. How do we close this gap between the haves and havenots. For raising the minimum wage as a senator and a governor. We did it three times in my four years, but i think we should do more than that. Right now there are seven marginal rates and our tax structure. 464,000. Te is for that is 39. 6 . That is not that high. When you think of all the millionaires and billionaires out there. Listen to this. Filers are the tax in this bracket. But this. 6 generates 30 of the revenue t
Doesnt like our bill, it could wind up being a part of the grand bargain or some other mustpass piece of legislation, spending bill or a debt ceiling bill. What about those who argue, it could hurt Energy Prices here or hurts the cause of green energy, what about critics who say that the exporting of crude oil is something that shouldnt happen . How do you respond to that . Mr. Flores should we stop exporting chevies next, should we stop exporting wheat, flour, corn . Why is oil any different than any other product thats produced by the American People . How can they justify picking one product out and say, oh, you cant export that . We want to export everything else. This is the president who republicans helped him get a free trade get fast track authority. Because he wants to be known as the free trade president. Why does he want to block one particular commodity . It doesnt make sense. Notwithstanding the different world views you described between the president and republicans earl
Influence and image. Examining the public and private who served asomen first lady, from Martha Washington to michelle obama. All campaign long, cspan takes you on the road to the white house. Unfiltered access to the candidates at townhall meetings, news conferences, rallies and speeches. We every Campaign Event cover is available on our website. As part of cspans road to the white house coverage, he discusses his life and work and why he is running for the nomination. This is just over 35 minutes. Joining us from cambridge massachusetts is harvard p orfessor, lawrence lessig. When you announced your candidate you said our country is not a democracy anymore. Prof. Lessig congress has a small ofured by her of americans who and this exercise tremendous influence over what congress does. That means that when congress looks at the issues that affect all americans, congress is thinking about the interest of a tiny fraction of america that funds their campaign. They have to follow their a s
Pope francis has left washington and traveled to new york city. Tomorrow he will address the United Nations general assembly. Following his u. N. Speech he will attend a religious service at the 9 11 memorial museum. It begins at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan 3. The cspan Networks Feature weekends full of politics, nonfiction books and American History. The popes visit to the United States continues saturday as he travels from new york to philadelphia. Live coverage starts at 4 30 p. M. Eastern as pope francis speaks at independence hall. Then at 7 30 p. M. The pontiff attends the festival of families, part of the world meeting of families. Join us sunday evening at 6 35 eastern as harvard professor and president ial connecticut Lawrence Lessig talks about his decision to run for president and changing political system. And on cspan 2s book tv saturday night at 10 00 p. M. Fox news Host Bill Oreilly speaks with Babe Buchanan on his latest ook killing reagan. On sunday afternoon at 1 00,