Debate. Phones on silent. Everybody have their phones on silent all right. Let me welcome all of you. Thank you for being here. This has been a group that has been in labor of intense ever intense. Bicameralbipartisan, group of people working diligently for the last 30 days trying to get to a conclusion and a framework. This is covid emergency relief. That is exactly what it is. You cannot hear me . Ok. Back off. Let me say that this is intense amount of work that the staffs has been doing for quite some time. Every senator, every congressperson here has been an enormous amount of time on this fund. This is a covid emergency relief framework. We have worked more on the best interest of what we believe is great for our country, our state and we can go home knowing that we have worked diligently to make sure that the unemployed, the Small Businesses, the state and local findings, student loan forbearance, everything is going to come to a halt in december because of the timing, that is no
Prizewinning and distinguish Foreign Correspondent and columnist for the Washington Post and friend, jim hoberman. Good to be here. And then to be the luckiest man i can say truthfully the gemini is fascinated i really didnt expect to read every word that was so vast and once i started i couldnt put it down. So in 2005 i know you did seven books. I did character and character assassination. That is it. It is a pleasure to work with the senatornd that they would do more. I find this strange to be talking about him i was really surprised to discover about the mccain family that he had western roots im a carpetbagger in arizona i grew up as a carpetbagger but i didnt realize that about john mccain was a carpetbagger when he ran for office. Talking smalltown mississippi and then to get the reaction. And john mccain seven forebears. And with the own personality so no doubt is derived from the personality of his father and grandfather in the position of mississippi mccain with that enthusias
Arizona, i am Deborah Peters and my cohost is the Pulitzer Prize winning and distinguished Foreign Correspondent and columnt for the Washington Post and i am happy to say my friend james hoagland. Good to be here. Im delightedou could join us. I offered this evening, our copies are somewhere, the ckiest the luckiest man life with john mccain. I can say truthfully that we were fascinated with i i didnt expect to read every word, once i started i couldnt put it down. Thank you. Senator mccain in 2005, i am blanking, you did 7 books. Character assassination. We sold thousands of copies of it and his office staff. We find is a little strange. After spending time with him. Before i turn this over to jim, the mccain familys mississippi group. I assumed he had western roots. Im a carpetbagger in arizona and illinois. I didnt recognize john mccain how he was perceived as a carpetbagger. I asked john grisham, in mississippi, i read a little bit and i will read it again to get her reaction, the
My friend chuck for their remarks. I will have more to say to them later. On march 9th, 1967, senator howard baker junior, the newly elected senator from tennessee made his maiden address, his first speech on the floor of the senate. He spoke for too long. The republican leader of the senate who was also bakers father in law, walked to congratulate him and said howard, occasionally you might enjoy the luxury of unexpressed thought. Which is good advice for farewell address as well. Senator bakers legislative assistant, i was also a speechwriter that made an address, or at least i thought i was. He developed a bad habit of not saying what i wrote for his speech. I asked to see him, do i have a problem with our relationship . Write what you want to write and say what i want to say. I learned a couple other things about saying what i want to say. One came from alex haley, the author of roots, you heard him speak once and said may i make a suggestion . If when you begin a speech you would