Solidly middleclass folks and more than 90 in bankruptcy because of a medical problem, a job loss, or a family breakup. The squeeze on the middle class was getting tighter, and more and more families were deep in debt. Bankruptcy was their last option to scratch their way back to dead flat broke and tried to build some kind of future. Credit Card Companies saw this and they figured out that they could boost the profits if the squeeze these people a little harder. So they wanted to change the bankruptcy laws so that hundreds of thousands more people every year would be locked out of bankruptcy and left mired in debt. Their profits by squeezing people, drowning in medical debt and deal with job losses. I was truly appalled. Now, understand how this fight shape the. Credit Card Companies were smart. They had already led to a lot of powerful folks to support them, both democrats and republicans. They had money to lower. They had lobbyists galore. And the families going bankrupt, they had n
Gathered in this little room off the Senate Chamber, and he came bustling in and sat down with us. For the next 30 to 40 minutes, we all talked with him about health care while literally a dozen members of the u. S. Senate at one point or another poked their head in. And in those kinds of conversations you have with people that you really know, abbreviated little, did you look after yeah, i am on that and did you take, yeah, i got that. Back and forth, back and forth between him and his colleagues in the u. S. Senate. And when we left that day, i thought to myself, in a business where it is so much easier to stop something from happening than it is to actually find your way to get something done, this is how this guy succeeds. Relationships, trust followthrough. It was all on display that day as a sidebar to the meeting that we were having about health care. In short, senator kennedy absolutely was the bigfoot from massachusetts in so many ways if you needed somebody to help you get so
Hello again. Anthony. I saw you in the back. Where are you from . Winston massachusetts originally new jersey. My mom came here in 1993. She came here to give me a better opportunity. So thank you for this. You are the american dream. I am trying. You want a picture . I really like what you said. Karen. Oh karen . Basic karen. I have never signed so many egg s. Hello i am claire. Im excited to be here. I thought it was great. Lovely to hear. Hardees spell. The irish way. Cassie claire. Where my family is from. A long way from claire to hear. That is for sure. I was here whats and people kept saying mayor and mayor i thought they were talking to me the whole place was filled with boston people. Are you tom . Thank you for your question. Where are you from . I am from georgia. What part of the family. My people are in the mountains of galway not far from where maher walshs people are from. Have you been over there . Once, when i was 11. My people are not far from there. My people are in
Seeking at the Strategic International studies and we will have the remarks live starting at six ago p. M. Eastern. Starting tonight on cspan profiles of congressional freshmen. We begin with republican Steve Russell of oklahoma who talks about his career in the army his new life in congress, and his childhood experiences. Tonight, on the communicators. Author vincent moscow on the development of Cloud Storage and the data and how the government is using it. Security is building one of the Worlds Largest Cloud Data Centers in a secure mountain facility in utah. It is doing so because its surveillance needs require that amount of storage and security. The u. S. Governments chief Information Officer three or four years ago ordered u. S. Government agencies to move to the cloud. As a result, even civilian agencies are turning to cloud services. Tonight at 8 00 eastern on the communicators on cspan2. Today is the day tens of thousands will gather annually on the white house lawn, the south
Is expected to sign that legislation. A gyro doctor from gettysburg, pennsylvania to the line of gyro copter from gettysburg, pennsylvania to the lawn of the capital. We would like to hear from you. The numbers are on screen. Send us a tweet. Send a comment on facebook or send us an email. Well be looking at the front page today of the Washington Post and the picture of that gyro copter as it was about to land on the west lawn of the u. S. Capitol. This is a picture taken from one eyewitness on the u. S. Capitol. The question is, how could this happen you and has is following the story from roll call joins us on the phone. Hannah hess works for all and is joining us on the phone. This is the most secure airspace in the world and he was able to penetrate it. Guest that is exactly right. And it appears he was working in concert with the Tampa Bay Times. They posted the story before he cuts down on the lawn. The reporters reached out to both the secret service and the Capitol Police, and