[applause] thank you so much. Its great to be here at politics and prose again. This is the fifth installment of our race in america series. I want to thank politics and prose for the vision. A a lot of playings dont have the vision. This book store has set the tone for book stores round the nation to talk about such a sensitive issue, matters of race, and, yes, were authors, and we are people who are real and have dealt with this and written about it, and again issue want to thank politics and prose and cspan to think enough of the series to come out and cover. Dont get these kind of people in this kind of room without getting this kind of coverage. So i want to thank you all for being here tonight for our fifth installment i want you to feel free, feel welcome, feel at home, come to the microphone, and a question, intelligent, civil, and we will answer, and i want to without further adieu introduce the great, great panel. Were do some bullet points on their career and i want to start
Warning to thank politics and prose and cspan for thinking inform of the series to cover. You dont gate these kind of people in this kind of room without getting the kind of coverage. Want to thank you for being here tonight for our fifth installment. I want you to feel free. Feel welcome, feel at home. Come to the microphone, ask a question, intelligent, civil, and we will answer, and i want to, without further adieu, introduce this great, great panel. Were going to do some work from their career, and well get into the discussion, and i will start off with someone who i have such respect for, such admiration, such love for, dr. Mary Frances Berry. She has a list of things she has done. She has been jailed for fighting against apartheid in south africa. The list goes on and on. She is also the author of the book, five dollars and a pork chop, from which and the corruption corruption in democracy. She has a new book coming out, history teaches us to [applause] next to dr. Mary francesbe
Premiums went up 36 , which is over 50 of their income. This leaves my grandkids with no insurance. Tim, from kearney, nebraska, saw his Health Insurance premium jump 60 . Obamacares financial cost is wellknown, but it has another, hidden cost, one you cant count with dollars and cents. Its an emotional toll, the worry that comes from a lack of control. How many of you have seen your Health Care Costs increase . How many of those you know have lost their health care . In november, the American People said, enough. They asked us to stop this hurt. This week, the senate answered. We voted to put the tools in place to repeal obamacare. Now we will begin the process of putting the American People in charge of their health care. Congress will work with the president elects administration to put patients and families first, not washington. We will work for a stable transition period to protect families. We will fight for patients with preexisting conditions, children, parents, and people who
Premiums went up 36 , which is over 50 of their income. This leaves my grandkids with no insurance. Tim, from kearney, nebraska, saw his Health Insurance premium jump 60 . Obamacares financial cost is wellknown, but it has another, hidden cost, one you cant count with dollars and cents. Its an emotional toll, the worry that comes from a lack of control. How many of you have seen your Health Care Costs increase . How many of those you know have lost their health care . In november, the American People said, enough. They asked us to stop this hurt. This week, the senate answered. We voted to put the tools in place to repeal obamacare. Now we will begin the process of putting the American People in charge of their health care. Congress will work with the president elects administration to put patients and families first, not washington. We will work for a stable transition period to protect families. We will fight for patients with preexisting conditions, children, parents, and people who
We host a continuing series and pam discussion entitled panel race in america. We had one this summer at our main connecticut avenue location and it was incredible and we are excited to keep it going. It is coordinated by the great april ryan. [applause] she has a wonderful lineup of authors including joyann reid. [applause] Mary Francis Berry. [applause] davis jones weaver. And soon to be here wes moore. Politics and prose is honored to host this conversation as we are committed to tolerance and addressing the most pressing issue of our time. We are thankful to have this partnership and our shared common values to host such a special discussion. If you are watching this at home or in the rest of the store we welcome you to participate on twitter with racematters. Now, our coordinator here tonight, april ryan, is a White House Correspondent. She is the only black female reporter covering urban issues from the white house. [applause] this is a position she has held since the clinton era