From houstons rice hotel, senator john kennedy is about to address a special meeting of the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, to which he has been invited. Senator kennedy will participate in a formal questionandanswer period. The meeting is sponsored by the Kennedy Johnson Texas Campaign committee and is being seen throughout texas on a special 22station network. The audience you are seeing is composed of clergymen of the houston area who have been invited by the association. The meeting is about to be called to order by the president , reverend george rank. May i call this special meeting of the association of ministers of greater houston to order . Lets stand for prayer. God be merciful unto us and bless us and allow his face to shine upon us, that not a may be known upon earth by saving health among all nations. God shall bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall praise him. With these words of the psalmists, we stand before the old god as our only sovereign lord. Lord,
Regarding a democratic motion to begin work on a bill dropping the Justice Department from supporting lawsuits to strike the Affordable Care act. Live now to the floor of the u. S. Senate on cspan 2. Eternal god, our heavenly father, we cry to you, but sometimes you seem so far away. In our despair you sometimes seem distant, and we are tempted to surmise that we are all alone. When we shout, we seem to hear the echoes of our anguish. Nonetheless, we know that you are holy, mighty, and good. We have trusted you too long to let go. Empower our senators for these challenging times. Remove from their minds all bitterness and contempt for one another. Keep their hearts clean, their spirits courageous, and their minds clear, as they face these daunting times. We pray in your omnipotent name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. The pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation unde
Great modern american historians. One of the things that makes him great, he really mines the resources of president ial libraries. He has come here to the carter library, gone through and found very interesting documents other people had not seen before. Hes done that at other president ial libraries. Combined with that, he has also mined the resources of archives on various evangelical organizations that have become involved in politics. In addition to that, on top of his Research Skills he is an excellent writer. I had the privilege of reading many of his books including the one thats just come out. I can tell you as much as i have followed the subjects and done my own research, there were many points i came across new information, i said, wow, that really explains whats going on. If you want to understand the difference in the United States between the 1970s and 1980s. In case you have forgotten, there were very significant differences and you wanted to know about the transition to
Election and his defeat in 1980 by mr. Reagan. Mr. Balmer spoke at the Jimmy Carter Museum in atlanta back in 2014. Welcome. Its a pleasure for me tonight to introduce randall balmer, professor of arts and sciences at dartmouth college. I have followed his career for a long time. His under graduate work was done at a school where my father was a dean and my brother joe attended that school at the same time. And randy has turned into one of our great, modern american historians. One of the things that makes him great is he really minds the resources of president ial libraries. He really mines the resources of president ial libraries. He has come to the carter library, gone through and found very interesting documents that other people had not seen before. And he has done that at other president ial libraries. Combined with that, he has also mined the resources of the archives on various evangelical organizations that have become involved in politics. And on top of his research skills, h
Library and has gone through and found a very interesting documents that other people have not seen before and he has done that at other president ial libraries. Combined with that, he has also mined the resources of the archives on various evangelical organizations that have become involved in politics. And in addition to that, on top of his research skills, he is an excellent writer. Ive had the privilege of reading many of his books, including the one thats just come out. And i can tell you that as much as i followed the subjects and have done my own research there were many points i came across new information and said wow, that really explains whats going on. So if you want to understand the difference in the United States in the 1970s, and 1980s, and in case you have forgotten, there were significant differences. And you want to know about the sort of transition to the time when jimmy carter was president to the time when Ronald Reagan was president. If you want to understand the