Host on the issue of compromise, we see that in the headlines. What about the oneonone with members. You have been on the opposite side. Is it your sense that you can find compromise and areas of Agreement Number two member . Mr. Norcross actually, we can. And that is important to start to build those relationships, which i have. Obviously, i am a democrat and a half then all my life. But when it comes to making those decisions when youre on the floor of the house, i am not a democrat, i am not a republican. I represent the people of my district. My very first vote was on the keystone pipeline. To me, it was clear, and i campaigned on it, that this is about jobs for america. It had not been too long since we had the odd and even days of the gas rationing. It is important to make sure we have enough Natural Resources here in this country. So i voted in favor of the pipeline, which put me at odds with many people in my party, but, again, it is important to vote for the people that you re
Congressman mark walker representing north carolinas sixth district. A baptist minister and former car salesman. The first elected office you have ever held. How did you decide to run for a seat . Rep. Walker there were a lot of experiences that played into that. I spent the last 15 years as a baptist pastor in north carolina. A lot of parallels. What will serve you better, faith or salesmanship . Rep. Walker i think genuineness is paramount. That is one of the reasons we are seeing some of the leaders we are seeing today. They have the ability to talk about policy in a genuine manner. How did you prepare to become a congressman . Ran strictly with no political experience whatsoever. I did not have the Political Capital or political connections. I spent time in inner cities in cleveland, new york, and baltimore to try to build relationships that may not always agree with us politically ideology wise, but understanding that the relationship always comes before policy. When you build gen
Owitz talked about how they were designed and awarded. Welcome toernoon, our friends from the cspan audience. What that means for our audience, during the questionandanswer period, please wait for your question until the microphone gets the read so everyone can hear. David callan, im president of the museum of american finance. I am joined by the chair, john herzog. 220 is a bond from about years ago, signed by none other than the father of our country, George Washington. This is George Washingtons bond. About 60 years ago, this document is a share certificate in rko owned by howard hughes, signed right. Here. What thosent today, two men have in common and the answer. Is that both received the congressional gold manner. Edal. Today we will hear from joel iskowitz, who has designed them. Including one design for the apollo 11 mission, the original moon landing mission. Joel has a voluminous volume of work. You have seen it coins, journals, stamps. He has designed over 2000 stamps for 40
Christian mentioned it would be covered by cspan, i got into an cripple panic. There is a tremendous sense of privilege one has when one is tasked with Something Like designing a congressional gold medal. A congressional gold medal is our nations form of highest esteem for distinguished individuals and also institutions and he goes back to nation. Ding of our so it is a very daunting process to take on such a role. It is a lot of hard work. But it also is incredibly gratifying especially when one gets a chance as i have and my lovely wife suzanne had yesterday to witness the recipients of the congressional gold medal and the ceremony which occurred yesterday for the monument. Is spinningy heart with the events of yesterday because that particular congressional gold medal combines so many stories. It combines the stories of world war ii. It combines the horror and the terror that hitler and his minions had visited upon europe and literally the world. It also involves heroic efforts that
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