For the first time in more than half a century. Part of the deal includes cubas release of u. S. Contractor alan gross, as well as a cuban spy. The u. S. Released the final three members of the cuban five. Cuban president raul castro also addressed the cuban people. This in no way means that the heart of the matter has been solved. The economic, commercial, and financial blockade, which causes enormous human and economic damages to our country, must cease. We will spend the hour in a roundtable discussion, well go to havana to speak with kornbluh, who wrote, back channel to cuba the Hidden History of negotiations between washington and havana. Gd we will speak with and martinarbus and Michael Ratner. As well as robert muse, who wrote, the new normalization . All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has announced the United States will restore full diplomatic relations with cuba for the first t
Cantankerous place these days but i am sure you all heard. What i am trying to do in our for our group is provide an oasis from all of that. A sanctuary from all the bitter discord. As you can imagine. [applause]. Turned to god for strength when she faced, she was faced with the task of raising seven little boys all under the age of 10 when her husband suddenly died. So that journey of faith from both those women also helped me find my journey of a. And its always been a great source of inspiration. I believe in the power of prayer and its ability to unlock scores and soften hard. Hard. Our weekly per group and house is very important and special for keeping me grounded in my faith, and my hope for change. And i cannot imagine doing this job in Congress Without that, but ill be honest, its not always been easy. [laughter] its a struggle. Some days you have to dig deep to find the resolve to love your enemies and put aside your fundamental differences and pray for each other. Ive got to
From s kind of recovered that. It was a lawyer that asked je s tell us what is the greatest commandment. He said love the lord. Second is love one another. On those two things hang all of law. Other everything. In scripture. Me, it made e for , my mother was found to have a brain tumor in the late 1970s. Her it could be back in a year or 20 years. Before it took her. The neurologist at one point six months to ve live. Woman t this brilliant ho put herself through baylor without any help she was reduced to a wheelchair and could not speak without really struggle i struggling. All four siblings would come and spend time. Four ided just the children would spend a weekend with mother. We were getting closer to the end. Great. Was saturday morning we sat around the breakfast table. There we were, good natured but forth, giving each other a hard time but remembering things, discussing times, laughing. We were probably there two or hree hours before mother finally was able to struggle and spe
Into the front door, itd almost knock you down. And, you know, i sold that when i was 37 to a young man who had worked with me for many, many years, and then, of course, have done several things since. I ended up acquiring a good deal of real estate through the years through portfolios and other companies. But anyway, i love being in business. Matter of fact, ive loved everything ive ever done. And later well talk with democratic senator Amy Klobuchar of minnesota oning with in the senate and on being in the senate and the mother of a teenage daughter. She called me, and shes in tears right as im walking into the senate, and she said, mom, they said we cant wear a bikini at the pool party, but you can wear tankinin, and dad doesnt understand the difference between a bikini and a tankini. And i said get me get him on the phone right now i practically knocked Lindsey Graham over. And i thought im not doing this balance very well. For any moarks trying to balance the family and the work,
The of the people that were affected by the decisions you make i hope you can address that issue and you will be committed to is that end. With that, i thank you and would say to you, if you have three daughters, save your money. I had two of them get married in the last six months. I will do my best. Senator ayotte. I want to thank the chair and thank the Ranking Member. I wanted to followup on a question that the chair had asked. I recently sent a letter along with several of my colleagues regarding the standards for recreational highway vehicles and as you know there was a mandatory rulemaking on standards for recreational off highway vehicles open for four years and this is an important issue to New Hampshire. In northern New Hampshire, in other areas of northern New Hampshire this has been an important part of tourism, in this part of our state. Creating tourism and recreational opportunities in areas of our state where we tried to improve the economy this unresolved rulemaking ha