Without freedom or liberty. May they be instruments of justice for all americans. May your spirit live with them and with each of us and may your grace around us and those we love that in all things we may be the people you would have us be in service to this great nation. May all that is done within the peoples house this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. P senator santorum the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from california mr. Mcnerney. Mr. Mcnerney i ask everyone to join me in pledging allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Senator santorum the chair will entertain requests for oneminute speeches. For what purpose does the g
You got this widely fragmented field and it appears in order to break out you got to Say Something outrageous. And youre here very nicely talking about Robert Putnam which is terrific. But its not outrageous. Do you think you can do basically what you did last time, sort of plodding along . Are the rules going to be fundamentally different this time and its going to be all about money and all about being provocative to get the Media Attention . Can you be plotting and get to the finish line . Senator santorum i hope so. Thats we havent really changed how who i am as candidate and what i believe in. And i dont think iowa has changed. I know everybody likes to look at all the things going on in the national media. But in the end, iowas going to cut this field down dramatically much more than whether you attend the debate or not. If you can go there and connect as we did in the past, and be successful, we are going to be one of a handful of guys or gals i should say who are going to be th
He has a poverty summit. When you talk about using the power of the presidency to try to change and start a debate in this country of what we can do so the situations that are occurring every single day in america because children are abandoned by a system that is not focused on kids, i think we can make some real changes. Weve got about 10 minutes left. Well try to get in three more questions. Paul. Paul senator, four years senator santorum what if i filibuster . Paul senator, four years ago your family played a big role in your campaign. Youre a dad of seven. How have things changed in four years . Is it easier, harder . How do you how do you stay dad . Senator santorum its hard. Seven kids, going through those teenage years and everything its theres challenges out there. Ill be honest with you. I feel first, the biggest issue, if you recall four years ago, was our daughter bella and the Health Problems that she had. Im just were just real excited shes doing better she has ever done
History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. To join the conversation, like us on facebook. Next on American History television, pulitzer prizewinning author eic foner on the challenges of establishing civil rights for friedman in the reconstruction period and beyond. Eric foner. With that, i would like to introduce eric foner. Eric when iuntered was a College Student thinking about becoming an historian and had visions of riding a good book. Then i read freemen, free soil, maybe ir and thought ought to stop now. I will not be able to write a book that good. Whatis is his first book, is he going to write . I ran away from antebellum history. You cant compete with people like him. I have come back to antebellum history and slavery and since then, i have relied on many of erics more than 20 books. I would review the list, but we do not have that much time. I do want to say, and this is the fun of introducing a speaker, looking at his selected publications, i notice he has written a
Away from antebellum history and became a contemporary historian. Because you cant compete with people like him. But eventually, i came back to antebellum history and slavery and since then, i have relied on many of erics more than 20 books. I would read you the list, but we do not have that much time. I do want to say, though, and this is always the fun of introducing a speaker, looking at his selected publications, i notice he has written a book called dance for the city 50 years of the new york city ballet, and i can think of no better preparation for giving a talk today, at this moment, on reconstruction and the radical republicans who helped reconstruct the nation than somebody who knows how to move quickly on his feet. [laughter] and with that, i would like to introduce my good friend, somebody who i admire enormously, the winner of the lincoln prize, the pulitzer prize, and i think every other prize that is available, eric foner. [applause] thank you, Paul Finkelman, for that. T