Hhs security we should see a vote throughout the day. Live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, were grateful that your will prevails when reliance on humanity is futile. Give our senators the wisdom to understand that without your help, they cannot succeed. Today, use them to work and act to accomplish your purposes on earth; help them not to repay evil with evil, but plant seeds of goodness that will bring a harvest of joy. Arise, oh lord. Lift yourself up in these dangerous times to bring your peace to our hearts. Help us to remember that you saved the upright in heart, and your justice will sustain us. Keep us from conceiving troubles and embracing falsehoods, as we focus on loving and serving you. We pray in your loving name, amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance
Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell giving a lecture on the rivalry between 2 kentucky politicians who served as governor and in the senate in century. Happy chandler and earle ofments led to the election there should morton in 1950 six. Transylvania university and the Henry Clay Center for statesmanship hosted the hourlong talk. Thank you very much. It is a pleasure to be here in transylvania. I would like to thank president vetter, andel the Transylvania Center for hosting me. It is veterans day, a good day to remember those who served our country over the years. I want to acknowledge my good chandler. N he and his family are descendents of one of the people im going to be talking about today. Kentucky has been well served with ben as the executive director of the kentucky humanities council, and i want to thank him for sharing some of the antidotes i will use. I want to thank chris mosher and karem, and tom appleton. All of whom have contributed in one way or another, not only to
Find out where cspan local content vehicles are going next, online at cspan. Org. You are watching American History tv. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] next, Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell speaks about the life of fellow kentuckian senator Albin Barkley who was majority leader of the u. S. Senate between 1937 and 1947 and was minority leader from 1947 to 1949. Democrat, Alben Barkley it was 35th Vice President of the United States elected with hair harry truman in 1949. This 45 Minute Program is part of a series of talks by Mitch Mcconnle about former u. S. Senators from kentucky. Thank you very much, linda. Its great to see all of you. I enjoyed my tour of the museum and i recommend you do it. Ive been doing a series of speeches over the last couple of years on some of the more significant members of the United States senate from kentucky. Weve had a bunch of them because we came into the union in
In the era after the civil war, america changed radically from a nation of Small Farmers and small producers and small lateacturers, and by the 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, we had concentrations of wealth. We have growing inequality. We have concern about the influence of money and government. He spent the later part of 1890s giving speeches all over wisconsin. If you wanted a speaker for your club or your group, he would give a speech. He went to county fairs. He went to every kind of event that you could imagine. He built a reputation for himself. By 1900, he was ready to run for governor, advocating on behalf of the people. He had two issues. One, the direct primary. No more selecting candidates in convention. Two, stop the interests are , specifically the railroads. For all our events on cspan2 on book tv. The 2015 student cam video competition is underway. It is open to all middle and high school to create a 57 minute documentary on the theme the three branches in you, showing how our pol
Mcconnle about former u. S. Enators from kentucky. Thank you very much. Its great to see all of you. I enjoyed my tour of the museum and i recommend you do it. Ive been doing a series of speeches over the last couple of years on some of the more significant members of the United States senate from kentucky that weve had a bunch of them because we came into the union in 1792. But honestly some were way more significant than others. And the man im going to speak to you about today was by any estimate one of a handful of the most significant senators weve ever sent to washington. Ive been pleased to become a friend of his grandson, alvin is sitting here to my left. I had an opportunity take he and his wife around the capitol when they were up there a couple of years ago. And he noted that i had in my office in the capitol the Leaders Office two portraits up on the wall, one of Alben Barkley and one of john sherman cooper. Nd of course barkley was quite bored frankly after serving as Vice