Heard bill brands before, youll be delighted. If you have come in the past, as i know many of you have, youre in for another treat. So please join me in welcoming my colleague, Greaves Whitney to introduce our speaker. [ applause ] well, thank you very much, elaine, for that warm introduction and praise of the howenstein center. We really treasure our partnership with the ford. Its always a treat. We will continue to brick you excellent programs that stimulate the heart and mind. Happy washingtons birthday to our cspan audience and also to the audience here at the ford. Its really neat to be here, recognizing washingtons birthday. This is one of the reasons we wanted bill to be here on this special day. Its always a pleasure to host bill brands. Weve had him back to west michigan so many times, ive lost count. But its been enough that he should be awarded a lifetime tenure award at grant valley state university. [ laughter ] now, ive probably personally introduced you, bill, more than
Record for bringing in diverse and intellectually challenging and informed speakers. Tonights is no exception, and if you havent heard bill brands before, i think youll be delighted. If you have comments, in the past as i know many of you have, youre in for another treat. Please join me in welcoming my colleague, glees whitney, to introduce our speaker. [ applause ] well, thank you very much, elaine, for that warm introduction. We really treasure our partnership with the ford. Its always a treat. We will continue to bring you excellent programs that stimulate the mind and the heart for Public Service and love of our history. Happy washingtons birthday to our cspan audience and also to the audience here at the fort. Its really neat to be here recognizing washingtons birthday. This is one of the reasons we wanted bill to be here on this special day. Its always a pleasure to host bill brands. Weve had him back to west michigan so many times, ive lost count. But its been enough that he sho
All others, 2027488002. Send us a tweet or go to facebook. Com cspan or send an email. We will get to your thoughts in a minute but first a little bit more from the 45 years old paul ryan from wisconsin last night. Need to be a proposition party. Because we think the nation is on the wrong path, we have a duty to show the right one. Our next speaker has to be a visionary one. We need to update our house rules so that everyone can be a more effective representative. This is the peoples house and we need to do this as a team. It needs to include fixes to ensure we do not experience constant leadership challenges and crisises. As a conference, she did now and that after a divisive speaker election. Personal,oint, it is i cannot and will not give up my family time. I may not be on the road as often as previous speakers, but i place to try and make up for it with more time communicating our vision, our message. Host paul ryan last night telling the Washington Press corps what he told his co
It cant come from the press person. Usually when you say that, by the way, half of all requests go away because theyre not quite willing to ratchet it up that high. So i always insist that they ratchet it up that high, offer very, very specific proof. And i would say still most of the time we go with the story. But if somebody offers are there stories we have held over the years, stories that met that standard . Yes. A brief portion from tonights look at the relationship between the press and the government. See that starting at 8 p. M. Eastern on our companion network, c san. Cspan. Now, more from the series of author interviews that make up cspans latest book, sundays at eight. This is a conversation with historian and author David Mccullough from our q a program. This is just under two hours. Cspan David Mccullough, where did you get the title for your new book, the greater journey . It happened on november 15th, as a matter of fact. I somehow or another know exactly when i suddenly
America became a shining symbol of freedom a prosperity to the world. Today, we must ensure that america retains that lust ter. Everyone arrives here from different walks of life. Some are lawyers, some are Business Leaders and yes, well, at least one of us is a reindear rancher. I recognize we have different viewpoints and i have joined congress during a contentious time. I do think, however, there is one thing on which we should all agree, the job of a member of congress is to protect the rights of the people, not take them away. The National Debt is approaching 17 trillion. The decisions we make in this chamber, not only affect us today, they resonate throughout future generations. The massive National Debt we are accruing will leave to our children a weaker nation than the one we inherited from our parents. Those yet to be born do not have a voice today. They dont have representation. But we must remember what we do here resonates for generations to come. Our moment to preserve our