watch online at c-span.org or listen on the go with the free c-span radio app. on tuesday, how speaker pelosi led a portrait unveiling honoring former speaker john boehner who announced he would step down in september 2015. his resignation took place the following month, day after pope francis addressed congress. this is 40 minutes. ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi ladies and gentlemen, speaker nancy pelosi. it is my official and personal honor to welcome friends of speaker john boehner to the u.s. capitol on this historic day. the presence of members from both sides of the aisle, both sides of the capital is a testament to the respect that all have for john, mr. speaker. we are pleased to welcome to former speakers. went to sip eight speaker gingrich, who is with us, and speaker ryan. both of them are here. and we warmly welcome and extend our gratitude to debbie, to lindsay, and tricia and the entire boehner family for sharing john with this congress a
unveiling ceremony. the ohio republican served in congress from 1991 to 2015 and was elected speaker in 2011. at the ceremony, we will hear from current house speaker nancy pelosi and other congressional leaders. ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, speaker of the united states house of representatives. speaker pelosi: good afternoon everyone. as speaker of the house, it is my official and personal honor to welcome friends of speaker john boehner to the u.s. capitol on this historic day. the present the presence from both sides of the aisle, from both sides of the capital is a testament to the respect that all have for john. mr. speaker. we are pleased to welcome two former speakers, we anticipate finger gingrich who is with us and speaker ryan. both of them are here. [applause] speaker pelosi: and we warmly welcome and extend our gratitude to debbie, lindsay and tricia and the entire boehner family for sharing john with this congress and with our country. no
discussion on civility discourse. good evening, everyone. i know there s some people still coming in, but it s time to get on with it. i m david welch, the inaugural director of the stubblefield institute for civil political communications at shepherd university, and welcome [applause] and welcome to our first installment of the american conversation series public forums, and eating with donna brazile and mercedes schlapp, the state of political discourse in today s america, moderated by mary hendrix. throughout the academic year there will be several more forums so please go on our facebook page and our website for updates. the mission of the institute is to study and promote how intelligent, authentic and civil political discourse can play an essential role in our nations ability to better meet challenges and solve problems and offer a platform on a opposite viewpoints can be respected and legitimized in ways that avoid negative labeling and alienation. moreover, we see
political discourse with former democratic national committee chair donna brazile and mercedes schlapp who previously served as white house strategic communications director for the trump administration. they are both asked about the impeachment inquiry, the press and the 2020 election. this is one hour. good evening, everyone. i know there s some people still coming in, but it s time to get on with it. i m david welch, the inaugural director of the stubblefield institute for civil political communications at shepherd university, and welcome [applause] and welcome to our first installment of the american conversation series public forums, and eating with donna brazile and mercedes schlapp, the state of political discourse in today s america, moderated by mary hendrix. throughout the academic year there will be several more forums so please go on our facebook page and our website for updates. the mission of the institute is to study and promote how intelligent, authentic a
good evening, everyone. i know there s some people still coming in, but it s time to get good evening, everyone. welcome. [applause] come to our first installment of the american conversation series public forums, and eating with donna brazile and mercedes schlapp, the state of political discourse in today s america, moderated by mary hendrix. throughout the academic year there will be several more forums so please go on our facebook page and our website for updates. the mission of the institute is to study and promote how intelligent, authentic and civil political discourse can play an essential role in our nations ability to better meet challenges and solve problems and offer a platform on a opposite viewpoints can be respected and legitimized in ways that avoid negative labeling and alienation. moreover, we seek to demonstrate that civil political engagement in these challenging times is directly tied to positive civic engagement. before we begin i i wish to thk the in