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of send her back, directed toward ilhan omar. it was hosted by the christian science monitor. this runs a little more than an hour. linda: it s a little after 9:00. we re going to start and i m good to talk a little bit and let the congressman eat quickly. i m linda feldman from the christian science monitor washington bureau chief for our guest is congressman tom emmer of minnesota the chairman of he national republican ampaign committee. this is his first appearance at a monitor breakfast so welcome. now we will give you bennett queue ground. he was born in south bend indiana and grew up in the dina minnesota attended first boston college and the university of alaska fairbanks and played hockey for both. then he got his law degree at william mitchell college in st. paul. 10 years later, he got into politics verses a city councilman and then a state legislator and after not quite reaching the minnesota governor s office, he won a seat in congress. that was in 2014, m ....
what are the processes for holding a president accountable? watch book tv every weekend on c-span2. today, the chair of the national republican congressional committee talked about the 2020 campaign and the chance for president trump s recent rally in north carolina tournd her back, directed toward ill on omar. it was discussed at it was hosted by the question signs monitor. it is an hour. linda: it s a little after 9:00. we re going to start and i m good to talk a little bit and let the congressman eat quickly . i m linda feldman from the christian science monitor washington bureau chief for our guest is congressman tom emmer of minnesota the chairman of the national republican campaign committee. this is his first appearance at a monitor breakfast so welcome. now we will give you bennett queue ground. he was born in south bend indiana and grew up in the dina minnesota attended first boston college and the university of alaska fairbanks and played hockey for bo ....
a monitor breakfast so welcome. a bit of background he was born in south bend indiana and grew , up in the dina minnesota attended first boston college and the university of alaska fairbanks and played hockey for both. then he got his law degree at william mitchell college in st. paul. 10 years later, he got into politics, first as a city councilman and then a state legislator and after not quite reaching the minnesota governor s office, he won a seat in congress. that was in 2014, michele bachmann s old seat in the sixth district. since arriving on the hill, congressman emmer has helped run the congressional hockey challenge where the longtime hockey enthusiast and coach has a reputation, i m told, for talking trash. mr. emmer: i would say being honest. linda: yeah? ok. i will also add that the congressman has seven children, so i have to ask, are they all rep. emmer: there are six boys and one girl and she s the best athlete out of the whole group. and by the way, she ....
in the so-called bipartisan infrastructure reform bill which was adopted a couple months ago. starting with a bipartisan group in the house, the house problem solvers focused, they joined up with a group in the senate led by joe manchin and suzanne collins and ultimately, president biden joined them in the senate and they compromised, which is the way it is supposed to happen. that is what i mean by the centrist solution. and the bill passed and it will do a lot of good for this country. not only in terms of fixing our roads and bridges which desperately need fixing, but also making some investment in access to broadband and doing some things about climate change. it isn t much talked about, but it matters much to me. we had a recent example of how it can work, the history of centrist solutions. centrism is not the same as moderate. centrist means whether you are left or right or center or democrat or republican or independent you are willing to come to the center to ta ....
centrist delusion: how we made government work and can make it work again. the first half of that book, when with the last time government actually worked and worked well? guest: well, it is rare these days, but just in the last two months, it work. in the so-called bipartisan infrastructure reform bill which was adopted a couple months ago. starting with a bipartisan group in the house, the house problem solvers focused, they joined up with a group in the senate led by joe manchin and suzanne collins and ultimately, president biden joined them in the senate and they compromised, which is the way it is supposed to happen. that is what i mean by the centrist solution. and the bill passed and it will do a lot of good for this country. not only in terms of fixing our roads and bridges which desperately need fixing, but also making some investment in access to broadband and doing some things about climate change. it isn t much talked about, but it matters much to me. we ha ....