in his pespeech, right. he talked about the values of the republican party, being about inclusivity. he said to folks believe in this convention hall if you don t believe the values of lincoln and his party. that was a real moment for him. we saw an evolution in a different way for the republican p party, and he of course endorsed donald trump, who didn t necessarily stand for those values. i met him in his office, put on my best blazer, and to me he was the embodiment of power in washington but also someone who could connect with an average person. is that the blazer you re wearing? but as somebody who covered him, he could be really he could give you that glare and a couple of words when you wrote something he didn t like. on the other hand, he could just flip it in a minute and be incredibly funny. and, you know, i was talking to him about losing the race to cli clinton, an he said, well, i figured he could shake twice as many hands as i could, so that s why i lost,
was in terrible trouble. president reagan started a commission and ronald reagan and tip o neil. you can t get further on the political extremes than that. bob dole was a key member. they saved social security and kept it solvent and he worked together with a lot of democrats to pass the americans for disabilities act which of course he felt very personally his disabilities he suffered as war wounds in world war ii. and also expanding food stamps, which was very good for america, also good for the farmers in kansas that he worked on very hard with a liberal democrat george mcgovern. it was an old-fashioned democrat who understood if you don t compromise and legislate you don t get things done. we don t see nearly enough of that in washington right now. one other quick thing i would like to add. i don t know if somebody said it already this morning. i didn t realize it was there at the national cathedral, the beautiful cathedral on mount st. all bin that bob dole married eliza
who get sick were accelerated in a president out of this pandemic. the second way to make sure recovery is fully felt is to pass our bipartisan my bipartisan infrastructure agreement and my build back better plan, which would be debated now. i m going to be heading over there shortly after i do this press conference, back to my office to make some calls. i want to say very clearly, if your number one issue is the cost of living, the number one priority should be seeing congress pass these bills. 17 nobel prize winners in economics have said, spontaneously wrote to me together, and said this will lower inflationary pressure on the economy when we pass my bills. a new analysis of the wall street form moody s found it would ease the burden of inflation for middle-class families. put another way, these bills will provide families with, as my dad used to say, just a little more breathing room. that s because the build back better framework lowers your bills for health care, chil
Clergy in 33 states are exempt from laws requiring professionals such as teachers, physicians and psychotherapists to report information about alleged child abuse to police or child welfare officials.