Representative yoho put his finger in my face, he called me disgusting, he called me crazy, he called me out of my mind. He called me dangerous. And then, he took a few more steps. Recognized his comments as rude, he walked away and said, i am rude. You are calling me rude . I took a few steps ahead and i walked inside and cast my vote because my constituents send me here each and every day to fight for them and make sure that they are able to keep a yoof over their head, that the are able to feed their families and carry their lives with dignity. And there were reporters in the front of the capitol, and in front of reporters representative yoho called me, and i quote, a bitch. Pitch fucking, these are the words representative yoho levied convenience against a congresswoman. A congresswoman that not only represents new yorks 14th district but every congresswoman in this country because all of us have had to deal with this in some form, some way, some shape at some point in our lives. A
I would also like to think many of my colleagues think many my colleagues for the opportunity not only to speak today from both sides of the aisle who have reached out to me in support following an incident earlier this week. About two days ago i was walking up the steps of the capitol when representative yoho suddenly turned a corner and he was accompanied by representative roger williams. And accosted me on the steps right here in front of our nations capitol. I was minding my own business, walking up the steps, and representative yoho put his finger in my face, he called me disgusting, he called me crazy, he called me out of my mind. And he called me dangerous. And then he took a few more steps and after i had recognized his after i had recognized his comments as rude, he walked away and said, im rude, youre calling me rude. I took a few steps ahead and i walked inside and cast my vote. Because my constituents send me here each and every day to fight for them. And to make sure that
Up the steps of the capitol when representative yoho suddenly turned a corner and he was accompanied by representative roger williams. And accosted me on the steps right here in front of our nations capitol. I was minding my own business, walking up the steps, and representative yoho put his finger in my face, he called me disgusting, he called me crazy, he called me out of my mind. And he called me dangerous. And then he took a few more steps and after i had recognized his after i had recognized his comments as rude, he walked away and said, im rude, youre calling me rude. I took a few steps ahead and i walked inside and cast my vote. Because my constituents send me here each and every day to fight for them. And to make sure that they are able to keep a roof over their head. That they are able to feed their families. And that they are able to carry their lives with dignity. I walked back out and there were reporters in the front of the capitol, and in front of reporters representative
[inaudible conversations] good evening. Im at the library publicaffairs and i want to welcome you and thank you for being with us tonight and thanks to rainy day books our favorite collaborator and of course one of the nation great independent bookstores. We pride ourselves here at the library among other things on the timeliness and relevance of our signature programming, whether we are holding forums on local issues over addressing national topics. We certainly didnt intend on the particular timeliness of tonights presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week, taking reporters calls, wrote a couple of pieces for the New York Times and four cnn business after the death of david. Chris spent eight years immersed in oakland. The state of the place and the title of his new book. On the extraordinary Business Empire and putins Political Network that was put together from their base some three hours in which debate over wichita. Anybody have the chance to read th
Tonight and thanks to rainy day books our favorite collaborator and of course one of the nation great independent bookstores. We pride ourselves here at the library among other things on the timeliness and relevance of our signature programming, whether we are holding forums on local issues over addressing national topics. We certainly didnt intend on the particular timeliness of tonights presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week, taking reporters calls, wrote a couple of pieces for the New York Times and four cnn business after the death of david. Chris spent eight years immersed in oakland. The state of the place and the title of his new book. On the extraordinary Business Empire and putins Political Network that was put together from their base some three hours in which debate over wichita. Anybody have the chance to read the book yet . You wont understand that you will know immediately when you get into it what i am talking about. Its daunting when yo