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congressman kevin brady. thanks for coming back. representing the houston suburbs in a week where we are waking up to terrible news out of dallas. i want to introduce the reporters who cover congress. you have put out a statement about how this sickens you but this country is in such a state right now with the murders of black men by police. how do we solve this as a nation? rep. kevin brady: it seems like we are divided against each other. it is particularly troubling that this was a peaceful protest and some used that as an opportunity to target and kill law enforcement officers. coming on top of a tough week. what i do know is congress s responsibility is not to add to that divisiveness. it is to calm the waters. take a look at these incidences one by one. it is troubling in so many ways. host: let s turn to taxes and the economy. you were the architect of a blueprint that the speaker has put together on major policy proposals and your area is texas. taxes. i want ....
michigan socks. most other times it s more at eye level. he says i blink three times when i feel a sense of danger, and i strongly believe that it keeps me and my family safe. i remember this as if it was yesterday. i walked about a mile to fetch drinking water. at the time i was asked what i would be when i grew up. without thinking, i said i would be a medical doctor. and i knew that i was a kid from a poor neighborhood, and that dream was real to me. my dad taught me to believe in myself, and i believed they could conquer any obstacle for my dream to make the world a better place. as i travelled 12 hours on a bus, within weeks it became real. my dream died and it became real. headaches, fevers, but i went to class. at any cost i want today be in medical school. but i died. i was in a coma for two weeks. when i came back to life, i lost my hearing to complications of meningitis. meningitis is common in northern nigeria. this climate zone extends from the shores of s ....
there is a relationship between family plan between having many children and whether you can be able to provide for these children using the sticks. so i asked again, so what have we learned in the few weeks that we have been together? kedra slowly puts up her hand and she says she wants to contribute. okay, tell us. then she says, you know, i have had 11 children in my life. i got married when i was 13 years old. and over time, i give birth to many children. and i continued giving birth because they were dieing. seven of them seven i have put in the ground. i have buried seven of my children. i only have four children remaining. and it s because i didn t know about family planning. nobody told me about it. but over the weeks i have learned about family planning. i have an implant and it can protect me for five years. i m also telling other women about family planning now. so i realized that actually this program is making an impact on the women that we talk to and ....
have learned because there s just really no set curriculum that can be guaranteed. [ applause ]. today the civic club of cleveland, we have enjoyed a friday forrum from anne neal. thank you, ms. neal, for your informative remarks. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. this forrum is now adjourned. [ applause ]. [ bell rings ] on the next washington journal, we ll discuss the latest news from ferguson, missouri, and about the resignation of defense secretary chuck hagel. our guests include andrew tilghman. and later, bill shore will be here to talk about hunger in america. our show is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern/4:00 a.m. pacific on c-span. looking ahead to tuesday night, we ll have a look at one community in america is handling the recent influx of young, undocumented immigrants. you ll hear from republican mayor jude it kennedy who describes efforts to provide undocumented children with education and health services. then on c-span2 at 8:00 p.m., a sis dis cushion on cr ....
disinvited from graduation ceremony office student protest. this is an hour. good afternoon, and welcome to the city club of cleveland. my name is paul harrison. i m pleased to introduce today s speaker, president and co-founder of the american council of trustees and alumni. as stated on its website, acta is on academic freedom, the website states that the ideas of academic freedom and free speech are at the core of academic speech. and freedom in research is essential to the advancement of truth. today s forum offers a wonderful opportunity to juxtapose freedom of speech and academic freedom and just a moment to reflect on our 102-year history at the city club of cleveland. we proudly refer to the city club as in 1923, the city club invited famous labor leader, socialist and perennial presidential candidate eugene deps to speak and he accepted. asking mr. depps to speak, caused ultimately mr. depps determined to decline the invitation and he wrot ....