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courts i missed you all. i missed you all. you did? i hope you did not believe it. never do. [laughter] good. i m going to start by congratulating my friend, senator mitch mcconnell. as you know, mitch and i have worked very closely together over the last eight years and i don t think i could ask for a better partner or do i think the senate could have a better majority leader than mitch mcconnell. also, i express my gratitude to the people of ohio s eighth congressional district. you know, my mission is the same today as it was in 1990 when i was first elected to build a smaller, less costly, more accountable government here in washington, d.c. and right now i believe that means continuing to listen, to make the american people s priorities our priorities and to confront the big challenges that face middle class families starting with the economy. you have heard me talk many times about the many jobs bills that the outgoing senate majority has ignored. those bills wi
republicans expanded their majority in the house of representatives. this is 15 minutes. i missed you all. that is what the president said yesterday. he did? i hope you did not believe it. never do. [laughter] good. i m going to start by congratulating my friend, senator mitch mcconnell. as you know, mitch and i have worked very closely together over the last eight years and i don t think i could ask for a better partner or do i think the senate could have a better majority leader than mitch mcconnell. also, i express my gratitude to the people of ohio s eighth congressional district. you know, my mission is the same today as it was in 1990 when i was first elected to build a smaller, less costly, more accountable government here in washington, d.c. and right now i believe that means continuing to listen, to make the american people s priorities our priorities and to confront the big challenges that face middle class families starting with the economy. you have hear
you are watching book tv, television for serious readers. you can watch any program you see online at booktv.org. sam daley harris talks about how citizens can come together to exert political power next. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. we are delighted to introduce mr. ketan. he also founded the microcredit summer campaign and most recently in 2012 he 2012 he founded the center for citizen empowerment and transformation. he has and a a great deal of recognition and respect for his work. no other organization has been as critical a partner in seeing to it that it is used as a power. and one of the certified great social entrepreneurs of the last decade. we are thrilled to have you here and congratulate you on the 20th anniversary edition of your book reclaiming our democracy. equally delighted to have former congressman mickey edwards join us here today, vice president of the aspen institute and serves as director of the aspen institute rodale public leadership,
bill at this time on a cr or an omnibus or whatever. it s a funding bill. with the power of the purse, i think we owe it to our constituents and to the founders that wrote this document to say, no, mr. president, or no, executive branch, you can t cross that line. you don t have the power to do that. we re going to get your attention, because we control the power of the purse. i appreciate the analogy that the gentleman from arizona had. i hope we do have the fight in january, mr. chairman. i believe we will, because i have your word on it. i have the word of other leadership. i m ready for that fight. i personally they we ought to have it today. i think it s that important. because our constitution and the separation of powers continue to erode. as a river erodes a bank, eventually that bank falls in. this constitution and this government lasted longer than any others. i don t want to see it go away. i believe in it that much. i believe in this institution, the legislative b