Charter has invested billions building infrastructure, upgrading technology, and powering opportunities in communities bignd small. Charter is connecting us. Good morning and welcome to the history biography stage at the library of Congress National book festival. I am mark sweeney the deputy laboring in congress the theme of the book festival brings us together so let me say how wonderful it is to see you all here together in person for the First Time Since we gathered here last in 2019. We are thrilled that cspan book tv viewers are also joining us, so welcome. [applause] cspan will be recording the events on stage. The stage has a long history of being one of the festivals most popular stages. Today you will be hearing from authors that go deeply into the role women play in the civil rights movement. The relationship with bald eagle a more completeag accounting of the mexicanco revolution and strange history behind the search for the nile river and many other topics. You learn a lot
Host now on book tv, were joined by actor and author nick nickakerman where the deer and antelope play. Mr. Offerman, this is your fifth book. Is there a thread that connects all five . Thats a great question. For my second book calmed gumption, among other people i interviewed michael pollen for a feature i was writing about him. It can become a through line in the books and inspired in the writing by wendel berry, a great kentuckyen writer and hes my favorite writer and the questions of how do we relate to our food and how do we relate to nature through who produces our food and how they treat the land and the produce and so forth. Our awareness of that relationship i think is prevalent. My fourth book was a memoir of legendary megan mallaly and theres some crossover where i think things that happen in our house do get a little agricultural from time to time. But thats maybe not appropriate for this channel. Host is your most recent book an ode to the National Parks . Guest in some w
Our first question is a very general. Actually i want to start with one here that is from the Richmond Senior center sent in online. The census data, and we are going to start with mr. Brire data shows that many are adults with disabilities or seniors it is expected to grow to 25 percent by 2020, do you feel that you understand the needs and challenges of seniors and adults with disabilities in district 19 . What do you think we worry about and how will you help us to stop worrying . So, absolutely, while i am a young person, i do believe that we really have an obligation to protect our seniors. And when you see services to seniors being cut, you have to realize that they have contribute to the system their entire life and this is a time that they need Services Even more than other moments. And when you look at what is going on, you also have to say that there is the statistic that you gave is actually the start of the baby booming population, as she growing older. So we actually need
Mr. Bryer. It is a great pleasure to be here and thank you for hosting us. It is a particularly special occasion for me because this stage is where the Library Commission meets. Where i was a member for a long time. So this is it feels like home here. So as i mentioned started a company. We provide innovation to our court system and transparency to government and emphasis on education and those are all priorities. And i want to bring to sacramento. I always have been engaged in civic activities and my First Campaign was six and senator kennedy. And i worked on al gore i was an intern in his office and volunteered in his campaign and i volunteered in New Hampshire for obama and for nusome and lee. I have been on the Library Commission and i have a Public Service history in my family. My grandfather used to work for the school board. My dad is on the u. S. Supreme court and so i believe that the pinnacle of a persons career is to make an impact on Public Service and when you see faith in
Decisions. Now, lets begin. Our first question is a very general. Actually i want to start with one here that is from the Richmond Senior center sent in online. The census data, and we are going to start with mr. Brire data shows that many are adults with disabilities or seniors it is expected to grow to 25 percent by 2020, do you feel that you understand the needs and challenges of seniors and adults with disabilities in district 19 . What do you think we worry about and how will you help us to stop worrying . So, absolutely, while i am a young person, i do believe that we really have an obligation to protect our seniors. And when you see services to seniors being cut, you have to realize that they have contribute to the system their entire life and this is a time that they need Services Even more than other moments. And when you look at what is going on, you also have to say that there is the statistic that you gave is actually the start of the baby booming population, as she growing