Mr. Wittman join me in the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker pro tempore the chair lays before the house sundry communications. The clerk the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam. Pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2h of rule 2 of the rules of the u. S. House of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on december 21, 2020, at 11 08 p. M. That the Senate Passed senate 2429. That the senate agrees to the house of representatives amendment to Senate Amendment to the bill h. R. 1520. That the senate agreed to without objection amendment house concurrent resolution 128. That the Senate Passed without amendment h. R. 3250. That the Senate Passed without amendment h. R. 5126. That the Senate Passed without amendment h. R. 5472. With
Host how should you look at a president s legacy . Guest you have to let the battles to be settled peacefully, or moved on from, before we take a look at a president s legacy. Decent years for a biography to be written about jackson. And other president s, when they left office when harry truman left office, he had a 22 approval rating. He was trying to seek reelection fro one more for one more term in 1952, but his own party turned against him. Now is considered to be one of our near great president s because of the courageous things he did as president of the United States. John kennedy, after november 22, was considered to be a great president , then years later considered to be a mediocre president. Now he is going through another reevaluation to be considered a great or near great president , or at least the potential for greatness is there. So i would avoid any instant evaluations of the Trump Presidency in the minutes and hours and days after he leaves office. I think it is impo
host: let me ask you about your parents. how are they doing. pres. bush: thank you for asking. i told dad today i would be on stage with bill and you are the moderator. host: what did he say? pres. bush: he wasn t surprised. [laughter] surprised you couldn t do anybody better. pres. bush: they are doing really well, thank you very much. thefortunate enough to be only president with his parents polite after the presidency. so every day is a blessing. they are doing well, 92 and 93 years old. thank you for asking. i will tell them you asked. host: how is hillary doing? pres. clinton: if you knew our grandkids, you would know she s good. andwas working on her book we spend every available hour with our grandchildren. my grandson turned a year old on father s day which means every seven years, his father will celebrate mother s day on his son s birth date, which is nice. my on most three-year-old granddaughter sang happy birthday to him at his party. can yourh: granddaughter of s
[applause] former president bush: i hate these questions. i told dad today that i was going to be on stage with bill and you were the moderator. what did he say? former president bush: he was surprised. [laughter] surprised you cannot do anybody better. former president bush: they are doing well. thank you very much. i am fortunate to be the only president with both parents alive after the presidency. so, every day is a blessing. to have your mom and dad alive. they are doing well. thank you for asking. i will tell them you asked. how is hillary doing? former president clinton: good, . if you knew our grandkids, you would know she s good. they are working on a book and we spent every available hour with our grandchildren. my grandson just turned one year old on father s day. every seven years, his father s will celebrate father s day on his son s birthday. my almost three-year-old granddaughter saying happy ng happy birthday to him at his party. can your granddaughter
i m thinking of when i was a kid and some of you remember this ploy of black-and-white scotty that were magnets. you help them next to each other and they pushed away and you help them on the wrong end. that was sally and publicity. she knew was part of her job. she knew when you fly you give back by going around the world and telling about your trip and she absolutely hated it. but she did it and she overcame it. she had to psych herself up for every speech he gave. i think they would have liked her, i know they would have liked her to be more outgoing. i think she got there just by the fact that she was an introvert. that s another reason why i think she probably kept her sexual orientation private. it would have been the last bit of privacy and she had a zone of privacy in the end it was very important curve. i think nasa, i know nasa wanted her to get out there more and i tell a story in the book about the time sally refuse to go on a bob hope special for exactly that rea