celebrate october as manufacturing month in wisconsin. in my state and across our country, manufacturing is increasingly an engine of economic growth and innovation and a source of good-paying jobs with high wages and solid benefits. and that is why i strongly believe that the that middle-class families and small businesses and manufacturers that are working so hard to move our economy forward deserve to have both parties in washington working together to grow our manufacturing economy and create jobs. i am so proud to join my colleague, senator coons, on the floor today to highlight national manufacturing day and i want to thank him for his leadership and his partnership on our manufacturing jobs for america initiative. our effort aims to build bipartisan support for legislation that will modernize america's manufacturing sector and help american manufacturers grow and create jobs and assist american workers in getting the skills that they need to succeed in the next generation of manufacturing jobs. working together, we are trying to do

it is so in to be in madison, wisconsin. it's so good to be in wisconsin. this is -- wisconsin is the source, the beginning, of progressivism in america. you know that. fighting bob la pelat. but it's not necessarily entirely progressive now. i mean, there are cross-currents, right? this is sort of the epicenter of the american battle between the progressive forces and the regresssive forces of america. is that a fair way of putting it? i don't want to disparage and i don't want to sound harsh, especially because i'm here at the invitation of this wonderful wisconsin book festival, to talk to you about a book. i mean, i am here because i want you to read my book. if you buy it, that's even better, but i -- here's what i'm going to die. 'll talk about the book and the themes of the book and i'll try to work in some economics and some politics, and i'm going to take your questions. all right? and i'm going to limit my remarks to three hours. i'm not going to -- is that okay? it's late. i'll be about 40 minutes. we'll see. but this is a book -- here's the thin

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andrew is currently a student at the university of wisconsin, stevens point. without the support of his perkins student loan, andrew said he would not have had the means to attend college with little to no income at his disposal. today, not only is andrew making the dean's list every semester, but he also has his sights set on attending law school, also at the university of wisconsin. andrew said -- quote -- "without the assistance i get from the perkins loan, i would be forced to either take out other high-interest loans or delay my graduation date or drop out, which is the last thing i want to do." mr. president, today this body also stood up and once again said "no" to students. students like naelli spar. naelli was raised by a single mother. she was an immigrant and worked two full-time jobs. naelli attended 10 different schools in three different states before she finished high school. without the federal perkins loan program, naelli said that her opportunity to get a college education would have been -- quote -- "an illusory dream." today naelli is the f

it was happening in places like wisconsin, pennsylvania, iowa, kansas. places that didn't have the same kind of history. this was extremely alarming to me and i began covering voting rights. fortunately they are still with us, in 1212 many backfired. they were major mobilization efforts. in ohio there was higher black turnout than white turnout. if you look at 2012 vis-a-vis 2008, from every demographic groups african americans 55 and older. those who lived there tu civil rights movement and understood what this was all about, they were specially motivated to get to the pools. the vote wasn't going to be taken away aagain -- again. with the supreme court cutting voting rights act the moment shifted back to those force who is want to make it harder to vote. we are heading into the first presidential election, what that means is that 15 states already have new restrictions on the books for the first time in 2016 cycle, places like wisconsin, north carolina that could be pivotal to the presidency. we need to be on guard on 2016, more of the laws are going t

people across the great lakes region, especially in wisconsin, but also in my home state of michigan and elsewhere, recognize that this stretch of lake michigan is a national treasure because of a historical -- because of the historical significance it has plus its great beauty. through a bottom-up community-driven process, many people teamed up to put together a proposal to protect this area as a national marine sanctuary. the obama administration listened, and just this week, they announced that they will be moving forward on establishing a wisconsin lake michigan national marine sanctuary. a marine sanctuary designation, as michiganders know from firsthand experience, helps to improve access and resources for special maritime places in order to enhance visitor access and preserve irreplaceable resources for future generations. the wisconsin lake michigan sanctuary proposal would preserve an 875-square mile area of lake michigan with waters extending from port washington to two rivers. as michiganders watch a pure michigan sunset over lake michigan on beaches from ludington south t

i would yield to the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. johnson: i want to thank my colleague from arizona, first of all, for yielding, but also for his leadership in working with on a bipartisan basis members from the other side of the aisle to really accomplish something, to produce a result. what i have been trying to do as chairman of the senate committee and homeland security and gaffers is reach out to every senator and ask them if you have identified a problem, if you have a piece of legislation that solves that problem, bring it in front of our committee, and i will do everything in my power to mark it up, report it out of our committee and then work with you to, first of all, pass it through the -- through the senate and then through the house to get that piece of legislation on the president's desk to have it signed into law and actually solve that problem. and the senator from arizona has done i think just a great job in this particular case because this is a piece of legislation that truly is a win-win. it's a win for our veter

the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. ms. baldwin: thank you, mr. president. last week, when i was back in my home state of wisconsin, i had the privilege of hosting a roundtable with college students from all across the southeastern area of the state. the focus of the conversation was how we here in congress could help keep college affordable and accessible, and during the course of that conversation, it was abundantly clear that most of the students were very frustrated that congress could not take some of the most commonsense steps to make that happen. i told them that i shared their frustration and ensured them that i would be going back to washington, d.c., this week to fight on their behalf. and just this morning, i hosted a google hangout and spoke with campus newspapers from across the state of wisconsin to reiterate my commitment on this issue. so here i am, mr. president, almost one month from the day that i last stood here on the senate floor, one month since a single united states senator stood up and blocked a commonsense and bipartisan measure th

you know the the governor of wisconsin, very nice, walker. they became so vicious to me. he went to washington to make a speech about me it was so vicious that those that love me started crying. no it was vicious. then, and we had so many, i don't even know the guy. the only time i know him is when he calls me constantly asking for campaign contributions. well, he became so vicious and violent, i mean every time they get more vicious and violent they go down, down, down. in fact, lindsay graham was advising he hit me as hard as you can get hit. he said i don't know anything about the military except one thing, i wrote a book in 2000, right? and, joe covered it, i wrote a book in 2000, before the world trade center came down and i said that there is going to be a big attack in this country. i said probably by somebody named osama bin laden, this this is before anybody had ever heard his name. and, i said it is going to be much worse. if you remember the first attack it was a horrible attack, it was a small attack in comparison to the second one which was around us. the wor

i flew out to wyoming, i worked in wyoming for two years, i worked in madison, wisconsin, for three years, and then i moved back to harrisburg. and when i came back here, i couldn't believe what i saw. i saw a thriving city. again, this is in 2010, a year before the bankruptcy. that's how fast this entire thing imploded. but i saw a thriving city. i saw young professionals walking around, i saw new buildings, new high-rises, a bunch of new businesses, trendy shops. none of this was here when i was growing up 20 years earlier, none of it. i couldn't believe it. it was great for me to see. i mean, pennsylvania's my home state. i wanted to see pennsylvania do well. i still do. i wanted to see harrisburg thrive, and it looked like it was thriving. now, when i got here, my news director had said to me that it looks like harrisburg is going through some financial issues. we don't know what those issues are yet, we don't know how bad it's going to be, but i had been a reporter in madison, wisconsin, which is another capital, and i had done a lot of capital reporting, and he said i need someone h

we have the largest poetry selection and northeastern wisconsin, i can assure you. even the barnes & noble has of their poetry section is pretty slim. it has only the popular stuff. and what we're basically known for is getting the book that you want. .. at the same time. within about 20-30 seconds, i can have access to the inventories about 40,000 book dealers worldwide and i can usually have an answer for a customer while they're still on the phone because independent book sellers create their own selection. you will have a different selection in each different store. barnsbarnes & noble stores are created by someone at the office. if you walk into a barnes & noble in green bay or san francisco or new york, if that matter, you will find the same collection of books. that's the difference between us and the big-buy stores. the difference between us and amazon is that amazon has everything. what we have that amazon doesn't have is life human beings and we have opinions and we have books that we like, and we tend to recognize -- tend to recommend to our regular custo

as i talk to individuals and wisconsin tasked with fewer missions keeping wisconsin and this nation safe they are pleased with the cooperation. so we are moving in the right direction which is good news, and i appreciate it. i want to thank you for your service to this nation. i think america is incredibly fortunate to have miniature caliber and your dedication and integrity serving in your capacity. i realize that this is not a nine to 55 days a week job. all three of your working hard to keep this nation shape -- safe. >> i am tom carper, and i approve approve this message. >> there is an awful lot we agree on. >> this hearing will remain open. for submission of statements and questions for the record, this hearing is adjourned. thank you all. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> they will drop out of the race for speaker of wisconsinspeaker if wisconsin republican paul ryan decides to seek a job. >> tonight on c-span new series, in 1830 dred scott was a slave to u.s. army surgeon doctor john emerson. assigned to duties in several free states

from our nation's heartland, it's the wisconsin book festival in madison. and back on the east coast, the boston book festival. at the start of november, we'll be in portland, oregon, for wordstock followed by the national book awards from new york city. and at the end of november we're live for the 18th year in a row from florida for the miami book fair international. that's a few of the fairs and festivals this fall on c-span2's booktv. >> and you're watching booktv on c-span2. we are in las vegas attending the freedom fest, and we're interviewing authors out here, and joining us now is somebody who's been on booktv before for previous books, michael shermer, is his name. the book is called the moral arc. mr. shermer, in this book, "the moral arc," you write that during the years i spent researching and writing this book when i told people that the subject was moral progress to describe the responses i received as incredulous would be an understatement. most people thought i was hallucinatory. [laughter] >> guest: yeah, that's right. well, the problem is

we have massive corruption in wisconsin. scott walker is back in the state so it is going to get worse. do people vote on this? that is the question. is this an important critical thing to have, these rules, and separate from that. that is my second question, thank you. >> just to respond to your first comment, i agree it is about a larger issue of control, focusing on the abortion peace because instead of engaging in an actual debate about that issue they are doing this sort of backhanded think that doesn't directly address that and makes it about something else. i was trying to draw attention to that but i totally agree there is the larger world view clashed happening. >> so the second question probably deserves a much longer answer. rules and regulations are not what that most people up in the morning, they are worried about making ends meet, putting food on their table, addressing that concern is where you want to start, that will lead to people's decisions about who they vote for, thinking about raising incomes, making

, i was at the university of wisconsin mitchell dad has been a teacher for 30 years, retired. but in very different circumstances than what saw when i got new york, and what i saw when i got to that school was so different than the education i had gotten or that anybody i knew had gotten that it sort of shocked my system. i tried to figure out why. there were a lot of great teachers in the school. but they weren't getting the support they needed. they weren't getting the resources. they couldn't do simple things like tutor kids after school. the program was getting in the way of the great teachers trying to do what they wanted to do. we were we only program in the district that didn't have -- the only school that didn't have a baseball team. so i -- a basketball team. we went to district and asked if they could pressure her, and he did. we would have practice after school, teachers, hard-working folks would have to bring their students into the gym to tutor them around the sidelines. that was my experience with the district school in new york city. so, at that time i just said

. >> i am from wisconsin. i'll love planned parenthood i used to work for you iran wisconsin and. hagen their real love your work. but it seems from my perspective this is about power, but taking away halt the services that women desperately the need to work or go to graduate school i am worried about making it about abortion i think of the extremists opposed birth control but day to go after the services because they think they should make these decisions to take away choices about our lives. and wanted to frame it bigger i think the abortion is the peace but to have the ability to make critical decisions and for the first presentation, does this motivate people to vote? we have massive corruption right now and for chalet walker is back in the states but to people vote on this? is this an important critical thing to talk about? maybe that is separate and it is a motivator? >> i totally agree it is about a larger issue of control was emphasizing the abortion peace because instead of engaging about a debate on that issue if they do the backhanded think that does not direct address

i wouldn't say it's a sure thing, but i am reminded of scott walker's experience in wisconsin, and i think that is one of the reasons that his potential campaign is resonating the-- with people because they actually saw on tv how much pressure he took up there and i think that's what we conservatives are hoping will get someone in there with a scott walker or someone else who really govern with the principles that they talk about when they are running, but will actually implement them once again. one last. >> was john randolph's daughter married to robert e lee? >> know. but, there was a-- robert e lee was married to custis is daughter, like george washington's granddaughter or great granddaughter or something like that, but randolph was somehow in the family. randolph was a kid to just about everyone. he was well-connected and not as close of that, because he was relation. >> garland tucker. [applause]. >> thank you so much. thank you for joining us, everyone. have a wonderful afternoon. we appreciate you being here. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible con

if you look at the enormous amount of uncertainty that is plaguing businesses, something wisconsin has been canceled in fear of these new regulations. that's personal at home, but tax uncertainty, higher taxes, the frontal reserve is out there priming the pump which has savaged savers in this country. the money is not getting to small businesses. credit is slow for small businesses. you have obamacare which is putting an incredible amount of uncertainty with that looming employer mandate looming out there. the equivalent of two half-million people won't work because of the disincentives to work due to obamacare. you have taxes and regulations and the fact that the debt is $17 trillion and growing and no reduction in site is coming. i think you have a political modus operandi which doesn't seek to bridge differences but seeks to polarize and intimidate and divide people based upon what divides them and pray on the emotions of fear and anxiety versus an aspirational political system that speaks to people with ideas, that unifies people based on aspiration and hope. ronald reagan did it v

i can see jersey city across the way, yet, why do i feel like -- forgive me wisconsin, forgive me. >> absolutely. [laughter] >> it's so weird. i love across the street from st. vincente hospital. developers won. there will be a couple thousand people in no time and everybody is anxious. >> i remember what happened hob hobo, buildings were half empty and there was this huge rush around the 80's. the first thing that had happened there was literally no place to park and this is a place where people had cars. people were moving out because they wanted to go some where where they could park their cars. >> right. and yet, we are still here. >> i'm a native new yorker, after reading vivian's book, i realized that everyone on the street that is telephones. there's really the sense of street life. i almost felt like your book wases no -- nostalgic. people seem like they have minutes to spare. they have to be listening to something. >> yeah. >> so i was wondering if you comment on that. >> the other say i saw on the street a young man with a telephone, walking, not looking and a man about my a

and then get them math course from mit, their theology from notre dame, get energy from university of wisconsin, bundle them together, allow these things happen and take down the bears to entry that are already erected against these innovative ideas that are out there to allow people to excel at immigration, education and to flood across. we need more competition. we need less barriers. anatomy is one of those wicked at the root cause of college tuition, along with transparency. just like health care. does this degree get me to i want to go? what is success rate? just like health care. give me the data on quality, on out, so that it no before going in what they can expect and i want these people, these health care workers and these educators competing for my business they so now comes. do i get a good job? do i get a good salary? no, educated? make them compete and right now they are not upon the -- [applause] one more question, because after this probably the most important thing that these two fine gentlemen are going to do is participate in a cold water plunged. [laughter] so i can't wait to

., the wisconsin book festival from madison featuring interviews with nonfiction authors including mary noris in her book on the english language. sunday night at 9:00 p.m. on "after words", former missouri senator john danforth on how he thinks that a sense of religion can lead the country out of the bitter state of politics. on american history tv on c-span3, saturday evening at 6:00 p.m. eastern, historian clayton lori on espionage and intelligence gathering tactics and why so few historical documents exist. sunday morning at 10:00 p.m. on oral history, julian bond who passed away in august, we have his interview. get the complete weekend schedule at c-span.org. >> now, president and ceo of the u.s. chamber of commerce talked to reporters at a breakfast hosted by the "washington journal" of the christian science monitor. as long as the chamber's continue in the upcoming election. this is about one hour. [inaudible

and a second question is do you have instances on the university campuses as well like wisconsin? >> first question first. i am always surprised when i get questions not meaning to comment on whatever politics you have but often questioners from the right are stunned when i say people in the book respect remorse because many do. two thirds of the people i spoke to did not express remorse but sadness they lost and sadness people don't understand the necessity or severity of the circumstances that required them to do this. about a third of the people i would say especially those who went into white coller jobs. many of the weather men went on to be doctors, lawyers and professor. >> mark speaks about the consequences. >> mark rud who was one of the early leaders and later marginalized and has had a long career at a community college. so i would say a third or 40 percent express some time of remorse. because of the main narrative of the book starting in fall of '69 and i am primarily concerned with people who took explosive and radical violence from the campus out into the mainstream

as i talk to individuals in wisconsin past with your mission, keeping wisconsin but also this nation safe. they also are please with the cooperation so we are moving in the right direction. that's kind of to do so i appreciate that. again i want to thank you for your services to the station for all three of you. i think america is incredibly fortunate to have many of your caliber and other dedication come of your integrity serving in your capacity. i realize this is not a nine to five job five days a week this is 247365 days a year and all three of you are working hard to keep this nation safe. truly i think i speak for all of us when i thank you for your patriotism and for your service for this nation. >> i'm tom carper and i approve that message. >> again doesn't awful lot we agree on a we're trying to find is areas identified as. this incredible remain open 415 days. for submission of statements and questions for the record. this hearing is adjourned. thank you all. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> c-span azure coverage of the road to the white house 2016 whe

public schools in newark, power program, runs eight charter schools, graduate of the university of wisconsin. the chair of the advisory board of democrats for education reform in the new jersey region. ryan. [applause] >> well, i get to follow mary bennett, great. anybody want an intermission or anything? so i think in the book dale did an incredible job in general and also speaking for the chapter of one of our schools of telling a story that's way more complex than the story that's usually told and out there, the district versus charter story or any reformer versus status quo, stories that are way too simplistic, i for one appreciate that about the book because it's frustrating to us at new jersey to get lumped in with ideas or people who we don't always agree with. just to give a sense of where we come from, since i was a founder of kip new jersey, first principal back when we started 14 years ago, 13 years ago in 2002, i had been -- i was a brand new teacher in new york a few years before that in the district school in washington heights on 164 rd street, i got there from wisconsin, my d

african-american men who are looked up is immoral, and following the lead of iowa, connecticut, and wisconsin, done some work with racial impact statements and i have tried to get one passed in arkansas, unsuccessfully, and i was just wondering about your thoughts, through your lens, of whether or not something like that could be very, very helpful and just shining a light on how we're using these black and brun bodies particularly as a way of keeping the system and making money and everything else. just having information. all it says is, we will do a racial impact statement prior to changing the laws and adding laws, so that at least we will be informed about the impact we might have that we don't even intend to have. >> those are like environmental impact reports. >> fiscal impact -- >> or fiscal impact studies. thank you. so last question. >> representative raymond dean from minnesota. my question is really about strategy. you had mention of the inside-outside game. i came from the outside to the inside, and what i've noticed is there are a lot of folks on the inside, the first time they

perry and the governor of wisconsin, right, walker. they both dropped out. they became so vicious. perry was such a nice guy two months ago. he went to washington to make a speech about me. it was so vicious that those that loved me started crying. maybe not. vicious. and we had so many. we had lindsey graham. i don't even know the guy. the only time i know him is when he calls me constantly asking for campaign contributions. he became so vicious and violent and every time they get more vicious and violent they go down, down, down. graham was at 5 and he hit me has hard as you can be hit. i don't know anything about the military, what do i know about foreign affairs? except one thing i wrote a book in 2000, right, and joe covered it, i wrote a book in 2000 before the world trade center came down and i said that there's going to be a big attack in this country and i said probably by somebody named osama bin laden, this is before anybody heard his name, and i said, it's going to be much worse. you remember the first attack which was a horrible attack but it was smaller attack by comp

be done fairly easily, but engaging in that process and having accountability -- for instance, and wisconsin please save the hundred $70 million annually if we decriminalize marijuana. what did the do for restorative justice, housing thinking about ways to ensure at the state level that money is refunded back to communities. the last 30 years mass incarceration has had incredible consequences and it has been most families. every single year i'm sure you sit and committees to think of our money goes. but we have seen is a huge increase in spending for instance,instance, between 1987 and 2013 it was 135 percent increase. and a 6 percent increase in spending on higher education. invested so much money and incarcerating and caging people. right? in this country there are ten states who presently spend more. andand across the country that we are seeing increases in incarceration spending. and not only is this a bad idea moneywise so that we for instance no that a 10 percent increase in real ranges results in a 14 percent decrease in crime rate over ten years. we factually know that aa 9 percent i

i was was moving to wisconsin for various reasons and it was when i got distance that i was able to write the things i had to say. i wonder if maybe i should've done that in the city if i needed some distance. i don't know. i really appreciate what you say about the prayer for city, it was about urban america through the eyes of ed rendell who is america philadelphia. it took five years and was big chunk of my life. it was respectable sales by book standards, we sold 50,000. it doesn't compared to friday night lights which have sold somewhere the range of 2 million. i'm glad i did it. i think it was my best book. i think reading friday night lights it was a wonderful exuberance in language that i think captured the exuberance of those kids. it is interesting how books have the right tone for the right time and the right characters. >> one of the books you talk about at the end is the influence it has given to kids when a lot of it is provided for them throw their educational experience, even starting at a but very young and early age. as someone who follows college football scene, one big

the wisconsin book festival from madison featuring interviews with nonfiction authors including mary norton and her book on the english language. david on the city of detroit and evan thomas on being the. sunday night at nine on afterwards, john danforth on how he thinks a sense of religion can lead to out of politics. on c-span three cia historian on espionage and intelligence gathering tactics during the civil war and why so few historical documents exist. sunday morning at ten am, on oral histories civil rights leader julian barnes who passed away in august in a 2002 interview on civil-rights career growing up in a segregated south and his work on student nonviolent courting committee. get our complete schedule on c-span.org. >> this is quite unusual for me but i want to thank all of you for your friendship, your loyal support for the planning of this wonderful evening for me. i shall remember it always. thanks for the the young people for this great welcome [applause]. >> pet next and was the first republican first lady to address the national convention. she traveled more widely

1 million of those heroes have given their lives, including more than 27,000 sons and daughters of wisconsin. now airman johnson harris has been added to that terrible toll. his brothers, his sister fatia, his parents, ya vet an yavette , and all his families and friends grieve his loss. our hearts go out to him and we pray they will find comfort and peace. i saw the grief of airman johnson harris's family this past weekend during his funeral service at christian faith fellowship church in milwaukee. i saw the respect they had for him and the honor granted him by a family that knows the meaning of earned honor. quinn swore to support and defend the constitution of the united states, to put his life on the line for the liberties we all enjoy. we must never take that type of dedication for granted. we owe him the honor of taking our own corresponding oath of duty as seriously as he took h his. mr. president, may god bless airman johnson harris's loved ones. may he guard all those in our armed forces who defend our nation's liberty and may god bless america. i yield the floor and note the absen

the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. mr. johnson is:i come to pray tribute to a man whose life was cut short. senior airman quinn lamar harris, a 24-year-old from milwaukee was among six airmen and five civilian passengers who lost their lives when a c-130 crashed on takeoff from jalalabad airfield in afghanistan earlier this month. every one of those individuals was a grave loss to our country. every one of deserves to be remembered and revered before the senate. today is my solemn duty and particular honor to tell you about airman johnson harris. quinn graduated from holmstead high school in 2012. the very next year he joined the air force. it was a foregone conclusion that he would serve his country long before that, however. his grandfather served in vietnam. his oldest brother jeremy was a proud marine. and his other older brother lamar graduated from west point just last spring and is now probably serving in the army. his -- his mother told the story about his three sons -- quinn was only three years old at the time --

south carolina, texas, utah, washington, wisconsin. i mean, i've rushed this but i don't want to spend the time naming every bridge. but this is where we are. a multiyear surface transportation bill is going to solve these problems. and we're going to start the work that needs to be done. and we know there there are stil 1.3 million fewer construction workers today than in 2006, when -- when the recession started. according to the associated general contractors, 24 states and the district of columbia lost construction jobs -- lost construction jobs -- between july and august. no wonder people look at congress and they don't think we're doing a good job. we know all this and the senate has passed a good bill, bipartisan. and all we're asking -- all we're asking -- is what construction industry officials want us to do and that is to stop the uncertainty about future federal funding levels for highway and transit repairs. we know that the bill we passed in the senate is a good bill. it's not as big as a lot of us wanted and it's not as sm

have control over all the waters over all-america so they introduced a bill one was the senator from wisconsin and a house member was from one of the northern states power cord zero remember which but not only did we overwhelmingly defeat the legislation but the public defeated them in the next election now the president is trying to do what they cannot do through legislation and regulation. the senator from western union is right because it is very interesting talk about the ignitions the first was 2002 and then the lieberman bill in 2008 bin the waxman bill that we never even got to vote on. so what they're trying to do before legislatively is now it doesn't force accountability. so one other statement this thing that will take place place, that united asian imports:every year i can remember when they did it in 2009 that would be copenhagen several people went over there hillary and policy and john kerry to tell the 100 and 92 countries that are meeting in copenhagen to tell them we would pass after given their testimony and then to come back on the next flight. that was the most enjoyable t

people of color, not just in the south but in the midwest now in states that were once very progressive, wisconsin, michigan, states where civil rights was sponsored by those governments, those states, those governors, those legislatures are now taking away rights. i'm not comfortable speaking of post-civil rights america. i would be interested to know what you guys think. >> i agree with that. and i think no serious academic really use that term anymore, other than a strawman sort of category. that it would ask the question of what has changed and what hasn't, right, what is truly different from what is new and what is continuous across our history. a couple of things. that jump out with regard to wealth and income inequality. the first is the rise in income based residential segregation. most people don't realize this but blacks actually used to live in fairly similar circumstances. poor blacks lived around wealthy blacks. today, income segregation has jumped much more up on blacks than among other groups. so that something that is a truly disdain. the second thing i think is maybe distinct, may

of color, not just in the south but in the midwest now, in states that were once very progressive, wisconsin, michigan, states where civil rights was sponsored by those governments, those states, those governors, those legislatures, are now taking away rights, and so i'm not comfortable speaking of post civil rights america. i would be interesting know what you guys think. >> i agree with that. i think no serious academic really uses that term anymore as others in a straw-man sort of category. if we were to ask the question of -- what is truly different, what is new, and what is continuous, across our hoyt, i think there's a couple of things that jump out with regard to wealth and income inequality. the first is the rise in income based residential segregation. most people don't realize this but blacks actually used to live in fairly similar circumstances, poor blacks lived around wealthy blacks. today income segregation has jumped much more among blacks than among other groups. so that's something that is truly distinct. the second thing i think is maybe distinct, maybe continuous, is level

current speaker of the house and others are pressuring house ways and means committee chair paul ryan of wisconsin to run for speaker. he has said in the past he does not want to run for speaker. the two republican conference officially's still in the race for the speakership, daniel webster and jason jj fits also spoke to reporters after today's gop conference meeting. >> there are two candidates. all of a sudden it was three. now there are two again. there may be more. but it does not change. >> get together. >> a unifieda unified conference. >> that is a big issue. what we started working on. and then some rules changes which were yesterday. those arethose are some key things. lots of members would like to see us modify in some ways the rules and then use them. right now we don't use our rules. werules. we circumvent them every day which is the problem. >> usually it is about. >> but you are still in. >> i am. >> if elected speaker would you? >> do what? >> here, you may have misunderstood. the speaker empowers a member to be successful. a power base system, the speaker and others make all the

and next saturday we're life from the wisconsin book festival in madison. our coverage will include david maraniss be' look at detroit in 1963, evan thomas on the life and political career of richard nixon, and former labor secretary robert rice will weigh in on the current state of the economy. that's a look at some of the author programs booktv will be covering this upcoming week. many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> in march of 1911, in a famous be incident that many of you know, 146 young female, mostly immigrant workers died at the triangle shirtwaist factory fire in new york. .. two years later the cost of tha. because it was in downtown new york on the lower east side, famous people saw this happen. wealthy people saw this happen. literally saw the workers who made their close died. because of that they finally begin to identify with these workers and began to file for accountability in this industry, so that leads to a series of reforms on workers, on business safety, fire safe

that legislation was offered by -- six years ago by senator feingold of the senate -- he is from wisconsin -- and congressman oberstar from minnesota. and not only did we defeat overwhelmingly their legislation, we defeated them at the polls the next election. so it gives you an idea of the unpopularity of this. and so what the president is trying to do there is what he was not able to do with legislation, do with regulation. well, that's the way it is with co2 emissions. so india had sent this thing over. it's the third-largest co2 emit,only behind china and the united states and it's demand for coal is expected to surpass the united states consumption by the end of a decade unless the united states helps front kindi- front india with the cash for its plan. it is not happening. as a member of this body, we're going to do everything we can to stop it. we'll be successful. we know for a fact that that's not what america wants to do. that's india. then we have china who has pledged to peak its carbon emissions around 2030. they've changed that date. it's still 2030? around 2030 and increase

through the great lakes carry goods and passengers across the region and tourists in michigan, minnesota, wisconsin, illinois, indiana, ohio, pennsylvania and new york take in their beautiful coastlines each year. unfortunately, michiganders know all too well the devastating consequences of a pipeline break and what it can do to an economy and to its natural resources. five years ago, we experienced one of the largest inland oil spills in u.s. history with a six-foot break in the line 6-b pipeline in marshall, michigan. oil flowed for nearly 17 hours before it was eventually shut off. spilling more than 800,000 gallons of heavy crude, contaminating 35 miles of the kalamazoo river and ultimately racking up a cleanup cost of $1.2 billion. an independent investigation after the spill concluded that the pipeline operators -- operators' inadequate procedures, as well as weak federal regulations all played a major role in this disastrous spill. the kalamazoo disaster, along with several other devastating pipeline explosions and spills, prompted a sweeping pipeline safety bill to be signed into law in ear

oxnard, california jumped the tracks and on march 26, 21 cars derailed in illinois near the border with wisconsin. five of the cars caught fire. i am a firm believer that elected officials need to be on the ground in emergency situations supporting first responders and assisting those in need. i was impressed by ms. feinberg's response to the mt. carbon derailment in west virginia which i was there firsthand is watch. five weeks into her new job, she executed an efficient and effective federal response that was one of the best i've ever seen in my experience as an elected official in the and a public servant. there are a throt of smart policy people in washington, d.c., but the best policy in the world won't meaning a thing if it doesn't tran light into anything in the real world. care rase response to the mt. carbon accident showed me she understood and gave me faith in her ability not to just lead but to listen to the people that were here that we're here to serve. the increase in domestic energy production has been an engine of economic growth and the energy information agency predicts that gr

phd 19th century british literature university of wisconsin from a senior the american enterprise institute from 94 to today, second lady of the united states 2001 to 2009, member of the board of lockheed for several years. cohost of cnn's crossfire, and author of the teen books. first of all, you used the term cheating and i know there's been talk about how to pronounce cheney -- has become cheney in today's world. how do you say? >> guest: cheney. this is a good one. this is about dick going to a family remembers oldest living relative is. so there had been this question that cheney versus cheney. he goes for his uncle was standing with this very odd dog. he jumps in and makes you nervous. he went over and said uncle art, tommy is said cheney or cheney? they said thank you. he wants out of there but he doesn't want to be rude so he says what kind of dog is this. uncle art says it's a big old. so that leaves you perpetually confused. >> host: it's a little confusing because you said it right on the air. do you remember classmate named tl quan h.? c-span traveled to casper wyoming. about yo

one was a senator feingold from wisconsin. the house member was congressman oberstar from one of the northern states -- i don't remember which one it was. but they introduced the bill to take the word "navigable" out. well, this not only -- not only did we overwhelmingly defeat the legislation, but the public defeated the two of them in the next election. now, the president is trying too do what he was not able to do through legislation through regulation. same thing is true -- the senator from west virginia is right when he talked about what the -- what they are trying to do. and it is really interesting when you look at this bill. this is -- we're talking about the emissions of co2. well, the first bill that was introduced was 2002. it was the mccain-lieberman bill. weigh defeated that. the next one was the mccain-lieberman bill in 2005. the third was the warner-lieberman bill, then we had the waxman-markey bill that we never even got the vote on because nobody was going to vote on it. what they failed to be able to do legis

senate that the house has passed a bill stating that paul ryan, rea representative from the state of wisconsin, has been elected speaker of the house of representatives of the 114th congress. the presiding officer: the message will be received. the senator from washington. ms. stabenow: mr. president, if i might just wrap up one statement. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: i know that -- the presiding officer: the senator from michigan had been interrupted. the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: i want to thank my colleagues who are such great leaders on the export-import bank. the senator from washington, senator cantwell and senator heitkamp from north dakota. i just want to put on the record that 100 businesses in michigan alone were assisted in a billion dollars in exports, which means jobs in michigan last year. we can't wait. we need those jobs. our businesses need the support. we need to get this done now. thank you. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: mr. president, i ask that following my remarks,

one was a senator feingold from wisconsin. the house member was congressman oberstar from one of the northern states -- i don't remember which one it was. but they introduced the bill to take the word "navigable" out. well, this not only -- not only did we overwhelmingly defeat the legislation, but the public defeated the two of them in the next election. now, the president is trying too do what he was not able to do through legislation through regulation. same thing is true -- the senator from west virginia is right when he talked about what the -- what they are trying to do. and it is really interesting when you look at this bill. this is -- we're talking about the emissions of co2. well, the first bill that was introduced was 2002. it was the mccain-lieberman bill. weigh defeated that. the next one was the mccain-lieberman bill in 2005. the third was the warner-lieberman bill, then we had the waxman-markey bill that we never even got the vote on because nobody was going to vote on it. what they failed to be able to do legis

that came from the states of michigan and wyoming, wisconsin and utah. again led by the governors and the governors and the nga help the congress write the bill. again a great example of what can do if we combined our thinking and help the congress solves the challenges of the day one of the areas where i'm proud of utah again it's in our innovation for transportation. transportation takes the budget we have as we build infrastructure in the fast-growing state like utah across the country. and how we spend it by having regulation reform streamlining the process allows this and that to save money to build roads. one of the innovations we have had in utah is when they come to intersections and have to build bridges the traditional way is to have construction going on to build the bridge in place and it might take six months or a year and have disruption of traffic flow. we found a way to in fact build the bridge to the side of the road so it does not disrupt traffic flow and with mechanical devices and transportation with the little joystick you put on you

announced that it plans to relocate over 300 jobs from wisconsin to canada as a result of ex-im bank closing its doors. when this happened, my office was flooded with inquiries from a number of constituents concerned about what would happen to their community and their own job security if a similar decision was made in michigan. in the month since ex-im bank's authorization has lapsed, g.e. has signed deals with export credit agencies in competitor foreign nations, creating jobs abroad instead of right here in the united states. as a ansar from a -- as a senator from a state with world-class engineering and manufacturing talent, i am frankly appalled by these developments, especially when we have already seen the benefits that the bank has produced for michigan's economy and workers in my state, as well as across the country. the work done by the ex-im bank is especially critical to michigan manufacturers who fight to compete with countries using extreme and unfair measures such as direct subsidies or currency manipulation to boost their own manufacturing sectors. according to ex-im