Own, worked up. So many people have no idea you need towork, bring us the workweek, the pensions, unions, the folks who brought us the weekend. I wanted to explain to people, unions have achieved a whole lot in american history, but now they are really in decline and have really taken it on the chin. As a result, things are considerably worse for workers than was the case 30, 40 years ago. Featured nonfiction authors this weekend and every weekend on booktv on cspan two. Fall, the this National Press club hosted a spelling bee competition between journalists and lawmakers. This event was first held in 1913 and was reestablished in 2013. [applause] you, julie. Some entertaining programming tonight. Congress has not yet delayed the spelling bee a national holiday, so some of our competitors are still at work, the politicians are still on the hill for late votes, so we will do things a little differently. We will have the journalists compete for their champion, and when the politicians ar
Are making, this should be taken seriously, when taking about sending a Christmas Present to donald trump. I dont think that is a box of chocolates part they will probably test a longrange missile in coming days. They have ramped up the rhetoric. There has not been much agreement between the two sides. President trump has met three times with kim jongun. Not much has come of that. Sidesly because both fundamentally disagree about what they want from each other. The United States is looking for a total denuclearization. Kim jongun will not denuclearize. He might offer some more inspections but he wants sanctions limited. Host President Trump has said he likes to sit down and talk facetoface. Yet previous president s have said we will meet but only if we have an agreement to begin with. Trump,i think president and i say this in my book, one of his advisors i quote, President Trump puts an emphasis on interpersonal relationships, they can certainly be helpful. Ultimately, diplomacy is abo
There are few people in washington, d. C. , and in america had the impact of senator Johnny Isakson. Think of senator isakson, no question, there are come to our s that mind. Senator, you are, you have been incredible statesman, a phenomenal leader, both in here in the United States senate, and in our country. Thank you t to say for all that you have done for us. First personally when i came to congress, you were one of the first individuals to and to give me advice and encouragement and to day, every time i see you, you do that. And you will never know how much means. I just want to publicly state isakson, senator isakson, is a hero for people country. S this your brilliant mind and your leadership will always be here. We say thank you from the bottom our heart. May god bless you and your family as you go into this next chapter. You. I yield back. Mr. Scott madam speaker, rise my colleagues and i to honor the legislative legacy and the life of my good friend and fellow georgia bulldog
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Programming tonight. Congress has not yet delayed the spelling bee a national holiday, so some of our competitors are still at work, the politicians are still on the hill for late votes, so we will do things a little differently. We will have the journalists compete for their champion, and when the politicians arrive they will battle it out, and the winner of each round will go headtohead to find out who is the champion. So, lets get started. Competing for the press team this year is our defending fromion, Alexandra Petri the washington post. [applause] im still smarting because she beat me last year. John donnelly of cq roll call, a long time press club member. Hey, john. [applause] f npr, myheslow o former colleague. [applause] tillman of buzzfeed. [applause] we have a buzzfeed crowd here. [laughter] cheating, she brought a second competitor. [laughter] gangitano from the hill. [applause] from theawsey washington post. There you are. [applause] eric geller of politico. [applause] is