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Inside story. Welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez. During his public career, jack kemp was celebrated as a different kind of republican, comfortable with minority americans, concerned with the challenges of the poor, interested in the health of cities. This past weekend in south carolina, the policy forum that bares the former nfl quarterback, new york congressman, and housing and urban development secretarys name was convened by his pro tocchet tocchet. Yes, some progress has been made, but ...

Lobbiest turned around and supported the American People and passed policies that upset his former colleagues greatly. Host and gigi sohn is special council through the fcc and Gautham Nagesh and with the wall street journal. We look forward to having you back. I love the show. I will be back. Cspan created by companies 30 years ago and brought to you as a service by your local cable or satellite provider. Coming up, former graze congressman talks about his trip to iran and scott talks about edu...

Talk about a small world, though. It blows your mind. Back to your point, i arrived inat 3 30 in the morning and i think every light was on when i flew in. Was it thursday night . It may have been. Anyway every light that you can imagine was on and there wasnt a cloud in the sky so it was a great view as you arrived. We arrived and i should identify doctor here sitting in the front row and he was my guide as we landed there. One of the funny things that happened is we got off the plane and went ...

Energy the energy issues. But i went on because of the Health Policy. And on that committee, Health Policy was not just medicare, or medicaid, but also Public Health, and Environmental Issues that affect health. So one of the areas that i quickly became involved in, for decades, was the Clean Air Act, because the Clean Air Act and the Safe Drinking Water law and other such environmental laws related to Public Health. And you spent i mean, you describe this as being a constituent issue for medica...

Glass ceiling and equal pay and equal work status. Well, you would think so. As representative is here. Hi. Hi. Why dont we again, the Glass Ceiling still very much exists even though we are female representatives who can and do make a difference, but its still my colleagues on the other side who dont want to pass the pay equity, who dont want to do things that help the family, especially the women whos normally the head of the house in latino families in terms of raising children, educating the...

Mcconnell in a bad position because theyre going to have to fracture their confidence. This is what happens in washington. Its finding something that ewan fies your side and defies the other. The House Republicans felt good about this plan. Building stronger communities through schools. Thats a hard panel to follow from the first one i have to say. That was an amazing panel and we heard great information. And we will do the same here. By name is robert and im the president and ceo of the Freeman...

Do you do anything about that . Were very concerned as well. The most simple, direct step thats been taken many times before under both parties is a small reallocation of the payroll tax. And we ought to take that step and make sure that those who have earned these benefits get those benefits. Well lets and i dont mean to interrupt you because i dont have a lot of time. So, what youre doing is basically ignoring the fact that its exhausted and transferring the money. Lets be honest. When you say...

And here on cspan, our life running except that newbies our life programming except that newbies did. Noon eastern. President obama travels to princeton, indiana today, talking about the economy. We will have that life for you here on cspan. On cspan2, a discussion on the use of military drones. Author Richard Whittle has written predator the secret origins of the drone revolution. We mentioned president obamas scheduled speech on the economy. It is likely he will talk about the latest unemploym...

How do you see the governors race playing out in louisiana . In terms of my timeline, it will be the next few months. My wife and i continue to think about it. As we were saying earlier, i think everybody is thinking about this. Who is the next president is not as important as what the next president does. We face serious challenges. This is an election that will be a series election, not just about who can tell the best jokes or deliver the best speech. This is a consequential election about th...

And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Please welcom Jeffrey Sachs back to this program, one of the worlds leading experts in fight against poverty which has taken him to more than 125 countries. He joins us tonight for an assessment of the president s address earlier this evening. More important to talk about raising the standard of living for the poor and around the globe. Always an honor to have you on this program. Itsqif you, tavis. Let me jump to some of...