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Ladies and gentlemen, my is jim byron and i have the honor of being the president and ceo of the Richard Nixon foundation, and i want to welcome you to the Richard Nixon library on this very wet day today. Thank you. Today, 50 years after the end of combat operations by American Forces in vietnam, we recognize Vietnam Veterans and the service that they provide to our country in uniform in the 1960s and seventies. And then after coming home, members of their community who went on to be forces for...

Want to welcome you to the Richard Nixon president ial library on this very wet day. Today, thank you. Today, 50 years after the end of combat operations by American Forces in vietnam, we recognize Vietnam Veterans in the service they provided to our country. In uniform in the 1960s and 70s, and then after coming home as members of their community who went on to be forces for good. He. And it is newly, we remember and pay tribute today to those who never came home, or remain missing in action. Y...

About his decision. This is 20 minutes. Mr. President , i rise today to address a matter that is very much on my mind. At a moment when it seems that our democracy is more defined by the discord and dysfunction than by our own values and principles. Let me begin by noting the obvious point that these offices that we hold are not ours indefinitely, indefinitely, and we are not here simply to mark time. Sustained incumbency is not the point of seeking office, and there are times when we must risk ...

You saw kentucky senator rand paul coming out and members of the Senate Republicans had their weekly conferences. Democrats, to but on the republic inside their meeting with President Trump for the first time up on capitol hill for one of these tuesday mornings. Were expecting comments from leaders shortly and the senate gaveling in momentarily. Cant bring those, live to you on cspan2 we are streaming them live online at cspan. Org. We will take you back to the next senate floor. Live coverage o...

Freedoms and institution, the flagrant disregard for truth andes enzi, the and decency, the provocation for the most petty reasons, reasons having nothing to do with the fortunes of the people we have been elected to serve. Nonethese appalling features of our current politics should ever be regarded as normal. We must never allow ourselves to lapse into thinking that is just the way things are now. If we simply become used to condition, thinking that it is just politics as usual, then heaven hel...

Morning. Join the discussion. Kevin hassett, the head of the president s council of economic advisors, testifies wednesday before the joint Economic Committee on tax reform. Live coverage begins at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan3. Online at cspan. Org. Or listen on the free cspan radio app. All five members of the federal Communications Commission testify wednesday on a number of topics including media ownership, the f. C. C. Emergency Responder Network and net neutrality. Our lye coverage begins ...

Depends on it, because it does. I plan to spend the remaining 14 months of my senate term doing just that. Mr. President , the graveyard is full of indispensable men and women. None of us here is indispensable. Nor were even the great figures of history who toiled at these very desks in this very chamber to shape the country that we have inherited. What is indispensable are the values that they consecrated in philadelphia and in this place. Values which have endured and will endure for so long a...

Announcer Arizona Republican senator jeff flake announced he will not be seeking reelection in 2018. Senator flake has been a vocal critic of donald trump. From his remarks, we hear Mitch Mcconnell and fellow arizona senator john mccain stop this is 20 minutes. Mr. President , i rise today to address matters which i very much been on my mind. At a moment when it seems that our democracy is more defined by thaniscord and dysfunction by our own values and principles, let me begin the somewhat noti...

Our own values and principles. Let me begin by noting a somewhat obvious point that these offices we hold are the offices we hold are not ours. State incumbents he is not the point of seeking office. Time. It must also be said that i rise today with no small measure of regret, regret because of the state of our disunion, regret because of the disrepair and destructiveness of our politics, regret because of indecency of our discourse, regret because of the leadership, regret because of the compro...

[inaudible conversations] next up from the san antonio book festival, Tim Hernandez reports on the 1948 california plane crash that killed four crewmembers and 28 mexican citizens were being deported. The fifth annual then in 200 book festival and i want to thank the Southwest School of arts and the library for their generous donation of their space, beautiful space, for the book festival. We also, given given the age we live in, want to encourage all of you to use your social media talk about t...