And freedom. Inspire them to be stewards of your will as you answer their cries for help. Lord, listen to their fervent prayers as they wait expectantly for your deliverance. Keep our senators on the right path of your prevailing providence and surround them with the shield of your love. Defend them with your heavenly grace and give them the courage to face perils with total trust in you. We pray in your sovereign name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. 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. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley one minute for morning business, please. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley you watch the news or read the newspapers and you know that theres a lot of deliberations going on to help with the problems that we have of
Administrative bloat in running universities. The ideological faculty. University enrollment is starting to decline because of demographic reasons and of course the whole of the issue of the Overland College dispute where the gibsons bakery was awarded 44 million in damages which was a very exciting thing and as people in the college are beside themselves. I think one of Charles Cousins went to over land and totally turned her into a marxist. So i am steve is a fellow at Governmental Affairs at berkeley and i hired steve back in 1991 he was our second hire. Lisa sawyer who was there when i joined pri. He and steve was a Ronald Reagan distinguished professor at pepperdine and a first conservative professor in a university of colorado bolder, 20132014. I think one of the most exciting things about steve, hes behind powerline. If you dont read powerline you should. The best things are the pictures. And every weekend we are laughing over the pictures. If you dont get it, you will. And one
Families so they can be rea for anything. Comcast along with these Television Companies support cspan2 as a public service. Author and professor douglas, you describe yourself in your latest survival of the richest, the impact of Digital Technology and not a futurist. Whats the difference between the two . Beatrice is usually someone you come to to tell you whats going to happen in the future. I have been right a lot so they call me a futurist but really i am a present test, more interested in looking in describing accurately what is happening right now and thats usually an easier way to know whats going to happen in the future but i dont usually talk about it, futurist seen or propagandist fighting for the future they want to see or positions the company is in the best place for as a consultant the most needed place and get interested in the future by scaring them about this is going to happen or that but if you are present which is really more what i am, a cultural anthropologist or
Europe up more than 1 , benchmark yields relatively stable around 1. 29 futures point to a strong open as tax reform rolls through congress. We did get the meg amerger, cvs health is buying aetna it is the largest deal. Broadcom taking First Step Towards a hostile takeover of qualcomm 11 nominees to qualcomms board. Futures rallying after the Senate Tax Reform bill was passed Early Saturday Morning. Next up is conferencing the house and Senate Versions of that bill. Republicans expressing optimism, theyll get a final bill to the president s desk by christmas and a lot written over the weekend suggests theres more similarity than differences. I think where we were midday, the report that caused one the suspension of brian ross, and a belief that nothing could happen and the senate could fail, we got a classic tip down 350 points it turned out to be once again an amazing buy opportunity and now, a lot of analysts will be stuck raising numbers i say stuck because theres so much people who
Frank mcadams were you supportive of the war when you volunteered in the marine corps question. I was very supportive of it, so were the members of my class, the 42nd officer candidate class. Mike class lost 44 killed over there. I often wondered what some of those young men couldve done for their lives how they survive. How long were you over there. 12 months and 23 days days. What did you learn . I learned that war is hell, like the man said. Sometimes the wrong people and up running things which put me into a moral to mende dilemma with my company commander. Hes the most despicable person i ever met. I found out after a few incidents that i was working for captain quaid. The day that Robert Kennedy was shot he did a little tap dance in his office, the Office Clerks told us told us that he said it was about time that someone shot that commie sonofabitch. And he was checking the lot lines last night and he found amount of earth with a wooden headstone with his name on it. He got the m