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A senator are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer no, we are not. A senator thank you, madam president. I rise today because its my honor to introduce my colleague who actually needs no introduction but still for this speech today. Mr. Hoeven i have the pleasure to introduce kevin cramer who will be thriferring his delivering his official maiden speech to the senate. Ive known kevin for many years. Hes always been incredibly diligent worker for the people of north dakota. And he served our state in many different capacities. He served as tourism director and did a tremendous job promot...

the human impacts and the people that are impacted on all sides. i talked to people employed in the oil industry, oil executiv executives, fishers, environmentalists, policymakers. i spent a good deal of time in washington, d.c., talking to people here, policymakers here and down there. and the story that is told, and just to say i was just overwhelmed by the graciousness of people at the hardest point in their lives taking the in. >> you can watch this and other programs on line at booktv.or booktv.org. >> next martin marty appeared at the "chicago tribune" printer's row lit fest to...

♪ ♪ >> this event was part of freedom fest, a libertarian conference held annually in las vegas. here ye, freedom fest court is in session for this important trial of our beliefs. sog jeffrey verdon is residing over this hearing. please all rise for the judge. [laughter] [applause] please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, members of the jury, we are gathered here in the great sovereign state of nevada to decide the fate of public unions in america. in this hearing, we hope to discussion if the benefits, the public, and the taxpayers to have our civil servants at the federal, state...

marty. [applause] >> thank you very much. and welcome to the printers row lit fest. we're delighted to have this opportunity to talk with you about a particularly interesting idea, the idea of the biography not of a person, but of a book. and helping us to parse through that idea is the recent author of just such a biography, dr. martin marty, who is professor emeritus of history at the university -- of religious history at the university of chicago, as many of you already well kn...

and papers from prison. it's one of three books that's kicking off a series of such books from princeton university press. and to start our discussion, i want to read the press' description of what they're trying to do and then ask dr. marty to comment on it. they say that this new series recounting the complex and fascinating histories of important religious texts written for general readers by leading authors and experts is intended to trace how their reception, interpretation and influence have changed over time. often radically. as these stories remind us, all great religious boo...