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Featuring jon batiste and stay human and now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen hey audience chanting Stephen Stephen thanks, everybody piano riff cheers and applause welcome to the late show. cheers and applause whoo piano riff thanks, everybody. Welcome to the late show. Im Stephen Colbert. Well, the g. O. P. s new healthcare bill cleared its first hurdle early this morning, when it was passed by the house ways and means committee, after roughly 18 hours of debate. And anyone whos spent 18 hours trying to pass something...

Human and now live on tapesuiv tater k city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen hey audience chanting Stephen Stephen thanks, everybody piano riff cheers and applause welcome to the late show. cheers and applause whoo thanks, everybody. Welcome to the late show. Im Stephen Colbert. Well, the g. O. P. s new healthcare bill cleared its first hurdle early this morning, when it was passed by the house ways and means committee, after roughly 18 hours of debate. And anyone whos spent 18 hours trying to pass something knows laughter knows what you get at the end. Jon oh cheers and applau...

Well, thank you for that but lets start things a little more formally if we can. Id like everybody who can rise to rise and lets say the pledge of allegiance. Shall we . 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. Thank you. I want you to know im here because i work for you. [ applause ] and my im not here to lecture at you. My hope is that we all learn something from each other tonight. There is some other people who work for you that i want to introduce to you. T...

The guest chaplain mr. President , members of the senate, may the lord be with you. Let us bow our heads in reference to his presence. God, our help in ages past, be our comfort still. Thank you for this great, great nation, and its foundation of one nation, under god, indivisible. Thank you, lord, that we can emphasize indivisible. Thank you for the liberty, the justice, and the freedoms we enjoy. We pray for all who walk these hallowed halls where lifechanging, worldchanging decisions are made. Bless this austere gathering of men and women chosen by you and the American People to serve us al...

Of the republic from 1789. George Washingtons Mount Vernon hosted this event. Ms. Dunn i am the chief of staff at george Washingtons Mount Vernon. You are in for a wonderful presentation. I would like to take a moment to thank Ford Motor Company for supporting george Washingtons Mount Vernon and continuing to fun this opportunity. I would also like to recognize some special guests. We have our George Washington leadership fellows here, 16 fivents spending weeks immersed into a leadership program. They are here through the generosity of david rubenstein, who helped us conceive of the idea to ha...