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Years peterson being picked up the neighbors or family members picked up. So that plays out one way or as access to Reproductive Health care in the Africanamerican Community plays out a very different way. We take children away from African American single mothers. That is an aspect. In service of the society that is headed by one group and others are kept in places. That is the interrelationship piece. It is harder to grasp. The lived experience. All right. I said i would talk for 15 minutes. I will count on you to not let me ramble too much. So that is what i want to talk about today what do...

Obviously worked hard on welfare reform and adoption issues and trade issues, but at that time the Steering Committee was called committee on committees. You knew you were kind of in a government process. And it really is a campaign and its about the votes on that committee who determines who gets a seat on a Committee Like ways and means. So youre talking to every member on that committee and theres a particular member that i that really wasnt for me. And i just didnt know what to do and just sort out out of the blue i dialed president fords office in california. Had you met him . I wasnt sur...

[gavel] the house will be in order. Mr. Doorkeeper. The speaker elect, House Speaker Newt Gingrich from georgia. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the house, i first want to thank my democratic colleagues for their support and confidence. I noted we were a little short but i appreciate your friendship and your support. As you might imagine, this is not a moment that i had been waiting for. ]laughter] when you carry the mantle of progress, there is precious little glory in defeat but sometimes, we spend so much time l...

The clerk pthe house will be in order. Mr. Doorkeeper. The doorkeeper mr. Clerk the speakerelect, Newt Gingrich representative from georgia and the escort committee. Its a whole new world. Mr. Gephardt ladies and gentlemen of the house, i first want to thank my democratic colleagues for their support and their confidence. I noted we were a little short. But i appreciate your friendship and your support. As you might imagine this is not a moment that i had been waiting for. When you carry the mantel of progress, there is precious little glory in defeat. But sometimes we spend so much time talki...

I do. Congratulations mr. Speaker. [applause] in 1999 incoming speaker dennis hastrd allowed cspan to follow him around. Well see that footage along with his opening day remarks. But first, can you tell us what was his political reputation among his republican colleagues . What made him an attractive candidate for speaker . Dennis hastert came in in the wake of the gingrich revolution and as i mentioned some of the problems that caused newt to exit so quickly in 1999. So there was a lot of healing that needed to be done and hastert was someone who was well liked by the republicans. He served 2...