and alan simpson and erskine bowles, they had no skin in the game.hey were trying to lobby for a political appointment. and so it gave the results much more credibility. and so there is no way whenever she comes up with will have any credibility at all. this is a joke and they hope that the media pays attention to it for part of that distraction strategy. that is all. >> we now know where they like to be a part of this. whether it is criminal or whether it will doom the presidential prospects. i'm not interested in that. but i think it does reveal quite clearly where the media seems to be placing the interest right now. the very real and ongoing scandal and something at least that happened some time ago. >> yes. like you, i consider this whole irs scandal much bigger. and they have spent more time covering not than they ever spent on the irs scandal. this is a joke and it's another poke in the eye for the american people so the president can president can stand up and say we did an investigation and we didn't find anything wrong. neil: thank you, my

i always liked what former senator alan simpson used to say, he said washington is the only place where sound travels faster than light. so i know it's a fast-paced kind of place. i appreciate your taking time to come and think about this stuff today. we have a copy of the book for you if you'd like to have it. chapter five is really kind of the current, most relevant part to today, so if you want to read one piece of it, take a look at that. thank you for coming, and we'll stand adjourned. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> we'd like to hear from you. tweet us your feedback, twitter.com/booktv. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> host: and joining us for our conversation this week on "the communicators" is the senior republican on the federal communications commission, ajit pai. commissioner pai, this is the week that the net neutrality decision came down, and part of your response to this -- i want to read it for our audience, get you to expand a little bit on it. for the second time in four y

i would like what former senator alan simpson used to say. he said washington is the only place where sound travels faster than light and so i know that it is aas

i would like what former senator alan simpson used to say. he said washington is the only place where sound travels faster than light and so i know that it is a fast-paced kind of place. i appreciate you taking time to come to think about this today. we have copy of the book if you like to have it. chapter 5 is the current, most relevant part today. if you want to take a piece of it look at that. thank you for coming and we'll stand adjourned. [applause] >> you're watching booktv, non-fiction authors and books every weekend on c-span2. >> from the 30th an maul miami book fair international on the campus of miami-dade college, congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz discussing her book, for the next generation, a wake-up call to solving your nation's problems. this is about 45 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. please take your seats. we're about to begin. good afternoon and welcome. my name is malu harrison, pleasure to welcome each and everyone ever you here this afternoon. happy anniversary to miami book fair initter national. 30 years in

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