along with my many colleagues at time, including from border states like allen simpson, mark hatfield from oregon. we worked in a bipartisan effort. i participated as a member of the select committee and commission on immigration and refugee policy, along with my friend strom thurman, allen simpson, ted kennedy. the committee issued a report in 1981 which led to passage of comprehensive immigration reform bill during president reagan's administration. let me remind everyone, president reagan supported that bill, setting of a date to grandfather those in this country who were here illegal with a pathway to citizenship if they did not have a criminal record. i continue to work hard to see that this happens and occurs. many ask why our efforts did id not work way back in 1981. there's an answer. we did not secure the borders, even though we passed competitive immigration reform. former senator pete dough minute neech chi chaired the appropriation appropriations committee and constantly added earmarks, money not in the budget, and often it was taken out for other reasons. the -- at that t

that's a free ad for allen simpson and erskine bowles. i want to thank members of the diplomatic corps and the business people who are here, i understand vice president sambo of nigeria is here. i love the country, i do a lot of work there. i want to thank my friend fred hawkberg i think has been a great president of the ex-im bank. [ applause ] vice chair rhonda felton, larry walters, shawn mull vainy, thank you very much. this audience is full of people who once worked for me and i hate to start mentioning them but i can't -- i want to thank kevin varney who is marshalling the ex-im people through the photo line in the back. he will always have a special place in my heart. he and his sister in my administration because he was so kind to my late stepfather who passed away a couple years ago at 92. thank you, tom mcdonald, tom o'donnell, tim keating, thank you very, very much for everything you did. phil caplin, all of the others who are here who worked in the white house or in the administration. i'm saying this because support for the e

and at 10:00, a book party with allen simpson. book tv in prime time, all week on c-span 2. >>> four years ago, i was a washington outsider. four years later, i'm at this dinner. four years ago, i looked like this. today i look like this. and four years from now, i will look like this. that's not even funny. >> mr. president, you remember when the country rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. that was your best one yet. but honestly, it's a thrill for me to be here with the president. a man who has done his best to guide us through difficult times and paid a heavy price for it. there's a turn for guys like president obama. probably not two terms. >> miss any part of the dinner? you can watch online at the c-span video library. behind the scenes, the red carpet, and all the entertainme entertainment. >>> john brennan, the assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism confirmed the use of drones and terrorist strikes at an event in washington, d.c. here's a clip from the event.

[laughter] >> i saw senator allen simpson speak. he's demoralized. i want to say something about that. one of the bravest things i did in life. i wore an i like iraq. i know,izer headquarter was flawened. we had a panel on it. i love iraq because -- ike. they were reasonable and sane. he did not want to get into another -- he was i argue -- and, you know, he did attack the military. i hunger for the day when we had a republican party that was reasonable and could keep the democratic party in check. it's sad this day in age. i interviewed richard nixon. there's a blerp on my other book. it's a sad day in america when i look back on richard nixon. thank you all very much for coming. great panel: >> it was within a few months, and my mother followed him very quickly, and suddenly i went being from being a child with parents to without parents and becoming one of my own, and i took on that position. in 2005, i lost friends, an mortality was weighing on my relatively heavily at the time and i was grappling with what it meant and my place in time in the un

at 10:00 a book party with allen simpson and donald hardy. a biography of the wyoming senator. book tv in primetime all week on c-span2. >> four years ago i was a washington outsider. four years later, i'm at this dinner. four years ago, i looked like this. today i look like this. and four years from now, i will look like this. [ applause ] that's not even funny. >> mr. president, you remember -- you remember when the country rallied around you in hopes of a better tomorrow. that was hilarious. that was your best one yet. but honestly, it's a thrill for me to be here with the president, a man who is i think done his best to guide us through some very difficult times and paid a heavy price for it. there's a term for guys like president obama, probably not two terms, but -- there is. >> miss any part of the white house correspondents dinner? you can watch anytime online at the c-span video library behind the scenes, the red carpet, and all the entertainment at cspan.org/videolibrary. >>> homeland security sicktary told congress the secret service's conduct in colombia suz inexcus

almost two years ago my very, very good friend of 70 years, former republican senator allen kay simpson of wyoming and i, a former democrat, member of congress. agreed to lend our names to this leaders series, in order to present to washington center students distinguished individuals who have exemplified not only the high honor of public service, but the ability to engage in the statesmanship, that this country and the whole world so desperately needs in these very challenging times. this is a forum, excuse me, for intelligent discussion on important issues of the day that transcend party affiliation. i was just completing a stint as the secretary of commerce in the clinton administration when i was asked by president-elect bush and vice president elect cheney to join their administration in an act of bipartisanship to serve as their secretary of transportation. so i know a little about bipartisanship. vice president cheney and i had a very special relationship. one that was cemented on the fateful tragic day of september 11, 2001. during which i gave the first order in american histor

70 yr republican smart allen k. simpsonmocrat, member of congress, agreed to lend our names to this leader's series in order to present to washington center students distinguished individuals who have exemplified not only the high honor of public service but the ability to engage in the statesmanship that this country and the whole world so desperately need in these very challenging times. this is a forum for intelligent discussion on important issues of the day that transcend party affiliation and encourages bipartisan solutions. i was just completing a stint at the secretary of commerce in the clinton administration when i was asked by president-elect bush and vice president elect cheney to join share administration in an acts of bipartisanship to serve as their secretary of transportation. i know a little bit about bipartisanship. vice president cheney and i have a very special relationship, one that was cemented on that faithful tragic day of september 11, 2001. during which i gave the first order in american history to