eastern on saturday may 20th, the 27th, the 29th memorial day and june 3rd on c-span and c-span.org. >>> next, a conversation with republican representative neal dunn from florida's second congressional district. he sat down with us to talk about his medical career in the military, and his legislative priorities as a new member of the congress. from capitol hill, this is ten minutes. >>> congressman neal dunn, what were you doing before you joined the u.s. house of representatives? >> i was a surgeon in panama city during neurological surgery and i've been doing that there for 25 years or so. >> and what was your practice? and why did you decide to go to panama city to open it? >> oh, so panama city my wife and i chose that after careful thought when i got out of the army back in 1990. we wanted to go to a place that was friendly to the military. you remember that the country hasn't always been friendly to veterans. it is now, but in that era around bay county, all along the coast there of gulf coast of florida has always been very, very friendly to veterans of all sorts. and so we f

you can also follow live on spoin.org and our free c-span aid olango and on c-span.org. on tuesday the center for american progress hosts a day long conference looking at national security, the economy, and civic engagement. the morning session includes house minority leader nancy plosey and senators amy klobuchar and chris murphy at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. you can also watch online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> we need physicians and health professionals who are competent, problem solvers, life long learners, team leaders, consensus builders, indeed, who are business managers, and who can share power constructively and gracefully. >> i would just hope that you would understand what this responsibility means. that it means reaching out. it means caring about more than yourself. it means asking about we rather than me. >> have the fortitude to do the right thing not the easy thing. n't be somebody's lap dog or have the dourge speak the truth even when it is unpopular. >> i want to talk with you about being open to the unexpected, about ma

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warren at the university of massachusetts amherst, and senator rob portman at ashland university in ohio. this saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and seized on -- and c-span.org. live, today on c-span, "washington journal" is next. at 9:00 a.m., the u.s. house returns. off the floor members are invited to a classified briefing deputy attorney general rod rosenstein on the firing of fbi director james comey. up in 30 minutes on "washington journal,", congressman jim himes of connecticut, ranking member of the intelligence of committee on the nsa and cyber security, on the latest issues into the russianand -- into the interference. and representative kevin cramer from north dakota, on the future of the paris climate agreement and other international efforts to reduce climate change. ♪ host: good morning, it is friday, may 19. here are your morning headlines. the washington post reports that james comey made numerous efforts to keep his distance from the president. he expressed concerns that the president did not respect the agency's independence. though stories are on the heels of the president's news conference yesterday, where

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on may 20, 27, 29 -- memorial day -- and june 3 on c-span and c-span.org. really today, president trump and lonnie hosted an event at the white house to honor military mothers as part of national military appreciation month. this is 10 minutes. ladies, the president of the united states and mrs. trump. ♪ [applause] >> hello. what a friendly, beautiful group. you can even sit down, right? well, thank you. we love you very much. you are very special people. thank you for being here. so bright and festive. it is an honor to welcome to the white house active-duty servicemembers, military spouses -- we have a lot of spouses. and mothers of our men and women in uniform. i especially want to thank the spouses of the military ei aides. i am dealing with them all the time and they are incredible people. gretchen, jessica, kelly -- stand up, please. stand up. [applause] >> incredible people. great job. really, a great job you do. it isn't easy. it is a lot of work and we appreciate it. thank you. i have to say to all of the folks that work almost as hard -- can they

c-span2. and now live to the house floor here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, dr. bruce hargrave, bruce hargrave ministries and charities, rowlett, texas. the chaplain: let us pray. almighty god, we thank you this day for the bountiful blessings you have poured out upon the peoples of the united states of america. and to the men and women elected and assembled here today to serve the we the people. grant us, o god, your grace, knowledge and wisdom in the affairs that we will deliberate, debate and vote upon. may the outcome of our endeavors be for the great benefit of the american people. help these members as representatives of their various congressional districts be more than an elected representative. help each of them to be servant leaders, guiding all of us to greater heights and achievements, for all of the american people. i ask all of this in the name of jesus christ, our lord. men. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the las

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tory.n.org/his >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. and 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable-television companies. it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. on the phone with us on american history tv is lynn smith was an audiovisual artist at the museum and west branch i was. he made an interesting discovery recently. while working with the home movies belonging to president hoover and first lady, what did you find? >> it was an interesting thing i was working on a valuing the film measuring for shrinkage and i noticed some of the black and white films had lines on the frame. i pulled it out to make sure i wasn't seeing things, spots as it were. i noticed the edge code indicated that they were coded color. to me, that would be image of color being seen in the frame. but they weren't. 20's,ere early 30's, late and i did some research to discover that coded color film was an early precursor to kodachrome film. the design of these films, the mechanics of the film, the lines that i will looking

and c-span.org. >>> c-span. where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> next, a discussion about sanctuary cities and president trump's immigration-related executive orders, from law enforcement officials and advocates representing immigrants. held by the american bar association, this is two hours. >>> all right. good morning, everyone. welcome to this timely program titled sanctuary cities, legitimate law enforcement policy or rogue action, co-sponsored by the section of civil rights and social justice and the commission on immigration of the american bar association. my name is karen grise, i'm special counsel in the washington, d.c. office of fried frank harris shriver and jacobson. i serve as special adviser to the commission on immigration. i'm delighted to be your moderator this morning and delighted to be sharing the stage with this distinguished group of panelists

good morning to you and c-span. likewise. i'm a longtime listener. rather than critiquing the other callers, you quoted your "washington post" story. and the reason why news organizations put out stories that really have no basis and fact or you can call them fake news, they want to fill their pages but they don't want to tell you certain things. here have only of the stories they're avoiding. e, all the illegal taps to illegal unmasking and they will legal leaks. they're not covering that story. nobody's being prosecuted for it. and the other story that body's covering is how remarkable it was on the very same day we learn that comey may have had memos on trump. well you have to think comey's also got memos on obama and clinton. so the very same day we find out 's got memos, now you have a special counsel. the -- and we never found out at comey had on hillary or obama. and if i could interject one more, ali obama came in with his 40 thieves and got us all hooked on the opium that is free stuff, entitlements from the government. i would prefer that th

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29th, memorial day, and june c-span and c-span.org. >> regular europe money segment and joining us today is john inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction, good morning to you. you.: good morning to host: remind the viewers your job in afghanistan. special inspector general, my job is to oversee been 17 billion that has spent there as inspector general. i do criminal investigations, i issue a series of reports, traditional ig role in afghanistan. comes to looking at $117 billion, how are we spending?ar as guest: well, we're spending a ot of money, the problem is we haven't done it very wisely and the documented that for five years that i've been there, as well as my office has been around for a couple years before. we've wasted a lot of money in afghanistan. host: the recent report on april from rnered this headline "washington post," u.s. watch dog finds internal flaws hampering afghanistan war effort. you highlight what those are? guest: well, the security issues is a big issue. issue also is corruption. e have problems of intense corruption in the afghan military and the police

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and rob portman at ashland university. this saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span ductwork generaly attorney robert rosenstein briefed members of the house on former fbi director james comey's removal, following the meeting several numbers over the news media. chatter] mr. mccarthy: i thought it was informative. he did get ask a question that it was not classified, that we could answer it. one of the questions were public, of course he already said it, he didn't have any evidence that comey asked for resources, that all the resources were there. thank you. mr. cummings, please step to the mike please. mr. cummings: this was a classified briefing. so i can't really talk about it. but i can ll you that as a result of the briefing, i am still convinced that -- again, this is not about the briefing but my feelings -- there are three parts to this very significant moment in america's history.

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they were on c-span and c-span 2. there was nothing going on. >> but will you put an end to them? >> just a minute, these press conferences are like the biggest thing on daytime television. >> they are. >> ok? you see the ratings. >> yes. >> they're blowing away everything on just about everything on daytime television. what i'd love to do is stop th them. >> sean: we're going to preview more of president trump's interview with judge jeanine pirro in just a minute. the president, i will say this tonight, he's absolutely right, if the propaganda destroyed trump media, they're going to smear and slander him and his administration and his family and lie about facts and what he's done, why bother? why waste the energy trying to appease people who obviously hate his guts and want to destroy him and who twists his words and damage him every single day? the president, he doesn't need fake news media to reach you, the american people. so you know what? as long as they keep reporting fake news, bizarre conspiracy theories and show this bizarre fascination and paranoia about russia, how abo

what's more this year's commencement speeches on saturday, may 27. 20 ninth memorial day and june 3 on c-span and c-span.org. a rainy and president assad rouhani won reelection last week, capturing 57% of the votes and giving him a second four-year term during will also a romneyt u.s. agreements and the nuclear agreement signed during the obama administration.

this event is on the record and c-span onecast by and c-span radio. eventually a video will be posted. because of the c-span broadcast, we have actualize here which asked to the heat in the room and unfortunately, today, the air-conditioning chose to go out for the entire building in the room is packed with people so i'm going to encourage everyone to feel free to take off one layer of clothing. encourage the panelists to do that as well. if you see us sweating, it is not because we are worried about north korea. victor, let's start off with some thoughts from you. victor: it is a pleasure to be here. mark neglected to mention how we first met. you probably don't remember. mark: i remember. victor: i was doing my phd dissertation in looking for people to interview for my thesis in when you are roaming the streets of tokyo, you are grateful and remember the ones who said yes. mark was one of the two people who had said yes at the time and the other was bill mckinney. i'm always grateful for that. korea, a greatth bust." boom or if any of you have been p

and all this. then, i mean, i understand you put on what you want on your show, on c-span, and i like c-span, but, see, to see someone come on c-span talking about this, and that's all they show on cnn every day for the last past lord knows for however, wow, it's kind of like it is -- you know, it is a possible witch hunt, and it's a coverup of distractions from everything else that's going on in america, and we have no breaking news about nothing hardly on cnn anymore about all the stuff that's going on in america. then he has time to come on c-span and talk about it also. it's kind of like, it's a little bit much, and i want to mention also about -- host: well, i'm going to have the congressman respond to that, because there are those out there that feel that they characterize this as a witch hunt. guest: sure. host: there is a president who has said it himself. guest: greta, we have to trust somebody. and the intelligence community of the united states unanimously concluded that the russians did, in fact, try to interfere in our election, did so brazenly and in multiple ways. so the truth of the

and june 3rd. on c-span and c-span.org. >>> senators ron wyden and edward markey spoke in front of the federal communications commissi commission's headquarters last week in favor of net neutrality. the fcc is considering reversing net neutrality rules put in place during the obama administration. >>> all right, good morning been everybody. all right. we are here to save net neutrality. we have a few special guests. i'm going to come back and talk in a minute but we want to make sure that our champions, the people who are fighting every day over there on capitol hill for the free and open internet are heard from. no one has been doing that more than senator ron wyden from the state of oregon. >> thank you! and my colleagues were so kind to let me do this because i have to get right back to proceed with a bill and i'm going to keep it real simple. we have one, once before for net neutrality before in washington, d.c. we have won before, and it is time to win again. [ cheers and applause ] >> and all i'd like

eastern on saturday, may 20, the 27th, the 29th, memorial day, and ne 3 on c-span and c-span.org. >> yesterday, the cato institute hosted a discussion on tax reform plans put forward by president trump and republican members of the house. economists with the cato institute and the u.s. chamber of commerce discussed the plans and their thoughts on reducing the u.s. corporate tax rate.

c-span. watch on c-span.org, and on the radio appalachian. -- t: john, if i host: go ahead. guest: if i could jump in website, a the c-span great poll about that c-span over some time has polled uestion of whether or not people want cameras in the supreme court. fascinatingly the number has reflection it is a of the new ways we get information. we want to see for ourselves and axios tries to take you behind the scenes and let you understand what is going on, can decide for yourself and expands to having a camera on justices. wanda, fatah, west virginia, democrats, go ahead. caller: good morning. registered democrat, i did vote for trump. with this dering ealthcare rigga morow going on in washington, which is really etting on my nerves, i'm on medicare -- guest: don't blame you. caller: i'm on medicare, pay a month for secondary, that s a stretch for me to have to pay s. there anything in this bill that will help bring the like ms down for people me? for : wanda, thank you telling your story. and a sobering story reminder that in all the white blah and blah, regulatecare, all

and more on the commencement speeches on saturday, may 27, monday, may 29th memorial day, and june 3 on c-span and c-span.org. next, another commencement address from republican senator rob portman. he spoke earlier this month at ashland university in his home state of ohio. this is 15 minutes. >[applause] portman:

watch commencement speeches by politicians, business leaders, and white house officials on may andmay 27, memorial day, june 3 on c-span and c-span.org. the associated press is reporting tonight that the white house will be interviewing for possible candidates for fbi director, including andrew fisher, judge michael garcia, and senator john cornyn. attorney general jeff sessions will be among those interviewing the candidates. today, he announced a new policy directing federal prosecutors to seek stricter sentencing emendations in drug cases. this event from the justice department is 10 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. my name is ed mullins. joining general sessions is a distinct privilege for us to be here with you today. the association of new york city's one the oldest and largest independent law enforcement labor organizations in the nation. 1899, it currently represents 13,000 active and retired surgeons in the nypd. the fifth largest collective-bargaining unit of police officers in the united states. the brave men and women we represent are the frontline of the largest menus to delete -- police department. the

go to a website and find a more about it, watch it on c-span3, and you can also monitor it on our c-span radio app. let's go to dominic in new york, republican line. go ahead. you are on. caller: good morning. i think it was more open and the benghazi incident that made her lose. you know, lying to the people. the mother of that navy seal. her alone, calling her a liar and all of this baloney, when she was at the hearing. one is the difference how they died? they are dead." no respect for the military. she lost the election because no one in the military voted for her. i am saying, benghazi, that was it. that was the icing on the cake, especially the mother yelling and crying going on the campaign with trump. i think that is what made her lose. think what's his name had anything to do with it. i'm sure he had something to do with it, but it was benghazi. host: you mean jim comey? onler: yes, he was the icing the cake, but the mother of that navy seal sealed the deal for trump. host: she said, you ignored wisconsin, called us deplorable and irredeemable, you had levels of money and no mes

we'll have it live here on c-span and c-span radio. wesley from oklahoma, good morning to you. caller: good morning sir. i made it to virginia. my sister served for four years. i want to let everybody know there is a god out there who care about us. we serve our country. regardless what branch or service or if you're not active, maybe disabled or you have family member who are still active. i have cousins still in the air force. i want to let everybody know, we need to thank these individuals. we need to remember that america is the home of the free and land of the brave. this is only country you can be free to walk and do. one thing anybody else can thank god everyday. i thank god for one person. that's the president of the united states. he made some decisions to show people that we care. america does put everybody else first. i want everybody to understand just because you don't die over there in war -- [indiscernible] have a great memorial day and be happy. thank you. host: wesley from enid, oklahoma. we'll get back to your call and and comments in a moment. news over the w

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and community college in michigan. saturday night at it :00 eastern on c-span and c-span.org. >> former secretary of state hillary clintonpeaker for this year's graduation ceremony -- at her own water 48 years ago. this is just over 30 minutes. [applause] thank you. thank you so much. [applause] thank you. thank you very much for that warm welcome. i am so grateful to be here back at wellesley, especially for president johnson's very first commencement, and to thank her,

monday, may 29 and june 3 on c-span and c-span.org. ♪ >> c-span where history unfolds daily.n 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television company. it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> washington journal continues. host: our first guest, former u.s. senator from oklahoma he is the author of the book, smashing d.c. he is also a senior advisor of the convention of state project. could you talk about what article five said and what it offers as far as power to the states? guest: colonel george mason when they were having the discussion on our constitution stood up and said we have made a grievous error. we have to make sure that because nowhere in history has powerful governments ceded power back to the people. we need to make sure that is available to the american people. they put the second component into article five which allows the states two thirds of the states to call on amendments conventions. it is not a constitutional commitment -- convention where states can offer amendments which are nothing but recommendat

c-span. you can watch online at c-span.org or use the c-span radio app. on friday, tom perez and former republican national committee chair michael steele discuss how to find common ground in washington. our coverage begins at noon eastern at c-span2, c-span.org, and the free c-span radio app. "newsmakers" with senator chuck grassley. he speaks about the firing of james comey, his expectations for the next fbi director, and senate efforts to come up with the health care law. this is 30 minutes. steve: joining us on "newsmakers" is senator chuck grassley. thank you for joining us. and joining us with the questioning is erica werner who covers congress for the associated press and niels lesniewski for cq roll call. senator, let me ask you about the news from this past week. do you have concerns about the meeting between director comey and the deputy attorney general, where he was asking for additional resources to investigate russia was the same person that wrote the memo that led to his resignation, or his firing? sen. grassley: it is my understanding that within a few hours of th

santa fe mayor gonzalez, and michigan governor rick snider at adrian community college in michigan. saturday night at 8:00 eastern on c-spannd c-span.org. >> on capitol hill today, homeland security secretary john kelly spoke about homegrown terrorism and his expectation of additional attempts similar to the recent bombing in manchester, england. other topics, funding for a wall on the southwest u.s. border, sanctuary cities, c

can watch this hearing on c-span, c-span.org, and our c-span radio app. , thank you sok much for your time and insight. guest: always a pleasure. up, our next guest will discuss the united states defense system and if it is enough to take on the threats of north korea. us next.eitz will join later in our program, our regular your money segment where we learn about the cost of supporting an illegal immigrant. we will be joined later when washington journal continues. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] ♪ >> tonight, the internet association, four countries including google, facebook, and amazon, talk about proposals from the fcc. interviewed bys political technology reporter mcgill. classical psych the fcc is proposing to remove the agency's's authority over internet traffic exchange. can you explain why that might be a problem for your members? of the day, it is about consumers. you pay your internet service provider via comcas

eastern on c-span and c-span.org. >> this weekend on "american history tv" on c-span3 -- saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on "real america" -- a 50-year-old cbs broadcast with new york senator robert kennedy and governor ronald reagan taking questions via satellite from students in london. >> in england there is a growing movement legislation against discrimination. what best candidate would like to comment on this and perhaps other countries may learn from america's experience? mr. kennedy: we adjusted to the minority groups and especially the negros as well as some other groups, the mexican americans, the indians. we've just begun to recognize it and now starting to deal with it. >> at 8:00 on "lectures and history," brian taylor on the military strategy and political goals of emancipation during the civil war. brian: the idea that a president in the event of sectional war over slavery and rebelian states may emancipate slaves as a military measure predates the civil war. it's not a new idea. it's articulated by john quincy adams on a number of occasions. >> 6:45 p.m. eastern, histor

i share your high opinions of c-span and appointed this out to the c-span audience before nobody ever complains about c-span it would take republican to do that that is why i am republican growing up to beat the american way. >> talk about gerrymandering of would not call it treasonous but we live in a society people are greedy and self centered what will lead you expect? and how they get away to require an expert? it is an ongoing battle to talk treason you cannot have a country without borders. >> host: what is a red diaper baby? >> guest: my parents were the card-carrying members of the communist party causing america to lose the cold war and to orchestrate this movement that is the bad diaper baby. >> what kind of work did they do? >> host: next call from pennsylvania. >> caller: i am a registered republican and i have paid much different opinion to be a republican and a patriot obviously he believes someone who said they could not serve in the united states military obviously he believes that before a bankruptcy judge six times is a patriot and then he refuses to pay taxes at lea

c-span two. >> tomorrow on c-span, a look at the politics and security of the asia-pacific region, and tensions on the korean peninsula. live from the international institute for strategic studies at 10:00 eastern here on c-span. later in the day, it's imposing at a school -- brown versus board of education, the landmark 1954 supreme court decision that found state laws establishing separate schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. live coverage from college fund, tomorrow at 1:15 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> systemic, where history unfolds daily. , c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. it's brought you today your cable or satellite provider. >> over the next few hours here and c-span, a commencement addresses from around the country, with intent -- jersey senator cory booker, vice president -- mike pence, bill clinton, kelly ayotte, and the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, joseph number. we start with senator booker, who export to graduates of the commitment ceremony at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia. [applause] tha

and michigan governor rick snyder. saturday night at it :00 eastern on c-span and c-span.org. former secretary of state and presidential candidate hillary clinton was the speaker at the graduation center -- ceremony at wellesley college, her own alma mater 48 years ago. this is just over 30 minutes. [applause]

and more on the commencement speeches on saturday, may 27, monday, may 29th memorial day, and june 3 on c-span and c-span.org. next, another commencement address from republican senator rob portman. he spoke earlier this month at ashland university in his home state of ohio. this is 15 minutes. >[applause] portman: thank you for your friendship, thank you for inviting me to be here at the celebration. and toou to the board the graduates, congratulations. this is a great school. this is one of the great schools in ohio and in our nation. there is so many great programs here. i think about the business program, the nursing program that is award-winning. the premed and science programs. i do think about the ashbrook center, because the asp workcenter is celebrating -- ashbrook center is celebrating its 34 years. i love coming on campus and getting to know the students and the help in the council that i'd get from folks, including from the ashbrook center. it is great to be here. with josh andtage zach. i am also proud to have with us here today angie young in who is on my staff. she got her start

may 20, and june 3 on c-span and c-span.org. vice president mike pence was joined by his wife, national security advisor mcmaster, and.r. ivanka trump to mark national appreciationtary month. this is 25 minutes. good afternoon everyone, and thank you for being here. i especially want to thank the vice president and karen pence for hosting us today. as i'm sure many of you know, the

watch more commencement speeches on saturday, monday, memorial day, and june 3 on c-span and c-span.orgbritish parliament is in recess until after the june 8 elections. prime minister's questions will not be seen tonight. on tuesday, jeremy corbyn officially launched at his party's election campaign. this is 45 minutes. a campaign event. this is 45 minutes. [applause] can i say first of all, they accuse so much to everyone

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we have talk radio and c-span -- the others have lost all could ability. -- all credibility. e support of mainstream media to the democratic party, they are scrambling. instead of opening up and admitting failure, they are doubling down. this is a tactic to stall the president. this nextrent rate, midterm election, there will be a democratic party. won't be at -- there democratic party. we need journalistic integrity to be represented here. it's really sad, enough to make a man cry to see what's happening to this country simply a-10 years of relaxation on law and order -- 8-10 years of relaxation online order. -- 8-10 years of relaxation on law and order. arms rights up in now. you can't get real information. host: another headline out of cnn saying russian officials bragged that they could use michael flynn to influence donald trump. russian officials bragged in conversation during the presidential campaign that they had cultivated a strong relationship with michael flynn and believed they could use him to influence donald trump and his team. the conversations deeply concerne

and community college in michigan. saturday night at it :00 eastern on c-span and c-span.org. >> former secretary of state hillary clinton speaker for this year's graduation ceremony -- at her own water 48 years ago. this is just over 30 minutes. [applause] thank you. thank you so much. [applause] thank you. thank you very much for that warm welcome. i am so grateful to be here back at wellesley, especially for president johnson's very first commencement, and to thank her, the trustees, families and friends, faculty, staff, and guests for understanding and perpetuating the importance of this college: what it stands for, what it has meant, and what it will do in the years ahead. and most importantly, it's wonderful to be here with another green class to say, congratulations to the class of 2017! [applause] and i assume, or at least you can tell me later, unlike us, you actually have a class cheer. 1969 wellesley, yet another year with no class cheer. but it is such an honor to join with the college and all who have come to celebrate this day with you, and to recognize the amazing futures that await you. you know, four yea

and the unlikely. >> past commencement speeches from the c-span video library. join us as we hear from politicians, business leaders, and white house officials starting on saturday, may 20, 29th andial day on the june 3. >> the ceremony from the indian treaty movie of the executive office building includes former --ator abdul with whom mr. senator bob dole attended. [applause] >> ladies and it gentlemen, my name is pat roberts. i have the privilege of representing the people of kansas. as chairman of the senate agriculture committee, i am speaking on behalf of so many farmers and ranchers and people throughout small-town rural america. we are delighted to have our --mpion in bob blight hauser in bob who has been such a great person to come to this job. he worked with my dear friend senator bob dole. thank you. applause] >> thank you for that. want to say i also a debt of thanks to the president. ishii, heth president has worked out an agreement in -- president xi, he has worked out a trade deal for the first time in many years and that will help small-town americ