going to let that happen, no, not in kentucky. amy: i want to turn to the person sitting next to, kentucky state are presented of attica scott. attica scott is the first african american woman to serve on kentucky's state legislature in 20 years. thousands of teachers dissented on the capital yesterday. can you talk about what it was like to simply get into your building? >> definitely. thank you so much. i actually come from an activism and organizing background with the former coordinator of kentucky jobs of justice. it was exciting to see this kind of mobilizing and organizing that we needed to have more on in kentucky. we need more of that righteous anger that dr. king had. we need more people descending on the state capitol and say kentucky deserves better. i was there with my daughter who is a public school student who wanted to be in frankfurt to support her public school teachers and to support public employees across kentucky. we made our way through the crowd speaking to people, high ing with people. and for both of us,

from day one, as former senator from kentucky john brown was elected they can's -- the kentucky historical society's first president. to further illustrate this connection, you should know that khs selected as it's second president -- as its second president john allen. today, it is my honor to present another senator from kentucky, senator mitch mcconnell. he is only the second kentucky and to hold majority leader post. first elected in 1984, leader mcconnell is also kentucky's longest serving united states senator. thate to believe, senator, your keen interest in history and its relevance has been a key to your ability to work over the years with numerous administrations representing a range of political perspectives. i would like to touch on one final connection between the kentucky historical society and senator mcconnell. and that is our shared commitment to history, to civics education, and to the future. we are focused on educating and engaging the public through kentucky history in order to confront the challenges of the future. senator mcconnell's educational focus is on civic eng

in kentucky hemp is useful in a wide friday of products. fibers are being added to concrete and home insulations. extracts are being research for health benefits and some breweries have cra crafted hemp infused beer. that is decades research pilot program and that is just one state. already, around $600 million of hemp products are sold in the u.s. with the current laws much of this has to be imported. that cuts out the american farmers. it is time for that to change. legislation will solve this problem and get the federal government out of the way of this promising market. the hemp farming act will do the following. first, our bill will legalize hemp and remove it from the list of controlled substances. by recognize the difference in statute between hemp and its illicit cousin, we can remove much of the confusion around farmers, producers and state agencies. second, legislation would allow states to become the primary regulators if they can develop a plan to monitor its production. under guidance the industry is growing in kentucky through

rebecca grady jennings of kentucky to be united states district judge for the western district of kentucky. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i know of no further debate on the nomination. the presiding officer: if there is no further debate, the question is on the confirmation of the nomination. all in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action with the nomination confirmed during today's session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i ask the chair lay before the senate the message to accompany s. 140. the presiding officer: the chair lays before t

we see firsthand in kentucky the need for the structure and support that come with a job to help keep former addicts from falling back into the cycle of addiction. according to the c.e.o. of a treatment facility in louisville stable housing and employment are vitally tied to an individual's recovery. but unfortunately in the very communities where employment can do so much, the opioid crisis itself is making it harder to attain. i frequently hear of kentucky employers cite substance abuse as a major hurdle to finding and hiring suitable applicants. one study traced roughly 25% of the decline in workforce participation between 1999 and 2015 to the opioid crisis. that amounts to about one million missing workers. missing workers. no wonder the trump administration reports the epidemic costs our economy $500 billion in 2015 alone. and the economic cost pales in comparison to the human cost that addiction and joblessness inflict. the comprehensive addiction recovery, or career act would begin to target relief to states most devastated by substance abuse. this state-based pilot program wou

this epidemic has been especially severe in my moment state of kentucky -- in my home state of kentucky, claiming lives at a record pace. in light of this urgent problem, many a. proud congress is fighting back. we've passed substantial bipartisan legislation to give communities the resources they need. the most recent government funding bill provided billions of dollars of additional support. but the work to end the suffering continues. one of the most heartbreaking facts is the skyrocketing number of infants who are born dependent on opioids. defenseless children start their lives suffering from addiction. that's why in 2015 i sponsored, along with senator casey, the bipartisan protecting our infants act. as the first law to specifically address prenatal exposure. it reviewed the subject of opioid abuse in prenatal and infant patients. our bill tasks the secretary with developing strategies to fill the gaps in opioid research and programming and provide recommendations for preventing further harm to expecting mothers and newborns. now it's time to build on our success and better prote

kentucky educators are upset about changes to their pension plan and thousands of those kentucky teachers say they plan to rally at the state capitol tomorrow. joining me now to discuss this is deanna al bright a fifth grade teacher in grayson kentucky. i understand you're planning to protest at the state capitol tomorrow. tell us why you and fellow educators are upset about the changes to the pension plan? >> well, no one has really had a chance to thoroughly look at the pension plan, including the legislators and representatives that pass the bill thursday night. my understanding and what i watched on kut.org, which is archived, it made then a committee meeting and quickly passed to move it to the house to be voted on. and what this is is the senate bill, 151, was -- or is a sewer water waste bill. and they ended up putting -- putting pension reform in that bill and no one knew it was going to be voted on that night. they met in urgency until about 10:00, passed it through the house and passed it through the senate. and to my understanding, no public input was allowed and no one knew it

rebecca, kentucky. go ahead with your call and comments. callr: i just wanted to and say i am in 100% agreement of president trump. everyone who for is questioning his decision, i think it is really easy for us built here in our homes in america on our leather couches and say we do not want to get involved, it is none of our business. that if you were to see a man or woman a child across the street being murdered, would you not get involved? david cameron testifies about global security. unfoldsn, where history daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events aroundington, d.c., and the country. c-span they will be interviewed by democratic representative joaquin castro of texas. double 2013, miss universe pageant in moscow. how did you pick that as the starting point? >> if you were looking for the moment that the russia-trump story comes together, it was there. you h

rebecca, kentucky. go ahead with your call and comments. callr: i just wanted to and say i am in 100% agreement of president trump. everyone who for is questioning his decision, i think it is really easy for us built here in our homes in america on our leather couches and say we do not want to get involved, it is none of our business. that if you were to see a man or woman a child across the street being murdered, would you not get involved? >> british prime minister to resubmit issued this statement. to degrade the syrian regime's chemical weapons capability and deter their use. we are acting together with our american and french allies. a chemical weapons attack killed up to 75 people, including young children. the prime minister may and french president eminem macron are expected to make comments later on on saturday. announcer: c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service america's cable and television companies. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the

henry clay is from kentucky. kentucky is a border state, considered the west. we have got this regional arrangement among the three. are kind ofe unstable, one of the parts of alliances, thee shifting alliances, among the three. at any given time, two are lined up against the other. which two depends on the time and the issue. at the same time, each one is ambitious. each one would love to be president. this is a interesting aspect of the story. influentialere more than all but a couple presidents of the united states. there's something about ambition that says it is great to be one by 1850, there were 60 senators. of one, to be president, even if they -- even if the presidency was not as big a deal as it would become. all three are trying to figure out how can i become president? part of it is representation of their section. john calhoun eventually becomes the spokesman of the south. daniel webster becomes the spokesman for new england and henry clay is the one trying to bridge the gap. characters. my story unfolds between the war of 1812 and the compromise o

america then we saw what happened in west virginia now we've got oklahoma and kentucky and maybe arizona what's going on bring us up to date well this follows the success of a nine day wildcat strike in west virginia a wildcat strike being when the unionized teachers strike without the permission from the union leadership and that was successful in bringing a five percent raise in you know traditionally conservative red red state where you wouldn't expect labor unions to be particularly strong and so we see that model being applied in kentucky in oklahoma as tens of thousands of teachers are taking to the streets and picket lines in order to demand better pay more funding for students and having they've had their pensions slashed and so it's you know it's a really interesting response to. you know what's been happening for really decades in this country in oklahoma the salary average salary for a teacher is forty five thousand dollars that's thirteen thousand dollars below the national average and that's just an unliveable amount of money kentucky isn't much better at fifty two thousand

in ohio or pennsylvania or kentucky. it's a tough expectation to have for them politically. and we could regulate until we're blue in the face in rhode island but it doesn't help if what's coming in is coming in and deliberately being set to come in on us from out of state. it's in that circumstance that epa plays an essential and vital role and that role cannot be subject to the control by the polluting state. there's another state involved that is the downwind recipient of all of this. it's that particular situation i think where we have to be very careful about how cooperative this federalism gets if you're not dealing with the polluting -- polluted state as well. just wanted to be clear on that point. >> madam chairman, a response, i agree with you. in this case. >> it's true with water as well. >> however, it's not the case that we were just talking to commissioner baker there. we -- in that case, it's quite clear that they had a lot more knowledge handling their own problems than the federal government did. obvious

a member of the kentucky state house -- brutus was a member of the kentucky state house. the civil war was about saving the united states from ruin. owner.clay was a slave he owned 100 men, women, and children. he believed slavery was best protected in the union. he felt this was so obvious and self evidence that he couldn't even imagine why some kentuckians would consider -- orng or watering wanting their state to secede. son beganwn expressing some secessionist 1860's he had begun attending pro-secession rallies. in time he to, despite being the son of the unionist father, began talking like a diehard sympathizer. a dilemma on her hands, we might say. it was and who tended to be home toh zeke, watching over metric matters while brutus was away at the state capital. the first one to figure out that father and son may seem to be heading down these divergent paths. what should she do? should she tell brutus what is going on? that would undoubtedly infuriate him. she wanted to avoid that as much as she could. she even believed to zeke in the first place. she knew zeke was a

burgess: the chair thanks the gentleman from kentucky for his participation. and now we recognize mr. david mckinley from west virginia, the vice chairman of the environmental energy environment committee, you're recognized serve. mr. mckinley: thank you, chairman burgess, for organizing this special order event. mr. speaker, the united states is only -- represents only 5% of the global population. yet we consume over 0% of the opioids produced around the world. shouldn't that have raised a red flag? since 2011, our office has conducted over 50 round table meet wgs doctors, pharmacists, nurses and law enforcement. listening and learning from professionals how we could best address this problem. congress has acted. as you heard a minute ago, 21st century cures and care were good first steps but it's evident that more work needs to be done. last month, under president trump and the republican congress leadership, we secured additional $4 billion in funding, the largest investment ever in this crisis. we made progress in other areas. in the book "american pain" b

on kentucky county it's hard land produce the most coal. at a time in which most of what powered the united states came from kentucky. today the thirty three active minds in harlan employ last than to austin. some of the old mines have even been converted into museums. laid off left with nothing since the ninety's many laid off was for they don't see any other options in the fuel handouts in time on employed and are the usual customers swill herring county was founded on coal and there's a reason marin county was billed as the reason for. that is having cameras live if they squeeze well aren't any of the building code and they get cold there's nothing else here we don't have the luxury of big cities we don't have factories we don't in the reason and as the president shows us is it in the mountains we don't have the road boys and it's hard to say a mantra it's going to end in a day and that. i go for the papers at the local mcdonald's or i go down here peace joy and make pay to. work that's now don't pay my bills over horrors boom boom voice

i love the teacher standing up in kentucky, oklahoma, arizona and west virginia. florida whonts in are calling bs on our national leaders. [applause] live in aetti: we country right now were teenagers are acting like adults and adults are acting like toddlers. something is wrong. [applause] mayor garcetti: which is why i am so optimistic about our future. new candidates are running. we have 20,000 women in this country who have signed up to run for office for the first time. [cheering] mayor garcetti: new volunteers are showing up. look at the victories from alabama to virginia, from new jersey to wisconsin. in los angeles we had 750,000 people come out for the women's march. we are watching -- marching for science or it's something i did not know we had to march for. or gun laws that are sensible. we are seeing a blue wave beginning to crest. every leader in washington should learn something from iowa when politics. doors. have to knock on we have to have a one-on-one conversation and look people in the eye. groceryind me at the store, at the diner, they will kno

i love those that are standing up in kentucky and oklahoma and arizona and west virginia. [applause] i love students in florida that are calling bs on the national leaders. teenagers are acting like adults and adults are acting like toddlers. something is wrong. which is why i am so optimistic about the future. new candidates are running. we have 20,000 women who signed up to run for office in the first time. look at the victories from alabama to virginia to new jersey to wisconsin and los angeles we have 750,000 people come out to the women's march. they are seeking the wave began to caress and every leader in washington should learn something. here you have to knock on doors and have a one-on-one conversation and look people in the eye. they find me at the grocery store, the diner, down the street. it's a lesson washington could he. let's go out this. make sure we are the party that isn't just for ourselves but the party for everybody because we are to have one of those that the republicans. democrats or for everybody. campaign in the campaigns that don't leave anybody b

you know that twang she had from kentucky, she always proudly told everybody she was from kentucky but her heard was really from new york and i will miss hear dearly. rest peacefully, my friend. we all love you. mr. tonko: mr. speaker, i now yield to the representative from new york's seventh district, the gentlewoman from new york, nydia velazquez. my velazquez: i thank colleague for yielding and thank my friends for organizing this tribute. louise was a remarkable woman, an astute legislator, a gifter debater. she will be remembered for all those traits. but she will also be remembered for her compassion, her humor, and the many kindnesses she extended to all of us. i will always recall the many times coming down to this very floor to speak and hearing louise arguing for fairness and opposing policies bad for our nation. orator with a sharp wit. she was a passionate voice for progressive values. like a new yorker, she never backed down from a fight. if she wanted to get something done, she dug in her heels and fought like hell for it. but as a daughter of the south, she will equally

rebecca, kentucky. go ahead with your call and comments. callr: i just wanted to and say i am in 100% agreement of president trump. everyone who for is questioning his decision, i think it is really easy for us built here in our homes in america on our leather couches and say we do not want to get involved, it is none of our business. that if you were to see a man or woman a child across the street being murdered, would you not get involved? we have a moral obligation and i think he has made the right call. we are going to leave it with your word the last word tonight. but we will have the phone lines open again for much of the three hours of our program, washington journal, 7:00 a.m. eastern starting at 7:00 a.m. going until 10:00 a.m. eastern. if you can, join us for that conversation. we are now going to show the remarks from the defense briefing from earlier tonight. again, there was a technical difficulty affecting this feed coming to all of the outlets. we do miss out on the first few remarks, but here are the remarks from defense sec

i love going to kentucky. beautiful state and i applaud the reduction emissions that you talked about in your testimony. when our secretary sean alteri spoke he said, just repeat what you said. >> over 90% comes from outside of our borders. >> that sounds good. earlier in my life i served as governor of delaware. i had a conversation with folks from maryland and these are folks who made a living harvesting the creatures of the chesapeake bay. they have big gap spots--dead spots and their ability to make a living was diminished. they said to us we needed to do something about it. we said why? they said because it flows into the chesapeake bay carrying a lot of nutrients. when they cleanout chicken houses, poultry houses in delaware and some cases they were spreading them across farm bills for the value of the nitrogen. we were doing it and the nutrients would wash into the ditches, creeks and rivers of the chesapeake eroding the quality of the water. it was not just delaware was done in virginia and other place

did you hear what the kentucky governor said today? if you didn't, let me share it with you. teachers are standing up in kentucky for their rights and for our children and he said and i quote, i guarantee that somewhere in kentucky today a child was sexually assaulted and left at home because there was no one there to watch them. the teachers were responsible for kids doing drugs, ingesting poison and being harmed today. even his fellow republicans had to condemn those words. unfortunately, in this country this has become too commonplace. indecency has become normalized and scapegoating has become acceptable. it's not who we are as americans and it certainly isn't who we are as democrats. i'm a proud democrat i think all of us in this room are americans first. america is place where we pull together not pull apart. it's time for leaders in iowa don't pray on her fears but for leaders who are willing to be brave enough to invest in our hopes. that is what were doing in la. in la and local communities across the country and we talk we invest in politics and modification and in

what do teachers in kentucky want?same things across the country, just an investment in public education. public education is by our kentucky constitution a requirement. and our state legislature has been not funding public education for a long time to the levels that we feel like we need to be able to provide a 21st century education while using 20th century instructional materials. >> just so i understand, they want their salaries increased, they want their pensions increased or they want their classroom supplies increased? >> so in kentucky our fight started with our pensions and the threat of our governor taking away our defined benefit pensions last fall. and our organization spent almost the entire fall meeting with legislatures, having pension forums trying to educate themselves and the public about the details of our eight public pension systems in kentucky which are grossly underfunded mainly due to a lack of dedicated funding by our legislature for many years. it's not a partisan issue in our state. it's not

how much they have lost and indeed kentucky has lost a lot and it's lost a lot because of natural gas and fracking and all the free money that led to all that fracking over supply the mark with natural gas which made it cheaper than coal and so they've been hit hard here's a tweet to which i was responding with that you can get half the work in class. in prison the other half as the coal industry dries up this kentucky county's bid to be the home of america's next federal prison stands from its willingness to try something anything to save itself they have no longer have coal they don't have industry there and what they're doing is they're they're lobbying the u.s. federal government to put a prison there or to put a federal prison in their. state yet american girl look well the pitch always is and this is something that liberals do as well in the progress of the left is think about these people they need jobs do you want to harm the speed the and they need to feed their families they need to but they don't look at the goo are involved with it the gory reality is that you have to come

the key one is medicaid, not just in oklahoma but in kentucky and west virginia.consuming a substantially growing part of the budget. that doesn't leave a lot of room for education unless you raise taxes. >> paul: what kind of magnitudes are we talking about here? oklahoma is a state that did not expand medicaid under obamacare, unlike kentucky which did and i believe west virginia did. and we know in states that expanded medicaid, they really increased their spending. oklahoma didn't. it's still increasing medicaid spending? it's up t>> it's up to about 25. it's a pretty substantial part of the budget. we're seeing in oklahoma they actually did try to remedy this by raising taxes on natural gas, on oil, on gasoline. >> paul: they've got a $6,000 raise. >> $6,000 raise before the strike. >> paul: base pay across the board for all teachers. >> it's 14 to 18%. so that translates to $6,100 per teacher. >> paul: they're not happy. >> they're saying that's not enough. they want $10,000. the senate's debating raising taxes further. that will be difficult to do. in oklah

from prison the other half as the coal industry dries up this kentucky county's bid to be the home of america's next federal prison stems from its willingness to try something anything to save itself they no longer have coal they don't have industry there and what they're doing is they're they're lobbying the u.s. federal government to put a prison there or to put a federal prison in their. state yet american girl well that the pitch always is and this is something that liberals do as well in the progressive the left is think about these people they need jobs do you want to harm the speed the and they need to feed their families they need to but they don't look at the goo are involved with it the gory reality is that you have to come up with laws to imprison people because there is a problem going on anyway across us at the moment is not enough people are committing crimes so we are at the point where we're going to have to create some new crimes to incarcerate people because otherwise think of these people who have jobs do you really want their jobs to be lost let's imprison some peo

we have a situation in kentucky.ernor is just beginning to impose work requirements on medicare beneficiaries. as we work through this system we find that virtually every is working. everyone is able-bodied can work and is working. unfortunately they just can't make enough to afford their insurance. we have seen that. this really is one of those solutions in search of a problem. >> and i might add that they try to put a minority or a black face on it. majority of people that get welfare or food stamps in this country are wihite. many of them supported donald trump. >> 85% are white. we have the lowest utilization of food stamps of any of the congressional districts in kentucky. your point is very well made. it is not a minority issue at all. the people who feel they have been left behind feeling they voted for trump. >> while i have you i have to ask about the keep tuck ki teachers. your governor, he says children were left vulnerable and drugs as a result of public school closures throughout the state on friday to a

it's not just happening in kentucky. let's go to oklahoma now.losed as up to 30,000 teachers march on the state capital and oklahoma teachers union rejected a $6,100 pay raise plan signed by the governor saying lawmakers have done nothing to fix overcrowding and underfunding in schools. the president of the national education association is joining us live now from oklahoma city. lily, thank you for being with us. we mentioned the lawmakers there in oklahoma had already passed a pay raise for teachers. explain why that's not enough. >> well, that's -- they passed something and then immediately within 24 hours started undoing the funding, dismantling the funding so they're playing games. they can't be trusted and that's the message that they sent loud and clear to oklahoma educators here is that it's not over till its over and we thought we had a deal and what do you know, they say, here's what we're going to give you but we're not going to fund it which mean you'd have to lay off thousands of educators in order to fund it on the local level. so w

cnn medical correspondent sanjay gupta take us to inez, kentucky. >> reporter: the hills of kentucky part of a legacy and people here in kentucky proudly self-sufficient by it's hard to dare of yourself when you don't have the most basic of necessities. >> so we have blue water here. >> reporter: it's left workmen with no other choice. twice a week hope and her daughter drive up this dirt path on the side of a mountain. >> this is what we go through to get water. >> reporter: 20 years ago, she placed this 3 1/2 foot long type into this hillside to take a spring. just to collect clean drinking water because, obviously, no one drinks the water here. do you drink it? >> oh, no. no. no way that he drink it. >> reporter: gary ball is the editor of the local paper and water is has been a front page story for most of his career. what is going on here is in the citizens, the people who live here and deal with this every day, where do they put this on their list of concerns? >> in 2018, in the very place where lbj declared a war on poverty 54 years ago, water is on our number one issue. that'

we're seeing similar demonstrations in kentucky this morning, arizona is rumbling. dire straits in kansas. so a lot of years of cut, cut, cut is -- has its cost. at least in the outrage we're seeing here today. >> and i have a family full of educators, my heart does go out to those people in your piece, bill, who clearly are working hard on so many different levels. we really appreciate your reporting there, thank you for bringing that to us. right now, at the white house, thousands of peeps are gathering for this year's easter egg roll. the president set to speak in minutes. stay with us. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. most pills only block one. flonase. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% c

they're rallying in the capitals of oklahoma and kentucky. oklahoma teachers are pressing for better wages and better funding for classrooms. cnn correspondent nick havalenc is in oklahoma city. we have polo sandoval in frankfurt, kentucky. nick, i want to start with you. tell us why oklahoma teachers were rallying, even though they got a pay raise last week. >> reporter: simply put, it is because they didn't get what they wanted and they thought what they were asking for was pretty reasonable. they were asking for $10,000 increase for the average teacher salary. what they got was a $6100 increase. they identified in their proposal about $900 million in additional revenue to be appropriated toward education, what they got in this legislative bill was half that, about $447 million. speaking to teachers here they don't see a financially viable future as an educator in this state, not least as an educator in america. they say it is among the worst here in oklahoma, teachers ranking average salary with mississippi being worse, average funding per

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of the delegation of senators and congressmen from kentucky, honor the senator and that legacy that was started in the early 1800s here at the willard hotel. senator henry clay was known as a great compromiser. what better way to compromise after a day of legislative battling on capitol hill than to at the bar at the willard hotel and have a mint julep? he was known as the great compromiser. senator john c. calhoun was known as the great antagonize r. daniel webster was the great orator. these gentlemen set the stage for the civil war in the 1860's. this was a place where -- the willard hotel was known as a place where people from both sides of the aisle could get together in a bipartisan manner and discuss after a busy day the affairs of the day and how to move forward into the future. marie: now we are in peacock alley, the name coming from new york city. at the time, wonderful ladies of society would strut down the hallway connecting the two hotels, and people who came to watch called them peacocks. when the manager from the waldorf astoria can down to manage the hotel, he decide

weezy may have been born in kentucky but she was a new yorker through and through.acked down from a challenge. never backed away from a fight, and certainly as we all know was never afraid to speak her mind. that's what made her such a tireless and effective champion for the people of upstate and western new york, her absence will be felt not only by her staff and family and colleagues gathered here today but also by her constituents. and all of us in the new york delegation for whom louise accomplished so much. of course louise, the tireless fighter, was also beloved. she loved rochester, rochester loved her. from one corner of monroe county to the other, she was simply and belovedly known as louise. when i first ran for the senate, louise volunteered to drive me around to rochester -- around her rochester district and introduce me to her constituents. we had worked together for many years in the house but i had never traveled with her in her district since it was far from my own in brooklyn and queens. now i expected the usual dog and pony show, stopping to shake

southern style, with kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. and we continue to practice that legacy here, using henry clay's original recipe. in fact, henry clay traditionally, in the beginning of every new session of congress, would bring a barrel of bourbon and he would invite on a bipartisan basis members of congress from both sides of the aisle to join him in toasting the new legislative session. that tradition continues to this day. fact, just recently we had a group of distillers from bourbon county in kentucky come here and with the assistance of the delegation of senators and congressmen from kentucky, honor the senator and that legacy that was started in the early 1800s here at the willard hotel. senator henry clay was known as a great compromiser. what better way to compromise after a day of legislative battling on capitol hill, then to retire to the bar at the willard hotel and have a mint julep? he was known as the great compromiser. senator john c. calhoun was known as the great antagonizer and daniel webster was the great orator.

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