i was based in kentucky. i covered 30 eastern kentucky houses.is what we made -- what we may refer to as the court held regions of eastern kentucky. i was in eastern kentucky when the prescription drug epidemic hit hardest. i was there when political lives started shifting in a way that we are still grappling with today. i maintained a connection to the area even after i left when i married a daughter of a coalminer. this is about 15 years in the making and i really wanted to try to connect the dots in a meaningful way. i wanted to convey what i experience in this region. in a way that will hopefully give readers a better and more thorough understanding of this place. >> why do you think people around the rest of the country would be interested in what happened? >> i think there is a popular perception about the region -- i quote something in my book, there are very disparaging viewpoints of the mountains in eastern kentucky. the mass media perceptions of kentucky have not been kind. i don't feel like the understanding is thorough enough. i think

his races were four miles long, which is like two kentucky derby's. he may still be the fastest horse who ever lived. he had the stamina, he had the heart and courage, and he had a lovely disposition. and then when he retired from the track he produced more champion horses than any other race horses -- racehorse has ever produced. >> and this is antebellum period? ms. brooks: before the civil war, so a lot of those horses never raced, because they went to the military instead. so he would have had even more champion's if it had been normal times. also he was at the center of some very dangerous situations during the civil war as well. it was a fantastic story to tell. >> is the story of lexington lost to general history but still morning -- still known in horse circles? ms. brooks: in the inner horsey circles. i was astonished i had not heard of him before, so i asked people, and every time they said no, i went, yes, because this is what a novelist hopes for, is that you can re-reveal something that was once well known. he was a huge celebrity in his

this beautiful kentucky family has shown what love really can do. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask for unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, members, today i rise to wish ken stenson from omaha, nebraska a. happy 80th birthday a notre dame grad, degree in civil engineering, two tours in vietnam, a master's degree in civil engineering from stanford. he had a wonderful career in omaha, one of the nation's largest general contractors. he's an accomplished engineer, credited with the mchenry tube channel in the baltimore harbor which more than 43 million vehicles pass-through annually. he and his wife live in owe ma had a with six children. he has changed lives in the state of nebraska through his public service, through his philanthropy. nebraska and america are better place because of it. mr. flood: on behalf of the people of the first district of nebr

the gentleman from kentucky, mr. mr. comer: i yield myself such time as i may consume the speaker pro mpore: the gentleman is rognized. mr. comer: thank you, mr. speaker. if this bill sounds familiar to members, there's a good reason for that. once again the hou of representatives is debating a bipartisan bill to secure federal agency use of modern cloud computing services. hower, this time we are doing it on h.r. 8956, the federal secure cloud improvement and jobs act, formerly named the fedramp authozation act this was the first bill t house passed this congress as h.r. 21 of january 5, 2021. we ao passed the same legislation pt of this year's hse version of the tional defense authorization act. this is suc an important iue that we are here again to send an iroved bill ba to the senate for final passage. bersecurit and technology modernization are bot vital issues to ensure this gernment runs efficiently, effectively need this legislation to address the continued onslaught of cyberattack -- cer attacks critical informa

evian bush the housing coalition of kentucky. we will move down the witness i'll introduce them as they speak. so i will begin with ms. roman, pardon me. [inaudible] will begin with ms. bush. our nation is in the midst of a rental crisis that most severely affects low income famines were to go into the hot low health income coalition, there are fewer than four affordable and available rental houses in the country right now. and so, right i'm getting mould recognize ms. bush and bill proceed on at that time. and give time. [inaudible] chief executive officer of kingstown homelessness. i apologize mr. chair. is this a bush or speaking before me? what if you are on now. next i am on now, thank you. >> the nation is watching and waiting you are on right now. next think it mr. jones that if the subcommittee for the opportunity to speak today. on the honor serving as a chief executive officer of the king county reaches homeless authority for the authorities charge of the oversight of the entire of home assistant in king county inclusiv

maloney, and the gentleman from kentucky, mr. comer, each will control 3030 minutes. -- will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from new york. mrs. maloney: thank you. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise in strong support of h.r. 2988 the whistleblower protection improvement act of 2021. in may, 2021, i introduced the whistleblower protection improvement act along with representative nancy mace, ranking member of the civil rights and civil liberties subcommittee. the federal whistleblowers deserve a critical role by shedding a light on government corruption, waste, fraud, and abuse and wrongdoing. often through reporting such actions to congress. their disclosures protect taxpayers' dollars, improve federal programs and even save lives. unfortunately, the oversight committee has seen too many examples of employers retaliating against whistleblowers. in one instance the t.s.a., the transportation security administration, that provides security at airports, moved an airport employee's -- an airpor

i in kentucky. excuse me. no, i said tennessee. oh, my gosh. i i don't know about connecticut yankee at heart, but i lived in kentucky. i got it. i got to without fighting hard in kentucky. >> and things are are narrowing across the u.s., but we're fighting hard here. and people want to go to rand paul .com. they can find out more about our race, but we're fighting hard to let people know that i'm a different kind of o republican . i'm a kindf republican of repubt doesn't fly around the world at taxpayer expense. i'm a republican who also says,n you know what, i'm going to give money back to the treasury from my office. i'm not going to spend all the money they give me. i'm going to give back . so my office is actually giventu back over five million dollars tory the treasury.t awesome. awesome. that's awesome. and i'm going to tweet out your new ad, senator , which i just saw, which is fantastic. i don't know who made that ade for you , but now everybodywi is going to be curious. so they're going to have tto mo go to my twitter to see it. senat

places like kentucky and around the country, wildfires out in the west. this is natural disaster relief money. it is uncertain whether any of that will be attached to this but mitch mcconnell is representing kentucky, has talked about the flooding issue before he knows his people are hurting i'm sure that is one of his priorities, to be able to help his people in kentucky. host: how many votes are needed, folks may be confused because we have done this budget reconciliation process sort of as an alternative on how a bill can become a law. for continuing resolution to be passed what needs to happen basically in congress? guest: we have the filibuster and for any major piece of legislation barring the reconciliation process which only needed 50 democratic votes most pieces of legislation need 60. in the senate, you need all the democrats to hold together, you need at least 10 republicans to join those democrats. if somebody like bernie sanders peels off and says i don't want to support this because you have attached the joe manchin energy legislation to tha

i find nobody in kentucky sayin please send more of our money overseas.ou've got democrats please sen more money to ukraine. i'm not hearing it at home at all. >> you talk about that disconnect, senator. today, biden with one of his so-called accomplishments. >> they are making the javelin missile, that we are supplying to ukraine. senator, how does the productio of the javelin missiles for ukraine help americans? >> i've never really been big o looking at arms programs as job programs. i think that our weapons are uniquely either taxpayer, even the private organizations. they should be something, let's give more weapons to create job by getting involved in overseas. we don't really have the money to do this. we are $30 trillion in the hall hole, and its inflationary. around kentucky and around the u.s. is my gas cost so much we can go on vacation this year. the groceries cost so much bright i'm a senior citizen, my check is getting thinner and thinner. i can't afford to do the things i want to do because of inflation. they all instinctively know thi is f

durbin: good news to report to my colleague from the commonwealth of kentucky. a gallon of gasoline on the way to the airport this morning, $3.46 a gallon. i wish it were lower. but we've made progress from the days when it was over $5. we're moving in the right direction. and incidentally, this president has created more jobs than any president in a similar period in the history of the united states. do we have challenges? you bet we do. with you to -- but to write this administration off as unproductive -- we came out of this pandemic when we did we faced the problems that nations around the world were facing. literally could we deal with inflation. demand was pent up and it overwhelmed the services and goods that were available and inflation started to rise. it took its toll and still does on american families. but to ignore what we've been able to do is to really turn our backs on reality. what about that rescue plan, the american rescue plan? i remember it. and i remember there wasn't a single republican voting for it. almost 20% of the american rescue plan

it's not just in kentucky, these trends are f nationwide. rearseat bar at left is impugned the motives and taken aim at their funding. for years, atop a liberal dose poured money into campaigns of radical district attorneys and big cities whose whole stateded agenda is not to prosecute crimes. they push for letting violent criminals out of prison. democrats nominated and confirmed a supreme court justice who argued as a d.c. district judge of justified listen to this, putting every single prisoner in washington d.c. custody out of jail and back on the streets. this has been an intentional strategic campaign on the far left., now americans are being robbed, carjacked, assaulted, and murdered. their families are being poisoned with illegal drugs. just weeks ago senator rubio gave the senate about toan increase funding for fighting crime and keeping dangerous criminals locked up. every senate republican supported it. every democrat joined on party lines to block it. later to their products in tennessee will hold a press conference to discuss th

now, of course, this isn't just hitting kentucky, these trends are nationwide. for years, the far left has impugned the motives and honor of police officers and taken aim at their funding. for years, top liberal donors have poured money into campaigns of radical district attorneys in big cities, whose whole stated agenda is to not prosecute crimes. for years, democratic elites have pushed for letting violent criminals out of prison. democrats just nominated and confirmed a supreme court justice who argued, as a d.c. judge, that covid justified, listen to this, letting every single prisoner in washington d.c. custody out of jail and back on the streets. this has been an intentional, strategic campaign from the far left and now, americans are being robbed, carjacked, assaulted, and murdered. their families are being poisoned with illegal drugs. just weeks ago senator rubio gave the senate is vote to increase funding for foyting crime and keeping dangerous criminals locked up. every senate republican supported this, every democrat joined on party lines to block it.

and how well people in kentucky field about him? because there are a lot of trump supporters in the state. >> well i think it's absolutely raucous about that. but i think mitch mcconnell cares about mitch mcconnell. he cares about power. and he will do anything that he can to remember in power and get back the majority in the senate. so he's trying to basically tow the line here between the make america great again extremists, and the way that he probably wishes the republican party would go. the problem is that when you don't stand up to these extremists, that puts our country in peril. and that is what mitch mcconnell has done from the very beginning. and in my opinion, it's really been to the detriment of not only the country, but certainly of kentucky. >> mitch mcconnell knows exactly where he wants the republican party to be, in line right behind him. amy mcgrath, -- , thinks for joining us tonight. i really appreciate it. when we come back. we will speak to the ukrainian president's former press secretary about the brave move

envision the state of kentucky. as a matter of fact, what is now kentucky was claimed and owned by my home state, virginia. so there are a lot of things that weren't envisioned back in the 1780's that we have to deal with in the 21st century. and that's what we're doing here today. i want to thank you for the opportunity to discuss and advocate for the preventing pa patronage system act, h.r. 302. our federal workforce, the crown jewel of our federal government, especially during a pandemic, is comprised of roughly two million federal employees hired on the basis of their acumen and their skill and their dedication. they work each day for the american people, serving in myriad capacities to improve the nation and america's posture abroad. these impartial civil servants deliver mail, provide medical care to veterans, help families in the wakes of the hurricanes and deadly fires and tornadoes, including in kentucky. design websites that facilitate access to lifesaving payments like social security and unemployment ins

not only in kentucky, but around the country. part of the goal was if they could have a top quality education here, there would be more likely to come back to kentucky and to live and work here. we believe over 60% of the graduates did come back to kentucky, no matter what they did after they left. a number are in the audience today. they're occupying all kinds of important positions. it to happen to be elected officials now. just as i told pearson. everyone is going to a lot of different fields from business to medicine. you name it. what i try to do is make sure the students and community has a chance to hear from distinguished leaders. george shultz came to this -- kick this program off a long time ago. he lived to be 100 years old. [laughter] recently we had just as amy coney barrett, last year about this time. our colleague amy was here in the spring. vice president biden came here while he was vice president and secretary clinton while secretary. we have a pretty bipartisan approach, including the chief justice. a number of

the work of a farmer in kentucky and that's all he writes about is how we have lost touch with where our food is produced and by whom and how. when i read that, i thought day in and day out, i can't tell you where any of my food is sourced so i can't tell you how it's grown, if the farmers or fishermen and fisher women are treating the animals with decency or if it is explicated. when you hear terms like the meat industry or meatpacking plants and you think about that for a second, i realized i don't ever want my meet to be involved with anything called an industry and i don't want to go through a plant either. i began to pay attention to where my food is coming from. would begin to giveaway the agency for who makes our food, we also disregard our small farmers who are the people who are stewards for the health of our land. that is one of the main reasons that the health of our land has become so poor is because we are taking care of it. we are leaving the small farmers aside and allowing corporate interests to use the soil to make a profit more than healthy environment. >> at the sa

in places like kentucky and around the country. wild flowers out and in the west.his would be natural disaster relief money. it is uncertain whether any of that will be eventually attached. but, mitch mcconnell is representing kentucky got to know his people are hurting. i'm sure that's one of his priorities were able help his people in kentucky. >> let's do a little bit of how a bill becomes a law. people may be confused. we've done budget reconciliation process alternative on how a bill can become a law. for continuing resolution to the past by the government's state funding, what needs to happen is to congress? >> we have the filibuster. for any major piece of legislation, barring reconciliation 50 democratic votes. most pieces of legislation need 60. what that means this particular united states senate is you need all the democrats to hold together. you need at least a tent join hothose democrats. if someone like bernie sanders peels off and said i do not want to support this because you have attached theat joe manchin enery legislation to that, then you r will

who can come to kentucky and not get a bottle of bourbon.o not try to get it from her, she has cast secret service around her. we know you're going to come back to us again. thank you so much. >> c-span's "washington journal," every day we take your calls live on the air, on the news of the day, and we discuss policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, the senior correspondent for government advocate discusses the government respond to hurricane fiona and ian. and the national energy association mark wolf on energy prices this winter, and assistance for lower income families. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning on c-span, or c-span now, our free mobile app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. with congress facing a september 30 funding deadline, but the house and senate are expected to work on a short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown. the house returns wednesday at noon eastern. members will vote later in the week on veterans affair

but kentucky law requires minors to be considered for parole after 25 years. case for pearl tomorrow morning in front of a two member panel from the kentucky parole board. and for more, i want to bring, and now, cnn national analyst -- and michael more the former u.s. attorney for the middle district of georgia. good evening, thank you for joining, julia, you. first of many survivors and family members of victims are upset by this parole. pleading they want him to stay behind bars. >> we have missed nichols high school graduation, her college graduation, a wedding, her kids, our grandkids, many birthdays and holidays together. everything is gone in an instant. >> today i'm asking that do you deny parole for cardinal. the coal was given alliance sentence, michael played to a life sentence which i believe he should serve out. i believe that he should have to spend the rest of his life incarcerated. nickel does not get a second chance, why should he? >> i could speak for hours about what my life has been like every minute of every day for the last quarter stick j

and how do people kentucky feel about?p supporters in your state. >> well, you're absolutely right about that. but i think mitch mcconnell cares about mitch mcconnell. he cares about power. he will do anything that he can to remain in power and get back the majority in the senate. and so he is trying to basically tow this line here between make america great again extremists and the way he probably wishes the republican party would go. the problem is that when you don't stand up to these extremists, that puts our country in peril. that is what mitch mcconnell has done from the very beginning. in my opinion it has been to the detriment of not only our country but certainly of kentucky. >> mitch mcconnell knows exactly where he wants the republican party to be, in line, right behind him. amy mcgrath, david jolly, thank you so much. when we come back we will speak to the ukrainian president's former press territory about the brave move of president zelenskyy going to the frontlines, and what they need now from the united stat

she made the comments at the university of louisville in kentucky. he invited the democrat to speak about the importance of bipartisanship. this is just under an hour. [applause] thank you. in the college and arts and sciences. he also served in students government president. he made many contributions to his alma mater. we have many students who can testify to the power of the learning that happens there. he was also there for the expansion of our library and so many other initiatives we do not have time to list them all. he helped shape you of l into the wonderful school it is today. the mcconnell center offers educational programs to our community. our scholars gets hundreds of hours in global issues to become engaged citizens in global scholars. we consider his support of this program and we hope we have a chance to meet him and our scholars. we salute him for his distinguished career as a public servant. the impact he had on his city, home states, frankly the world. he was elected to the senates in 1984. he is the longest-serving republican lead

who can come to kentucky and not get a bottle of bourbon. do not try to get it from her, she has cast secret service around her. we know you're going to come back to us again. thank you so much. [applause] >> >> thank you for coming. let's all rise again and thank them for all coming. >> here's what we have coming up for you live on c-span. at 2 p.m., the united states role in the nato alliance made the russia ukraine war. th event is being hosted by the council. -- to study whether the asteroids path could be redirected in space. you can watch these events on our free video app, or online at c-span that'll work. an.org. >> the january 6 committee returns wednesday for its ninth hearing. he can watch the hearing alive beginning at 1 p.m. eastern . or anytime on demand at c-span.org. >> c-span now is a free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view on what is happening in washington live and on-demand. keep up with for hearings from the u.s. congress, white house events, campaigns and more for the world of politics all at your fingertips. he

. >> rand paul is a kentucky senator who joins me now. why do they want to cling to this pandemic so thoroughly, dr. paul? >> well, you know, jesse, this may come as a surprise to you i'm not sure that joe biden is fully in charge of the government or fully in charge of his wits for that matter. the thing is that the response to this has always been about submission and control of the individual. these are the people who truly believe in the nanny state whether it's your business they want to be in charge of or your healthcare. and they can't give it up. i mean, look, if you have been to florida any time in the last two years the pandemic was over two years ago in florida. it's still going on in the minds of democrats, but it hasn't been on the ground for a long time and they finally have gotten to the point where they, you know, they are for ridiculous things. they would have your pets in masks if you could. if you went to the kersh they kentucky derbyderby, horses in . i hope we never do this again. the mask domestic violence not change

who can come to kentucky and not get a bottle of bourbon. do not try to get it from her, she has cast secret service around her. we know you're going to come back to us again. thank you so much. >> we discussed the federal government's response to hurricane fiona and hurricane ian and then we talk about the seventh land vote on the continuing revolution in the national energy association on energy prices this winter and assistance for lower income families. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. this morning on c-span or c-span now, our free mobile app. join the discussion with your facebook comments, and tweets. >> with congress facing a september 30 government funding deadline, the house and senate are expected to work on a short-term spending bill to avert a federal shutdown. the house returns on wednesday, noon eastern members will vote on veterans affairs legislation in the senate returns this afternoon at 3:00 eastern to avert the government shutdown. they will debate a proposal by joe manchin on streamlining the federal permitti

she couldn't drive there, because she is not from west virginia, and she had to fly to kentucky, which is where she said this, today. >> yeah, i've been trying to pretend all day like i didn't know that. >> you know what, that's fine, that's the way -- >> i want to go back to a time in my life when i did know that. >> right, go back to this morning, thank you rachel. >> so wednesday, lawrence, thank you. >> well, the clock is ticking on donald trump's lie. donald trump and his lawyers have to stop lying about what the fbi did when they seized documents, including classified documents from his winter residents in florida on august 8th, because the special master is telling them to stop lying. the special master in the case, judge raymond dearie issued an order on friday saying, that the justice department should deliver a final version of a, quote, detailed property inventory, seized by the fbi from donald trump's justice department, following the judges order right in the report to the court today, and on trump's lawyers. but the most important part of judge dearie's law in order that

she loved to talk to people in kentucky about the kentucky derby and horses. a little bit of her -- she was just fascinated in keeping up, for instance, on what was going on with recent elections, even. up until very, very recently, she was asked to be briefed about what was going on. i think you're right. that was her last trip to the united states. but i know for a fact that, you know, more than other people she was in the moment on the news, whether it was presidential elections or what was going on in congress. she knew what was happening. >> and, eugene, we have about a minute left. we certainly are hoping whatever the palace does say today is that she is recovering but we know the family is gathering and it's a grim and unusual moment. >> it is a grim and unusual moment. one thing that really strikes me about elizabeth is that she was -- she was adaptable. she did make mistakes. i often heard it said when i was in london, the queen's never put a foot wrong. actually, she did. when charles and diana's marriage was falling apart. and marriages of two of he

i, too, want to extend my sympathies to the commonwealth of kentucky. obviously 35 families to date no longer have a loved one and there are hundreds of others have not been sent there as chairman cardin mentioned in his opening statement, president biden declared a disaster area to five counties and obviously we will work to expand that if necessary, and obviously work to help all of the survivors. on behalf of the administrator guzman, i'm happy to be here with the committee today to answer any and all questions. my name is patrick kelley. i am the associate administrator of the office of capital access at the sba and i have been since arch first of 2021. first, i would like to echo the chairman's comment regarding the work of the civil servants at the sba. it truly is a privilege for me to have a second opportunity to work with people during a time when so much was asked of them for the last 24 months. on balance these are some of the best people i've ever worked with across the private sector and public sector, and i will continue to enjoy the oppor

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senator from kentucky wonder what we were celebrating. let me say a few things were celebrating after years of candidate on the campaign trail telling americans the cost of prescription drugs were too high, we finally did something about it, finally after years of negotiating the price drugs and veterans administration so we can afford our veterans the very best, we apply the same standard to medicare. what does it mean? the most popular most expensive drugs sold through medicare to recipients over the age of 65, we are going to negotiate prices to come up with a reasonable amounts to charge taxpayers for the drugs. you wonder whether or not pharmaceutical industry can handle that kind of truth, i might remind people what they already know, the same drugs and boxes are for sale in canada and a fraction of the price we pay in the united states and same thing is true in europe. we said once and for all we are going to do something about it. i think it's something to celebrate let me tell you something else, we said from here on when this ta

sitting on kentucky's board of education.le school in ethiopia, solyana's family moved to louisville, kentucky, and she now works to bridge conversations between the state's 600,000 public school students and policymaker tonight, she shares her "brief but spectacular" take on the importance of student representation. solyana: when i first came to high school in america i thought it would be like the movies but once i got here it was complete a different. i did not know how to operate the system. i did not know what it meant to be a student in america. ♪ i'm from alexandria, virginia, but i moved to addis ababa, ethiopia, when i was 11, and i moved to louisville, kentucky when i was 14. when i first started high school, i didn't even know how to open a locker. now, i'm the first active student to serve on the kentucky state board of education. we're one of only a few states that does this across the country. it is highly important that we're able to have a seat at the table, but also just to, you know, be listened to and to be

and i moved to louisville, kentucky when i was 14.rst started high school, i didn't even know how to open a locker. now, i'm the first active student to serve on the kentucky state board of education. we're one of only a few states that does this across the country. and it's highly important that, we're able to have a seat at the table, but also just to be listened to and to be validated, so that we are a part of the solution. in my work in student advocacy, i contributed to statewide mental health round tables and equity related campaigns, especially in regards to the black lives matter movement. being the student representative is a huge weight cuz it's like, almost 700,000 students. i recognize the importance of it but you know, i'd be lying if , i said i didn't struggle with it because there's so many perspectives and we have such a diverse array of students. so i really prioritized a collaborative effort and really connecting with students all across the state. my sense of belonging now, it's something that's definitely heightene

senator sinema went to kentucky to deliver that speech at a government funded university, at a placells itself the mcconnell center. senator mitch mcconnell as effectively purchased the naming rights by delivering federal funding to the university, which of course includes taxpayer money obtained in a much richer state of new york and california. the united states constitution says that the president shall nominate, and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint judges of the supreme court. the constitution does not say that mitch mcconnell shell prevent a nominated supreme court justice from even being considered by the united states senate for its consent as mitch mcconnell did tumeric garland in the last year of the obama presidency. mitch mcconnell did not need 60 votes to do that. today, kyrsten sinema traveled to kentucky to celebrate mitch mcconnell's constitutional vandalism, and her own relentless ignorance. by saying this about mitch mcconnell. >> while we might not agree on every issue, we do share the same values. >> add, after this break we'll be back with

. >> as july's waters went through eastern kentucky, willie says the waters gutted his home it had toere we're standing, this used to be your home. >> this used to be my house. >> completely gone now. >> gone. >> miles away james and karen dean say they escaped to their barn's loft as water engulfed their house. >> if the barn had washed away, i don't know if i would saved it couldn't have but i would have because you got to be determined >> now they all tell us they're starting off with less financial help than they'd want. >> even though he lived this close to water for years, willie bush says he never thought about getting flood insurance and finally did but still didn't buy anything because it cost too much >> my daughter lives here and makes $13 an hour and 4 or 500 dollars a month for flood insurance. and 500 for her and 500 for myself. >> they have been needing insurance, since the creek could be this low. >> it is not something that could be needed. >> never thought it could be needed that's a waste of money. >> according to fema, both families live in high risk flood areas an

>> it came from the kentucky book festival. a writer came to me and said he had been to a book festival in kentucky and he knew that texans were part of our story set he thought texans could put on a great festival. we researched a lot of festivals. we saw what they were like and then we started hours. >> in texas, it is the third year in november. will you be back? >> i am looking forward to it. what i like about the national book festival and the texas book festival is that it is right in the capitol. i like the symbolism and the ideas in books with the national government and our democracy because the ideas in books are so important to our democracy. >> last night you quoted her, why? >> her mother took her to the library and introduced her and said she is nine years old and she has my permission to check out any book on these shelves. and then she wrote this in her biography that she went to the library as often as she could and she put her books in her bicycle basket and she read. >> was set similar to your experience? >>

let's hear from stephen who is in lexington, kentucky. democratic collar. >> yes, good morning thank you for taking my call, c-span. by the way, i love the merchandise. i have a sweatshirt. i'm gonna buy my wife a mug. great stuff, by the way. i love the representative. he is a great guy. i think highly of him because he is realistic. i wish he was my representative. my question for you, you have been i believe on the fifer federal legalization of marijuana and the safe banking act. i wanted to know where that was going? is it possible to get it done soon, before the election or i just want to hear the progress on it? >> i appreciate the question. it is true, i've been working on reforming our drug laws longer than any politician in the country. we started in oregon back in the 73. i have been working with safe banking, we passed through the house seven times. working at a broad reform across the board with comprehensive legislation, passing the house twice. it is legislation that's being redeveloped in the senate. one of the things i'm m

the kentucky supreme court held it violated the kentucky constitutional right to bear arms. but most other concealed carry laws were upheld in other jurisdictions. bruin adopts that and says the legislature has the right to regulate the mode. concealed carry was considered sneaky in 1870 but now it's preferable socially. if you go to the malls who were obeying the second amendment you would certainly be encountering people carrying concealed arms. they're concealed so nobody gets upset about it. that's more compliant with modern social standards. additionally, carrying can be prohibited in what are called sensitive places. heller had said laws forbidding affirmed crater to rebuttal presumption in favor of laws forbidding to carry a firearm in a sensitive place such as a cool -- a school or government buildings. the bruin opinion, citing a law review article i wrote, added to this list legislative assembly, polling places, and courthouses. and so the opinion says, as for new types of places, not old places that already existed, but new types of things, airplanes, rocket ships

the woman from kentucky, you are in georgia. looking at the opioid crisis in the country, do you think pharmacist overall should have been more vocal about what was going on with opioid prescriptions across this country? guest: we were vocal. and we were hollering. we were baking the dea -- we were begging the dea. they drag their feet and did not do anything quick enough. they have done it now and it has helped. the changes that have been made, the dispensing of prescriptions of dangerous medications and of opioids for illegitimate uses has decreased significantly and almost to the point where it has decreased too much and that we are hurting people who need that medication. sometimes you can swing that pendulum too far. in a lot of cases, we have done that, and we need to get it back to those who truly need the medication. however, if i look back into the late 2005 to 2012 when all this was going on in the pill mills are coming, i was introducing legislation in the georgia state legislature to do away with pill mills and addre

the woman from kentucky, you were in georgia. in hindsight look at the opioid crisis in the country to thinkll pharmacist overall should have been more vocal in about what was going on with opioids prescriptions across this country? >> we were vocal, we were vocal, we were hollering could we were asking and begging the dea. it took them too long to do it. they drug at their feet did not do it quick enough. they have done it now and it has helped. and the changes that have been made, the dispensing of prescriptions of dangerous medications and up opioids fores illegitimate uses has decreased significantly. almost to the point where it is decreased too much and we are hurting people who need that medication. sometimes you can swing that pendulum too far. in a lot of cases i think we've done that. late 2005 to 2012 is introducing legislation to do away bring pharmacist of this is wrong there participating in this period that some of them are still practicing now and that it wrong. >> host: let's go to couple more calls were going to

and eastern kentucky lags behind the rest of appalachian, we're talking about the part of appalachian economically has struggled the most. the book, "twilight in hazard." . you can listen to q & a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. >> american history t. v saturdays on c-span2, looking at the events, this week kevin mccarthy, another agenda commitment to america and american history tv looks at 1994 at the campaign rally newt gingrich, more than 300 republicans, challengers to congress wrote a policy agenda called a contract with america, and live at 9 a.m. eastern, a discussion on the american revolution's global impact where scholars represented to transform government and impacted countries around the world and exploring the american story. watch american history tv saturdays on c-span2 and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch at any time, c-spanrg

he usually writes fairly short books when nobody's from kentucky. he's 87 years old. he's sort of agrarian and philosopher. and in this book, he reckons with race, he deals with race in kentucky in the united states throughout his life. and it is a thought provoking as all his books are and beautifully written piece to the whole wendell berry, one of our great writers. well, mr. whole worth mentioned readers in mississippi every year, book tv covers the mississippi book festival in jackson and always thousands of people show up at the state capital for that. if you have a reason to be in oxford, mississippi, make sure to stop in at the square bookstore and say hi to richard haworth. we appreciate your time. thank you so much. i appreciate being with you today. and you're watching and listening to the about books, program and podcast. well, each tuesday, dozens of new books are published here. some recent ones, former goldman sachs executive jamie fiore. higgins is out with her exposÉ on the culture of finance and corporate america. her book is titled bully market my s

he usually writes fairly short books when nobody's from kentucky. he's 87 years old. he's sort of agrarian and philosopher. and in this book, he reckons with race, he deals with race in kentucky in the united states throughout his life. and it is a thought provoking as all his books are and beautifully written piece to the whole wendell berry, one of our great writers. well, mr. whole worth mentioned readers in mississippi every year, book tv covers the mississippi book festival in jackson and always thousands of people show up at the state capital for that. if you have a reason to be in oxford, mississippi, make sure to stop in at the square bookstore and say hi to richard haworth. we appreciate your time. thank you so much. i appreciate being with you today. and you're watching and listening to the about books, program and podcast. well, each tuesday, dozens of new books are published here. some recent ones, former goldman sachs executive jamie fiore. higgins is out with her exposÉ on the culture of finance and corporate america. her book is titled bully market my s