i went them to read about michael bennet using his voice and using his platform. you hear about robert reed and colin kaepernick. and the other nba players and how they use their voices. how they collectively did it as an entire league, the entire nba, which was something phenomenal that we have not seen. i want people to be inspired. that is my reasons for writing. brian: you cite film and you cite books in your book that have had an impact on you. here is coach carter, starring samuel l jackson. that's what's this. [video clip] >> i know you all like stats, so let me give you some. richmond high only graduates 55% of the students. of those who graduate, only 6% go to college. which tells me, when i walked down these halls and i look in your classrooms, may be only one student is going to go to college. but, damn, coach carter, if i college, where i'm going to go ? that is a great question. the answer for young african-american men is this. probably to prison. [end video clip] brian: that is 2005. why did they get your attention? etan: i speak to a lot of schools

senators cory gardner and michael bennet along with u.s. forest service all support the west fork fire station act and the bill passed out of the natural resources committee with unanimous vote. i encourage the rest of my colleagues in the house to support this bill and the community of west fork today. thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california reserves his time. the gentlelady from hawaii is recognized. ms. hanabusa: mr. speaker, if i may inquire if the gentleman from california has any more speakers. mr. mcclintock: no. i am prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. hanabusa: i am ready to close. i ask my colleagues to support adoption of this bill. it is a great bill and it does protect our first responders and something that we need to provide for them and as stated earlier, the forest service has no other use for this land. so with that, mr. speaker, i encourage adoption and i yield back the balance of my time

read about michael bennet using his voice and using his platform.ric reed who is with the whole time. how he is using his his voice. and how they use their voice after -- were killed. how they collectively did it as an entire league. the entire wnba. which was something phenomenal that we have not seen. i want people to be inspired. that is my reason for writing. >> you cite film and books. that have had an impact on you. here is coat carter. let's watch this. >> i know you all like statistics to let me give you some. graduates 50% the of its students. of those who do graduate, only 6% go to college. which tells me, when i walked on these halls, maybe only one student is going to go to college. but if i'm not going to college, where am i going to go? that is a great question. the answer is this. probably to prison. >> that is 2005. why did i get your attention? of schools.o a lot i have been since i was in college. my mother is a teacher. to have me come to speak to her school. she said you need to speak to them and speak honestly. i have been doing

michael bennet and torrey smith and russell less length and carmelo anthony, when they speak about these things, they are told to shut up and dribble. you don't know what you're talking about. you see the same thing happening to the young people. you are too young to even know the nuances of gun reform. they say, no, we can break it down for you. it is really encouraging to see that energy from them. brian: book on fatherhood. what was your own father like? how big a family did you grow up in? etan: me and my brother. my parents got divorced when i was younger. so my father wasn't. actually in the home, but i had a relationship with him on my life. but it's different than action being in the home. you know, visitations twice maybe a month, it's just the front. my main purpose to write that book was to encourage young people growing up in single-penthouse and know that they can still be successful in life and still make the right choices. and if they don't believe me, they can hear all these different voices that told their stories. i interviewed a lot of different people in that book as