there's a great african proverb that says your heart and your feet always travel together. this is what you say to someone who tells you, marie's, i love you but i cannot be at your sons 's wedding. if you care, york feat will take you there. >> you would outsource? >> i never feel tired of doing the same thing because it's always different. i never feel that i'm doing something which i don't like because it is much better that i live with somebody else. -- that i leave the position with somebody else. >> would it be better not having shareholders? >> listen, the judgment of the market is a good judgment. i don't like it always. sometimes i feel that they are upset with me. at the same time, my stock price has multiplied by 40 times in 16 years, so it's ok. >> i don't like to do with the ratingeal with the agencies. >> they don't understand. >> only looking at the superficial figures and not looking at the fundamentals. >> i don't like dealing with politicians. that is a reason why we never do political advertising. >> because it's too difficult? or because it is another wo

the proverbs tell us that our good name is worth more than all the gold and silver on earth and that is certainly true of ralph hall. someone who i immediately bonded with when i came to congress in 2001. ralph was a mentor, has been a teacher, a dear, good friend and i could always, as we all could, count on ralph to do the right things for the right reasons and to be a man of his word, whose first priority throughout his time here was to do right by the state of texas. and as lamar said so ably, ralph always believed it's better to be respected at home, make sure that the folks at home knew what a good job he was doing for them and it's a real privilege for me to be able to serve with that good man and we will surely miss him and what a privilege for me to be here tonight to honor him on this special evening and i yield back. mr. barton: i'd like to yield one minute to the chairman additional minute? mr. barton: i yield whatever time we have left to the gentleman -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman cannot -- the time cannot -- mr. upton: i just want to say ralph hall is an am

that is proverbs 29:18. unless we have visionary leadership, not only in the moment but in this movement, without visionary leadership, we will continue to see our villages in crisis. i represent one of the anchor institutions in every community. that is the local church. it is a nondonimnational church and the heart of new orleans. at the end of the day, the faith community, the business community, the government community, there has to be the connectedness that cedric ta

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and i think that the closest analogy would be the proverb that says that the green reed sways in the wind, while the strong oak may break in the storm. so that is what we are trying to do with this connection. and this connection is unique, and innovative and it was conceived of and designed by thomas eddie and requires hundreds of hours of analysis and we are pleased to have this on our job, and does the board have any questions? >> excellent. thank you. >> so directors after over four years of working underground and building the rail foundations putting in the geo thermal piping and everything else that we are doing as well as the foundation and now the public will be able to see the station coming up above ground and so we are excited about that and this last slide sxit em that i wanted to mention was that last month we mentioned that we will be bringing to the boarded to ab update on the progress of common boarding heights. and at the request of the rail operators, we are going to be putting this item off in terms of the update to december, because they are doing a lot of techni

proverbs 20 puts it this way. "since the lord is directing our steps, don't try to figure out everything that happens along the way." "well, why did my business go down?" "why did my child get into trouble?" "why did my relationship not work out?" you may never know why but you can come back to this core truth that god knows what he's doing. his plan for your life is good and even in opposition, like with sampson, god is creating opportunity. somewhere down the road it's not going to work against you. it's going to work for you. if you don't understand this principle you'll live frustrated because there are times in god's divine plan where it will look like you're going the wrong direction. your back is facing your goal. you know you're supposed to be going this way but you're headed just the opposite. this is what faith is all about. will you trust him when it seems like you're going the wrong way? will you keep a good attitude when you're praying for increase but seeing decrease? will you stay in faith when you

proverbs chapters three verses five and six it says trust the lord with all your heart in leave and noton your understanding and knowledge him if he will direct your path i never would have thought 10 years ago when i retired from the united states military i would be standing here today if you want god's will is in your life he will be where he wants you to be the largest accepted a position as the ceo for national center for policy analysis as a conservative think tank in dallas and i think that is where god wants me to be right now. but just to think about being here with each and everyone of view if btu talks to 5410 people what incredible reach. someone said c-span is here. what happens if that gets out? soleri's plant yourself where god wants you to be not rethink. make sure we have leadership fin that is the problem with our country. >> colonel west i met a junior year and thank you so much. >> you transferred from wheaton college how many know what is going on with the rotc program? all of you should know about this. we tin college and has an incredible rotc program that is been

in proverbs chapter 3 verseds 526 it says trust the lord with all your heart in lean not upon your understandingand always acknowledge him and he will direct your path. i never would have thought that ten years ago when i retire from the united states military that i would be standing here today. god will make sure you are going to be wary ones you to be. a couple frauds ago accepted a position as ceo of the national center for policy analysis, s a position as ceo of the national center for policy analysis, a conservative think tank. if each of you talk to 5 or 10 people about what i said tonight. c-span is here, what happens if that gets out on c-span and more people see it, the thing is to always plant yourself where god would want you to be planted, not where you think you would want to be planted. we need to make sure we have leadership, servants first, that is the problem we have in our country. >> i am a a junior at the birdie and i want to thank you -- >> transfer from wheaton college. how many people know what is going on with wheat and college that they are a pc program? everyone of you

here's another one of our favorite verses, proverbs 26:12. quote -- how did we do on that? >> i think you did very, very well, i like it. lou: a senior research fellow at the heritage foundation calculating the president's amnesty, robert rector maintains illegal immigrants will be given social security numbers access to social security assuming that and delayed access to welfare and obamacare, the net cost to taxpayers should run around $2 trillion. joining us now with his view on all of this is the former director of the congressional budget office, president of the american action forum. doug, great to have you here. >> thank you, lou. lou: first, the idea that the president would sign such an order, your thoughts, your reaction? >> i think this is a tremendous step backwards for the nation. for the people he claims he's trying to help. in the end, what did he do? he gave them a three-year reprieve on legal action, didn't give a path of legal status. he didn't do anything to substantly improve the immigration system and poisoned the political well and probably oversteps

let's talk about that new year's eve forecast, it's a proverb to me. year's eve forecast includes drizzle, but overall we'll see the fireworks. even if we have rain, the fireworks still must go on, right? >> it's a guarantee, 5 out of 5. we like it. thank you very much, anthony. >>> still to come, "the interview" is not the only movie in theaters today. despite all the talk about it, coming up, a preview of what else you can see on the big screen. >>> well, no doubts about it, christmas day is one of the biggest movie days of the year, and "the interview" is not the only movie hitting theaters this morning. >> look at me. look me in the eye. >> that's a scene from "unbroken," which is a new film directed and produced by angelina jolie, following the life of an olympic runner who survived in a raft after 47 days after a plane crash in world war ii, only to be captured by the japanese navy and sent to a p.o.w. camp. "unbroken" is rated "pg-13." >> greatest device in history and the germans use it for communications. >> let me try and we'll know for sure.

no relationship embodied that proverb than richard nixon and daniel patrick moynihan.book out tells the story of how a conservative president whose disdain for academia put a liberal intellectual into his white house staff in 1969 and listened to the guy. the friendship that developed was as genuine as it was unlikely. nixon, who was socially awkward, appreciated moynihan's wit and brilliance. and moynihan returned the favor giving the respect he craved. steven hash, a friend of mine, worked for both men. he joins me now. you were friends, got along with nixon when you were working for him. you were disappointed with what the guy did, of course. because you're a good guy. but moynihan, tell me what is it, in the sometimes squirrelly psyche of richard nixon, that led him to this prince of the harvard establishment and made him one of his confidants. >> initially, i think it was one big mistake. you've been through transitions. transitions are, you're exhausted. it's all secretive. you don't know the future. and i think he just plain made a mistake in picking him. he had

that is proverbs 29:18. unless we have visionary leadership, not only in the moment but in this movement, without visionary leadership, we will continue to see our villages in crisis. i represent one of the anchor institutions in every community. that is the local church. it is a nondonimnational church and the heart of new orleans. at the end of the day, the faith community, the business community, the government community, there has to be the connectedness that cedric talked about. if we begin to work as a country the coalition building. we can't just dialogue and walk away and say, we had a great evening. i would hope that notes are taken and we can begin to talk about how to build on the takeaways. otherwise, we are going through the motions, the processes of coming together. although this can become more of an aggregate, if we would put it in writing and declare in new orleans, cincinnati, atlanta, across the country. we would have more discussions like this that are purposeful. again, we walk away with

one scripture is proverbs 28:19 without a vision people cast off strength. one thing we can focus on is having a vision, a positive constructive vision about the future. i am so thankful that we have law enforcement officers who are willing to put their life on the line to serve people that they never met before and at the same time i understand the pain and misery that comes living in poverty. so when you put those two together i would love to see a positive outcome, one of the ways we have a positive outcome that brings stake hold towers the same table and have a serious conversation about moving forward. i reached out to friends of mine in the c pc, the congressional black caucus, i reached out to the urban league, folks in south carolina and i reach out to hispanic leaders as well as white leaders so we can bring people together. one thing that america the most amazing country on earth is the ability to overcome obstacles. we are good at that when we focus on the future and not simply getting mired in the past. >> yet there are organizations for women in

responsibility given to us by the scripture engraved on the hearing room wall of the science committee from proverbse is no vision, the people perish. ralph's eyesight was 20/20. he could see where we've been. he could see where we were going. and it was an honor and pleasure and real privilege to serve with my friend ralph hall. i yield back. mr. barton: i thank congressman gohmert. i'd now like to recognize the gentlelady who represents part of dallas county, the honorable eddie bernice johnson who comes from the same hometown i do, waco, texas. ms. johnson: thank you very much. i'm delighted to join you in saying some words about ralph hall, my friend. it has been my honor and privilege to serve with my colleague and friend and we had some laughs just recently when i visited him about our history nd working together in elected office. our relationship goes back to when i was in the texas house and i left the texas house in the 1970's. talking about things that we remember. i really regret that he's not here today, but he wanted to be and he planned to be, but he's not going to make it today. but

in proverbs chapter iii vss v through vi it says very simply trust the lord with all your heart and been out on your own understanding. in all your ways acknowledge comanche will direct your path. i would have never thought ten years ago when i retire from the united states military that i would be standing here today. if you are obedient to god's will in your life will make sure you are where he wants you to be. a couple fridays ago accepted a position as ceo for the national center for policy analysis, a conservative think tank out of dallas and guess what? i think that is where god wants need to be right now. think about being here with each and every one of you. if each and every one of you goes out and talk to five or ten people about what i said tonight, what an incredible reach that is. someone said c-span is here taping this. what happens if that gets out and more people see it. the thing is always to plant yourself where god would want you to be planted, not where you think you want to be planted. we need to make sure we have leadership that serve as first and that is the proble

"not the glittering weapons fight the fight," says the proverb, "but whether the hero's heart fights the fight." --is truly true of these are the heroes you're talking about. >> the courage it took for them to fight this fight. the risk to each of them individually and to their families was extraordinary. ebola is a dangerous disease because those who treat run the risk of becoming victims. we saw unprecedented numbers of doctors and nurses -- more than 300 have died fighting this outbreak. >> does it seem it, after you make the choice, obvious and easy? >> in a way. the more we thought about it we , decided a couple of months ago that this is how we are going to go. it became clearer and clearer as we talked to these people and heard their stories and watched what they are doing. it is against the context of a global health system that did not perform well and that is the crucial part. on the one hand, the extraordinary heroism and courage of these front-line fighters that was all the more important because they are protecting the rest of us. it is not as though, in a globalized wor

dorothy stratton chose proverbs 31. when i looked that up, it was essentially a woman who tries many things in her life and that was so dorothy. in fact, one of her quotes was there is much to do in this life, do it all. and she did. fast-forward to 2010, 2012 and a coast guard ship is sponsored by first lady michelle obama who honored her theses stratman founded direct to your michelle obama christened in 2010 and commissioned in 2012 as the first time that a first lady had sponsored a navy or coast guard ship and the first time that a coast guard. women today could learn from each of these women. i know i did. they changed my life. they are changing my life right now. they are just great women. >> for more information on the recent visit to lafayette and west lafayette indiana and many other cities visited by local content vehicles, go to c-span.org/vocal content. >> coming up next, "after words" with guest host dave levinthal. this week, lindsay mark lewis and his book "political mercenaries: the inside story of how

proverbs 18:20, "a man's [moral] self shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; and with the consequencewords he must be satisfied [whether good or evil]. death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life]." you're not gonna have joy if all you talk about is your problems all day. we're not gonna enjoy life if we just sit around in little groups and gossip about other people. don't spend your lunch hour sitting at the table at work talking about everything that's wrong with the place and everything they don't do and what you don't have. if that's all everybody will talk about then if you have to, go eat by yourself. take a walk and just say, "god, i know there's things that could be better but i'm so grateful that i've got a job. thank you, god, that i've got a job." >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: you gotta fight the devil. and the biggest thing, the best thing, are you ready for the finale? the best thing, the very best, greatest, most wonderful thing that you can do to increase your joy is do something for somebod

proverbs 4, verse 20 to 22 says, "my son, attend to my words. incline your ear, the ear gate, unto my sayings. let them not depart from thine eyes, the eye gate, all right? keep them in the midst of your heart." so everyone say, "ear, eyes, heart." so listen to god's word, see god's word. and the way you do that is imagine yourself like the tree planted by the waters prospering in everything that you do. every time--you know, the bible is actually faith pictures. when the bible says, "look at this woman, blessed is this woman." charm is deceitful, beauty is empty, but this woman, her husband praises her. her children rise up and call her blessed. see yourself as that mother, as that wife. amen? the virtuous woman who can find? it's all faith pictures. the bible is all faith pictures. amen? see yourself in that picture. so let it not depart from your eyes and then keep then in the midst of your heart. what's gonna happen? if the eye gate, ear gate and the heart is on god's word, the next verse says they are life to those who find them and health

[applause] >> proverbs chapter three, you will find these words. my son, forget not my law.years of life and peace they will add to thee. let not kindness and truth forsake thee. bind them about thy neck and write them up on the tablet of thy heart. so shall they'll find favor and good understanding in the sight of god and men. trust in the lord with all by heart and lean not unto thy own understanding. in all thy ways acknowledge him and he will direct my path. and the people of god said amen. to show upoy it is and celebrate this amazing man whose whole life was about showing up, gathering up, and building up others. whether it was the faith community or those in the pews were the people in the streets, there is no doubt this mississippi man will be greatly missed for everything he brought to us. for the comfort he gave to so many. is to receive his blessing to all of us. that wasture he chose his absolute favorite from john chapter 14, versus one through six. as we prepare to hear it, let us remember what he no doubt would want us to go about it. that these were words spo

he's reminded me before and maybe some others as well that in the old testament we're reminded in proverbs we should always pray for wisdom. that's something i pray for every night not just for my colleagues, of course, but certainly for me. and i all i can say the good lord has answered his prayer because one of the reasons he's ended up as a member of these gangs for good is because he has so much wisdom. he's a good listener but he's just a very, very wise human being. it's been a joy serving with him. he got here in 2003, i think he raised his right hand and took the oath of office in 2003. you come through orientation through new u.s. senators and i talked to him bit later and i said how was orientation? well, it last bed that long. the democrats put you over here, if you're a republican, we'll put you over here and just have at it. he and i talked about it, said that doesn't make much sense. as attorney general in the attorneys general association, as governor for me, former governor in the national governors' association, we had robust orientation programs for new attorneys and -- a

i do not wear well the fact that , however i doed biblicalve in the proverb of people that to dwell on alone. in this day and age, we cannot dwell alone. we have to have connections and cooperate. our economy boosts into internal strength. we cannot go on saying to everybody, crying out loud, rio the ones who are besieged. we have our problems. to around lot of hate the world. there is a lot of cynical undertones. that has nothing to do with the fact that we have problems. we have to present era policies correctly. you have to change our policies correctly. i compared to israel to midsize ship in stony waters in high seas that has to maneuver in the estonian rodders correct way. a situation where we find anyelves ordered without ability to maneuver. that is our problem. a question, back to and want to get you on record as much as possible. i asked moten that this question that the summer about the piece process. to think of that as starting 20 years ago with oslo. palestinians, with representatives before there was a nationality and organization, have had for five opportunities over th

like to leaveld you with is the idea that in a proper -- a proverb, we should not lament the fact that mr. barry is gone, we should rejoice in the fact he was with us. my take away is i'm going to continue to live my life and wise the woman -- in ways that in theke a difference lives of people in the district of columbia as marion barry tommy. >--taught me. >> friends, washingtonians, and citizens listen up. i come here today not to bury marion but to praise him. when marion was born to the theme park we call life, he open the gate. he looked and left and saw the highest space marilyn. -- space mountain. helooked to the right and saw the highest of the fine roller coaster in the world. and he saw a big fares will in front of him. around and he said, i'm going to ride every ride in the park. and he did. twice. , it was sixarion months after the riots. i was in a three-piece suit wearing five foot eight jewish boy from baltimore who are just purchased his first nightclub in the district. black baptist" from mississippi running a million-dollar corporation on u street. two years later, ma

there's an old chinese proverb that my sister uses all the time. it's worth remembering.half the sky. women hold up half the sky. to everyentitled single solitary opportunity and every single solitary right and protection under the law that nr. i know we will get there. i know how far we have come in such a short time. i promise you, as long as i am around and the president is around, even after we are no longer holding office, we will continue to fight that our daughters and granddaughters and our great granddaughters are freer and freer and freer and our sons understand their obligations and what the real definition of manhood is god bless you all. may god bless native american in indian nations and may god protect our troops. thank you very much. [applause] >> more from the recent tribal nation conference in washington with remarks from eric holder and anthony foxx. the company provides leaders drives a566 recognized chance to meet with the president and members of the white house council on native american affairs are in this is an hour. welcome eric holder. [applause

that is scripture, proverbs 29: 18. unless we have visionary leadership, not only in the moment as you mentioned, chief, but in this moment that i believe is occurring, without visionary leadership, we will continue to see our villages and crises. i represent one of the institutions in every community that is the local church. and by the way, just called it the training center. it is actually a nondenominational church in the heart of new orleans. at the end of the day, the faith community, the business community, the governmental community, every day people, there has to be the connectedness that cedric talked about, the coalition building that somebody else mentioned. but in this movement, there must be takeaways. we can't just a dialogue and walk away and say okay, we had a great evening and washington d.c. i would hope even from this process that notes were taken and we can begin to talk about how we build upon the takeaways, even from this very purposeful and tension all discussion. otherwise we are just going thro

that is proverbs 29:18. unless we have visionary leadership, not only in the moment but in this movement, without visionary leadership, we will continue to see our villages in crisis. i represent one of the anchor institutions in every community. that is the local church. it is a non-nominal church and the heart of new orleans. at the end of the day, the faith community, the business community, the government community, there has to be the connectedness that cedric talked about. the coalition building. we can't just dialogue and walk away and say, we had a great evening. i would hope that notes are taken and we can begin to talk about how to build on the takeaways. otherwise we are going through the motions, the processes of coming together. all of this can become more of an aggregate, if we would put it in writing and declare in new orleans, cincinnati, atlanta, across the country. we would have more discussions like this that are purposeful. we walk away with solutions. i go back to short-term, long-term.

proverbs visionaryhave leadership, not only in the moment but in this movement, without visionary leadership, we will continue to see our villages in crisis. represent one of the anchor institutions in every community. church.the local ands a non-nominal church the heart of new orleans. of the day, the faith community, the business community, the government community, there has to be the that cedric talked about 3-d coalition building -- talked about. building.ion we can't just dialogue and walk away and say, we had a great evening. i would hope that notes are taken and we can begin to talk about how to build on the takeaways. otherwise we are going through the motions, the processes of coming together. all of this can become more of we would put it in writing and declare in new orleans, cincinnati, atlanta, across the country. we would have more discussions like this that are purposeful. with solutions. i go back to short-term, long-term. this will not happen overnight. there are things that can be done immediately in every community with a great leadership, visionary leadership. inquiring

there's an old chinese proverb my sister uses all the time and a couple of editorial writers to choose worth remembering. it says, women hold of half of the sky. women hold up half of the sky. and you are entitled to have the every single solitary opportunity. every single solitary opportunity to every single solitary protection of law that men are your i know we will get there. because i know how far we have come in such a short time. and i promise you, as long as i'm around, as long as the president is around, even after we're no longer holding office, we will continue to fight to make sure that our daughters and granddaughters and our great granddaughters are freer and freer and freer. and our sons understand their obligations and with the real definition of manhood is. god bless you all. may god bless the native american indian nations, and may god protect our troops. thank you very much. [applause] >> tonight and h. director francis collins discusses the promise and challenges facing cancer research. he described an environment of unprecedented innovation paired with shrinking fed

besieged and that the world does not understand us at times, however i don't believe in the biblical proverb saying that the people dwell alone. we cannot in this era dwell alone. we have to have allegiances. we have to have connections with our friends and allies. we have to cooperate together in an international arena. therefore, we cannot just go on saying to everybody -- for crying out loud, we are the ones who are besieged. we have problems. yes, there is a lot of israeli hate around the world and there are a lot of anti-somatic undertones, but it has nothing to do with the fact that we have problems to deal with. we must present policies correctly, change the policies correctly. i always compare israel to a midsize ship in stormy waters in high seas that has to maneuver through correctly. we are in a situation where we find ourselves cornered without any ability to maneuver. that is our main problem. >> let me get back to one question, the main question, i want to get you back -- get you on record as much as possible here. it is about the peace process, because we tend to think of it a

however, i don't believe in the biblical proverb of people that dwell alone. in this day and age, we cannot dwell alone. we have to have connections with our friends and allies. we have cooperate together on the international level. that boosts our economy and our internal strength. we can't go on saying, crying out, we're the ones who are besieged. we have our problems. there is lot of hate around the world. there is lot of undertones. we have to present our policies correctly. i also compare israel to a mid side ship in stoney waters in high seas that has to maneuver in the river correctly. we're in a situation where we find ourselves cornered without any ability to maneuver. that's our main problem. >> let me go back to one question, i want to get you on record as much as possible here. this is important question. i asked martin this question this summer. about the peace process. we tend to think of that as starting 20 years ago with oslo. the palestinians or their representatives, before there was a nationality and organization. have had four, five opportu

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proverbs 29:18. unless we have visionary leadership, not only in the moment but in this movement, without visionary leadership, we will continue to see our villages in crises. i represent one of the anchor institutions in every community, the local church. the watch memorial teaching ministries, a nondenominational church in the heart of new orleans. at the end of the day, the faith community, the business community, the governmental community, everyday people, there has to be the connectedness that cedric talked about. the coalition building that somebody else mentioned. in this movement, there must be take aways. we cannot just dialogue and walk away and say, we had a great evening in washington, d.c. i would hope that notes are taken and we can begin to talk about how we build on the takeaways. even from this very purposeful and intentional discussion. otherwise we are just going through the motions, going through the processes of coming together. although this is an aggregate of people, it can be

rest of us, and he is reminded me before and maybe some others as well that in the old testament in proverbse reminded we should always pray for wisdom. always pray for wisdom and that's something i pray for every night. not just for my colleagues of course but certainly for me. all i can say is a good lord answered his prayers because one of the reasons he ends up as a member of these gangs for good is because he has so much wisdom. he's a good listener. he's a very, very wise human being. it's been a joy to serve when he got in 2003. i think he raised his right hand and took the oath as office into thus in three. he came through orientation for new u.s. senators at a talk to him but later and i said i was orientation, market? he said while, not that long. but it was over and the democrats was over here and if you're a republican we will put you over here. it's like have added to he and i talked about and he said that doesn't make much sense. as attorney general, as governor for me, former governor, national governors association, we have rogue was orientation programs. new attorneys genera

the proverbs tell us that our good name is worth more than all the gold and silver on earth and that is certainly true of ralph hall. someone who i immediately bonded with when i came to congress in 2001. ralph was a mentor, has been a teacher, a dear, good friend and i could always, as we all could, count on ralph to do the right things for the right reasons and to be a man of his word, whose first priority throughout his time here was to do right by the state of texas. and as lamar said so ably, ralph always believed it's better to be respected at home, make sure that the folks at home knew what a good job he was doing for them and it's a real privilege for me to be able to serve with that good man and we will surely miss him and what a privilege for me to be here tonight to honor him on this special evening and i yield back. mr. barton: i'd like to yield one minute to the chairman additional minute? mr. barton: i yield whatever time we have left to the gentleman -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman cannot -- the time cannot -- mr. upton: i just want to say ralph hall is an am