privilege and pleasure to introduce our national chairman, sam webb. [applause] sam has been a mentor and an inspiration to many of us, including myself. i am proud to say that sam and i at the ripe age of 69 share a common destiny. we are one year from entering the prime of our lives. [laughter] [applause] baby boomer, our generation was shaped by the movement of the 1960's civil rights and anti-vietnam war era to which the party just emerging made important contributions. at the time, first as a college student and then a worker, michelle stuart -- sam served as leader of his party in his native land. in the 1970's at the parties are urging, sam and his family moved to detroit when the automobile industry was still came. king. under his leadership, the party in michigan was able to contribute and reenergized the labor movement resulting in today's progressive trance. in the 1980's, out of the national party in new york, sam became secretary of the parties labor commission. he went on to take national assignments becoming a very effective troubleshoote

the keynote speech by chairman sam webb.on newsmakers, senate republican conference chair john thune of south dakota talks about the 2014 and 2016 elections, transportation, funding, the economy and iraq. newsmakers, sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. -- and 6:00 pm eastern on c-span. it -- culminates in a boardroom showdown that charles ends up forwarding. the company shareholders were trying to expand the size of the board. his would have ended up deposing charles is the chairman. they would've taken a greater role in the direction of the company. the end result is that bill is tossed of the company a few years later by his brothers. there is a really dramatic moment in the book where you know the board has to sit down and decide bills fate. >> sons of wichita author dan a. schulman. now, on the first anniversary of the supreme court decision on the defense of marriage act, a discussion on the status of same-sex marriage and whether there will be another challenge in the courts. from washington journal,

tonight we'll show you chairman sam webb's keynote address which focused on the midterm elections, the economy iraq and climate change. here is a portion of his remarks. immediate challenge for anybody who cares about the puche is the elections this fall. their outcome probably won't shift the political terrain but that doesn't take away from their importance. whenever side wins will have the wind in its sail over the next two years of the obama presidency and a leg up in the 20 16th rble race. if the republicans capture control of the senate, or retain control of the house, they will claim that the american people have unambiguously rejected the president and his politics of redistributed economics government overreach and a super sized -- state. on this ground, they will press their reactionry agenda to the max. they will block the president at every turn as well as ramp up the efforts to portray him as incompetent. takers and free loaders in the global theater. >> that's followed by a discussion on raising the minimum wage tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. now constitutional law at

sam webb delivered the keynote address. the event included a number of speeches on issues like climate change, the minimum wage, iraq and the midterm elections. watch the entire convention saturday starting at eight eastern on c-span. >>> the hearing looking at the right role supporting the u.s. travel and tourism industry a year from the commerce department deputy undersecretary for international trade along with the acting assistant secretary of state for consular affairs. the senate subcommittee hearing is one hour and 20 minutes today's hearing will examine the efforts to reach the nation's gold of attracting 100 million international visitors annually by the year 2021. last month we heard from key industry stakeholders on how we could achieve this goal. it was clear there were areas where the federal government could do better. today i would like to focus on three ways to increase tourism. first is how the government engages in travel and tourism expert promotion and the importance of targeting international markets to