he is followed by democratic senator sheldon whitehouse talking at a community dinner at 3:00 p.m. eastern right here on c-span. vacation tong for martha's vineyard, president obama traveled to orlando, florida, to does -- to discuss the disabled veterans national convention. talk about the priorities of his and administration, including any the backlog, incentive, and the creation of a initiative. he also called on congress to make tax credits permanent for businesses that hire veterans, and two passes veterans job or proposal. knowank you all, please, i you have been working hard, so rest yourselves. [laughter] i am beyond thrilled to be here with all of you today, and i want to start by thanking larry for that very kind introduction, but more importantly for his tremendous leadership of the dav and for all of his outstanding service to this country. but most of all, i want to thank all of you here today. the men and women who have served and sacrificed so greatly on behalf of all americans. truly, one of my greatest joys over these past few years has been spending time with vete

he says that joining local , -- rs for the farm bill covering that tomorrow, an event with sheldon whitehouse. run your calls coming up. we once take a look at the town hall that happened yesterday in illinois caller:. is a very general statement. are you for national security? i think there is no doubt that we need immigration reform. our current system is not working for employers or people who are trying to come here legally. it is not working for our agonist or he, the number one industry in my district. i have met with manufacturers and international groups in springfield, having a heart in getting visas to get into the country. then come our office deals with immigration as a federal issue on a daily basis. she wakes up every morning and gillett immigration. nobody thinks our current system does not work. how we fix it obviously, the devil is in the details. what i have been as a proponent of the house is advancing the ball down the court. i do not believe we are ever going to have a purpose -- perfect solution. i have 20 boxes, and we have to check all 20 boxes for me to vote for a bil

. >>> turning to the congress, i want to bring in senator sheldon whitehouse.ood afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon. >> we've spent two years being told that the affordable care act is in fact the four horsemen the apocalypse that will bring death, destruction, famine upon the nation. is that right, sir? >> i think the exact opposite is true. we've seen families across the country enjoy the benefits of added coverage. we're about to see fair, level, transparent markets for insurance that give consumers a real short, start to open up. across the country we've seen the delivery system reform parts of the bill save lives and improve the quality of care. >>> each year we hear another collision in the constituency between a republican and the voting public. do you thinks this is where the argument over affordable care act will ultimately be won, regardless of whether speaker boehner tables his 600th vote against it? >> yeah, i think so. the whole obama care issue has become a sort of targets for the far right. the discussion about obama care in the far right is compl

then tom cole hosting a town hall meeting followed by sheldon whitehouse. vincent gray and he faced each other in the most expensive elections in the recent history. early $5 million in an attempt to hold on. then send gray only raised one point $2 million but he won the public over. took officer great in 2011, brown would also run for mayor in the hopes that he weighed pay and promised the job in exchange for this during the election. regulators soon discover that much of the story was true. they also uncovered a deeper seeker, the shadow campaign. >> you had a campaign that was the regular one you see and then another set of folks who were in an office right next the gray campaign. there is so much going on during the campaign, you have several theers complaining about other workers. they felt they were getting paid more. there was a lot of confusion as to who was paying them, etc. it was not until a year later folks started putting things together. they realize the folks who were next door, we cannot find any record of them in the campaign enhance record

then we will hear from democratic senator sheldon whitehouse. both of those town hall meetings tomorrow starting at 10:35 a.m. eastern. young officers were surrounding my grandmother, who was 23 years old that the time. my grandfather had been trying to get to her and talked to learn because of the handsome young naval officers. they all rushed to go upstairs to do what they had to do and left her standing there. she knew her father was up there and she fell in behind him. they came running back and said, do not let miss gardner follow, her father is dead. myn she heard that, grandmother sainted. she fell into the arms of the present -- my grandmother fainted. she fell into the arms of the president. next week, and harrison to eliza johnson. first ladies this week at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> more from the usaid conference from administrator rajiv shah. he talked about education in three countries and how it relates to national security and u.s. relations abroad. this is about 25 minutes. , with theiv shah workers aroundd the world. he served as und

then tom cole hosting a town hall meeting followed by sheldon whitehouse.cent gray and he faced each other in the most expensive elections in the recent history. early $5 million in an attempt to hold on. then send gray only raised one point $2 million but he won the public over. took officer great in 2011, brown would alsru

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. >> coming up next, rhode island senator sheldon whitehouse hears from his constituents in pawtucket after that, we're live from the air force association to hear from a former pentagon official addressing national security threats at a time of budget cuts. >> booktv in prime time comets this week -- continues this week. tonight after "the communicators" at 8:30 p.m. eastern, we'll hear from military historians beginning with victor davis hanson. he talks about his book which looks at five different generals from ancient greece to 21st century iraq. he'll be followed by john gaeghegan on "operation storm" which details japan's secret plan to use advanced submarines. we conclude with author max boot on the history of guerrilla warfare and his book, "invisible armies." booktv in prime time airs the entire month of august and the first week of september at 8:30 p.m. eastern on mondays and at 8 p.m. the rest of the week here on c-span2. >> in the last few years, the left has decided that the political debate is worthless. they're not going to debate policy, they're not going to debate wh

[applause] [inaudible conversations] >> democratic senator, sheldon whitehouse how they made in pawtucket, rhode island. he described a divided republican party between moderates and republicans each party. he also talked about health care exchanges about climate change and wall street reform. this townhall is an hour. [applause] >> already. now this is -- go ahead and have a seat, guys. this is the 115th, by our count, community dinner that i have held since i first started running for the senate back now seven years ago. we do them subtly and that kind of got the routine down. that is that everybody gets something to eat and then we sit down. i speak very briefly and then it's just a discussion. so if you have a question, if you have a comment, this is rhode island. we even accept remarks, the whole package. please feel free. but in order that everybody else has a chance to hear you, please put your hand up and give us a chance to get a microphone to you. who is running the microphones here? these chama men look at the hand mike. one other thing that i will say is that now that everybod

town hall meeting now, this one happened in pawtucket, rhode island, with democratic senator sheldon whitehouse. he met with constituents over dinner. this is about one hour. [applause] >> all right now. this is my -- go ahead and have a seat, guys. this is the 115th, by our count, community dinner that i have held since i first start running for the senate back now, what, seven years ago. we do them steadily. we have kind of got routine down. everybody gets something to eat. i speak very briefly and then it is just a discussion. if you a question, if you have a comment, this is rhode island, we even accept rude remarks. the whole package. please put your hand up and give us a chance to get the microphone to you. who is running the microphones here? the hand mics. all right. these gentlemen will get the hand mics around. one other thing that i'll say is i know everybody doesn't love public speaking. and whether it is because you don't love public speaking or whether it is because what you want to talk about is more personal than that, or whether we simply run out of time, if for some reason we