now thanks to the internet and with the case of robert when it he was attained illegally in washington north dakota but was able to get this footage out almost right away and had a he was able to get a phone call flood onto the department that's actually triggered a investigation of the os and that's that's the rare occurrence and it was politically. i think. nothing i'm just coming to the story for a minute sort of change that org about one more integrated in life info. so robert after spending most of the day there in detention illegally detained by the police force was really lucky to get out of this but we're fortunate enough now to have robert with us from breckenridge minnesota robert thank you so much for joining us tonight robert thank you so much for the show you're bringing me on the on the show today but it's been also to watch you grow i mean i we first i mean i first met you on nine at least when you were fourteen and to see how much work you've been able to do it was while in high school now at seventeen still you know ok can button take a names and really impress me thanks and robert

north dakota. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> mr. speaker, every time i talk to north dakotans, washington is on an unsustainable path and it needs changed. out of control spending is unacceptable. mr. berg: our rising debt is unacceptable. and allowing this debt to grow without reform is unacceptable. this country borrows $4 billion a day. fixing this mess will require real reforms. it requires a serious, honest conversation about where this country stands today and how we want to leave this country for the next generation. it's irresponsible to leave our children with a nation that has a mountain of debt. it's unacceptable to increase our debt without making any attempt to reduce it. we cannot expect to do the same thing -- we cannot do the same thing over and over and expect different results. i've heard the north dakota people. and i will not support any debt limit increase that does not contain significant cuts and budgetary reforms. it's time to stop the reckless spending. it's time to reduce the size of government. it's time to enact policies that will put america back on track. tha

washington. by the way, that was the very same lawyer who hired them on a contingency fee basis to represent the state. in north dakota, mr. mcconnell and his wife contributed $30,000 to the gubernatorial campaign of the attorney general who appointed him as special assistant attorney general for purposes of representing that state in tobacco litigation. mr. mcconnell and his law firm contributed an additional $73,000 to that same attorney general's state political party during the campaign cycle, making them the number-four campaign contributor to that organization. now, there's nothing wrong with people contributing money to political candidates or parties or causes that they believe in, but it's another matter when these contributions are made in connection with no-bid contracts 0 or apparent political favors. it's no small matter that mr. mcconnell has a lucrative ongoing financial arrangement as a product of his previous work as a trial lawyer. in fact, he will receive $2.5 million to $3.1 million a year through 2024 as part of his payoff for his work in the tobacco litigation i mentioned a moment ago. $2.5 milli

north dakota is doing quite well. californians and others might bring their hands but they are not getting the kind of assistance from washingtonhat they need. there's nothing stopping any state in this country from experimenting this direction. so finally, the thing i want to stress is that instead of the export-led recovery, we need a recovery that is focused on increasing demand within our own country in putting resources to work on our own country and not being obsessed with pleading this export game. >> we have just a few minutes. i would like to ask joe and dean if you'd like to respond on the export recovery versus the domestic demand. >> i think there's all kind of issues on what we should spend on whether we want to change the tax system which is on a fair and whether we want to have the better infrastructure in this country. but there's all kind of issues which regard worthy and i support a lot of what america does and i don't really want to but all i would say is that although the federal reserve cannot control exactly how the spending would happen, it has the ability all by itself to get any level of spending that y