it is my pleasure to introduce ying ma. [applause] >> thank you, all, thank you so much. rita, thank you very much for the kind introduction. i want to say thanks to all the volunteers who made this event happen, special thanks to rita for all her hard work, coordination in recent months, and, howard, thank you for having me here. it's an honor for me to tell you a bit about my book and my story, but whenever i talk about my book, i have a tendency to think of another author, and that author is president barack obama. as you may recall, the liberal media raved about barack obama's writing abilities in the 2008 election. back then, senator obama's resumÉ was really quite short, and his supporters said, with a straight face, that he was just marvelous because he wrote two books about himself. at first, i thought this was some kind of a joke. when senator obama became president obama, i realized that it was no joke at all, and i decided that i seriously needed to get with the program and start believing in the dreamy barack obama world of yes, we can. i thought what i needed

when ying ma and her family immigrated to the u.s. fromadin china, she thought she was heading to disneyland. [laughter] what confronted her was a far cry from the magic kingdom. it wasn't the foreign language and culture that proved the most difficult. rather, it was the shocking racism, isolation and disdain that she encountered in our owne backyard of oakland. ying ma's story is a perfecte example of what made america great; courage to confront hardship and abuse,, determination to move past it and gratitude to a country thato made it possible for anyone to succeed and discover one's self-worth. i highly recommend that you read the personal account of her amazing journey in her book, "chinese girl in the ghetto," which she will be selling and signing tonight. ying ma has, indeed, come a long way from the inner city ofe re oakland. she received her undergraduate degree f from cornell and a law degree from hard said. -- harvard. she has served as -- [inaudible] >> thank you. corporate communications, which is the first mainland china

it's my pleasure to introduce mink -- ying ma. [applause] >> thank you very much. i want to say thanks to the volunteer who made this event happen. a special thanks to rita for all of her hard work and coronation in recent months, and howard, thank you for having me here. it's an honor for know tell you a bit about my book, and my story. but whenever i talk about my book, i have a tendency to think of another author, and that author is president barack obama. as you may recall, the liberal media raved about barack obama's writing ability in the 2008 election. back then, senator obama's rÉsume was quite short, and his supporters often would say with a straight face, that he was just marvelous because he wrote two marvelous books about himself. at first i thought it was a joke. when senator obama actually became president obama, i realized it was no joke at all, i decided that i seriously needed to get with the program. and start believing in the dreamy barack obama world of yes, we can. so i thought that what i needed to do was to write two books about myself, and m

later, at 10:30, ying ma talks about "chinese girl in the ghetto."t's booktv in prime time starting at 8 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> friday c-span's road to the white house 2016 features senator amy klobuchar of minnesota. she's the keynote speaker at the tenth anniversary north iowa wing ding fundraiser honoring former first lady and secretary of state hillary clinton who will not attend the event. that's live at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span. finish. >> put you on the spot here, but representative tom cole, what are you -- what's on your summer reading list? [laughter] >> well, i'm reading david roll's wonderful book, "the hopkins touch." about halfway through that now which is on harry hopkins, the legendary aide for fdr and a grinnell graduated. we probably don't have the same politics, but i admire the style, and it's a compelling life. probably next up for me, i haven't had a chance to read the kaiser book, "act of congress," but the reviews have been compelling, and that's going to be an interesting case study. and when you know all the charac

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