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00:00:38	>>	LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET ME WELCOME YOU AGAIN TO THE 66 ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL DINNER OF THE WASHINGTON PRESS CLUB FOUNDATION. ONCE AGAIN, AND MY NAME IS JESSE HOLLAND OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. AND I AM THE FOUNDATION'S PRESIDENT. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. WHEN ONE BEFORE WE BEGIN TO OUR PROGRAM TONIGHT, I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU ARE DISTINGUISHED HEAD TABLE. AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THE WHOLE YOUR APPLAUSE UNTIL I'D FINISHED THE INTRODUCTIONS BARON STARTING TO MY RIGHT AND YOUR LEFT, DONNA OF USA TODAY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB. [APPLAUSE] UNTIL OF THE CHICAGO SHOULD BE IN AN VICE PRESIDENT OF THE WASHINGTON PRESS CLUB FOUNDATION PERRIN. IT SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR OUR SPEAKER TONIGHT. AND JULIE DAVIS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND OUR DINNER CO-CHAIR. [APPLAUSE] THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NANCY PELOSI OF CALIFORNIA. [APPLAUSE] NOT TO MY LEFT IN YOUR RIGHT, CNN'S SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT, CANDY CROWLEY. OUR MASTER OF CEREMONIES. [APPLAUSE] REP. KEVIN MCCARTHY OF CALIFORNIA, ARE OTHER SPEAKERS TONIGHT. IN JULIA ALFRED OF THE WASHINGTON POST, ARE OTHER DINNER CO-CHAIR BRANDEL. SHEILA CASEY OF THE HILL, THE FOUNDATION'S TREASURER, THE FOUNDATION'S 2009 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT ON EVERY MAN ROBERTS INHERENTLY. AND ELLEN AND SHEARER OF A THEN NEWS SERVICE, THE FOUNDATION SECRETARY. LET'S GIVE OUR HEAD TABLE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN DERRIN [APPLAUSE] AND BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER WE'RE GOING TO START OUR THANK YOU'S WITH THE WASHINGTON PRESS CLUB FOUNDATION DINNER COMMITTEE TO PUT THIS DINNER TOGETHER. SO I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM. [APPLAUSE] I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE FOUNDATION SPONSORS AND FRIENDS WHOSE GENEROUS SUPPORT MAKES OUR ONGOING WORK POSSIBLE BEAR AND ROLL-CALL. TWO CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY. THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE CHAMBER'S INSTITUTE FOR THE 23 CENTURY ENERGIES. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS. AND THE EVELYN Y. DAVIS FOUNDATION. IN THE FEDERAL POLICY GROUP. THE HILL. FORD MOTOR COMPANY. MICROSOFT, HONEYWELL, AND POLITICO. [APPLAUSE] WE WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDIA AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS. A SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT GOES INTO IT CHRIS CLIENT OF THE HELL WHO PROVIDED OUR PROGRAM COVER ARE TO APPEAR IN AND TO THE RITZ CARLTON IN AS GENERAL MANAGER ELIZABETH ONCE, THE DIRECTOR AND ONE OF THOSE STAFF THAT ARE SERVING YOU TONIGHT. LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] AND THERE IS ONE FINAL THANK YOU. UNWED THERE IS ONE FINAL THANK YOU THAT I LIKE TO MAKE. OUT LIKE TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE VALIDATIONS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SUZANNA, AND TO MY WIFE CAROL, BOTH OF WHOM HAD TO PUT UP WITH ME AS WE WERE PUTTING THIS DINNER TOGETHER SO I WANT A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO BOTH OF THEM. [APPLAUSE] EVERY YEAR THIS BE ONE BRINGS TOGETHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AS THE JOURNALISTS WHO COVER THEM FOR AN EVENING OF LIGHT HEARTED COVINA PARA EVEN WELL I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE HERE TO ENJOY THE THING TONIGHT LET'S NOT FORGET HOW ALL THIS STARTED. AND AND THAT WAS WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF WOMEN WHO MADE OF THE WOMEN'S PRESS CLUB. THESE WOMEN REFUSE TO STOP WHEN BARRIERS WERE PLACED IN FRONT OF THEM. IF YOU TOLD THEM THEY COULDN'T DO IT, THEY WOULD SAY, JUST WATCH ME. IN THE ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE WORLD OF POLITICAL JOURNALISM, THESE WOMEN IS STILL STAND OUT AS PIONEERS WHO BLAZED THE WAY IS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME HERE NOW AND AS THE FATHER OF A LITTLE GIRL I WANT TO SAY TO THEM THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THE WOMEN'S PRESS CLUB AND STARTED IN SEPTEMBER 1919, BACK WHEN WOMEN JOURNALISTS WERE BANNED FROM THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB BUT THAT DID NOT STOP THEM. THEY FORMED THEIR OWN GROUPS TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND FIGHT DISCRIMINATION IN THE MEDIA. IN 1917 THE WOMEN'S PRESS CLUB OPENED THE DOORS TO MEN AND BECAME THE WASHINGTON PRESS CLUB, SURELY THERE AFTER THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB AND THE WASHINGTON PRESS CLUB MERGED. AND THE WASHINGTON PRESS CLUB FOUNDATION WAS FORMED AS A WAY TO ENSURE THE STRUGGLE, A TRIUMPH, AND SUCCESSES OF THE WOMEN'S PRESS CLUB WERE NEVER FORGOTTEN PERRIN. IN KEEPING WITH THAT MISSION, THE PROCEEDS OF TONIGHT'S DINNER GOES WITH THE WASHINGTON PRESS CLUB FOUNDATION CHARITABLE PROJECTS WHICH INCLUDE COLLECTING ALL HISTORY OF WOMEN PIONEERS IN JOURNALISM SO THAT THEIR STORIES ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN. WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF DOCUMENTING THE LIFE OF THE LIZ CARPENTER WHO COVERED THE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS FOR 18 YEARS BEFORE BECOMING A WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR AND LECTURER. NOW WE ARE WORKING ON WAYS TO ENSURE THAT THE LEGACY OF OUR FOUNDER IS NEVER FORGOTTEN. IN 2006 THE PLANTATION BARNARD WITH "THE NEW YORK TIMES" TO CREATE AN INTERNSHIP FOR DESERVING JOURNALISTS. AND AT THE END OF HER INTERNSHIP JACQUELINE AND REALLY GOT A NEW JOB IN WASHINGTON AS A JOURNALIST ERGO GIVEN THE SUCCESS OF OUR VERSED IN TURN WE ARE DOING IN AGAIN THIS SUMMER. WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT NEWS ORGANIZATIONS AND IN THE FUTURE WE ARE HOPING TO GET MORE MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS TO OPEN THEIR DOORS TO DESERVING JOURNALISTS. BY GIVING THE STUDENTS REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE IN WASHINGTON JOURNALISM WE ARE HOPING TO BRING MORE HELEN THOMAS SAYS, WARRANTLESS CARPENTER, MORE AND AND ROBERTSON, AND IT ROBIN TONER INTO THE WASHINGTON PRESS CORPS. [APPLAUSE] IN THIS I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE GENE OF "THE NEW YORK TIMES" UP TO THE PODIUM. [APPLAUSE]
00:09:02	>>	THANK YOU. AND WHEN THAT PERSON NOW LIKE TO DO IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE ROBINS HAS BEEN WHO WAS SUMMER IN THE AUDIENCE. [APPLAUSE] ONE THING ABOUT ROBIN SHE WAS BURNED AND SHE KNEW WHEN SHE WAS RIGHT AND HER EDITORS WERE WRONG. AND WHICH WAS MOST OF THE TIME. THERE ARE MANY FRIDAY NUYS WHEN SHE WAS COVERING THE 2000 MIDTERMS WHEN SHE WOULD BE WORKING ON SUNDAY STORIES IN PARTICULAR WAS STORY THE SUNDAY BEFORE THE ELECTION AND WHICH ARE AT THE TERRACE, NOT ME BY THE WAY WE'RE TRYING TO PREDICT THE OUTCOME OF THAT TUESDAY'S VOTE TO THE PARENT EVERY HOUR A NEW SET OF INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT THE SOURCE SHOULD SAY CAME FROM NEW YORK BELIEVE IT OR NOT. AND SHE WOULD PULL HER HAIR AND SAY, THESE GUYS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS SO CONVENTIONAL WISDOM, OR HORSE RACE, OR JUST PLAIN WRONG HERE AND IN THE SHE HUNG ON RIDE TO THE END TO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE NEXT DAY SHE WOULD FOR A SEGMENT OF THE STORY GOT BETTER WITH SOME OF THE MEDELLIN. SO AND HEARD HER SAY IT AND HAVE TO ADMIT IT AND HAVE BEEN ALL THAT OFTEN. AND I MISS RAHMAN AND DEEPLY PERSONAL WAY IS, BUT WHAT I MISS MOST OF ALL IS WHAT ROBIN WOULD HAVE DONE WITH THE STORY WE ARE COVERING NOW. I MISS HER IDEAS, I MISS WHAT SHE WOULD SAY ABOUT OBAMA AND DASCHLE, I MISS HER TELLING ME TO COVER THE ISSUES, AND I MISS HER TELLING ME TO REMEMBER THE HISTORY BEFORE WRITING THE STORY. I MISS HER TREMENDOUSLY FAST AS THE WHOLE BUREAU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] HIM I NOW WANT TO INVITE OUR MASTER OF CEREMONIES, CANDY CROWLEY, UP TO THE MICROPHONE. WE ALL KNOW HER FROM TELEVISION AND SO SHE REALLY NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. BUT JUST BRIEFLY, BUT CANDY CROWLEY HAS DISTINGUISHED YOURSELF AS FIRST AND FOREMOST A FIRST-CLASS JOURNALIST. SHE IS CNN'S SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT HERE IN WASHINGTON IS A, SHE HAS ONE TOO MANY AWARDS FOR ME TO LIST THEM ALL HERE BUT HERE ARE A FEW -- IN 2003 SHE WON AN EMMY FOR HER WORK ON CNN PRESENTS ENEMY WITHIN, SHE RECEIVED IN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE BROADCASTERS AWARD FOR COVERAGE OF THE REAGAN CAMPAIGN AS WELL AS THE AP AWARD FOR IN-DEPTH COVERAGE OF THE 1980 REAGAN CAMPAIGN. SHE ALSO WON COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY'S ARMSTRONG AWARD FOR FREEDOM IN AS A DOCUMENTARY ON PRISON CELLBLOCK TAKEOVER. SHE BEGAN HER CAREER BROADCAST EARLY IN THE JOURNALISM HERE IN WASHINGTON D.C. AS A NEWS ASSISTANT FOR METRO RITA MAE POSITION WASH. TO SERVE AS AN ANCHOR FOR ME TO A BROADCASTING AND AS A JOURNALIST ASSIGNMENT IN WHITE HOUSE COURSE BONNET FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. WHERE SHE COVERED MOST OF THE REAGAN ERA BEFORE MOVING ON TO NBC-TV TO BECOME A JOURNALIST CORRESPONDENT FOR THE NETWORK'S WASHINGTON BUREAU. SHE STARTED AT CNN IN 1987 WHEN SHE BECAME IN THE COURSE CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT BEFORE BEING PROMOTED TO SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT. LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, CANDY CROWLEY. [APPLAUSE]
00:13:10	>>	LAST YEAR SOMETIME BETWEEN IOWA AND PUERTO RICO FIRM I GOT AN E-MAIL FROM UNTIL SOCK MEN AND SHE IS A GREAT FUN AND WE OFTEN ARE ON PANELS TOGETHER AND IT YOU KNOW THAT E-MAIL IS LIKE AN ELECTION YEAR. YOU DELETED OR YOU RANA BEYOND NEW SO I LOOKED REALLY QUICK AND SHE SAID IT WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO HOST A PANEL AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND SHE SAID THE MAGIC WORDS 2009. SO I WROTE BACK AND SAID SHORE BECAUSE AT THAT POINT I KNEW THAT 2009 WOULD NEVER COME HERE AND [LAUGHTER] THAT I, IN FACT, REALIZED THAT I HAVE BEEN SUCKED INTO ONE OF THOSE TWILIGHT ZONE EPISODES WHERE YOU ARE IN A CAMPAIGN AND THERE WAS ALWAYS ANOTHER STATE. AND AND SO WHEN A BARACK OBAMA SAID WE HAVE BEEN 257 STATES I THOUGHT HE WAS RIGHT. [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE HE TOTALLY KEPT GOING. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS I REMEMBERED AND I THOUGHT 2009 AND SO ON AROUND JANUARY 16th OR 17th THE HEAD OF OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT COMES INTO MY OFFICE AND SAID THE MECHANIC WHEN DID YOU KNOW YOUR MASTER OF CEREMONIES FOR THE WASHINGTON PRESS CLUB FOUNDATION AND I SAID NO I'M NOT APPEAR IN A AND SHE SAID THAT, HERE IS THE INVITATION. AND I LOOKED AT THAT AND SUDDENLY IT HIT ME THAT SHE HAD, IN FACT, ASK ME TO DO THIS SO YOU ARE NOT THE FIVE PERSON PANEL THAT I ACTUALLY EXPECTED TO BE HERE. [LAUGHTER] TO DISCUSS IN THE INS AND OUTS OF THE CAMPAIGN AND I CERTAINLY DIDN'T EXPECT A BUGLER. [LAUGHTER] BUT I AM TOTALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE SIMPLY BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION. AND JESSE HAS ALREADY TOLD YOU ABOUT THE THINGS THAT IT DOES FOR IN TERMS OF MY TRYING TO BRING THOSE THAT REALLY CAN'T AFFORD A SUMMER OF NO PAY AS AN INTERN TRYING TO MOVE THEM INTO MUSEUM AS OF THAT WE GET SOME REAL DIVERSITY ACROSS THE BOARD INTO THOSE NEWSROOMS, NOT TO MENTION THAT THEY HIGHLIGHT THE BEST OF US. I KNOW YOU ALL GET ALL THOSE SAME E-MAIL'S THAT I GET ABOUT HOW TERRIBLE THE MSN IS AND HOW WE'RE NOT DOING THIS AND THAT SO TO ME IS USUALLY IMPORTANT THAT THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE BEST OF US. WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN TONIGHT THE DAVID LYNCH REGIONAL REPORTING AWARD. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU KNEW DAVID LYNCH, AND THAT HIS WIDOW TONIGHT HERE IN A TOTALLY DEDICATED TO REGIONAL REPORTING. THIS WAS A MAN WHO WAS WASHINGTON-BASED AND HAVE PAPERS FROM ALASKA TO SOUTH CAROLINA. HE TRULY UNDERSTOOD THE NEED TO TAKE THE PUZZLE PALACE ON CAPITOL HILL AND SEND IT BACK TO HIS READERS EVERYWHERE SAYING HERE IS WHAT YOUR DELEGATION IS DOING, HERE IS WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU AS A READER. THAT IS THE OLD SHINING LIGHT IN DARK PLACES IN THE EARTH. THE WAY OF DOING REPORTING. SO THIS AWARD, OF COURSE, IS IN HIS NAME HERE IT IS AS THE PROGRAM WILL TELL YOU A WASHINGTON-BASED DAILY. PERSON WHO HAS SHOWN EXCELLENT AND CONGRESSIONAL COVERAGE FROM A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE, AND PUTS US SIMPLY TELLING THE RAIDERS WHEN IT MEANS. TONIGHT'S RECIPIENTS. FORMERLY OF THE ST. LOUIS IS BEING HONORED TONIGHT FOR HER WORK WITH THE POST-DISPATCH AS A JUDGE FOR THE FIRST THREE REPORTING ON A VARIETY OF IMPORTANT ISSUES IN THE MISSOURI CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
00:16:44	>>	[APPLAUSE] WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THERE GIVEN A PROJECT, THAT FIRST GRADERS ARE GIVEN A PROJECT AND THAT YOU SHOULD FALL IN PIECER AND HAVE A ONE SIDE HE WAS TO WRITE WHEN HIS DAD DID IT AND ON THE OTHER SIDE HE WAS TO WRITE WHAT HIS MOM DID IT AND TRY PICTURE PARENT SO HE BROUGHT IT, AND I BOTH SIDES OF THE PAPER THERE WERE PEOPLE AT DESKS AND A LOT OF THEM HAD LONG HAIR. [LAUGHTER] SO AT THE TIME I WAS WORKING POOR ASSOCIATED PRESS RADIO AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO -- THE HUSBAND WAS IN SALES AND THEY HAVE BEEN TO THE WHITE HOUSE ONE OR TWO TIMES. AND ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE PAPER WAS THE STICK FIGURE OF DATA AND SEND MY DADDY IS A BOSS AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PAPER IT SAID MY MOM IS A TIGER. [LAUGHTER] SO AS IT HAPPENS AT IS A VERY SAME TIME AND NAN ROBERTSON WAS FIGHTING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS AT THE NEW YORK TIMES. SHE IS A LONGTIME NEW YORK TIMES CORRESPONDENT OVER DECADES, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE AS MEN OR WOMEN TO HAVE HER THERE WHEN SHE BECAME A FIRST-CLASS JOURNALIST WHO WON A PULITZER AS WELL AS THE BLAZE A TRAIL TO A NEWS ROOM AND REALLY MADE LIVE DIFFERENT FOR WOMEN AND MEN JOURNALISTS EVERYWHERE. IN THIS EVENING ROBERTSON WILL RECEIVE THE WASHINGTON PRESS CLUB FOUNDATION LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR BOTH FOR DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTION TO JOURNALISM AND TO ENHANCING THE ROLE OF WOMEN JOURNALISTS EVERYWHERE. IN ABOUT THAT ERA SHE WROTE ABOUT IN HER BOOK, THE GROSS OF ABOUT ANY, WOMEN, MEN AND THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THERE IS A MUCH MORE TO THE STORY. WE WANT TO DIM THE LIGHTS QUICKLY AND SHOW YOU A VIDEO CHEVIOT WHAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. [APPLAUSE]
00:19:18	>>	I SIGN THIS BILL FOR MY DAUGHTERS AND ALL THOSE WHO WILL COME AFTER US BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO GROW UP IN A NATION THAT VALUES THEIR PUNCH ADDITIONS WITHOUT ARE NO LIMITS TO THEIR GRIEVANCES AND THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THEIR MOTHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS AND NEVER COULD HAVE MENTIONED. IN.
00:19:40	>>	HIRING AND PROMOTING WOMEN, IT WAS THE BEST SETTLEMENT ANYONE HAS SEEN TO THAT DATE OF ANY SEX DISCRIMINATION SUIT IN THIS SENSE OF THE COMMITMENTS THEY MADE TO HIRE I BELIEVE IT WAS ONE OUT OF FOR WOMEN FOR THE TOP POST JOBS.
00:20:03	>>	THIS WAS IN A STORY THAT NEEDED TO BE TOLD AND IT MAN TOLD LOOK FOR ALL OF US AND HAVING WON THE PULITZER PRIZE AND HAVING THIS EXTREMELY PROMINENT POSITION IN BOTH AS A REPORTER AND A WONDERFUL WRITER, SHE HAS GIVEN US A FABULOUS ENTERTAINING DOCUMENT THAT MOST PEOPLE READ IN ONE NIGHT.
00:20:25	>>	THIS STORY HAVE NEVER BEEN TOLD BEFORE BECAUSE EVERY MAJOR BOOK EVER WRITTEN ABOUT "THE NEW YORK TIMES" ALMOST IGNORES THE WOMEN WHO PINCH COMMITTED TO IT. WOMEN WERE INVISIBLE. AND WE HAVE ADDED A GREAT DEAL TO THIS NEWSPAPER AND I THOUGHT I WOULD LIKE TO TELL THEIR STORY, I WOULD LIKE TO TELL HOW A GROUP OF IT VERY BRAVE WOMEN PUSHED THE TIMES INTO THE 20th CENTURY.
00:20:56	>>	WE ALL REALLY WERE IN LOVE WITH WORKING FOR "THE NEW YORK TIMES" AND IT WAS LIKE GOING FOR A DIVORCE. THE MAN AND I HAVE BEGUN A AND SHE HAD CALLED THE WHOLE COURSE ALL THE WAY THROUGH END OF THE WASHINGTON BUREAU WHERE SHE WAS ONE OF THE RELATIVE AND IT SO IT SHE KEPT A RECORD FOR US AND SHE SAID SAID BEFORE PEOPLE AND THEN THAT I HAND IN THE BOOK TO MY GRANDDAUGHTER AND THEN I SAY HERE AND READ ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE THEN. I AM GIVING THEM SOMETHING THAT NO ONE ELSE WAS INVOLVED IN THIS KIND OF THING WAS ABLE TO GIVE TO THEIR GRANDDAUGHTERS. IN.
00:21:32	>>	I THINK A BRAVE PERSON IS A PERSON WHO GOES AHEAD AND PASS SOMETHING THAT IS FRIGHTENING EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE FRIGHTENED. EVERY SINGLE WOMAN FOR INSTANCE WHO WAS ACTIVE IN THIS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE TIMES WAS PUTTING HER CAREER ON THE LINE. AND PARTICULARLY THE SEVEN NAMED PLAINTIFFS IN THIS SUIT. AND AS A RESULT OF A SUIT THEIR CAREERS WERE BLIGHTED BUT THEY OPEN UP, THERE WERE PIONEERS AND OPEN UP THE WAY FOR OTHER WOMEN HERE AND A.
00:22:07	>>	WHERE I THINK MOST ADMIRABLE ABOUT FOUR IS THE WAY SHE HAS COPED WITH ADVERSITY AND IN MARVELOUS THING IS THAT HER FRIENDS SEE HER SMILING AMONG HER FRIENDS SEE HER TODAY AS SOMEBODY ALWAYS COMING BACK. SHE IS AN ADMIRABLE WOMAN. [APPLAUSE] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY SON IS NO LONGER LOOK TO ME AS A TYPIST IN PART BECAUSE OF THIS REMARKABLE WOMAN, NAN ROBERTSON. [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]
00:23:30	>>	PUERTO I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A GIVE IN RETURN. I HAVE LITTLE TO SAY EXCEPT THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. AND [APPLAUSE]
00:23:52	>>	ON BEHALF OF THE WASHINGTON PRESS CLUB FOUNDATION WE LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR TO THE ASININE AT LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
00:24:49	>>	WHILE WE ARE ON THE SUBJECT OF REMARKABLE WOMEN, I WANT TO MOVE AHEAD AND INTRODUCE OUR NEXT SPEAKER, AND I COULD OFFER YOU UP A LENGTHY RESUME OF OUR NEXT SPEAKER BUT MOST OF YOU KNOW IT ANYWAY, IF NOT, SHE HAS A WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO GO AND TAKE A LOOK AT. FORTUNATELY, I HAVE A STORY AND I THINK MOST OF YOU CAN AGREE SOMETIMES IN DAY-TO-DAY REPORTING ON POLITICIANS, THEY BECOME SORT OF CARDBOARD CHARACTERS, NOT THE FULL, NOT THE FULL POLITICIAN, THE FULL HUMAN BEING, SO I WANTED TO KIND OF FILL OUT THAT OTHER PART OF THE RESUME WITH A SOURCE, WHO REVEALS THE FOLLOWING THING ABOUT THE CONGRESSWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. FIRST, HER GRANDCHILDREN CALL HER MIMI. ONE OF OF THEM CALLS ANY NEWSPAPER THAT IS CAR IING HER PICTURE MIMI PAPER. AND THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING IS MIMI'S TOWER. THE SOURCE ALSO SAYS AND I QUOTE "WHEN THIS WHOLE SPEAKER THING IS OVER THERE IS A BACKUP PLAN. NANCY PELOSI INTENDS TO SELL HER CRANBERRY SAUCE ALA MRS. FIELDS." MANY OF YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW THE CONGRESSWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS A DIAGNOSED CHOCAHOLIC. THE SOURCE REVEALS THAT, IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO GET THE SPEAKER TO EXERCISE MORE, THE CONGRESSWOMAN'S HUSBAND BOUGHT HER A TREADMILL FOR USE IN HER APARTMENT APARTMENT. WHEN THE SOURCE, WHO ASKED NOT TO BE IDENTIFIED, WALKED INTO THAT APARTMENT, SHE FOUND THE CONGRESSWOMAN SITTING ON HER TREADMILL, WATCHING CNN, AND EATING CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM OUT OF THE CARTON. THIS IS A WOMAN I CAN GET BEHIND. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FIVE PEOPLE ON THIS EARTH CALL HER MOM, EIGHT CALL HER MIMI, ON HER OTHER DAY JOB SHE IS MA DOM SPEAKER. THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NANCY PELOSI.
00:27:04	>>	THAT COULD ONLY BE ALEXANDRA. I'LL TAKE OFF MY SHOES. I TOOK OFF MY SHOES, BUT DON'T BE AFRAID, I'M NOT GOING TO BE UP HERE THAT LONG. THANK YOU, CANDY, FOR THAT VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE INTRODUCTION. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO KEEP US INFORMED, AND TONIGHT, TO KEEP US ENTERTAINED. I'M PLEASED THAT WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER, IN THIS IMPORTANT TIME IN OUR COUNTRY, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AT LEAST SOME LIGHT LAUGHS. WE ALL KNOW THESE ARE DIFFICULT TIMES IN OUR ECONOMY, AND EVEN IN THE FIELD OF JOURNALISM. HOW TOUGH ARE THE TIMES? SO TOUGH THAT WHEN SECRETARY GEITHNER GETS A CALL FROM THE "NEW YORK TIMES," HE DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE CALLING LOOKING FOR A SCOOP OR A BAILOUT. I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES WHO WERE HERE, SOME MEMBERS OF OUR LEADERSHIP, MR. VOYER, MR. HOLLAND, SO MANY OTHER MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE AND ON BEHALF OF THEM, HE'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE SENATOR KOBACHAR AND MY COLLEAGUE IN THE HOUSE, CONGRESSMAN McCARTHY, FOR THEIR COURAGE. SENATOR KLOBACHAR SOON TO BECOME ONE OF THE FUNNIEST DELEGATIONS IN THE SENATE, THAT'S WHAT I THINK, AND MY FELLOW CALIFORNIANS, CONGRESSMAN McCARTHY, TONIGHT CONGRESSMAN McCARTHY I'M GOING TO AFFORD TO YOU THE SAME REGARD THAT THE REPUBLICAN REPUBLICAN CAUCUS DID FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA. I'M GOING TO WISH YOU WELL AND HOPE THAT YOU SUCCEED, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE SINGLE LASH. AGAIN MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT ON A SERIOUS NOTE I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE JESSE HOLLAND'S LEADERSHIP OF THE WASHINGTON PRESS CORPS FOUNDATION. I'D ALSO LIKE TO JOIN IN RECOGNIZING THIS YEAR'S RECIPIENT OF THE DAVID LYNCH MEMORIAL AWARD, DEED DEPESHGIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND TO THE WINNER OF THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, NAN, OH, MY GOSH, NAN ROBERTSON. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE HIGHEST ASPIRATION OF ANYONE WORKING AT THE "NEW YORK TIMES" TO BE AS GOOD AS NAN. THAT IS A VERY TALL ORDER. NAN, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS HONOR. ALL WOMEN IN ANY PROFESSION ARE DEEPLY IN YOUR DEBT FOR BEING SUCH A TRAIL BLAZER FOR US. AND AREN'T WE HAPPY THAT HELEN THOMAS IS BACK. YAY HELEN! NOT ONLY IS SHE BACK AT THE DINNER BUT SHE'S BACK ON THE JOB AT THE WHITE HOUSE, KEEPING EVERYONE ON THEIR TOES. I'D LIKE ALL OF -- I'D ALSO LIKE TO JOIN VERY SADLY IN THE TRIBUTE TO ROBIN TONER. IT WAS A PRIVILEGE, I KNOW, FOR ANYONE WHO WORKED WITH HER TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. IN MY CASE, FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS, SHE WAS ALWAYS ACCURATE AND FAIR AND HER SPECIAL GIFT, I THINK, WAS THE ABILITY TO EXPLAIN POLICY IN TERMS OF WHAT IT MEANT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. SHE SURELY WILL BE MISSED. SHE ALWAYS WILL BE REMEMBERED WITH GREAT RESPECT. IN THE MIDST OF COVERING THE HARD NEWS, I KNOW THE WASHINGTON PRESS CORPS HAS BEEN FASCINATED WITH THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE WHITE HOUSE, ESPECIALLY PRESIDENT OBAMA'S BLACKBERRY. I'M GLAD THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS ABLE TO KEEP HIS BLACKBERRY, SO THAT SOME OF HIS OLDEST FRIENDS WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH HIM, AND THEY REALLY WOULDN'T HAVE TO CALL THE WHITE HOUSE. ALL THEY'D HAVE TO DO IS SEND HIM A PRIVATE TWEEP FROM THEIR TWITTER APPLICATION OF THEIR BLACKBERRY WHICH GOES TO HIS FACEBOOK ACCOUNT WHICH SENDS HIM AN E-MAIL ALERT VEE I DON'T TEXT MESSAGE. IT'S JUST THAT EASY NO, NEED TO MAKE A CALL, BUT I KNOW WHAT YOU ALL REALLY WANT TO KNOW, AND WHAT IS WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT'S E-MAIL ADDRESS. THE PRESIDENT'S E-MAIL IS IMALLEARS@WHITEHOUSE.GOV. RAHM IS STILL HERE. RAHM STILL HERE? RAHM, IS HE HERE?
00:31:59	>>	HE'S GONE.
00:32:01	>>	HE'S GONE, WELL YOU KNOW HIS E-MAIL ADDRESS. BLEEPBLEEPBLEEP@WHITEHOUSE.GOV. AS I TOLD YOU, I TOOK OFF MY SHOES. YOU'RE ALL TOO YOUNG BUT FOR ANYBODY WHO ISN'T, THEY USED TO SAY THE DEFINITION OF AN OPTIMIST IS THE PERSON WHO PUT ON HER SHOES WHEN HE SAID "AND IN CONCLUSION" AS I'M ABOUT TO PUT ON MY SHOES BUT I DID WANT TO SAY THIS, SINCE WE CAME TOGETHER LAST YEAR, WE CELEBRATED THE OPENING OF THE MUSEUM, AND ISN'T IT A WONDERFUL PLACE. AND ONE OF THE SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE MUSEUM IS THAT IN THE AUDITORIUM, THEY HAVE, GUESS HOW MANY SEATS, 535, THE NUMBER OF HOUSE AND SENATE MEMBERS COMBINED, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT DOESN'T HAVE A CENTER AISLE TO DIVIDE. WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO HAVE A MEETING OF CONGRESS WITHOUT THAT CENTER AISLE? TONIGHT, ON THIS EVENING HERE IS AS CLOSE AS WE COME TO THAT. DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS COMING TOGETHER AT THE WASHINGTON PRESS CLUB CONGRESSIONAL DINNER, WE'VE COME CLOSE TO THAT GOAL, REGARDLESS OF PARTY. WE WILL LAUGH TOGETHER. WE WILL THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU IN JOURNALISM FOR WHAT YOU DO TO INFORM THE ELECTORATE AND STRENGTHEN OUR DEMOCRACY. SO AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF OUR COLLEAGUES WHO ARE HERE AND I THINK I CAN SAY THIS FOR DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN THE CONGRESS, WE THANK YOU. WE ADMIRE YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR STRENGTHENING OF DEMOCRACY. NOW, ON WITH THE SHOW! LET'S ENJOY. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
00:34:06	>>	I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT SAYS THAT BOTH THE SPEAKER AND I TOOK OUR SHOES OFF TO TALK TO YOU ALL. 57 STATES AGO, WHEN THE CAMPAIGN BEGAN, I WAS COVERING NOW SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON, AND MY FAMILY WOULD SAY WELL, WHAT'S IT LIKE, YOU'RE COVERING A WOMAN AND SHE'S GOT A REAL CHANCE TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND I SAID, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, SHE SHAKES HANDS. SHE'S GOT ALL THE BANNERS. SHE TALKS TO PEOPLE ABOUT IRAQ. SHE TALKS ABOUT MIDDLE CLASS. I MEAN THERE'S REALLY NOT THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE. IT'S A CANDIDATE. SO WE WENT TO IOWA FOR HER FIRST TOWN HALL MEETING, AND IN THAT TOWN HALL MEETING, A WOMAN STOOD UP TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT EDUCATION, AND SHE VOLUNTEERED THAT SHE WAS A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER, AND SHE SAID "AND YOU KNOW IT MEANS I HAVE ALL THOSE RAGING HORMONES AND I'M GOING THROUGH MENOPAUSE." WE'RE GOING, I SORT OF WENT THROUGH MY MEMORY THINKING OKAY, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME A WOMAN IN A TOWN HALL MEETING WITH JOHN EDWARDS OR JOHN KERRY VOLUNTEERED THAT SHE WAS GOING THROUGH MENOPAUSE? SO I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY FAMILY AND I SAID "I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, ACTUALLY." WHAT I LEARNED FROM THAT IS HEY, WE NEED TO CELEBRATE THESE FIRSTS. THEY ARE SOMETHING WE NEED TO MARK, WHETHER IT'S HILLARY CLINTON'S LANDMARK CAMPAIGN, THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT, THE FIRST FEMALE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, AND OUR NEXT SPEAKER. SHE CURRENTLY HOLDS MORE TITLES THAN SHE CAN CARRY. SHE IS A FRESHMAN SENATOR. SHE IS THE SENIOR SENATOR. SHE IS THE FIRST FEMALE SENATOR AND AT THE MOMENT, SHE IS THE ONLY SENATOR FROM MINNESOTA. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AMY KLOBUCAHR.
00:36:03	>>	THANK YOU, CANDY, THAT WAS GREAT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, JULIE AND JULIA FOR INVITING ME, DEIDRE FOR YOUR GOOD WORK, TO NAN FOR YOUR COURAGE, TO SPEAKER PELOSI, THANK YOU, AND TO CONGRESSMAN McCARTHY, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN. I DO BRING YOU GREETINGS FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, WHERE IN THE WORDS OF OUR UNOFFICIAL POET LAUREATE, GARRISON KEILAR, ALL THE WOMEN ARE STRONG, ALL THE MEN ARE GOOD LOOKING, AND ALL THE RECOUNTS ARE ABOVE AVERAGE. SO I'M UP HERE TELLING THE JOKES AND AL FRANKEN IS GOING TO BE THE CENTER OF WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT PICTURE. I AM TRULY HONORED TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT AND SINCE I'M NEW AT THIS TYPE OF SPEECH, I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HAVE A VERY SIMPLE GOAL, AND THAT IS TO KEEP IT AS SHORT AS BILL RICHARDSON'S TENURE AS COMMERCE SECRETARY. NOW, I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING SO WELCOMING. ESPECIALLY THE ANONYMOUS PUNDIT WHO PREDICTED IN POLITICO THAT MY COMEDY SKILLS WERE SO LIMITED THAT I WAS CERTAIN TO BOMB TONIGHT. I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT I'M NOT UPSET ABOUT THAT COMMENT, AND WHO SAID IT AND I COMPLETELY FORGIVE CONGRESSMAN McCARTHY. AS YOU KNOW, I AM FROM MINNESOTA. WHERE MY FIRST ELECT ELECTED OFFICE AS PROSECUTOR FOR EIGHT YEARS WHICH MADE THINGS MUCH EASIER WHEN I GOT TO WASHINGTON, BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY FAMILIAR FACES. MY FIRST DAY, MY FIRST DAY IN THE LIMELIGHT IN WASHINGTON, ACTUALLY CAME AS A YOUNG PROSECUTOR, WHEN I WAS INVITED TO INTRODUCE PRESIDENT CLINTON AT AN EVENT IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE HATE CRIMES BILL AND THIS IS A BIG EVENT AND I STILL REMEMBER THIS, I'M STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE EAST ROOM, THE BAND IS PLAYING. I HAVE ATTORNEY GENERAL RENO ON ONE SIDE. I HAVE BILL CLINTON ON THE OTHER SIDE. I'M NERVOUS STANDING OUT THERE AND THE BAND STARTS PLAYING "HAIL TO THE CHIEF." I START WALKING AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN I FEEL THIS BIG HAND ON MY SHOULDER, AND THIS VOICE SAYS "I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT UP THERE BUT WHEN THEY PLAY THAT SONG, I USUALLY GO FIRST." TRUE STORY. OKAY, THAT WAS MY BEGINNING. BUT BY 2005, I WANTED A NEW CHALLENGE, SO I DECIDED TO RUN FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE. NOW, YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE WHAT IT WAS LIKE AT THE BEGINNING. I DIDN'T KNOW ANYONE IN WASHINGTON. NO ONE WOULD RETURN MY CALLS. NO ONE COULD SAY MY NAME. I FINALLY SAID I'M GOING TO CALL EVERYONE I KNOW FOR MONEY THAT I'VE EVER MET IN MY LIFE. THAT IS WHEN I SET AN:191@ @ @ BUT WITH HARD WORK, SOMEHOW I GOT HERE, AND I'M NOW A UNITED STATES SENATOR. I THINK IN THE END, I WON BECAUSE DEEP DOWN, I KNOW EXACTLY WHO I AM. I'M A WOMAN WHOSE HAIR WILL NEVER HAVE THE BOUNCE AND FLUFF OF ROD BLAGOJEVICH. I'M ALSO SOMEONE WHO IS A BIT NAIVE ABOUT THE WAYS OF WASHINGTON. I WAS A REAL "ALICE IN WONDERLAND" WHEN I GOT HERE. WHEN I GOT HERE I HAD COMMITTEE REQUESTS, APPROPRIATIONS, FINANCE AND COMMERCE, AND SOMEHOW HARRY REID DECIDED TO PUT ME ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OCEANS. I AM FROM MINNESOTA AND I WAS PLACED ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OCEANS. IT'S LIKE BEING FROM ILLINOIS, RAHM EMANUEL AND BEING PLACED ON ETHICS. OKAY. BUT I FINALLY FIGURED OUT WHY HARRY PUT ME ON THAT OCEAN SUBCOMMITTEE, BECAUSE I CAN SEE LAKE SUPERIOR FROM MY PORCH. OKAY, NOW WASHINGTON, D.C., IS A VERY STRANGE PLACE TO ME. IT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN MINNESOTA. AFTER SEEING ALL THOSE BLACK LIMOUSINES AT THE INAUGURATION, I FINALLY REALIZED THAT I WENT FROM THE GOPHER STATE GOPHER STATE TO THE CHAUFFEUR STATE. TO THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN TO MINNESOTA, IT'S A STATE WITH PRISTINE CRYSTAL LAKES AND BOUNDLESS FORESTS. OR AS DICK CHENEY CALLS IT, THE STATE THAT GOT AWAY. MINNESOTA IS KNOWN AS THE LAND OF 10,000 LEAKS -- LAKES. I GAVE THE JOKE AWAY. WASHINGTON IS THE LAND OF 10,000 LEAKS. BUT I LOVE OUR LAKES. IT WAS GREAT TO TAKE BARACK OBAMA TO CAMPAIGN IN MINNESOTA BECAUSE WITH 10,000 LAKES, HE HAD PLENTY OF WATER TO WALK ON. NOW, I ADMIT THIS IS A BIG NIGHT FOR ME. SO I CALLED SARAH PALIN AND ASKED HER WHAT TO WEAR. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, YOU WERE THERE, YOU REMEMBER THAT SHE BURST ON THE NATIONAL STAGE AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN MY STATE IN MINNESOTA. AND THAT IS WHEN I REALIZED WHAT RNC TRULY STANDS FOR. REALLY NEW CLOTHES. YOU KNOW, SHE SHOULD HAVE CALLED ME. $150. NORDSTROM AFTER-CHRISTMAS SALE. NOW, IT IS DOUBLE PRESSURE FOR ME TONIGHT. BECAUSE TOMORROW MORNING I'M SPEAKING AT THE NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST. MY PLAN IS TO OFFER THANKS TO THE ALMIGHTY SUPREME BEING WHO AT ANY MOMENT CAN UNLEASH HIS WRATH ON THOSE WHO DON'T FOLLOW HIS COMMANDMENT. I KNOW HALF OF YOU THINK I'M TALKING ABOUT RAHM EMANUEL. THE TRUTH IS THAT THIS EVENT WAS ALWAYS TRICKIER FOR ME. AS YOU KNOW, GOD FORGIVES AND REPORTERS DON'T. THIS ROOM, IN FACT, HAS THE GREATEST, THE MOST THOROUGH, THE MOST HARD-WORKING, THE MOST BRILLIANT REPORTERS IN THE WORLD. ALL OF WHOM WERE SCOOPED ON THE JOHN EDWARDS STORY BY THE "NATIONAL ENQUIRER." NOW, OKAY. OKAY. I LOVE REPORTERS. MY DAD WAS A REPORTER HIS ENTIRE LIFE. AND I ESPECIALLY LOVE REPORTERS BECAUSE AS A MEMBER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE I'M ALL ABOUT PROTECTING ENDANGERED SPECIES. THINK ABOUT IT. "THE NEW YORK TIMES" -- "THE NEW YORK TIMES" MAY SOON BE OWNED BY A MEXICAN BILLIONAIRE. WHICH WOULD MEAN HISTORY WILL BE MADE. IT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME LOU DOBBS TRIES TO DEPORT AN ENTIRE NEWSPAPER. I ALSO KNOW THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE FROM MSNBC HERE. AND PLEASE TELL CHRIS MAT EWESTHEWS THAT I'M A FAN. YOU DON'T GO DIRECTLY TO THE U.S. SENATE FROM HARDBALL. HE SHOULD HAVE TALKED TO AL FRANKEN. YOU DO A BIT ON "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" FIRST. DAN NA DAN NA BASH IS HERE. SHE'S MARRIED TO JOHN KING. VERY ROMANTIC. TWO REPORTERS. THIS WAS REALLY SWEET. AT THEIR WEDDING THE SOMETHING OLD AND SOMETHING NEW MEANT LARRY KING AND HIS WIFE. NOW, THE TRADITION AT THE CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT DINNER AS YOU KNOW IS TO HAVE ONE DEMOCRATIC SPEAKER AND ONE REPUBLICAN SPEAKER. AS PELOSI POINTED OUT ECONOMIC TIMES ARE TOUGH. YOU GUYS COULD HAVE SAVED A LOT OF MONEY BY JUST ASKING JOE LIEBERMAN. HE LIKED THAT JOKE. I TRIED IT OUT ON HIM. INSTEAD, YOU ASKED ME AND A RISING STAR IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY KEVIN McCARTHY WHO LIKE EVERY OTHER RISING STAR IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY MUST HAVE ONCE BEEN ON THE SHORT LIST FOR GOP VICE PRESIDENT. HOW DO YOU GO HOME AND TELL YOUR WIFE THAT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT? HONEY, I WAS ON THE SHORT LIST FOR VICE PRESIDENT BUT THEY DIDN'T THINK I WAS AS QUALIFIED AS SARAH PALIN. ACTUALLY, KEVIN IS HERE INSTEAD OF ERIC CANTOR. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ERIC HE'S A MEMBER OF CONGRESS, A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER AND A LAWYER. THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THE AXIS OF EVIL. BUT I'M ACTUALLY GLAD, KEVIN, THAT YOU ARE HERE INSTEAD. ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T SEE YOU AT THE PRESIDENT'S SUPER BOWL PARTY. YOU WERE PROBABLY INVITED. BUT AS SPEAKER PELOSI KNOWS, IT'S JUST THESE DAYS THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAY NO TO EVERYTHING. SO BOTH OF US, KEVIN AND I, HAVE THE TASK TO COMMENT ABOUT CURRENT EVENTS IN THE PAST YEAR. SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED POLITICALLY SINCE YOUR LAST DINNER, I DON'T THINK ANYONE IN THEIR WILDEST DREAMS WOULD HAVE IMAGINED BARACK OBAMA WOULD BE OUR PRESIDENT. ESPECIALLY HILLARY CLINTON. SINCE THIS IS YOUR NIGHT OFF, I WILL DO THE REPORTING AND I WILL FILL YOU IN ON WHAT A FEW OF OUR FRIENDS HAVE BEEN UP TO. HILLARY CLINTON IS, OF COURSE, SECRETARY OF STATE. AND SHE IS CURRENTLY BROKERING A CEASE-FIRE BETWEEN DAVID PATERSON AND CAROLINE KENNEDY. CHRIS DODD HAS BEEN WORKING ON HELPING HOMEOWNERS TO GET RID OF THEIR UNWANTED HOMES THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD, LIKE THE HOUSE THAT HE BOUGHT IN IOWA. AND JOHN EDWARDS -- I TRIED THAT JOKE ON HIM, TOO. I CLEARED THEM ALL. JOHN EDWARDS IS STILL TALKING ABOUT THE TWO AMERICAS. WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE THE GREATEST PICK-UP LINE IN HISTORY. OKAY. NOW -- NOW WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT. AND HE'S OUR FIRST WIRED PRESIDENT. AND HE IS NEVER WITHOUT HIS BLACKBERRY. ALTHOUGH, LIKE MANY AMERICANS, I LOOK FORWARD TO A COLOR-BLIND SOCIETY WHEN WE CAN JUST CALL IT A BERRY. OKAY. OH, COME ON, YOU GUYS. I'M JUST, LIKE, FIVE MINUTES INTO THIS SPEECH. IT IS STILL SHORTER THAN A JOE BIDEN SOUND BITE. OKAY. THIS NEW PRESIDENT, THIS NEW PRESIDENT, HE HAD A GREAT INAUGURATION. OF COURSE, THERE WERE A FEW LITTLE PROBLEMS. LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO NEVER GOT IN TO ACTUALLY SEE THE INAUGURATION. THERE WERE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STUCK IN WHAT'S BEING CALLED THE PURPLE TUNNEL OF DOOM. THEY CAME TO D.C. THEY SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO GET HERE. AND THEY WERE LEFT OUT IN THE FREEZING COLD. SO MUCH FOR DEMOCRATS BEING AGAINST TORTURE. ONE SOLUTION IS TO SEND THEM SOME KIND OF COMMEMORATIVE PLATE. ANOTHER SOLUTION IS TO JUST SEND THEM $50 BILLION FROM THE T.A.R.P. FUND. PERSONALLY, I HAVE A BETTER IDEA. I PUT TOGETHER A PHOTO ALBUM THAT WE CAN SEND EVERYONE WITH THE PICTURES THAT I TOOK AT THE INAUGURAL. SO HERE WE GO. NOW, FIRST YOU SEE THIS CROWD SHOT. THE 2 MILLION PEOPLE. THE SEA OF FACES. AND YOU SEE IN THE BACK THAT LITTLE YELLOW CIRCLE HERE. THAT'S -- THAT WOULD BE REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT'S SEAT. RIGHT BACK THERE. AND THAT LITTLE BLUE CIRCLE BACK THERE, THAT WAS MY ORIGINAL SEAT. SO THIS IN OUR NEXT SLIDE IS WHERE I ENDED UP SITTING AFTER I MADE A CALL TO ROD BLAGOJEVICH. IT WORKED OUT QUITE WELL FOR ME. THAT IS ALSO THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES SENATE DELEGATION FROM MINNESOTA. NOW, THIS IS THE PRESIDENT SORT OF TINKERING WITH HIS INAUGURATION SPEECH. HE'S THINKING, HMM. WHAT WOULD JOE BIDEN DO IN THIS SITUATION? OH, THAT'S RIGHT. HE'D ADD 50 PAGES. OKAY. NOW WE HAVE NEXT ARETHA'S HAT. IT'S ACTUALLY LARGER THAN GEORGE BUSH. YOU SEE THAT? I FOUND THAT IN THAT PHOTO. IT WAS A TOUGH CHOICE FOR THE ORGANIZERS. SHOULD THEY LET IN 50,000 MORE PEOPLE OR MAKE ROOM FOR THE HAT. THEY WENT WITH THE HAT. OKAY. NOW, HERE'S A GREAT ONE. THIS IS RAHM GREETING CONGRESS. SOME PEOPLE WERE OFFENDED BY THIS. BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT. IF IT WAS THE OLD DAYS, HE WOULD HAVE USED JUST ONE FINGER. THE NEW RAHM. NOW, HERE WE HAVE DICK CHENEY IN THE WHEELCHAIR. EVEN ON THIS COLD DAY, HE RADIATES WARMTH AND SUNNY CHEERFULNESS. YOU GUYS, DOESN'T HE LOOK LIKE HE'S ABOUT TO SAY, PREPARE TO DIE, MR. BOND! OKAY. NOW -- NOW WE HAVE JOHN ROBERTS. THAT'S A VERY MEMORABLE MOMENTS FOR ALL OF US. ADMINISTERING THE OATH. WHEN HE WAS READING THE WORDS AS MANY OF YOU REMEMBER, HE MESSED UP FAITHFULLY. HE MESSED UP FAITHFULLY. AND SOMEWHERE ELIOT SPITZER AND VITO ARE SAYING JOIN THE CLUB. HERE'S MY LAST PHOTO. MY LAST PHOTO. HERE IS RICK WARREN. HIS HAIR LOOKS PRETTY MESSY IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH. AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE OFFENDED EVERY GAY STYLIST IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, TONIGHT HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME. AS I MENTIONED, MY DAD SPENT HIS LIFE AS A JOURNALIST. HE WROTE FOR 50 YEARS. AND HE IS STILL WRITING. HE WAS FIRST WITH THE A.P. THEN HE WAS A SPORTS WRITER. THEN HE WAS A COLUMNIST FOR A VERY LONG TIME WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE. WHEN HE WAS WITH THE A.P. HE WROTE THE STORY THAT WENT AROUND THE WORLD. IT CALLED THE RACE FOR KENNEDY IN 1960 WHEN IT WAS SO CLOSE, THAT THE VOTES FROM THE IRON RANGE OF MINNESOTA WHERE MY DAD GREW UP WERE STILL OUT. AND HE KNEW THAT THEY WOULD GO DEMOCRATIC. AND THEN MINNESOTA WOULD GO DEMOCRATIC. AND THEN KENNEDY WOULD WIN. AND THE STORY CALLED THE RACE FOR KENNEDY. MY DAD CAME UP AT A TIME WHEN NEWSPAPERS WERE FLOURISHING. HE CAME FROM AN IRON ORE MINING TOWN WHERE MY GRANDPA WORKED 1,500 FEET UNDERGROUND. THROUGH JOURNALISM, MY DAD WAS ABLE TO SEE THE WORLD. HE INTERVIEWED EVERYONE FROM RONALD REAGAN TO GINGER ROGERS TO MIKE DITKA. HE COVERED THE '68 CONVENTION, WATER WATERGATE, AND HE WAS NO, MA'AMMINATED FOR A PULITZER PRIZE. THROUGH IT ALL HE KNEW HIS JOB WAS TO BE A WITNESS TO HISTORY. I KNOW THAT THINGS, DESPITE THE JOKES, ARE MUCH TOUGHER FOR NEWSPAPERS AND FOR JOURNALISTS. BUT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TODAY IS JUST AS GREAT. YOU ARE THE WITNESSES TO THESE TURBULENT TIMES. THE REPORTERS WHO WILL DOCUMENT FOREVER WHETHER WE FAIL OR SUCCEED, WHETHER WE ARE COURAGEOUS OR TIMID. THIS MAY BE THE MOST MOMENTOUS TIME IN OUR LIVES, AND YOU WILL BEAR WITNESS IT TO. NOW WE EACH HAVE OUR JOBS TO DO. IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE YOU TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ]
00:53:01	>>	WE WILL HAVE A FUN OFF IF IT TURNS OUT TO BE SENATOR FRANKEN. ABOUT TWO DECADES AGO, I WAS SENT TO COVER A STORY IN WASHINGTON. IT WAS A NEWS CONFERENCE. NANCY PELOSI WAS A CONGRESSMAN, NOT YET THE SPEAKER. SHE HAD JUST ARRIVED ON CAPITOL HILL AND WAS VERY INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN CHINA. SO I WENT TO THE NEWS CONFERENCE AND THERE WERE SEVERAL SPEAKERS BEFORE HER. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE. AND SO I'M TAKING NOTES THAT SAY PICK UP DRY CLEANING. BE SURE AND PICK UP THE KIDS' POSTER BOARD FOR HOME WORK TONIGHT. EVENTUALLY THEY WERE EVER SINCE THEN I ACTUALLY HAVE PAID ATTENTION. BUT THERE HAS BEEN ONE PERSON ON CAPITOL HILL OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY HAD TO PAY ATTENTION TO AND KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING. "THE LOS ANGELES TIMES" CALLED HIM RECENTLY A FRESH FACE TAP TO HELP LEAD REPUBLICANS OUT OF THE WILDERNESS. GOOD LUCK ON THAT, CONGRESSMAN. HE HAS BEEN CALLED -- ROLL CALL CALLED HIM THE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR IN 2006. HE HAS BEEN TAPPED, AS YOU KNOW, TO BE THE REPUBLICANS' CHIEF DEPUTY CHIP. WHICH PROMPTED A COLLEAGUE BACK HOME, ALL OF THIS IN THREE YEARS, TO SAY WHAT TOOK HIM SO LONG. IN SHORT, THIS IS SOMEONE THAT WE HAVE PAID ATTENTION TO, THAT I SUSPECT WE WILL PAY A GOOD DEAL OF ATTENTION TO IN THE FUTURE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN, KEVIN McCARTHY. [ APPLAUSE ]
00:55:21	>>	THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK NEXT TIME I WANT SENATOR CORNYN BACK TO COMPETE AGAINST. THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MEMBERS OF THE WASHINGTON PRESS CLUB FOUNDATION, MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES AND HONORED GUESTS. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE WASHINGTON PRESS CLUB FOUNDATION AND ITS SPONSORS FOR PUTTING THIS DINNER TOGETHER. I UNDERSTAND THAT TURBOTAX BOUGHT A TABLE TONIGHT TO PROMOTE THEIR NEW OBAMA CABINET EDITION, VERSION 9.0. IT ASKS IF YOU'VE BEEN NOMINATED FOR A SECRETARY POSITION. IF YOU CLICK YES, THE SOFTWARE JUST SKIPS RIGHT THROUGH TO THE REST OF THE QUESTIONS AND CALCULATES YOUR REFUND. WITHOUT ANY PENALTIES. NOW, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THANK TOM DASCHLE FOR PROVIDING TONIGHT'S LIMO SERVICE. IT GETS BETTER. NOW, WITH MICHAEL STEELE'S ASCENSION TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, WE LIKE TO THINK REPUBLICANS ARE NOW DIVERSE. INDEPENDENT AND TRULY THE PARTY OF LINCOLN. MIND YOU, IT'S LINCOLN CHAFFY, AND THESE DAYS WE'LL TAKE WHAT WE CAN GET. THE TRUTH BE TOLD, VIRGINIA CONGRESSMAN ERIC CANTOR, THE REPUBLICAN WHIP, WAS SUPPOSED TO DELIVER THE KEYNOTE SPEECH TONIGHT. BUT HE HAD TO GO ABROAD. BEING THE ONLY JEWISH REPUBLICAN IN THE HOUSE, HE WANTED TO GET AWAY TO A PLACE THAT HE'D FEEL MORE WELCOME. THE GAZA STRIP. AND TO BE PERFECTLY FRANK, I WASN'T THE FIRST CHOICE TO STEP IN THIS EVENING. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR LEADER, JOHN BOEHNER. BUT HE COULD NOT JOIN US TONIGHT. AS YOU KNOW, WEDNESDAYS ARE HIS TANNING NIGHT. NOW, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. I REPLACED CONGRESSMAN BILL THOMAS. WHO RETIRED IN 2007. YOU REMEMBER BILL. ACCORDING TO THE POLL CONDUCT BID THE WASHINGTON YAN WAS RATED AS BEING THE MEANEST MEMBER OF THE HOUSE. IN FACT, BILL'S TEMPER WAS SO HOT AL GORE BLAMED HIM FOR GLOBAL WARMING. BUT IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE JOINED TONIGHT BY THE OTHER KEYNOTE SPEAKER, SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR OF MINNESOTA. I SALUTE THE SENATOR. SHE'S THE FIRST FEMALE SENATOR OF MINNESOTA. SHE BROKE THE GLASS CEILING TO GET TO HER SEAT. AS OPPOSED TO AL FRANKEN WHO BROKE THE BALLOT BOX TRYING TO GET HIS. AMY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. BUT I BELIEVE MINNESOTA IS AN INDIAN WORD THAT MEANS MORE RECOUNTS THAN FLORIDA. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC FARM LABOR PARTY. FOR THOSE UNFAMILIAR WITH THIS SPLINTER PARTY, IT'S BASICALLY FOR DEMOCRATS WHO THINK JOHN DEERE IS MESSIAH, NOT BARACK OBAMA. ACTUALLY, I'M TEASING. I'M WITH YOU ON BARACK OBAMA. BUT IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO ACCEPT HIM AS THE MESSIAH. IN FACT, I WAS NOT CONVINCED UNTIL OBAMA NAMED JOE BIDEN TO BE HIS RUNNING MATE. YOU SEE, AS STRIPTURE SAYS, THE MESSIAH IS SUPPOSED TO RIDE INTO TOWN WITH AN ASS UNDERNEATH HIM. NOW, I DIDN'T ASK BIDEN IF HE LIKED THAT ONE. YOU KNOW, AND TRUE TO HIS WORDS, PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS INSPIRED CHANGE. I BELIEVE HIS NEW MANTRA, YES, WE CAN, REHIRE THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION. AND WHAT AN INAUGURATION IT WAS. ACTUALLY, DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DEMOCRATIC INAUGURATION AND A REPUBLICAN ONE? ABOUT 2 MILLION IN SPECTATORS. YOU KNOW, WE REPUBLICANS GIVE THE PRESIDENT CREDIT FOR TRYING TO USHER IN A NEW ERA OF GOOD SPIRIT WITH BIPARTISAN COOPERATION. BUT SOMETIMES THERE ARE LAPSES. FOR INSTANCE, THE OTHER DAY THE PRESIDENT TOLD ERIC CANTOR THAT HE WAS CHANGING THE NAME OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PLANE TO AIR FORCE I WON. SO NOW TO MY RESPECTED DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES WHO WANT TO BUILD BRIDGES, I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE SECRET. YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO GET JOHN BOEHNER TO REACH ACROSS THE AISLE? HOLD A CARTON OF CAMEL ULTRA LIGHTS. AT THIS CRITICAL POINT IN OUR COUNTRY WE MUST WORK TOGETHER. ESPECIALLY AS AMERICANS ARE LOSING FAITH IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS. SPEAKING OF WHICH, YOU KNOW THAT ILLINOIS'S GOVERNOR WAS CONVICTED AT AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL AND TOSSED OUT OF OFFICE. ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND HIS HAIR WON'T BUDGE AND IT'S STILL CLINGING TO POWER. WE MUST DO OUR BEST TO RESTORE AMERICANS' FAITH IN THEIR LEADERS. AND THAT INCLUDES THE PRESIDENT. ESPECIALLY AFTER NAMING TIMOTHY GEITHNER AS U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY AND NOMINATING TOM DASCHLE AS SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. BOTH OF WHOM DIDN'T PAY THEIR TAXES. OR AS HILLARY CLINTON CALLS A POWERFUL DEMOCRAT WHO JUST CHEATS ON DEMOCRAT, PROGRESS. IT'S A ROAST. WE MUST ALSO INSTILL FAITH IN THE ACTIONS WE TAKE TO ADDRESS OUR NATION'S ECONOMIC WOES. AS YOU KNOW, WE REPUBLICANS HAD ISSUES WITH THE STIMULUS BILL. THERE'S SO MUCH PORK IN THE STIMULUS, EVEN MICHAEL MOORE COULDN'T FINISH IT. FOR INSTANCE, THE STIMULUS BILL INCLUDES A PROVISION FOR $335 MILLION TO COMBAT SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES. YOU KNOW, AT FIRST VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS ALL FOR IT. THAT IS, UNTIL HIS DOCTOR TOLD HIM YOU CAN'T GET HERPES FROM STICKING YOUR FOOT IN YOUR MOUTH. YOU'LL LAUGH AT THAT ONE AT HOME. WE WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR AMERICA. BUT REPUBLICANS DON'T BELIEVE YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO THROW MONEY AT A PROBLEM. IN FACT, WE KNOW HOW TO BAIL OUT DESTROIT AND MAKE IT A WINNER AGAIN WITHOUT DROPPING A DIME. JUST MOVE THE DETROIT LINEONS TO THE BIG TEN AND CALL IT A DIE. AS YOU LOOK THROUGHOUT THIS NATION, MONEY IS SO TIGHT. SO TIGHT NEW YORK GOVERNORS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO SLEEP WITH THEIR WIVES AGAIN. AND IT'S NOT ONLY THE ECONOMY WE MUST RIDE, BUT ALSO WALL STREET. INVESTORS LEARNED FROM THE MADOFF SCANDAL TO NEVER PARTICIPATE IN PONZI SCHEMES WHERE LARGE RETURNS TO INVESTORS COME OUT OF THE MONEY PAID TO NEW INVESTORS RATHER THAN FROM ANY PROFITS. WE MUST NEVER ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE SEDUCED INTO SUCH MULTIMILLION DOLLAR VEHICLES. EXCEPT FOR SOCIAL SECURITY. WE MUST ALSO END THE DISGRATEFUL PRACTICE OF BILLION DOLLAR BONUSES FOR WALL STREET EXECUTIVES. WHICH PRESIDENT OBAMA RIGHTFULLY CALLED SHAMEFUL. IF THESE PEOPLE WANT HUGE PAYOUTS FOR YEARS OF QUESTIONABLE PERFORMANCE, THEY HAVE TO DO IT THE OLD FASHIONED WAY. OPEN UP A PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION. YOU GUYS ARE SENSITIVE. AND BEYOND -- AND BEYOND OUR SHORES, WE MUST WORK TO STABILIZE THE WORLD ABROAD. IT IS GOOD TO SEE BARACK OBAMA QUICKLY DEDICATING HIMSELF TO MIDDLE EAST PEACE. TO THAT END, I'M TOLD JIMMY CARTER HAS PLEDGED HIS HELP AND SUPPORT. YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS? THE PRESIDENT IS BACKED BY REVEREND WRIGHT AND REVEREND WRONG. WE MUST ALSO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO STABILIZE IRAQ AND SUSTAIN ITS BLOSSOMING DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTION. SO THAT ONE DAY ALL IRAQI CHILDREN CAN GROW UP FREE FROM FEAR. FREE OF BLOODSHED, AND FREE TO THROW SHOES AT VISITING PRESIDENTS. YOU KNOW, AND THEN THERE'S IRAN. THERE IS STILL HOPE TO PREVENT IRAN FROM USING THE A BOMB. EVEN IF WE CLEARLY FAIL TO STOP RAHM EMANUEL FROM USING THE F BOMB. WE HAVE MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO AT HOME AND ABROAD. INCLUDING THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. MAYBE EVEN ANOTHER TERM FOR BARACK OBAMA. OR, AS CHRIS MATTHEWS CALLS IT, THE SECOND COMING. BUT LET'S NOT GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES. WE HAVE MANY BATTLES AND TASKS BEFORE US. AMERICANS MUST KNOW WE WILL STAND BEHIND THEM AS THEY TRY TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET, PAY THEIR BILLS, AND NOT WORRY ABOUT LOSING THEIR HOME. DID I SAY AMERICANS? I MEANT "THE NEW YORK TIMES." YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE HERE. AND BEYOND THE PRESSING CONCERNS OF TODAY, WE STRIVE TO ENSURE THAT ALL WILL ENJOY THE GOLDEN YEARS, MUCH LIKE DICK CHENEY, WHO LOVES RETIREMENT. AFTER EIGHT GRUELING YEARS IN OFFICE, YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW MUCH HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING MORE TIME AT HOME WATERBOARDING HIS GRANDCHILD. I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE WARM WELCOME TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, YOUR APPLAUSE MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO ME AS IT WAS ENTIRELY UNEXPECTED. AFTER ALL, WHEN THE DEMOCRATS PUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN THE STIMULUS BILL TO STOP ACTUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, I WAS SURE I'D NEVER GET THE CLAP IN HERE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I WAS FILLING IN FOR ERIC CANTOR TONIGHT. HE GAVE ME FIVE DAYS' NOTICE, AND I HOPE I LIVED UP TO IT. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.
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