Newsmakers
Summary: Join C-SPAN every Sunday for conversations with people making the news and the journalists who cover them. Guests come from a wide range of expertise in topics important in today's public affairs: the economy, technology, education, the environment, the military, and many more. Legislators and other experts talk with reporters who cover their shared area of interest.
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Podcasts:
Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) talks about foreign policy choices facing the Trump administration and the president's trip to Asia. He also discusses Thursday's unveiling of the House Republican tax reform plan.
Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) talks about foreign policy choices facing the Trump administration and the president's trip to Asia. He also discusses Thursday's unveiling of the House Republican tax reform plan.
Newly elected NAACP President Derrick Johnson talks about the direction he wants the organization to take in the future and how it can become more involved politically.
Newly elected NAACP President Derrick Johnson talks about the direction he wants the organization to take in the future and how it can become more involved politically.
Nicholas Rasmussen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), talks about terror threats to the U.S., current threats, and changes over time.
House Natural Resources Committee Chair Rob Bishop (R-UT) talks about his bill to overhaul the National Antiquities Act, U.S. government aid to Puerto Rico in response to Hurricane Maria, wildfires in the West, and gun silencers.
House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Linda Sanchez (D-CA) says that it's time for Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, and James Clyburn "to pass the torch to a new generation of leaders" and that they should prepare to step down.
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) talks about the U.S. Supreme Court term, which begins Monday. He also discusses Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore's primary victory, as well as the GOP tax cut plan.
Strobe Talbott, Brookings Institution president and Russia scholar, talks about President Trump's recent speech to the United Nations General Assembly outlining his foreign policy, Russia, North Korea, and Iran.
Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) talks about deal-making efforts between Democratic leaders and President Trump on a range of issues, including spending, immigration policy, tax cuts, and health care legislation.
Representative Mark Walker (R-NC), chair of the Republican Study Committee, talks about federal spending, the debt ceiling, and tax reform following a deal between President Trump and Democratic leaders that ties the debt hike to disaster relief.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten talks about education issues as the school year gets underway, her differences with Secretary DeVos, and challenges facing the Houston school system following Hurricane Harvey.
Neil Bradley, senior vice president and chief policy officer at the U.S. Chamber of commerce, talks about tax reform, the future of health care legislation, the debt limit, trade, and other pressing issues for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
J.B. Poersch, president of the Senate Majority PAC, talks about what Democrats need to do to improve their election outcomes in 2018, how to view the recent Alabama Senate race, and President Trump's remarks on events in Charlottesville.
Senate Leadership Fund President and CEO Steven Law previews key 2018 Senate races and the current political dynamic in the Senate. He also talks about the upcoming Senate special election primary in Alabama.
