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Douglas Brinkley on Squabbling With Rep. Don Young

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    Historian Douglas Brinkley on his quarrel with Rep. Don Young of Alaska during his Congressional testimony.

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-- I'm have you here.

Listen -- you were testifying before congress about drilling for oil in Alaska -- really should have been a pay per view moment.

Let's just say it really didn't go well above one -- show my -- -- -- to those who run for mayor.

And then get your reaction to this exchange is assassinated.

Okay.

I collect garbage doctor -- This comes from the amount doctor to doctor Brinkley rice's the university well OK I know he went on to write -- quality and -- -- -- graduate that net share -- that you just be quiet.

-- you -- -- quiet.

You don't -- me I don't salary you pay your right now I only one element will suspend and I'll remind remind members are in my work for the private sector you -- for this Brinkley pastor -- that you wanna continues into the spell it's.

OK then please follow the rules.

You weren't breaking any of -- since.

I was miss identifying you don't.

And and then just you know badgering me it that was -- But you've got to stop acting up -- these hearings justice's point of it well I know I feel the well congressmen young is.

Is it didn't just beating up bond people have been testifying in when -- -- he had earlier that -- called somebody's testimony is garbage a week before.

Ken Salazar came in he was wearing a -- with -- propeller.

On he's just doing these kind of stunts and so I had traveled to -- a citizen.

Come to offer we're really mild testimony that we need an Eisenhower.

Monument up in the Arctic in Nam he wasn't there for my testimony slipped and he's never there -- -- anybody -- some you'll find that he -- -- shows up.

And then he's the guy for the roads to nowhere he looks for pork in.

-- once -- roads built to Alaska that we don't need right now.

And so I wasn't in the mood for being called wrong and so I snap back and the exchanges got changed me in my life partner and so home.

This last week -- literally thousands of people telling me right on and well there's an anger at congress in the economy air against a certain people that -- been elected and and it's kind of I -- we saw that became less about Arctic get more of a reminder.

That that we pay these guys celery some of you might -- it next time doctor rice.

Well -- -- clearly looks good seeing you thank you very very much thanks for having me on -- OK again tomorrow.