Q&A
Representative Jackie Speier
2018-11-18T20:00:02-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMzNmXC8yMDE4MTExODIwMDA0NDAwMV9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) talked about her memoir, Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back. In 1978, Representative Speier was a congressional staffer working for Representative Leo Ryan (D-CA) who traveled to Jonestown, Guyana, to investigate allegations of human rights abuses by religious cult leader Jim Jones and some of his People’s Temple followers. The investigative team was ambushed by People’s Temple members while boarding a plane to leave, and Representative Speier was shot five times. Representative Ryan was killed and several others were killed or injured in the attack.
Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) talked about her memoir, Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back. In 1978,…
read more
Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) talked about her memoir, Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back. In 1978, Representative Speier was a congressional staffer working for Representative Leo Ryan (D-CA) who traveled to Jonestown, Guyana, to investigate allegations of human rights abuses by religious cult leader Jim Jones and some of his People’s Temple followers. The investigative team was ambushed by People’s Temple members while boarding a plane to leave, and Representative Speier was shot five times. Representative Ryan was killed and several others were killed or injured in the attack. close
Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) talked about her memoir, Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back. In 1978,… read more
Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) talked about her memoir, Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back. In 1978, Representative Speier was a congressional staffer working for Representative Leo Ryan (D-CA) who traveled to Jonestown, Guyana, to investigate allegations of human rights abuses by religious cult leader Jim Jones and some of his People’s Temple followers. The investigative team was ambushed by People’s Temple members while boarding a plane to leave, and Representative Speier was shot five times. Representative Ryan was killed and several others were killed or injured in the attack. close
People in this video
Books
-
Undaunted
-
Your purchase helps support C-SPAN
Click here to learn how
C-SPAN.org offers links to books featured on the C-SPAN networks to make it simpler for viewers to purchase them. C-SPAN has agreements with retailers that share a small percentage of your purchase price with our network. For example, as an Amazon Associate, C-SPAN earns money from your qualifying purchases. However, C-SPAN only receives this revenue if your book purchase is made using the links on this page.
Any revenue realized from this program goes into a general account to help fund C-SPAN operations.
Please note that questions regarding fulfillment, customer service, privacy policies, or issues relating to your book orders should be directed to the Webmaster or administrator of the specific bookseller's site and are their sole responsibility.
Hosting Organization
Series
Purchase a DownloadQ&A with Representative Jackie Speier
-
MP4 video - Standard
- Price:
- $4.99
-
MP3 audio - Standard
- Price:
- $0.99
Related Video
-
House Debate on New Rules for Congress
House members debated new rules for the 116th Congress.
-
Moment of Silence for Representative Louise Slaughter
House members observed a moment of silence in memory of Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY) who died on March 16 at…
-
House Tribute to Former Representative Lindy Boggs
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) along with several members of the Louisiana House delegation paid tribute to former…
-
Q&A with Bob Ney
Representative Bob Ney (R-OH) talked about his memoir, Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill. He…
User Created Clips from This Video
-
- 34 seconds
- 940 views
-
- 3 minutes
- 748 views
-
- 4 minutes
- 224 views
-
- 22 seconds
- 193 views
-