Former Republican U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich will be the featured presenter at the Indiana Chamber's 19th Annual Awards Dinner on Nov. 6 in downtown Indianapolis. Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductee Sandi Patty, a longtime Anderson resident, will be delivering a special musical performance.

Gingrich's timely speech on where the country is headed will be just two days after Americans elect a new president. During the tumultuous primary season, he has appeared frequently on cable news shows offering his analysis on candidates' strategies and policy decisions.

Gingrich served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 to 1999 and as speaker for the last four years of his tenure. In that role, Gingrich helped lead Congress in passing welfare reform, a balanced budget and the first tax cut in 16 years. Since leaving his post on Capitol Hill, Gingrich has founded the Center for Health Transformation, a collaboration of private and public health-care leaders dedicated to creating a 21st Century, Intelligent Health System, and American Solutions, a unique non-partisan organization designed to rise above traditional gridlocked partisanship, to provide real, significant solutions to the most important issues facing our country.  He has penned multiple books including the recent bestseller "Real Change: From the World That Fails to the World That Works."

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