The u. S. Senate is about to gavel in. They are going to work on a judicial nomination with a confirmation vote scheduled for 5 30 for 5 30 p. M. Eastern. Republicans leader Mitch Mcconnell may introduce the republican covid19 recovery plan. Live now to the senate floor. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal lord god, we again thank you for the life and legacy of representative john robert lewis. Lord, accept our gratitude for his ethical congruence that motivated him to find a moral way to get in the way. Were grateful that his passion for freedom summoned our nation to embrace our best hopes and not our worst fears. Inspired by his exemplary pilgrimage, may our lawmakers strive to live with such integrity that they will stand on the right side of history. Lord, help our senators to strive to see you more clearly, to love you more dearly, and to follow you more nearly day by d
His time in wyoming. The library of congress is the host of this event. Welcome to the eskin family. To all of you, the eskins who are so generous to make this program possible. Marsha, barney, and lee. Welcome to all of you. Thank you for being here. And welcome to all our young visitors from Washington Area schools. So nice to have you here. And welcome, of course, to the cspan audience that is will be watching this in the future. Who among you has never been in this library . Okay. Quite a few of you. Well, in the event you havent been in this building before, welcome to the Worlds Largest library. The greatest and most extensive Cultural Institution on the planet. The nations very own, your very own library of congress. It was founded in 1800, not long after the founding of this country. It was conceived as a place that would furnish congress and the American Government with the information it needed as it carried out its duties of representing all of us. Initially the library was
Who among you has never been in this library . Ok. Quite a few. In the event you have not been in this building before, welcome to the World Largest library. The greatest and most extensive Cultural Institution on the planet. Your very own library of congress. It was founded in 1800s, not long after the founding of this country. It was conceived as a place that would furnish congress and the American Government with the information it needed is a carried out its duties representing all of us. Tially, the library in 1813, the british army invaded washington in the Capital Building caught fire. It was engulfed in flames. All of the libraries books were burned to ashes. Thomas jefferson, who owned the largest collection of books in the country at the time, almost 7000 volumes in his house, offered to sell his books to the u. S. Government to refill the library. Congress trump. That chance, and now you can see jeffersons own books, original volumes, sitting at the very heart of this buildi
To the Worlds Largest live every. The greatest and most extensive Cultural Institution on the planet. The nations very own, your very own library of congress. Founded in 1800, not long after the founding of this country. It was conceived as a place that would furnish congress and the American Government with the information and need as it carried out duties of representing all of us. Initially the library was housed in the u. S. Capitol which sits across the street from here. In 1813, the british army invaded washington and the Capital Building caught fire. It was engulfed in the flames. All the libraries books were burned to ashes. Thomas jefferson who owned the largest collection of books in the country at the ate, 7000 volumes sitting his house, offered to sell the books to refill the library shelves. Congress jumped at the chance and now you can see jeffersons own book, those original volumes, sitting at the heart of this building. Since the arrival of those books , 6487 of them, t
Few moments and then throw it to questions. Most of the time will be yours. Former gov. Bill weld one of the things i sometimes here is ovalet to the over office, how will you reach across the aisle . These are so poisonous in washington. It does not cost anything to reach across the i a. After i got in office for the first term, i want walked across the aisle to the speaker of the house and said why dont we get together, you, me and the president of the senate . They were a democra they were democrats and i was a republican. I said we will have cookies every week and we will learn about each other. He said fine. I said the same thing at the president s office. He said fine. We start doing this at my theory was if you know youre going to be having a meeting like that with someone within the next seven days, it makes a cover for you to stab them in the back on some legislative agreement or go to the press and state this guy is a real jerk. The result is that never happens in my two term