Thats npclive. Now its time to introduce our head table guests. Id ask that each of you stand briefly as your name is announced. Please hold your applause until i have finished introducing the entire table. From your right, dylan brown, a reporter from E E Publishing; gene tighe, director of bbn technologies, and a Longtime National park volunteer; maria recio, a correspondent from mcclatchy newspapers; will shafroth, president and ceo of the National Park foundation; elizabeth bumiller, Washington Bureau chief of the new york times; the honorable john warner, former secretary of the navy and United States senator from the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] thank you, senator. Ferdous alfaruque, medical device reporter for medtech insight and a press club board member. Skipping over our speaker for just a minute, rod kurkro, reporter at E E Publishing and the press Club Speakers Committee member who organized todays event. Thank you, rod. Tom crosson, the chief of Public Affairs for
Closest than any other man in history to destroying the nation that was created in the american revolution. For our complete American History tv schedule, go to cspan. Org. Nina allender was a political cartoonist, for the National Womans Party from 1914 until 1927. Contributing over 150 cartoons supporting the campaign for womens suffrage. Next we visit the belmontpaul womens Equality National monument to see her work. My name is jennifer krafcik, im Deputy Director at belmontpaul womens Equality National monument which was formally the sewell Belmont House and museum on capitol hill in washington, d. C. This house was the fifth and final headquarters of the National Womans Party. The National Womans Party was founded by a woman named alice paul in 1913 as the Congressional Union for womans suffrage. The Congressional Union for womans suffrage became the National Womans Party in 1916. This group of women spent seven years actively lobbying the president and congress for a federal suff
He leaves the house. When he does, he gives a speech in february of 1901 which is tremendously moving because he knows he is the last africanamerican who is going to be in congress for a while, and city end of the speech he says, but, you know, phoenixlike, someday the africanamerican will rise again in congress and come back. That takes three decades. Well, i want to show you what i think is really sort of like that long dry period that happens after white leaves. One of the saddest parts of what the artifacts we have. In fact, this is one of the saddest artifacts in the house of elections, i think, and its a recent acquisition. We havent seen one of these. This is in 1907 print that was made of all its called colored men who have served in had the congress of the United States. It is really a testament to the persistence of hope in its done in 1907. George white has been gone for six years. The world is done. Its a very popular method of showing a lot of the things. As if its a scrap
What christ would have us to do. And we began to focus on our mission and mandate from the savior. There is plenty of ways, one way that we remember each year. We have a Memorial Service on september 15 at 10 22, the time when the bomb went off. A couple of plaques outside to commemorate the girls. We added a mark they are last year where the bomb went off to commemorate the girls. And we did a Stabilization Campaign to restore the church so people would always know this was the place where four girls lost their lives. That regalvanized the civil rights movement. Tragedy can turn to triumph. That justice delayed is not justice denied. That the rights that we have as individuals today may be free to us but it cost four individuals their lives to gain their freedoms. Today is the 100th anniversary of the National Park service and American History tv is featuring natural and Historic Sites across america. You can watch American History tv. And on weekdays during the august congressional b
Direct our path. Lord, thank you for our lawmakers who seek to fulfill your purposes in their labors. Give them the wisdom and courage they need to glorify your name, as they strive always to live worthy of the mercies you daily bestow. May their work be a delight as they make you the only constituent they always seek to please. Help us all to remember that you know what is best for us, so please have your way. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i suggest the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call quorum call the presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent that further pro