Watch online at cspan. Org or listen on the go with the free cspan radio app. Speakeresday, house nancy pelosi led a portrait unveiling honoring former Speaker John Boehner who announced he would step down in september, 2015 his resignation took place the following month, day after pope francis addressed congress. This is 40 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, the , Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the United States house of representatives. Speaker pelosi good afternoon everyone. It is my official and personal honor to welcome friends of to thejohn boehner u. S. Capitol on this historic day. Members and friends from both sides of the idol ill and both sides of the capital both sides of the aisle is a signal of respect. It speaker gingrich and speaker ryan are both here. [applause] and we warmly walk and extend our gratitude to debbie, lindsay and tricia and the entire boehner family for sharing john with his congress and our country. With this congress and with our country. I now invite delivery of
That we can make a difference in the fight against aids. But also it will remind us there is still much, much to be done. And partly, we will need to double down on our efforts if we need to set out in the bold tenure federal initiative championed by the nh and cdc and by our special guest doctor anthony and doctor john brooks. Here at the Bloomberg School of Public Health we have talked about the power of public heal health, the power that comes from doing the fundamental research and translating the research into programs and policies that make a difference. The power that comes from strong partnerships across disciplines, public and private sectors and across communities. In the power that comes from advocating solutions of the state, local and national levels. The fight against hivaids exemplifies how sustained commitment to these powers can make a true difference. Todays conversation will be facilitated by our own chris buyer, the professor of Public Health and human rights. Docto
For women. What weding in front of call our title treatment. It is a large blowup of a german born actress. The allegorical figure that represents the United States during the conclusion of the parade in washington, d. C. Thats just one event of the long Suffrage Movement this exhibition highlights. Objects of this long history bringing it right up to 1920. Amendment. E 19th i took the exhibition up to the Voting Rights act of 1965. To explore the 1913 parade more in depth. We are standing in front of the photo postcards of the 19th 13 parade. Completely different tactic than what had been done before with other suffragists. After spending some time in britain she basically got sat got radicalized by the suffragists. Back to the united organized withn the Congressional Union this parade. 8000 suffragists marked marched down the capital, down pennsylvania avenue. The Treasury Building had this pageant. Suffragists had to make their way through 500 thousand spectators. One of the problem
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Intelligence Committee Concludes its second week of public hearings. You can join the conversation by phone or send us a comment on facebook and twitter. Is next. Host good morning. Two weeks of hearings in the books. Congress is in recess for the thanksgiving holiday. We heard yesterday from david holmes who is political counsel to the embassy in ukraine and dr. Fiona hill and now the question before washington and the nation, what happens next . It is friday morning. Ahead, highlights from cspans live coverage of the House Intelligence Committee. How the hearings are playing out in the morning papers, social media, political circles and your calls, tweets, and comments. You can begin dialing at 2027488000. That is our phone line if the hearings changed your mind. If they did not, 2027488001. If you remain unsure, 2027488002. Also, you can send us a text message at 2027488003 or tweets at cspanwj. We will read your tweets during the course of the morning and facebook at facebook. Com