In 1997, i had an opportunity to work on an educational project with a gentleman named doctor samuel proctor. A number of you know him as a form present of North Carolina a t, hbcu, former president of Virginia Union university, private hbcu. He spent time in washington, d. C. , as a kennedy appointee to the peace corps but a number of you know him to his work as a pastor of the baptist church. In 1997 when opportunity to sit at a very lovely room similar to this with a donor and a donor who owns a very large and Famous Family foundation. The head of the walked into the room and made exchange niceties she said and ask you one question . He said yes. Is there a need for black colleges today . And doctor proctor leaned back in his seat having her discretion of most of life and he said maam, if you make him can restructure the question . The question is not whether there is a need for hbcus today. The question is, what would america be today without the hbcus . And so she nodded to dr. Pr
The committee will come to order. I now recognize mr. Loviondo for a motion. Pursuant to rule 1 a 1 on transportation infrastructure, i move that the chairman be authorize today declare recess during todays hearing. Question on the motion, all those in favor signify with saying aye. The ayes have it and the motion is agreed to. I want to thank everybody for being here today. This is an important hearing were having here today talking about what i consider extremely important legislation and i believe everybody on the committee, both sides of the aisle, believe that the reauthorization of the faa, reforming it to make it a better system for all americans is extremely important to all of us. The way america travels, moves goods and conducts Business Today depends on an efficient syst system. This is especially true of our Aviation System. The fact is the fccs infrastructure is increasingly obsolete and its technology is still cemented in the last century. To just quote my colleague, my e
Watch the battle of midway 75th Anniversary Special live from the mcarthur Memorial Visitors Center in norfolk, virginia on june 2 beginning at 9 30 a. M. Eastern on American History tv on cspan 3. Announcer washington journal continues. Host joining us from capitol hill congressman Francis Rooney from florida, a former ambassador to the vatican from 2005 to 2008. I want to begin with the secretary of state Rex Tillerson to answer questions from reporters aboard airforce one as they left the vatican yesterday and headed to brussels. Here is what he had to say ahead of the president s meeting with nato leaders. Well, as the president has said, you know, he really wants to persuade nato members to step up and fully make their obligations under burden sharing. The two percentage g. D. P. Was a target they all agreed to. I think you can expect the president to be very tough on them, saying, look, the u. S. Is spending 4 . Were doing a lot. The American People are doing a lot. For your secu
Its a crisis. It doesnt discriminate. Its in every corner of my state. Earlier this month a Police Officer named chris green in east liverpool, ohio, had a near fatal fentanyl overdose following a routine traffic stop. He went up to a car and noticed there was white powder spread around the car. He put on his mask and gloves, arrested some individuals, went back to the police station, and noticed that on his shirt there was some powder. He reached up like this and brushed the powder off his shirt. This guy is 63, 225 pounds, big man. And he fell to the floor unconscious and overdosed. They administered narcan immediately but it wasnt enough. They had to rush him to the hospital, where two more narcan doses were administered. And luckily his life was saved. His police chief said he would have died he had been alone. His police chief said, what if he had gone home with that powder on his shirt and hugged his kid . Thats just an example of what were facing. Its an obvious its obviously de
Emphasizing the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in opening the west. We are fortunate to have him here from our neighbor to the southwest, arizona. He earned his ba in history and historical archaeology, his ma in history with a concentration on the American West and spanish borderlands with the second emphasis on film history from the university of san diego. He later earned his phd in military history from kansas state university. After a 45 year in public history, he retired to tucson in 2015. He is the author of dozens of books, including fighting for uncle sam blacks in the frontier army. That is for sale today in our get shop following the lecture. We are excited to welcome dr. John langellier. Join me in a round of applause as we welcome him to the podium. [applause] john i feel like a telemarketer. [laughter] john i will send you every month a book that i have written that no one wants if you sign up now. At any rate thank you for , allowing me to be here. This is a wonderful oppo