Me it is my belief that the only thing that we have to fear is fear itself. By the time Franklin Roosevelt gives his march 1933 inaugural speech, almost a quarter of the nation is unemployed. More than 5,000 banks have failed and drought is persisting in key agricultural areas of the country. People must have faith. Coming up in the next hour, stories from the Great Depression as we take you to places like toledo and then in 1931 five of the six largest banks all failed at the same time which made it the largest banking failure of the Great Depression. To successful infrastructure of the times still impacting us today. And to one ending in tragedy. Well talk you to st. Paul with gangsters and the corrupt police force strike a bargain. Well explore the impact of new deal programs like the Conservation Corp as we go just outside of amarillo, texas. We wouldnt have a park here if it wasnt for the Conservation Corp. And well hear from artists who tell tales. We begin our cities tour featur
Recognition . I move the house suspend the les and pass h. R. 5457 the speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 4547, a bill to amend titles 2, 8 and 16 of the Social Security act to improve and strengthen the representative payment program. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr. Brady, and the gentleman from connecticut, mr. Larson, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. Mr. Brady i ask unanimous consent that members may have five legislative days to resize and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h. R. 5447. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Brady today we have the action to help those receiving Social Security. This bill led by congressman sam johnson and john larson of connecticut, the chairman and lame of the Social Security subcommittee takes actions to improve the representative payey program. Today, when someone on Social Security is
Plentiful, and it was accessible to southern california, and here was all of this money waiting for them to make it. Announcer first, we take you to be university of las vegas gambling hear how the industry here evolved over the years. There is a lot of different thoughts about why gambling is so polarizing. If you read the writings of someone like jackson lee years, there is the antithesis of the managerial work ethic and working hard and getting ahead. Who winay that people money gambling did not earn it. It is polarizing. Of course, you can lose a lot of money doing it, so it can be very dangerous. Gambling in las vegas goes back to the very beginnings of las vegas. Las vegas was established by what was the Union Pacific railroad, and that it was the salt lake, los angeles, and san pedro railroad, and they bought a branch from a woman by the name of Helen Stewart, and they decided they were going to lay a town out there, and this is a map from the original auction. Live land ino blo
Which is to say colleges, this year in particular, are starting to see buyer resistance. People are thinking very hard about whether they really want to spend 50,000, 60,000 a year and up. Everytime people fine out what the tuition is, its like, i cant believe how expensive it is. Theyre not seeing that as a good buy. Especially if its financed by debt. Right now a lot of colleges are dealing with this price discrimination thats what Financial Aid is, they figure out how much you can pay and thats the price for you because i like you. Thats what is going on. Youre seeing some schools actually having a Credit Rating downgraded bid moodies because they look at their Business Model and doesnt see it sustainable. Enrollments are dropping, and within colleges youre seeing Humanities Departments done New York Times has a piece on this recently. The Humanities Department losing their majors majors and enrolles because people dont want to major in the humanities because theyre concerned about