Good evening, everyone. I am a trustee of the u. S. Capital Historical Society. Welcome to our celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Senate Committee on appropriations. This committee traces its origins to 1816, making it one of the first Standing Committees established by the senate. It is also one of the most powerful committees, and one of the largest. We are so grateful to the generous donors who helped make this evening possible. Bank of america, independent Community Bankers of america, airlines for america, leonardo drs, and mr. Terry lehrman. Thank you all so much for making tonight possible. We will begin the evening with the presentation of the colors by the Capitol Police ceremonial unit and the pledge of allegiance. Please rise. Present. 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. Please be seated. Several distinguished guests have joined
The president of the United States and mrs. Michelle obama. [applause] [applause] [cheers] [applause] pres. Obama thank you so much, everybody. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening, everybody. Good evening pres. Obama on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. Over the past eight years, this has always been one of our favorite nights, and this year i was especially looking forward to seeing how joe walsh cleans up. [laughter] pres. Obama pretty good. I want to begin by once again thanking everybody who makes this wonderful evening possible, including dave rubenstein, the Kennedy Center trustees im getting a big echo back there and the Kennedy Center president. Give them a big round of applause. [applause] pres. Obama we have some outstanding members of congress here tonight, and we are honored also to have Vicki Kennedy and three of her grandchildren with us here. [applause] pres. Obama the arts have always been part of life at the white house, because the arts are alw
The president of the United States and mrs. Michelle obama. [applause] [applause] [cheers] [applause] pres. Obama thank you so much, everybody. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening, everybody. Good evening pres. Obama on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. Over the past eight years, this has always been one of our favorite nights, and this year i was especially looking forward to seeing how joe walsh cleans up. [laughter] pres. Obama pretty good. I want to begin by once again thanking everybody who makes this wonderful evening possible, including dave rubenstein, the Kennedy Center trustees im getting a big echo back there and the Kennedy Center president. Give them a big round of applause. [applause] pres. Obama we have some outstanding members of congress here tonight, and we are honored also to have Vicki Kennedy and three of her grandchildren with us here. [applause] pres. Obama the arts have always been part of life at the white house, because the arts are alw
Boxer. Like her colleague from maryland, she is hardly the tallest member around here. But she has gotten into the habit but she is not in the habit of being overlooked either. That,xer box helps with of course. That is what she stands on at present conferences to give her more height and if that stands sounds familiar it is because the box once served as an veep. Ation for hbos and a good thing she has a sense of humor, she knows help either can go run here. That. Ten relies on more than 20 years in a job i love, she wrote, thank you to california and the lord above. You get the picture. Heres the key line, as long as there are issues i will never of my the meaning life. Sure sounds like the senator boxer i know. It is not easy to find Common Ground run here, it takes hard work. Stopkes negotiation will it often takes those intangibles, too. Like comic relief. So enter another senator. I will miss the gym and barbara show when it comes to an end next year especially after such a story
Full distribution. We have to compete. As an independent network, i feel the pain that miss ziman feels. At access tv we gear ourselves as a Music Network geared toward the 45plus. We dont like to tell our advertisers that but thats who watches more tv and its a challenge for to us get distribution, but with the new methods of distribution like directv now, and others, in a has opened the door. In the past, the distribution was constrained, as miss ziman mentioned because of band width. You couldnt put on another High Definition network particularly with standard definition which took up even more band width. Now new methods of distribution, theres new hope. Theres more hope for independent Networks Like ours, and i think this merger opens up doors. As an example on directv now, access tv is distributed in their 35 bundle. Hd net movies is not. Weve got to do a better job at hd net movies to convince them to carry us. That onus is on me. To your point earlier its very competitive. Its