Rule. Each amendment shall be debatable equally controlled by a proponent and opponent. No pro forma amendment shall be be in order. And may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate. The chair of the committee of the whole, in recognition on the basis of whether the member. Amendments shall be considered read. The clerk will read. The clerk the following sums are appropriated for energy and Water Development for the fiscal year 2016. Namely, title 1 corps of engineers, Civil Department of the army, corps of engineers civil, appropriations shall be for authorized functions pertaining to river and harbor, floods and storm damage reduction and related efforts. Investigation 110 million. The chair for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition . Mr. Gosar i have an amendment at the desk. The chair the clerk will designate the amendment. The clerk amendment offered by mr. Gosar. After the dollar amount insert increased by 1 million. Page 27, line 13,
Carter g. Woodson library in chicago. We thank you for being here today. Its such a joy to have this project between book covers now. You know, its been so long. And, you know, weve been talking with michael, you know, and eventually going get this project done. Each step of the way he keeps saying, you know, one day were going have that big event at the library. Here we are. Its finally here. So im happy to have all of you here with me today. And thank you for coming out on a saturday afternoon. Today i want to begin by talking about how i found this project. Sort of how it found me. Tell some of the background how the negro in illinois was conceived. The individuals who carried it out, then read some passages from the book. My wife and i moved to town to 2004 to urbana champagne, it didnt take me too long to find the Harsh Research Collection. It was straight up the interstate. I came here pretty promptly. I was interested in a fascinating figure. He had been a harlem renaissance poe
We often, in public policy, end up making claims about what will happen if we do x or y. But it is constructive, among other things, to go back and see if the promises that were being made about its proponents actually occurred. We are secondly going to look at the way in which the Clean Air Act was fashioned within the executive branch and the proposal that was developed before president bush sent it to congress. Third, you are going to look at how the legislation actually got passed and, in particular, focus on the action in the senate with respect to securing this legislation. First, let us turn to bob grady, the chief speechwriter for president bush during his 1988 campaign. Bob was the one who came up with the wonderful line that the time for study has ended and the time for action has arrived. Once president bush got elected, bob served at the associate director of the office of management and budget for National Resources, energy, and science, and played a pivotal role i think i
Things in this panel. First, were going pose the question, did, in fact, the Clean Air Act in practice over the last 25 years fulfill the promise and intent of its creators . We often, in public policy, end up making claims about what will happen if we do x or y. Its instructive, among other things, to go back and look and see if the promises that were being made by its proponents actually occurred. Were, second think, going the way in which the Clean Air Act was fashioned within the executive branch and the proposal that was developed before president bush sent it to congress. And third, were going to look at how the legislation actually got passed, and in particular, well focus on the action in the senate, which was decisive with respect to securing the legislation. So, first, let us turn to bob grady, who was chief speech writer for president bush during his 1988 campaign. Bob was the one who came up with the wonderful line the time for study has ended. The time for action has arriv
In ohio. Later, more like a Campaign Coverage as a Vice President joe biden travels to lynchburg, virginia. This weekend, booktv is will be in austin, texas. From 11 006 00 eastern, you can hear from Douglas Brinkley and others. Sunday from noon6, a book about ulysses s. Grant, infiltrating drug cartels and inside the house of representatives. The texas book festival, live this weekend, on booktv, on c span 2. Next, we will talk about covering president ial campaigns with political journalists who have moderated president ial debates. They talk about the impact of conventions, Television Ads and voters this campaign cycle. This is one hour, 10 minutes. [applause] thank you very much and a warm welcome to you. We are so pleased that you joined us, and Judy Woodruff, thank you for serving on our board. [laughter] i would like to ask each of debates that we just went through. We were not sure you would make it through the traffic on time. We decided to start off with one of the clips from