It is a glorious service. The call comes to every citizen. It is an unending struggle to make and keep government representative. Bob lafollett is probably the most important political figure in Wisconsin History and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century of the United States. He was a reforming governor. He defined what progressivism is pretty was one of the first to use the term progressive to selfidentify. He was United States senator who is ready nice by his peers in the 1950s as one of the five greatest senators in American History. He was an opponent of world war i, stood his ground advocating for free speech. Above all Bob Lafollett was about the people. After the civil war america changed radically from a nation of Small Farmers and small producers and small manufacturers and by the 1870s and 1880s, 1890s we had concentrations of wealth. We had growing inequality and we had concerned about the influence of money in government. The United States senators we
He is probably the most important political figure in wisconsin history, and one of the most important in the 20th century history of the United States. He was a reforming governor, he defined what progressivism is. He was one of the first to use the term to self identify. He was a u. S. Senator, thegnized by his peers in 1950s as one of the five greatest senators in american history. He was an opponent of world war i. He stood his ground advocating for free speech. Above all he was about the people. After the civil war, america changed radically from a nation of small farmers, and producers, and manufacturers, and by the 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, we had concentrations of wealth, we had growing inequality. We had concern about the influence of money in government. United states senators were elected by legislatures. There was huge sums of money going into campaigns, it was corruption. You had a group of individuals looking for a way to change the status quo. Around 1900 the idea of progress
Women were being told to go back to some of those more traditional roles. All of those things, including the arrival of television and Major League Baseball on television helped to bring about an end to the allamerican girls professional baseball league. If we look at the impact of africanamericans, women, japaneseamericans, any other group you could possibly think of, if we start to pick that apart, if we start to look at their actual role in winning the war, in surviving the war in some cases, we start to see a more full picture of what life was like for people involved in the war and those who were involved, even on the periphery. When we started this conversation today, this discussion today, we talked about the fact that total war, that war was this completely allconsuming thing, that it was not just about two ar ms. Shooting at one another. We started to think about that and what that meant and how can we further understand world war ii if we bring all these pieces and parts toge
Saying how delighted i am to have made my very first trip out of europe, as the very first also european commissioner for immigration, here in the United States of america. Europe and the United States are longstanding allies and partners. We share the same fundamental values. Freedom. Peace. Democracy. Our joint meeting here yesterday and today is another concrete example of how together we can be more effective in upholding and defending our common values. Needless to say, the relations between the European Union and the United States in the justice and the Home Affairs Area reflect the strategic character of our partnership. Not surprisingly, our meeting this morning with attorney general eric holder and his team was very successful. Very positive. Very friendly. And very productive. I also had a very fruitful meeting yesterday with the Homeland Security secretary, jeh johnson, which helped make the days meeting very a success. Today, as was said before, we discussed the future of t
Are pose a high risk for terrorist financing, or perhaps the weak spot may be with the other federal regulators, that the other federal regulators arent focussing and emphasizing on whether or not these banks are in compliance with the counterterrorist financing regulations under the bsa. But it seems to me its unacceptable, two banks, if you look at the actual orders issued, only two banks where i could find references in those orders to threats regarding terrorists claims. Yes, sir. In that light as we look at our partners throughout the world, we have relationships with him, many of whom we give tens or hundreds of millions of dollars of foreign aid, its always of concern to me of how we are not honored by our relationships with our partners and particularly in this situation thats so critical for the National Security and for theirs as well. To what extent, what would you advise us as a congress in Going Forward and how we could put greater pressure on these respective countries an