Major investis in our countrys history by the u. S. House and senate. Each week, writers and historians tell the stories and see historic footage from the periods and examine the impacts of key congressional hearings. This week we look at the investigation that followed the deadly 1993 siege at the Branch Davidian compound near waco, texas and what its meant in the years that followed. Watch congress investigates, 7 p. M. Eastern on saturdays, cspan2. Up next, state and local Law Enforcement officials talk about the challenges facing their local agencies. Some of the topics covered include gun violence, Work Force Recruitment and retention and the ongoing fentanyl crisis and shared by congressman mark greene. At the start of the hearing there was a moment of silence for donald payne, jr. Who died recently and who served on the committee. The committee on Homeland Security will come to order, without objection the chair may declare the committee in recess at any point. Before we have th
Next House Speaker mike johnson taking part in a ceremony unveiling a statue of the late rev. Billy graham at the us capitol area the speaker joined by Billy Grahams son and the North Carolina congressional delegation. Billy graham was a wellknown evangelical christian figurefrom North Carolina. He died in 2018. This is about 50minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, the hon. Mike johnson, speaker of the United States house of representatives. [applause] good morning everyone. Its a true honor to have you here and as speaker of the house it is my pleasure to welcome you here as we honor one of americas greatest citizens and enduring heroes. Our capital as you know is filled with monuments to our history. They teach us about where we were and where we are and where we are going as a nation. The statue of the oldest man in the capital is john winthrop, he was an english puritan lawyer and one of the leading founders ad of the Massachusetts Bay colony of 1630. He symbolizes how our country began m
Quite often in our most famous decisions are ones that the court took that were unpopular. Lets go to a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening and welcome to landmark cases and 2 3 of the way of 12week series looking at Historic Supreme Court zigs. Brown v. Board of education and listen to linda brown on the roots of this case. My memory of brown began in the fall of 1950. In the quiet kansas town of topeka, where a mildmannered man took his 7yearold daughter by the hand and walked briskly to the allwhite school and tried without success to enroll his child. That parent in topeka child to enroll their children was long overdue. Many evenings my father would arrive home to find my mother upset because i had to take a walk like she did many years before and catch a school bus and debus two miles across town. I can remember that walk.
Officers to understand what we expect, we the community, expect them to do. Host will johnson, former police chief of arlington, texas, fromef 2 and fourth Vice President the national assothk you so much for joining us. Guest iq for having me. House Speaker Mike Johnson delivered a tribute to Fallen Police officers during a prayer vigil on capitol hill. Joining the speaker at the podium was the widow of Atlantic City Police Officer Thomas Mcmeekin and retired nypd detective thomas donahue, widower of lieutenant maure donahoe. [inaudible conversations] [inaud conversations] well, we want to thank you all for being here ons a somber evening. Theres a biblical admonition that we are to give honor where honor is and we take that very seriously. And during National Police w and head of peace officers memorial day, we give much lawrved recognition to our enforcement officers and in particular of courseallen in th. The men and women all of o enforcement are l the minimum ad to who pursue just
The Homeland Security secretary testified before the Security Committee on the 2025 budget request and the hearing entered before the house delivered two impeachment articles against him to the senate in both of those were later dismissed. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objection the committee may recess at any point. Good morning, secretary mayorkas, and thank you for the committee will come to order and without objection the committee may recess at inany point. Good morning, secretary mayorkas, and thank you for joining the committee to discuss the budget that you and the president have put forth for the department of Homeland Security and on march 1 the department celebrated its 21st anniversary. I want to thank the Public Servants throughout dhs to dedicate their lives to securing the homeland in this work is vital that the safety of the nation and the security. When you took the oath of office, you swore to support and defend the constitution o