Speaker who we aree so honored o have with us, senator tammy duckworth. Senator duckworth probably needs no introduction to most of you watching. She is an iraq war veteran, a purple heart recipient, former assistant secretary of the u. S. Department of Veterans Affairs and napa yes, senator for the state of illinois. For both of us working in our security, certainly for those of us who are women in National Security, when you think about people who are breaking down barriers ahead of you, store duckworth is the top of the list when the first handful of women in the army to fly combat missions during Operation Iraqi freedom cup first u. S. Senator to give birth while in office, and particularly relevant to todays event the firsts member of congress was born in thailand and the first asianamerican who was elected to congress from the state of illinois. In addition to the work shes done of defense and Veterans Affairs, senator duckworth spent a lot of time thinking about the military cha
Going to get the 2nd. Rushes Coronavirus Vaccine is poised to complete the final stage of tests with ortiz. Among the volunteers. Around the clock across the world this is our Team International from the team myself you know neal hello and welcome to the program. The fragile cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan is now into a 3rd day but on monday morning raid sirens were heard again in the capital of nagornokarabakh. Pictures show the aftermath of a 2 week bombardment then in the early hours of. Greed to a pause in the fighting with russias mediation that was to allow for an exchange of prisoners and war did however over the weekend both sides accused each other violating the truce. Of the disputed region has seen some of the worst fighting since the conflict actually began on sunday despite the suppose a truce the city of had was shelled our correspondent reports from there are no. Right now were getting closer to the town of detroit its on the Southern Front and it is probably t
The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h. R. 5322, the ensuring diversity in Community Banking act, as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 5322, a bill to establish or modify requirements relating to Minority Depository Institutions, Community Development Financial Institutions, and impact banks and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. Sherman, and the gentleman from sk, mr. Timmons, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Sherman. Mr. Sherman mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks on this legislation, and to insert extraneous material thereon. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Sherman i yi
Cspan2. Tonight beginning at 8 00 eastern booktv features several programs with the late author and columnist William F Buckley junior. And joy booktv on cspan2. I am the director of programs and partnerships for the massachusetts political society. Our program is a look at tradition summaries. We are joined by professor Donna Harrington who will speak about books for 19thcentury publishing. She is a professor of English Communications in new rhode island, she has a degree from marymacs college and a phd from the university of illinois. As a former magazine writer and editor her Research Interests include 19thcentury culture, womens magazines and the radical alternative press. Before we begin i would like to extend a special welcome to anyone who will be joining us for the first time. If you are not familiar with the massachusetts Historical Society, we are the first Historical Society collecting and publishing and sharing our histories in 1791. An amazing collection of 14 million page
Underneath we saw a radical devaluation of all sorts of stocks we were forced to reconsider how much well pay for a certain amount of stocks now and certain amount of growth now and how much we will pay in the future or do we sell . Most dramatic example. This morning an activist group Elliott Management took a 3. 2 billion stake in at t, gigantic, and sent a letter to the board of directors stock trading at just under 37 they think they can get it to 60 plus by the end of 2021 if the changes are made that will be huge. At t has been a real lager at t blames ill advised decisions by management, like overpaying for directv what would the failed acquisition of tmobile which ended up jump starting their competitor with a gigantic breakup. With some changes elliott argues at t can be worth a great deal more than its selling for they want the company to distract itself from side businesses cut the fat. Emphasize changes. Stop doing willynilly acquisitions at every turn put it altogether and