Chair, the program committee. Dave and i thank you all for coming this evening to our lecture series. A nice turnout, a lot of different competition out there, but who can compete with this man right . Bill merchant, a great friend of mine, but of course, hes a great historian and hes really wheel and bringing forth the true history of a great story known as the delaware and hudson canal. So tonight, bill will give you a chock full of new information, great insights and wonderment bill merchant everyone. Thank you very much for coming this evening. Im the Deputy Director for collections historian and here at the dean Canal Historical Society and im the chair or president of the delaware and hudson transportation heritage council. Now that ive gotten over the most difficult part of the talk, im really delighted to do this particular presentation. I have never done it here for the Canal Society. My general history of the dredge. Im working on a book on the topic and itll probably be call
Lecture series. A nice turnout, a lot of different competition out there, but who can compete with this man right . Bill merchant, a great friend of mine, but of course, hes a great historian and hes really wheel and bringing forth the true history of a great story known as the delaware and hudson canal. So tonight, bill will give you a chock full of new information, great insights and wonderment bill merchant everyone. Thank you very much for coming this evening. Im the Deputy Director for collections historian and here at the dean Canal Historical Society and im the chair or president of the delaware and hudson transportation heritage council. Now that ive gotten over the most difficult part of the talk, im really delighted to do this particular presentation. I have never done it here for the Canal Society. My general history of the dredge. Im working on a book on the topic and itll probably be called the dutch canal 19th century engine of prosperity, because indeed it was. This is a
Country. With us today we have mel martinez from j. P. Morgan chase. We have wes moore from the robin hood foundation. Jean case from the Case Foundation. And Jeffrey Rosen from the National Constitution center. Thank you all for being here today. Let me kick off the conversation with a question for the group. Lets follow up a bit on the conversation we were just having. Lets talk a little bit about trust among americans and our institution of th democracy domestically. How serious is this challenge right now and what do you see in terms of the challenges we face here domestically . Senator martinez . Mr. Martinez thank you. Im inspired from this morning and i hope we can add to it. I believe there is great skepticism in our country and i think we underestimate the impact on the power of what happened during the financial crises. I think that was a moment in time when a lot of people began to doubt the promise of america. And the conversation began to be had that many of people are hav
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Teresa may taking questions from the house of commons wednesday morning on cspan2, prior to question time, and now live to the floor of the british house of commons. The all party group from north wales, the growth deal, we have to work with all stakeholders, all partners including the honorable members. It is by 10 , and as a matter of urgency. To north wales. In wales, i have seen a dramatic improvement. And we are seeing employment falling. And a crossborder deal without this constituency we held to deliver it. Mister speaker. The chancellor, official support, advances available earlier, and all claimants for the first day, and have of those, and after making a claim, and more welsh families, in 2018, i dont recognize the doom and gloom of the honorable lady. What your sector staff are telling me is this is the biggest change in a generation. This is the most positive, customer focused change which is helping people back to employment was the honorable lady should support the change