[indistinct conversations] good morning. I am the president of saint anselm. We would like to welcome everyone to this event on behalf of all of saint anthem college, we are happy to have you here at the institute of politics. Our campus is buzzing again. Its a much easier year than the last two years had been an it is hard to believe we are almost one month into the semester and i hope you have a chance to meet some of our great students who are here working and ambassadors. Raise your hand if youre a student. There they are. [applause] as you know, for more than 60 years, saint anselm has welcomed president ial candidate and National Figures hilltops. Some of you may know we just completed our 20th anniversary of the founding of the institute, which was just literally days before the september 11 attacks. The institute has faithfully served the college and our Wider Community with civic engagement, education, and empowerment of citizens of all ages. And today we continue that traditi
Patch which would require socalled Dark Money Group to disclose donors who give 10,000 or more during an election cycle and live now to the floor of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. Senate will come to order. The chaplain dr. Barry black will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our heavenly father, you are our mighty fortress. Continue to be for us, a bulwark that never fails. Lord, inspire our lawmakers to do your will. Direct them in their work, empower them to meet each challenge and shield them from discouragement. May they not depart from your purposes for their lives, in their thoughts, words, or deeds. Lord, give our senators the discipline to relinquish the sprifort of self the spirit of selfimportance for the spirit of selfsacrifice. Give them also the certainty that you are guiding their lives. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the Unit
Parks. The Planning Commission recently celebrated 90 years since our organization was chartered by congress. One note is that one of our early responsibilities involved acquiring the property that has become fort circle parks. In terms of what we do, i would like to mention one project, one relevant to the National Archives. We started work on the pennsylvania avenue initiative. We are working with the General Services administration and the National Park service to study the near and longterm need for pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capitol. We will develop a vision for this iconic street which is home to so Many National treasures, including this building. I want to send a thanks to the National Parks service and recognize peter may. He is a fellow ncpc commissioner but his day job is associate director for lands, resources, and planning. Fort totten, fort reno, for dupont. Fort dupont. Locals may recognize these names as parks, neighborhoods, even metro stations
The generalng with Services Administration and the National Park service to study the near and longterm need for pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capitol. We will develop a vision for which is homereet to so Many National treasures, including this building. I want to send a thanks to the National Parks service and recognize peter may. He is a fellow ncpc commissioner bud his day job is associate director for lands, resources, and planning. Locals may recognize these names as parks, neighborhoods, even metro stations but many are surprised to learn about their civil war history. The civil war was a milestone in the nations history. Arerole of gettysburg wellknown to all of us. Today we are going to learn about another important albeit less wellknown battle that took place not far from where we are today. Defense is for the built to protect washington,. C. The battle of fort stevens the city of washington, d. C. Could be in a different place today. Today we will learn