Was bipartisan. Only one part of one faction wanted this outcome. The houses conduct risks a deeply damaging the institutions of american government. This particular house of representatives has let its partisan rage at this particular president create a toxic new precedent that will echo well into the future. Thats what i want to discuss right now. The historic degree to which House Democrats have failed to do their duty and what it will mean for the senate to do ours. So lets start at the beginning. Lets start with the fact that washington democrats made up their minds to impeach President Trump since before he was even inaugurated. Heres a reporter in april of 2016, april of 2016. Donald trump isnt even the republican nominee yet but impeachment is already on the lips of pundits, newspaper editorials, constitutional scholars, and even a few members of congress. April 2016. On Inauguration Day 2017, the headline in the washington post, the campaign to impeach President Trump has begu
And the character that he developed over a lifetime, and if you think about what weve done for the duration of this course, weve brought him into the story intermittently throughout. Whether its talking about individual battles or whether its talking about how he organized men or how he kept men he recruited men to get them to maintain or stay in the service. And one of the things i try to get across whenever im talking about washington is that washington is a bit of an inenia to a modern audience. Why . Because we really dont know who he was, what he was, how he looked. I mean, when i show you these images here, these images are of three of our noteworthy president s. Every ten years or so about 700 political scientists and historians across the country, they rank our president s. Now, who knows how our current president is going to rank. But nonetheless, whenever those rankings come out, generally these three guys here rank at the top. Sometimes it will be lincoln. Sometimes it will
Weekend. This weekend on American History up to the 50th anniversary of the apollo moon landing, wash nasas apollo 11 prelaunch interviews, saturday el astronautse charles armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins. Operation of the lunar module systems and control of the vehicle during descent and ascent. We will go through the planned, twoman excursion on the surface with neil exiting the spacecraft first. As he goes down the ladder, i will be taking pictures of him with a 16mm camera through the window. A Television Camera will also be recording his activities. And should difficulties arise, my job is to rescue the lem, and then i find myself the active partner in charge of a complex vehicle with a complex job. Chair this weekend Woodrow Wilson drops in a president ial survey from sixth to 11th license bill clinton rises from 21st two the 15th spot. Where does your favorite president rank . Learn that and more about the lives and leadership skills of the 45 chief executives in cspan
National solution. Second, tens of thousands of responders and survivors are sick because the federal government in its rush to get wall street reopened ignored the evidence and the Expert Opinions of scientists. The then head of the Environmental Protection agency repeatedly assured us the air around the World Trade Center was safe to breathe. And we knew it wasnt. But the federal government kept insisting it was. And compounding the federal governments culpability was its failure to conduct a comprehensive cleanup of the environmental disaster created when the World Trade Center towers collapsed. For example, the e. P. A. Administrator told the public that asbestos could be cleaned from apartments with a damp cloth and wet mop. Based on these false assurances, students were sent back to schools that had been contaminated with the toxic dust cloud without ventilation systems being cleaned first. People kept working to clear the pile for months with no protective equipment. Quite simpl
Are so many more diagnosis of cancer and the rest thats followed. This bill honors the heroes after which it is named. James zadroga, ray pfeifer, and luis alvarez. Those heroes showed courage beyond measure, not only by running toward danger that day, but by giving their last days to fight for all harmed on 9 11. We are blessed with the presence of members of their families and other advocates including First Responders surg from 9 11 related illnesses here in the capitol today. They have done the outside organizing as we did the inside maneuvering. They have made the complete difference. I thank john stewart for raising the profile of this issue so when we pass the bill here today it will be received positively by the United States senate. Two weeks ago as we all knew know, america lost louis detective and advocate who died from 9 11 related cancer. It was a holy moment for us when he testified before Congress Last month before he was scheduled to receive his 60th round of chemo. He