In alexandria. We just unanimously passed the majority leaders resolution. All of us are praying for the safe recovery of our friend and colleague, majority whip Steve Scalise, and others who were injured yesterday. Steve is the majority whip. Im the minority whip. We are therefore in some respects adversaries. But we are also friends. And i am keeping him, his wife, jennifer, and their children in my thoughts today. Mr. Speaker, as you probably know, steve loves baseball. Of us have seen the broad smile on his face as hes taken to the field as a pinchrunner in games past. Wearing his university of louisiana jersey and scoring runs for his republican team. Im saddened and i know all of us are that we wont be able to see him on the field today running, hitting, scoring. But, mr. Speaker, we know that steves a fighter. And im sure well be seeing him running the bases again at next years congressional baseball game. Mr. Speaker, tonight im going to wear a tshirt. On that tshirt it says, t
This discussion was part of a conference hosted by the Education Writers Association at georgetown university. Its just over an hour. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for coming to this panel. Im eric, Deputy Director at ewa. Today we are going to discuss an issue that has been getting just a little bit of attention these days, School Choice and especially private School Choice. I know that there is all sorts of forms of School Choice in this country and a lot of conversation about charters in particular, as well. Given so much of the recent conversation and the recent president ial election i think this is where we are going to do our primary focus. We will allow a little time for other issues if you have questions and so forth. So School Vouchers and other voucherlike programs, voucher cousins, if you will, have been growing in number. The cousins would be like tax credit scholarships and Education Savings Accounts. The latter is what one proponent called the cool new kid on the block.
And his time spent there with his grandmother. It really was not until my grandmother s funeral that i realized it really kind of hit me. That she was really a special person. And something of a elebrity. And seeing you know the president to expresident , one future president and all sorts of ambassadors and other diplomatic people there. Very important people. That had really dawned on me, my gosh she really was important we never thought of her in that way. We never viewed my grandmother. She was only a grandmother to us. And that is all she ever wanted to be to us. I was born in january 3 1942. My father was elliott. And elliott was the second oldest of the sons, the third oldest of the children. So my dad was, he kind of fell right in the middle and i think he always felt that he was the middle child. But you know, my uncles used to claim that he was my grandmothers favorite. Not sure that was true but that is what they claimed anyway. My mother and father were divorced when i was
Tour with the help of our ltds Cable Partners takes booktv and history tv to hyde park, new york as we explore the history and literary life of a city that has become synonymous with the story of franklin and eleanor roosevelt, and the extended roosevelt family. On booktv, ann exclusive interview with David Roosevelt as he talks about his memoir from his home on the roosevelts hyde park estate. It was really not until my grandmothers funeral that i realized that she was really a special person. And something of a celebrity. We never thought of her in that way. We never viewed my grandmother. She was only a grandmother to us , and that is all she ever wanted to be. Author tony musso and his book. I found for letters in the archives in his handwriting come and not typewritten, that actually credited stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up being confined to a wheelchair. Sunday at 2 00 p. M. Eastern firsttory tv, we tour the president ial library and the Nat
Good afternoon and welcome. I am patrick fahy a member of the archive staff and on behalf of the Library Museum i would like to welcome you to the annual roosevelts reading festival. We are fortunate enough to have cspan with us and our session is being recorded. Therefore if you would like to ask a question in the session, please use the microphone over here to the left so that people at home will be able to hear the question as well. President roosevelt envisioned the land of the library to become the premier Research Institution for studying the entire roosevelt era. The room is consistently one of the busiest of all of the president ial libraries into this years group of authors reflects a wide variety of Research Done on the grounds. If you love the reading festival, and im sure you do, and want to support this and other programs i do encourage you to become a per Roosevelt Library member. You can join today by seeing warren at the leadership table at the end of the hallway. And i