By the Gettysburg College civil war institute. Big thank you mr. Carmichael. I am also of says i am a director of the civil war institute. It is my pleasure this afternoon to introduce Elizabeth Van lew who is the associate director for civil war history. Awesome williams professor of American History at the university of virginia. Thankfully, she is not a hockey buff. At least i do not believe she is. Oh gosh, she said go caps. What has happened to American Sports . I do not know. I never thought in a civil war conference people would be dying about hockey, but such is life. Elizabeth is a published scholar. We need to be counted, white women. Published by the university of the North Carolina press 1998. This union which is one of my favorite overviews of the political crisis of the 18 fifties. It is quite good. Published by the university of North Carolina press. Victory, defeat, and freedom at the end of the civil war, published by oxford. It is an outstanding book. It is a way to l
House. Accepted to the desk a rule from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title. The clerk report to accompany House Resolution 981. Resolution providing for consideration of the Senate Amendments to the bill h. R. 6172. To amend the foreign intelligence surveil reince act of 78 surveillance act 1978 to prohibit certain Business Records and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore reported to the house calendar and printed. For what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise . Mr. Mcgovern by direction of the committee on rules i call up House Resolution 981 and ask for its immediate consideration. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 80. House resolution 981. Resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to take from the speakers table the bill h. R. 6172, to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 19878 to prohibit the
Bill providing an additional 3 trillion in coronavirus economic stimulus. We expect to see that bill on the floor tomorrow. Also to discuss promoting voting and Committee Work. And now back to the start of todays hearing, this is cspan3. [inaudible conversations] the rules committee will come to order. Before i give my Opening Statement i just want to read a guidance from the attending physician, doctor monahan. We asked him specifically about the use of face coverings during proceedings like these and while he has not mandated their use he did share that and i quote, my preferences that members retain their face coverings when speaking as an activity which can release virus particles. Especially if the speaking is of a highspirited nature. S ive never had a meeting in the rules committee that hasnt been of a highspirited nature so we will leave it up to individual members to decide but i think to be cautious here i will keep mine on and i hope that everybody else will be mindful of th
Okay, the rules committee will come to order. Before i give my opening statement, i just want to read a guidance from the attending physician. And we asked him specifically about the use of face coverings during proceedings like these. And while he is not mandated their use, he did share that, and i quote, my preference is that members retain their face covers when speaking as speaking is an activity which can release virus particles, especially if the speaking is of high spirited nature. And ive never had a meeting in the rules committee that hasnt been of a high spirited nature. So were going to leave it up to individual members to decide. But i think i will to be cautious here, im going to keep mine on. Others will be mindful of the reason why there is guidance on this issue. It has been roughly three months since the First Community transmission of covid19 was discovered in the United States. Since that time, our world has changed dramatically. There are now more than 1. 3 million
Not only in lp us rural areas but throughout the country as we try to prevent the spread of this disease. With this Public Health challenge, were also working on mitigating the economic from this virus as well. The president last night said we are committed to helping those will face Economic Hardship as a result of work disruptions and illness. The country is looking to the to come together and meet these challenges. But the bill that we saw that last night at short. M. Comes up theres a couple major problems with it. Problem. E glaring under pelosis bill, the Social Security administration will be set up to administer the paid program. E this will take more than six months so it wont work in time. Hamper the administration from putting out Social Security for those who that are in now harms way. This will hurt the very population that were supposed helping. It forces permanent paid sick leave for all businesses without and no sunsets. Instead, were committing to get his right so we a