Of the exhibit you are about to see is one we started putting together shortly after the president died. People here really invested in the Funeral Service because it happened here and the train came up here from houston to college station. They were proud of the fact that the first lady and president were buried here. A lot of that was incorporated into the exhibit. One of the first things you see is the lifesized statue of sully, president bushs service dog. At a ceremony a couple of months ago, we installed sully, and the reallife sully came to the ceremony. That dog is now at walter reed. The real iconic photo in the exhibit is of sully in front of president bushs casket. President bush got sully in june 2018 and he served for about six months until the president s death on november 30, 2018. So we have a picture of him as a puppy, and with president bush, and he did help president bush with everyday tasks and added quality to the last months of his life. The memorial exhibit itsel
San antonio and dallas. In about five minutes, we take you inside the george h. W. Bush president ial library and museum for film footage of george bush and barbara bush on their honeymoon and the final resting place of the 41st president and the first lady on the grounds of the library. In about 20 minutes t history of the area as we travel to the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History and later a trip to the campus of texas a m university for the story of cadets, a student military organization dating to 1876. We begin our special feature with the mayors of bryan and College Station as they talk about the history and special relationship between the two cities. One of the wonderful things about Bryan College station, youve got two cities, one community. The university started in the 1870s, the city of bryan started just a couple of years before, really right after the civil war. There was a railroad coming from houston that was marching its way here, stopped before the civil war, an
They talk about the history and special relationship between the two cities. Of the wonderful things about bryanCollege Station, you have two cities one community. Really right after the civil war. There was a railroad coming from houston that was marching its way here. After the civil war it continued on and brian for the first few years after the civil war struggled to get itself created but was able to do that. Its876 the University Got first six students and the city of brian was really getting going. Are still some of the first buildings that were being built. 25 years ago this area was a ghost town. Has created growth and renewal in the city of brian. The line between our cities is blurred not just in how we Work Together but geographically. Texas a m founded in 1876. But it wasit grew five miles from the nearest town. Calledknew about a town factge station except the in 1938 when some a m faculty and staff got together and said lets create our own city. We are growing somewhere
Sir ferris from politico joins us. The house got their job done passing a continuing resolution through november 21. Negotiators continue off the floor. The senate will take up the cr in the coming week. What are the issues lawmakers have to go shake . Negotiate . The issues still outstanding, the cr package is locked in the senate. Of course, the funding fight going into october and november is going to be ugly. I have talked to democrats on the preparations panel, and is in the fight is essentially the same as last year. That is not great news because we ended up in a 35 day shutdown. They dont have a strategy on how they are going to do with the border wall. That was the main issue that spurred a shutdown through september and most of january of this year. There are the Enforcement Powers that ice agents have. These are things democrats are riled up about given the administrations aggressive actions through the summer. Democrats are ready to go to the mat on this. Republicans are du
In the house of representatives, a lot going on today. If you want to find out more about the activity, go to our website at cspan. Org. We now take you to the house. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] rage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , july 17, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the ouse of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders fo