For today and cspan 2 booktv so make it all proud just to give a brief sense of how we do things in the next 15 minutes. Im going to introduce just an art. Make sure thereve book will have a discussion. I think the title of this panel is rebuilding or evolution informally in my mind. It is detroit and austin that the beginning and end of all things. That appeals more to my grammatic sense. So jeff kerr is the author of austin texas history. The first was austin, texas then and now. The next was republic of austin. On the most recent one of the reason we are here this morning is seat of empire the embattled birth of austin, texas, which is a history of the founding of boston and the battle in the republic of texas over by this capital would need. Jeff also raised a regular history and he is practicing pediatric urologist at the same time. If we have and the emergence sees. The author will take care of them. Mark binelli is the author of vincennes msi, contributing editor to relate to an
[inaudible conversations] thank you. The committee will come to order. The committee is meeting to receive testimony of the status of puerto ricos construction and recovery after recent Natural Disasters. Beginning with of the hurricane in 2017, a series of earthquakes that occurred and that just this past september for any Opening Statements and the ranking minority member over their designees this will allow us to better hear from our witnesses sooner and help members keep to their schedules. Therefore i ask unanimous consent all of their members Opening Statements be made a part of the hearing record and submitted by 5 p. M. Today or whichever comes first. Hearing no objection, so ordered. The chair may also declare a recess subject to the call of the chair and without objection, the member from new york is authorized to question the witnesses in todays hearings. After permanent members have had that opportunity. As described in the statements, documents or motions submitted and h n
Ed. Thank you, mr. Chairman, and Ranking Member for holding this important hearing. I would like to yield all my time to congresswoman gonzalez. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I yield back. The chair recognizes representative gonzalezcolon. Thank you, i want to thank representative rad way began fog her time. He is entitled to his opinion but he does not li in puerto rico, he does not represent the island. No one voted for him. The only ones voted for is the governor and me. Hes a democrat and im a republican, and voters many times rejected him. What were supporting here is what the people of the island voted for, statehood. Thats democracy. Again, anybody can have their own opinion. But coming here the problem is established. We are not treated as equal under the law. The u. S. Congress can do whatever they want with territories. They can do whatever they want with the issue of puerto rico. And yet, we are skill facing a lot of the needs like the state os louisiana, new jersey, florida, tex
That debate on the amendment to the montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer adopted at kigali on october 15, 2016, shall be brought to a close. The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote vote vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 64, the nays are 30. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the treaty. The clerk calendar number 2, treaty doc number 1171, amendment to the montreal protocol. Mr. Schumer mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Schumer i call up amendment 5503. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk senator from new york, mr. Schumer, proposes an amendment numbered 5503 to the resolution of ratification at the end add the following, section mr. Schumer i ask to dispense with the further reading of the amendment. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schume
After the bomb went off, you could look up at buildings above where sugar habit is an Marathon Sports and the windows were blown out up to three stories. At this site, michelle was there. This was where Krystle Campbell was there as well. She was one of the fatal victims in this attack. This is actually a shot of emts working on the body of Krystle Campbell. This picture here was taken by a woman who we interviewed for the book who was at the Mandarin Oriental. The Mandarin Oriental has a big, very swank event of the day with a lot of politicians, celebrities, business men and women. And when the bombs went off, the windows at the Mandarin Oriental literally shook. They waved in the wind like the. The woman who took this picture, megan johnson, a writer from People Magazine and some other outlets, she was a former colleague of mine at the herald, and she is the one who took this picture right after that. This is a double tragedy if there is ever such one. For the family of Krystle Camp