This was the first of a twopart program, you can view this and all other american artifacts programs at her website, cspan. Org history. Each week American History tvs american artifacts visits museums and historic places. Up next we take you inside thes house wing of the u. S. Capital to learn about the history of women in congress. And second of a twoFarar Elliott program we continue the story beginning in the 1940s with republican congresswomen Clare Boothe Luce. Im Farar Elliott curateor for the house of representatives, which means i take care of the artwork and objects that document the houses rich heritage. Im Matthew Wasniewski and historian at the house. And my job is to collect biographical information on members, to gather data and historic lists, and to con dpdu oral histories. We reference questions in our office that come from on the hill and off the hill. And we try to tell the story of the house, which is this very big, very Old Institution in a way in which people can
Im the historian at the house. And my job is to collect biographical information on members, gather lists and to conduct oral histories. We answer reference questions in our office that come from on the hill and off the hill and we try to tell the story of the house which is this very big, very Old Institution in a way in which people can kind of connect with it at a human level. We do that through telling biographical stories or clips from oral histories that give people kind of a human sense of a very large institution. And today we thought we would try and do that with you by telling you about the history of women in congress which is a history that dates back to the early 20th century. This is a nifty piece of campaign femora. Its Clare Boothe Luce memorabilia. And Clare Boothe Luce would have been the republican counterpart of helen douglas. She was well known to the general public. Her career really had started as a writer and editor. She later married henry luce, the founder of
And livelihoods. The white house has become a covid19 hotspot driven by the president s ongoing denial of how serious this pandemic is. Not even contracting the virus and being hospitalized seems to have shaken him back to reality. In normal times, the senate would be focusing our attention on passing legislation to help the millions of americans suffering during this pandemic. But these are not normal times. Instead, Senate Republicans are rushing to put a nominee onto the Supreme Court to be the deciding vote to take Health Care Away from millions of people. President trump has been very clear about what he is doing. He has repeatedly promised to appoint Supreme Court justices who will strike down the aca. By nominating judge barrett the president is keeping his promise. In her speech at the white house , judge barrett aligned herself with her mentor, the late Justice Anthony scalia, who twice voted to strike down the aca. To help the president keep his promise a republican colleague
To unmute your microphones anytime you speak. If at any time during hearing im unable to chair the hearing the human chairman colon or vice chairman of the committee congressman kennedy will serve as chair until im able to return. Documents for the record can be sent to Benjamin Tabor at the email address weve provided. All documents will be entered ininto the record with the inclusion of the hearing. The chair will not recognize herself for an Opening Statement. Today the energy and Commerce Committee continues itser oversight of the nations covid19 Pandemic Responsee examining a safe and effective covid19 vaccine that the American People can trust. In the eight months we battled covid19 over 7 million americans have had the virus and tragically over 200,000 have lost their lives. Millions ofll people face on employment and have lost their Health Insurance and families are still juggling childcare and virtual classrooms. The list of those most vulnerable to covid19 is especially on th
I had two roll call votes i had to participate in. The environment of public works, we have a quirky rule in the sena senate, in our committees. If you want to vote no by proxy, that counts. If you want to vote yes by proxy, that doesnt count. So i had to be there in person. We can now get started. Rhea, are you ready . Yes. Thank you so much. This hearing will come to order. Today the committee convenes to discuss the issue of compensating student athletes for the use of their name, image and likeness, nil. I welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses and thank them for appearing. Today, we will hear from keith carter, vice chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics for university of mississippi, my alma mater, where i lettered in zero sports. Mr. Michael drake, chair of the National Collegiate Athletic Association board of governors and president emeritus of the Ohio State University. Ms. Deion collar, professor of law and director of the center for sport and the law at the universit