Author of the book the revolution of 28 al smith, american progressivism and the coming of the new deal. His Progressive Coalition paved the way for franklin roosevelt. Good evening, everyone. Im really delighted to be able to see all of you here tonight and welcome you all here to our talk for this evening. On behalf of the History Department here, welcome, to our evenings talk. Were able to hold this talk thanks to the generous funding of the history fund which is supporting this event. And let me jump straight to introducing our speaker for the evening. Our speaker for this evening is dr. Robert chiles. Hes a graduate of town send university where he studied music and found the true faith and began a ph. D. In history which he completed at the university of maryland in 2012. And the talk that hes going to be giving this evening is the result of that ph. D. Dissertation, i do believe, yes. He has in the course of this particular research, the research for this project, hes received a
Potential improvements to the healthcarere law. This is two hours. Thank you for joining us today. We are holding a this hearing virtually. Before we turn to todays topic they help you navigate the virtual narrative and first consistent with regulations, the committee would keep microphones muted. Members are responsible when they seek recognition or when recognized. Second members must have their cameras on at all times. If you need to step away from the proceedings, please leave camera on rather than loggingat out. Third, we will dispense with our practice of observing and instead go in order of seniority alternating between majority and minority beginning with members of the oversight subcommittee first. Finally, without objection, the representative is authorized to serve as the chair in the event that i have some technical difficulties or whatever. Ive thin thank you all for your continued patience as we navigate this technology in order to continue serving our country together in
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[cheering] [applause] thank you very much. I think ill get out of this. [cheering] thank you so much. Its wonderful to be here. The honorable david young whos going to come up after me. This whole concept of people coming along saying america was never great, i wonder where those people came from. They recognize nation being defended by militiamen came the most powerful nation in the world in record time, that does not happen to a nation thats not right. What was the world like before the United States of america . Stop and think about what the world was like. They were trampling over other people. They have to think twice about that now. Then think about the innovation, the entrepreneurship, the hard work that went into making america into a great place. Thats what makes us the place that works for everybody. Some say america was good for some groups but maybe not for other groups. Maybe they need a history lesson. The people who say nothing ever happens for africanamericans in this c