Chairman blunt the Senate Rules Committee held proposals for two new Smithsonian Museums, the american Womens History Museum and the National Museum of the american latino. Among the witnesses, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and actress eva longoria. His is about 90 minutes. Chairman blunt the committee on rules and administration will come to order. Good morning. I thank my colleagues for attending todays hearing, some virtually, some in person. The same for our witnesses. We are going to be welcoming them as well. The secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, miss jane abraham, former chairman of the Congressional Commission to study the potential for a national Womens History Museum. Miss c. C. Rojas, chairman of the Latino Coalition, and mr. Danny vargas, chairman of the friends of the National Museum of the american latino. I want to thank all of them for joining us. We will hear from a number of senators who have spent time on this and have been sponsors of this bi
Of columbia circuit. A position he was appointed to a 1986 by president Ronald Reagan. He served as ahief judge of 2001 until 2008. In 1987, speing of judge ginsburg present ragan said he believes as i d that the proper role of the judiciary is to interpret the ross laws not make them. He bieves that inur democracy is for the elect representatives of the people to mak the laws. And the judges must never attempt to substitute their private will for t will of the people. You see, judge ginsburg remembers as i do the warning of james mattis the dissent for which theonstitution was accepted and ratied by the nati is not the guide to expounding a there can be no security for the faithful ercise of the powers. Judge ginsburgs got on to write many books for the cotitution. His newest book voices of our republic is a companion peace to his threepart a me elect perfect unit which shelso talks about this today. This is of our public features about the constitution personalities dignitaries and e
Hello and welcome. Im steve comments, editor of the hill. Thanks for joining us to a diversity and inclusion. Over the course of the day were going to discuss what it will take for diversity, inclusion, and equity to be more than just buzzwords. Id like to thank our sponsors. International Franchise Association and the association of realtors for the support of todays program. And thank you for supporting this particular session. Under 50 years after its founding, americas more diverse than ever before. However, stereotypes are beginning to fade, significant barrier still exist. Justice, equal opportunity, continue to be out of reach for many black, hispanic, lgbtq and other minority populations. This is a real problem. Were policy initiatives can be put in place to address these gaps and barriers. With politic for the rapper a should have pisces, perceptions, and bigotry in our institutions. Fair and equitable opportunities opening up across the port and across institutions. Were goin
Florida and texas. This is just over an hour. Todays event promises to be an engaging analysis of the 2020 president ial election and the latino vote. There is no question that 2020 for the first time in our countrys history, latinos were the largest ethnic minority, ith 32 million eligible voters and with record numbers of atinos turning out the vote. Ndeed, both president donald rump and president elect joe biden benefited from the high urnout of latino voters across the u. S. , yet the support that they received from this very diverse and complex electorate and why they are read in different parts of the country. While nationally the majority of latinos may lean democratic, when it comes to the state level, there are many constituencies that cannot be so easily counted on by either party. Todays conversation will highlight how record levels of latino turnout impacted the outcome of key races. The marquee battleground states. We are thrilled that maria selena, a trusted voice in the
School, i thought with us security and he is a fordham law great. Carol rosenberg will be talking to him about his book, she is an awardwinning Senior Reporter for the New York Times working in collaboration with the pulitzer center. She has been reporting in the u. S. , in the u. S. And at Guantanamo Bay since the day it opened on january 11, 2002. She started with the miami herald were before that she was reporting from at least and moved recently to the New York Times. She has won many awards including the robert f. Kennedy journalism award, the aba silver gavel award and she was part of the miami herald team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news and 2001. Let me tell you the format. Michel and carol will talk and then i will come back on and i will post some questions that have come from the audience. Give any questions please feel free to put them in the chat or if you prefer the q a, and i will get as many as i can. Without further ado, michel, carol, take it away. Thank