The presiding officer the senator from rhode island. Mr. Whitehouse mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that any pending quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Whitehouse thank you, mr. President. Its nice to see the distinguished senator in the chair presiding. Im not sure in my 183 time to wake up speeches ive had yet had the pleasure of speaking while the presiding officer was presiding. I am here to wake up to the corporate capture of congress and this administration, the capture of governance by the fossil fuel industry that keeps us from honestly addressing Climate Change. There is a saying that personnel is policy personnel is policies. Well, well, the trump personnel for positions at the Environmental Protection agency reflect a policy to undo the Public Welfare mission of the agency and align it with the special interests of the fossil fuel industry. There is a word for that. It is called corruption, at least as the Founding Fathers knew the
The odells live in one house. Mondays torrential rain eroded the hill further, and abandoned the sewer pipe spewing water and may be the cause of the dramatic hillside. More rain is expected this afternoon. We start to see more of the loss of the property i guess that is what the engineering folks will determine. The township is asking its odells to keep people out of their yard. The odells are preparing for the worst, but have been reluctant to begin packing their belongings. Im trying to wrap my head around this. We have known and talked about it packing stuff and i just cant bring myself to do it, i know i need to. We talked about no matter what lets get the things we cant replace the family pictures and the documents that kind of stuff and get those off site. Back live now township min straighters and the engineers are finishing up a briefing after notifying the two families involved here that they have to evacuate. So far we have no timetable on this there are two houses involved
Here on American History tv on cspan3. All weekend long American History tv is featuring ann arbor, michigan, nicknamed tree town because of its dense forestation in parks and residential areas, hosted by our Comcast Cable partners, cspans local content vehicles recently traveled will to explore the areas rich history. Learn more about ann arbor, michigan, all weekend here on American History tv. Its ironic that this very important building and this very important foray into the sciences is an estate where cloud cover will wreck the conditions for viewing four out of five nights. But this is the if you wanted to run with the big dogs, this is what you had to be doing. We are at the 1854 detroit observatory. It is the second oldest building on the university of michigan campus. Only the president s house is older. And this was the first building built that was a dedicated Scientific Research facility. The building that is part of the campaign to transform the university of michigan that
50th anniversary of president kennedys assassination in dallas. Join American History tv on november 23rd and 24th for eyewitness accounts of the events surrounding that fall day in 1963. Well air footage of the kennedy funeral and president lyndon johns johnsons address to congress. Watch ceremonies from dallas and the jfk library in boston, and well take your phone calls. Remembering jfk 50 years after dallas here on American History tv on cspan3. This weekend on cspan, road to the house 2016. Maryland governor Martin Omalley in manchester for the New Hampshire democratic partys Jefferson Jackson dinner followed by congressman paul ryan at a Birthday Party fundraiser for Iowa Governor terry branstad. Governor omalley is live starting later today at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. On cspan2s book tv, hear from five of the finalists for this Years National book award for nonfiction. Sunday at 1 00. And on cspan3s American History tv, go back in time to 1996 with the internet archives way back mach
Lewis discuss the life and legacy of wallace. They look at whether political concerns or racism motivated wallace to oppose integration. This event took place at the Birmingham Public Library in birmingham, alabama. Its about 90 minutes. In birmingham, they love the governor. This line from Lynyrd Skynyrds 1974 song sweet home alabama may be one of the most debated lines from one of the most debated songs in american music. George wallace was so taken with the song when he first heard it that he planned to issue a special gubernatorial citation to lynyrd skynyrd. But then one of the governors aides suggest he listen more closely to the line that follows in birmingham they love the governor. The next line anybody remember . Boo, boo, boo. Sung by a group of female africanamerican backup singers. Including, by the way, the great mary clayton who originated the role of the acid queen in the wh whos tommy. That has nothing to do with what were talking about tonight. I just think thats a co