It is also your inheritance and it belongs equally to all the people who we all serve. It must be interpreted by each generation for the own needs as i have tried in part to do tonight. It shall lead us as we enter the third century of the search for a more perfect union, this then is the state of the union. Free and restless growing and full of hope. So it was in the beginning. So it shall always be while god is willing and we are Strong Enough to keep the faith. [ applause ] members of the congress, i have the great pleasure the high privilege and the great honor of presenting to you, the president of the United States. [ applause ] im done ritchie a senate historian. The state of the Union Message is mandated edd by the constitution in the words from time to time, the president of the United States should give a message to congress on the state of the union and recommendations of programs that he thinks should be followed. George washington began that practice of giving a state of t
Tonight. It shall lead us as we enter the third century of the search for a more perfect union. This then is the state of the union. Free and restless growing and full of hope. So it was in the beginning. So it shall always be, while god is willing and we are Strong Enough to keep the faith. [ applause ] members of the congress, i have the great pleasure, the high privilege and the great honor of presenting to you the president of the United States. Im don ritchie. Im the state historian. The state of the Union Messages mandated by the constitution in the words from time to time, the president of the United States should give a message to congress on the state of the union and recommendations of programs that he thinks should be followed. George washington began that practice of giving a state of the Union Message to congress when the First Congress met, but washington went in person to the congress, went to the senate chamber, and delivered a speech that had a series of recommendation
That is quite a thing to watch. Very emotional. Thank you for being with us on American History tv. You bet. Thank you. [applause] my colleagues in the senate our special family former staff members, and guests, but especially our good friend senator bob dole, and his lovely bride elizabeth, welcome home. It seems quite natural seeing you here. [applause] i should have asked senator dole to come up and join us on the platform, but somehow or other i thought he should sit in the leaders seat right there with elizabeth. I want to welcome you all again to the sixth presentation in the leaders lecture series. This has been an exciting series. We have had some fantastic presentations from great leaders of the senate. And, of course, Vice President bush was here. We look forward to hearing from other Vice President s and leaders of the senate in the months ahead. This has certainly been an enjoyable, i know, and worthwhile program. And we are delighted tonight to have our friend, our colleag
Could do to advance to us policy proposals. I also think it is an issue that members of this committee could well take up and ask the basic questions, what role do we want them to play is it strictly housing, is it liquidity. Are there other ways it can be constituted given the way that the whole world but thats not really my question. I do have a question. My question relates to the approved merger which i dont believe will be the last. I have communicated to you in correspondence deep concerns held by people in the region about the continued commitment of the merged bank to invest in housing. Also communicated to you concerns about govern nans. After all, this is a fivetime zone Federal Home Loan Bank region now. And weve repeatedly asked for the letter setting forth the terms and conditions. Weve been repeatedly told we cannot have it. I want you to know that as that relates to sensitive financial matters, i completely understand. But i do not know what the compelling public good wh
Good morning. I welcome everyone to this very very important hearing. Before we start id like to state a few things. These are some ground rules, pretty much the same as what former chairman and my friend senator leahy and others have done stated in the past. I want everyone to be able to watch the hearing without obstruction. If people stand up and block the view of those behind them, or speak out of turn, its not fair or considerate to others. So officers would then remove those individuals. I know that theres a lot to protest regarding this administrations policies, but this isnt the time or place to do it. Before i turn to our Opening Statements, i wanted to go over a couple of housekeeping items and explain how were going to proceed. Senator leahy and i will give our Opening Statements. Then i will call on senators schumer and gillibrand to introduce the nominee. Following miss lynchs opening remarks well begin with the first round of questions, in which each senator will have ten