The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. He clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , april 22, 2020. Hereby appoint the honorable g. K. Butterfield to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Pray. In conroy let us merciful god, thank you for day. G us another today is a travel day for the members. Of they return to the capitol to assistance onavirus to americas citizens, businesses, and communities. Them safe in their travel infection. Ngers of continue to give wisdom and good americas citizens and inspire the governors of wise ountry to fashion policies. Here are many disagreements in our civic discourse. Ay all be mindful of the responsibilities of good citizenship. Bless those times, whose lifes work is in service safety, be it police, edical professionals, or those p
Fascinating stories that are full of courage that weve never heard about. This evening he will share from his new book escape from paris, a true story of love and resistance in wartime france which is based on official american french and german documents, history, personal memoir and as well as personal interviews. It is a thrilling wartime adventure story of american aviators rescued by fighters taken to not the and hidden under the noses of gestapo. Please join me welcoming stephen harding. No pressure there. I would like to personally thank you all for coming, i really appreciate it when people show up, and hope not to bore you. I want to give you some quick background on my stuff, people wonder how you military history. I was born and raised in Southern California long time ago and my father and all my uncles fought in world war ii in the pacific. So i grew up hearing their stories of fighting the japanese in sealing the broad ocean and Everything Else. When i was 19 i am listed i
Washington who is author of tonights book , boss of the grips, the life of James H Williams and the red caps of Grand Central terminal. This is part of an ongoing series of programs posted in conjunction with our series the ballad of harlem. If youve not had a chance to look at the exhibition it will be up through the end of december. There are all these things inside the exhibition that i think you will hear about tonight and also it might feed your own historical knowledge about how the ballot for harlem examines several strands of black place making in the 20th century offering viewsof president s and institutions dedicated to education , politicalengagements , cultural affirmation and creativity. The exhibition as i was mentioning earlier highlights includes the brotherhood of sleeping car porters which was the first union of black workers particularly plowman porters and youll also find selections from ruby dee and aussie davises collection which we recentlyacquired. Also items fr
Going on the president announces a travel ban but the lack in detail and large scale coordination is rattling the markets on the legislative side, theres little agreement on how u to move forward on any relief and just this afternoon, the fed announced a massive injection of liquidity into the market. It briefly shocked stocks higher but now weve drifted back down towards the lows o the day a number of big interviews this afternoon. Jack lew on the economic response cmes ceo, terror ki duffey on ty and ben is the former ceo of sprint currently sits on board of jet blue hell join us to discuss the pain thats being felt in the travel sector, and zoe, does it hurt we are all over this massive market sell off. Charlie from Ariel Investments is with us for the hoyer hour. Meg is tracking all the new details on this coronavirus outbreak and elan is in washington with the latest on the house stimulus vote. First, the new york fed just announcing that massive liquidity injection. Cnbcs senior
With us. And today, as you know, we are going to examine the president s department of education budget request for fiscal year 2021. As i was reviewing the budget materials, madam secretary, this much was clear to me. That you are seeking to privatize Public Education. I believe, and ive had this conversation before with you, i believe its the wrong direction for our students and for our country. Instead, we ned to be moving toward expanding Public Policies, lake Early Childhood education, that we know helps students to succeed. We see this in our countries around the globe. They are not shrinking public support, but in fact, are expanding it. Ill get more into the consequences of the cuts that you are proposing, but i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. The false premise on which it is built, and the research that it ignores. Contrary to your claims, the nations Public Education system, which 90 of our children attend, has witnessed significant progress for all