The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 233, the nays are 181. The resolution is adopted. And, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. He house will come to order. Members are requested to take their seats and remove their conversations from the well. Members are requested to take their seats. Members are requested to take their seats. Members will clear the aisles and remove their conversations rom the house. Members will clear the aisles and remove their conversations rom the house. For what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition . The gentleman is recognized. The speaker my colleagues, i rise for a very happy purpose that the to recognize honorable don young of alaska is the new dean of the house of representatives. All right. The tradition of having a dean that dates back centuries to the house of commons. It is an honor that goes to our longest continuous serving member. Don young is one of only 28 americans in our history of
Watch at 6 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. And the senate gavels in sunday at 2 00 p. M. They will consider amendments to the current highway bill. Funding is set to expire at the end of the month without congressional action. We spoke earlier with a capitol hill reporter. With current funding set to run out at the end of the month, the senate is set to formally begin debate on its bill. Manu raju of politico, youre right that ted cruz came to the floor and accused Mitch Mcconnell of telling a flatout lie. Tell us what that was all about. Mr. Raju it was really a remarkable moment. Rarely do you see a senator going and singling out another senator in stark terms, accusing them of lying, someone within their own arty. And stashed their own party. And certainly a party leader. It just does not happen in a chamber like the senate. It is usually a very collegial place. Youre not supposed to address senators directly. But Mitch Mcconnell assured him and other republicans that the xm bank, which
Live from the mississippi book festival a panel from the heritage of mississippi series discussed the bicentennial. I was good morning everyone thank you for coming to the panel. Im with the Mississippi Department of archives and history. Welcome to the heritage mississippi series panel. The director of the department of archives and history and a longtime member of the historicahistorical society twoe groups responsible for the book series will moderate the panel. Help me welcome katie. [applause] thank you very much for making this panel possible. [applause] i want to thank you all for joining us here in the mississippi stat state capital. We are proud of this building and it was recently designated to a historical landmark that was very appropriate. [applause] im pleased to host this discussion about the heritage of mississippi series which was also a bicentennial initiative. It will cover 17 volumes of 17 of them have already been published in the there are scholars working their f
Mississippi historical society. Two of the groups are responsible for the series she will moderate this penal. Thank you very much. I want to begin by recognizing our sponsors, bradley and cummings and Mississippi State university, thank you very much for making this panel possible. I want to thank you all for joining us here in the Mississippi State capital. We are very proud of this building and it was recently designated a National Historic landmark which is very appropriate. [applause] in our bicentennial year. Im really pleased to host this discussion about the heritage of mississippi series which was also a bicentennial initiative. The series will cover mississippihistory and 17 volumes , seven of them have already been published and there are seven scholars working their fingers to the bone right at this minute on the next volume and then a few to be signed. This series is as i said meant to cover the whole history of the state and its aimed at a wide audience. Dollars, teachers
10 year system, so we had a good time debating that entire set of questions. Im confident i won but i have to contest that it worked very well. The most recent book deals with the topic most of us dont know much about and that is the utterly shameful condition of americas indian reservations and the utterly shameful treatment that native americans receive from the federal government. Naomi has very properly entitled the book the new trail of tears how washington is destroying American Indians and when she tells the story you will see why this is such a fitting title and why the story she has to tell is so important. [applause] thank you for coming out today. It appears been won the argument when he was still teaching here. I usually offer a warning before i give a talk about this subject, not the kind you may be used to but a warning you might want to get something stiffer to drink because it is a depressing topic and i dont have good news for you today. I will begin. 3000 people live