Im jamie colby, and today im driving along the Southern California coastline in san diego. Im here to meet a woman who says her strange inheritance took her on a journey to meet someone she never really got to know when he was alive her own father. My name is nancy cregopowers, and my father, arthur v. Crego, left a collection that took him a lifetime to accumulate. For starters, nancy asks me to check out the oldest item in her fathers collection. I want to show you where i keep the gun. In the bedroom . In the bedroom. Uh, yeah, that could be dangerous. Oh, look at that its so beautiful with the inlay. Its called a pennsylvania long rifle. Handmade in philadelphia. Its probably circa 1776 or a little later. This was still being used in the battle of 1812. It meant so much to him, and it means a lot to me. Nancys family has a history of military Service Going back to the revolutionary war. This is one of dozens of firearms in a huge cache of war relics left by nancys father when he di
Im jamie colby, and today im driving along the Southern California coastline in san diego. Im here to meet a woman who says her strange inheritance took her on a journey to meet someone she never really got to know when he was alive her own father. My name is nancy cregopowers, and my father, arthur v. Crego, left a collection that took him a lifetime to accumulate. For starters, nancy asks me to check out the oldest item in her fathers collection. I want to show you where i keep the gun. In the bedroom . In the bedroom. Uh, yeah, that could be dangerous. Oh, look at that its so beautiful with the inlay. Its called a pennsylvania long rifle. Handmade in philadelphia. Its probably circa 1776 or a little later. This was still being used in the battle of 1812. It meant so much to him, and it means a lot to me. Nancys family has a history of military Service Going back to the revolutionary war. This is one of dozens of firearms in a huge cache of war relics left by nancys father when he di
Bills werent getting passed; and those that did get passed were frequently drafted behind closed doors with republicans and many rankandfile democrats shut out of the process, which of course means that the American Peoples voices were shut out of the process. When republicans duke control, we know when republicans took control, we knew that getting things working again had to be our first priority. We opened up debate so senators from both parties could make their voices heard. We started drafting legislation in committee again so that bills were the result of discussion and compromise instead of being dictated by Democrat Party leaders. And we got the Senate Passing real substantial legislation again a bawrkts appropriations a balanced budget, Appropriations Bills, the first major energy bill since the bush administration, the first Significant Education reform since 2002. Mr. President , im particularly proud of two bills that the committee i chair the Commerce Committee worked on a
Bills werent getting passed; and those that did get passed were frequently drafted behind closed doors with republicans and many rankandfile democrats shut out of the process, which of course means that the American Peoples voices were shut out of the process. When republicans duke control, we know when republicans took control, we knew that getting things working again had to be our first priority. We opened up debate so senators from both parties could make their voices heard. We started drafting legislation in committee again so that bills were the result of discussion and compromise instead of being dictated by Democrat Party leaders. And we got the Senate Passing real substantial legislation again a bawrkts appropriations a balanced budget, Appropriations Bills, the first major energy bill since the bush administration, the first Significant Education reform since 2002. Mr. President , im particularly proud of two bills that the committee i chair the Commerce Committee worked on a
Bills werent getting passed; and those that did get passed were frequently drafted behind closed doors with republicans and many rankandfile democrats shut out of the process, which of course means that the American Peoples voices were shut out of the process. When republicans duke control, we know when republicans took control, we knew that getting things working again had to be our first priority. We opened up debate so senators from both parties could make their voices heard. We started drafting legislation in committee again so that bills were the result of discussion and compromise instead of being dictated by Democrat Party leaders. And we got the Senate Passing real substantial legislation again a bawrkts appropriations a balanced budget, Appropriations Bills, the first major energy bill since the bush administration, the first Significant Education reform since 2002. Mr. President , im particularly proud of two bills that the committee i chair the Commerce Committee worked on a