It will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a ressz of the committee at any time. All members have five legislative days in which to submit extraneous materials to the chair for inclusion in the record. Entitled the future of housing in america. Over sight of the department of housing in urban development. I recognize myself for three and a half minutes to give an Opening Statement. We welcome the 17th secretary of the department of housing and urban development. Dr. Ben carson. For his first appearance before the committee. Welcome sir. In one respect he maybe among the most qualified individuals to ever serve as hud secretary. Why . Because secretary carson was raised by a single mother who had a third grade education. He grew up in poor communities in detroit and boston. Lived in multifamily housing with boarded up windows and doors. Surrounded by sirens. Gangs, and murder. Not only does he understand poverty personally, he understands what it takes t
It will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a ressz of the committee at any time. All members have five legislative days in which to submit extraneous materials to the chair for inclusion in the record. Entitled the future of housing in america. Over sight of the department of housing in urban development. I recognize myself for three and a half minutes to give an Opening Statement. We welcome the 17th secretary of the department of housing and urban development. Dr. Ben carson. For his first appearance before the committee. Welcome sir. In one respect he maybe among the most qualified individuals to ever serve as hud secretary. Why . Because secretary carson was raised by a single mother who had a third grade education. He grew up in poor communities in detroit and boston. Lived in multifamily housing with boarded up windows and doors. Surrounded by sirens. Gangs, and murder. Not only does he understand poverty personally, he understands what it takes t
Order your copy today. It is 13. 95 through the cspan online store at cspan. Org. Welcome to lincoln, nebraska on American History tv. This state capital of about 268,000 people is also home to the university of nebraska. With the help of our Time Warner Cable partners, and the next hour, we will explore the history of this city named for our nations 16th president. Coming up, a visit to the home of Thomas Kinard, one of the men responsible for moving the capital from omaha to lincoln following the civil war. The Capital Commissioners were having to make a statement because they had to rationalize moving the capital of nebraska from omaha, a city of several thousand people, to a village of 13 to 30, so they would put their money into something substantial to show their confidence in the city of lincoln existing. Later, explore the nebraska state capital archives and learn how the states third Capital Building broke the mold for legislative structures. His winning design was unique. It
This year cspan is touring cities across the country, exploring American History. A recent visit to lincoln nebraska. You are watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. I can conceive of a destiny were the responsibility of the days are measured not others. These of tomorrow. A golden republic, resting securely upon the mountains of internal hope. A republic that has a selfevident proposition that all men are created equal, that they are endowed with inalienable rights, that governments are instituted by men secure these rights, and that government derives just powers from the consent of the government. Mr. Hester William Jennings bryan is probably most famous for the fact that he was nominated by a major party three times, the Democratic Party, but he lost the election all three times. He moved to lincoln in 1880 7. He was a lawyer in central illinois. He had a law practice in central and illinois and he went into kansas to collect some debts. He stopped in li
Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, alison stewart. Stewart good evening, and thanks for joining us. Widespread and intense reaction today to a Washington Post report that the c. I. A. In a secret assessment has determined covert russian hacking was in fact an attempt to help donald trump win the white house. A month before the president ial election, u. S. Officials said they were confident that russia was behind the hacking of Democratic Party emails for the purpose of undermining the voting process, but it may have gone further than that. Citing u. S. Officials, the post said individuals connected to the russian government gave wikileaks hacked emai