Subcommittee will come to order. The chairs authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. Members of the full committee who are not members of the subcommittee on terrorism may participate in todays hearing. All members will have five minutes to submit extraneous materials for inclusion in the record. This hearing is titled the exploitation of Cultural Property, examining illegal activity and antiquities and art trade. Now recognize myself or two minutes to give an opening statement. Most of the statement will be presented into the record but to talk about the nature of the sale of historical artifacts, archaeological artifacts, the isis groups are now destroying entire Cultural Properties and putting them on the market for sale, many times the money goes into terrorism. That is what we are here to discuss today. The rest of my statement will be just printed into the record and with that i will yield two minutes to the gentleman from colorado. Thanks, mister chairman.
Him because i had it done through my work at National Geographic and the smithsonian and writing for the New York Times had read a lot of stories about the civil war. I was amazed to find he was not a prominent figure. Former wall street journal writer and editor George Malone describes the papers role in shaping america and is interviewed by Financial Times columnist and associate editor. The journal supported the federal exchange act, again, with the idea this will stabilize money. And at that point, local banks could issue money against gold supposedly. Well, it created a national currency, the journal reported that. But then in the 1920s it began to have second thoughts. [laughter] announcer for more on the schedule, go to book tv. Org. Announcer the center for Immigration Studies held a discussion on the Court Backlog of immigration cases. Former immigration judge it talks about the increase in the number of cases and this is about an hour and 20 minutes. Good morning. Kian, ims m
The presiding officer senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change his or her vote . Hearing none, on this vote the yeas are 69. The nays are 24. The 60vote threshold having been achieved, the nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table. The president will be immediately notified of the senates action, and the senate will resume legislative session. Mr. Reid mr. President , i ask unanimous consent the Senate Recess subject to call of the chair. The presiding officer without objection. The Senate Stands in recess the Senate Stands in recess lawmakers taking a break now that theyve completed their legislative work having taken care of two executive nominations. Theyre heading off to attend party caucus meetings as leaders continue to work on an agreement to avoid the looming fiscal cliff. And cspans cameras are trained outside those meeting rooms in case lawmakers or staff talk to the press. Were also stand
Introduce you now, joining us live is steven carter, and he is the author among many other books of this one, his most recent, the impeachment of Abraham Lincoln a novel. Professor carter, what are there are two premises in here that i want to get to that are historically inaccurate. Number one, Abraham Lincoln survives the assassination attempt and Abraham Lincoln is impeached. Where did you come up with this . Guest ill start by making clear in spite of the title, im a lincoln fan. This is not an argument on behalf of lincolns impeachment, not a brief, but just a novel. As a lincoln fan and interested in power and history, its a question that suggested itself. What if lincoln had survived, and what if, and my telling of political enemies, and he had many, including had his own party, 1865, they were looking for a way to get him out of the way, what if they tried to do the impeachment process . I built a courtroom drama murder mystery around that. Host when did it occur to you its a f
This is something republicans have to live with with your treated that way because they allow the media to treat them this way. That is why the Republican Party has to stand up and applaud the chairman for having done. The candidates and Party Leaders have to stand up to the press. We are asking for fairness we are going to go make an issue out of you and if your corporate sponsors say goodbye we will be on the dhaka leaving goodbye. That needs to be the position that the Republican Party officials take on this or dont complain. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. [applause] thank you come brent bozell. We have copies of the book available in the full year if he would like to purchase them. He will stay on the stage and talk further afterwards. I hope to see you again soon in the future. [inaudible conversations] when you write a book a lot can go wrong. Thats the way that i approached. Im somewhat neurotic in my riding of reporting and a lot can go wrong in 110,000 words. I have bee