Passed 2020 spending legislation, the funds the federal government passed at tonights midnight deadline to the 20th to avert a shutdown. Votes are expected at 11 a. M. Eastern. They and plan to work on the nomination to the next energy secretary. Live coverage of the senate right here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God, the fountain of every blessing, in this thanksgiving season, we praise your holy name. May the lives of our lawmakers please you. Inspire them to walk in your ways, keeping your precepts with such integrity that they will glorify your name. Incline their hearts to your wisdom and provide them with the understanding they need to accomplish your purposes. Lord god, let your mercy protect our senators from the dangers of this life, as they learn to find delight in receiving your approval. Keep them evermindful of lifes brevity and the greatness of
Every year. The speaking portion is almost always free and open to the public and we are able to do that because you come here and you buy your books and you buy your stocks and your greeting cards and we really appreciate it. Our guests will be speaking tonight. The event will be recorded by cspan. Extra special reminder to silence your cell phones. After our guest is done speaking about the book there will be an opportunity to ask questions and we will have mikes available so that your questions can be picked up as well. If you would like to stick around afterwords and get a book signed we can accommodate that. We just ask you first purchased the book downstairs. They are available when you walk into the store at the information desk so tonight we are excited to welcome back to the store h. W. Brands. He is a professor, who holds the senior chair in history. He is New York Times bestselling author of 30 books on us history. If you can keep history that interesting that you can write
Well, i understand the raking member is on his way. Since we have kind of a tight schedule and we have a quorum, ill start and he can give his Opening Statement. Here he is now. The committee will come to order. We want to welcome everyone on this hearing providing oversight to the Smithsonian Institution. In 1836 congress accepted a bequest from james smithson, an english scientist who had never visited the United States but nevertheless decided to leave his substantial fortune to our Young Country for the increase in diffusion of knowledge. Ten years later in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution was formally established by congress. In the 173 years since, the smithsonian has grown to a complex of 19 museums, Numerous Research centers, a library system, a network of more than 200 affiliate organizations, archives and the national zoo. Today the smithsonian serves as steward to more than 154 million artifacts, works of art and specimens. Visitors from across the country and around the wo
You can also text us. And us a tweet cspanwj post to facebook. Com cspan. We will show you in a moment the of the comments of students and that nearly threehour rally available on our website but the reporting the on yahoo news, headline, millions protest in Global Climate strike. The messes of children skip school oto join Global Strike against Climate Change. Youth summitn. She will participate in saturday. Four Million People filled streets around the world and what was billed as the biggest ever protest against the threat posed to the planet by rising temperatures. The youngsters and adults alike chanted slogans in demonstrations that started in asia and the pacific, spread across africa, europe and latin america before culminating in the United States. From the Washington Post, as we video of the beginning of the rally on capital hill. Areans are rising and so we, demanding action on Climate Change millions of young people take part in a Global Strike. Despite a mighty mental turn
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