Okay, everyone. So good evening, everyone. Good evening. Welcome to health center. I only hospital and the annual benjamin drive emancipation day celebration. My name is Sharita Thompson and i work with marion brown. For the last eight. Heres hoping to organize an annual to celebrate and recognize d. C. Emancipation act becoming law on april 16th of 1862 and a free of a little over 3000 slave persons held in the district along in the series was named in honor of Benjamin Drummond, who was born around 1843 in nassau, new york. Drummond, a 24 year old black slave owner, was the first patient admitted to naval hospital, now known as the old vic. The hospital, when it opened on october 1st in 1866. Drummond was initially in assassins while serving on the u. S. Morning light. He was actually shot in the leg. He would receive care for that injury. A naval hospital, orleans, on december six, 1864, joining in the navy and came to be a patient in this building on october first of 1866, when he
I work with marion brown. For the last eight. Heres hoping to organize an annual to celebrate and recognize d. C. Emancipation act becoming law on april 16th of 1862 and a free of a little over 3000 slave persons held in the district along in the series was named in honor of Benjamin Drummond, who was born around 1843 in nassau, new york. Drummond, a 24 year old black slave owner, was the first patient admitted to naval hospital, now known as the old vic. The hospital, when it opened on october 1st in 1866. Drummond was initially in assassins while serving on the u. S. Morning light. He was actually shot in the leg. He would receive care for that injury. A naval hospital, orleans, on december six, 1864, joining in the navy and came to be a patient in this building on october first of 1866, when he when his boat, he opened so we all dedicate celebration to benjamin charlton. We dedicate this Panel Discussion in which the lives and experience of africanamericans who served in the u. S. T
By three student protesters who were recently arrested from a student encampment set up in protest of the israel hamas war at George Washington university. Students read a prepared statement in support of gaza spoke about their arrest d. C. Police. Fix. [inaudible] come on, come on, come on. Are right. Are you already . In my talking . Its okay its okay. The mics are all hot. It is okay. All right, were going to go to get started good afternoon everyone. We are here i am standing with my amazing sister in service none other than the fighter but the mother to so many of us congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. And we are here and we are asking for everyone to respect the space. These students have been through a lot and i want to preface with that. But greetings and thank you all for joining us. I am honored to be here today with the student organizers from George Washington university. Some of whom were just released from jail mere hours ago after being arrested. After preparing this week congr
Police. Fix. [inaudible] come on, come on, come on. Are right. Are you already . In my talking . Its okay its okay. The mics are all hot. It is okay. All right, were going to go to get started good afternoon everyone. We are here i am standing with my amazing sister in service none other than the fighter but the mother to so many of us congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. And we are here and we are asking for everyone to respect the space. These students have been through a lot and i want to preface with that. Butreetin and thank you all for joining us. I am honored to be here today with the student organizers from George Washington university. Some of whom were just released from jail mere hours ago after being arrested. After preparing this week congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and i for a sham hearing republicans had called to pressure the d. C. Government to oppose a student organizing under the guise of combating antisemitism, which they perpetuate openly and frequently. We woke up this mornin
You are watching live coverage on cspan2. Kansas. Da drl drl mr. Marshall i ask to add our amendment to the substitute amendment for the faa reauthorization bill. Kansasians elected me to fight for them in washington to fgive them a voice at the highest levels of government. I took that seriously. For that reason, i stand here today and will not fall in line to the coward operating pro procedures that block us from bringing our priorities, the priorities of the people to the floor. Kansasians want our voices to be heard and not sidelined by lobbyists. Every senator in this chamber should have the right to hear and vote on their amendments. Many of my colleagues and i welcome this debate. Its healthy. Lets have the debates. Lets take the hard votes. Whats the harm . I ask everybody, what is the harm of these discussions of these debates and then letting the cards fall where they may with each vote. Each senator deserves the opportunity to bring their amendments to the floor and make the