Television, for serious readers. And now here is thank you everybody for coming out. I am the event cordoning or think you for coming out to the location tonight. As you likely know we host around 600 events a year. This location out of our Flagship Store and then also others around dc. And we are very pleased to host before we could get started. If everybody can to silence their cell phones. Once everybody is good with that. We will work to move forward. In addition to working for a very small local paper the Washington Post is one of the nations most prominent cartoonists. The president of the association of american editorial cartoonist. Many prizes for her work. And the ribbon award for the National Cartoonist society. It puts her in such company. Many more. With her new book she jumps into another sea of a remarkable artist and many who have been responding in book form to the fall out fallout of the 2016 election. In their own personal way. They had been reported on president Don
Tonight. As you likely know, we host around 600 events a year. This location at our flagship connecticut avenue and also everybody around d. C. And tonight we are very pleased to host. If everyone could silence their cell phones, that would be wonderful. Once everybody is good with that, we will go forward. Again, we are thrilled to host ann telnaes, one addition to working for a very small local newspaper, the washington post, one of the worlds most prominent cartoonist, president of the association of american editorial cartoonists. She has many prizes for her work including the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 and the National Cartoonist society in 2016 which puts her in such company is browse chats, many more. With her new beau, she jumps into a remarkable artist, in book form to the fallout of the 2016 election in their own personal way. Many books have reported nonpresident Donald Trumps words that have indicated his speech patterns, but in this book, someone with someone talking to the pr
And so we are very committed to this. Making Major Investments to grow with the demand. And i have had more than one person suggest to me an interesting idea. We are thinking about it. We ought to add Computer Science as a candidate for fulfilling our language requirement. It is a language just like spanish or german and perhaps in some age maybe even more useful. We ought to let that satisfy it is an intriguing animated by a sentiment much like yours. I suggest to we put in calculus, algorithms and algorithmic thinking. Doesnt have to include calculus. You have to have any particular scores. Statistically many of the scholars will notice. The single strongest correlate, four years of math. One simple thing is dial that up they are not there already. Keep the microphone here. Thank you. This is for president daniels. Next line, independent citizen. Behave yourself. What percentage of your students are us citizens and what percentage of your graduates end up working in the United States
The construction is now nearly complete. Construction of the African American museum and the proposed repairs to the national air and space museum are illustrative of the very real challenges the subcommittee faces. Both increasing demand for and shrinking supply of federal dollars to address many legitimate priorities. For this reason, it is essential that the smithsonian outlined and clearly communicate its highest and greatest priorities. Every member of the subcommittee would like to support the 10 increase for funding for the smithsonian. But, given the incredible demands, it is probably not realistic. Difficult funding decisions will have to be made. The subcommittee will do its very best to adjust the smithsonians most urgent priorities. I look forward to your testimony and continuing to Work Together. In closing, i want to commend you for the smithsonians efforts to improve the display and storage of your vast collections. Based on the input this Committee Received from members
[laughter] it is tempting in a situation like this to draw on the everyday because it is so easy and he is so out there, and the rest of the media concentrates on him so much. And it is fun, and people like it. But, and this is my experience with little political campaigns over the years. Day, it seems timely and great and perfect for today, but you get to the end of the year and you realize the 240 pieces you have drawn, about a third were on a horse race that had a shelf life of three days. Everyone in the field does that on that day, your work is just not that great and you get to the end of the year and realize aboutd not draw anything world population, not educating oceans, oruting the whatever your favorite topics are. It can be a distraction. How many people here like cartoons about donald trump . People react to them. Said, i have a very local audience. It is broader than just philadelphia. I am supposed to be doing local cartoons, because one thing about cartoonists is, if the