Good morning. I called a meeting on appropriations to order. Before we begin, house rules require me to remind you we have set up an email address to which members can send anything they wish to submit in writing at any of our hearings or markups. The email address has been provided to your staff. First, consideration of the interior environment appropriations bill, fiscal year 2021. I will now recognize ms. Mccowan to present the bill. Good morning. I want to thank Ranking Member, for his strong collaboration of partnership throughout this entire process. He has been a great partner from the great lakes and a little geography being social studies teacher, he borders with the great state of ohio, lake erie and in minnesota, we border on lake superior. Id like to thank all members of our subcommittee for all contributions and especially the way in which continue our tradition of nonpartisan work, to Work Together on issues that affect Indian Country. Im also grateful for the leadership
Societies 2017 Freedom Award for his work on the musical hamilton. A film version of the musical begins streaming on the disney plus service on friday. This ceremony is about 35 minutes. Good evening ladies and gentlemen, members of the senate who are here, members of the house of representatives, and all of you who have come here tonight to join with us as we celebrate the awarding of the Freedom Award to Linmanuel Miranda. I am the president and ceo of the u. S. Capital Historical Society and a former member of congress from connecticut. This evening we pay tribute, as i mentioned, to Linmanuel Miranda, an extraordinarily talented composer, lyricist, playwright, and actor. As a Historical Society we usually honor historians. Last year we honor David Mccullough with our Freedom Award. This year we honor an artist to transform history into the hit musical, hamilton. With a hiphop score, catchy lyrics and contemporary choreography, americans of all generations and back wells are learnin
Education project which brings together the magic of history and the arts in the classroom. This Partnership Helped hundreds of thousands of High School Students forge connections to our founding era. It is making history itself, inspiring the next generation of historians, writers, performers, and leaders. Our continued support for the transformative initiatives such as this, and our broader connection to education, humanities, and the arts are vital. Linmanuel, i am truly convinced everyone that the arts are what will bring our country together. [applause] Speaker Pelosi you have been a force in that regard. David mccullough pointed to the statue of cleo, the muse of history, up there. For almost two centuries, cleo and her clock have reminded men and women in this hallowed halls that we are part of history. That our words and actions will face the judgment of history, and that we are part of a long and honorable heritage of our democracy. Now, under cleos gaze, we celebrate Linmanue
Ladies and gentlemen, the recipients of the National Humanities medal, the claremont institu institute, lazano long. Patrick j oconnell, james patterso patterson. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and mrs. Trump. Thank you very much, please. The first lady and i would just like to welcome everyone to the white house, a special place, very, very special. No matter where you go in the world, this is one of those places that you never forget. This afternoon it is my immense privilege to present our nations highest honors for contributions to american art and culture, the National Medal of arts and the National Humanities medal. Please join me in congratulating each of todays recipients on their really, and i mean truly phenomenal achievement to the incredible achievement and congratulations to all. [applaus [applause] with us today are vicepresident mike pence. Mike thank you very much. Secretary steven mnuchin, secretary betsy devos. Thank you very much, betsy. Cha
What they saw in America Alexis de tocqueville, max weber, g. K. Chesterton and sayyid qutb. I especially look forward to this discussion as dr. Nolans insights will help us wrap up a yearlong study at the Mcconnell Center on American Political Culture inspired by toekvilles democracy in america. He holds a masters in doctoral degrees from the university of virginia. His teaching and Research Interests fall within the general areas of law and society, culture, technology and social change and historical comparative sociology. He is the recipient of several grants and awards including the National Endowments for the humanities fellow ships and a full bright scholarship. We look forward to dr. Williams pardon, dr. Nolans engaging discussion this evening on dark strands and bright threads what they is a new america. Dr. Nolan has agreed to take questions from the audience following his remarks. Please wait for one of our mcconnell scholars to bring you the microphone when youre asking you