Destructive edge of colonialism that followed contact and that lasted for hundreds of years. But in our mind and in our history we are not its victims. [applause] as the mohawk have canceled us, it is hard to see the future with tears in your eyes. , and from aived cultural standpoint have even triumphed against great odds. , 40re here right now million Indigenous People throughout the americas, and in hundreds of distinct cultural communities. We will insist that we remain a part of the cultural future of the americas. [applause] in the different journey through history together that the eloquence of chief joseph commands, and that the National Museum of the American Indian so powerfully demands, i offer in conclusion, and with this hope these words in cheyenne. [speaking foreign language] in english, the great mystery. Walks beside you and walks beside your work and touches all of the good that you attempt. Thank you. More than 15 years since that opening day in 2004. We are live now
Mr. Sullivan mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from alaska. Mr. Sullivan mr. President , its thursday afternoon, and that means its certainly one of my favorite times in the u. S. Senate because its when i get to come down to the senate floor and recognize an alaskan who has done something thats great for our state, great for the community, great for the country, you name it. I come down here and brag about somebody who i represent in alaska, and i call this person the alaskan of the week. I know the presiding officer likes it and all the pages certainly do, and what i like to always do when im starting this speech each week is talk to our visitors in the gallery, people who are watching on tv to give a little update on whats going on in alaska and encourage a visit. You will have the visit of a lifetime, guaranteed, if you come to alaska. So right now, as you can imagine, in the great white north winter is coming in parts of the state. Its definitely arrived in other p
Unfiltered, which is the way i prefer it. So whoever runs it, whoever is responsible for that, thank you for letting us have access to the facility again. It is terrific. I will talk about some things in d. C. , then get going. The only thing congress has to do year in and year out is fund the government. We do that through the appropriations process. Today is october 7, today is the seventh day of the new fiscal year. We should have gotten all the appropriations work done at least before the end of september, and we didnt. Which is not unusual. Congress usual doesnt get that work done. Fiscal 19, we did get about 70 of the spending plan done before the end of september, which meant that the department of defense, the largest block of spending on the discretionary side, had a full year in order to execute that 700 billionplus budget that theyve got. So this year, because we had well, mechanically the spending process starts with a budget, which is simply an agreement between the house
The first manned flight into the earths stratosphere. In 1935, two Army Captains named anderson and stevens sailed off from the south Dakota Plains to a recordbreaking 72,000 feet. Were really lucky in rammpi city. We have some interesting history that goes just beyond the culture of the area. Were talking about the stratobowl and the stratosphere flights. In sending man up above the stratosphere. Essentially rapid city area is the home of the first space flight. So what the National Geographic and u. S. Army air corps did was they decided to Work Together to make this happen. And they wanted to find a natural shape to rest the balloon and gondola in. So they were looking for a bowl area. That bowl shape protects the gondola as it goes up so they scoured all of north america for a place. They had a couple of different decisions that they could have made, places they could have chosen. Essentially they chose rapid city because of how kind the people were and how welcoming we are. The pe
Talk about the National Native American Veterans memorial. We broke ground for the memorial this morning. And we will turn to the business of building the memorial next week. And so were glad that youre here. Were excited to be talking about the memorial. Lets get right to it. With me is harvey pratt. Harvey is a citizen of the cheyenne and arapahoe tribes of oklahoma. He is a cheyenne peace chief. He has been a career Law Enforcement official. Hes a working artist. And he is a marine and a vietnam veteran. So please greet harvey pratt. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you. So, harvey, what caused you to submit a proposal, a proposed design for the memorial . Well, our veterans director just kept after me. I had no really had no hope that i would even come close or submit a design. He just kept after me. He said do it for the tribe, harvey. Come on, submit something. And i thought about it, and i said, well, let me dream on it. I said i have to dream. Some of my best creativity is done ea