Congressman bill johnson. Oh my goodness it is too big to say im in the process of five different books. I have finished one of them. The latest is grant. You know you talk about what informs my work here in congress it is vitally important to understand our nations history both the victories and the challenges we have faced in the past to make better and informed decisions. As a military guy i love looking back at conflict and what got us into those conflicts grant is one of those books and that role that migrates with the civil war to hold the union together. Lincoln had three prominent ohioans that encircled him. The secretary of treasury was the 23rd governor of ohio. Grant was abiding general, sherman outside of columbus became one of grants right hand guy and also share just outside of columbus general sheraton another right hand general to play such a prominent role to bring a decisive conclusion to the civil war to avoid any more bloodshed than we have. So we just finished read
By ron chernow preview know you talk about what informs my work here in congress. I think its vitally important to understand our nations history, to understand both the victories and the challenges that we have faced in the past so that we can make better informed decisions now. I love as a military guy i love looking back at conflict and what led us into those complex and how we came out of those conflicts as a stronger nation to grant is certainly one of those books. I read and learned the role that my great state of ohio played in the civil war and holding her union together. Lincoln had three of prominent zero iowans that encircle him. Salmon chase who was the secretary of treasury had been the 23rd governor of ohio. Of course grant became his fighting general. Sherman from just a little bit outside of Columbus Ohio became one of grants right hand guys and sheridan from just outside of columbus general shirt in another right hand general that played such a prominent role in bringi
The past so that we can make better informed decisions now. And i love as a military guy, i love looking back at conflict and what led us into those conflicts and how we came out of those conflicts a stronger nation. Grant is certainly one of those books. As i read and learned the role that my great state of ohio played in the civil war and holding our union together, i mean, grant i mean, lincoln had three prominent ohioans that encircled him; salman chase who was his secretary of treasury had been the 23rd governor of ohio, of course, grant became his fighting general, sherman from just a little bit outside of columbus, ohio, became one of grants righthand guys, and sheridan, also from just outside of columbus. General sheridan, another righthand general that played such a prominent role in bringing a decisive conclusion to civil war and avoiding any more bloodshed than we had. So ive enjoyed reading that book. I just finished reading thirteen day by robert f. Kennedy looking at the
Books are on the reading list of members of congress. Its almost too big to say because im in the process of five different books i have pretty much finished one of them you talk about what informs my work here in congress. I think its important to understand the nations history to understand both the victories and the challenges that we had faced in the past so that we can make it better informed better informed decisions now. I love looking back at conflict and what led us into those conflicts. Grant is certainly one of those books. As a read and learned the role of that my great state of ohio played in the civil war. Lincoln had three pretty prominent ohioans that encircled him the secretary of treasury had been the 23rd governor of ohio. Sherman from just a little bit outside of Columbus Ohio became one of the righthand guys. Another righthand general. I have enjoyed reading that book. I just finished reading 13 days looking at the cuban missile crisis i was reminded and board i wa
These cable providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. Up next a house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee hears testimony from amtrak c. E. O. Steven gardner and the executive director of the northwest Corridor Commission on improving Train Service and efficiency. They also discuss passenger safety, route options in the midwest and west coast and high speed rail. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2023] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the subcommittee will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that the chair may call recess at any time. Without objection, so ordered. I recognize myself for Opening Statement for five minutes. Todays hearing examines the current and future state of amtrak. The Infrastructure Investment and job act gave historic funding to railroads with a large portion of that money going to amtrak. Amtrak is a federally chartere