Interconnected, the 1860s were a time of National Conflict which involved not only the north and south but also the mark in west. Her primary Source Research involves letters and diaries, military records and oral histories and photographs and maps from that time and nelson write specifically about nine individuals who worked toward Self Determination in the fight for the region. Some of these people are fairly known to us like frontiersmen, and wanita who we get to know their stories lost to history until now. And nelson unearth their stories to show the importance of actions even in the midst of a larger military conflict. The book earned a star review and Library Journal and indeed it is history that keeps the reader turning the pages. Megan kate nelson is a writer and historian living in lincoln, she has written about the civil war, u. S. Western history and American Culture for several publications including the new york times, the Washington Post and smithsonian magazine. She ear
For general debate expired. The bill shall be considered for amendment under the fiveminute rule and consider as an orange bill the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on Natural Resources printed in the bill. The Committee Amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read, no amendment to the Committee Amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed n part c of house report 116264, each such amendment be offered in the by the member designated in the report shall be considered read and shall be debatable equally divided, controlled by the proponent and opponent and not be subject to amendment and should not be subject to division of the question. It is now in order to consider amendment number 1 printed in part b of 116264, for what purpose does the gentlewoman from arizona seek recognition . Mr. Gosar as the designee of ms. Lesko, i have an amendment at the desk. The clerk amendment number 1 printed in
1 45 eastern today. Now to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Todays opening prayer will be offered by robert lewis, former pastor and founder of better man, the National Mens organization from little rock, arkansas. The guest chaplain let us pray. Heavenly father, we give thanks for this new day and the hope that lies within it. We have been a blessed nation not by accident but by this. In you, god, we trust. Thank you for the men and women of this distinguished body who will again rise to face the immense challenge that will mark this day along with the special opportunities it holds for good. I pray you will make this body ready for both. In these turbulent times, empower their work with your spirit. Give them a difference making wisdom only you possess. Protect them from small ambitions. Call each heart here up to the higher ways of humility, understanding, and much needed unity. Help these leaders seek what is rig
Point i may lose my voice, raise your hand and i will know you dont hear me. Im happy to have come here. Its been a lot of years in washington and i was here, as a matter of fact, when some of these events described in the book took place but i was here as an undergraduate in later as a teacher, instructor at howard university. Every nation, of course, has noble times, times that it wants to remember. Times that they want its population to remember. As an ideal of itself move the microphone down, please. [inaudible] [laughter] bath a little better. [laughter] these times that most nations identify are usually wars conquests, for land, conquests or resources and they may be wars for the deposing of a king or a czar or a dictator and they may be wars defending ones self against an oppressor or in invader. But they are generally honorable and bloodied. The best ones are honorable. The worst ones are like the honorable ones only in the fact that they usually swim in blood. But here in this
i arrived due to a nearby shooting that actually involved students from that high school. that type of experience has become all too common in our country. the gun violence our communities are experiencing is appalling, and it s unacceptable. it s evident from the unthinkable mass shootings that we ve witnessed in uvalde and buffalo and tulsa and el paso. and it s evident in the mounting number of gun homicides and gun suicides that have taken tens of thousands of lives each year. my home state of the new mexico continues to struggle with one of the highest rates of gun deaths in the country, and in recent years far too many new mexicans have lost friends, family members to this epidemic of violence. i personally refuse to accept the idea that we are so divided in this country that we can t do something to make this situation better. that is why i join my good friend, senator chris murphy of connecticut, and a number of my colleagues from both sides of the aisle to try and ch