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Distinguished professor of history at North Carolina university. Hes the author of six bucks, editor of four. Others his latest book in the reason that we are here this evening is ulysses s. Grant, the buck will be available for sale and signing outside of the conference room. Hes the founder and society of the his story guilt in this era, hes held several research grants, we are thrilled to have him here tonight, and of the year all in for a great presentation. Thank you on behalf of the smithsonian for joining us. We welcome you to the stage. Good evening. Thank you very much elizabeth for that introduction. As all of this with said, i have spoken here, before my wife and i have attended many all the events here. I find a lot of these audiences are intelligent, curious, enthusiastic, and have Attention Spans of more than 140 characters. Speaking of technology this is actually the first presentation ive given with powerpoint, i know what shocked you but it happens to be true. So any g
To the bottom get of the campaign to deport critically ill children and their families. It appears this policy has thankfully been reversed after congress and the American People outcry at the cold inhumanity on display in this policy. I am going to treat this hearing is not only an honor of the memory of our late beloved chairman, elijah cummings, but as a hearing indirect pursuit of a policy directive that was close to his heart, the threatened deportation of Sick Children that his very last official act before his death was to issue subpoenas to hold the administration to account. On wednesday, in the waning hours of his life through all pain and difficulty, chairman cummings recognized the stain this policy would leave on our nation, and he made holding the government accountable his final official act. And we now have a sacred obligation to follow through on his subpoenas to make sure that we defend some of the most Vulnerable People on the planet, Sick Children who have come as s
Will come to order without objection, todays hearing will examine the administrations decision to deport children with critical illnesses, a decision that was recently reversed following public outrage and pressure from the subcommittee. I would not recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement, and then i will turn to the Ranking Member. We are here to get to the bottom of the administrations mysterious campaign to deport critically ill children and their families. It appears that this policy has thankfully being reversed. After congress and the American People rose up in an outcry at the inhumanity in display in this policy. Im going to treat this hearing is not only in honor of the memory of our late beloved chairman logic cummings. But as a hearing in direct pursuit of a policy objective, that was close to his heart. Threatened deportation of six children such an outrage to chairman cummings, that was very last official act for his death was to issue subpoenas to a
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