And n no event shalle cont beyon 5m. Acmembertherhae minoritern dority whiplle d to fe minut gentlewon fromaschetts, ms. Clark, for five minutes. Ms. Clark thank you, mr. Speaker. Next week is the fifth Year Anniversary of the horrific shootings at the Sandy Hook School in newtown, connecticut. And for a brief moment it looked like we would actually honor those victims by voting on a bill that would improve background checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous criminals. We should never have gotten our hopes up. There is one winner in the house and its the gun lobby. The majority has combined a background check bill with a bill that helps move forward the gun lobbys ultimate agenda, gutting states gun laws. This bill forces every state to accept the concealed carry laws every other state, including the 12 states that dont even require a permit to carry a oncealed weapon. Every other in public. Even into a school. Lets take one example of the dangerousness of this bill. A woman i
Good afternoon will them to the Heritage Foundation you can join us on the web site and to those in the future joining us on cspan booktv. Please turn it your mobile devices on silent you are welcome to send questions and comments at any time. We will post the program on our web site for future reference. To encourage you to purchase copies of Digital World war is on amazon and the author would be glad to have that coming into christmas. Welcoming our special gas is margaret bob bin before arriving at the Henry Jackson society was a fellow our think tank in london testifying numerous times before congress as well as providing oral evidence and with britains intelligence agency. A master of science degree of u. S. War policy and earning a bachelor of arts degree in International History please join me to welcome robins. [applause] this is a great pleasure to be able to invite haroon ullah. Serving as a chief Strategy Officer at the Global Media Agency and a scholar and the diplomats and
James meredith was inspired to go do that courageous thing. David mcculah. People who did very different things. I think we can trace a lot of great governance in the 60s and in the 70s, theres a book we are celebrating that came out by public figures about his significan significance. I wrote an essay arguing that the immigration act can be linked. We will never be the same more do i think we could want to to a country that was more uniform in color and more boring than the multikrematic society. We live in a very exciting society. Think he made it much more exciting than it had been. I think you also have to include the peace corp. I think what ted is speaking to is that an excitement from the examples you have given in Public Service and what Public Service can mean. I think we have lost on some level our confidence in ourselves in a way as a society. I agree with everything you said. One of the things, you can talk more about this in a minute but listening to some of the tapes you
Strategically to share his values. It was also the golden age of photographer in america and that is why this subject is of interest to us at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and hopefully you. Here at the museum we focus on telling the stories of the American Experience. From folk art to photographer as well as painting and sculpture and skracrafts and media arts. Our exhibition, john f. Kennedys life and times which you can view on the second floor in the graphic arts gallery is a premier event among many organized by the kennedy president ial library in this centennial year. I am stephanie stebich, the director of the american smithsonian art museum. Saam is what we call ourselves for short. We have assembled a group of historians and scholars debating the Kennedy Administration and its legacy. Many of you likely remember the Kennedy Administration and the arc of history. We also have several members of congress in the room with us and i want to pause for a moment and acknowledge
Cspan3 continues next with the presidency focusing on the legacy of john f. Kennedy. The Smithsonian American Art Museum hosted this 90 minute event. Good evening. Did you know that john f. Kennedy was the most photographed leader of his day . This may not surprise you since he used photography strategically to share his values and his vision for america. It was also the golden age of photography in america and that is why this subject is of interest to us at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and hopefully you. Here at the museum we focus on telling the stories of the American Experience from folk art to photography as well as painting and sculpture and crafts and media arts. Our exhibition, american visionary, john f. Kennedys life and times, which you can view on the second floor in the graphic arts gallery is a premier event among many organized by the kennedy president ial library in this centennial year. I am stephanie stevish, the director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum