A place you call home. At spark light it is our home to an right now we are facing our greatest challenge. That is why spark light is working around the clock to keep you connected it. We are doing our part so its a little easier to do yours. Spark light on these Television Companies support cspan2 as a public service. Now on American History tv we are going to talk about Historic Preservation. The vice chair of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. What is that organization . Works Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is independent federal agency part of the executive branch. It is was created by the preservation act. And it recently, a couple years ago celebrate its 50th anniversary. It is a regulatory agency. And as we will see has responsibilities not only in that area but to advise the president and congress on matters concerning preservation policy. Is called section 106 and that is a requirement that all federal agencies have to request the to take into account th
Never again. Thats the plea of the people who survived one of the darkest moments in history, The Holocaust. During World War Two german murdered countless people. Including six million jewish men, women and children. Its easy to think of The Holocaust as a relic of the past. But the few remaining survivors of The Holocaust still live with the horrors of The Holocaust remains one of the greatest crimes against humanity in europe. Set out to kill as many jews as possible. They murdered all four of my grandparents. And forced my parents into slave labor and extermination camps, miraculously, my parents survived. Hate ignited The Holocaust. Ignorance fueled it. Eight decades later, its horrifying to see a rise in Anti Semitism and Holocaust Denial Around The World and here in this country. We want to take you on a tour of the United States Holocaust Memorial museum here in washington, d. C. More than 45 Million People have visited this museum since it opened back in 1993. This institution
Thats the far right. We need a lot of prayers for this country. Host that was michael in maine, a republican. Well be back tomorrow morning 7 a. M. Eastern time for more here on the washington journal. Well bring you up to the house floor. They are about to gavel in for the new speakers first full day in that post. Live coverage here on cspan. [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] [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by reverend john matthews, grace Lutheran Church, apple valley, minnesota. The chaplain let
This is part of the brookings institutions hamilton project. Good morning. Thank you for joining us today for a discussion for a discussion on tax policy. Im the director of the hamilton project. We are delighted to have White House National Economic Advisor laihle brainard here to discuss the administrations tax policy priorities. We are approaching a crucial time in tax policy. Many of the provisions in the tax cut and jobs act are scheduled to expire in 2025, setting the stage for rigorous and consequential debates. Todays event is an important part of a series of work and events the hamilton project has undertaken to inform those debates. If policymakers work to enact new legislation rather than simply letting the 2017 tax cut provisions expire, they have an opportunity to improve the tax code, strengthen Economic Security and stabilize the fiscal trajectory. If you care about Climate Change , you should care about tax reform. Much of u. S. Climate policy currently operates through
It is justover 40 minutes. He 33rd this year being hosted just outside washington, d. C. In Montgomery County, maryland. Ladies and gentlemen, i do hope you enjoyed that new rendition. That was our unofficial state song for maryland. Why is it unofficial . Because, it was written by our very own congressman jamie raskin. Lets hear it. Come on. [applause] that was maryland, my maryland. Find it on youtube. After you listen to it and listen carefully to the words, you are to pick up the phone and, while you are emailing them, your delegates and senators in the legislature, tell them you want the current official song to change and go right over to jamie raskins, steve jones, and sung by, by the way, london. And, you want those words, that are more appropriate, and reflect maryland today, to be the official state song. Lets hear it for our new official maryland song. Ok. For those of you that were not here this morning, barbara goldman, and on behalf of our entire board, if you would stan