We are live on capitol hill waiting for a house markup to get underway. The Appropriations Committee is working on 2021 spending for state Department Foreign operations, agriculture and military construction. This is live coverage on cspan2. Please be seated. We are ready to begin. My friends, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. I call the meeting of the Appropriations Committee to order. I would first like to welcome all members to the first full Committee Markup of fiscal year 2021. This will be a markup season unlike any other. Not only are we going to complete our work in record time, but we will be joined by a handful of our colleagues who were unable to be here due to the pandemic. Before we begin i have a number of housekeeping announcements. First, we should all be mindful of our health, and take appropriate actions. Following doctor monahans guidance, everyone, everyone must wear a mask and provide social distancing. Also, this information was previously conveyed to your s
Shelter us until the violent storms are passed. Let your glory shine on your lawmakers. May their thoughts, words, and deeds prompt people to glorify you. Inspire our senators to place their confidence completely in you. Eternal god, you are our salvation. We will trust and not be afraid, for you are our strength and song. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C. , january 7, 2020. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable cindy hydesmith a senator from the state of mississippi, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed chuck grassley, president pro tempore. Mr. Mcconnell madam presiden
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To be here today to celebrate prices former presidency of the American History association. The first eha meeting price and i went to was 1980 in boston. My wife and i were in graduate school. We didnt have much money. My wife and i shared a room with price. [laughter] i said that in the right order. [laughter] and i dont even remember who the president was in 1980, i tried to go online and i couldnt find out. Maybe we should put past president s on the website. And then i thought, i dont need to talk much about price because Everybody Knows who price is. And we had no idea who people were the first time we went. There were three of us from the university of washington, and none of the faculty was there. We had a lot of historians but nobody was there. Price and i and my wife terri, it was like being on survivor. We were on this island. Now, the hpa does a better job taking care of grad students. But i realize there is a bunch of you who know who price is, but you really dont know. So