Man in the american west, most of the land is public land. Its owned by all of us. This is nonowhere more true in e lower 48 thahan in nevada, where close to 90 of the land is owned by the federal government. Its owned by us. Chisisholm partrticularly in nevada, so many people are oriented t to spendingng time on public lands, whether you hunt, you fish, you just enjoy it casually, you horsebackride, youre a rancher, youre a miner, youre a farmer. Whoever you are, you spend time out on your public lands, and its an amazing part of our legacy, and its something that really distinguishes the United States, distinguishes nevada as a great, great place to live. Baca one of thehe beauties of nevada is that we have thesese millions and milillions of a acs ofof public lands, but sometimes thisis can lead d to conflicts,s you have g generations of people who come throuough and engage eh ththe land in different ways. Br [applause] nancy pelosi today we unveil a portrait of one of the greatest l
Mining and ranching interests. Tv reporter the town of ely cod experience the most impacts from the gat basin naonal park. My resides lieve thathe parks popularity could spill over into ely and rejuvenate an otherwise dormant economy. Christensen when he heard that there was support for a national park, he saw a solution. Reid i was willing to compromise significantly. Laxalt didnt kill it. Im sure he uld have, buhe didnt. Because of him, i made it smalr than it should have been, and i also allowed grazing ont. Cows d sheep uld graze there. I got it passed, and so there was talk about the seetary of agriculture at that time. Was recommending to president reagan to veto that. Ronald reagan democrats and republicans must join together not to do whats easy, but to do what is right. Reid so i called william penn mott, the director of park service, and i said, mr. Mott, theres talk about vetoing my park. How do you feel about it . He said, i, as a young park ranger, was asked by one of the
Hi, im adam shafter. Im a park ranger at flight 93 National Memorial. Today were going to take a look inside the flight 93 Visitors Center which was dedicated in september 2015. Were currently standing out at the end of the flight path overlook so were standing on the shadow of the flight path that flight 93 would have been on just before impact in the ground behind me. The reason were standing here is because this orientation for visitors is central to the design center, itself. The walls of the Visitor Center shield the visitors view of the landscape around us here and the enormity of the landscape. And only frame the flight path as you approach the Visitor Center entrance so as youre coming off the parking lot you have to walk the flight path that this plane was on just before it crashed and the tall walls help to frame the last piece of sky that flight 93 passes through before impact here. One of the first things visitors notice as theyre walking the night path from the plast to at
Here today on behalf of radio one to celebrate the life and legacy of reverend dr. Martin luther king jr. , and i want to welcome each and every one of you to the ninth annual wreathlaying day of prayer memorial. It is an honor to be here. This is one of the most beautiful and serene memorials we have here in washington. It is exciting to know that many of you supported building this memorial, and it has become the fifth most visited memorial at our nations capital. Yes. Round of applause. One of those be who this memorial was built for, a strong person of color, hsbc graduate. He is a man whose life was taken at the age of 51. We now have this breathtaking memorial in remembrance of his life and in betterment of humankind. Today, we want to talk about when the when the memorial in 2011, a new foundation, the memorial. Oundation was created , hope,ants of democracy and love. Lets all prepare to start the ceremony and prepared to enjoy ourselves. We are very blessed right now. We are ma
Vote the presiding officer does any senator wish to vote or change his or her vote . If not, the yeas are 74. The nays are 19. And the motion is agreed to. There are two minutes of debate for each side on the next before the next vote. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from delaware. Mr. Carper mr. President , thank you for recognizing me. The presiding officer senator, would you suspend for one minute. The senate will come to order. The senate will please come to order. Please take your conversations off the floor. The senate will come to order, please. The senator from delaware. Mr. Carper thank you, mr. President. Colleagues, i take no joy today in rising to urge you to join me in voting no on cloture on the nomination of Aurelia Skipwith to serve as director of u. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. To my disappointment, my dismay, miss skipwith is not providing information pertaining to her activities at the interior department as requested by Senate Democrats