Can i alert my colleagues that are here to introduce individuals normally we would turn to you and let you do that. But this meeting is has some more controversy than most hearings have so this is the way were going to handle it. Im going to make an Opening Statement, a little longer than usual. Senator feinstein will make a statement thats longer than usual. Then because of the two states that are involved, and for different reasons, but coming to the same conclusion, normally we dont have members speak, but i felt i ought to give the courtesy to both senator kennedy and senator said he wanted to speak about the controversy and his nominee. Then im going to turn to senator franken and senator franken will have up to five minutes s that okay . Youre going to introduce people, but i would like to get the controversial statements out of the way first. That makes sense. Okay. Congratulations to all the nominees and to your families and everybodys welcome at the committee. Two weeks ago, i
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Good evening. My name is kevin butterfield. Im the executive director of the washington library. My great pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association to our annual Martha Washington lecture. The event was created to scholarship and insights into the and times of Martha Washington and was made possible through a generous grant from the Richard Reynolds foundation of richmond. Tonights Exciting Program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of Martha Washington. One many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project the papers of George Washington at the university of virginia and sponsored by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association. Since 1968, the project began with the ambitious aim of publishing all of George Washingtons correspondence, but it since expanded to include other members of his family, allowing us to know so much more about the personal lives and ass
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Good evening. My name is kevin butterfield. Im the executive director of the washington library. My great pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association to our annual Martha Washington lecture. The event was created to scholarship and insights into the and times of Martha Washington and was made possible through a generous grant from the Richard Reynolds foundation of richmond. Tonights Exciting Program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of Martha Washington. One many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project the papers of George Washington at the university of virginia and sponsored by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association. Since 1968, the project began with the ambitious aim of publishing all of George Washingtons correspondence, but it since expanded to include other members of his family, allowing us to know so much more about the personal lives and ass
Im the executive director of the washington library. My great pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association to our annual Martha Washington lecture. The event was created to scholarship and insights into the and times of Martha Washington and was made possible through a generous grant from the Richard Reynolds foundation of richmond. Tonights Exciting Program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of Martha Washington. One many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project the papers of George Washington at the university of virginia and sponsored by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association. Since 1968, the project began with the ambitious aim of publishing all of George Washingtons correspondence, but it since expanded to include other members of his family, allowing us to know so much more about the personal lives and associates of this remarkable founding at this time, id like to thank each of the d
To our annual Martha Washington lecture. The event was created to scholarship and insights into the and times of Martha Washington and was made possible through a generous grant from the Richard Reynolds foundation of richmond. Tonights Exciting Program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of Martha Washington. One many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project the papers of George Washington at the university of virginia and sponsored by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association. Since 1968, the project began with the ambitious aim of publishing all of George Washingtons correspondence, but it since expanded to include other members of his family, allowing us to know so much more about the personal lives and associates of this remarkable founding at this time, id like to thank each of the donors of the papers the Martha Washington project. Hold your applause to the end because there are several the Richard Reynolds foundation. Id like