2027488901. Send us a tweet at cspan history or join us on facebook at facebook. Com cspanhistory. As we move outside to inside, one of the displays, and there are so many inside this fabulous museum, is moving beyond earth. And an example of the evolution of americas Space Shuttle program. And joining us again is valerie neal. We saw you just a moment ago in the tape portion. You are the curator, the chair of the Space History Department here at the museum. And lets talk about the shuttle program. No other country had Something Like that. Well, briefly, the soviet union did. They built a craft called buran that mimicked our Space Shuttle. But it was several years later. They flew one test flight and then retired it. They didnt really have a need for a shuttle craft. But they were very worried about what we might use ours for. And they thought they should have one too, just in case. But really, in the annals of space history, the u. S. Space shuttle is unique. Its the only operational
You are out and about. You can see the cape fairing better. Were still seeing reduced visibility worcester looking pretty dense fog. Visibility under a mile there. And you can see bedford and boston also at about 22 miles worth of visibility. I will take a bit to mix out. Winds right now are very calm. Thats not helping the fog situation. Were still seeing that fog even by the midmorning and then that really start to lighten up by the late morning hour if not to north some snow showers but were in the clear with that in southern new england. Were talking about rain showers and drizzle which is what weve seen this morning. Some bands of rain setting up here. Weve seen the drizzle as we head into the late Morning Hours i do think were talking about rain showers up to tenth of an inch of rain to spots. Following breaking news this star carol brady on the brady bunch has died. She was 82 years old. Before the brady bunch she was a star on broadway and today hollywood is mourning the loss o
You are out and about. You can see the cape fairing better. Were still seeing reduced visibility worcester looking pretty dense fog. Visibility under a mile there. And you can see bedford and boston also at about 22 miles worth of visibility. I will take a bit to mix out. Winds right now are very calm. Thats not helping the fog situation. Were still seeing that fog even by the midmorning and then that really start to lighten up by the late morning hour if not to north some snow showers but were in the clear with that in southern new england. Were talking about rain showers and drizzle which is what weve seen this morning. Some bands of rain setting up here. Weve seen the drizzle as we head into the late Morning Hours i do think were talking about rain showers up to tenth of an inch of rain to spots. Following breaking news this star carol brady on the brady bunch has died. She was 82 years old. Before the brady bunch she was a star on broadway and today hollywood is mourning the loss o
And everything in it. Teach us to trust you in turbulent times, striving always to live for your glory. Bless our senators. May your completeness surround their incompleteness, your strength support their weakness and your wisdom guide their minds. Give them the insight, guide them down paths they cannot see. Give them the insight, the courage and the faith to escape the repetition of old errors as they strive to embrace your truth. Lord, help us all to offer to you the sacrifice of repentant hearts. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. 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. Mr. Mcconnell madam president . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell last week, the Republicanled Senate passed two more Appropriations Bills by a large bipartisan majorit
The institution, and delighted to welcome you to for thick larry important and timely event we all know that trade has become a central issue in the domestic political debate. We know that the impact of trade on jobs and wages is central to that debate, and we now have with us today the leading experts on that topic of the impact of trade on u. S. Jobs and wages, david otter and gordon hansen, along with david dorn, they have done a series of papers that i think are fair to say are the definitive work on the topic widely regarded and widely yod and cited throughout the national debate. In fact, so much so that a couple people coming up and meeting them before the event said you are rock stars, were delighted we knew you back when, which i think is probably accurate. Also, i must say, very much to their credit, they have on the one hand quite objectively analyzed some very severe adverse impacts of past china shock trade flows on the u. S. Economy and u. S. Labor, and at the same time t