V. P. Biden millions more women are on the front lines as healthcare workers, doctors, nurses, sanitation workers, Grocery Store clerks, workers and more and more are carrying on their backs. Domestic violence survivors are at a heightened risk and forced to shelterinplace with abusers. Womens access to repetitive health care increasingly in jeopardy. Regardless of race, gender, economic status or public power, it doesnt impact equally. It hits hardest those who are women oferable and color and low income women. This pandemic is pulling back the curtain on so many inequities in our society. Lack of paid sick leave for workers, the need for a minimum wage part stronger unemployment insurance. All these issues and more in todays discussion, im really for old im really thrilled to have my friend and woman who should be president of the United States right now, hillary clinton. Great to have you here. Sec. Clinton thank you so much, joe. Its a real pleasure to be here with you and to be pa
50 giga watts of coalpowered plants every year . Thats china. China who we rely on to buy not only the elements and minerals we need to do electrification but china who grows most of the solar panels with slave labor, theyre building a big coal plant every five days. Now, natural gas in the United States has caused us to be able to reduce global Greenhouse Gas emissions more than any other country in the world. Were only around 13 of the global Greenhouse Gas emissions now and china is over twice of that. But when we become more dependent on china, when we become more dependent on russia who are big polluters, then were becoming more responsible for global Greenhouse Gas emissions than if we use our own energy and minerals to build things here, build them more efficient and more effectively than any place in the world. I reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Huffman im glad to hear the gentleman
Skies above san francico roared today. The blue angels and several other elite pilots and planes soared up in the air today for San Franciscos fleet week air show. justine while kron four aired the whole thing live this afternoon, reporter Spencer Blake was at the show in person, talking with people who say they were amazed by flying wonders. San franciscos marina green was apacked saturday for the big air show featuring the blue angels. nats they werent the only planes in the sky, though. Check out the patriotsand a United Airlines 747. The noise, excitement of the noise, and the loudness of it. Its just exciting for me. This family makes the air show a yearly tradition. If you couldnt guessthe blue angels are their favorites. You got the hat and everything, right . Right, right, what what laughs i almost felt guilty asking people questions while such an amazing display filled the sky between the bay and Golden Gate Bridges. I love how they do all these really cool tricks and how they
And native americans. She also describes the difficulties faced by women running for political office. The Smithsonian Associates hosted this one hour, 45 minute program. Our speaker tonight is robin chairnsey, the interim and a professor womens history. You heard her speak about one the ago in the context of belmont house. At the time, she said she was doing research on what happened after women got the vote. I thought that was a really interesting program, and it is clear from your response that you will do as well. So please give a warm welcome to robin munsey. Thank you. Robin munsey thank you so much, rebecca, for that introduction, and for the imitation to come back. Is always so nice to be invited back. It is like it did not go too badly. And thank you to everyone at the Smithsonian Associates who have made this possible, taking care of all the publicity and logistics. Let me make sure i have this all right. The 19th amendment, the woman suffrage amendment to the u. S. Constitut
Speak about a year ago. At the time, she said that she was doing research on what happened after women got the vote. And i thought that sounds like a really interesting program. Its clear from your response that you all do too. Give a warm welcome to robin muncy. Thanks for being here. [ applause ] thank you so much. For that introduction and the invitation to come back. That didnt go too badly. And thank you to everybody at the Smithsonian Associates who made this possible. People who worked on publicity and taken care of the logistics. Okay. Let me make sure i got this. Good. So the 19th amendment of course the womans suffrage amendment to the u. S. Constitution. Finally made it through congress in june of 1919. And it was ratified by three quarters of the states in august of 1920. After that, no state could deny the vote on the basis of sex. Tonight our job is to explore some of the meanings of the 19th amendment immediately in the aftermath of its passage. Before we drill down on t