the department s relationship with small businesses that can take part in the sbirsttr program and it encourages the secretary to enter into agreements with the program at the national science foundation. our national labs have been at the cutting edge of technological development and we must always ensure that development is in the national interest. a discovery lost in the labs is a discovery wasted. that s why i d like to thank my good friend, mr. kilmer, for partnering with me in this effort, as well as mr. fattah and mr. nunnelee, who were sfounding founding members with me. chairman smith and chairman lummis as well as ranking members johnson and swalwell were also key in this legislation coming together and bringing it to the floor. this is a true bipartisan, bicameral effort and senators have a similar companion bill on the other side of the hill. i encourage my colleagues to support this bill and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentle
constructed indoor miss homes enormous homes. in this program, richard wilson talks about the architects that define the era. today we serve as the headquarters for the society of the cincinnati institute. a nonprofit that promotes the knowledge and achievement of america ended 10 independence. it was the winter residence of lars and into the isabel anderson. their home was described as a florentine villa in the midst of american independence. with an interior that would be a dream of beauty and good taste. dr. wilson will investigate the architecture of anderson house and other extravagant mansions built between the civil war and world war i. dr. wilson holds the commonwealth professor s chair and architectural history at the university of virginia. he specializes in the architecture design of america both at home and abroad. he has served as an advisor and commentator for a number of television programs, including america s castles, and 10 most influential american bu
pbs. he is the author or co-author of 16 books, including studies the prairie school in iowa, and monument avenue in richmond. his most recent book was published in 1912 excuse me, 2012. dr. wilson. [applause] dr. wilson: thank you very much, kindle. can you hear me all right? ok. i want to thank kendall and the society for inviting me here. it is a little daunting to be here in this room. and i do want to also acknowledge anything i say tonight is actually built on the shoulders of other scholars who have worked on the different subjects here and so forth and different archives, and particularly to note historic new england, which has substantial archives of the architects who designed this and i will be referring to in a minute. what i am going to try and do in my talk is to put lars and isabel anderson s house and make sure there is an l and an i there, and see how many l s and i s you can see by the end. this is in the context of other great houses of the latter 19t
and the revolutionary war is the story of sacrifice, commitment to country. she rose to the occasion. she was opposed to slavery. she was quite a behind-the-scenes dynamo,. she said cannot rule without including what women want. the backdrop to the occupancy of the white house is one of personal tragedy. she is worried about her husband. and defend him against slander. she is concerned about her children their upbringing, their , education. she could hold her own with anybody. in her own time and since, she was in every way her husband equal her husband s equal. born in 1744, abigail smith married john adams at age 19. over 54 years of including a future president. ahead of her time in many ways and a writer perhaps unparalleled to any first lady, she pens this to her husband during the american revolution susan: good evening and welcome to first ladies. for the next 90 minutes we will be learning more about abigail adams the second first lady of , the unite
modern to us today. john and abigail adams have become so prominent in the minds of americans because of this collection of papers and the publications that have opened them up to the world. the story of abigail adams in the revolutionary war is a story of sacrifice, of commitment to country and abigail rose to the occasion. abigail was adamantly opposed to slavery. she was quite behind-the-scenes dynamo, i think. she warned her husband. you can t rule without including what women want and what women have to contribute. the backdrop to the adams brief occupancy of the white house is one of political defeat and personal tragedy. she is worried about her husband and defends him against slander. she is concerned about her children, their upbringing their education. she could hold her own with anybody, in her own time and since. she was in every way her husband s equal. susan swain: born in 1744, abigail smith married john adams at age 19. over 54 years of marriage