Meeting to hear racist symbols on our public lands. Under Committee Rule 4f, any l Opening Statements designees. This will allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help members keep their schedules. Therefore, i ask unanimous consent and that all other members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted to the clerk by 5 00 p. M. Today or the close of the hearing, whichever comes first. Hearing no objection, so ordered. Without objection, the chair may declare a recess subject to the call of the chair because there are votes. So we will have to break for that. As described in the notice, statements, documents, or motions must be submitted to the electronic repository at h r see hnrc. Members are responsible for their own microphones. As with our in person meeting, members can be muted by staff only to avoid inadvertent background noise. Anyone present in the hearing room today must wear a mask, covering their mouth and nose. The speaker of the hous
Descendent of robert e lee who agrees with the removal of Confederate Monuments. This runs one hour and 40 minutes. Committee will come to order. The subcommittees meeting to hear racist symbols on our public lands. Under Committee Rule 4f, any l Opening Statements designees. This will allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help members keep their schedules. Therefore, i ask unanimous consent and that all other members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted to the clerk by 5 00 p. M. Today or the close of the hearing, whichever comes first. Hearing no objection, so ordered. Without objection, the chair may declare a recess subject to the call of the chair because there are votes. So we will have to break for that. As described in the notice, statements, documents, or motions must be submitted to the electronic repository at h r see hnrc. Members are responsible for their own microphones. As with our in person meeting, members can be muted by
Pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, following the first vote, there will be fiveminute votes. House resolution 1227 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 76. House resolution 1227. Resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h. R. 8369, to provide for the expeditious delivery of defense articles and Defense Services for israel and other matters. Providing for consideration of the bill, h. R. 7530, to limit youth offender status in the district of columbia to individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct the attorney general of the district of columbia to establish and operate a publicly accessible website containing updated statistics on juvenile crime in the district of columbia. To amend the district of columbia home rule act to prohibit the council of the district of columbia from enacting changes to existing criminal liability sentences and for other purposes. Providing for consideration o
Thomas west talks about his book, the political theory of the american founding. This is just under two hours. Well, tom, i would like to welcome you to georgetown law and the seminar recent books on the constitution to discuss your wonderful new book. For the benefit of those who are watching outside the room, you e the ball ermnan potter endowed professor at hills dale college in michigan. The name of the book we will be talking about is the the political theory of the american founding, natural rights, public passly and the moral conditions of freedom. Thanks for being here and the recent book seminar. Before we summarize what the book is about, let me ask you what the origin of this the pack was and how it fits within your larger academic agenda . Right. This is a topic, the political theory of the founding that i have been thinking about since about 19 3, so name the date, when i was invited up to a conference to write on a topic of that is correct the relationship between the fou
Areas any number of just the construction alone was estimated to be 20,000 jobs on the keystone xl pipeline. Work, a lot of trenching that would have to be done. Is an immediate benefit on the direct side. All the folks who are providing the best aerials providing the materials, all are going to be very much impacted as well. Number ofan enormous jobs. This issue has caught up in politics. Has become ideological. The state report says if we build this pipeline that it will not have an impact on Carbon Emissions because this soil is going to go somewhere. I would arsenal that i would also argue that transporting this oil by truck and rail is not a very Energy Efficient way to move all this. Host is the xl pipeline done for the year . I would prefer harry reid simply allow for a vote on the keystone xl pipeline. I dont know why this is so complicated. I know there are many in the senates who would like to see this move forward. Just allow a straight up or down vote. Why does it have to b