Representatives and a member of the advisory meeting on the records of congress, to which the legislative records reports twice annually. He is a longtime friend and supporter, as well as a source of guidance to the center through his service on the advisory committee. Matts here today to discuss hispanic americans in congress, 18222012, which was published last year. This is the third in a series that has come out of the house office of the historian under leadership, the previously published volumes being women in congress 19172006, and black americans in congress, 18702007, published in 2008. The total page count for these three volumes is 2573, and still counting. I believe there is a fourth volume in the works. [laughter] so, this series obviously represents a very substantial effort for which were all grateful and eager to hear about this latest publication and thank you so much for joining us, matt. Matt thanks for inviting me. Its a pleasure to be here. Pleasure to see so many
Served in congress. Prior to the mid20th century, many served as territorial delegates and commissioners as opposed to voting representatives. Archives hosted this event and provided the video. Historian at the center for legislative archives. Thank you for attending todays talk on this last day of july. This is the last talk in the series until we resume in september. For those of you in attendance, our guest hardly needs an introduction. Matthew wasniewski is the historian of the u. S. House of representatives and a member of the advisory meeting on the records of congress. Friend andgtime supporter, as well of us as well as a source of guidance to the center through his service on the advisory committee. Matt is here today to discuss hispanic americans in congress, which was published last year. This is the third in a series that has come out of the house office under his leadership. The previously published volumes being women in congress 19172006, black americans in congress, 1870
Stay ahead of the possibilities of storms on the 4th. Download the nbc washington app. Set your home page to weather. Now to that fourth of july and the show of military might such as weve not seenn decades. Yeah. Bring in the tanks. They arrived in the district today at the request ofid prest trump, and they are being transported by train to the National Mall for the salute to americaju this is one part of the president s grand vision, to makes the 4th a much bigger celebration this year, bt a of these changes mean its going to be a much biggerpa one ryone traveling through the area. Dont you know it. Were working for you with Team Coverage tonight. Adam tuss has new details on why the celebrations will impact air travel. Corey smith and new details on t tanks. Cory . Reporter well, wendy, we knew before today that the salute to america was going to be big. Military flyovers, a president ial speech and these tanks make it huge t just way President Trump likes it, but after talking wit
members of the house will be getting back to work this week, but a major priority right now is wrangling with the details of a potential bill to deal with the border, and aid to ukraine. last night president biden reiterated his support for legislation that would give him the authority to shut down the border if it becomes overwhelmed. also last night, donald trump said he would rather have no border deal than a bad one. so had much support is the current legislation garnering in the congress? joining us now is nanette california, she is the chair of the congressional hispanic caucus. welcome to you congressman have you seen any text, legislative text, of this potential border security bill? not a single word. we don t know what s in the details. we only know what is reported, we only know vaguely what the white house shared, but no text at all. there s really no way to say whether it s fantastic in great, as we re hearing some people say, and we don t know how bad it
good evening. i m in washington. the former president is reportedly caught on tape yet again. in just moments, i ll speak live with the michigan secretary of state after it has been reveal that trump allegedly pressured more state officials to not certify the 2020 vote. and the time includes a surprise acco accomplice. first, let s keep in manld this comes as colorado is kicking trump off the ballot for his role in the insurrection. he is on a bender, ripping the state s decision which is ironic because frankly, donald trump is usually the head cheerleader for team disqualification. he did it as a birther with the bogus argument that barack obama wasn t eligible for the presidency. he did it with ted cruz in 2016, calling on iowa to give him the boot. and he also did it with another rival that same year. kasich should not be allowed to run. he s not doing well. kasich shouldn t be allowed to continue. and the rnc shouldn t allow him to continue. he shouldn t be allowed to