Challenges hes faced there and plans for the future. Its the second Largest Government Department with more than 250,000 employees. The Heritage Foundation hosted the 50minute event. Welcome. I serve as president of the i want to welcome everyone today. My name is brian rogers. I serve as president of the Jesse Helms Center foundation. Were located in North Carolina just outside of charlotte. The purpose of the helms center, a Nonprofit Organization that houses the senators archives. We focus on youth programming for on Free Enterprise as well as hosting lectures with our partner here at the Heritage Foundation and other lectures we do throughout the state and our country. So why the helm center lecture . Jesse helms served in the United States senate for 30 years. In 1994, he became chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee becoming the second north carolinian to do so besides nathanial macon. He was a leader, top leader, in a modern conservative movement. He along with Margaret
This subcommittee hearing last about an hour and 20 minutes. Good morning. The subcommittee on National Parks force and public life will now come to order. The subcommittees meeting today to testimony on h. R. 2420 the nationales museum of the americn latino act. And a Committee Rule, any oral Opening Statements at hearings are limited to the chair and the ranking minority member. Therefore ask unanimous consent that all of the members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if their civic to the clerk by 5 p. M. Today. During no objection, so ordered. In addition due to the broad interest in todays hearing i would like to askn unanimous consent that allo interested members be allowed to join us and participate on the dais. Before we get started i would like to take a point of personal privilege and have a moment of silence for our friend, our colleague, defender of justice and equality and humanity, mr. Elijahel cummings. Thank you all so much. Thank you for attending th
To order. The National Museum of the american latino act. Under Committee Role as they are limited to the chair and the ranking minority member. Therefore i ask unanimous consent that all other members be made part of a curing Record Record if they are submitted to the clerk 5 00 p. M. Today tiered hearing no objection so order. In addition to the broad interest in todays hearing i would like to ask unanimous consent that all interested members be allowed to join us and participate on the dais. Before we get started, i would like to take, i would like to take a point of personal privilege and have a moment of silence for our friends. Our colleague. Defender of justice and inequality. And humanity. Mr. Elisha cummings. Thank you all so much. Thank you for attending the subcommittee. Legislative hearing on the National Museum of the american latino act. A proposal i am proud to cosponsor along with over 200 of my colleagues. I would like to extend my gratitude to the representative as we
[inaudible conversations] welcome. I serve as president of the Jesse Helms Center. Located in North Carolina just outside of charlotte, we are a 501 c 3 nonprofit that houses youth programming as well as hosting lectures with the Heritage Foundation and others throughout the state and the country. So why the homes centered like . Sure jesse helms and served in the senate for 30 years. In 1994, he became chair of the Senate Finance committee, becoming the second North Carolina to do so. He was a leader, a top leader of the movement and he, along with Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan were instrumental in winning the cold war and defeating communism. Matteroffact, Margaret Thatcher wrote, jesse helms record as a Freedom Fighter is unmatched. He was also wellknown as a bipartisan center. He and joe biden were Close Friends and to this day, Vice President biden still talks fondly of his relationship with helms. And we refer to in the archives as love letters that joe biden and helms shar
[inaudible conversations] welcome. I serve as president of the Jesse Helms Center. Located in North Carolina just outside of charlotte, we are a 501 c 3 nonprofit that houses youth programming as well as hosting lectures with the Heritage Foundation and others throughout the state and the country. So why the homes centered like . Sure jesse helms and served in the senate for 30 years. In 1994, he became chair of the Senate Finance committee, becoming the second North Carolina to do so. He was a leader, a top leader of the movement and he, along with Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan were instrumental in winning the cold war and defeating communism. Matteroffact, Margaret Thatcher wrote, jesse helms record as a Freedom Fighter is unmatched. He was also wellknown as a bipartisan center. He and joe biden were Close Friends and to this day, Vice President biden still talks fondly of his relationship with helms. And we refer to in the archives as love letters that joe biden and helms shar