United states botanic garden, and jim mcdaniel, board of directors, like our previous panel, we will hear three short presentations and then our panelists will have a short conversation moderated by dr. Pelle. Please join me in welcoming our speakers. [applause] thank you, it is an honor to be here today to speak with you about white house gardens. Both of our other panelist our named jim and both worked on white house gardens. At the end am going to let you ask questions. We are the last panel of the day and we will finish the discussion by talking about gardens that have been established and modified since the kennedy administration. So from the Johnson Administration on. The last 50 years. In many different ways, the white house gardens have been inspired and used. Ill start off the panel the start out by talking about garden trends and movements that have inspired and influenced the development of the white house gardens and grounds. Im also going to talk a little more about first
Our final panel, the white house gardens today, features speakers with lived experiences working in and around the gardens of the white house. We will hear from dr. Susan, programs manager for the u. S. Botanic garden, jim adams, horticultural manager from the United States botanic garden, and jim mcdaniel, board of directors, like our previous panel, we will hear three short presentations and then our panelists will have a short conversation moderated by dr. Chapelle. Please join me in welcoming our speakers. [applause] thank you, it is an honor to be here today to speak with you about white house gardens. Both of our other panelist our named jim and both worked on white house gardens. At the end am going to let you ask questions. We are the last panel of the day and we will finish the discussion by talking about gardens that have been established and modified since the kennedy administration. So from the Johnson Administration on. In many different ways, the white house gardens have
Like our previous panel, we will hear three short presentations and then our panelists will have a short conversation moderated by dr. Chapelle. Please join me in welcoming our speakers. [applause] thank you, it is an honor to be here today to speak with you about white house gardens. Panelist ourther named jim and both worked on white house gardens. At the end am going to let you ask questions. Last panel of the day and we will finish the discussion by talking about gardens that have been established and modified since the kennedy administration. So from the Johnson Administration on. In many different ways, the white house gardens have been inspired and used. The start out by talking about garden trends and movements that have inspired and influenced the development of the white house gardens and grounds. Im also going to talk a little more about first ladies rather than president s because first ladies have had more than influence on the white house grounds. Perhaps more than any ot
Chapelle. Please join me in welcoming our speakers. [applause] thank you, it is an honor to be here today to speak with you about white house gardens. Both of our other panelist our named jim and both worked on white house gardens. At the end am going to let you ask questions. We are the last panel of the day and we will finish the discussion by talking about gardens that have been established and modified since the kennedy administration. So from the Johnson Administration on. In many different ways, the white house gardens have been inspired and used. The start out by talking about garden trends and movements that have inspired and influenced the development of the white house gardens and grounds. Im also going to talk a little more about first ladies rather than president s because first ladies have had more than influence on the white house grounds. Perhaps more than any other first lady, Lady Bird Johnson was extremely plant focused. It influenced not just the white house but the
302 billion transportation budget before congress right now. For more on this the founder and president of americans for tax reform, grover norquist. Hello. Hi. Gerri i thought i was already paying for this, mr. I pay my gas taxes every time at the pump why is that not enough money. Because 25 of the gas tax money you pay in end up in mass transit to pay for rather expensive pensions for people who work in new york city and washington, d. C. Metros take home. Theyre not building roads with a quart of that money. Heritage foundation says more than 38 is siphoned off into nonRoad Construction and maintenance. Bike paths and things like that, in addition to mass transit. So, because they take so much money, that you think youre paying in gas taxes for roads and for other stuff, obama comes back and says, oops, we need more money. Gerri hang on, grover. There is something in the world called the highway trust fund, right . Unfortunately yes. Gerri it is facing a 63 billion short fall. So m