Mr. Speaker, mr. Vice president , members of the 94th congress, and distinguished guests, 26 years ago a freshman congressman, a young fellow, with lots of idealism who was out to change the world, stood before sam rayburn in the well of the house and solemnly swore to the same oath that all of you took yesterday. An unforgettable experience. And i congratulate you all. Two days later that same freshman stood at the back of this great chamber. Over there someplace. As president truman, all charged up by his singlehanded election victory, reported as the constitution requires on the state of the union, when the bipartisan applause stopped, president truman said, i am happy to report to the 81st congress that the state of the union is good. Our nation is better able than ever before to meet the needs of the American People and to give them their fair chance in the pursuit of happiness. It is foremost among the nations of the world in the search for peace. Today that freshman member from
Expolice its jurisdiction over the con explicit jurisdiction over the countrys seat of government. The extent to which congress should oversee or intervene in the governance of the district is a debate for another day, but its clearly our responsibility. Current law compels congressional oversight and we must exercise responsibly that jurisdiction. That includes acting to stop legislation that clearly violates the constitutional freedoms of the citizens of the district. Mr. Speaker, its important to note that women are protected by law, both federal and d. C. , from discrimination on the basis of pregnan would actually give employers the right to fire an employee for the Reproductive Health care choices of their spouses or their children. The other side is saying its all right to fire someone because their boss doesnt like their wifes or even their Childrens Health care choices. Talk about restricting someones rights. It would take away a whole range of womens private decisions and mak
The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 415, the nays are 6. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the Senate Amendments are agreed to, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. For what rpose purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition . Madam speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title. The clerk report to accompany House Resolution 661, resolution providing for consideration of the bill h. R. 6016, making appropriations for Financial Services and general government for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2015, and for other purposes. And providing for consideration of the bill h. R. 4718, to amend Internal Revenue code of 198206 modify and make permanent depreciation. The speaker pro tempore referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. Pursuant to House Resolution 641, and rule 18, the chair de
The area into the national spotlight. The teapot dome scandal was probably the most significant president ial scandal in American History in the 20th century up until watergate, anyway. It implicated members of the cabinet. It certainly could have implicated president harding, had he lived. It became a rather notorious event, even today as they are preparing to sell off the teapot dome Naval Petroleum reserve. Soon after the turnofthecentury when the u. S. Navy was starting to shift from those very clunky coalburning battleships to oilburning ships, it occurred to various officials in the government that we might run out of oil. What is to happen if suddenly we are in the middle of a war with a fleet that is being powered by ships andfired suddenly we do not have any oil . So, the decision was made by the department of the navy to go out and find on public land some known oil reserves that were still on public land, set them aside from exploration and development, and in essence, save
National world war i commission for making this event possible. Thank you so much for joining us. Youre watching American History tv. 48 hours of programming on American History every weekend on cspan three. Follow us on twitter at cspan ourory for information on schedule, upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. All weekend long, American History tv is joining our Charter Cable partners to showcase the history of casper, wyoming. To learn more about the cities on our 2014 tour, visit cspan. O rg localcontent. This American History tv on cspan three. All production led to the rapid growth of casper wyoming. Up until watergate, the teapot dome scandal was the largest in American History. Members of the cabinet were implicated. It could have implicated president harding if he had lived. It became a notorious event, even today as he are preparing to sell off the teapot dome Naval Petroleum reserve. Soon after the turnofthecentury when the u. S. Navy was starting to s