Im the historian at the house. And my job is to collect biographical information on members, gather lists and to conduct oral histories. We answer reference questions in our office that come from on the hill and off the hill and we try to tell the story of the house which is this very big, very Old Institution in a way in which people can kind of connect with it at a human level. We do that through telling biographical stories or clips from oral histories that give people kind of a human sense of a very large institution. And today we thought we would try and do that with you by telling you about the history of women in congress which is a history that dates back to the early 20th century. This is a nifty piece of campaign femora. Its Clare Boothe Luce memorabilia. And Clare Boothe Luce would have been the republican counterpart of helen douglas. She was well known to the general public. Her career really had started as a writer and editor. She later married henry luce, the founder of
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Nomination of scott rash for the district of arizona. Live on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal master the father of us all we thank you that through your spirit you have provided our legislative body with the talents and capabilities to fulfill your purposes. May our senators remember that this body has many parts, each making its distinctive contribution to the success of the whole. As our lawmakers acknowledge and honor the value added by each member of this body, unite them with faith, civility, courage, and gratitude. And lord, we pray for the First Responders and Health Care Workers who stand on the front lines during this Global Health crisis. We pray in your unifying name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic
Serving. Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. I am very delighted to welcome you to our event today. Its on the conservative case for class actions a book written by professor fitzpatrick that galvanized this debate. We have three outstanding speakers, panelist i should say. Our first is the head of the class action practice here at gibson, dunn crutcher. Is litigated and defended countless class actions including over 20 dismissals of class action cases. You may have a sense of where his position is on that. He is a graduate of georgetown, undergraduate, and University Virginia law school where he was on the long review, and is alo the author of the chapter in the popular guide series on so please welcome christopher chorba. [applause] our next panelist is the profession selfie wrote the book. He is a graduate of notre dame where he was runnerup valedictorian, but he made up for that when he went to Harvard Law School and one the diploma. [inaudible] a lot easier, a lot easier. And he