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The Senate Committee on Health Education and pensions will come to order. Today we are looking at effect on children and infants. We have a vote i believe at 11 30 today so we should i believe give us time to have a full discussion with our witnesses. Before we turn to todays focus i wanted to say that later today senator murray and i and senators young will introduce legislation to help address the Opioid Crisis. Dr. Collins, head of the National Institute of health predicted that nonaddictive ...

Cason all, here to talk about kavanaugh,jennifer here to talk about her book. About the Rand Corporation, what is your role . Scientist. Olitical rand is a Research Organization founded 70 years ago. Many are familiar with rands work in the national security. They have also done research on domestic issues including education, civil justice, energy , and the mission is to inform policymakers through research and analysis. Onalso inform the public topics ranging from military strategy to evaluati...

Senator stevens, and senator stevens told the president , he said, this lady makes some of the best Fried Chicken in the country. You wouldnt think that coming from alaska but i can testify from personal knowledge that that was a fact. The lucky wish bone, i expect, will continue on. It is a successful business with a large, large following. But with the passing of peggy and now george marks the end of an era for us back in alaska. We have lost two beloved pioneers who were dear friends to so ma...

Pillars of Immigration Reform released by the white house a week ago or so. No votes are currently scheduled. We may see some later today. Any amendment would need 62 fast under the open debate promised by the majority leader mitch mcconnell. Lets go now to the Senate Floor Live here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our father in heaven, thank you for your mighty love. Today, empower our senator...

Members of congress, distinguished guests colleagues from the department of defense, past and present. Members of the Vietnam Commemoration Advisory Committee the, thank you for being here today. Thank you to the organizers an commemorative partners of this important event and thousands like it across the country and the entire vietnam commemoration effort. Most importantly, thank you to the vietnam era veterans and their families who join us. You honor us with your presence. In a year of annive...

He earned his hd at Johns Hopkins. His phd at Johns Hopkins. He is known for his 2008 efforts tried by war, Abraham Lincoln as commanderinchief. His most recent book which we have in the back is the war that forged a nation. Why the civil war still matters. Today, we will be focusing on the battle cry of freedom. It was published in 1988. 900 pages long, 1500 footnotes but that did not scare away popular audiences. It sold more than 600,000 copies. A thousand . James about. Peter you must have a...

Worked in the white house in his early 20s. He seemed destined for great things and then came back to kentucky and was indicted for stuffing the ballot box. He went to prison. The incredible promise flamed out. We also visit ashland. Senator and secretary of state henry clay. The mansion at ackland is a unique story. It fell into disrepair and had to be torn down. He rebuilt on the original foundation. What we have is what is essentially a fivepart federal style home with architectural elements ...

Conversation with Civil War Institute director Peter Carmichael. Professor mcpherson reflects on his book and discusses how the conflict is relevant 150 years later. This was part of the Civil War Institute summer conference. I would like to welcome dr. James mcpherson. He has been a longtime friend of the institute as many of you know, he is the henry davis professor emeritus. He earned his phd at drum Johns Hopkins university. He is a twotime winner of the lincoln prize which he earned for why...

Catastrophic mass mortality disease outbreak could have profound implications for counties, for the state. The North Carolina poultry industry is responsible for as much as 34 billion in total Economic Activity and creates supports as many as 109,000 jobs. North carolina has a long standing commitment to agriculture and has responded to and recovered from agriculture disasters in the past drought disease and weather events but unprecedented in potential to impact our state and the entire southea...

Strong partnership between labor and management that has driven performance significantly where they are producing the work they are doing on our submarine attack fleet on schedule, under budget. A takeaway from the hearing some of the best practices being put in place that we need a better mechanism to share those among the shipyards to ensure that we can learn from each other to make sure that that Strong Partnership is there for excellent performance between labor and management and i know th...