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Rule. Each amendment shall be debatable equally controlled by a proponent and opponent. No pro forma amendment shall be be in order. And may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate. The chair of the committee of the whole, in recognition on the basis of whether the member. Amendments shall be considered read. The clerk will read. The clerk the following sums are appropriated for energy and Water Development for the fiscal year 2016. Namely, title 1 corps of engineers, Civil...

Carter g. Woodson library in chicago. We thank you for being here today. Its such a joy to have this project between book covers now. You know, its been so long. And, you know, weve been talking with michael, you know, and eventually going get this project done. Each step of the way he keeps saying, you know, one day were going have that big event at the library. Here we are. Its finally here. So im happy to have all of you here with me today. And thank you for coming out on a saturday afternoon...

We often, in public policy, end up making claims about what will happen if we do x or y. But it is constructive, among other things, to go back and see if the promises that were being made about its proponents actually occurred. We are secondly going to look at the way in which the Clean Air Act was fashioned within the executive branch and the proposal that was developed before president bush sent it to congress. Third, you are going to look at how the legislation actually got passed and, in pa...

Things in this panel. First, were going pose the question, did, in fact, the Clean Air Act in practice over the last 25 years fulfill the promise and intent of its creators . We often, in public policy, end up making claims about what will happen if we do x or y. Its instructive, among other things, to go back and look and see if the promises that were being made by its proponents actually occurred. Were, second think, going the way in which the Clean Air Act was fashioned within the executive b...

In ohio. Later, more like a Campaign Coverage as a Vice President joe biden travels to lynchburg, virginia. This weekend, booktv is will be in austin, texas. From 11 006 00 eastern, you can hear from Douglas Brinkley and others. Sunday from noon6, a book about ulysses s. Grant, infiltrating drug cartels and inside the house of representatives. The texas book festival, live this weekend, on booktv, on c span 2. Next, we will talk about covering president ial campaigns with political journalists w...

Four years after the deepwater horizon drilling platform killed 11 workers, causing more than 200 million gallons of oil to spew into the gulf of mexico, the Environmental Protection agency has lifted a ban that excluded bp from new federal contracts. In a broadcast exclusive, will speak with Elizabeth Birnbaum who was director of the Minerals Management service in the interior department the time of the deepwater horizon blowout. She left soon after. She now says the risk of another blowout is ...

George h bushs presidency. It is about an hour. Delightful to join many in celebrating the 25th anniversary of the presidency of george w. Bush. George h. W. Bush. This panel will focus on Environmental Impact and i am delighted to be joined by two people who played pivotal roles in the passage of that gradyon, bob brady and senator alan simpson. We are going to try to do three things in this panel. First, we are going to pose the act,ion, did the clean air in practice over the last 15 years, fu...

Bush. George, hes in the cloak room, call him and tell him youll veto the bill without question if this amendment goes through. So i watched, george was right there. I tell you. He couldnt have bean second after, joe biden, the president wants to sanctify. I heard joe say what . [ laughter ] you really mean that, mr. President . He said well, anyway i can see that the hook was set and so joe came back out after a while after debate going and he said i have been personally advised by the presiden...

Appreciate the support of congress to resolve this extraordinary challenge. Thank you. Director jarvis, thanks very much. Because of the number of senators here, ill ask one question to get us started and recognize our colleagues. Director jarvis, for decades, the park service has recommended expanding the Oregon Caves National monument. And one of the primary reasons has been because the existing site is not large enough to protect the site, given the volume of visitors. So in the case of orego...

In politics in high school. I got kind of bit by the bug. In rked my First Campaign 1972. Thats when i first started getting bit from the bug i didnt come from a terribly political family or anything like that. Do you know who captain shreeve was . He was a river boat captain, and he broke a logjam on the red river. Thats my high school. In louisiana . 4 bl are are are in shreveport, louisiana. The captain shreve gators. Is it louisiana or louisiana . It depends on what part of the state, kind o...