Nonfiction become award from the mississippi utah letters. S and he has a book out and you can our bookstore at battlefield center. Introduce to dr. Timothy smith. [applause] i appreciate the opportunity to here. I have always heard about the time. And this is my first i heard how nice it was and im a believer now. A great place here and i appreciate the invitation to here. We will truck about the western talk about ing to vicksburg, Champion Hill. To vicksburg . Been how many to Champion Hill . Not as many. A good number. Champion hill is one of those fields and watching the news and listen to the Civil War Trust they tlefield are doing a lot of work there. The state of mississippi just several Hundred Acres to the National Park a unit of the Vicksburg National Military Park going on this at Champion Hill. We will talk about that battle the larger r, Vicksburg Campaign just a little bit. A power point either. Im a little bit old fashioned. Do have a map of Champion Hill that we will t
Public service along with these other television providers. Giving you a front row seat to democracy. Next up next nearest state officials testify on migrant campsite National Park service land. They pose the recent approval of a field in brooklyn by new yorks governor to be used as a temp or a site to house migrants coming into new york city. The committee will come to order without objection that shares authorized to declare a racist at any time. The committee is meeting today to hear testimony on destroying americas best idea, examining the bite administrations use of National Park service land for migrant camps. I ask unanimous consent all members testifying today befy allowed to sit with the committee, it give their testimony participate in then hearing. The gentlewoman from new york and the gentlewoman from new york additional we have got the gentleman from new york and mr. Texas, mr. Pflueger from texas. Without objection so ordered. Under Committee Rule any Opening Statements a
Lee edwards chronicles his sixyear involvement in the conservative movement. I met joe mccarthy through my father was something of a confidant to him. He was a hail fellow will met. You could ask for more fun guy to be with. He was very serious about that. And he was he was also somebody who did not take advice. Consequently said things or did things that hurt the cause for some time. The House National Resource Committee on federal land held a hearing recently on a bill that would create a National Park out of lands that were previously part of the Grand Staircase monument. It was established by president clinton in 1986. It is downsized by president trump. I would ask you unanimous consent that mr. Stewart could be allowed to sit with the subcommittee and participate. Without objection. So ordered. Under Community Committee rule. They are limited to the chairman and chairman ranking majority member. It will allow them to help keep to their schedules. We are probably going to be inter
This shutdown is difficult because it wasnt quite clear what would happen. Even though shorter time we still had about one third of the National Park units shutdown. Yet reports of graffiti and looting. In todays we so many things happening inside parks. With one third of the parts closed many a shutout. When that happens are there no staff to help with the guides or safety or things like that . The guides are not considered essential. Bathrooms are close. Youll have a patrol person. It was so parks are 2 million acres, theres no way you can guarantee safety. Its a small crew that would be there for safety. As far as food and money collected that was affected two. No fees were collected in the Visitor Centers are closed and interpreters can to their job. People were on their own. We did see intrusions into the park snowmobiles and things like that, impacts to parks happen just in two days. That would continued it wouldve been very serious. How do they prepare for this . The information
With our 60th anniversary Steering Committee. [applause] principal of little rocks Central High School. [cheers and applause] superintendents from little rock. [applause] Fletcher University professor from africanamerican and research at harvard universitys. [applause]. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 42nd president of the United States, William Jefferson clinton. [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] ladies and gentlemen, please give a second welcome to the little rock nine. [cheering and applause] ernest brin green, doctor terree roberts, minnie jean brown, selma where. Join us in remembering the late Jefferson Thomas. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the little rock nine. [cheering and applause] please welcome to the podium rmc today. He is an educator in Community Leader in the first africanamerican to attend Little Rock High School for tenth, 11th and 12th grades were graduating in 1962. Doctor sybil jordan hampton. [cheering and applause] please be seated. Than