[ room noise ] the committee will come to order. Today, this is the time and place for the hearing to offer some alterations and advice and consent process as required by the constitution for mrs. Linda mcmahon to head the sba. Linda, thank you so much for being here. And we have senators blumenthal and murphy to introduce mrs. Mcmahon. And both of these gentlemen have run against mrs. Mcmahon and vice versa. So i hope they i hope they didnt bring their files on weve been trying to forget, mr. Chairman. In any event, senator blumenthal, the floor is yours. And thank you so much for gracing us with your presence. Thanks, mr. Chairman. Thanks to you and Ranking Member senator shaheen. I am pleased to join my colleague in introducing our fellow resident of connecticut Linda Mcmahon. We know her as a fellow citizen of connecticut, but also as a successful business leader, as the cofounder and former ceo of the wwe. And also as a contributor very generously to many significant philanthropic
Has been called the most famous photograph in america. Its sort of the Michael Jordan of photographs. Its used in every textbook. When i ask my students what is the visual image you have of the Great Depression of the 1930s, they describe this photograph. Host where was that photograph taken . Guest it was actually taken in california, and its interesting because she was really the main california in the western u. S. During the 1930s depression. And it was taken among people working in a peapicking field. These were migrant farm workers who moved along from field to field, from one agricultural operation to another picking as the crops ripened. But this particular woman had been, and her family and many others, were stuck because there had been an unseasonal freeze. And there wasnt work. The pea crop was destroyed, and they were sitting there with no work and hoping that they would find work at their next stop. Host what year was that photograph taken . Guest that photograph was taken
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Overcome with grief about what the germans had done world war ii. I feel compelled to apologize to the Indigenous People who formerly occupied Southern California i feel compelled to apologize to people of african descent were murdered, inflamed. Out of subject you to atrocity and depredations and at the end of the day there are those who still believe that the process which led to this genocide and enslavement with a step forward for humanity to create the United States of america. It is not surprising that given that so many people feel that there is justifiable worthwhile to have a genocide and enslavement to create this alleged great country it is not surprising that therefore we have a great deal of sentiment in this politic which was expressed. I apologize on behalf of black scholars who perhaps could have written a book years or decades ago. We shouldve done this sort of work is decades ago and i hope you accept my apology on behalf of the many millions gone who are suffering. N
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