The president of the United States [ cheers and applause ] mr. Chairman, delegates to this convention, my fellow americans, four years ago standing in this very place i proudly accepted your nomination for president of the United States. [ cheers and applause ]. And with your help and with the votes of millions of americans we won a great victory in 1968. Tonight, i again, proudly accept your nomination for president of the United States. [ cheers and applause ] and let us pledge ourselves to win an even greater victory this november in 1972. [ cheers and applause ] i congratulate chairman thorn, i congratulate chairman dole and armstrong, the hundreds of others who have laid the foundation for that victory by their work at this great convention. Our platform is the Dynamic Program for progress for america and for peace in the world. [ applause ] and speaking in a very personal sense, i express my deep gratitude to this convention for the tributes that you have paid to the best campaig
This is resolution number 2043. Thank you, carl. Commissioners, can i have a motion to approve the consent calendar . So moved. Second. We will open the phone lines to take Public Comment on consent calendar for members of the bhoubl. The public who are joining us on the phone. Operator thank you, president brandon. At this time, well open the queue for nip on the phone who would like to make Public Comment on the consent calendar. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment. The system will het you know when your line is open. Others will wait on mute until their line is open. Comments will be limited to three minutes per person t. Queue is now open. Please dial star 3 if you wish to make Public Comment. Thank you, jennifer. Do we have anyone on the phone . Operator yes. We have one caller on the line. Thank you. Please open the line to the first caller. Operator thank you. Unmuting that line now. Hello . Hello . Operator the caller is there, but maybe well give them some ti
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Mr. Secretary, please call the roll. [laughter]. Thank you, madame chair. Prior to calling roll, i would like to note that julie chang is sitting in as director. With that i will now proceed to call roll. Directors, please respond when i call your name. Chang present. E. Forbes present. M. Hursh present. B. Lipkin present. J. Tumlin present. Vice chair gee present. Chair sesay present. Secretary directors, we have a quorum. Chair sesay and secretary, if i may just a point of clarification, this is a regular meeting, not a special meeting, just a point of clarification for the record. Chair sesay thank you, i appreciate that. Secretary thank you. Directors, the next item, item 3, is communications. Wed like to provide further instructions for the Public Comment process. To provide Public Comment, callers should dial into the published number, 18552826330, and enter access code, 126 729 5295. Then pound and pound again and listen to the meeting. As they wait for Public Comment to be anno
Tvs american artifacts we visit the Cannon House Office building to see artifacts that tell the story of africanamericans in congress in the 20th century. Im farar elliott. And im matt waz knsniewski. We wanted to talk about africanamerican representation in the 20th century. We have a lot of artifacts from the house collection that have to do with that and a lot of history to cover. And the last africanamerican to be elected in the 19th century leaves in 1901, george white of north carolina. And then its a long time before another africanamerican comes into the house. And that is Oscar Depriest from illinois. And we have a couple of really rare artifacts from Oscar Depriest from the 1920s and 30s. But before i launch into them, because i love them so much, matt, tell us a little bit about Oscar Depriest and how he got into congress. So, theres a long period, almost three decades, after George Henry White leaves congress where theres no africanamericans who serve in either the house or