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The field of vaccine research, was recruited in 1947 by the university of pittsburgh to be the director of Virus Research and to work on finding a polio vaccine. His work caught the attention of basil oconnor, the president of the National Foundation for infantile paralysis now known as the march of Dimes Foundation. The organization decided to fund dr. Jonas salks work to fund a vaccine against polio. For five years dr. Salk worked tirelessly on this effort while the country donated their dimes...

Another motion a motion to approve the motion seconded by commissioner mondejar. Commissioners please announce our vote commissioner mondejar commissioner singh commissioner bustos madam chair rosales i have 4 is. Thank you budget is approved please call the next item. The the next order of business authorizing a ground lease housing partner a california limited partnering for the construction of hundred and did 98 Affordable Housing and plus two manager Units Development at 58 percent 8 mission...

Campaign finance that took place at the Constitution Center. You can watch it tonight in its entirety at 8 00 eastern on our companion network, cspan. [inaudible conversations] and taking you live today to the Heritage Foundation for an update on the Global Response to ebola and the defense departments role in fighting the disease. This should be getting under way shortly. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] we ready . [background sounds] good afternoon welcome to the Heritage Fo...

Lonnie thompson and his team have been risking their lives for over three decades drilling into mountain glaciers ice that has remained frozen for thousands of years. The ice cores they retrieve contain a perfectly preserved record of the earths past climate. Looking toward the future, chris field has created a time machine in a Northern California grassland. The jasper ridge Global Change experiment is subjecting an entire ecosystem to the predicted climate conditions possible 50 to 75 years in...

Differently than that. Again, i was a military man for many years and i hear you say well, you know, people are coping with stress. And i got to say, please, oh please. Because lots of people experience stress. This is a stressful jobs. Theres lots of stressful jobs. Military members experience acute stress and would never protect nor sanction the behavior such as this. And i can give you many examples from young airmen to new lieutenants to senior colonels, in some cases generals who were caugh...

Region. We can be a partner to anybody who wants us to partner with them in the fight against sectarianism and others. We are there, and we will still be there. Iran will always be our neighbor. Bear that in mind in any evaluation you have. The region itself is going through tremendous social, political upheaval. The arab spring has been hijacked. No clear mandate to the governments in the region governing pre as in comparison to prearab spring. So please bear that in mind. So in that sense, i w...

Difference in a positive way in the world. He does not believe that we can be a force for good in the world. The president gave a speemp in cairo. Do you remember that speech in went to cairo and apologized for the United States to send a message of uncertainty right from the very beginning we were now going to be a different kind of country. He went to west point and spoke to those wonderful graduates ready to take degrees and commissions and go stand up for us as necessary across the world and...

Agencies in america that are also engaged directly or indirectly in the administration of our tax code as well. Please join me in thanking senator lee and senator rubio. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you. Next week the United States will begin chairing the Arctic Council, a group that sets policy for the arctic, regarding drilling and other issues. Eight countries are members of the Arctic Council, the u. S. , canada, denmark, finland iceland, norway, russia, and sweden. And this morning at the ...

Multiagency strategy for understanding and working to develop the science to mitigate the impacts of Unconventional Oil and natural Gas Production and this is with our office and usgs and epa and like wise you see the l recommendations that are pointed to doe. And this report really points back to that role for the arctic as well. In one way the way i think about the work of our office is were the office of science for federal and state regular lay to rs. We were in alaska last week and i can te...

Screeria nigeria. I may consume. Thank you mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Lucas mr. Speaker, when i was a boy my father used to point out to me that there were certain moments, certain events that not only define perhaps a community or a generation but leave an indelible mark on a person. He referenced me to go speak to my grandparents about where they were when the news came that pearl harbor had been bombed and i can remember my grandfather lucas describi...