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Each week, we take viewers into Historic Sites around the country. Next, don ritchie takes us t building. Har in 1983, it is the newest of the three Senate Office buildings after the russell building and the dirksen building. We are in the hart Senate Office building, which is connected to the dirksen building. They are two halves of the same building, that they are entirely different. The Hart Building is the central building. We are in the room known as hart 216. This room was specifically des...

Dirksen building. Senatere in the hart office building, which is connected to the dirksen building. They are two halves of the same building, that they are entirely different. Building is the central building. We are in the room known as hart 216. This room was specifically designed for television, and we are in one of the television booths overlooking the hearing room. When they knew that the dirksen building was sufficient, they originally thought they would just replicate the dirksen building...

Takes years into archives, museums, and Historic Sites around the country. Takes usate historian into their hearts on this Office Building. Hart is the83, newest of the Senate Office building. In the hearts and Office Building which is a separate building, there are really two has of the same building but they are entirely different. There standing overlooking essential hearing room which is known as hard to 16. This room was specifically designed for television, and we are in one of the televis...

As of the three Senate Office buildings. This is a separate building that is connected to this building, they are really two house of the same building. They are entirely different. , we are in the room known as hart 216. This room was specifically designed for television, and we are in one of the television booths overlooking the hearing room. This building is quite large. When they knew that the dirksen building wasnt going to be sufficient, they originally thought they would just replicate th...

Reports of a shooting. We are told that staff in the capitol complex, again, are being told to shelter in place. These reports of gunshots being fired in the capitol Visitors Center. Now, the white house this these situations routinely put on lockdown immediately, as you can imagine. We also hear reports that the north lawn has also been cleared at the white house, and the pennsylvania avenue that runs right in front of the Capitol Building has been cleared as well as Lafayette Park all the way ...

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Line up were ready to take some questions. Hi, my name is sean, and im from the university of san diego. So speaking about incentives for Congress People to take the long view, take the hard vote, what do you think in your opinion is the best solution to incentivizing individual Congress People to take the long view . Well, first of all, nobodys going to do something that deliberately and intentionally causes their loss. That wou defy the laws of nature. So im from kansas so if i went up and i s...

And here too i will refer to my fathers 1959 address. He worried then about californias dangerously overcrowded prisons. A he talked about identifying those prisoners who should never be released to prey again on an innocent public, but he also said, we should also determine whether some prisoners are now kept confined after punishment has served its purpose. We face these same questions today what purposes should punishment serve and for how long should a person be confined to jail or prison, f...

When long tend to smalls now or are feeling this fire and making a move in this direction. Its the problems are covered having now. Reporter flames of a moving away from homes or toward homes for . Peers to be coming in our direction to a parking lot area. Doesnt should be going toward brockway boulevard at this time if. Reporter a vacancy the firestone not attend if this all the smoke about a mile and a half to miles even aging this place to install this and theyre already. Evacuations about 90...

Mr. Cardin mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from maryland. Mr. Cardin i would ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cardin i ask unanimous consent the floor privileges be granted to elise medical mellinger for the dwraition of Senate Consideration of h. R. 3304, the National Defense authorization act. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cardin let me first comment about the National Defense authorization act. It...