United states. You recently hosted the first lady and chief Justice John Roberts in the National Archives rotunda for your ceremonial swearing in. You wore white. Tell us why i wore white . Because that was the color adopted by the suffragists when they were advocating for the 19th amendment. I was the vice chair of the womens Suffrage Centennial commission. So thats very meaningful. Me and i wanted to really invoke spirit as i took the oath of office as the first woman to become archivist the United States. What does it mean to you to be the first woman . It means a lot. It means, i think, a lot for representation and i think its very important for young girls and boys to see women in these roles. I think it also means a lot to those who work in this area in libraries and archives and museum cms, which is a profession and career track, which is dominated by women, but oftentimes times, although its changing, oftentimes dont see women as in the leadership in those organizations, what d
Life of frederick the. Or online at cspan. Org. Also, be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast. Next, the 11th archivist of the United States spoke with us about her stewardship of the national art and the controversies of her white house records involving donald trump and joe biden. Hosted the first lady and chief Justice John Roberts in the National Archives rotunda for your ceremonial swearing in. You wore white. Tell us why i wore white. Because that was the color adopted by the suffragists when they were advocating for the 19th amendment. I was the vice chair of the womens Suffrage Centennial commission, so thats very meaningful to me. And i wanted to really invoke their spirit as i took the oath of office as the first woman to become archivist of the United States. What does it mean to you to be the first woman . It means a lot. I means, i think a lot for representation. I think its very important for kids, young girls and boys to see women in these roles. I
First female archivist of the United States. You recently hosted the first lady and chief Justice John Roberts in the National Archives rotunda for your ceremonial swearing in. You wore white. Tell us why i wore white. Because that was the color adopted by the suffragists when they were advocating for the 19th amendment. I was the vice chair of the womens Suffrage Centennial commission, so thats very meaningful to me. And i wanted to really invoke their spirit as i took the oath of office as the first woman to become archivist of the United States. What does it mean to you to be the first woman . It means a lot. I means, i think a lot for representation. I think its very important for kids, young girls and boys to see women in these roles. I think it also means a lot to those who work in this area in libraries and archives and museums, which is a profession and career track, which is dominated by women. But oftentimes, although its changing, oftentimes dont see women as in the leadersh
Colleen shogan, you became the first female archivist of the United States. You recently hosted the first lady and chief Justice John Roberts in the National Archives rotunda for your ceremonial swearing in. You wore white. Tell us why i wore white. Because that was the color adopted by the suffragists when they were advocating for the 19th amendment. I was the vice chair of the womens Suffrage Centennial commission, so thats very meaningful to me. And i wanted to really invoke their spirit as i took the oath of office as the first woman to become archivist of the United States. What does it mean to you to be the first woman . It means a lot. I means, i think a lot for representation. I think its very important for kids, young girls and boys to see women in these roles. I think it also means a lot to those who work in this area in libraries and archives and museums, which is a profession and career track, which is dominated by women. But oftentimes, although its changing, oftentimes do
Talks about recommendations for improving efficiency at the Environmental Protection agency. Congressman tim murphy chairs the subcommittee on oversight. This is an hour and a half. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to our hearing oversight and investigation subcommittee on energy commerce. The subcommittee convenes to examine unimplemented recomme recommendations and Government Accountability office. Acting on these recommendations would improve the ability to carry out the core mission, protecting human health and the environment. This mission is never more important than during times of national disaster, Natural Disaster like the one the gulf coast are experiencing in Hurricane Harvey and about to hit with another hurricane on the florida coast. First of all, on behalf of the committee i want to express my sincere sorrow. Hurricane harvey is one of the worst National Disasters the United States has ever faced and it is still too early to tell the full extend of the devastation that d