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Now i am very pleased to introduce tonight speaker. Edward baptists associate professor of history at cornel university. Originally from durham north carolina, he is also the coeditor with the late stephanie camp of new studies in the history of american slavery and the louis hyman of american capitalism a reader ebook from simon schuster. The l. A. Times calls the half has never been told an ambitious new economic and social history of america and Peniel Joseph director of the center for the study of race and democracy at Tufts University writes that it is a true marvel. Groundbreaking thoroughly researched expansive and provocative able for scholars of slavery and its aftermath to reconsider longheld conceptions. We are pleased to bring to Harvard Bookstore tonight, please join me in welcoming edward baptist. [appl ....
Lgbt community. So, i look forward to that discussion and the rest i submit. Thank you, supervisor campos. Supervisor cohen. First im introducing a hearing request just to get a status update on the airport project, specifically talking about specifically around terminal 1. I just want to make sure that minority and veteran run businesses and contractors are having an opportunity to bid on this project. If there are any problems, kinks or challenges that were able to work it out quickly on the front end as opposed to the back end. Also its important to remember we need to break up very, very large projects such as the terminal 1. I mean, this is a several billion dollar project and an opportunity for a lot of people to continue to get work. So, its a hearing, my first is a hearing request. Second, colleague, a piece of legislation to strengthen [speaker not understood]. The areas particularly in the southeast suffer disproportionately from environmental impacts such as truck traffic. S ....
Was we had to come in and try to eliminate the lines of demarcation and from mote competition and promote competition, believing thered be innovation, more investment, more consumer choice, more innovation and, you know, fortunately, i think the result has proven us correct, that thats exactly whats happened. But now were in a situation, you know, not that many years later that there needs to be, again, i think, a massive overhaul. And out of all the new technology, all the new applications, all the new modes of service. Host rick boucher, youve covered, worked on telecommunications for a long time especially as a member of congress. Did congress understand what was going on with the 96 Telecommunications Act, or was it just limit today a few members with expertise . Guest well, as is often the case in the committees that focus on particular subject matters took the lead in this reform. Jack was chairman of our subcommitte ....