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Representatives and a member of the advisory meeting on the records of congress, to which the legislative records reports twice annually. He is a longtime friend and supporter, as well as a source of guidance to the center through his service on the advisory committee. Matts here today to discuss hispanic americans in congress, 18222012, which was published last year. This is the third in a series that has come out of the house office of the historian under leadership, the previously published volumes being women in congress 19172006, and black americans in congress, 18702007, published in 2008. The total page count for these three volumes is 2573, and still counting. I believe there is a fourth volume in the works. [laughter] so, this series obviously represents a very substantial effort for which were all grateful and eager to hear about this latest publication and thank you so much for joining us, matt. Matt thanks for inviting me. Its a pleasure to be here. Pleasure to see so many ....
Served in congress. Prior to the mid20th century, many served as territorial delegates and commissioners as opposed to voting representatives. Archives hosted this event and provided the video. Historian at the center for legislative archives. Thank you for attending todays talk on this last day of july. This is the last talk in the series until we resume in september. For those of you in attendance, our guest hardly needs an introduction. Matthew wasniewski is the historian of the u. S. House of representatives and a member of the advisory meeting on the records of congress. Friend andgtime supporter, as well of us as well as a source of guidance to the center through his service on the advisory committee. Matt is here today to discuss hispanic americans in congress, which was published last year. This is the third in a series that has come out of the house office under his leadership. The previously published volumes being women in congress 19172006, black americans in congress, 1870 ....
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Good morning, everyone. That poster of the everyone. That poster of the women members of congress. Thank you for being with us today. It is a very special day in the history of our country. 101 years ago today, the house of representatives voted to pass the 19th amendment. As you know, that is the amendment that gives women the right to vote. They werent given because they fought very hard for it but that success was achieved. Pass thenother year to process of ratification. In august, we will observe the 100th anniversary of women having the right to vote, but today, we are honoring what happened in the house of representatives on this very day. We are very proud of the fact that we have over 100 women in congress now, over 90 women on the democratic side. We made a decision about that a long time ago. Carolyn maloney who could not be with us, but she has been a champion on all of these issues whether it is a womens museum, equal rights amendment, you name it. Wanted to salute her as w ....
And iran now also dealing with the financial strain brought on by coronavirus. The class of 2020 prepares to enter a changed world with graduation ceremonies swapped for socially distanced ceremonies. Was the original epicenter of the krona Virus Outbreak but life in china is slowly returning to normal at least thats the message beijing ascending but clusters of the virus have been emerging inch len province where things stand right now in china and ambitious Mass Testing Programme is being carried out and will hong where the virus was 1st discovered its a mean to test all of the citys 11000000 residents in just 2 weeks World Health Organization has advised countries to test as much as possible but many just dont have that capacity or the virus largely under control across the country the rest of china ....