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The president and ceo of the United States capitol Historical Society. I just took this job in february, so this is my new adventure. But this organization has been around for more than 50 years, and we are delighted to have you all join us for a celebration of the distinguished history of the Senate Finance committee. We begin the program tonight with the presentation of colors by the United StatesCapitol Police ceremonial unit and the pledge of allegiance. Please rise. Forward march. March. Right shoulder. Now please join in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands ....
Thank you very much. I love the enthusiasm of the postal lunch crowd. Its very exciting. Well, i am and honored and humbled to be here. To have invited to been invited to speak amongst this really incredible assembly of speakers and all of you attending and to share some the history and highlights of the society of the cincinnati collections. I have to say that throughout the past two days, ive each night back to my hotel room and because in a conversation with someone or listening to someones presentation, someone said something very smart, very insightful. And i went back and thought, i need to sort of see this differently. Im thinking about this, about our collections differently and its relationship to these other topics. So you all been sort of inspiration already. So thank you for that. So society of cincinnatis collections documenting revolutionary war and its legacy are of the broad scope of my talk today. We did begin acquiring in 1783, which is the the society was founded. So ....
Life of at least 17 people at the Marjory StonemanDouglas High School in fort lauderdale, florida, were reminded that when were asked to do something, that there are some things we can do to help lessen the likelihood of such terrible tragedies, recognizing that each of these circumstances are unique and we dont yet know everything there is to know or we should know about this particular shooter. But suffice it to say that he telegraphed on social media, according to reports, his intention to do what he ultimately did. And we here in congress, the policymakers, need to come up with tools available to Law Enforcement and for the social media platforms to be able to monitor these sort of terroristic threats much in the same way that we monitor social media for al qaeda and isis and other terrorists abroad who try ....
Bass, and and to back them up there are similar problems, stay there and work with them i believe my experiences if the nation believe somebody is behind them they are likely to do the right thing the right way and hopefully for a longer time. I will finish with this. My father in law was the guadalcanal marine and he would be very proud of your service, years of service and what very much forward to taking command of the marine corps so we wish you the very best. General neller, will command congratulations, thank you for your service. General neller, i apologize, we had to have a quorum, Judiciary Committee and stepped out briefly so i apologize for asking a question that has already been asked but i want to talk about what would be your top ground Modernization Program priorities. Right now the two top programs yet to be fielded, the joint tactical vehicle and ....
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