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In the making. Brenda lawson, gary studds had been processed and was ready for researchers and also mentioned mark schneider, our speaker this evening with using this to research a book. I resend it to mark ended august 16, 2016, he agreed to speak here. 11 months later we are ready to go, quite some time in the making. Research in our collection is the source of our Public Programs, we are lucky to have a worldclass collection and it is worth acknowledging the collection of papers donated to us by dean harris who is in the audience this evening and we thank him for that contribution. A collection of material from this collection was on display in the Dallas Library upstairs. If you didnt see it, it will be available after the program. As an independent nonprofit institution, holding collections like this, processing them and making them available to researchers is done thro ....
After a lot of soul searching this congressional interview available on our website cspan. Org. We will interrupt it for live coverage of Calista Gingrich for ambassador to the vatican. Mrs. Calistal. Gingrich is the president s nominee to be ambassador to the vatican. Mr. George edward glass is the nominee to be the u. S. Ambassador to portugal. And carl c. Rich to be secretary of state for counselor affairs. I want to congratulate the nominees and thank you for your willingness to serve. We have congressman rooney here supporting mrs. Gingrich. Congressman rooney was the ambassador to the holy sea during president bushs term. The senior senator from oregon, ron widen and an esteemed member of this committee, senator portman from ohio. Mr. Chairman, thank you for your courtesy. As senator portman knows, we are right in the middle of debating tax reform, i know a topic of great interest to many senators here. Im trying to help o ....
He used his g. I. Bill money to pursue a degree in criminal justice at itt tech. I saw a commercial on tv that go got me interested. Idt tech was always in the back of my mind. Itt tech was there after i left military life. Sharyl babcock said that itt tech promised that Police Departments everywhere would recognize his degree. He said the 70,000 exceeded the g. I. Bill allotment. We apply to 2223 Police Departments. All of the said that they did not recognize itts degrees for the credit. Sharyl what thoughts went through your head . I had spent all this money on Student Loans and it turns out the degree would have been worthless. Sharyl it is a story told by thousands of vets who attended forprofit colleges, where students are mor likely to dropout, default on loans, or graduate in dire debt without a useful degr ....
Student loans owed by 1300 former students of corinthian colleges, now out of business. For some of these colleges, the biggest cash cows are vets who get dollars under the g. I. Bill to pay for education. 1800 colleges have received more than 20 billion tax dollars. Many of the forprofit colleges getting those billions cost more, have higher dropout rates, and leave many with no useful degree. As a u. S. Marine, Brian Babcock fought on the front lines of iraq, including the second battle of falluja in 2004. His post military plan police work. He used his g. I. Bill money to pursue a degree in criminal justice at itt tech. Idt tech was always in the back of my mind. Itt tech was there after i left military life. Sharyl babcock said that itt tech promised that Police Departments everywhere would recognize his degree. He said the 70,000 exceeded the g. I. Bill allotment. We ....
[gavel] the house will be in order. Mr. Doorkeeper. The speaker elect, House SpeakerNewt Gingrich from georgia. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the house, i first want to thank my democratic colleagues for their support and confidence. I noted we were a little short but i appreciate your friendship and your support. As you might imagine, this is not a moment that i had been waiting for. ]laughter] when you carry the mantle of progress, there is precious little glory in defeat but sometimes, we spend so much time lionizing the winners and labeling the losers we lose sight of the victory we all shared in this crown jewel of democracy. You see, mr. Speaker, this is a day to celebrate a power that belongs not to any Political Party but to the peo ....