Thank you to the entire indiana delegation, indiana Governor Eric Holcomb and secretary of the navy and Brigadier General goodwin for your efforts to make this event possible. Thank you as well to leader mitch mcconnell, Chuck Schumer for helping to ensure that this virtual ceremony would be such a wonderful success. And thank you to honorary captain captain toby and all those joining online to recognize and pay tribute to the american heroes of the u. S. S. Indianapolis. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, please stand as you are able for the presentation of the olors and the national anthem. March, march, march. Hold. O, say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched ere so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare he bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still here o say does that starspangled anner yet wave
Hello. As speaker of the house it is my privilege to welcome you all to this celebration of courage and patriotism 75 years to the day since the uss indianapolis met its fate while sailing through the Philippines Sea toward the end of world war ii. Today, despite the unprecedented circumstances, we come together as the United States congress bestows its highest honor, the congressional gold medal on the crewmen of the uss indianapolis. Thank you to the entire indiana delegation, indiana governor, and secretary of the navy for your efforts to make this momentous event possible. Thank you as well to leader mitch mcconnell, leader Chuck Schumer and leader Kevin Mccarthy for helping to ensure that this virtual ceremony would be such a wonderful success. And thank you to all of those joining online to recognize and pay tribute to the american heroes of the uss indianapolis. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, please stand as you are able, for the presentation of the colors and the national
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Inaugural getting to the point by zoom, we have an absolutely phenomenal first guest and it is chairman richie neil, chairman of the house ways and Means Committee. Chairman neil is not only a great friend to this institute, he was a wonderful, marvelous friend of senator kennedy. We are so thrilled to have him. Is involved not only in the code response but through his health house ways and Means Committee on every thing that impacts families and the compassionate response to the Covid Response to working families in the commonwealth and around this country. He has been working diligently on the cares act that was recently passed. He will talk to us about that today and we cannot wait to hear about it. We are so thrilled to have Stephanie Murray with us today. We open our inbox and read stephanie and politicos playbook every morning. Thank you for being here. I could go on and on about chairman neil. I want to kick it over right now to hear from him and hear from stephanie and think yo