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in massachusetts. so instead of taking that cash and using it to buy a chest of goods and ship it over, we have known about this for a long time, but we have known the extent of it because john referred to these shipments as good for family use. a present that i thought i would send you but if you go to the addams family correspondence there is an illustration of one of the inventories of goods being sent over, the shipping lists, and 87% by value, are not present. and obviously intended for resale. that is one of the mysteries i admit i haven't solved. i refer to these as for family use. was it not respectable for the wife of a diplomat? that is possible. there are lots of women in boston who were merchants and i will tell you about women's merchants copyright that abigail reported on in 1777. or maybe -- this was the theory i went with in the book, when a ship was captured by the enemy it was traditional to let the crew and passengers keep their personal items. maybe the reason john referred to leave
in massachusetts. so instead of taking that cash and using it to buy a chest of goods and ship it over, we have known about this for a long time, but we have known the extent of it because john referred to these shipments as good for family use. a present that i thought i would send you but if you go to the addams family correspondence there is an illustration of one of the inventories of goods being sent over, the shipping lists, and 87% by value, are not present. and obviously intended for...
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the authors spoke at porter square books in cambridge, massachusetts, for just over 45 minutes. >> thanks for that introduction, and thanks for coming out tonight. what jerry and i have and might is i'm going to talk a little bit about the book, including reading a short excerpt from it. and then jerry is going to talk a little bit about our long history with this story. and where i want to start is to remind everyone about the significance of this story. whitey bulger is a big one, a big topic, but the distinguishing thing about whitey, and i think what makes him at this point historic crime figure in terms of crime figures and where they rank in 20th century america, i mean, he's got the body count to match other crime bosses and charged with 19 murders and is probably many more. he's got the longevity. he's been around a long time, and he certainly has made millions. but the distinguishing feature i think, and we have found with whitey bulger, the thing that sets him apart from any other crime boss that becomes a nice -- a household name, some of the mafia dons or who they might be, is
the authors spoke at porter square books in cambridge, massachusetts, for just over 45 minutes. >> thanks for that introduction, and thanks for coming out tonight. what jerry and i have and might is i'm going to talk a little bit about the book, including reading a short excerpt from it. and then jerry is going to talk a little bit about our long history with this story. and where i want to start is to remind everyone about the significance of this story. whitey bulger is a big one, a big...
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he was going to win massachusetts, unless a third-party candidate by the name of martin van buren running on the new free soil cake which was created to avert zachary taylor mostly by former interest rates, trying to convince them that it is a great thing but martin bent -- martin van buren, zachary taylor can win. so we need to make sure we work for zachary taylor to keep lewis cass out of the white house. what is interesting is lincoln goes to the philadelphia convention this in pennsylvania, lincoln's first trip to philadelphia, a chance to -- i suspect many of you have done it. abraham lincoln actually does a lot of the same things we have done in this book. in the recess that happened after zachary johnson through adams lincoln actually goes to mount vernon. like many of us have done, to washington, not a tourist site, but he is aware as custodian of the ground. just like many of us have. the philadelphia convention he meets a lot of people, people he is not serving with in congress putter gentleman named thaddeus stevens from pennsylvania. everyone can remember him, played by tommy
he was going to win massachusetts, unless a third-party candidate by the name of martin van buren running on the new free soil cake which was created to avert zachary taylor mostly by former interest rates, trying to convince them that it is a great thing but martin bent -- martin van buren, zachary taylor can win. so we need to make sure we work for zachary taylor to keep lewis cass out of the white house. what is interesting is lincoln goes to the philadelphia convention this in pennsylvania,...
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only for the amazing resources, that goes without saying but the amazing people and this is a place, massachusetts historical society, where uncommon generosity is a common virtue and i am immensely grateful to the staff of the adams papers
only for the amazing resources, that goes without saying but the amazing people and this is a place, massachusetts historical society, where uncommon generosity is a common virtue and i am immensely grateful to the staff of the adams papers
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massachusetts is recognized and i am in support of goma. -- doma. people should be afforded the exact same benefits. moderator: mr. winslow? >> i believe the government is transparent to the people. for that reason, i do not like federalized government where we can avoid it. i think it is a shame that the senate and congress should decide this issue by repealing doma. i support the repeal of it and i believe in the quality of marriage for all people in massachusetts and in the country. >> moderator: mr. gomez? gomez: i think that two people, if they are in love, they should be able to get married. i support doma. i think that should be decided on a state-by-state level. and i'm proud that massachusetts is the same state to legalize gay marriage, including the district of columbia. i hope the supreme court repeals there. moderator: so you would keep this at the same level. each state has traditionally been able to define marriage. winslow: that is where significant social policies are best to be decided at the state level. i think this goes to the co
massachusetts is recognized and i am in support of goma. -- doma. people should be afforded the exact same benefits. moderator: mr. winslow? >> i believe the government is transparent to the people. for that reason, i do not like federalized government where we can avoid it. i think it is a shame that the senate and congress should decide this issue by repealing doma. i support the repeal of it and i believe in the quality of marriage for all people in massachusetts and in the country....
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, this could lead to a tremendous sense of anxiety, the doctor a psychiatrist at mclean hospital in massachusetts commented leader about the combustible mix of whitey bulger and lsd. it was october 8th, 1957 when whitey began this particular round of the drug. the date was exactly one week after america began sending b-52 bombers loaded with nuclear weapons airborne are not walk in case of a soviet attack. and it was only four days after the soviet union shocked america with its successful launch of sputnik satellite. the focus of the world was on the cold war and russia's ride into space. while whitey was lying in a bed in ward f base in himself for a different kind of trip with marmalade trees and skies. okay so hopefully that gives you a flavor of what kind of storytelling that all this new material enabled us. whether it was his actual prison file, whether as a prison inmate publication, secret cia files that have since become public and working all this material and having documents about whitey in each calendar of the days and the times when he participated as a member of the tuesday grew,
, this could lead to a tremendous sense of anxiety, the doctor a psychiatrist at mclean hospital in massachusetts commented leader about the combustible mix of whitey bulger and lsd. it was october 8th, 1957 when whitey began this particular round of the drug. the date was exactly one week after america began sending b-52 bombers loaded with nuclear weapons airborne are not walk in case of a soviet attack. and it was only four days after the soviet union shocked america with its successful...
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>> we are not here to try alabama or massachusetts or any other state. the question it's validity of the formula. if you look at alabama, it has a number of black legislators proportionate to the population of alabama. i want to come to justice breyer's point because i think he is on a somewhat different wavelength, which is isn't this a mere continuation? showed shouldn't affect the paddock before me must strive or until someone is satisfied in the problem is cured? >> you don't change horses. you renew within the past where it works as long as the problem isn't solved. >> i think the problem to which the voting rights act was addressed to solved. look at the registration and voting. that is an absolute disposability basis. that is like saying if i detect a disease affiliate in 1865 and i have a radical treatment that may help cure that disease when it comes to 2005 naca new disease, why not apply the old treatment? >> that is the question, isn't it? the problem has been solved, but who just make that judgment really? is that you, the court or congress?
>> we are not here to try alabama or massachusetts or any other state. the question it's validity of the formula. if you look at alabama, it has a number of black legislators proportionate to the population of alabama. i want to come to justice breyer's point because i think he is on a somewhat different wavelength, which is isn't this a mere continuation? showed shouldn't affect the paddock before me must strive or until someone is satisfied in the problem is cured? >> you don't...
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oh, well, we have gay marriage invest in -- massachusetts. they forget overnight that they used to be something called ballet. no. over time they would have a significant change in public understanding of what the word ballet means. the same thing is going to happen to marriage if this campaign is successful and we redefine it as a private relationship. it has no public dimension. anyone can specify. it is specifically not connected to children. if we do that it is that just camino, x number of children who are at risk but all children because the definition, this redefinition will apply to everyone. when you change the meaning and definition of an institution you change the rules that affect people's behavior, and you change the way that people in the institution behave. this seems to me fairly obvious. it is just letting your people into the institution of marriage incorrect. it is changing the institution of marriage for every one. >> yeah. >> i actually do have a response to both parts of the definition thing and that change thing, partic
oh, well, we have gay marriage invest in -- massachusetts. they forget overnight that they used to be something called ballet. no. over time they would have a significant change in public understanding of what the word ballet means. the same thing is going to happen to marriage if this campaign is successful and we redefine it as a private relationship. it has no public dimension. anyone can specify. it is specifically not connected to children. if we do that it is that just camino, x number of...
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the governor of massachusetts, william shirley, fled. he went into, he went to one of the islands in boston harbor. and the only thing that ended the whole commotion is that knowles threatened to fire on the town if they didn't release his officers. well, at the time there was a young sam adams that witnessed all of this. he was 25 years old and had recently completed his master's thesis at harvard which was about when it was legitimate to oppose civil government. and he decided that this was one of those times. and that the riot against the navy was justified. and so in thatceps it helped to be a wellspring of ideas that would play out in the american revolution. really kind of an amazing moment in the history of impressment, happened in the early 1770s. before the american revolution but during a time of tension between the american colonies and great britain, the british navy began to man for a possible war with spain over the falkland islands which remains a controversial issue to this day. and various people wanted to explore whethe
the governor of massachusetts, william shirley, fled. he went into, he went to one of the islands in boston harbor. and the only thing that ended the whole commotion is that knowles threatened to fire on the town if they didn't release his officers. well, at the time there was a young sam adams that witnessed all of this. he was 25 years old and had recently completed his master's thesis at harvard which was about when it was legitimate to oppose civil government. and he decided that this was...
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we can look to the future, and we can look at massachusetts. they're a state that has expanded coverage, they expanded more than ten years ago their medicaid program, then in 2007 they got to near-universal coverage through broader reforms. they still have the ryan white program. we've seen they have lower incidents than other states. so i think that points us in a direction of how we can use the aca as a platform and build on it with ryan white in smart, strategic ways. >> i'd also add that part of that effort requires -- in order to make the shift, you've got to get people enrolled in coverage. and, you know, the experience in massachusetts was that you can pass a law, but doesn't mean you -- but that doesn't mean you reach people. the populations we're talking about required special attention to doing outreach and actual enrollment which is going to require community-base withed lgbt organizations to be part of those, literally community by community outreach and enrollment efforts and to make sure people are given the support they need to g
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that governor of massachusetts, william shirley, fled. he went to one of the islands in boston harbor. and the only thing that ended the whole commotion is that noel threatened to fire on the town. if they didn't release his officers. well, at
that governor of massachusetts, william shirley, fled. he went to one of the islands in boston harbor. and the only thing that ended the whole commotion is that noel threatened to fire on the town. if they didn't release his officers. well, at
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senate in massachusetts participated in a primary debate on wednesday. it is scheduled to take place on june 25. the primary is happening on april 30. this is one hour. >> good evening, everybody. welcome to the second primary debate. i'm from the college of communication. there is something rare in massachusetts politics. and an open u.s. senate seat. we are hearing the republicans vying for their party's nomination. we will hear from each party. dan winslow, michael sullivan, and businessman gabriel gomez. it's a great opportunity to introduce yourselves to the voters of massachusetts. >> let's talk about issues and i know it is a good conversation tonight. we have time for responses from each of you. the words that characterize the party is scary, narrowminded, stuffy. make the case that you are not those people. they want mr. gomez, we will start with you. >> we are going to talk about what we are for and what we are against. we have more personal freedom and more effective government. we have been doing that and it really resonates with what the peo
senate in massachusetts participated in a primary debate on wednesday. it is scheduled to take place on june 25. the primary is happening on april 30. this is one hour. >> good evening, everybody. welcome to the second primary debate. i'm from the college of communication. there is something rare in massachusetts politics. and an open u.s. senate seat. we are hearing the republicans vying for their party's nomination. we will hear from each party. dan winslow, michael sullivan, and...
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called "have faith in massachusetts." he was always harking back to certain principles that founded america and sustained america through times of economic and political difficulty, and that's what i try to do in my writings. there are things that matter a great deal. i think being a conservative means conserving those principles that have proven their truthfulness and worthiness and then going on in the modern age to add things to them that improve a lot of men and women. >> from what you know, would he be able to put his name on this book? >> well, i would hope so. you know, things change over the years. he was a formal man. one of my favorite pictures of him was going fishing. he had hip boots on, and he had a three-piece suit on at the same time. very formal, very correct, very elegant and gentlemanly man. he sure had a lot of smarts, because he got out just before the great depression, and let, unfortunately, the crushing blow of that fall on herbert hoover. so if he had said something other than "i do not choose to
called "have faith in massachusetts." he was always harking back to certain principles that founded america and sustained america through times of economic and political difficulty, and that's what i try to do in my writings. there are things that matter a great deal. i think being a conservative means conserving those principles that have proven their truthfulness and worthiness and then going on in the modern age to add things to them that improve a lot of men and women. >>...
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in massachusetts at the time. and the most important one was that the british navy was not to take massachusetts say that. that is, men that were born in the college. and that's exactly what knowles do. and so the crowd rose up, to actually captured knowles's offices. sony since they turned around and and pressed the british navy officers, held them hostage. and took over the town for three days. the governor of massachusetts, william shirley, fled. he went into one of the islands in boston harbor. and the only thing that ended the whole commotion was that knowles threatened to fire on the town if they didn't release his officers. well, at the time there was a young sam adams that witness all this. he was 25 and recently completed his masters thesis at harvard, which was about when it was legitimate to oppose civil government. and he decided that this was one of those times. and the riot against knowles and against the british navy was justified. and so in that sense it helps to be a wellspring of ideas that would
in massachusetts at the time. and the most important one was that the british navy was not to take massachusetts say that. that is, men that were born in the college. and that's exactly what knowles do. and so the crowd rose up, to actually captured knowles's offices. sony since they turned around and and pressed the british navy officers, held them hostage. and took over the town for three days. the governor of massachusetts, william shirley, fled. he went into one of the islands in boston...
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the governor of massachusetts, william surely flared. he went to one of the islands in boston harbor. the only thing the end of the whole commotion was knowles threatened to fire the town if they didn't his officers. at the time as a young sam adams have witnessed all of this. he recently completed his masters thesis at harvard, which is about when it was legitimate to oppose civil government. he decided this was one of those times. the riot against knowles and the british navy was justified. so it out to be a wellspring of ideas that would play out in the american revolution. an amazing moment to have been in the early 17 before it the resolution but during time of tension between the american thlonies in great britain.
the governor of massachusetts, william surely flared. he went to one of the islands in boston harbor. the only thing the end of the whole commotion was knowles threatened to fire the town if they didn't his officers. at the time as a young sam adams have witnessed all of this. he recently completed his masters thesis at harvard, which is about when it was legitimate to oppose civil government. he decided this was one of those times. the riot against knowles and the british navy was justified....
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the experience of massachusetts was you could talk a lot, but that doesn't mean you reach people. and massachusetts and everywhere special attention to doing outreach in actual enrollment, which is going to require existing community-based lgbt programs to become part of those community by community outreach and enrollment efforts and to make sure the enrollment system, people given the support they need to get through those that actually could the coverage. >> could you talk more about that? telecenter experience with state consumer health advocates have been doing to incorporate lgbt issues into work about implementation. >> it's an interesting process. they've been on the frontlines of issues, but now that it's living to implementation, are needing to develop and deepen the working relationship and build new relationships with the cross-section communities with communities of color, the lgbt community and they need this to work right. you need community-based organizations that leverage the populations were talking about here but those organizations aren't health care experts.
the experience of massachusetts was you could talk a lot, but that doesn't mean you reach people. and massachusetts and everywhere special attention to doing outreach in actual enrollment, which is going to require existing community-based lgbt programs to become part of those community by community outreach and enrollment efforts and to make sure the enrollment system, people given the support they need to get through those that actually could the coverage. >> could you talk more about...
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we can look to the future and we can look at massachusetts. they are a state that has expanded coverage and expanded more than 10 years ago the medicaid program. then in 2007 they got the universal coverage through broader reform. they still have the ryan white program but what it has enabled them to do you a seed use it differently than other states when it seemed they have higher rates of viral suppression and lower incidence than other states so that points us in the direction of how we can use it as a platform and build on it with ryan white strategic lee. >> i would also add that part of the effort requires in order to make the shift you have to give people enrolled in coverage and the experience in massachusetts was that it doesn't mean you reach people and populations where talking about require special attention to doing outreach and action with enrollment which is going to require community-based lgbt organizations to become part of the literally community by community outreach and enrollment efforts and to make sure the enrollment sy
we can look to the future and we can look at massachusetts. they are a state that has expanded coverage and expanded more than 10 years ago the medicaid program. then in 2007 they got the universal coverage through broader reform. they still have the ryan white program but what it has enabled them to do you a seed use it differently than other states when it seemed they have higher rates of viral suppression and lower incidence than other states so that points us in the direction of how we can...
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my spouse, shannon, is a major in the massachusetts national guard. directly after 9/11 shannon deployed overseas for operation enduring freedom and has served this country for nearly 15 years. [cheers and applause] even though don't ask, don't tell has been repealed, we are still not equal. i am now a stay-at-home mom raising our 2-year-old twins. this won't be unusual if we were straight. many couples operate on one income. and have a family plan for health insurance. but despite being legally married in the state of massachusetts, i amex colluded am excluded from the family health care plan. in fact, despite being wife and mother, i am technically a legal stranger to my spouse because of the so-called defense of marriage act. like any other soldier, if shannon gets called into a war zone, she has to go. often with little notice. and like any other military family, the kids and i get left to manage without her. yet unlike any other soldier zahn nondoesn't -- shannon doesn't get the comfort of knowing that if something happens to her, we'll be taken
my spouse, shannon, is a major in the massachusetts national guard. directly after 9/11 shannon deployed overseas for operation enduring freedom and has served this country for nearly 15 years. [cheers and applause] even though don't ask, don't tell has been repealed, we are still not equal. i am now a stay-at-home mom raising our 2-year-old twins. this won't be unusual if we were straight. many couples operate on one income. and have a family plan for health insurance. but despite being...
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bit of a gamble, they believed in me and my before school exercise program started by a few moms in massachusetts. reebok was inspired and amazed by the impact we were having on our own community and felt the program at unlimited potential and could affect millions of kids around world. what really struck reebok about a program is that beyond the physical benefits to the kids who participated program was built on a prudent and profound cognitive and social benefits of exercise. they not only were healthier but did better in classrooms and thrived socially. today as larry mentioned we are well on our way. we have boks in 250 schools around the country. yahoo! [applause] >> a true grass-roots effort that has taken hold and 15,000 children, parents and teachers in schools around a community. it is simple, easy and free. next fall that number will grow to 750 and i am proud to say boks will be in a thousand schools and many more with the collaboration of many partners by 2015. the most important part is we know the program works. not only do we have the data collected by third-party valid gators like
bit of a gamble, they believed in me and my before school exercise program started by a few moms in massachusetts. reebok was inspired and amazed by the impact we were having on our own community and felt the program at unlimited potential and could affect millions of kids around world. what really struck reebok about a program is that beyond the physical benefits to the kids who participated program was built on a prudent and profound cognitive and social benefits of exercise. they not only...
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the most important one was that the british navy was not to take massachusetts sailors. that is, men were born in the colony. that is exactly what it. and so the crowd rose up. they actually captured the officers. in a sense they turned around and impressed the british navy officers and held them hostage and took over the town for three days. the governor of massachusetts fled. he went into one of the islands in boston, harvard. the only thing that ended the locomotion was that he threatened to fire on the town if they did not release officers at this time, young sam adams. twenty-five years old and had recently completed his master's a harvard which was about when it was legitimate to oppose civil government. he decided that this was more of those times. and the right against the british navy was justified. and so in that sense it helped to bring a wellspring of ideas. really kind of an amazing moment the story of impressment happen in the early 70's 70's. american revolution, but during the time of tension between the american colonies in great britain. the british nav
the most important one was that the british navy was not to take massachusetts sailors. that is, men were born in the colony. that is exactly what it. and so the crowd rose up. they actually captured the officers. in a sense they turned around and impressed the british navy officers and held them hostage and took over the town for three days. the governor of massachusetts fled. he went into one of the islands in boston, harvard. the only thing that ended the locomotion was that he threatened to...
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bob is a professor of economics at the university of massachusetts and co-director. a very important research institute and excellent academic partnership with a purpose. bob's books include a number of books and tours of dissent, best descent of the u.s. economy. the living wage, the building a fare economy. and then more recently, a measure of fairness, the economics of the living wage and minimum wages. and the most recent book is the topic for tonight, back to full employment. i just want to add that the work of a living wage has been very, very important. he's been probably the leading researcher on this important issue. he's published numerous papers and reports in addition to these books. he struggled to cities across the country to speak about the living wage and has testified before many city councils who were considering living wage proposals and i think this is an important contribution i just want to acknowledge that. bob's recent work is focused on the green economy. and the achievement of the twin goals of sustainable energy and full employment. he's wr
bob is a professor of economics at the university of massachusetts and co-director. a very important research institute and excellent academic partnership with a purpose. bob's books include a number of books and tours of dissent, best descent of the u.s. economy. the living wage, the building a fare economy. and then more recently, a measure of fairness, the economics of the living wage and minimum wages. and the most recent book is the topic for tonight, back to full employment. i just want...
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the first time i ever saw you and matt you was 2003 and was in massachusetts on the 200 birthday in effect of ralph waldo emerson of whom you have written an absolutely marvelous book. the gathering of scholars, historians critics and writers and the whole transcendental inning appreciating them are some from a whole variety of angles and lo and behold you stood up in the middle of this meeting and you said, i am bob richardson and i just wrote this book but just for the record you wanted them to know that you don't see him as starkly and you don't did chemical tests on paper or the soul or whatever. you said i take him straight. i read him as a kind of uncle waldo and when he says trust thyself, you can admire the line and run it through any number of tests but you said, i think you were telling me to trust myself. and follow the theme of life in your own mind etc. etc. etc.. it seems to me that cuts through a lot of the stuff we have been talking about in hearing about this weekend in the sense that you know when all else fails it's an extreme remedy but it's possible. [laughter] they do
the first time i ever saw you and matt you was 2003 and was in massachusetts on the 200 birthday in effect of ralph waldo emerson of whom you have written an absolutely marvelous book. the gathering of scholars, historians critics and writers and the whole transcendental inning appreciating them are some from a whole variety of angles and lo and behold you stood up in the middle of this meeting and you said, i am bob richardson and i just wrote this book but just for the record you wanted them...
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it does not take massachusetts for granted. so the crowd rose up and captured officers. and took over the town for three days. they threatened to fire on the town if they didn't release the officers. well, at the time, there was a young person who is 25 years old . it was justified. it helps you to be a wellspring of ideas. it is really kind of an amazing moment and it happened in the early 1770s. the british navy began demand for a possible war over the flock when islands. and they wanted to explore whether this was actually legal. so we have records of benjamin franklin educating himself and reading one of the rulings that says it was legal. he wrote on the margins of this all kinds of sarcastic comments against the whole british system of government. so his solution was that judges and british naval officers and even the king should be liable to that. that was his solution. almost at the exact same time, george iii was reviewing the same legal decisions and came under completely opposite conclusions. he decided that it was legal. that the service should be commended w
it does not take massachusetts for granted. so the crowd rose up and captured officers. and took over the town for three days. they threatened to fire on the town if they didn't release the officers. well, at the time, there was a young person who is 25 years old . it was justified. it helps you to be a wellspring of ideas. it is really kind of an amazing moment and it happened in the early 1770s. the british navy began demand for a possible war over the flock when islands. and they wanted to...
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most american workers in states like massachusetts and illinois every hour of every day pay into our social security and medicare system with the brief that when the time comes for -- with the belief that when the time comes for retirement, social security and medicare will be there. unfortunately, what congressman ryan is proposing is to really break that promise. to say to seniors across america, you can pay in for a lifetime but when the time colls and you really need medicare, when you really need health insurance and you're retired, you may not be able to afford t you can't come up with enough known pay the premiums. what good is a medicare system you've paid into for a lifetime if it can't provide you the basic protection you need in retirement? oh, you can balance the books, but at the cost of coverage, at the cost of the medicare promise that's been made for generations? therein lies the real crux of the difference between democrats and republicans when we look at these entitlement programs. we know reform is necessary, but reform should be based on best medical practices, on
most american workers in states like massachusetts and illinois every hour of every day pay into our social security and medicare system with the brief that when the time comes for -- with the belief that when the time comes for retirement, social security and medicare will be there. unfortunately, what congressman ryan is proposing is to really break that promise. to say to seniors across america, you can pay in for a lifetime but when the time colls and you really need medicare, when you...
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i went to the university of massachusetts for a while, and also, city college of new york for a while. i got a ba from the state college in political science. c-span: by the way, you say your mom's jewish? >> guest: mm-hmm. c-span: what religion did you pick? >> guest: well, nobody was, like, religious in my family, so it's just jewish. but, you know, jewish--a lot of people say, 'well, your mother's white.' and i say, 'no, my mother's jewish.' you know, i say, 'i can tell you that.' i can--i can prove that because there are a lot of people who are jews who are not religious, you know? and you can't be a cath--you can't say, 'i'm a catholic,' and not be religious. you know, you have to be a catholic. but, you know, you--the jews are--you know, they're a race of people, like black people, like many races. c-span: how many brothers and sisters did you have? >> guest: none. only child. only child. c-span: so you went to all these schools, and--and you didn't write in those years. >> guest: no, no. c-span: what was... >> guest: for a while i was thinking about writing a little poetry, but
i went to the university of massachusetts for a while, and also, city college of new york for a while. i got a ba from the state college in political science. c-span: by the way, you say your mom's jewish? >> guest: mm-hmm. c-span: what religion did you pick? >> guest: well, nobody was, like, religious in my family, so it's just jewish. but, you know, jewish--a lot of people say, 'well, your mother's white.' and i say, 'no, my mother's jewish.' you know, i say, 'i can tell you...
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she became a nurse during strikes in helping organize strikes in massachusetts and elsewhere. eventually she settled in new york and started a clinic and she saw lot of poor arab and women who were pregnant and having children that they did not want and would ask her as a nurse for advice about what to do about not getting pregnant, and she had nothing to say to them. she said, al find out. she went to europe. she learned about birth control. birth control ideas. she came back and started propagandizing about birth control in the call, the socialist newspaper, her own newsletter that she started in women's magazines. she began to distribute leaflets in new york, different neighborhoods, telling women about birth control. and she was arrested many times and brought to trial. an incredibly courageous person for doing that. individually the courts sided with her, although it took quite a long time. doctors and nurses and other organizations, including the organization that became planned parenthood were allowed to distribute birth control information. and so she really was at the
she became a nurse during strikes in helping organize strikes in massachusetts and elsewhere. eventually she settled in new york and started a clinic and she saw lot of poor arab and women who were pregnant and having children that they did not want and would ask her as a nurse for advice about what to do about not getting pregnant, and she had nothing to say to them. she said, al find out. she went to europe. she learned about birth control. birth control ideas. she came back and started...
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why massachusetts ended up being the first to legalize up of members of congress and people across the nation became concerned about things moving towards allowing same-sex couples to marry. so members of congress passed a law that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman and critical is the provision that says federal benefits can only go to married opposite couples even if you happen to be legally married in massachusetts and new york and in today's supreme court cases you can't get benefits. >> host: what were the constitutional arguments for and against? >> back in 1996 there was a lot of frankly more traditional religious cultural societal arguments about why marriage should remain between a man and a woman and frankly back then there were state constitutions that advocates were trying to use to say that same-sex should be allowed in various states but no way did any -- there was no federal push for same-sex marriage at all and what the federal officials were trying to do at that time was to put a stop to it and ensure that if one state that allows same-sex marriage the
why massachusetts ended up being the first to legalize up of members of congress and people across the nation became concerned about things moving towards allowing same-sex couples to marry. so members of congress passed a law that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman and critical is the provision that says federal benefits can only go to married opposite couples even if you happen to be legally married in massachusetts and new york and in today's supreme court cases you can't get...
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we go to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. tar tear any. your office did a study i think over three years they found there was $187 million from federal student aid funds involved in student fraud rate. i commend you. that's a good study. in reality it's less than one-half or 1% what we spend on federal aid. >> yes. what i fight for the oversight for national security is minuscule on the basis. it's important. nonetheless, if you look at what private institutions in the higher education field or whatever, i guess statistics here. 90 percent of revenue come from taxpayers. >> that's correct and -- [inaudible] >> and federal financial aid, student loans, g.i. bill funds, department of too wees assistance. they have 10% of the student enrollment. they take up about 25% of financial aid dollars we spend. the health education labor pension reported 2009, 2010 we they got $32 billion. that's a lot. we had problems with overpricing tuition and predatory recruiting practice. things of that nature. are you looked at them . >> where we have seen the
we go to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. tar tear any. your office did a study i think over three years they found there was $187 million from federal student aid funds involved in student fraud rate. i commend you. that's a good study. in reality it's less than one-half or 1% what we spend on federal aid. >> yes. what i fight for the oversight for national security is minuscule on the basis. it's important. nonetheless, if you look at what private institutions in the higher...
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, connecticut it's stopping the political issue in the last election for the governor of massachusetts the republican and democratic nominee both supported the right to marry, the freedom to marry and affirmatively supported said the evidence is that in fact some issues the court does kind of preclude further space discussions and make it harder to develop a consensus. we've had essentially 20 years of decisions and ten years of active decisions can't regardless of whether the state was legislatively an act or judicially enacted this supporters would increase. >> i would agree and take it one step further when the supreme court struck down laughing i don't think it's that you to think down between 1964 and 67 there was a tremendous change. in fact has ken said they showed 64%. some showed 70% of the public oppose interracial marriage. >> was at nine or 16 states prohibited or something like that? >> talking about the public opinion, the supreme court struck down race restrictions in this face of 64 to 67% opposition. i don't think there are that many people would think the court should
, connecticut it's stopping the political issue in the last election for the governor of massachusetts the republican and democratic nominee both supported the right to marry, the freedom to marry and affirmatively supported said the evidence is that in fact some issues the court does kind of preclude further space discussions and make it harder to develop a consensus. we've had essentially 20 years of decisions and ten years of active decisions can't regardless of whether the state was...
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mills' funeral, a dell -- a delegation from massachusetts was here. so they said, wow, you know, we wish we had a congressman like this, because our traffic so bad, and our interstate highways are so far apart and all sorts of things. and he said, you know, this is really important. that you've had this congressman. also another point that came to me was that it's important to get the message out that alcoholism is not a disgrace. it's a disease. and it needs to be treated as such. i know mr. mills was so proud of uamf, because as they established the wilbur mills endowed chairs on alcoholism and drug abuse prevention, they named pharmacologists to those positions. they didn't name psychiatrists so they weren't dealing with it as a character flaw or a mental health problem, but as a chemical reaction in the brain. and when after he became sober, we would ask him, you know, how are you doing today, and he would say, no good. i'm terrible. and just nervously rub his hands. and about six months after he had been sober we said, how are you, and he said, i
mills' funeral, a dell -- a delegation from massachusetts was here. so they said, wow, you know, we wish we had a congressman like this, because our traffic so bad, and our interstate highways are so far apart and all sorts of things. and he said, you know, this is really important. that you've had this congressman. also another point that came to me was that it's important to get the message out that alcoholism is not a disgrace. it's a disease. and it needs to be treated as such. i know mr....
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they believed in me and my small before school exercise program started by a few bombs in massachusetts. reebok was inspired and amazed by the impact we were having our own community and felt that with the help the program had unlimited potential and could impact millions of kids around the world. what really struck reback is beyond the kids who participated, the program is built on the cognitive and social benefits of social exercise. the kids to exercise before school were not only healthier but did better in costumes and thrive socially. as larry mentioned, we are well on our way. we now have over 250 high schools around the country. [cheers and applause] a true grassroots effort that has taken hold of this effect in thousands of children, parents, teachers and schools around the community. it's simple, easy and free. next on the number will grow to 750 and i'm proud to say the box will be in more than a thousand schools and potentially more with collaboration of partners by 2015. the most important part is we know the program works. not only do we have third-party validator slake af
they believed in me and my small before school exercise program started by a few bombs in massachusetts. reebok was inspired and amazed by the impact we were having our own community and felt that with the help the program had unlimited potential and could impact millions of kids around the world. what really struck reback is beyond the kids who participated, the program is built on the cognitive and social benefits of social exercise. the kids to exercise before school were not only healthier...
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she became a nurse during strikes and helping organize strikes imports massachusetts and elsewhere. but eventually she settled in new york, started a clinic and choose a lot of poor, immigrant women were pregnant and having children that they didn't want. and it would ask her as a nurse with vice what to do about, you, not getting pregnant and should nothing to say to them. but she said i will find out. and she went to europe and children about birth control. birth control ideas, and she came back and she sort of topic and dicing about birth control in the call which was the socialist newspaper, in her own newsletter that she started and women's magazines. she began to distribute leaflets in new york in different neighborhoods, telling women about birth control. and she was arrested many times and brought to trial. she was an incredibly courageous person for doing there. and eventually the courts sided with her ottawa took a long time, and doctors and nurses and other organizations, including the organizations that he came to planned parenthood were allowed to distribute birth contr
she became a nurse during strikes and helping organize strikes imports massachusetts and elsewhere. but eventually she settled in new york, started a clinic and choose a lot of poor, immigrant women were pregnant and having children that they didn't want. and it would ask her as a nurse with vice what to do about, you, not getting pregnant and should nothing to say to them. but she said i will find out. and she went to europe and children about birth control. birth control ideas, and she came...
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bob is a professor of economics at the university of massachusetts and codirector and co-founder of the political economy research institute at umass, a very important research institute backed does excellent academic scholarship with a public purpose. bob's books include a number of looks, contours of descent on the u.s. economy and in 2003, two books on the living wage, 1998 book of the living wage, building a fair economy and a reasonably measure of fairness, the economics of the living wage and his most recent book is the topic for tonight, "back to full employment." i just want to add that bob's work on the living wage has been very very important. he has been probably the leading researcher on this important issue. has written numerous papers and reports in addition to his books and has traveled to cities across the country to speak about the living wage and has testified before many city councils who were considering a living wage proposal and i think this is a really important contribution and i just want to acknowledged that. bob's recent work is focused on the green economy an
bob is a professor of economics at the university of massachusetts and codirector and co-founder of the political economy research institute at umass, a very important research institute backed does excellent academic scholarship with a public purpose. bob's books include a number of looks, contours of descent on the u.s. economy and in 2003, two books on the living wage, 1998 book of the living wage, building a fair economy and a reasonably measure of fairness, the economics of the living wage...
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rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable william cowan, a senator from the commonwealth of massachusetts, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid:, mr. the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to h.r. 933, the continuing resolution legislation. last night i filed cloture on the motion to proceed to this most important legislation. we're now in the midst of another filibuster. another filibuster. and if no agreement is reached, the cloture vote will be tomorrow morning. mr. president, yesterday americans got their first look at this year's ryan republican budget. it turns out it looks like last year's ryan republican budget. and it wasn't the only one -- i wasn't the only one that said gee whiz, not again. here's the headline from "bloomberg news: "-- quote -- "ryan budget replays republican hits." one "washington post" reporter compared the release of the not-so-new and certainly not improved ryan republican budget to the movie "groundhog" day wh
rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable william cowan, a senator from the commonwealth of massachusetts, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid:, mr. the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to h.r. 933, the continuing resolution legislation. last night i filed cloture on the motion to proceed to this most important legislation. we're now...
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cowan, a senator from the commonwealth of massachusetts, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 933, which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 21, h.r. 933, an act making appropriations for the department of defense, the department of veterans affairs, and other departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2013, and for other purposes. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will resume consideration of the continuing appropriations legislation. the time until 11:15 today will be divided and controlled equally between the two leaders or their designees. then at 11:15, there will be three roll call votes in relation to the continuing resolution -- toomey amendment, which is a 60-vote threshold, adoption of the mikulski-shelby-mikulski substitute amendment and cloture vote on h.r. 933, the underlyi
cowan, a senator from the commonwealth of massachusetts, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 933, which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 21, h.r. 933, an act making appropriations for the department of defense, the department of veterans affairs, and other departments and...
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there is pending legislation from steven lynch of massachusetts in congress that would give greater thresholds to how they use informants and provide greater reporting to congress and why they were used, criminal records, whether informanets can commit crimes in the investigation. there is a movement to create greater oversight with that, but within the fbi, you know, it's still very much not a lot changes in a quick amount of time within the fbi. you know, the investigation over the last couple years has not resulted in any changes that i've seen in how the fbi recruits informants. what we're still seeing is the inforamounts used are generally, questionably worse than ones targeted. you know, for example, in the recent case in seattle, the man when the disorder, the fbi listed as a convicted child molester as the informantes, and evidence says she was sending sexual explicit text messages, violating his parole, and if congress take greater scrutiny, that's the informanet to look at, but as it is now, they use informants who have a financial motivation or, you know, a case of working off a cri
there is pending legislation from steven lynch of massachusetts in congress that would give greater thresholds to how they use informants and provide greater reporting to congress and why they were used, criminal records, whether informanets can commit crimes in the investigation. there is a movement to create greater oversight with that, but within the fbi, you know, it's still very much not a lot changes in a quick amount of time within the fbi. you know, the investigation over the last...
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states the past market reforms without having everyone participate what happened in every case including massachusetts the first time around, what you saw this tremendous increase in cost from the people not participating in major coming major problems in terms of the market dysfunction. nobody wants that. i want to start this morning by talking about affordability, talking about cost and want to specifically talk about the policy conundrum with respect to cost containment is my cost containment of someone else's revenue reduction. we do not talk about that in the public policy community. unless we internalize that and think about how to address that, the standpoint of each and every stakeholder were not going to be eliminate progress and hit an affordable system. anything to begin the lesson of what we've seen now over years in the health care community, but as we look forward to the payment arrangements that marked increase in pat thoughtfully talk about is the promise of how can we find a direction and a path to progress. and i think it means stitching milk in the system, guess i'm saying that very
states the past market reforms without having everyone participate what happened in every case including massachusetts the first time around, what you saw this tremendous increase in cost from the people not participating in major coming major problems in terms of the market dysfunction. nobody wants that. i want to start this morning by talking about affordability, talking about cost and want to specifically talk about the policy conundrum with respect to cost containment is my cost...
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time there has been a recognition among military experts and some are in the president's home state, massachusetts, where they have spent a lot of time looking at these issues, and there's been a recognition that the military, particularly the pentagon, is exactly the place where we ought to be looking for fresh, innovative approaches in order to cut energy use and find alternative sources. now, for the life of me i cannot figure out how somehow this effort by the pentagon -- let me repeat, by our country's, you know, military -- has somehow been con flated into some kind of green plot, some kind of plot by those who are obsessed with green energy and are simply interested in promoting programs to satisfy their ideological spung interest. -- you know, interest. the reason this is being pursued at the pentagon is not because this is somehow some sort of green plot, some sort of subversive green plot. this is being pursued at the pentagon because they have made the judgment that these kinds of alternative fuels and supporting them is a pivotal national security matter. this isn't about some kind of
time there has been a recognition among military experts and some are in the president's home state, massachusetts, where they have spent a lot of time looking at these issues, and there's been a recognition that the military, particularly the pentagon, is exactly the place where we ought to be looking for fresh, innovative approaches in order to cut energy use and find alternative sources. now, for the life of me i cannot figure out how somehow this effort by the pentagon -- let me repeat, by...
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just a quick reminder to everyone, we got the do we have because we had an election in massachusetts that didn't allow for the bill to end up being covered. so chris, could you start by, are there things in the bill that if you had the opportunity, you would change or enhance to get us to a better place? >> well, actually i think it's the perfect bill. >> really? [laughter] >> no, no. nowhere in the history of the congress have such an outcome been achieved, and the one thing that you know about health reform is health reform will be reform. that is the only certainly that you know about health care. and certainly, there are a large number of areas that i think people would look at. i think one area that i would say though is, frequently when we legislate before, just legislate to legislate, rather than step back and see what you really needed, we create more problems. and so one thing that i would really encourage folks to do first and foremost is, because i think the real lesson of health reform legislation was because there was at least the early part a real effort to try to integ
just a quick reminder to everyone, we got the do we have because we had an election in massachusetts that didn't allow for the bill to end up being covered. so chris, could you start by, are there things in the bill that if you had the opportunity, you would change or enhance to get us to a better place? >> well, actually i think it's the perfect bill. >> really? [laughter] >> no, no. nowhere in the history of the congress have such an outcome been achieved, and the one thing...
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the fantastic improvements in the major urban areas like philadelphia, massachusetts work, these are the bones in the world where we live the longest and when you go look at these places to find out what makes them live a long time there are simple things done well. real food, wholefood. the activity that i mentioned earlier, the social infrastructure when i was reading michigan got to will and oregon has the best coordinated care plan in the nation. and that allows of course to avoid the unnecessary care. one little ticked to all of you with messages to consumers, it ought to be about second opinions. it's not about them making mistakes or the doctor is not being good. only 10% of americans get second opinions for medical care, but over and over again, we've seen that roughly a third of the time, one in three times a second opinion will change the diagnosis or your therapy. think about that. the difference between instances of preoperative back surgery in boston and houston is tenfold. hawken as an operation began ten times more often in one place than in another? lady the number is
the fantastic improvements in the major urban areas like philadelphia, massachusetts work, these are the bones in the world where we live the longest and when you go look at these places to find out what makes them live a long time there are simple things done well. real food, wholefood. the activity that i mentioned earlier, the social infrastructure when i was reading michigan got to will and oregon has the best coordinated care plan in the nation. and that allows of course to avoid the...
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it's great to see the new senator from massachusetts, he was a little more in. my staff tells me we have a lot in common. from an indian politician to another i want to wish her the best in the united states senate to the [applause] >> ayaan understand because of the sequester the secret service detail has been replaced by joe biden with a shotgun. [laughter] i ran into joe biden earlier today. i'm not sure that he recognized me know. he asked me to go get him a slur -- slurpy. i can see eric holder is with us tonight tbi heard do to the sequestration the attorney general can only afford to ship a couple hundred e legal guns over the border this year. [applause] mr. president, i want to commend you on your inspired choice for the secretary of state, somebody whose integrity and experience and formed the world of your administration's seriousness and depth. let's all give a dennis rodman a great round of applause. [applause] >> speaking of athletes i saw the president went golfing with tiger woods this week. he said this about the president he had come and i quot
it's great to see the new senator from massachusetts, he was a little more in. my staff tells me we have a lot in common. from an indian politician to another i want to wish her the best in the united states senate to the [applause] >> ayaan understand because of the sequester the secret service detail has been replaced by joe biden with a shotgun. [laughter] i ran into joe biden earlier today. i'm not sure that he recognized me know. he asked me to go get him a slur -- slurpy. i can see...
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a lot of our immigrants and i come from massachusetts, came from england. how can we be so different from britain is my question. >> is not just the availability of weapons that be have, 300 million weapons in circulation and great britain ,-com,-com ma there are some weapons but very few. it's also the attitudes. i mean the passion americans have for guns and the second amendment is quite foreign to many people in europe that don't quite understand why my cold dead hands, fingers, what is the phrase? just don't take away my guns and is the last thing i want to do. i think it's not just the none but what guns mean to us. too many americans. it's very different in other countries. >> they would never think of the idea of self-defense because they don't have that fear. that is what i'm trying to deal with here and figure out. >> if we had a crime rate that was extremely low perhaps people would be less apt to feel the need to arm themselves. but i am not sure. it goes back to this idea of people don't have this attachment or affinity with all their neighbors.
a lot of our immigrants and i come from massachusetts, came from england. how can we be so different from britain is my question. >> is not just the availability of weapons that be have, 300 million weapons in circulation and great britain ,-com,-com ma there are some weapons but very few. it's also the attitudes. i mean the passion americans have for guns and the second amendment is quite foreign to many people in europe that don't quite understand why my cold dead hands, fingers, what...
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like bullets, however to detract asteroids is dependent upon nasa and other organizations such as the massachusetts institute of technology's lincoln laboratory. for example, during their recent mastery 2012 day 14 event, joins his operation in california use tracking data for near earth object program office at the jet propulsion laboratory to perform screenings to ensure the safety of satellites. we remain committed to working closely with partners to ensure comprehensive space situational awareness for the nation. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you and look forward to your questions. >> thank you, general shelton. administrator bolden. >> thank you for the opportunity to discuss the earth orbits. before he began, and i too congratulate you on your payment is the new chairman of the house science basin to elegy committee and i look forward to working with you in that capacity. timothy thank you, mr. chairman for the recent op as he wrote that caught my attention which is important. the events of february 15, 2013 were a stark reminder of why nasa has for years and when this is so
like bullets, however to detract asteroids is dependent upon nasa and other organizations such as the massachusetts institute of technology's lincoln laboratory. for example, during their recent mastery 2012 day 14 event, joins his operation in california use tracking data for near earth object program office at the jet propulsion laboratory to perform screenings to ensure the safety of satellites. we remain committed to working closely with partners to ensure comprehensive space situational...
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cowan, a senator from the commonwealth of massachusetts, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: before the chaplain leaves the chamber, i want to say something on behalf of all of the senators. the new senators probably don't know him as well as those who have been here more than the beginning of this year, but we have -- we are so fortunate to have this good man leading the senate in our spiritual activities. he leads us in prayer every morning. we have a prayer breakfast every wednesday. and during that period of time that we don't see hirnlings he , he's ow counseling individual people who work here. my wife has been will and ha ila bad accident, and he has been so in tune with her, making sure that we all are aware of how well she's doing. she's had a great recovery. so i, on behalf of the whole senate, extend my appreciation this good man, a man who was born with very little except a very, very good mother, who taught him early on that he had a ver
cowan, a senator from the commonwealth of massachusetts, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: before the chaplain leaves the chamber, i want to say something on behalf of all of the senators. the new senators probably don't know him as well as those who have been here more than the beginning of this year, but we have -- we are so fortunate to have this good man leading...
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cowan, a senator from the commonwealth of massachusetts, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will resume consideration of the nomination of caitlin halligan to be a united states circuit judge. at 10:30, there will be a vote on that nomination. mr. president, we all know the weather's inclement. it's getting worse. i just saw coming in here. and i've talked to senator mcconnell today. we are going to vote on the judge at 10:30. we have the brennan nomination that we're going to finish this week. i've explained to the republican leader that if they are -- want to filibuster that -- and i understand that's what they want to do -- we can set up a 60-vote threshold for a filibuster and then we could go ahead and have a vote on that today, allowing people to make proper travel arrangements. it's strictly up to the minority. we're ready to -- to make that arrangement if they so agree because of the weather. mr. president,
cowan, a senator from the commonwealth of massachusetts, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will resume consideration of the nomination of caitlin halligan to be a united states circuit judge. at 10:30, there will be a vote on that nomination. mr. president, we all know the weather's inclement. it's getting worse. i just saw coming in...
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. >> host: from "defending the spirit" winter 1967 cambridge massachusetts. you write, i have a ride from segregation is segregationists virginia to attend harvard law school. my first year of class of more than 500 students is divided into four sections. my section is sitting through a tort lecture given by a young professor charles free. professor freed was born in prague czechoslovakia in 1935 and was educated at princeton and oxford and columbia and will become solicitor general of the end ask -- u.s. under president ronald reagan. you talk about some of her classmates and one of them is mark joseph green, liberal democrat of cornell university in great neck new york. repressor freed asks, can anyone think of an actionable nuisance we haven't touched on today? mark joseph green says, what about black people moving into a neighborhood? a thoughtful discussion ensued and sanders looks at me. we all look at each other in our faces portrayed little. in any case the privileged young white scholars are oblivious. their legal arguments to be mustard pro and con.
. >> host: from "defending the spirit" winter 1967 cambridge massachusetts. you write, i have a ride from segregation is segregationists virginia to attend harvard law school. my first year of class of more than 500 students is divided into four sections. my section is sitting through a tort lecture given by a young professor charles free. professor freed was born in prague czechoslovakia in 1935 and was educated at princeton and oxford and columbia and will become solicitor...
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today, fema payments for $350 million in new york, new jersey, massachusetts, delaware, pennsylvania, connecticut, west virginia and rhode island. at the arch first 2013, feed the stafford act include completion of 560 power assessment and installation of 211 generators of one point generating 55 kilowatts per hour. installation and operation of 162 pumps to 14 strategic sites identified by state or local authorities including the new york city subway tamils and the wastewater treatment plant resulted in removal of 478 million gallons of water. restoration of the hoboken terminal delivered 512 truckloads of drinking water to new york, new jersey, that of mania and west virginia and refurbished 115 transitional housing units and assessment images of coastal protection and closing of breaches in terriers in new york and new jersey. another mission assignment they can do news is the removal left by hurricane and he and i have an update on the removal information included in a complete statement for the hearing if they could do that right now so we can update numbers. as of this week from
today, fema payments for $350 million in new york, new jersey, massachusetts, delaware, pennsylvania, connecticut, west virginia and rhode island. at the arch first 2013, feed the stafford act include completion of 560 power assessment and installation of 211 generators of one point generating 55 kilowatts per hour. installation and operation of 162 pumps to 14 strategic sites identified by state or local authorities including the new york city subway tamils and the wastewater treatment plant...
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as top environmental official in massachusetts and connecticut, she helped design programs to expand energy efficiency and promote renewable energy. as assistant epa administrator, gina focused on practical, cost-effective ways to keep the air clean and our economy growing. she has earned a reputation as a straight shooter. she welcomes different points of view. i am confident that she is going to do an outstanding job leading the epa. so, these two over here are going to be making sure that we are investing in american energy, that we are doing everything that we can to combat the threat of climate change, that we are going to be creating jobs and economic opportunity in the first place. they are going to be a great team and these are some of my top priorities going forward. but as president, one of the things you learn very quickly is that it's not enough just to talk a big game but where your priorities are reflected in the budget, and that's where the rubber hits the road. that's where life third nominee comes in. since i took office, just served as america's first chief performa
as top environmental official in massachusetts and connecticut, she helped design programs to expand energy efficiency and promote renewable energy. as assistant epa administrator, gina focused on practical, cost-effective ways to keep the air clean and our economy growing. she has earned a reputation as a straight shooter. she welcomes different points of view. i am confident that she is going to do an outstanding job leading the epa. so, these two over here are going to be making sure that we...