>> my hope is to have the service of chinese americans recorded in american history. that we are not passive americans, we are patriotic, as everyone else is. we are, as american as everyone else, and we look a little different, you know? we can't change what our face looks like, but in our hearts, we are still all americans. >> and this is such an important story to be told. i mean, chinese americans are just one of many ethnic groups that contributed. every american that served in world war ii deserves to be recognized for their service. you know, this was a massive project, as you said. it was, eventually, ended up over 1100 cages, is that right? >> yeah, exactly 1000 -- excuse, me 1098 pages. it's a huge roll call. thousand of those pages are a roll call based on state. it's separated by state, there's an index that you can, follow an index for what we call the main roll call, and there is an index for the desperate data roll call. you can find your family members that way. we also have aliases, that were known to us, so it's published in the --, and there is a lo

by american workers with american products. we make all of these investments, we will make sure that, as an executive order i signed early on, that we buy american. that means investing in american-based companies, and american workers. not a contract will go out that i control. i will not go to a company that is an american company with american products all the way down the line and american workers. and we will buy the goods we need from all of america. communities that have historically been left out of these investments, native americans, small businesses, entrepreneurs across the country. look, today, up to 10 million homes in america and more than 400,000 schools and childcare centers have pipes that they get their water from, pipes that are lead based pipes. including pipes for drinking water. according to sciences, there is simply no safe exposure to lead. lead can slow development. and hearing problems. the american jobs plan will put plumbers and pipefitters to work, replacing 100% of the nation's lead pipes and serv

the american jobs plan, the american families plan this is what americans deserve.s is what our future depends on. we must also be clear i'd. these last 100 days were not only defined by progress. too many days we woke up to news of another mass shooting. another black or brown person shot by the police. another active hate against asian americans another law designed to make it harder for people to vote. these are reminders we still have so much more work to do. in the fight for reasonable gun laws and the fight for racial justice the right for voting rights. some days i know it feels exhausting. but we cannot give up and we will not give up. here is the truth. american aspiration is about the courage to see beyond crisis and to build beyond crisis. it is about our endurance. it is about our perseverance. it is about our ability to keep pushing forward. american aspiration is what made us build our railroad coast to coast in the middle of the civil war to bring electricity to every household in the middle of the great depression. it is what drove our nation to race

american tax dollars are going to be used to buy american products made in america to create american jobs. that's the way it's supposed to be and it will be in this administration. [applause] and i made it clear to all my cabinet people, their ability to give exemptions has been strenuously limited. it will be american products. now i know some of you at home are wondering whether these jobs are for you. so many of you, so many of the folks i grew up with feel left behind, forgotten in an economy that is so rapidly changing. it's frightening. i want to speak directly to you, because if you think about it, that's what people are most worried about. can i fit in? independent experts, it will add millions of jobs and trillions of dollars to economic growth in the years to come. it is a eight year program. these are good paying jobs that can't be outsourced. nearly 90% of the infrastructure created in the jobs plan do not require a college degree. 75% don't require an associates degree. the american jobs plan is a blue-collar blueprint to build america. that's what it is. [applause] and

americans. while the setting tonight is familiar, this gathering is just a little bit different. a reminder of the extraordinary times we are in. throughout our history, presidents have come to this chamber to speak to congress, to the nation, and to the world. to declare war, to celebrate peace, to announce new plans and possibilities. tonight, i come to talk about crisis and opportunity. about rebuilding the nation, revitalizing our democracy and winning the future for americans. i stand here tonight one day shy of the hundredth day of my administration. in 100 days since i took the old -- 100 days since i took the oaths of office, inherited our nation. the worst pandemic in a century, the worst economic crisis in a decade. -- since the great depression. -- now after 100 days i can report to the nation, america is on the move again. [applause] -- crisis to opportunity. setbacks. we all know life can knock us down, but in america, we never, ever, ever stay down. americas always get up. today th

he was one hispanic american with white americans. so our next question is from tammy. why do we know so little about these men? why have they not been covered as part of the history of world war ii and i i didn't read her question before i just chimed in there but dave would you like to comment? sure. i think the biggest thing about that is. that there's very little that's been recorded and documented by historians. and one of the things that hispanics have to do instead of you know, we could put the blame on okay, so you know ken burns spent 14 hours on a documentary and and didn't include us in there. where is ken burns and people that are making documentaries going to get? information if we don't put it out there ourselves. so for hispanic americans i say that we have to look in the mirror. and find out how can we get better at recording and documenting our own history? and one of the things that really has come to light with patriot from the barrio is that we have educators who are willing to to get into this and one in particular that i'm gonna i'm gonna highlight

american tax dollars. are going to be used to buy american products made in america to create american jobs that's the way it's supposed to be and it will be and this administration ally made it clear to all my cabinet people their ability to give exemptions has been stopped and strenuously to limit it it will be american products now i know some of you at home are wondering whether these jobs are for you so many of you so many the folks i grew up with feel left behind forgotten in an economy that so rapidly changing its right i want to speak directly to you because you think about it that's what people are most worried about can i fit in and dependent experts estimate the american job sammul add millions of jobs and trillions of dollars to economic growth in the years to come it is a it is a 8 year program sure good paying jobs that can't be outsourced nearly 90 percent of the infrastructure jobs created in american jobs plan do not require a college degree 75 percent don't require an associates degree th

american history tv on c-span 3. funding for american history tv comes from these companies who support c-span 3 as a public service. >>> each week american artifacts takes you to museums and historical places to learn about american history. we look at the national debate over the 1830 removal and its impact on southern tribes. the curator leads us through the gallery after an introduction in the americans' exhibit. >> the exhibition is called "americans" and it is built on a paradox, a riddle. and the paradox is this -- in 2018 the united states is a country of 230 million people and american indians are perhaps 1% of that population. most americans live in urban and suburban areas, parts of the country where they never actually see american indians and yet in american daily lives, indian images, place names, advertising, mascots, surround people every single day. so the show is about exploring this strange contradiction of how prevalent american indians are in american life. really from the earliest memories of am

american indians. yet in american daily life, indian images, place names, advertising, mascots surround people every single day. so the show is about exploring this strange contradiction of how prevalent american indians are in american life really from the earliest memories of americans throughout their lives and yet is somehow never noticed very much. never seems important. the curatorial team decided to call this phenomenon indians everywhere. what it's about is normalizing what's actually a very weird phenomenon. we looked and we couldn't find any other country in which one ethnic group has been used for so many different purposes for such an extraordinaily long time into the present. we want to enlarge the discussion beyond the idea of simply stereotypes or cultural appropriation and look at the vastness of it, the uniqueness of it and explore the reasons for why it exists. we have in our hall over 300 objects and images of representations of american indians from before the country began up to th

and through the eyes of others african-american and identity in american art. in her new book driving while black just out today professor soren tells the story of the indispensable green book, which both reshaped the african-american traveling experience throughout our segregated land and helped drive the nascent civil rights movement, please welcome gretchen. sorin to the free library of philadelphia. good evening. it's wonderful to be in this great city of philadelphia. and i'm i apologize that that rick wasn't able to join us this evening. he had a little bit of an emergency and he's in italy, but i hope that you'll enjoy the preview of our film that he sent along. so i'm going to talk. i'm sure many of you have seen the green book movie. and i'm going to talk this evening really about something a broader story and that story is about the automobile and the role that the automobile played in african-american life. i'd like you all to think about. how important your mobility is to you how important is it that you're able to travel where you want to when you

american indians. did they include mineral rights at that time? and also would you say that george's position against the federal government? was that sort of the beginning of the state's rights? kind of idea. do you think or yes, you want to talk about? yeah, go ahead. yeah, so overall professor. yeah. so so yeah, so the second one. yeah. so this is george's was one of the earliest loud blasts of states. it wasn't the first i mean you have going back in the 18 20s, virginia made noises after he's called cohen versus virginia about states. and so the i mean you go back to jefferson and sedition act protests and stuff. so that's there's a long southern tradition of this but the georgia position was did provoke potentially or came close to provoking major constitutional crisis mineral rights is a great question, i think. there was no legal resolution of that question. nobody raised it. i think everybody assumed it. it's in the mid 20th century that the supreme court will definitively say that tribes do o

exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> the federalist society hosts a discussion with former

just as powerful as american guilt was the idea of american goodness. pride in american compassion and generosity spurred americans to take action. the idea that the united states with the benevolent leader of the free world converged with religious ideas, the idea that the united states needed to be the good samaritan. finally, refugee advocates argued that americans should not admit refugees because americans are good. but because refugees are good for america. one senate resolution from 1975 declared, this period of influx of refugees in and exiles conserve to keep us humble, saving us from the sins of arrogance, pride and self-righteousness. i need to tell you the support for refugees really was small compared to the opposition to refugees. despite the lofty ideals, in reality the majority of americans consistently opposed the resettlement of southeast asian refugees. it was by no means a new development in american culture. polls indicate that consistently throughout the 20th century, americans have not supported the admission and resettlement of r

seuss did a lot of propaganda against asian americans japanese americans in particular. there was a huge economic issue at stake here. i mean, my grandparents owned 14.25 acres or owned 14.25 acres in san jose and they were very successful farmers like other japanese americans, so there was a lot of competition from the food food growers associations and other economic interests. also the media is you know today plays a big role in terms of creating false narratives and the news had a lot to do with it. newspapers and the reporters so it was very easy in my mind for for roosevelt to slip into this mindset, but from my research it was clear that president roosevelt was a racist he had many racist feelings against japanese americans. i think a lot of times a lot of that is not really not irrational, but it's hard to rationalize now that we look back at it. but his wife eleanor actually had a lot of empathy for the japanese-americans and actually visited prisoners in camps and i think she knew there was something definitely wrong about this act but an executive order essent

americans.here is still more work to do to beat this virus. we can't let our guard down. but tonight, i can say because of you -- the american people -- our progress these past 100 days against one of the worst pandemics in history has been one of the greatest logistical achievements -- logistical achievements this country has ever seen. what else have we done those first 100 days? we kept our commitment, democrats and republicans, of sending $1,400 rescue checks to 85% of american households. we've already sent more than 160 million checks out the door. it's making a difference. you all know it, when you go home. for many people, it's making all the difference in the world. a single mom in texas who wrote me, she said she couldn't work. but she said the relief check put food on the table and saved her and her son from eviction from their apartment. a grandmother in virginia who told me she immediately took her granddaughter to the eye doctor -- something she said she put off for months because

american history tv on c-span 3 every weekend documenting america's story funding for american history tv comes from these companies who support c-span 3 as a public service. up next dave gutierrez discusses his book patriots from the barrio the story of company e 141st infantry the only all mexican-american army unit in world war ii his talk is part of a national world war ii museum international conference. they also provided the video. i had the pleasure of interviewing our next author dave gutierrez this past year. for a webinar on his book patriots from the barrio. interviewing dave this time is my friend and colleague dr. adam givens. adam joined us last year as the special projects historian for our partnered program with the defense pow mia accounting agency or dpaa. the dpaa is the federal organization whose mission is to locate and identify some 81,000 americans that are still missing in action. 72,000 of whom are from world war ii. adam came to us from the university of ohio where he received his phd and is already making big impacts on both. our museum and the dpas work he'

american tax dollars are going to be used to buy american products made in america to create americanhat's the way it's supposed to be and it will be in this administration. [ applause ] >> and i made it clear to all my cabinet people, their ability to give exemptions has been strenuously limited. it will be american products. so i know some of you at home are wondering whether these jobs are for you. so many of you -- so many of the folks i grew up with feel left behind, forgotten in an economy so rapidly changing it's frightening. i want to speak directly to you because if you think about it, that's what people are most worried about. can i fit in? independent experts estimate the american jobs plan will add millions of jobs and trillions of dollars to economic growth in the years to come. it is a -- it is an eight-year program. these are good-paying jobs that can't be outsourced. nearly 90% of the infrastructure jobs created in the american jobs plan do not require a college degree. 75% don't require an associates degree. american jobs plan is a blue collar blueprint to build ameri

terms of sanctions the americans. of course it go before the idea of time it becomes a job it would be for what the russians cannot sustain it anymore oh well you see it seems to me that well as one of my granda says in. the russian government told 'd me that. russian story is. tired to come and be in the packages of sanctions there are more than 7 there were and $75.00 to be or they can be already know the new package of sound sense or will be amounts maybe a little bit about expanding growth. sanctioning. when there are going to zation. some number of people and then again our summary of the sun sanctions about our summer and that. of course there will be there will be a response and as far as it was reported by 0 press yesterday you should offer assistance to the president he summoned the u.s. ambassador and warrant that if there are new sanctions the response will be. will definitely be well as that increase thinking we cannot i mean this as russians we cannot that are for their you know response because. first of

well, the 1930s and 40s were really fraught time to be an american especially a young american probably the thing that impacted american life the most was the great depression in 1933 25% of american workers were unemployed. so staggering numbers of unemployment and and the depression impacted all americans including and especially young people people who are just starting out just looking for their first jobs and so for them the future looked really really bleak there weren't a lot of real substantive government programs at first so many people relied on soup kitchens and bread lines. you can see a picture of a soup kitchen here. this is all so a time when racism in antisemitism and the hatred of immigrants was common and it and sometimes reflected in local and national laws and after world war one the united states became a really isolationist nation looking inward americans. want to get involved in any foreign conflicts? they they really felt like they enough problems at home. and just like their older counterparts young americans would have had a variety of opinions, but can you hel

the american people have been promised action for decades. they were promised after leaders made it more competitive for decades. i have made my plan to address this long overdue need. polls showed support for infrastructure investment from the american people. congress should debate my plan, offer alternatives if that is what they have to do, but congress should act. likewise, on the virus, our program can be undone. as fast as we are moving, more adults remain to be vaccinated than have already been vaccinated in february and march. we are not even halfway done yet. too many are acting as if this fight is over. it is not. if my administration did the hard work of getting shots to all americans in the next few months, if the american people do their part, mask up, practice social distancing, we could have a more normal july 4. this is still april, not july. we are not there yet. the virus is spreading more rapidly in many places. deaths are going up in states. i plead with you, do not give back the progress we have all fought so hard to achi

they are the ones that make it grow, ordinarily americans. we suck -- ordinary americans. we saw the country gain traction. we will continue to implement that law in the weeks ahead. by april 7 next week, over 130 million households will have gotten there $1400 rescue check. funds are on the way to local communities to put educators, health-care workers, home health care aides, police, firefighters, sanitary workers back on the job. we are getting more aid for small businesses and we will hang an open sign on the door to rehire folks who had to be let go. in the months ahead, a new childcare tax credit will cut taxes and provide help to millions of families with young children. there is nothing, nothing -- i know you are tired of hearing me say this -- there is nothing the american people cannot do if we give them a chance. the american rescue plan does precisely that, for hard-working middle-class folks, at long last . secondly, today's report also reflects the progress we've made on my other key priority, getting the american people vaccinated. we've turned around a slow

american jobs. that's the way it's supposed to be. that will be in this administration. >> and i made it clear to all my cabinet, people. >> their ability to give exemptions has been ce and strenuously limited. it will eric and products. now i know. some of you at home are wondering. whether these jobs are for you. so many a view. some the folks i grew up with. she left behind forgot. in an economy. so rapidly change. want to speak directly to you. because you think about it. that's what people are most worried about. can i fit independent experts estimate the american jobs and will add millions of jobs and trillions of dollars to economic growth in the years to come. it is a it is your program. he's a good paying jobs that can't be outsourced. nearly 90% of the infrastructure jobs created in american jobs plan do not require a college degree. 75% don't require associate's degree. american jobs plan is a blue collar blueprint to build america. that's what it is. >> recognized. something i've always

the american rest for you -- the american rescue plan would not have passed.ch has gotten done, like getting checks to people who probably would have not have happened. -- would not have happened. when you elected ossoff and warnock, they began to change the environment. and look, because of you we passed one of the most consequential rescue bills in american history. what did you do and what did you do with your vote here in georgia? it changed america, and you began to change america. democracy can still deliver for the people. i want to thank you for all that. all of america wants to thank you. and here's what we mean by delivering for the people. we have created, in the first 100 days, 1,300,000 new jobs, 1,300,000 jobs in 100 days. [cars honking] that's more new jobs in the first 100 days of any president in history. folks, it's because of you when -- folks, it's because of you, and we were here to share a few more things we did. we provided assistance for children and families so they don't go hungry and kept people from being evicted from their homes, a

and americans and americans who have lost their jobs in this recession. we'll be able to receive extended unemployment benefits and continued health care coverage to help them weather this storm. now i know there are some in this chamber and watching at home who are skeptical of whether this plan will work and i understand that skepticism here in washington. we've all seen how quickly good intentions can turn into broken promises and wasteful spending. and with a plan of this scale comes enormous responsibility to get it, right? and that's why i've asked vice president biden to lead a tough unprecedented oversight after because nobody messes with joe. i am i right i have told each of my cabinet. as well as mayors and governors across the country that they will be held accountable by me and the american people for every dollar they spend i have appointed a proven and aggressive inspector general. it's a fair it out any and all waste and fraud. and we have created a new website called recovery.gov. so that every american can find out how and where their mon

my fellow americans.ng tonight is familiar, discovering isjust a little bit different. a reminder of the extraordinary times we are in. throughout our history, presidents have come to this chamber to speak to congress, to the nation, and to the world, to declare war, to celebrate peace and announce new plans and possibilities. tonight, i come to talk about crisis and opportunity. about rebuilding a nation, revitalising our democracy and winning the future for americans. i stand winning the future for americans. istand here winning the future for americans. i stand here tonight one day shy of the hundredth day of my administration. a hundred days since i took the oath of office and lifted my hand off ourfamily bible and inherited a nation, we all did, that was in crisis. the worst pandemic in a century, the worst economic crisis since the great depression. the worst attack on our democracy serves the civil war. now, afterjust a hundred days, i can report to the nation, america is on the move again. (applau

ringback an american flayed a formative romel in the american story but the sacrifices and exclusion they have lived through is a history that's poorly told off to slavery was abolished in $865.00 chinese immigrants build the markets for cheap labor doing dangerous work that others would not hoping to build there will not works that were crucial to the development of the american way. that was also the error in which the term yellow peril for us. in the late 18 hundreds american communities came to be seen as a threat. to american families and weaving scapegoated for the spread of disease the. that culminated in its needed to with the chinese exclusion act which barred all chinese from immigration into into the united states and in this period of anti isn't hysteria the white working class never saw asians as a potential ally against the boss but rather as as calm as labor competition our history has not been told from the fact that we built a railroad to the grief that we've experienced. largest lynchings in u.s. history people don't know that and all of this has again made it incre

didn't learn this lesson because after 9/11 what happened to the american arabs american muslim american people looked down upon them because they look like the terrorists. so that's what happened to us there in world war ii. we looked like the enemy during world war ii and then after terrorist attack the twin towers and the pentagon they look down upon their american heroes american muslim just because they look like the terrorists so they would have to learn from our world war ii lessons that should not happen again. this is the national center for world war ii monuments. and we have about 850 names here people of japanese ancestry that fought for america during world war ii and you see the letter m o h behind some of the names that signified the medal of honor. there was only one person that fought during world war ii they got medal of honor saddam moon and mori but in 1999, they asked president clinton to review review the records of world war ii and after reviewing it president clinton upgraded 20 more people japanese ancestry to receive the congressional medal of honor. so now we h

exploring the american story. watch american history tv, this weekend on c-span3. >> white house press secretary jen psaki covered a range of topics at today's white house briefing, including the ministrations infrastructure plan and its response to the covid-19 pandemic. he also here from the commerce secretary. jen: hi, everyone. >> good afternoon. jen: good afternoon. joining us today is another member of the presidents jobs cabinet. as you all know, the secretary was the first woman to be governor of rhode island where she kick started the state's economy and achieves a record number of jobs in the lowest unemployment in a generation. thanks to investment in infrastructure, education and job training. as governor she prioritized jobs, and improving the quality and availability of service in the care economy. including supporting wage increases for care workers. she also served as chair of the democratic governors association and 2019. in 2010 she was elected general treasurer of rhode island, receiving the lar

and american politics. roya this book was called it believes via the "wall street journal" review a love story of american democracy or something to that effect. it doesn't sugarcoat his shield -- mentioned in her opening remarks the history of immigration in america which is frequently not a pretty picture. nonetheless she has sage advice i think immigrants and in fact she closes her book after having said perhaps immigrants understand the american founding documents even better than americans and she closes her book with this remark and this is advice after receiving the certificate of citizenship. do not mistake the certificate for a deed. it can only garner -- citizenship does not give you the ownership of this land it only gives you the honor of stewardship the pride of upholding her principles and of keeping her fire burning to warm ballcaps in the race and stay calm. so cannot help to calm the fires of modern politics in america in any way and what specific advice would you give them? >> i think this

the american film might even make the u.s.s.r. look better than soviet propaganda pictures we see modern army work in factories and friendly people who speak fluent english. oh how proud i be if i could do that well it's russian perhaps some day we shall all speak the same language if you would produce or even flirted with the idea of making a film like this they'd probably be branded as crazy but it was still possible back in the 940 s. this is one of my favorite parts and aide tells the american ambassador mr davis we need to check your office and this is why the high rank an american diplomat tells us and stop gossiping and stop listening to it we're here in a sense as guests of the soviet government not going to believe that they trust the united states to find until a prove otherwise and mazing. in fact the film a semi documentary it was based on a book written by a master davis himself so we're not talking about a fictional diplomat here but a very real one who was so impressed with the soviet government that it seems he was

that's how you achieve the american dream. our mission at the dnc is to allow desk as that is to elect democrats. four years ago, we had our work cut out for us. we organized and we engaged and we fought back. republicans were in power, but they were not leading. they put their own individual interests ahead of the people they represent. when faced with a once in a surgery -- once in a century global crisis, what do they do? not nearly enough. schools closed, businesses disappeared, families lost loved ones. what do they do? they failed to meet the moment, when the country so desperately needed their leadership. my grandmother often said you don't throw a rock and try to hide your hand. republicans love causing trouble and then they disappear when people called out for it. a funny thing happened in 2020. americans said they were sick of it all. they were sick of people in power who did nothing to talk. they are sick of elected officials who are only interested in maintaining their own power, and they are sure as hell sick of p

to manage american perceptions of the conflict. video footage and reporting from the ground bearing witness to the reality of the occupation and now more accessible than ever on the internet. at the same time a powerful new movement has been gaining momentum and raising awareness of the occupation. while activists from the black lives matter move and have been making explicit connections between police violence against african-americans in the israeli military says repression of palestinians we stand next to people who continue to courageously struggle to resist the occupation people continue to dream and fight for freedom for a 3rd is in a power. struggle for freedom continued and all of these developments seem to be having an effect those now show that while sympathy for israel remains at all time highs among i would or americans it has been hemorrhaging among young people. despite the efforts of the lobby something really striking is taking place and pro israel operatives like frank luntz are in a panic in his latest report he c

than white americans. in fact black people belong to different species. they were truly homo sapiens. they were missing a link betweea animals and human beings. that black people did not feel pain the way whites did this a primitiveus and simply unable to register paine. or anxiety or develop heart disease which back then was describeded as anxietyo african-americans were profoundly different being they were not just people with different skin or hair texture, these were beings who are not really humans and had diseases that white people never had, we know deficiency disease was held to be in infectious disease that black people had because they were dirty basically. and even the complication that doctor sims experimented, that in fact had more slave women than white women because they were sexually, forget and dirty and the reason given a lot of illness like malaria, yellow fever, they proclaim that black people didn't die like white people did and they suffered less from malaria and the theories were rea

well known to most american visitors to cuba. to most american visitors, this is cuba.ll of cuba they usually get to see. it isn't cuba at all, of course. it's a transplanted bit of the united states from the air-conditioned hotels to the table linen and serving dishes in the restaurants. most of what you see on your screen was built by americans, in fact. in havana's case, much of that transplanted bit of north america was built by a very special group of americans who have given too many of the cuban people a somewhat peculiar picture of what life in america must be like. john q. there had a whale of a time in havana back in december of 1958 several weeks before castro reached that city. i'm albert burke. i'll try to tell you how and why this was the case. he lost quite a bit of money at the gaming tables in the casinos along tourist alley. many of which were built by a group of american racketeers with the profits of the crime sinned cats headquartered in new york and chicago which run most of the bookie operations, dope peddling, numbers and policy racquets. he enjo

was for some americans unimaginable and for many americans unspeakable 100 years ago. we can point to the ways in which african-american women today organize deliberate and vote as a block still changing the outcomes in state and local but even in contests of national consequence, i'll point to 19 sorry 2017 and alabama's special senate election where african-american women not only turn out disproportionately. they ensure that the democratic candidate doug jones goes to the us senate they flip that seat from red to blue. we can look ahead to the ballots that many of us will cast in november and discover that somewhere between 120 and 130 black women are running for seats in congress this season. this is a number that dwarfs the record which had been set in 2016. that number had been 48 black women coming to washington as a political force no longer as nearly first. and none of us have escaped the fact of senator kamala harrison's nomination to the democratic ticket. perhaps like me you tuned in for her acceptance speech. it was a historic moment certainly, but senator

so this effectively stopped the native american and the american settlers confrontations in the northwest territory opening the area up for settlement. so after the american revolution and the signing of the treaty of paris in 1783, the united states had gained its sovereignty in lands from great britain what we're standing in now was the northwest territory or the mommy river valley and this is what the americans actually gained from the treaty of paris. unfortunately, however, the native americans who had been living in this land we're not the negotiations and they'd been here farming hunting fishing for hundreds of years. when you have people who are moving into what you believe is your land, you're bound to have problems with what you see as invaders into your homeland now during this point in time. we do have treaties that are taking place through the ohio river and up coming towards where we're standing right now, but these treaties were never properly enforced nor were they really ever properly negotiated? and so you are going to start to also have native americans who are not view

you cannot get better than american workers, american ingenuity, and american innovation. this jobs plan will enhance american competitiveness. i know from being governor that businesses want to locate in communities with good infrastructure, good public transportation, clean water, excellent public schools. that's where businesses want to be and employees want to work. if we pass this package it will massively -- the whole point of the tax reform as proposed by the administration is to get rid of the loopholes and leveled the playing field between big businesses and small businesses. i know many small businesses in rhode island are shielding their profits in tax savings around the world. it will level the playing field, raise more money and allow us to invest in job creating infrastructure and job training. as a former business owner and a former governor who recruited businesses, i think it's a winner for business. >> [indiscernible] what else could they come up with to pay for this? sec. raimondo: let us have the discussion. we put a plan out. tell us what you think is

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well, we are going to make sure that african-americans as well as make sure the latinos and asian americans, the vice president and i were in atlanta last month, we met with leaders of the asian-american community in georgia following the mass shootings here in atlanta. it was a raw and powerful meeting and very emotional moment. some criticize me for speaking out nationally about that hate crime. some criticize me for saying help ugly and sinister it was. will since then, because of the two senators he said among others the united states passed the covid-19 hate crimes act protecting asian americans and pacific islanders the vicious hate crimes we have seen too often, too long. that is 94 -- one. so don't tell me we cannot make progress. but as a first step and we have a lot more to do. you know that is right. if we are to truly heal the soul of america we need to projects that sacred right of vote. the state doctor king and john lewis, you know how precious and precarious the right to vote is, i november and then again in january your vote change the world. not just hear it, the world. in

american ingenuity has led the way. operation warp speed, which president trump put in place, delivered the fastest vaccine in history. investments by this u.s. congress over the past 25 to 30 years in biomedical research have provided the platform to deliver these vaccines. the american pharmaceutical industry, who are world innovators, as well dr. fauci your team at the national institute of health, deserve tremendous credit for the work that's been done to deliver those vaccines. and the american people are starting to benefit. through president trump's leadership and his refusal to be told no, that led to extraordinary speed, warp speed to use his term, in getting the vaccines from the lab into the arms of over 100 million americans. 112 million people to be specific. more than 33% of the u.s. population have received at least one dose of vaccine. about 70 million people, 20% of the u.s. population, have been fully vaccinated. i commend president biden for accepting the challenge that house republicans issued at the

and it is will signifies americanness. it is for an american audience. so i think it is just something spooky and subversive about this strange kind of a natural light from a brand-new form of technology. it is in your living room. it is on early in the morning, late at night. and i somehow feel there is something bizarre going on with american consciousness, how this is getting into people's heads in a way we don't fully understand even today. off of this main hall of hundreds of objects and images of indian representations, we have three galleries that look at these huge moments in american history. we'll look at one now. 50 years after the american revolution, the united states passed the indian removal act of 1830. this section of the exhibition is about the trail of tears which was one of the results of the indian removal act. and what we're really looking at here is how the indian removal act in our view is the most significant law ever passed. it was more important than any other single treaty or any other federal action. and we look at why we bel