and we will do it with american heart, american hands, and american grit. [applause] pres. trump: we want every american to know the dignity of a hard day's work. we want every child to be safe in their home and night. and we want every citizen to be proud of this land that we all love so much. fromn lift our citizens welfare to work, from dependence to independence, and from poverty to prosperity. [applause] pres. trump: as tax cuts create new jobs, let's invest in workforce development, and let's invest in job training, which we need so badly. [applause] pres. trump: let's open great vocational schools, so our future workers can learn a craft and realize their full potential. [applause] and let's support working families by supporting paid family leave. [applause] pres. trump: as america regains its strength, opportunity must be extended to all citizens. that is why this year we will embark on reforming our prisons, to help former inmates who have served their time get a second chance at life. [applause] pres. trump: struggling communities, especially immigrant communitie

heart and american hands and american grit. [ applause ] >>> we want every american to know the dignity of a hard days' work. we want every child to be safe in their home at night, and we want every citizen to be proud of this land that we all love so much. we can lift our citizens from welfare to work, from dependence to independence and from poverty to prosperity. as -- [ applause ] >>> as tax cuts create new jobs, let's invest in work force development and let's invest in job training, which we need so badly. [ applause ] >>> let's open great vocational schools so our future workers can learn a craft and realize their full potential. [ applause ] >>> and let's support working families by supporting paid family leave. [ applause ] >>> as america regains it's strength, opportunity must be extended to all citizens. that is why this year we will embark on reforming our prisons to help former inmates who have served their time get a second chance at life. [ applause ] >>> struggling communities especially immigrant communities will also be helped by immigration policies that focus on the

it has become the french/american alliance. the french and americans signed a treaty in 1778. it gives washington what he covets, which is french naval support along with american ground troops. they can try this new a life out, this new over alliance out, is later that summer when a french fleet arrives in their dance at harbor. -- narragansett harbor. there is an assumption among people like the american commander, john sullivan, from massachusetts. he is known for his bravery and enthusiasm. he is not known for being moderate or temperate. but washington puts him in command of the operations to take back this island thinking that when we have the french fleet and american army, we can in a combined operation dislodged the british, hessians, and loyalists in the town. of 1778, they have come up with a plan that will be a combined french bombardment on the city. the americans are expecting not only a bombardment but also the use of french troops. that is what sullivan is hoping for an planning for. the problem is there's not a lot of communication between the .wo, the marquee

the rig american elections. the germans attempted to buy a newspaper, "the smart set." he replied by saying not only would he not sell, he said i am german-american. he actually said "i never understood the contradiction of the two sides of the hyphen before." for reasons i will be happy to talk about. private americans began to take up the cause. the moment we called preparedness is as much a movement of american private citizens as it is of the united states government. wilson, because of the presidential election, wanted to move slowly because there was opposition in congress to major military reform. it became a private matter. some of you know about the plattsburgh movement in upstate new york. theodore roosevelt and general leonard woods. that is a private movement where young men volunteered, and in some cases paid, in order to go to upstate new york and be yelled at by retired army officers. roosevelt and wood did not think this would create the nucleus of an american army. what they hoped it would do is

interest first state of the union address from american carnage to a new american moment the u.s. president has just finished his first state of the union address to the american people. saw coverage begins right now. good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump have delivered his first state of the union address with the main focus on the economy and immigration trump opened the speech with a call to seek out common ground and he summoned unity and told the nation that there had never been a better time to live the american dream and he also made mention of prison reform shortly before he delivered the address the white house announced that trump and signed an executive order to keep guantanamo bay prison open. president trump also discussed the hopes and fears of the american people alluding to his pledge to make the country great again evelyn. listed one year has passed since i first heard at this podium in this majestic chamber to speak on behalf of the american people and to address their concerns their hopes and their dreams. that night our new administration had alr

we americans will choose a next president. every adult citizen has a role to play in the making of this decision. we will listen to what the candidates say, we will debate their views and our own, and in november, we will vote. i'll still be president next january, but soon after that, the man or woman leading our country will be the one the american people pick this coming november. as i've said, we americans will also be thinking about the future of the world this year. for the same reasons that you will be thinking of it, too. in a few months, general secretary gorbachev and i hope to meet once again, this time in moscow. last month in washington, we signed the intermediate nuclear forces treaty, in which we agreed to eliminate an entire class of u.s. and soviet nuclear weapons. it was a history-making step toward reducing the nuclear arms of both sides. but it was just a beginning. now, in geneva, the soviet and american representatives are discussing a 50% reduction in strategic nuclear weapons. perhaps we can have a trea

now, we want to see even more victories for the american farmer and for the american rancher.e today is senate agriculture committee chairman pat roberts. and i'm looking forward to working with congress to pass the farm bill, on time, so that it delivers for all of you. and i support a bill that includes crop insurance, unless you don't want me to. [cheers] [applause] pres. trump: thank you. i guess you like it. right? good, because if i heard no applause, i'd say, forget it, give it up. now i can't do that. no, we're working hard on the farm bill and i think it's going to go well. we're also moving swiftly to bring hope and prosperity to struggling rural communities. last april, i commissioned a task force to meet with farmers and local communities to find the greatest barriers to rural prosperity. today, this task force is releasing its final report, and i am taking action right at that beautiful table, right out of the hills of tennessee, right there. i'm going to be signing two very important bills. the task force heard from farmers that broadband internet access is an is

become american. this is their country and they have a stake in it and they're going to fight for it to become better and that's something we have to remember and draw inspiration from going forward. >> and i want to end on a positive note. with every crisis comes opportunity and it repeats. so there is an opportunity and that is that the mainstream, the majority of religious communities, ethnic communities do not share this nationalist agenda that we're seeing in the world whether we're talking about jewish nationalism, it's not about religion. it's about power. if we want to work for religion, then we have to work for the values and ethics that come from our religions and that is what we can share together. but we have to break out of our bubbles. we have to break out of our cocoons and engage each other. so i invite the evangelical community to have dialogue with us. there are still many segments have have never met with the muslim in the united states. so we need that dialogue. we need it now. num

let's protect americans. right now, this bill, it's as much of a threat for our privacy as anything i've seen in a year. i've been in this committee room when we talk about americans privacy . as a young law student we found out where even parts of our government had overreached in destroying people's privacy. but we've always said whether it's j edgar hoover or anybody else we have a right to our privacy as americans. we fought a revolution for that. we've upheld a constitution for that. let's not vote down a significant part of our own constitution. >> there's two reasons we are filibustering this. we think the forms are not being able to vote on our reforms. senator wyden and i have a bill, senator lee has a bill and they overlap between the two bills but we insist there be at least debate which means votes on whether this should be more adequate reform. a big thing is if you are going to look at americans information, you ought to get a warrant from a judge. yes. announce whoyou are and what network, plea

american economy. it's going to provide better tools for workers when they have that capital that they can work with that makes them more productive. that enables them to earn higher wages. and with all of the need for more workers that this is going to generate, it's going to continue to put upward pressure on wages because that's what companies are going to have to do in order to attract and retain the employees that they need. so i will say, mr. president, i think we are well on our way to seeing the fruits of this reform. i think it is going to be extremely constructive. i am thrilled that our legislation has already begun to have tangible benefits for the people that we represent, and i'm convinced that the best is yet to come. i yield the floor. mr. cotton: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. cotton: it's of the highest importance that we reauthorizations title 7 of the foreign surveillance act, especially section 702. it's one of the best tools we have for protec

i work for the people of the american way. the american way we believe in and fight for every day involves standing up for principles like equality and justice. shutting down the government and telling dreamers that their concerns are not important enough to act on is a supremely un-american thing to do. for generations the united states has been a beacon of hope for people looking for a better way of life, sometimes fleeing war, authoritarian dictatorships, or massive natural disasters. the fact that now in 2018 we have a president who literally refers to entire countries and continents as shitholes, and says we should shut our doors on them is a deep betrayal of what it means to be an american. we must stand up for all americans and this moment in particular, we must stand up and fight for the dreamers. we are proud to be part of a diverse coalition working to move this issue forward, and make aggressive towards passing comprehensive immigration reform. many people here tonight, and the many more watching at home have been w

american families deserve better. american families deserve a government that doesn't use the health of our children as a bargaining chip. yes, they may have temporarily funded chip, but if hospitals close and they have no access to community health centers, it means nothing. families deserve a republican majority who will not spend months trying to sell them out to those health insurance companies that want to go back to the days when some people were just too sick to cover. american families deserve a health system that funds disproportionate hospitals in our neighborhoods, whether they are urban or suburban or rural. they provide the most care to the sickest among us. families also deserve a budget that addresses the opioid epidemic. american families deserve better than this joke of a c.r. that let's republicans continue their dangerous and amoral business as usual. in a few weeks we will be back here again. republicans control the white house, the senate, the house, but still cannot meet their most basic responsi

together we can reclaim our heritage and we can do it with american heart, american hands and americant. >> he addressed foreign-policy threats like north korea and reached out to democrats on immigration with a plan that includes a path to citizenship for dreamers and building a wall noting past administrations failures to deliver and telling them it is time now to get the job done. >> these four pillars will produce legislation that fulfills my ironclad plan to sign a bill for puts america first. so let's come together, set politics aside and finally get the job done. >> democrats were unpersuaded offering little if any applause safe moments that highlighted special guests. massachusetts congressman patrick kennedy delivered the democrat response. heather: is that it? you are done, thank you so much, appreciate it. democrats plainly refusing to stand or even clap despite policies helping all americans. >> african-american unemployment stands at the lowest rate ever recorded. >> the congressional black caucus among other democrats showing no emotion, seemingly unhappy about the econom

heart, american hands and american grit. [ applause ] we want every american to know the dignity of a hard day's work. we want every child to be safe in their home at night. and we want every citizen to be proud of this land that we all love so much. we can lift o our citizens from welfare to work, from dependence to independence and from poverty to prosperity. [ applause ] as tax cuts create new jobs, let's invest in workforce development and let's invest in job training, which we need so badly. [ applause ] let's open great vocationalschos can learn a craft and rea realie their full potential. [ applause ] and let's support working families by supporting paid family leave. [ applause ] as america regains its strength, opportunity must be extended to all citizens. that is why this year we will embark on reforming our prisons to help former inmates who have served their time get a second chance at life. [ applause ] struggling communities, especially immigrant communities, will also be helped by immigration policies that focus on the best interest of american workers and american fa

it was a unifying speech and the overall theme was it is one of americanism, americans regardless ofarty, and a better place, a better future and i love the fact that every person sitting in the box he was referencing was highlighting their story, the policy he put in place and positive impact of that agenda. the parents of the girl slain by the ms 13 gang members and the north korean gentlemen holding up his crutches, those were two powerful moments. donald trump as always when it comes time with his joint address, saudi arabia pulling last night, he hit a homerun. >> i have seen good and bad in both political parties but right now what the president is doing and has led the republicans to do is focus on issues the do matter and that will rally people to vote and affect everybody. the problem with democrats is they are wrapped up in identity politics, bernie sanders's biggest complaint was he didn't talk about climate change, that is an issue i will give them that. that affects people as it does the tax-cut. >> democrats are complaining about climate change and donald trump is talki

[applause] my fellow americans, the problem of violence is an american problem. it has no partisan or philosophical element. therefore, i urge you to find ways as quickly as possible to set aside partisan differences and pass a strong, smart, tough crime bill. [applause] but further, i urge you to consider this -- as you demand tougher penalties for those who choose violence, let us also remember how we came to this sad point. in our toughest neighborhoods, on our meanest streets, in our poorest rural areas, we have seen a stunning and simultaneous breakdown of community, family, and work, the heart and soul of civilized society. this has created a vast vacuum which has been filled by violence and drugs and gangs. so i ask you to remember that even as we say no to crime, we must give people, especially our young people, something to say yes to. [applause] many of our initiatives, from job training to welfare reform to health care to national service, will help to rebuild distressed communities, to strengthen families, to provide work. but more needs to be done. t

particularly the government conducting repeated, warrantless searches for americans even if those americans are the subject of any investigation the government can read those private communications. i want to put this issue in context. however you're the cia and nsa conduct warrantless searches of 702 data for americans. that's just for content. the conduct of the searches where they conduct tens of thousands of warrantless searches for communication records, the fbi is conducting the searches so frequently that they do recoat. this bill might have some marginal effect on one of those searches. the hospital is not just fake reform. it's a setback. (i remake, we finally made some headway with collection of communication that are neither to were from a porn target that are simply about a foreign target. i went after the issue for yea years, and the abusive collections. finally the government realized was going to far and they put limits on it. now, it looks like they want to get back in the business. the other body, the house, basically creates a path to going back to about collection which e

americans are dreamers to. do we know that the disagreement over the future of these dreamers it's already led to one government shutdown and it could lead to another one in two weeks' time has the progress been made. hello grant well not really because the whole trump underlined again his proposal for offering the citizenship to one dollar eight million undocumented migrants but only in exchange to the financing of his us mexican border will also honor the condition of ending the green card lottery and limiting family reunification for the ones who already have a green card for the united states he calls it the migration chain and this is a very important topic the immigration plan he proposed yesterday because as he already mentioned makes the next step line for the shutdown of c eighth of february it's not even not even two weeks the immigration policy is probably the most important parking change that we're gonna see and we're going to hear during the next week and the experts are commending here that some

i'm actually san jose's fourth vietnamese american council member, but i'm the first american born. so there is a change in e guard, change of generations. and i think it's important for more, you know, asian americans to get out there, not just be elected, but to run for office, make the attempt and to just create this normalcy around asian american candidates. >> okay, so we have a question from our facebook community for the panel, and this one comes from praise santos. and the question is, "is the passive tendency of asians in our current climate of racial tension in the united states benefiting us in the immediate but hurting us in the long term?" vincent, we'll start with you. >> well, i actually don't accept that premise. i think that asian americans are much more active and outspoken than often is understood. you know, certainly the myth of asians as being passive across the globe is easy to debunk, and you could see that in the elections in south korea, you could see that in protests like occupy central in hong kong. and even in the united states, i do think that asian amer

if you say yes, then you are an american. and i think that dreamers are american. are you with me on that? [applause] we come together to reaffirm our values, reaffirm dreamers, and ultimately reaffirm america. that is what makes this country exceptional, it is the commitment to our values. tonight i close with my favorite yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. i'm so blessed to be with you with the dreamers and americans. i want to say that i am a dreamer. are you a dreamer? [laughter] [applause] >> we are all dreamers. thank you so much. >> we have had some awesome speakers, some champions that are going to stick with us. as the senate deliberates how they are going to vote, i think it is important that we make our voices heard. the next person who will talk to us about why it is so important that we are out here we are going to have a lizabeth from the constitutional accountability center. >> how are you feeling? i know you have a hearts and fiery spirits, but you also probably have cold little toes and fingers, so i will be fast. and

americans -- many more british, german, and french were more badly wounded than the americans because they were not there very long. but men were horribly disfigured. the first war where a man could be shot in the face and survive. before, if your face was blown away, there is no survival. but because of new technologies and ambulances that could move fast and antibiotics, they were able to save these men, get them to the hospitals. but the faces were so badly damaged, they could not be sent back to the front. because their comrades could not bear to look at them. so that is when plastic surgery was invented, as a way of helping the soldiers get back to the front. even then, their faces were so badly damaged, people had to make alloy masks to cover over. the image we were looking at a i don't know if it will go back -- one soldier, i showed four stages of his recovery. he had no nose. it was a british soldier, actually. at the end, he almost looks normal. but to the end of his days -- he died in the 1970's, i think -- his family members say he considered himself hideous. even though t

americans. the other side talks about protecting americans. let's protect their fourth amendment right. we could protect them against terrorists if we amend this legislation with the u.s.a. rights act and protect their rights under the fourth amendment. every american's data is being seized by the justice department, the c.i.a., n.s.a. we've asked them how many times that's been queried. they will not tell us because the information is massive. and all we're saying under the u.s.a. rights act, if you want to go into that information on americans, get a warrant from a judge, not a query. can't go search it. get a warrant under the fourth amendment or stay out of that information and still go after terrorists under 702 and under fisa. we need to have this amendment to make the bill better to protect americans overseas and at home. and that's just the way it is. i yield back, mr. speaker. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized. >> i referee:. the speaker pro tempore: t

american citizens. i urge defeat of this bill and support the amendment. with that i thank the gentleman for yielding. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, at this time i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from ohio, mr. chabot, a member of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. chabot: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. chairman, for your leadership in ensuring that a number of important reforms to section 702 of the foreign intelligence act were included in this legislation. i rise in support of this modified version of s. 139. while this does not go as far as -- towards reform as the u.s.a. liberty act did, which was passed out of the judiciary committee in november, the reforms that are included help to provide a more adequate balance between protecting our civil liberties and providing the intelligence community and important national -- an important national tool for another six

they shared the passion for american rights and american independence. they bonded immediately and became good friends. then the french revolution broke out. they strained their relationship. in 1796 vice president adams succeeded washington as president they assumed like he like washington would be elected to a second term. after a very bitter campaign in 1800. they feuded for the presidency. adams was humiliated. and the break between the two former friends so angry and so bitter if used -- refused to attend. 4:00 a.m. the date that they were and not graded. the only president that has ever done that. i think it's amazing and that that the two men became friends they have a lot in common. there were both members of the continental congress. both were members ministers abroad. and no doubt they agreed on the rightness of that. i think the thing that really makes them come together is that both of them have a bit of hatred for alexander hamilton. despite all that the two patriot leaders were very different from one another. i think they were divided on e

the problem was american. sort of see and i continuously ask questions about between the split problem as policy. still see that split in america today. >> why was there, why is there america?n >> i think when we think about it, from the beginning of this racial we've had equality. of course, the beginning of that manifested in ty its way. when we think about it in its have to lest form, we ask the question, why does this racial inequality fit? only two answers. either racial inequality exists wrong there's something and inferior about particular groups of people and that's why to be in re likely prison. that's why they're more likely to be unemployed. likely hy they're more to be poor. they're lazy, more criminal-like. r there's something wrong with american policy. there's something about -- something persisting like racial discrimination. that's why we have racial inequity. americans refuse to believe their nations have racial iscrimination, that it is pervasive. so the only other explanation racist inequal

keep the american people safe. and as we do so to honor our oath of office to the constitution, to honor the principles of the constitution. our founders knew full well the challenge between security and civil liberties. they he lived in a world when they were under attack. the war of 1812 came very soon after the establishment of our country. so this is not a foreign idea to them and it question griefs to us the responsibility -- begriefs to us the responsibility to protect, defend, protect our civil liberties. respectful of debate on this issue, i myself will be voting to support my ranking member on the intelligence committee, mr. schiff, our ranking member, and members who will follow their conscious on this. from my nt you to know experience, weighing the equities, that's the path i

come in and take american jobs. the numbers shouldn't get so high that it is unmanageable. donald trump has articulated a sound basis for reform the sound basis just debit overall. this is a decision about how many people come in and do they are going to be. host: a quick response? member of my a organization so it can't be bad. our goal is to have immigration laws that are predictable and that can match up our needs as families and businesses with the immigration system. we don't have now. yes, i have a question for the man who is for the merit-based system. if there is a man who comes and wants to bring his wife, will you deny her? thank you for this question. , you qualifydoctor for a primary beneficiary and you can bring your uneducated spouse. you can bring uneducated, unmarried children but you are law or dad orork aunts or uncles are cousins. it stops with the family -- you get married and you have children, that is the family -- that is the family you created. but the family that created you goes back. need

heart, american hands and american grit. [ applause ] we want every american to know the dignity of a hard day's work. we want every child to be safe in their home at night and we want every citizen to be proud of this land that we all love so much. we can lift our citizens from welfare to work, from dependence to independence and poverty to prosperity. [ applause ] as tax cuts create new jobs, let's invest in workforce development and let's invest in job training which we need so badly. [ applause ] . >>>let's open great vocational schools so our future workers can learn their full potential. [ applause ] and let's support families by supporting paid family leave. as americas regains its strength, opportunity must be extended to all citizens. that is why this year we will embark on reforming our prisons to help former inmates who have served their time get a second chance at life. [ applause ] struggling communities, especially immigrant communities will be helped by immigration policies that focus on the best interest of american workers and families. for decades american workers

that means it's good for american workers, good for american families, good for american business. that is the objective of immigration reform. there's a lot of important issues to deal with. is fact that we have ignored this issue for some time, we have a number of undocumented immigrants in the united states now that have to be addressed. i think dan's dark view of all of the enforcement things that need to be included in this bill i think are belied by what happened. and the truth is that donald trump has dramatically increased immigration enforcement. who is it that he is not able to enforce this against? where is the argument for more enforcement laws or language? he seemed to have no trouble rounding up and removing people in the united states. so let's set aside those kinds of political issues and focus on the fact that 122 of these kids that he's talking about are losing status every day. and they do deserve an opportunity to be in the only legal country they have ever known. host: explain what your group as? >> we are 15,000 immigration lawyers from around the country repr

and american families. yes, the bad news is that if this passes, they will do it again. and at some point if you listened a general mattis and others, that the continuing resolutions are no way to fund the american government because it does not provide the ability and the security that we need for our troops and our american families. >> i would like to thank the chairman. i want to comment on your question in particular. i want to emphasize the fact that we are a nation of immigrants and of laws. think the congressional black caucus has always stood by laws that we find to be moral. illegal immigrants have been thrown against those of us of when it isemocrats not factual. we support family reunification. and we support the opportunities for people to become citizens and we support people the opportunity to access the citizenship pathway through the u.s. let me tell you the real life story of those of us who have experienced disaster in this window of 2017. many of them colleagues here from the virgin -- u

heart in american hands and american grit thanks we want every american to know the dignity of a hard day's work we want every child to be safe in their home at night and we want every citizen to be proud of this land that we all love so much. we can lift our citizens from welfare to work from dependence to independence and from poverty to prosperity. i thank i was tax cuts create new jobs let's invest in workforce development and let's invest in job training which we need so badly thank let's open great vocational schools so our future workers get a learning graph to realize their full potential thank you let's support working families by supporting paid family leave thank you thank you as america regains its strength opportunity must be extended to all citizens. that is why this year we will embark on reforming our prisons to help former inmates who have served their time get a second chance at life thanks struggling communities especially immigrant communities will also be helped by immigration policies that focus on the best interests of american workers and american families for

they want to narrow the american footprint in south korea, concentrate the americans into one zone and get them out of the center of seoul. previously the largest base has ended up being right in the middle of seoul. when it was originally constructed it was outside, but seoul has grown so rapidly that the base is now in the center. and fora minor curator the koreans to have a large garrison of foreign troops stationed in your capital. >> does the south korean government support the u.s. presence? >> it certainly does. in a perfect world, the koreans would wish the united states was not there. they would wish they could manage their own security on their own. view thatdely held the u.s. presence is needed but now the competing interests of china and north korea, formerly of the soviet union. the koreans would certainly like to live in a world where the americans could be gone. there is that tension of meeting the americans but not necessarily wanting them. said it is impossible as long as the kim regime is in power. give us a history of the kim regime. leader is kim il-sung who was a g

and defending the american way. they work in every tray they sacrifice to raise a family they care for our children at home they defend our flag abroad and they are strong moms and brave kids. they are firefighters and police officers and border agents medics and marines but above all else they are americans and this capital this city this nation belongs entirely to them. thank . our task is to respect them to listen to them to serve there to protect them and to always be worthy of them americans so fill the world with art and music they push the balance of science and discovery and they forever remind us of what we should never ever forget the people dreamed this country the people built this country and it's the people who are making america great again. as long as we are proud of who we are and what we are fighting for there is nothing we cannot achieve. as long as we have confidence in our values faith in our citizens and trust in our god we will never fail. our families will thrive our people will prosper and o

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a better deal for americans. policies that lead to the employment of americans. policies that help to rebuild our steel industry. that bring strength back into our shipyards. so that we can provide the jobs . we're not talking about minimum wage jobs here. we're talking about jobs that are at the higher echelon of the middle wages. of middle america. we're talking about skill sets, welders, pipe fitters, steam fitters. we're talking about engineers that design these ships. we're talking about marine architects. we're talking about the financing of these. we're talking about thousands upon thousands of jobs spread out across america and all we need to do is to go back, visit the past, bring it forward into law, and make sure that a strategic national asset is used to bring jobs to america. it would be nice if 100% of that oil and gas were on american-built ships. but frankly the american shipyards don't have the capacity to do it. now probably never would they have the capacity to build all the ships that are necessary. right now, at a facility in texas, a company

and waves of american soldiers going off to fight. the main symbol of america at this time was uncle sam. even though uncle sam had been a symbol of the united states since the war of 1812, it really came to the forefront in representing the american war effort. if you look at a lot of the american posters, a lot of the images are in multiples. you can see all of the soldiers marching and airplanes flying. especially the airplanes, because when the americans went to fight, we did not have any airplanes really. [laughter] we used british, french, and italian airplanes. so, artistic license could be taken in producing the posters. but when the posters were more colorful and more action -oriented, they tended to get more information out to the people. the next poster on exhibit that we see is a recruiting poster for the united states marines. it is pretty basic. it wanted them to join up. it represented the marines as the fighting force that would lead the american effort during the war. the spirit of 1917 -- this was equated to the spir

frenchves the americans naval support along with american ground troops. the first time they can try this later onnce out is that summer when a french commander arrives. there is an assumption among people like the american commander here am a john sullivan, one of george favorites.s he is known for his enthusiasm. he is not known for being moderate. washington puts him in charge of the operation to take back this island. the thinking that once we have the french fleet and american army, in combined operations, weekend dislodged the british islodgesians -- we can d the british and hessians and loyalists. the americans are expecting not just the bombardment but also the use and support of french troops. that is what sullivan is planning for. the problem is there is not a lot of communication even given the presence of the marquis lafayette. he is one of john sullivan's primary lieutenants. he is commanding an entire wing of sullivan's army. he thinks lafayette will be able to facilitate the communications between the americans and french. it does not work o

we are doing for all of the american people. let's do it for all of the american people.not for special interest. let's do it for all of the american people. it could be done if we want to. president, i yield the floor. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. ... >> >>