calvert designed a flag with two symbols. his own coat of arms and the coat of arms of his mother's family called the crosslands. the civil war divided maryland residents over which side to support, the north or the south. the coats of arms became symbols of that division. >> the calvert part of the flag, the yellow and black, that was an image used to represent those marylanders who were siding with the north. the crossland side, with the red and white, was used by those southerners who agreed with the rights of the confederate. >> throughout the war, the symbols were displayed separately. >> and it wasn't until after the civil war, when maryland soldiers were marching for the spanish-american war, that marylanders felt like there was unity again like they had healed the wounds of the civil war, and it was in part seeing the image of their flag, with the colors all together again, that helped bring those people back together. the reunified flag was officially adopted by maryland in 1904. it's remained unchanged ever since. w

one of the last free-flowing creeks in san francisco which which runs freely in the canyon but is calverted through the sewer system in the neighborhood. this was once the largest body of water in san francisco and providing up to 80% of the drinking water at the time. and glen park is also a real commuter's dreamland. it has the bart station that can get you almost anywhere in the bay area by transit. there is a muni bus and rail service, and convenient freeway access to 280. and also just want to mention that something that we've encountered is this real strong sense of pride and love of the community that we've experienced being out there. and concerns wanting to protect what's special about the neighborhood and we've had numbers of people coming out to our meetings and sometimes 70 to 80 people it seems coming out to meetings which a really strong interest in what's going on there and any future change. just to give a little background and how the neighborhood evolved, before urban development like most of san francisco this was a big rancho area. so it was used for cattle grazing, once

calvert and i over the years have shared the same problem. we live in a region that is surrounded by beautiful, beautiful mountains. it's a wonderful area. but during much of our lifetime, indeed for decades, for 250 days-plus a year, you could not see the mountains. how come? it wasn't because of fog. it was because of seven million automobiles starting their engines in los angeles and that which was spewed out going up against the mountains, crystalizing the sight in, creating a thing called air pollution or smog. indeed, the battle against air quality problems began many, many years ago for us. efforts to create a new standard of regulatory enforcement that would make a difference in the region. today you can see that beautiful valley, almost every day of the year. because of the progress that we've made in terms of cleaning the emissions from mobile sources. we're very proud of the fact that we've controlled stationary sources, it's easy to point the finger at the big smokestack and say, oh, my god, that's the problem. indeed we've solved

calvert: i thank my good friend our our library is located. we are proud of it. mr. speaker, today i rise to honor and pay tribute to the 100th birthday of the late president of the united states, ronald reagan, a man who deeply loved our country, who through the course of his life changed the world to a better place. upon taking office, president reagan initiated sweeping economic reforms to combat double-digit unemployment and inflation. his policies ended the recession and provided one of the long time economic booms in u.s. history. i hope to do that very soon. america is facing a 35-year-long war at that time, cold war and president reagan never shied away from speaking in defense of freedom. he delivered his courageous address near the infamous berlin wall and said, mr. gorbachev tear down this wall. and the wall would come down one year after president reagan left office. president reagan brought so much greatness to the world and two years ago, as a californiaian working with mr. gallegly, i initiated the efforts to bring the statue of president reagan to our

calvert: because heavy diesel engines can operate 20 to 30 years after they enter service, many of these engines operating today were manufactured years before the modern clean air standards. the grants retrofit 20 million aging diesel engines currently used with modern technologies to reduce toxic emissions and improve air quality. the successful environmental program is supported by a unique, broad coalition of environmentalists, industry, state, and local governments. this program was enjoying -- enjoys strong

how did calvert regents decided to address future political concerns? >> first of all, time, seconal, inclusion, and hearing all kinds of viewpoints. the exhibition on human origins that resulted last year at the museum of natural history. there was a set of strong criticism about that exhibition. there was an opportunity for people to express opinions. we saying here that inclusion from a broad variety of voices. we talked about the curriculum that wayne mentions, at 80 + missions, that are mounted. these are all three years and four years ahead of time. the inclusion of many voices of those exhibitions can be helpful. once there is conclusion of something that is mounted, i think it is appropriate for that exhibition to stand as mounted. >> developing a relationship to congress -- we have six congressional regents who are supportive of the smithsonian. we need to take better advantage of their thoughts as we move forward and to keep them informed. again, as we look back on this, we could have kept them better informed on this exhibit. we will do that

and tom bradley, who became the first black mayor of los angeles was born in calvert, texas, not 30 miles from dallas. steny's good friend and fellow member of congress, emanuel cleaver, was the first black mayor of kansas city and was born in a little place in texas. it's to dallas what silver spring is to d.c., right next door. [laughter] willie brown who was the first african-american speaker of the california assembly, the first black mayor of san francisco, california, was born in this maheya, texas, right next to dallas. and be my man, maynard jackson, the first african-american mayor of atlanta, georgia, was born in dallas, texas. his grandfather founded new hope baptist church. they were run out of dallas by the ku klux klan and later in if life maynard became a great friend and mentor to me. he would always call me and, basically, his message was, boy, don't mess this up. [laughter] and i would tease him because he would tell people his family was run out of texas by the clan, and i could say i can understand you going to georgia. [laughter] i'm proud of the opportunity i've had