no wonder she was a favorite of frederick douglass. also went with a friend to see a performer called blind tom, or thomas wiggins. he traveled to music calls and perform songs by memory. n incredible talent, performing to songs on two different pianos come at the same time. and also, capable of singing a third song at the same time. [applause] judith: we can all do that. raise your hands, if you can do that. emily declared herself, much pleased with the performance, except that we had to sit upstairs, which made me furious. she had to shuffle up to the balcony at the same venue where she had attended lectures by frederick douglass and francis harper, and it was too much emilie, who expected more from whites in philadelphia in 1865. -- at theaters and concerts, lectures and churches, the negro is restricted to the remote gallery. was well-positioned to remark on the changes that war had brought to the city, and also what had stubbornly not changed, what had remained the same. reading her diary, i think, will open up your eyes and give

many men attended like frederick douglass those that went to the conference stood up for the rights for women to vote when nobody else did know basted with elizabeth cady stanton and then writing about it afterwards. also all kinds of other abolitionists that introduced the first legislation the first versions of the women's rights amendments then had to ratify. wyoming and by the time it came around for us to do more things but women were dependent on the mail helpers' as well in the early days it didn't even want to run because nobody presided over anything they never addressed a meeting. in the ohio conventions goes on to say could never speak in front of an audience and it addresses the audience for an hour very eloquently but what we have learned there has to be some sort of coalition that we will have to stand up because we're always been -- women. >> the way that they related to woodrow wilson they worked in the upward manner. >> woodrow wilson was on record for women's suffrage there are things about this student and the waste of time so alice paul and a few of her friends organ

frederick douglass recalled his meeting with myrtilla in a letter he wrote that was published as part of the biography that her friend wrote in later years. he said this about her, when she had dropped in unannounced to his newspaper office in rochester, new york. this is around how old he would have been when they met. this is a contemporary photo. "a slender, wireless, pale, not overly healthy but singularly animated figure was before me and startled me with the announcement that she was on her way to the city of washington to establish a school for the education of colored girls. i stopped my paper at once and gave attention to what she said. i looked to see if the lady was in earnest and meant what she said. the doubt in my mind was transient. i saw that the fire of a real enthusiasm was in her eyes. my feelings were of mingled joy and sadness. here, i thought, is another enterprise wild and dangerous. destined only to bring failure and suffering." douglass's doubt for the school came from his own attempts that had failed, to teach sunday school as well as other similar projects t

the convention led by frederick douglass declared all slaves to be prisoner of war and towards unsurmountable insurrection. after her sister died when she was 18 years old she moved to washington dc and enrolled in the school. she bought 1853 when the place at the same time. her family also moved up to the school property for protection and later in life emily became very close with frederick douglass and was a founding member of his community. emily's participation in the school and the fact that she was by her side shooting guns in the front lawn and her family moved on the property really could notes that it much correspondence with how she got here. i think it really demonstrates a herection and support for and how it had grown in the abolition movement. now how they has sort of infused into the school itself. or it started as her own project it was really not turning into something more. how was her school for colored girls different from the other schools that had already existed in washington dc which i mentioned a little bit earlier estimate this is how a historian describes it. her s

that was written by frederick douglass about harriet tubman.arriet tubman was born in late february, early march of 1822. the records of enslaved peoples birthdays were not kept. but there is a receipt from a midwife, to help the midwife deliver harriet tubman. that was the name she was given when she was born. on march 10, 1913. march 10 is now harriet tubman day, which is when the visitor center was opened. the visitor center is managed by the maryland and national park service. it is located on a maryland state park called harriet tubman underground railroad state park. our administrative offices are on the other side of the park and they also have the national park service and the network for freedom. the national park service owns 480 acres of land in madison. the land is also managed from the administrative offices there. we are a partnership park. i think anyone should visit this center to build a connection to harriet tubman and her life. i want people to know that harriet tubman was just a normal person. she was not a superhero with am

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frederick douglass figured this out early on. he watched what was happening after the war and he believed that the emancipation memory of the war was slipping away as early as the 1870s and he devoted a good bit of his later years to try to keep alive the emancipation memory of the war. as early as the -- that robert e. lee died in 1870, in october of 1870, and frederick douglass red the oe pitch wears of robert e. lee and it seemed to him that the loyal citizenry had already forgotten that there was a right and wrong side to the war. the union cause believed there was a right and wrong side. the union cause is the right side. the rebels were traitors, and that's why we call it the war of the rebellion. so there's a right and wrong sigh. there's a right and a wrong side here. but doug last thought a sense of that was slipping away especially in democratic newspapers in the north which had really quite gentle even aappreciate tive observe itch wears. he wrote after lee's death he was sick and tired of the rebel sheath. we can scar

frederick douglass figured this out early on. he watched what was happening after the war and he believed that the emancipation memory of the war was slipping away as early as the 1870s and he devoted a good bit of his later years to try to keep alive the emancipation memory of the war. as early as the -- that robert e. lee died in 1870, in october of 1870, and frederick douglass red the oe pitch wears of robert e. lee and it seemed to him that the loyal citizenry had already forgotten that there was a right and wrong side to the war. the union cause believed there was a right and wrong side. the union cause is the right side. the rebels were traitors, and that's why we call it the war of the rebellion. so there's a right and wrong sigh. there's a right and a wrong side here. but doug last thought a sense of that was slipping away especially in democratic newspapers in the north which had really quite gentle even aappreciate tive observe itch wears. he wrote after lee's death he was sick and tired of the rebel sheath. we can scar

frederick douglass publicized the conference, went to the conference at seneca falls. stood up with right for women to vote when no one else did. no one else stood with elizabeth cady stanton widget with the resolution into -- and he wrote about efforts to also have all kinds of other abolitionist men. men introduced the first legislation, the first versions of the women's rights amendment to the constitution. men had to ratify. there were no women who accepted, wyoming for example by the time the suffrage of both camera new york would have been able to vote a few more states. but women were totally dependent on male helpers as well throughout most of the movement. in the early days it did not even want to run there on the run is there no one had ever thought they did not know how. never adjust the meeting.one woman at and all health conditions that i can never speak in front of an audience. i've never spoken at a meeting. she went on to speak very eloquently for an hour. but what we have learned is that there be some sort of coalition. something women will have to sta

the statue is in the symbolic shadow of frederick douglass's home. there are many demands floating about to do something with that piece. when lincoln was inaugurated and talked about the sin of slavery, his second inauguration, he looked at a statue of george washington that was in the plaza of the u.s. capital for both of his inaugurations, even that was taken away. people thought it was ludicrous because washington was bare chested. in thelled it georgie bath. it is in the national museum of american history in some corner. that used to be in the plaza. these things do change. i do not like destruction, i like context. -- to a monument in santa fe, a monument to a white victory over a native american tribe. it sits in the plaza where american indian merchants, and sell their wares. it had a phrase, this is the place where the noble white settlers defeated the savage indians. response was to take out the word savage, they just scratched it out. context means a lot. there is a way to contextualize works of art that people may find disturbing word --

. >> did he have a relationship with frederick douglass? >> he absolutely did.he and frederick douglass met with secretary of war stanton, and sat with president lincoln around trying to lobby to get formally enslaved men to be included in the union. by the way, there are a number of letters between the two men some of which are in the exhibit we have. >> the writing process question, i was in tim wendel's class when you talked about the secret refuge and i was curious how you feel your voice changed or your approach to organizing this book changed from your first major piece to this one. >> great question but i got my masters degree from johns hopkins, john wendel was my thesis advisor so i spoke to your class and it is an excellent question. first time you try to write a book you have no idea what you are doing and your editor wants you to have it done by a certain deadline and they are not holding your hand. my experience as a researcher at national geographic compels me to make sure i got every detail right for both books but what i learned in the process of

it's about frederick douglass who was a patriot, until recently, donald trump was under it's about frederick douglass who was a patriot, until recently, donald trump was under the impression was still with us. not the case. there's a legitimate argument to be made that you could appeal to more people who are persuadable if you separated the protests from the anthem, itself. if -- or if you did like bruce maxwell, an unknown player until yesterday -- >> yeah. >> -- baseball player with the oakland a's, rookie, born on a military base in germany, grew up in alabama, he took a knee and placed his hand over his heart during the playing of the national anthem. to he's simultaneously making a statement, making it very, very clear he sees the bigger picture and respects the varying perspectives. when you start calling people s.o.b.s, you start dehumanizing them and start making it appear as if the definition of patriotism belongs only to those who agree with you, somehow, somehow people who think of themselves as conservatives view themselves as automatically more patriotic than those who are moder

this mural begins with a quote by frederick douglass about earnestness, working hard, which is the foundation of what we are as americans. these were immigrants from italy and freedmen from the united states, who did this work to create probably the most iconic memorial in washington d.c. i saw it from the florida ap going across the bypass. it's a really good view from there. 50.000 people a day can see this mural by riding up and down the red line between rhode island avenue and noma, and also our visitors who are on amtrak or marc can see it from the train station. with all the controversy with taking down the confederate statues, i think this is just an amazing statement. this is an homage to what it takes to be part of the history of this country, and what it takes to build. these things don't magically appear on the mall. it's a lot of hard work, a lot of craftsmanship, and the department of general services wanted to honor that. it makes me tear up. it's amazing. i love it. un-stop right there! i'm about to pop a cap of “mmm fresh” in that washer with unstopables in-wash scent boosters

the women's movement were abolitionists, and they were on a first-name basis with people like frederick douglass, and they met with him and they entertained them in anywhere homes and all that sort of stuff. lucretia motte, after harv about henry box brown, the man who had himself shipped in a box to escape slave rhythm one of the first places they bring him is to elizabeth -- to lucretia mott's house so they can see him because they knew she would get a kick out of his story. not only were most of these early women abolitionists, they were among the most radical abolitionists in the country. they started a second movement where they were not even use a product that was known to have been made with slave labor. think about it. this takes a lot of trouble. they had stores like we have the whole foods where you can just go buy the free goods and they tall it the free produce movement. they didn't wear cotton. they didn't trade in cotton. they didn't have sugar during this period, might not have molasses or rice or anything else you can think of that came from the hands of somebody enslaved in sout

did he have a relationship with frederick douglass? >> he absolutely did. he and frederick douglass met with secretary of war standon and in fact with president lincoln around trying to lobby to get formerly enslaved men to be included in the union. by the way, also a number of letters back and forth between the two men, some of which are in the exhibit that we have. show less text 00:46:00 unidentified speaker >> i have a writing process question. i was in tim wendell's class when you talk about the secret rescue and i was just curious how you feel either your voice changed or just your maybe approach to organizing this book changed from your first major piece to this one. show less text 00:46:20 unidentified speaker >> that's a great question. got my masters degree in writing from johns hopkins and kim tim wen wendell was my thesis adviser and i spoke to your class. the first time you try to write a book you have no idea what you're doing and your editor wants you to have it done bay certain deadline and they're not holding your hand, so i think my experi

i don't's work on frederick douglass in on john c adams and aunt jane adams. all of them with significant travel experience for the impact on their careers. in the case of john, he found his career through his travel and he kept as many of the others did journals of his experience. it gave me insight into what was happening inside his head as he traveled the thousand miles. this was a life shaping experience for him. it really gave him focus and direction as a young adult that meant the changing of history. for me, that was a bonus under an opportunity. called russell's fires, young john years a thousand mile walk to the gulf, 1867-1860. first 11 years of his life he lived in dunbar, scotland which is on the southern side opposite edinburgh. it was a small scottish town, a port town and it was an old castle that he played in and there were lots and lots of cliffs and plenty of birds nest which he discovered. his father had a dim view of his wanderings with the village boys and wanted to confine him to the gardens in the backyards but john had little interest i

the impact of travel in leadership formation in young adults and i've done previous work on frederick douglass, on john quincy adams, on jane addams, all of whom had significant travel experience before they embark on their career. in the case of john, he found his career through his travel. and he kept as many of the others did journals of his experience. so it gave me insight was happening inside his head as he traveled that thousand miles. this was a life shaping experience for him. it really gave him focus and direction as a young adult, that meant the changing of history. so for me that was just a bonus opportunity. called "restless fire", first 11 years of his life he lived in scotland which is on the southern side of that, opposite edinborough. it was a small scottish town, seaport town. there was an old castle he played in. there were lots and lots of cliffs and plenty of birds nests, which he discovered. his father had a dim view of his wanderings with the village boys pick you wanted to confined to the garden in the backyard, but john had little interest in that. it was also a place

newmarket, william spill, thomas garrett, anne-marie douglas, martha lockton, and of course, frederick douglassnd henry garnet are highlighted. the next section i would like to talk about is tubman's time during the civil war. harriet tubman was a scout, a spy and a nurse during the civil 1, 1863, sheune begin the only woman to plan and execute a armed raid. with connell james montgomery, and the second north carolina colored troops, they took three gunships, and you can see two of them. they went up the river, 25 miles into the depths of south carolina. they burned plantations, flooded rice fields and emancipated them an hundred 50 to 800 people, there is significant because in tubman's time, people were of course, property. it was a huge loss to that slaveowners down there. it is showing harriet tubman in a smaller boat reaching down to rescue people to their emancipation. it shows women carrying anything that they could carry, a basket, some chickens, and children. deal because it with the largest emancipation event in the history of the united date. states. >> i pray to god to make the stro

lee died in 1870, in october of 1870, and frederick douglass of robert e.uaries lee, and it seemed to him that the loyal citizenry had already forgotten that there was a right and wrong side to the war. the union cause certainly believed there was a right and wrong side. the union cause is the right side. the rebels were traitors, and that's why we call it the war of the rebellion. and so there's a right and wrong side there. there's a right and a wrong side here. but douglas thought a sense of that was slipping away especially in democratic newspapers in the north, which had really quite gentle, even appreciative obituaries. he wrote after lee's death, he was sick and tired of the rebel sheath. we can scarcely take up a newspaper that is not filled with nauseating flatteries of the late robert e. lee. that is douglass in 1870, already looking down the road and anticipating that maybe the emancipation part of this equation was going to be eroding much more quickly than it should. those who would have been happy to see the emancipation memory of the war erode put in place the third of

an indigenous american radical tradition that we ought to be identifying with whether it's frederick douglass eugene debs elizabeth cady stanton luther king jr those are the people who are trying to make america a better place and that's the tradition those others become sanitised they hang you talk about helen keller of committed socialists right now king is particularly king was a very radical guy and yet every you know january. we always see is king up at the lincoln memorial rosena nine hundred sixty he rose in his one speech even one sentence you know i want my children to be judged you know by the content of their character not just the color of their skin that's not what the whole civil rights movement was about the king people forget he died leading a poor people's march leading a strike of sanitation workers he wasn't just out there talking about civil rights he had moved to economic inequality as a fundamental issue and bernie picked that up and bernie should be saying hey i am following in a great american tradition of you you make a point about that i thought was very interesting

frederick douglass was a tremendous campaigner for ulysses s. grant and believed in him. >> the last question. after i finished the book, and it is as i said before terrifically well-written and researched. i finished the book and i felt as though grant was a little bit elusive. i couldn't figure out what made him tick. but i read your book at you spent yearand youspent years red thinking about grant so i want to ask is grant still elusive to you or do you feel like you do understand. >> i think the focus on what a person data. the person did. i thought i knew about grant. when i started the biography after about a year i came to my own conclusion i don't really know the man. and bend words the end of the book i come to this conclusion. there wasn't that terminology in this century susan kane wrote this wonderful book in which she argues extroverts when our society. so he wasn't a good public speaker or expert. if i had one phrase to call upon i would call it the moral courage. most people do not know very much about ulysses s. grant. the man of

prominent son of abolitionist frederick douglass. he had been transitioned to the cavalry where he had been continually ill with lung complaints. intervened to the secretary of war to have him transferred to the fit cavalry. with approval granted from the secretary of war he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. one man who was living in washington dc at the age of 26, hugh like other men were recruited. , itustered into company b is like story is a parallel of american history. man was born at mount estate ofhis is the james madison. he would take on the role of becoming a lifelong personal servant. he was a witness to the burning of the white house and assist in delhi madison. later marry a slave in 1822, these three sons were born. alone with his other brothers they sought the enlistment to the cavalry. there was a private from freemane, he was a outside of pennsylvania who entered his occupation as a farmer. he recalled his experience working in the military raided after the death of my parents i was taken to be raised by my gran

the son of prominent abolitionists, frederick douglass, charles had been transferred to the fifth massachusetts cavalry from the 554th massachusetts infantry where he had been continuously ill with lung complaints most of the service. john a. andrew intervened through secretary of war edwin m. stanton to have douglas transferred to the fifth cavalry with approval granted, with stanton, douglas was promoted to the rank of sergeant. franklin jennings at age of 26 was living in washington, d.c. he, like 49 other men was recruited while the regiment was at camp casey and he mustered into company b. his life story is an extraordinary parallel of american history. in 1799, a save by the name of paul jennings was borned a montpelier, orange county, virginia, a estate owned by our fourth president james madison. as a young boy paul sjengings would take on the role of being a lifelong personal servant and witnessed the burning of white house by british troops in the war of 1812 and assisted dolly madison in saving the gilbert painting of george washington. paul jennings would later marry fanny gordon, a

we have the papers of people like susan b anthony, margaret sanger, and frederick douglass. again it is not just politicians per se, but people involved in reform activities. we also have the papers of many novelists, authors. women's papers just recently went online. is a as you might see, very famous picture of whitman on the right that circulated in the 19th century because he was interested in nature. he wrote about it quite a bit. here he was saying, look, i am so good at nature that butterflies land on my finger. well, that was a cardboard butterfly that he had. we have that in the collection too. we have the papers of such notable authors as philip roth, ralph ellison, and vladimir nabokov. some papers of others like archibald mcleish. she was a poet in the mid-20th century. he didothers double duty at the library of congress. here is a letter from ernest mcleish in 1943. mcleish sent hemingway transcripts of ezra pound's propaganda recordings that he did for the italians in world war ii for mussolini. hemingway is reacting to that. he is saying, thanks for sending th

he thinks frederick douglass was still alive. okay. so this is not disconnected from race.ou want to give the president of the united states the benefit of the doubt. but there's a whole lot of doubt to give the benefit of. >> you said please don't introduce me like that. but i'm going to embarrass you before you leave me. 12 olympics. seven super bowls. seven world series, ten nba finals and 28 emmys. awesome. and deservedly so. >> thank you. >> i really appreciate it. >> one more tweet while mr. costas is in the house. smerkonish, i always and still believe bob costas should moderate presidential debates. hey, that is a hell of a suggestion. have you ever been asked? >> no. >> if asked, would you serve? >>, no, no, no. >> why? >> despite what some people who don't want to make valid distinctions think, i talk about certain political issues when they have obviously intersected with sports and i think in that respect i stay in my lane. >> thank you, bob. >> you're welcome, michael. >> privileged to have you here. >>> still to come, the supreme court hears a case about redis

i have done previous work on frederick douglass, john quincy adams, jane addams, all of whom had significant travel experience before they embarked in their careers. in the case of john, he found his career through travel. he kept, as many of the others did, journals of his experience. it gave me insight as to what was happening in his head as he traveled a thousand miles. this was a life shaping experience for him. it really gave him focus and direction as a young adult that meant the changing of history. for me, that was just a bonus opportunity. fires."lled "restless lifeirst 11 years of his he lived in dunbar, scotland, which is on the southern side, opposite of edinburgh. it was a small scottish seaport town. there is an old castle he played in. there were lots and lots of ffs and lots of birds nests. his father had a dim view of his wanderings with village voice. he wanted to confine him to the garden in the backyard but john had little interest in that. it was also a place where he received his education. school, and he memorized through his father's influence, especially after he lef

frederick douglass or martin luther king appealing to the principles in the declaration of independenceen you have people say the declaration and its principals have been a liar that the country is corrupt. i think this is actually big debate we're having. whether we think this is a country that is somehow special and unique and you want have a spec for the symbols that we hold dear. or whether you think this is unbelievably corrupted. yesterday when some people in the nfl are playing a game in london and they stood for "god save the queen" but kneeled for our anthem, it speaks still believed by some people there is something irredeemable in our country. it's worth having the conversation. having the debate about whether we can work on our problems and still be patriotic. >> bret: sure. i want to play sarah huckabee sanders today. about the president's statement from alabama. that was friday night. >> did the president goes you far in referring to these players as s.o.b.s who should be fired? >> it's always appropriate for the president of the united states to defend our flag, defend th

talking about the later time after the whole abolitionist beginning with william lambert, here's frederick douglass comes to detroit and he meets with john brown. there's a marker downtown, second baptist church, very instant middle that and, of course, saint matthews is going to be instrumental later on. we cannot ignore the church, this whole, together in terms of resistance, you know, the whole idea of self-determination. it was coming from a number of the church leaders who are affiliated with the abolitionist movement but no one more pronounced and profound than what you lambert. his story, that would make just a faceting film to see the kind of stuff he went through, then mistry said somebody put together the they had a coding, a secret code, secret language. they are trained all these individuals on the underground railroad in case you encounter some of those bounty hunters. so instructive, late on his involvement with saint matthews church and his involvement in the educational process, working with people like fannie richards who is a pioneering black woman in terms of the first african-am

. >> frederick douglass educated himself in an unbelievable way. he taught himself to read and he is a far better writer and speaker than anyone i have ever met. if he had access to a broader self-taught learning environment, who knows what that make a genius what have been able to do? >> i was born and raised in memphis. statedn't go to memphis university until 1972. we do not have that opportunity to learn in that environment. technology, i of can do my own thing, google it, research it. wecan't forget the fact that need to have a connection as human beings. that is why the visual and performing arts, we are going to be in high demand because when the robots take over and the machine learning gets going, what are we supposed to do? we have to remember there is a balance that has to happen here, as. there has to be a balance is what i'm saying. whether the about economy and the digital technologies would create a different kind of test system. people would be connected in different ways. >> i wish we were talking about two different things. i thin

. >> frederick douglass educated himself in an unbelievable way. he taught himself to read. he is a far better writer and speaker than anyone i've ever met. if he could have had access to a broader learning environment, who knows what that genius could have been able to do. >> i was born in memphis. i couldn't have gone to memphis state university until 1972. we didn't have that opportunity to even learn in that environment. now with the power of technology, i could do my own thing. i can google it. i can research it. we can't forget the fact that we still have to have that connection as human beings, body, mind, heart and soul. that's why we're going to be in high demand soon. when all the robots take over, what the heck are we supposed to do? we've got to remember there's a balance that has to happen here as well. >> there's some sky net officers up there. >> there has to be a balance as well. >> you kind of raised this with me when we were getting ready for this discussion. we talked about whether the knowledge economy and the digital technologies would create a different

people like frederick douglass who are celebrated now, people thought he was prophetic and the new whate was doing, starting to get more recognition. [laughter] here, if youis out go back and read the literature at that time, a lot of people thought that abolitionists were these crazy individuals, these israel -- ridiculous people. they thought it was not doable, not palatable. clear, -- i want to be clear. i am not making slavery and mass incarceration analogous, but when we look back at individuals who are advocating for what at that time was seen as radically a responsible, public policy initiatives, -- radically irresponsible public policy initiatives, and we look at them now and say man, those people were really ahead of their time. invitedl are not even to this conversation -- these people are not even invited to the conversation, they are seen as not serious, as ridiculous. i think it is a understatement thate historical context exists around questions of abolition and questions of creating a blank slate. these things have been done before, and a want to ensure that certain peopl

an indigenous american radical tradition that we ought to be identifying with whether it's frederick douglass eugene debs elizabeth cady stanton luther king jr those are the people who are trying to make america a better place and that's the tradition those others become sanitised they hang you talk about helen keller of committed socialists right now king is particularly king was a very radical god and yet every you know january. we always see is king up at the lincoln memorial rosena nine hundred sixty he rose in his one speech even one sentence you know i want my children to be judged you know by the content of their character not just the color of their skin that's not what the whole civil rights movement was about the king people forget he died leading a poor people's march leading a strike of sanitation workers he wasn't just out there talking about civil rights he had moved to economic inequality as a fundamental issue and bernie picked that up and bernie should be saying hey i am following in a great american tradition of you you make a point about that i thought was very interesting

davis: madam speaker, following the wisdom of frederick douglass, who said that it is easier to build strong families, strong children, than to repair broken men, i introduced my first bipartisan home visiting bill over a decade ago. in 2005. since 2005, home visiting has been uniquely bipartisan. until today. research is clear, home visiting makes kids and families stronger , healthier and safer. my home state of illinois, miechv improved program coordination, reenforsde the emphasis on proven -- reinforsde the emphasis on proven model -- reinforced the emphasis on proven models. unfortunately the majority's approach has rejected bipartisanship and made timely re-authorization of home visiting less likely. h.r. 2824 presents substantial cuts to home visiting and threatens the effectiveness of services for vulnerable children and families. equally bad, the rule under which we are considering this ill conditions home visiting help to vulnerable families and harming seniors and persons with disabilities. although we're not voting on that provision today, the rule we are considering this