grant deep? the third reef is from the national park service presented today by ramon mangwa? the fourth reef is presented by our current president? joseph are biden and it will be presented by lieutenant general darryl a williams. from west point please remain standing for the rifle salute and taps. now the benediction by reverend grant this is an american moment. if ever we needed leadership, we sure do need it now and the example of ulysses s grant and so we come together today. and before we go to the throne in prayer, we have to thank god that we are together in person again. if you think back to the last time that we were here there were people in your life. who were here then and who are no longer with us? and so in a harlem kind of way, we ask that you would turn to the person on your right or on your left. look them in the eye in an american kind of way and say i'm so glad you're here. into tradition of my faith we say let the work i've done speak for me. the legacy of ulysses s grant pr

and grant. straightens things out defeats confederates at the in the november battle of chattanooga wins a big victory and at this point grant's reputation has become huge nationwide and there's virtually a really a consensus among the northern people not unanimity, but heavy majority the northern people are very eager to see grant promoted given command of all the union armies and there's really a feeling that as commander of all the union armies grant ought to at least a company the army of the potomac if not actually outright commanded. in virginia and take on lee and finally beat lee and accomplish what the union's been trying to do futally that that union futility and virginia now for three years that grant should do that that should happen. northern politicians are for it. actually. it's a bipartisan thing. it's not just republicans who want to see that happen. it helps that grants political background is unclear grant by this time really is a republican but his and it seems for more democ

now we should all feel calls during grant this grant bicentennial. to do our part to advance education on his life and legacy and to embrace the highest principles of service to country that he embodied. so let's keep telling students of history now and for the next 200 years the story of this extraordinary general and president. speaking of those who who have told this story. we are honored to have with us tonight. two very distinguished nationally recognized historians who have done just that with superb skill intensive research and first-rate prose. i am talking of course about our colloquy guests ron chernow and ron white. here to introduce them and to lead this colloquy. is a very special part of the grant monument association family who has so generously given of himself to lead the colloquy at our grant birthday dinners every year. general david petraeus is a partner at kkr and chairman of the kkr global institute, which he established in 2013. prior to joining kkr he served over 37 years in the us military culminating his career with six cons

grant the silent. grant the sphinx sitting there he rose slowly. he raised himself up and he said i am heartily tired of hearing what general lee is going to do. it almost seems like some of you think he's going to turn a double somersault and land on both sides of our ranks. i want us to decide what we are going to do. well shortly after that a veteran news person said i will give a thousand dollars. for anyone who's willing to get through the confederate. and give the word to present lincoln and young henry wing 24 years of age said i will make that effort. but before he did, so he walked over to general grant and he said is there anything that you would want me to say to president lincoln? and general grant a man of few words simply replied with these six words, please tell president lincoln there will be no turning back. there will be no turning back. one of the great joys after my public biography of grant was published was to meet general david petraeus. frank scaturro is here today who was presi

grant so his name became ulysses s. grant and the s stands for nothing. his name was really hiram and then he changed his name. he kind of stunk in school. he was getting a lot of demerits but he was a really good horsemen and it turned out he was an excellent soldier and he showed that in the mexican-american war. he had some tough times. he went to the northwest territory and he was really lonely and started drinking as some lonely soldiers might do and he was like. he could not hold his liquor that well and he got busted by a commander, drunk and he said either you resign your post or we will court-martial you so he resigned. he went back to illinois and went into this spiral where he was bad at farming in that it the leather building business and he's finally selling firewood out of the back of a cart to make money. three years after that he was the head of union forces as the biggest general america has ever seen in a few years after that he's president of the united states. >> amazing. now graduates from west point and this is really interesting. he

and the grants almost go. but mary todd lincoln -- julia grant was not a big fan of mary todd lincoln, and mrs. grant says, we've got to go see the children in new jersey, which they did. and president lincoln is assassinated that night. grant is racked with guilt and he thinks, if i had been there, i would've been able to save president lincoln. he was also a target, grant was, of john wilkes boothe. >> yeah, and after lincoln is assassinated, grant -- as the most popular figure, right? by far. >> and johnson despised that. he despised that grant had the power. and grew to really, really hate him. johnson did. to the point where he was just trying to figure out how to get him out of the way. he wanted to send him to mexico, he wanted to do these other things, and grant stood up to him and said no. and he said, if it's a military order, i will go, but i'm not going if it's just you sending me. >> grant is, of course, known as the -- union general. but you write in your book that, because of the approach he too

and grant says, that will be fine. -- u.s. grant and son fred, colleen illinois. and the clerk turns white and goes and rounds to get the manager and they are quickly escorted to the -- so, he's just kind of a self effacing guy. he is not that into -- but in the moment, he is somebody who kind of exudes this quiet leadership. and i think that that was the case as president. >> i think you describe him -- a very, very complex personality. hard to get to know him. -- >> a couple of close friends. sherman was a close friend in the military. child, who's a philadelphia businessman, who he gets to know and shares a vacation home -- another quick anecdote. his self effacing -- he's going to this vacation home in long branch, new jersey. and he goes on a steamer. and he's by himself. and a woman comes with her two children and she's trying to take them to the other side and put them on the boat, but she can't stay. she has to go off. and she's looking around frantically for someone to stay with the children, someone to put them up on the other side. and he walks up and s

and that is grant is the tenth to master richmond. with the grant going across the james but that confederate commander's primary responsibility was what? and then to protect richmond and unless you could be sure and then to maintain the position on beauregard's army to provide timely intelligence with any operations on the south side. so all of the pontoons to require the chickahominy river he put general butler in charge of the pontoon bridge across the james river. butler would turn to his engineer to select the crossing point and attempt the construction. and then the root river men's was less than 2000 feet across so 150 men immediately went into the forest cutting down giant type for us trees creating avenues especially on the north bank of the river where it was will be and then build better approaches on the south side as well. and by working around the clock by the night of the june h and 15th and built a pontoon bridge consisting of 101 votes and 2000 feet across and is one confederate said the greatest bridge the world has

lack their own grant writing capacity. so we are privileged to have with us today someone who has worked with the united states program and also is worked in west virginia for many, many years and that is george carico. george has a direct of the west virginia regional brownfields assistance center at marshall university. he has devoted his entire career to the brownfields arena helping to bring much-needed funding to our state and the region. mr. carico i want to recommend you for the high praise the west virginia brownfield assistance centers often received from the broader brownfield stakeholder communities. forward approach to real appreciation in the grant opportunities should be a model for other rural areas in the country. look forward to hearing about the work you've undertaken in rural areas to facilitate economic redevelopment and community vibrancy. we are joined by gerald pouncey, chairman of the morris, manning, & martin law firm. with decades of experience in acquisition redevelopment of hundreds of brownfiel

for them honestly it's funding for the grant programs. we talk about where we can invest the money and assessments and a cleanup. >> your time is expired. i'm not going to cut you off, but for the other witnesses. >> we need the funding to keep the program is active. some of them are fees based but it doesn't cover all the costs of the program and that is the predominant concern that i hear among those programs. finally, i would note an item my co-witness mentioned earlier and that is there's been a lot of money spent in the programs on assessments, but the price, the cost is on the cleanup side and so raising the limit on the fund associated with cleanup is an imperative in terms of the programs to move forward. if there's one thing i can point to i think that is a great comment but it's a burden because you don't have the funds to do the cleanup. >> thank you very much for that testimony. >> thank you senator carper. i appreciate the opportunity to be here. i'm the director of the west virginia assistance center at marshall university.

yes, then the second, well, the first grant was more difficult than the second grant.or me. what about? ah, m-m, when you clean up the streets, like this, in a very funny way, some of yours, uh, a friend said that valentina andreevna with us almost with a vacuum cleaner, forced the street to be cleaned. this is what it is within the framework of some project or in principle, the soul called for it to be clean. yes, it is, in principle, and with this principle, in order to win a grant, i have had such a program since 2008, not a program. i just did it from my heart. i love my street so that it’s clean, i’m going to collect papers from this side on the other side. well, of course it's funny. maybe someone will feel people began to take shape in the street. it somehow did not perceive me at first. yes, and then i look. here is even such an example. 12 well, a disabled person with a crutch does not hurt anything with each one. there, as they see it, i come, i clean everything there already at 12:00. now everything is a rake and here a woman walks her street, she says, i do

amy: these grant issue first. respectfully, we have seen many instances in which the grants funded testing that testing was really for no specific purpose towards cleanup and as a result, at the end of the day, nor for redevelopment of the community or improving the community, and that the end of the day, becomes a report that goes into somebody's desk and i just sits there. i would propose we have championed some of the local communities who are applying for these grants and partnering with the private sector as s well. there is a real opportunity, so many times over the cleanup occurs as part of the redevelopment self. the yellow line is out there and is moving and is going to be there whether it is construction or cleanup. it is just where the material is takene afterwards. so i do think there is no benefit in the local communities that are applying for or receiving these grants, partnering with the private sector interested in the entities or developers who can come in and say to them, here is the testing we n

the pop ups are not part of the grant. older adults and adults with disabilities are at high risk for food and nutrition insecurity. pandemic exaceerated this and underscored the significance of das nutrition partners and providing nutrition support to those most in need like the san francisco marine food bank. >> although we responsiblesed positive downward trendses with the pandemic this last year, the need for newtrician support in the community remained elevated and having access to fresh cross cultural foods weekly to supplement a person's food budget is vital for many das consumers the tan san francisco food bank will serve 3600 and provide 3 thenned supplemental bags of food with quantity to prepare at least 7 meals. thank you for your time and i'm happy to answer questions you may have about this grant. >> thank you. >> are there questions from commissioners on this contract? >> [backgrounds noise]. are there any -- anyone from the public who wishes to comment on agenda item h. >> members that would like to comment

but the temporary respite grant the one arc warted to ioa is a separate grant. >> the i'm sorry i want to understand this. why it is confusing. >> so -- the family care giver alliance part of the grant that goes through 23- 24 is for different services than the respite? >> there is a small foergz is respite but for more of the support service. >> got it. >> thank you. >> helpful. >> thank you. any other questions from commissioners? we will call for public comment. >> members that would like to comment on agenda item f? moderator open the line for public comment for agenda item f we will allow time to submit requests. >> do we have callers in the queue in >> there are no callers not guilty queue. >> thank you >> we will close public comment is there a motion to approve item f from commissioners? >> move. >> second? >> from jung. secretarying can tick a vote. >> president knutzen. >> yes. >> vice president spears. >> yes. >> commissioner bittner. >> yes. >> commissioner jung, >> yes. and commissioner lum. >> yes. >> thank you, we have a unanimous vote. >> thank you, commissioners. the n

and we.er of the grant will go to childcare. over the two-year perm and then on finally we did you tell we do recommend approval. >> thank you. i just had a question for director messquita. my staff and i are, we were shocked at how big their reimbursement up to 33,580. that's way more than 2 grand a month. >> yes, it's a very labor of love but nonetheless it does require higher staffing to be able to take care of babies, buzz we need they require a lot of love and it attention. >> when i just, like years ago so they've quite increased in a short period of time. i just wanted to thank from our president, for you know, his incredible work to pass crop t, that is an somebody with a minimum wage job couldn't cover costs of recover kay there would be no absolutely no point of a paerpt would bering a. that's just, you know, that's buckley you're creating a society that does not function unless you have something like prop c. i just wanted to emphasize as we were being the bla report. just bring home the point and how important this.

yes, we will receive a grant and everything will be fine with us at once. let's immediately hold libes. let's explain to our viewers that this is a one-time help without drinking money. you go and buy seedlings, you plant them , and then you have to decide where you want the products. you dress and so on. if we are talking about uh-e investments or about raising a loan, we get if there is admissible the project meets certain norms and so on you have to return the funds you have to stimulate your work so that you have an income that can cover the expenses for the e-e and give the funds i literally still finish this way and that way as they say in classic business and economics, it is said that a to live not to work i'm sorry to work on credit because credit stimulates development credit stimulates to partnership credit stimulates to develop the economy and not to receive one-time assistance therefore in ukraine in principle in order to develop a successful economy we need investments, we need lending , we need to set up these processes with our external part

you know, you don't have to grant everything to grant something. and this is something we ought to agree on and we ought to come together on and get it done. you know, these are good bills, madam speaker. bipartisan bills, madam speaker. and i urge a yes vote on the rule and the previous question and i yield back the balance of my time and i move the previous question on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. without objection, the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the resolution. all those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the resolution is agreed to and without objection, a motion to consider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from minnesota seek recognition? mrs. fischbach: madam speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings

and then, on the grant program how about the transit capital investment grant program?> sorry, what about it? >> that was under justice 40. >> yes, so, i can tell you that the whole intent of the transit programming at large is to connect people to opportunity and to where they need to be, the communities that justice 40 is looking at are often those that stand to gain a great deal by the work that is being done, and so what i would emphasize is even in those areas that may or may not fit the formal or technical definition of justice 40, they will already, certainly see ig will have criteria that are relevant to the spirit of that program. >> thank you very much, mister secretary. >> thank you gentlelady, representative webster? >> thank you, chair, thank you secretary for appearing, we really appreciate it. as you know, the revenue from the highway trust fund is not sufficient to meet the transportation needs and so, over the years since 2007 or 2008 we have put money in. that money is being spent, it is going to be spent up again in the next couple of years >> we will

there are already grants to hire personnel. the justice department awarded nearly $339 million in community policing services. that provided funding for agencies and allowed them to hire 1,000 additional officers. we don't need more federal greats so democrat-run cities can fund their woke agenda. what we need are prosecutors who are willing to prosecute crimes and jurisdictions with laws that actually keep violent criminals in prison. nothing in these bills prevent jurisdictions that choose to defund their police from receiving these grant funds. in fact, when judiciary republicans offered an amendment to preclude jurisdictions that defunded their police from receiving grant funds, the democrats rejected it. and they rejected it unanimously. faced with an election just over a month away, house democrats now want to pretend they actually support law enforcement. the timing of this bill should tell you all you need to know where democrat priorities are. democrats who are in full control of this body have had two years to show su

they have two more usable segments, one raised grant and one mpdg grant application.erminal rail association of st. louis, with the multi modal freight yard expansion in venice. mclain county, route 66, bike and pedestrian trail. and, in edwardsville, we have looked ocean road and liberty ville improvement projects. i will get you a list of those so you don't have to write them down, i appreciate your consideration and any updates. thank, you i yield back. >> thank you. >> thank the gentleman. since we have votes on the floor of the house, the committee shall stand in recess and we will return and start again as quickly as possible.

and then, on the grant program how about the transit capital investment grant program?> sorry, what about it? >> that was under justice 40. >> yes, so, i can tell you that the whole intent of the transit programming at large is to connect people to opportunity and to where they need to be, the communities that justice 40 is looking at are often those that stand to gain a great deal by the work that is being done, and so what i would emphasize is even in those areas that may or may not fit the formal or technical definition of justice 40, they will already, certainly see ig will have criteria that are relevant to the spirit of that program. >> thank you very much, mister secretary. >> thank you gentlelady, representative webster? >> thank you, chair, thank you secretary for appearing, we really appreciate it. as you know, the revenue from the highway trust fund is not sufficient to meet the transportation needs and so, over the years since 2007 or 2008 we have put money in. that money is being spent, it is going to be spent up again in the next couple of years >> we will