in auburn, new york we have where harriet tubman lived the later years of her life. after escaping and becoming free she was a spy for the north, for the union during the civil war. she then went on to help with women's suffrage, set up a home for the aged, african-americans in new york. a lot of those properties still exist today up in new york and will be part of the harriet tub matter historic park. this is an appropriate way to honor a real hero of our country but also to provide a way where young people and all the people in this country can learn more about harriet tubman. it will help the local economies of new york and pennsylvania, it's part of the national park system's dedication to african-american history, and i think this is a very appropriate and at long last able to get this done. so for those who express frustration, we had this paid for a long time ago, we had worked out all the balances a long time ago, we thought this would be done a long time ago but today we have a chance to get it doesn't and i urge my colleagues to support the package and supp

we should look to the example of harriet tubman. she is someone for whom liberty and freedom were not just concepts but principles worth working for and fighting for. when tubman escaped from slavery in the northern states she said, i look at my hands to see if i was the same person. there was such a glory over everything. the sun came up like gold through the trees and over the fields and i felt like i was in heaven. we, mr. speaker, should look to harriet tubman, an enslaved african-american woman of slight physical stature and suffering from head trauma and realized that the glory and heaven that is american freedom is there for you will all if we are willing to work for -- for us all if we're willing to work for it and fight for it and believe in it as harriet tubman did. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. foxx, for five mibs. -- minutes. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, in octo

for example, the harriet tubman historic park. mr. president, i read in a period of a month two books on harriet tubman. they both came out about the same time. i can't imagine why a movie hasn't been made about this dynamic little five-foot woman who did such remarkable things. she -- what a story of this woman bringing -- this slave. she was a slave, bringing people out of the south into freedom in the north. as far north -- she took them as far as canada. she did it alone. and so i hope someday someone will make a movie of this stunningly powerful woman. and we're recognizing an area that will be named on her behalf. the bundle of lands bill is good for america. it stretches literally from the shores of alaska to the coasts of maine. and it's especially important to nevada, my state. it protects over 75,000 acres of wilderness in humboldt and lyon counties in northern nevadas, the first new inductions in the state since 2006. one of those areas is named after a famous indian, wovaka. there was a man who was a famous indian. he esta

remember we talked about harriet tubman and the hillary clinton moment when she quotes tubman, the dangers of the fictionalization. with scholarsect coming back to the case is doing the work of trying to understand these new archives, these additional archival materials that go beyond the court record like the newsom estate inventories. we went to the site of the newsom farm. as much as i think i wanted to end by telling you the historians are the bastion of evidence and social science, that we won't get caught up in romance or memory or myth were fiction when it comes to celia, i will leave you to contemplate team onne which is our what is now federal land in fulton, the site where the the site ofstood, this dramatic moment in the life of celia. all that is left are some foundation stones, old trees, and open fields. historians wanting in some sense to walk that walk, the 60 paces from the house to the cabin, to in some sense try to inhabit celia's world, to try and be closer in some sense to her and her experience. i think we would all say there was not much evidence here. powerfultraord

the same way that harriet beecher stowe and harriet tub tubman and sojourner truth, the same way they were fighting, they were saying the same thing about slavery. so that is what the fight is all about. not about a religion. it is the abuse of a religion and taking it and turning it into an instrument of the state where the religion loses, actually, its spiritual power. we see it here. people try to do it, to do the same thing here in this country. okay. so what i'm trying to say then is that the poets and the writer s and the artists and the journalists balm the first -- became the first targets. some of them went to jail and were being killed. some of them are still being killed. the point is that in iran we know that books are objects for which people kill and are killed. so everything is sort of very, you know, very obviously drawn, the lines. but in america -- and that was a question, and that is what i start this new book with, the question that a young man at the elliot may book -- elliot bay bookstores in seattle, he was in the queue for autocalf, -- autograph, and he was fro

you have to understand that any scholar who has written a biography of harriet tubman and mary lincoln that finds these characters taking guns to gettysburg to save the union is =q<ç going to welcome this kind of pop cultural fantabulation. thank you so much. [ applause ] >> we'd like to tell you about some of our other american history tv programs. join us every saturday at 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern for a special look at the civil war. we'll bring you to the battlefields, let you hear from scholars and reenactors and bring you the latest historical forums on the subject. that's programs on the civil war every saturday at 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span3. >> you have been watching c-span's american history tv. we want to hear from you. follow us on twitter @cspan history. connect with us at facebook.com/cspan history where you can leave comments too. check out the website, c-span.org/history. >> new year's day on the c-span networks. here are some of the featured programs. 10:00 a.m. eastern, the washington ideas forum. energy conservation with

such a museum will share the stories of pioneering women like abolitionist harriet tubman, the founder of the girl scouts julia gordon lowe, supreme court justice sandra day o'connor, astronaut sally ride, and my personal inspiration, margaret chase smith. madam president, i first introduced legislation to establish a museum for women's history in 2003. early the following year, the senate unanimously approved my bill. unfortunately, that legislation was not taken up by the house and died. in 2005, the senate again approved the legislation, but it, too, stalled in the house. with the passage finally of this commission bill, the effort to establish a museum for women's history in our nation's capital takes a positive step forward. this bill will convene a talented, diverse, and skilled panel of historians, educators, museum administrators, and other experts with experience in women's history to make recommendations for the creation and the sustainment of such a museum. it's important to emphasize that this museum will portray all aspects of women's contributions to our history, without

her story reaching large audiences and becoming fictionalized and remember when we talk about harriet tubmanhe moment when it wrotes the dangers that's doing the work of trying to understand these new archives and these materials that go beyond the court record like the estate inventories and we went to the site of the newsom farm. here's where i think as much as i think i wanted to end by telling you the historians are the bastian of evidence of social science that we won't get caught up in romance or memory or myth or fiction when it comes to sealia, i will leave you to contemplate this scene which is our team on federal land in fulton, the site where the family and the newsom farm stood. the site of this dramatic moment. all that is left are foundation stones and old trees and open fields, but here historians too wanting in a sense to walk that walk, the 60 paces from the house to the cabin to in some sense try to inhabit sealia's world to try to be closer in some sense to her and her experience. we all say there wasn't much evidence here. it was extraordinarily powerful to walke$qñ for a

eight new national parks are two in maryland and new york that celebrate the life of hair ye harriet tubman, knowr developing the underground railroad and for so many other things she did as a leader in that time. other new national parks would protect almost 90,000 acres of forestland and volcanic peaks in northern new mexico. designate the first national park in delaware, protect fossil fuel resources outside of las vegas, and nonpartisan the story of the world war ii manhattan project in washington state, which was so important to representative hastings. tennessee and new mexico, of course, are included in that history, and the colt firearms company in hartford, connecticut. which is an unusual kind of park to celebrate, but it's part of the american development of firearms and the colt firearms company played a major role. so we have that outlined in this bill. so, mr. president, the individual bills that are included have been developed with local support and in many cases have been priorities of senators and their senator sponsors for years. i am pleased to have played a pivotal role

you have to understand that any scholar who has written a biography of harriet tubman and mary lincoln that finds these characters taking guns to gettysburg to save the union is going to welcome this kind of pop cultural fantabulation. thank you so much. [ applause ] >> we'd like to tell you about some of our other american history tv programs. join us every saturday at 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern for a special look at the civil war. we'll bring you to the battlefields, let you hear from scholars and reenactors and bring you the latest historical forums on the subject. that's programs on the civil war every saturday at 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span3. >> you have been watching c-span's american history tv. we want to hear from you. follow us on twitter @cspan history. connect with us at facebook.com/cspan history where you can leave comments too. check out the website c-span.org/history. >> new year's day on the c-span networks. here are some of the featured programs. 10:00 a.m. eastern the washington ideas forum. energy conservation with david c