we have national symbols and customs. the history of creativity and ingenuity of the american people is much broader and deeper. adding lift every voice and sing could serve as a form of healing to bring this country together. the purpose is to bring this country together. witnesses will be able to successfully make that case today. i thank representative clyburn and all of our witnesses here today and i very much look forward to their testimony. i'd like to recognize the gentleman from louisiana, mr. johnson, for his opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank our witnesses for being here this morning. this is a hearing, as you know, that's focused on the song "lift every voice and sing" to make it a national hymn. as one scholar wrote, the song is an omni present part of african-american worship traditions and enduring refrain. the song's first public performance was during a celebration of abraham lincoln's birthday in 1900. it's been song on many notable occasions over the last 120 years. every sing

counts as part of our national story. this debate overlays many of the policies specific engaged in recent years on issues, race, voting rights and hate crimes. perhaps understandably this debate can become very heated to take off the rough edges. it's threatened to pull our nation apart. this is all the more reason it's important for us to have exclusive national symbols and patriotic customs to make people understand what they are about, it is not just a song but a particular group of americans at the song can be attribute for every american. we have national symbols and customs ingenuity of the american people's much broader and deeper than these customs. adding lift every voice and sing to our nation's could be just the saying that serves the feeling to bring this country together. that is what majority clyburn said is the purpose to bring this country together. perhaps our witnesses will successfully be able to make that case today. i think jim clyburn and all of our witnesses being here today and support their testi

how could it be our national hymnal to your work and the national museum of african-american history and culture, what would that be? >> it's hard to predict the meaning but i would phrase the response about what it represents in the power of music but american music is one of the most visible examples that we have of the pluralistic society and if i would find a few people to argue about the power that music has is universal to all human beings in the spirit of creating music and singing songs and just representing people together and serving as a beacon and guidance moving forward so when you think about the cultural and historical significance, just thinking about that alone i believe it speaks for itself. >> thank you and i will yield back. >> are you still with us? is representative jackson lee with us from houston texas where they not only sing but they dance. >> obviously right now we are sitting at the trails that starts from the announcement thank you for this hearing and let me cite you. you should know he's been a support for us for the voting rights trial and tribulation

properties of national significance what we call national stark landmarks. it took the national historic preservation act of 66 to say we're going to broaden that definition to include properties of state and local significance. so, yeah, it didn't create it, but it did expand the national register as to our places and in terms of how many are on the national register somewhere probably around 150 to thousand now keep in mind 150, yes, but keep in mind that's not just one property. that could be a district with. that with 500 properties. so so that's one metric the other metric that's important is properties that are eligible for the register that meet the register criteria that are set up by the park national park service. that is an could be an infinite number. i mean that's hundreds of thousands and they also get protection of section 106 i once lived in a neighborhood that had his national historic status. what does that mean? well, it means that you are you were depending on what the use of the properties there. it might be eligible for tax benefits. it

at least for our nation.it's fine to have the biowatch detectors, if you can get the equipment to the point where it's actually detecting what it's supposed to. but you're absolutely right. we are facing so many other threats than just a handful of threats that biowatch was supposed to pick up on. so, you also need other pieces of equipment. for example, you could have particle detectors that aren't looking for specific agents but are looking for how many particles are in a particular room or area and can note that, hey, suddenly we're seeing a whole bunch of something or a whole bunch of virus in this one place. what is that? and send the alert to somebody else to go take a look. we also have -- you know, there are hand-held detectors. there are all kinds of deteblg tors. detectors can you put inside, detectors can you put outside. i think we need a vast amount of those spread out all over the place and gather all that information together. if you look at how we detect disease anyway, whether we have a detec

long live the united nations. let us remind ourselves that these founders did so to maintain international peace and security. to take the prevention and removal of threats to peace -- to have prevention and removal of threats to peace. the principle of justice and international law, settlements of international disputes or situations. yesterday, an opportunity open for dialogue. negotiators from both sides are holding talks in belarus. this is a ray of hope. we pray that these talks come alm down tempers and lead to peace. the journal assembly represents the collective conscience of humanity -- the general assembly represents the collective conscience of humanity. let us demonstrate the moral courage not to rip up rhetoric but to give peace a chance. let us ignite the fire of love and hope. guns are better off left off, let peace prevail, thank you. >> i give the floor to the secretary eternal of the united nations -- general of the united nations. >> excellencies, the fighting in ukraine must stop. it is across

other nations there are very few nations that have big vessels and most of the other navies and coast guard from the other partner nation and military as well as the coast guard have smaller vessels. in amazon they don't have highways they have rivers and they need the training and they need smaller vessels to get this training and it's critical to our security cooperation and helping build our defense courses and their military maritime operations. >> i do appreciate that. let me follow up on an engagement that senator inhofe and senator gillibrand had with you. i think the discussion with senator inhofe -- like-minded democracies working with us and senator gillibrand asked about engaging with governments could let me just mention the organization of american states is based here in washington d.c. and only multilateral organization that includes every country in the western hemisphere except for cuba and i would point out to my colleagues that in 2020 president trump signed into law the organization of american states legislative engagement at. mr. cardin and i were leaders in this

i wanted to work in a national park and only job i was offered was the national monument, not my idea of a national park, ladies room to left, mens room to right, then i learned of this agency and just had been started so we're talking a little to reveal my age, about 1972 and the agency had really just begun to hire a lot of folks. started as summer intern, i didn't know much about historic preservation but it sounded interesting and i joined the team, about four people working, now 40 people that work at the advisory council with a budget of $8 million, a little over $8 million, then i was made permanent and worked there for a decade, then went on to other areas, but always stayed involved with historic preservation. i was in the military and did a lot of work as a jag officer, became a lawyer, teaching this area, and working in this area, what we call our section 106 area, the regulatory area. >> so when it came to the military, how did section 106, the historic preservation section fit in? >> sure, let me explain. of course, the army, military, federal agency and section 106 requi

we are a nation with an economy, not a -- an economy with the nation. [applause] >> we are a people with principles that a set of principles with a people. -- america is an idea and it is but it is far more. america is a real nation with real borders and real flesh and blood people who share a nation in history and a culture. america's leaders all their loyalty -- oh loyalty to the american people. america first gives the vapors to the best -- to the jacksonian ear, it sounds like common sense. if we do not put america first, who will? our party must reject the ideology of globalism. america shuttered factories -- there is no right of free movement of a for people or foreign products into the nation. we do not owe the privileges of citizenship to those unbound are the obligations and responsibilities of citizenship. our immigration and trade policy should protect and serve the interest of the american people. america is always -- has always welcomed immigrants who shared our principles and bring valuable skills to enrich the country. many emigrants are

within the nation. the leet unit leverages both technology and traditional art of tracking to detect footprints, tire tracks and clothing associated with smuggling operations. over the last few years, shadow wolves have increasingly expanded their operation beyond tracking to investigative work and support response. under current law, shadow wolves can only be hired as tactical officers in a lower pay grade. although most of the officers have completed special agent training. h.r. 5681 reclassifies chateau wolves as -- shadow wolves as special agents upon completes the law enforcement training requirements. h.r. 5681 also directs d.h.s. to establish a strategy for preserving the shadow wolves and expanding comparable units with the consent of relevant native american tribes. by passing this bipartisan bill today, this body is prioritizing the development of a diverse and ex-wittable federal work force. i urge my colleagues to join with the tohono-odom nation and the shadow wolves officers and support h.

and national park in 2009. today the pallo aalto battlefield is the only unit of the national park service focused on the mexican-american war. i congratulate representative vela for bringing this bill and championing it. i urge my colleagues to support and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. without objection, the gentleman from arkansas will control the time for the minority. the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> h.r. 268 authorizes the transfer of approximately 166 acres by donation from the international boundary and water commission to the national park service for inclusion in the palo alto battlefield national historic park in texas. the park is the site of the first major battle of the mexican american war and has the distinction of being the only national park service unit to be part of the war. it includes the historic fort brown site whic

worked at the national science foundation, and i've also studied the national science foundation as an agency. and it is a really kind of remarkable place, and a national sort of gem for us. and as they expand their mission, it really is creating balance between nih and nih funding, which is just health, and health is important, but then also all of the rest of science. and so i think that, you know, what we witness at nsf, nsf started the small business innovation research program, the sbir program, and they've also been very creative in adapting it to the needs of small businesses and industry. but i want to mention sort of three things i think that will be critical. we're going to be funding more research. and the dole act gave universities ownership of the intellectual property that results from federally funded research. this passed in 1980. and universities have responded by creating tech transfer offices that manage this commercialization process. but in many ways, this is an unfunded mandate. you can own the intellectual property but there is no funding to secure that it is goi

america is still the greatest nation on earth.his great nation is the home of the brave and the land of the free and in this country, we stand for our flag, we salute our veterans and men and women in blue and law enforcement that serve our communities, our cities, fearlessly throughout this country. god bless them. we oi them a debt of -- owe them a debt of gratitude. thanks to joe biden, we are a country with this weak administration and we are at risk of losing that freedom and respect for men and women in blue and our veterans and sadly the respect and fear that people had from other countries about this country being strong. this country having the moral fortitude, the strength to do what was right. that is the leadership that we had under president trump, that this country is thirsting for each and every minute, every day. we have seen so quickly so fast, more probably than any of us could have anticipated what's happening to our nation. we have seen how fast things have gotten out of control and to those who doafnt i have e

the united nations was very important in the korean war because in theory it was the united nations that waged war to fight -- to fight communism and support democracy, not the united states. and by the people and for the people, a familiar phrase. the idea of enslavement and a system that makes people tools of the state. this is obviously important because here you are trading as a free person, setting the mark deciding if 2 of 1 card is worth card 48, and you are free to make your deck. i pray that they may be delivered from oppression. in other words, it's not the people of the soviet union who are bad or evil, it's the leaders. again, this is the entire theme of containment. if you understand the russian people and you understand the culture, you'll understand this is a bad system. the people will rebel if you just contain them. so this is all just in this one -- you haven't even opened the box at this point. the topics that i go through that i noticed on the cards obviously korea. other themes that i identified and literally you could jiggle and juggle themes of these 48 cards howev

so this is the critical moment, the national nations, and i think they have been miscalculations both by president gotten and also by the western block. well, i think nato countries would surely say miscalculations would be made in deli why when albania, in the united states had the chapter 7 motion water down to chapter 6. did. did prime minister moody say he wouldn't supported? why did they not supported when there's a time of war? and certainly here the view is that any refusal to vote with washington and nato prolongs the misery of ordinary ukrainians. what would have been here, chief by condemning russia and damning a country for the sake of condemning it doesn't advance foreign policy interests yet never. and even the boss can then i states for reading iraq or libya or any other country, condemnation is part of in different se, in any case, russia and the united states are both close friends of india to walk into medic tightrope. that's to do a balancing act which was coming with me. this is called given the fact that what you're seeing is that went up a nuclear wall that's goin

i think livermore national lab and other national labs have an incredibly important part to play here, and one reason why they are so effective is that they can get into deep science but they approach it from an operational perspective. that is one of the things that is unique. anything we can do to encourage the re-engagement into the transformative sides needed for detection, diagnostics and surveillance and data informatics needs to be encouraged and take advantage of that unique scientific expertise that our national labs and specific bit livermore that has an orientation. >> a follow-up question for dr. parker. robust and timely data has become a tool ineffective government responses. covid proved of a lack of timely data can cause harm and start responses to biological incidents. both agencies reported issues to track to ensure we had a full picture of the pandemic. in some cases states did not collect data that would have been illuminating until we were well into the pandemic. can you describe our current capabilities or lack thereof to track health data in a way that would all

i mean, you know, the lack of comfort with the idea of a nation, but there is a liberal nation possiblehe core. it's that idea that there's no cohesive idea to bind a group together when you're focusing on the individual, but you're talking in defence of poland being a liberal nation? yes, i would love poland to be a truly liberal nation. and the reason that it wasn't, or it was heading in the wrong direction was that the law and justice party was eroding the rule of law. it was manipulating its own judiciary. and, you know, frankly, it was willing to take in, you know, white ukrainians, but not so happy with people from the middle east. and, you know, it's, ithink, that kind of hypocrisy that is still there. and, you know, we'll come to the fore once the immediate ukrainian crisis subsides. ok, well, you were putting it in the past tense as if they're not like that... no, they are. no, they continue to be. but, look, i mean, anyone that's doing what they're doing to accommodate these ukrainian refugees has my support right now. it's a matter of timing. ok, so nationalists? yes. not lib

i support making this him our national anthem. any question?i'm sorry, national him, [inaudible] . >> think you, mister washington. i appreciate your testimony and i appreciate your clarifying national him. our next witness, and our last witness before we break, is miss melanie edwards. miss edwards, as well to the office, what's in the office of government and community affairs at columbia. granddaughter of the distinguished johnson's, james rosamond johnson and quite piece of james weldon johnson. the last no surviving family members. she is currently working at an autobiography written by her grandfather [inaudible] published. in addition she's working in education for 40 years with a moderate school [inaudible] labor in east harlem council. miss edwards, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. good morning, committee members. my name is melanie edwards. the song that you are considering today for national him status was composed by my grandfather, j. rosamond johnson. not john, not john johnson, not john rosamond. thank you, the

he would reassure the nation. for gerald ford, there was no transition period no time to settle into the world's most demanding job. when i took the oath of office. and went back to the oval office. my desk was piled high with problems. we had an economic crisis. we had uncertainty with our allies and our adversaries. we had a lack of public trust in the government. i finally came to the conclusion that i had to get rid of mr. nixon's past problems. and spend a hundred percent of my time. on the problems facing the american people as a whole and the only way to do that. was to pardon mr. nixon get all his problems out of the white house. so that my concentration could be on the economy diplomatic problems military problems including how we could end the conflict in vietnam. there were some in the congress. who said that i had made a deal with mr. nixon. in order to become president in return, i would grant him a pardon. that was a total inaccurate fabrication. the only way that i could put it on the record. under

you see, i love america as one nation.economy, one group of people who will rise or fall together. and i know in my generation that millennial's saw their families destroyed by no-fault divorce. and so let us never tolerate an era of national divorce or medical apartheid. when obama snickered millennial's into believing his candidacy was somehow an while to improve the lives of other people he famously andsl piously said we are the ones we have been waiting for. in 2022 we lack the luxury of battling for obama's reported utopia thirst. we are increasingly embattled, not for lofty ideals or distant lands but for ourselves. our schools, our freedoms, our faith, our jobs and our america. to date we are not the ones we have been waiting for. we are the ones we are fighting for. [cheering] see aipac as a place to read as i would conservative movements are about what they needed conservatism in the 80s and do less, be more modest, slow the pace ofe change. well, it president trump through modesty out the window and he taught us

he the national insurance rise announced.— the national insurance rise announced. , �* ., the nationalise announced. �* ., ., announced. he is saying i'm a tax cuttin: announced. he is saying i'm a tax cutting chancellor _ announced. he is saying i'm a tax cutting chancellor but _ announced. he is saying i'm a tax cutting chancellor but he's - announced. he is saying i'm a tax cutting chancellor but he's cut - announced. he is saying i'm a tax i cutting chancellor but he's cut back about one sixth of all the taxes that have been raised according to the obr. so you have still got the corporation tax going up, you have still got national insurance going up still got national insurance going up this april, albeit some of it will be given back three months later. you have council taxes going up. on the big cost of living issues that we identified, a small amount of further help on energy, domestic energy prices in that 5p cut in fuel duty although again the obr pointed out that is rather ambitious to imagine that in a year's time you will get 5p plus inflation rise in march 2023. will get

and, of course, happy professional holiday to veterans of the national guard. i wish all of you and your families health and success. the federal service of the national guard troops was formed by presidential decree 6 years ago, its foundations were the internal troops, the service included sobr omon detachments. non-departmental security unit for control, in the field of arms trafficking, as well as in the field to ensure the security of fuel and energy complex facilities, the troops, the national guard, in cooperation with other law enforcement agencies, participate in the fight against terrorism , extremism, under the protection of the service, there are especially important infrastructure and transport communication facilities. among them are nuclear power plants , enterprises of the nuclear chemical industry. employees take part in ensuring public order carry out the tasks of guarding and escorting convoys with humanitarian cargo marriage and heroism shown in in the course of the special operation to protect the republics of donbass, many servicemen of th

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we are a nation with an economy, not an economy with a nation. we are people with principles, not a set of principles with the people. it is often said america is an idea. and it is. but it is far more. america is a real, particular nation with real borders and real flesh and blood people share a language, history and culture. america's leaders owe our loyalty to the american people. we must put their interest and aspirations first. the phrase america first gives the vapors to globalists in both parties. partly because of its world war ii era disrepute. but to the jacksonian ear it sounds like simple obvious common sense. if we don't put america first, who will? our party must reject the ideology of globalism, which claims that wide open borders and markets are the path to -- america shuttered factories, boarded-up main streets and elect drug dens as a grim monument rebuke this theory. we do not owe the prisons -- privileges of citizenship to those unbound by the obligations and response ability is citizenship. our immigration and trade policy sh

many of the other national forces that represent the nato nation. >> pretty strong military, consideringtheir size? >> yes, sir. >> thank you. why do you think they shot hypersonics in ukraine when they didn't have to? >> i think it was to demonstrate the capability in an attempt to put fear in the hearts of the enemy. i don't think they were successful. >> what did it hit? or was it one or two? >> there have been multiple launches. most of them have been directed at military targets, still tbd based off the intelligence returns. but whatd i can say is most of those strikes have designated at specific military target. >> one went one side of the country to the other. i mean that takes a lot of guts to do that. knowing that, i guess they knew it was going to work. when i was over in ukraine a few months ago and the generals and there were telling me about the new armor that you're putting on tanks. has that been successful for russia? i notice a lot of tanks are torn up. do you have any information on that? haveow held up the new armor to the javelins and the stingers? >> this is pretty a

ambassador to the united nations, followed by ukraine's ambassador. members voted overwhelmingly to reprimand russia for that military conflict and demanded that it withdraw its military forces. the vote was 141. today, we call on russia to stop mr. president, mr. secretary-general, my fellow delegates, to all those who dedicate themselves to the noble mission of this institution -- today, we call on russia to stop its unprovoked, unjustified, unconscionable war. we call on russia to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine. we call on another neighbor of ukraine, belarus, who you just heard from, to stop supporting the war and stop allowing its territory to be used to facilitate this aggression. and today, we stand together in holding russia accountable for its violations of international law, and to address the horrific human rights and humanitarian crisis unfolding before our very eyes. for the first time in 40 years, the security council has convened an emergency special session of the general assembly. 40 years. most of the re

so the nation come together new big thing. tonight i'm offering a unity agenda for the nation. for big things we can do together in my view. first beat the opioid epidemic so much. we can do increased funding for prevention. friedman, farm reduction in recovery, getting rid of outdated rules and stop doctors and, and this, that stop doctor's verse prescribing treatments stop the flow of willis and drugs by working with state local law enforcement to go after the traffickers. if you're suffering from addiction, you know, you should know you're not alone. i believe in recovery and i celebrate the 23000000. 23000000 americans in recovery. second, let's take on mental health. especially among our children whose lives in education had been turned upside down. the american rescue plan gave schools wanting to hire teachers and help students make up for lost learning. i urge every parent to make sure your school, your school does just that have the money. we can all play apart, sign up to be a tutor or a mentor. children are also struggling before the pandemic bullying violence trauma

, the more other nations will use.nd bar going oil is very different —— putting an embargo on oil is very difficult. because there is always someone who will buy it. this is a very difficult situation to handle. but as far as the west is concerned, i think oil can be taken out of the system. it will be difficult, but it can be done. natural gas, however, in mainland europe is quite another matter. it is literally tied with the pipeline and it is the fundamental basis for a lot of the economies, notably germany. to be clear, economies, notably germany. to be clear. there — economies, notably germany. to be clear, there are _ economies, notably germany. to be clear, there are nations _ economies, notably germany. to be clear, there are nations out - economies, notably germany. to be clear, there are nations out there i clear, there are nations out there who will continue buying russian oil? ., who will continue buying russian oil? . ., , ., oil? there are always people who will buy stuff— oil? there are always people who

[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] [captioning performed by the nationalaptioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [applause] >> beautiful. >> great. >> [applause] -- >> [laughter] love it. [indiscernible conversations] oh [indiscernible conversations] [laughter] [indiscernible conversations] president biden: thanks for smiling.