on behalf of the parameters of the national world war ii memorial and the national park service, welcome to this magnificent world war ii memorial. it is my pleasure to know introduce our official party. from the national park service, the national mall and memorial park's chief of communications, mr. mike witters. [applause] chair of the friends of the national world war ii memorial, mrs. jain d. from military district of washington, our chaplain for today's event is chaplain gardner. from the united states mint, director of the office of design management, ms. april stafford. [applause] and from the maritime administration, retired united states navy reserve captain taub hillard whose grandfather was in pearl harbor 83 year zillow today -- 83 years ago today. now if you are able to do so, please rise for the united states navy salute to the fallen 20 one bills salute. [bells ringing] please remain standing for the presentation of colors, playing of the national anthem by the united states navy ceremonial band. as the colors depart, the invocation by chaplain gardner. [national anthem p

it is a clear and present danger to our nation.se are facts and we simply must face them: what i have to say to you now about energy is simple and vitally important. point one: i am tonight setting a clear goal for the energy policy of the united states. beginning this moment, this nation will never use more foreign oil than we did in 1977 -- never. from now on, every new addition to our demand for energy will be met from our own production and our own conservation. the generation-long growth in our dependence on foreign oil will be stopped dead in its tracks right now and then reversed as we move through the 1980's. for i am tonight, setting the further goal of cutting our dependence on foreign oil by one-half by the end of the next decade, a saving of over 4.5 million barrels of imported oil per day. point two: to ensure that we meet these targets, i will use my presidential authority to set import quotas. i'm announcing tonight that for 1979 and 1980, i will forbid the entry into this country of one drop of foreign oil more than

like cities or counties rather than tribal nations, nations, not subsidiaries.t's who you are, you are nations. so, at last year's summit, i signed a great groundbreaking executive order to recognize that you should be treated as tribal nations with respect to your decision-making power. that executive order requires federal agencies to streamline grant applications. to comanage federal programs to eliminate heavy handed reporting requirements. trying to do that across the board, by the way. [laughter] we are also investing in an historic 45 billion dollars, $45 billion directly into the indian country. more is needed, but it's more than ever happened before. this includes helping tribes, tribal communities get through the pandemic with vaccines in arms and checks in pockets. helping tribes build new roads, bridges, deliver affordable high -speed internet and clean water across tribal communities. as a nation, we are making the biggest investment ever, ever in fighting climate change, ever, in the history of the world. which helps tribal communities to lead and

neal baldwin director, former director of national book foundation brenda greene from the national black writers conference. troy johnson of abc and publishers group u.s., our distributor. thank you, guys being here. linda may your support black plastic press is part of a group of online black book publishers that includes third world press africa world press and justice books. these legacy are surviving offers from the civil rights and human rights battles of the sixties and seventies along with newer like universal right press, we work every day to, maintain and expand black self narrating voices. we each have different thought we have. we each have a different focus. my focus is resisting black voices that are and confirm the right of black people to advocate and express in a world quick to deny our humanity for black people. our enslavement was what we call the my alphagrea catastrophic event to survive that great disaster, my ancestors had to have stories of something better stories of past and stories of the future which during the apa could only be expressed aspirationally despite

neil baldwin, former director of the national book foundation, brenda green from national black writerse, troy johnson of aalbc and publishers group west, our distributor. thank you guys for being here, lending me your support. black classic press is part of a group of o-line black line publishers that includes third world press, africa world press and just us books. these legacy publishers are survivors from the civil rights and human rights battles of the '60s and '70s along with universal write press. we work every day to maintain and expand black self-narrating voices. we each have different focus. my focus is resistive black voices that assert and confirm the right of black people to advocate and express themselves in a world quick to deny our humanity. for black people, our enslavement was what we call a great, catastrophic disaster. to survive that, my ancestors had to have stories of something better. stories of the past and stories of the future. which could only be expressed aspirationally. despite penalties of death and torture, those found their way into print as stories abo

biden, accompanied by national endowment for the arts, and national endowment for the humanities. ♪ [>> welcome to the white house. the poet, a past recipient of the national arts and national humanities once said that sometimes it's easier to stay home while it's easier to stay home, art urges voyages. the artists, scholars and patrons we're honoring tonight have given us a gift. they've gone on those voyages. and when they returned, they expressed our shared humanity in new ways, helping us integrate all of our hopes, joy, and hard earned wiz doms into the -- wisdoms into the one life we're given and the one nation we all share. they've uncovered the memories we didn't know we held on to and the dreams we didn't dare say out loud. and they remind us of the transcendent moments of truth and beauty, and that they are not out of our reach. sometimes they just require a voyage within ourselves, of tours of people around us. joe and i are so grateful to be here tonight with these extraordinary medal recipients. [applause] each of you has helped us venture out to see our world with clarit

of our nation. a guarantee of freedom from the threat of successful attack or blackmail and the ability with our allies to maintain peace. but peace is not the middle absence of war. peace is action to stamp out international terrorism. these. peace is the answer. facing effort to preserve human rights and peace is a combined demonstration of strength. and goodwill. we'll pray for peace and we will work for peace until we ever move from all nations for all time. the threat of nuclear destruction. america's birth opened a new chapter in mankind's history. ours was the first nation to dedicate itself to basic and philosophic principles that all people are created equal and endowed with an equitable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. the power of government is derived from the consent of the governed. this this national commitment was a singular act of wisdom and courage. and it brought the best and the bravest from other nations to our shores. it was a revolutionary develop that capt

third, we strengthen freedom loving nations, the dangers of aggression. fourth, we must embark on a bold new program for making the benefits our scientific advances and industrial progress available for the improvement and growth of underdeveloped areas. i believe that we should make available for peace, love, people the benefits of our store of technical knowledge in order to help them realize aspirations for a better life. our aim to be the help for free peoples of the world through their own more food, more clothing, more materials for housing, and more mechanical power to lighten their burden. lot democracy alone can supply the vital housing for the further peoples of the world enterprise open access. not only i got here with record, but also enemies. hunger. misery and despair in due time. as our survivors, it becomes as more and more nations something all the benefits, democracy and our sense of fate and drawing upon them. i believe that all which now are frozen will abandon their delusion and join with the free nations the world in a just settlemen

nation, not subsidiaries. that's who you are. nations. so at last year's summit, i signed a ground breaking executive order to recognize you should be treated as tribal nations and respect your decision making power. that executive order requires federal agencies to streamline grant applications. co-manage federal programs. to eliminate heavy handed reporting requirements. try to do that across the board, by the way. we're also investing in historic $45 billion, $45 billion directly into indian country. more if needed but it's more than ever happened before. this includes helping tribes, tribal community, get through the pandemic work vaccines in arms, checks in pockets. helping build new roads, bridge, deliver affordable high speed internet and clean water across tribal communities. as a nation, making the biggest investment ever, ever, ever in fighting climate change ever anywhere in the history of the world. which helps tribal communities to lead and transition, to clean energy and ease the impact of droughts and wildfires and rising s

of national assembly. i don't know if what you're able to hear him, but it'd be interesting to know what he's saying right now. what the message of the speaker of parliament is less. turn it up just a little bit to try and, and here though, i can't trying to say that unfortunately, but hopefully one of you can for us, let's, let's listen, says somewhere in the building someplace. i don't get somebody on your phone for me to you, but i don't need to come. we're both young and you don't. we don't even worry about it. it's only on your side or no, that sounds good. that's it. all. we're only me them. hi. we're just okay, we apologize, we don't have a direct translation for you unfortunately, but hopefully the one cool young sink bunk can tell us what they just of the message was the from the part of and speaker what uh, what is the say the problem with the new, so when she repeated those same words, which is a violation of the constitution and unlawful act, to declare the mazda of low. so uh, being part of th

and the other great nations to join the alliance during one of our nation's most extreme times of ware called the greatest generation legendary. by your grace somewhere here today and continue to share their stories. their willingness to stand up, to ship out and to fight an order to suppress tyranny and to ensure freedom and liberty for all remains a hallmark in patriotism and selflessness. thank you for all of our world war ii veterans who served on land, in the air, on the sea and under the sea. we express special gratitude and bless them and of those who paid the ultimate price, who made the supreme sacrifice, the giving of their lives. they died not in vain but forever in our memory. lord, may we be so inspired and willing to answer the call to where our nation's calls in times of peace as well as whatever there is oppression and/or crimes against humanity. god of our fathers, may we remained mindful and not forget your providential hand in this great victory. we would be remiss if we did not express our gratitude for your watch care. lord, we closed by asking that you be with ou

dozens of nations were destroyed. the ability of democracy to sustain and survive a direct attack had been put the test and prove it. across the globe. decade of the 1930s had been a time of great unrest as economic depression resulted widespread despair. some nations fell under the control of totalitarian leaders in europe. german dictator adolf hitler and his italian counterpart benito mussolini took advantage the financial turmoil and promised prosperity on military expansion in the military dominated government of japan plotted a similar course separate it from these troubles by two oceans. americans to avoid involvement in yet another overseas conflict at the time u.s. military ranked 17th in the world. hoover in a position to enter a world war but some including president roosevelt to view events in europe and the pacific with increasingly not justification of kind civilians, including vast numbers of women and are being murdered with comes from the air at 2:50 a.m. on september 1st, 1939, president roosevelt as

bedrock of our nation. when our educational system focuses on teaching our children that gender identity is more important than learning to read, to write or to do math, that is a sign that society is losing its moral compass. when society and medical professionals promote the concept that god makes mistakes when it comes to gender, and that only science can correctly assign the two jend -- true gender of our adult brothers and sisters and to our children, that is a sign that society is losing its moral compass. when society openly allows the labeling of the killing of babies as women's health or body autonomy, that is a sign of society losing its moral compass. .... when lawmakers vote in favor of allowing biological men that are experiencing gender confusion to equally use women's facilities and compete in girls' sports, that is a sign that society is losing its moral compass. when the church decides to ignore its role in educating the people on the biblical values a miracle is founded on, that is a sign

all of our national life. a leadership of frankness and a figure has met that understanding and support of the people themselves, which is essential to victory. and i am that you will again give that support to leadership in the critical day and such a spirit on my part and on your. we pray for a common difficult is vacant and thank god only material thing value is a front to back plastic level taxes that worsen our ability to pay a solemn government of all times by serious curtailment income. the means of a change of president in the current rate, the weather may our industrial enterprise on every side farmers find no market without radio and the savings of many years and thousands of families are gone. more important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of a system and an equally great number toil where little return. only a foolish optimist can deny the stark realities the moment. and yet, howard distress comes from no failure of substance. we are stricken by no plague locusts compared the p

front-line nations. he has done a superb job in getting the prime minister of south africa, mr. vorster, to agree that the time had come for a solution to the problem of rhodesia. secretary kissinger, in his meeting with prime minister smith of rhodesia, was able to convince him that it was in the best interests of whites as well as blacks in rhodesia to find an answer for a transitional government and then a majority government. this is a perfect example of the kind of leadership that the united states, under this administration, has taken. and i can assure you that this administration will follow that high moral principle in our future efforts in foreign policy, including our efforts in the middle east where it is vitally important because the middle east is the crossroads of the world. there've been more disputes in its area where there's more volatility than any other place in the world. but because arab nations and the israelis trust the united states, we were able to take the lead in the sinai ii a

and for the nation. i understand after 4 years in this office, as few others can, how formidable is the task the new president-elect is about to undertake, and to the very limits of conscience and conviction, i pledge to support him in that task. i wish him success, and godspeed. i know from experience that presidents have to face major issues that are controversial, broad in scope, and which do not arouse the natural support of a political majority. for a few minutes now, i want to lay aside my role as leader of one nation, and speak to you as a fellow citizen of the world about three issues, three difficult issues: the threat of nuclear destruction, our stewardship of the physical resources of our planet, and the preeminence of the basic rights of human beings. it's now been 35 years since the first atomic bomb fell on hiroshima. the great majority of the world's people cannot remember a time when the nuclear shadow did not hang over the earth. our minds have adjusted to it, as after a time our eyes ad

thank you for sharing this beautiful gift with the nation. i'm very encouraged to meet rose burke this evening. she wrote the winning essay for the tree and i was especially touched with these words that she wrote. "when they see this majestic christmas tree, they will be reminded of our farthest most state. though far away, we are united in love for our country." i think this is beautiful, especially this time of year and alaska may be the largest and most remote state in our nation, but it feels very small and close knit to those of us who are from there. and it's wonderful to see so many alaskans here tonight enjoying this with us. and when we talk about the 4000 miles that this tree came from, it reminds me of the long haul that our delegation makes and it makes me really grateful to have been a member of this delegation. and as my time comes to a close, this is a really beautiful event and i really appreciate being here with you all this evening . [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable dan sullivan, united states senator from

national security. thank chairman rogers for his leadership in delivering this bill and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. smith: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the ranking member of the house quality caucus, ms. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jacobs: i am so proud to represent san diego, the largest military community in the country that's home to over 118,000 service members and their families. so i know firsthand the recent challenges to recruit and retain service members in every military branch. in my community there are so many ships that are understaffed because there just aren't enough service smebs -- service members too many people aren't joining or aren't staying in the military or even recommending it as a career path to relatives because they can't afford child care, safe housing or to put food on the table. i'm so proud of everything we were able to get into thi

we are hearing national. we are hearing from local media reporting that the defense ministry of a person connected with the defense ministry. told the reporter that the marshal law does hold until the president lifted on board was the pool in the political circles. both of the opposition democratic party and the president's own party. people. power parties are both in a very rare, as seen on the same side in terms of calling this motion unlawful and the press. the leader of the, of the president's party handle. in fact, just recently came out to say, call on the president to, to honor the constitution and to cancel the motion for martial law as the national assembly has asked him to. so just to recap, the units in the last few minutes you've heard is that an official from the defense ministry has said that this martial law will hold until the president listed. so i'm clear as to whether that will happen. in the meantime, we're still seeing at huge crowds gathered outside the national assembly there. what's th

well, as part of our own national character. peace. peace that preserves freedom remains america's first goal in the coming years as a mighty nation. we will continue to pursue peace, but to be strong abroad. we must be strong at home. and in order to be. we must continue to up to the difficult issues that us as a nation today. the crises in iran and afghanistan have dramatized a very important lesson our excessive dependance on oil is a clear and present to nation's security. the need has never been more urgent. long last, we must have a clear, comprehensive policy for the united. as you well know, i have been working the congress in a concentrated and processed way over the past three years to meet this need. we have made together. but congress must act promptly now to complete final action on this vital energy. our nation will then have a major conservation. important initiatives to develop solar power. realistic pricing based on a true value of oil. strong incentives for the production of coal and other fossil fuel in the united st

and non-arctic nations. can you just talk a little bit about the shipbuilding capabilities and how that will capitalize hit the gulf region we have a bunch of shipyard that are building coast guard cutters right now we have two shipyards building nopc and to building and its season starting to build the wfc and what leno is at the needs the nation have from our in the stroke cases outstripping the capacity. say thank you i know i'm out of time upon comment mr. chairman, admirals i want to emphasize. i've run around with previous, nonce and i won't get into the names about the approach and we have hundreds of millions of dollars in a short amount of time. we are seeing lessons learned on icebreaking capabilities i want to go back to deep water. i want to urge as we move forward you have an extraordinary mission and we say all the time. i hope moving forward we apply the lessons learned of the failures because we have got to make sure we have the capability and the resources you need to do the job. thank you a

a $1 trillion national debt equates to $107,594 per person. $493,233 per child. quite frankly, it's an embarrassment and needs to stop. i pray the president and the 119th congress will seriously focus on the budget crisis. and make the right decisions to remove this heavy burden off the backs of hard-working people of this great nation and the backs of our children. and i thank my friends on the committee for sounding the alarm and for the efforts to help right this ship. i bid my farewell in this chamber. my time here pales in comparison to my joy with family and faith, but being among you has been more than an honor. it's been a privilege. yes, this place has its problems but so much worth celebrating. i made friends across the aisle and gotten to know a few of you through the early morning football practices or prayer groups. i've been blessed to know a long suffering staff that guided me through my journey. i've spoken on the house floor that mattered to the people of the fourth congressional district in colorado known as the eastern plains of colorado. on ja

the 80 foot spruce selected from alaska's national forest. alaskan tribal members also make remarks. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guest, speaker of the house, mike johnson. members of the alaska delegation, senator lisa murkowski, senator dan sullivan, governor mike dunleavy, representative mary stetler paul tulsa, chief randy moore of the u.s. foreign service, architect of the capital thomas austin, and the youth tree later, rose, a fourth-grade student from alaska. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the honorable thomas austin, architect of the capitol. >> good evening and welcome to the 60th annual christmas tree lighting ceremony at the united states capital. i am the architect of the capitol and i am honored to be here this evening as speaker mike johnson lights the 2020 four o christmas tree with the help of our special guest, rose, this year's christmas tree lighter who came all the way from alaska. it is a pleasure to welcome all of our guest this evening along with our capitol hill neighbors and those who are vis

the fort mchenry national monument and historic shrine is a unit of the national park service and it resides in the heart of my congressional district in baltimore. as many of you may know, fort mchenry was, as was mentioned earlier, the site of the historic battle of baltimore. a conflict between british and american forces which came to a head in the year of 1812. during the clash, american forces beat back british sea and land invasions off of the busy port city of baltimore and permanently neutralized the commander of the invading british forces. that resistance at baltimore's fort mchenry during the bombardment by rural navy-inspired -- navy inspired leaders and the ships that they were on, also inspired the poem "deference to fort mchenry" which later became the lyrics to "the star spangled banner," our national anthem. each year hundreds of thousands of people from across america visit the fort to engage in outdoor recreation and to learn more about one of the most defining moments of our nation's history. the late senator paul sarbanes, who served in this body for six years b

but i say to you that our nation's best is still ahead. our country has lived through a time of torment. it's now time for healing. we want to have faith again. we want to be proud again. we just want the truth again. this time for the people who run the government and not the other way around. it's time to honor and strengthen our families and our neighborhoods and our diverse cultures and customs. we need a democratic president and a congress to work in harmony for change with mutual respect for change and the open for change in next year. we're going to have that new leadership you can depend on. it's time for america to move and to speak, not with boasting and bold rage, but with a quiet strength. the dependance on affairs, not merely on the size of an arsenal, but on the nobility of ideals, and to govern at home, not by confusion and crisis, but with grace and imagination and common sense. too many have had to suffer at the hands of a political and economic elite who have shaped the sturgeon and never had to account for mistakes, not

president carter: ours is a nation of refugees, a nation of immigrants. almost all of our citizens came here from other lands, and now have hope for a better life, preserving their ethnic commitments, family structures, religious beliefs, preserving relationships with relatives in foreign countries but still forming themselves together in a coherent society, which gives our nation's strength. in the past, those minority groups have often been excluded from participation in the affairs of government. since i have been president, i have appointed more than twice as many black federal judges then all previous presidents and also spanish-speaking americans to involve them in the administration of government and a feeling that they belong, and to make decisions in the judiciary in executive branch is an important commitment which i am trying to realize i will continue to do so in the future. governor reagan: the president talks of government programs, and they have their place, but as governor, when i was at that end of the line and receiving some of these pro

our nation is protected by patriots whose motto is we are your defense. the veterans in our family have fought for our nation for over a century and a quarter. most of them did not play football. all were hard workers. dedicated to service, and deep patriots of the united states of america. our uncle tony, who served in the office of strategic services under lieutenant general joseph stillwell remarked that service in his lifetime met kill or be killed in the lethal china, burma and india theater as they parachuted in those killing fields and called the burma road. our oldest brother was a marine and fought against the bottle she havics and sent to the arctic where 40 degree below zero. as marines deployed to arc angel to fight the bottle she haveics. that resulted in the civil war. the red army was victorious and almost those who searched in our family, both our mother and father's sides were combat veterans. for my part as a senior in high school i dreamed of attending the united states air force academy, but in those days my application was rejected be

our nation apart. and the long battle of jim crow. the civil rights and voting rights movement, which got me involved in the public life. during which american cities were burned. to the still unfinished reckons with racial injustice in my country today. historians believe people of angola accounted for a significant number of all enslaved people shipped to america. today millions of african-americans have roots in angola. as i said at the u.s.-african leaders summit i held in washington two years ago, our people lie at the heart of a deep and profound connection that forever binds africa and the united states together. we remember the stolen men and women and children who were brought to our shores in chains, subjected to unimaginable cruelty. here with us today are three americans who are direct descendants of the first enslaved americans, africans in america. wanda tucker of virginia. there you are, god love you. her brother, vincent. and carly thea as well -- carlita as well. thank you for being he

administration as this transition unfolds and national security leaders are the annual reagan national southern california. they are discussion military defense strategies and what changes he trump administration might bring. chief national security correspondent is there life outside the reagan and simi valley, california latest. national defense form as a backdrop and a lot of talk of peace through strength defense secretary lloyd austin took the opportunity to announce another $988 million in security assistance for ukraine. this package includes more high mobility rocket systems, unmanned aerial systems or drones and spare parts. >> from this library, from this podium, i am confident that president reagan would have stood on the side of ukraine, american security and human freedom. >> much of the talk today has been about how the military industrial base needs to step up with the u.s.'s who compete with china speed, efficiency and pentagon reform it. i sent out commerce secretary who is the president's point person for returning advance of chip manufacturing to the u.s., needed to

it is no good if national security is the northstar. when i cut the rules, i have to make sure china can't just buy the stuff with japan or korea. if i had more time on the job, i would try to do a better job of having a pitch and catch and a dialogue with industry. really we need them at the table. this technology is incredibly complex. trying to figure out how to draw the cut line in a way that gets the national security goals but doesn't hurt industry is very hard. so i think we need a continuous dialogue between the u.s. government and the highest levels of industry to constantly get that right. my thing is you can't have a price tag on that. so if i dig into your profits, such is life. >> it has been said that you are the member of the administration in china the year the most because of export control and tariffs and you sat across the table from the chinese. what have you learned and what would your advice fee for your successor? >> the tough. the tough. -- be tough. rhetoric is not useful. sit at the table, look them in the eyes

national identity. i don't love the term national community. this is a very big society and community has a particular meaning. but in the way you are describing it, i do agree with you. >> i'm wondering if you move from philosophical to the practical, and you think about what unites us as americans and you think about the constitution. are there practical things that you see out there that give you optimism about us, learning how to bridge those differences that we seem to be so confronted with in the current day? mr. levin: first of all, and we just talked about this, i would not say optimism. i am a conservative and i am not an optimist. i don't think if we just sit back everything will be great. but i am not a pessimist either. i think ultimately, between optimism and pessimism, which are both dangerous devices because they both invite us to be passive, there is a virtue called hope. and i am very hopeful. i am very hopeful about america. you can't help but be hopeful in looking at the history of our country and what kind of challenges it h