pushed for an additional $75 million for both the national endowment for the arts and national endowment for the humanities. these funds will support local artists and arts programs through this tough economic ti time, when arts and cultural venues are shuttered and artists and all others are out of work, there's no doubt that these are exceedingly difficult times but together we can get through this. i would like to remind everyone to follow the public health measures recommended by the experts. staying at home is the best thing we can do to slow the spread of this virus and ensure our health care systems are not overrun. these measures are a fire break that cuts off the fuel for this virus and prevents a catastrophe that overruns our hospitals. social distance, wash your hands for 20 seconds. we all have an important part to play in containing covid-19 and keeping ourselves and our neighbors and our communities safe. the state of new mexico is under a stay-at-home order. i commend governor grisham for the quick and decisive action that she has taken and she is focusing in like this lik

>> the fund for the national endowment on democracy has been doubled. beenional resources has delivered from the state department. that was in the last three to six months. --are we seeing different administration approaches these issues -- we talk about religious freedom. displaced the broader human rights agenda at the state department? going back to a point about the obama transition to trump on human rights, the tradition -- the transition has not been as abrupt and some -- as some say. is the magnitsky act passed on a bipartisan basis at the end of the obama administration. it has been robustly enforced. there are glaring examples of the saudis responsible for the serder of khashoggi, the chine officials involved in abuses, but that act has been enforced. that allows the treasury department to sanction gross abusers of human rights and corrupt officials. funding stayed relatively the same. the administration has continued, in venezuela, iran, a strong human rights focus. there are others less positive from a human rights perspective. change has bee

are willing to let those americans suffer and wait so they can get all of this crap for the national endowment for the arts and the kennedy center, all of this other garbage. has that ever happened to you in business? usually when i do business deals it's got to be win and win. that is not win-win. >> and i do business deals it's win and win that we needed bipartisan support and there was a price to pay. i agree that i would rather be sending that money to hospitals then sending it to the kennedy center. nothing against the kennedy center. this is about the coronavirus. speed of the president said that today. i'm sure it's nice but i've been busy. never seen it. i wouldn't written it in. he's right. last question. this money is going to get to the american people soon, as quickly as possible. you're going to be telling people how to go about this process so that there will be details, website. how is everyone going to learn as quickly as possible what to do? >> we are going to have a very simple system. beginning to write and put out press releases. very simple. go into a bank, get a loan inst

mortgage payments and car payments and kids in college, they were fighting for money from the national endowment for the arts in the kennedy center and the arts and humanities. anyway, use it as an opportunity to attack the president while the rest of the country is all hands on deck. listen to this shameful remarks you made yesterday on fake news cnn. >> the president, his denial at the beginning was deadly. his delaying of getting equipment to where -- it continues his delayed getting equipment where it's needed is deadly. but as the president has come and are dying. >> sean: sick, shameful, false, and sadly predictable. and as the travel ban, he announced january 31st 10 days after the first known case in the united states, i haven't seen one democrat that said that was a good decision. that saved a lot of americans from contracting the virus and maybe even dying. along with other of dozens of actions, fast tracking fda treatment, this is all going to be the new way going forward. a hospital ship behind me. nancy pelosi's hypocrisy couldn't be any more blatant. just weeks after the president'

michael is a consultant in the office of the chairman of the national endowment of the humanities. or to that, he served as rector of the national church hill library and center at george washington university in and also up -- served as the director of -- society. the museum has a long-standing relationship with the local branch of the church hill society and churchill society of new orleans. with him being half american, we

the budget for the national endowment for democracy has been almost double, additional resources have been provided to the bureau for democracy, human rights and labor, the state department and that's all been within the last 3 to 6 months. >> are we seeing different in terms of how the trump administration does approach these issues, and one of the issues we've heard a great deal about the importance of religious freedom internationally and that being a priority for this administration due in part to some of their constituencies. as that displaced the broader human rights agenda at the statedepartment ? >> i think going back to the point that tori made at the beginning of the conversation about obama transition to trump and human rights, i think probably the transition is not as abrupt as some people would say. i just think one set area continuity is in i was looking at vladimir was out and the magnets the acts and the fact that this is an act that was passed on a bipartisan basis at the end of the obama administration and as best as i can tell, it's largely been fairly robustly enfo

at $150 million for the national endowment for the arts and the endowment for the humanities. oh, now, they wanted 600 million originally. that's what they were fighting for. that's what the delay has been about. there's also a photo, $50 million for the institute of museum and library services. okay if we need money to help their employees, that's separate and apart. that's not what this is about. 75 million for the corporation for public broadcasting. 75 million for pbs, oh, and i think mpr is included. npr, one of their stations announced they weren't going to take the daily briefings but they get 75 million bucks. the cherry on top of the wish list, 25 million for the kennedy performing arts center. protect the employees if they are out of work. this money, total b.s. see what's happening here? you are watching the exploitation by the democrats holding americans in need hostage over this garbage. all in order to get a big payday for their close friends and union buddies. they know republicans. they have a sense of urgency. they are the adults in the room. they have been sa

of the arts and national endow ams of humanitarians. joining us now by skype, the host of this show, lou dobbs, why can't they pass the damn bill? lou: well just said some names. right now those 4 senators are doing a great disseren disseren. not one of them is an appropriate or, and lindsey graham, one never knows where he will being but the fact is whether is governor cuomo of new york or bernie sanders or any one of those, they are putting their interest, political interests ahead of the american people, governor cuomo is delaying aid to his state at the time he has millions of his voters presumably sitting up here in critical need of all of the hospital that federal government can provide, that money in particular. he is complaining about shortfalls his state government will have. this is the highest tacked state in the union -- tax state in union with heaviest tax bur burn and his responsibility, is to meet the shortfalls, he is not supposed to be sucking constantly at the public of taxpayer money, this outrageous when he is doing.

there's money in this bill for the national endowment for the arts, for the national endowment for humanitiess money in this bill for housing, there's money in this bill for nasa, there's money in this bill for a $500,000 water project in utah. i mean, i made a list, maria. there's money in here for the smithsonian. i love that but it's not a priority right now, and let me say one more thing. the department of treasury in washington is holding $26 billion of uncashed savings bonds, that belong to the american people. i tried to put a provision into tell treasury to give the names and addresses to the state treasurer so they can start getting this money back to people when they really need it. i was told oh, it's not relevant to the bill and then i pick up the bill and see stuff in here like sunscreen review with the fda, money for housing. maria: unbelievable. >> money for nasa. maria: you had to agree to all of this? you had to agree to all of this to get your colleagues on the left to vote for unemployment benefits and to get cash into america's pockets during this recession, critical momen

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grants and fellowships include a national endowment for the humanities, a fellowship at the new york historical society, as well as grants to co-direct summer institutes for college and university teachers on westward expansion in the constitution in the early american republic. kevin received his ba in history and the university of missouri, his masters from the college of william and mary and his phd from washington university. i am very pleased to welcome to the podium after kevin butterfield. [applause] dr. butterfield: thank you. this is a great privilege and honor to be here be a part of this historical event. i come as a historian to talk to you about the past and the early history about u.s. policy toward native americans. i was thrilled to have a personal connection to make responsible, lindsay robinson, my former colleague and still friend at the university of oklahoma the first reach out to me about this event. i was excited to do it from the first moment i decided to do it. rescued mount vernon from ruin in the 1850's and opened to the public, where it remains open today,

but he said i want to win and that is my mission at usaid the national endowment of democracy not so much to nation build with the jeffersonian democratic society but in the basic government so that is not a total failure corrupt. >> it's a good challenge. >> i was shocked at how little advantage the state department personnel system if you think about the american army mostly what they are brilliant at is taking the bell curve so they look for young women who have the skills and they recruit her and train her. and promote not just by what she has done well but on the potential and broader challenges going forwards. had brilliant american and diplomats but nobody ever teaches them to swim i cringe every time somebody argues for whole of government for anything in the united states because we have a government design not to do that. and instead of trying to make us culturally better than we are to build a better mousetrap entrepreneurialism. and that's what build on that. >> and then to pull the troops out if we had stayed there building the largest embassy in the world. and we had wor

i want to win and that is my mission but would do we have at the state department, usaid, national endowment for democracy, do we have people who know how not so much to nation build in the sense of creating a jeffersonian democratic society but put in the institutions of basic government so it is not a failure, a failed state the minute we leave. >> it is a really good challenge and having worked in the state department and the pentagon i was shocked how little advantage of the state department personnel system makes of the talent in their midst. if i think of the american army, no offense, mostly what they are brilliant at is taking talent at the middle of the bell curve and shifting the bell curve upward. they look for young women who have the skills that would make her a good soldier, recruit her, train her, spent a third of her career teaching and training her, promote her not just on what she has done well but on her potential to contribute in broader challenges going forward. the state department does none of those things. you have brilliant american diplomats, bill burns for example,

michael is a consultant in the office of the chairman of the national endowment of the humanities. prior to that, he served as rector of the national church hill library and center at george washington university in and also up -- served as the director of -- society. the museum has a long-standing relationship with the local branch of the church hill society and churchill society of new orleans. with him being half american, we feel he can keep covering winston as much as he wants. we enjoy having michael and his affiliates, do great works around the country. michael was in charge of putting their 34th and 35th churchill .onference together we're not quite caught up with that in international conferences but i know how much of a beast that is. seen "the darkest hour"? forcan thank michael providing deep insight to the cast, producers, the crew, historical consulting for that. i think you are solely responsible for the academy awards one. [laughter] michael is making his first trip to new orleans. he has made two trips to the french quarter already and has a third night left. he mig

michael is a consultant in the office of the chairman of the national endowment of the humanities. prior to that he served as the national director of the churchill library center at george washington university in d.c., and he also served as executive director of the international churchill society. some of you, many of you know that the museum has had a longstanding relationship with the local branch of the churchill society. the churchill society of new orleans, and with him being half american, we feel we can keep covering winston as much as we want, but we certainly enjoyed watching michael and his affiliates do great works around the country. michael was in charge of putting their 34th and 35th churchill conference together and we're not quite caught up to that with our international conferences, but being involved in the conferences, i know how much of a beast that s wis. who here has seen the finest hour? sorry, the darkest hour. finest hour is a book. darkest hour. you can thank michael for providing deep insight to the cast, the producers, the crew, historical consulting f

. >> and yet the bill provides hundreds of millions for the national endowment for the art, museums,es, the kennedy center, the smithsonian. now look, i love archie bunkers chair and fonzie's jacket as much as the next person but emergency stimulus package should just be that, for the emergency, to save lives, not chairs. greg: all right kat, you're a libertarian. >> i knew you were coming to me. i heard you going off. greg: but i know it hurts to do this but sometimes you can be perfect all the time. >> oh, i can. greg: yes, you can. >> i think you focused a lot on division just now and there actually has been one thing that republicans and democrats seem to agree on, and that's the good news. the bad news is that thing is corporate welfare. i understand people need help, i understand the government is saying you can't go to work and no one could have expected this and been able to prepare for this. i completely get people need help. however what i don't like about any bill like this is its essentially the government picking winners and losers and then we have to pay for the winners

spending, we have the kennedy center gets $25 million as we pointed out, smithsonian get seven, national endowment of humanities 75 million. corporation of republic podcasting 75 million. it goes up, international disaster assistance, i am not worried about that. migration and refugee assistan assistance, 350 million. this has to be a misprint. marc thiessen, real quick. >> look, when you write a bill this quickly to deal with the crisis a lot of stuff is going to happen. democrats control the house, they have some leverage. i think as kevin mccarthy said, 99% of this bill was written before the democrats started messing with it. look, as a conservative, i don't want government intervention in the economy. we are already intervening, we have created a recession in order to hav salt a health cris. if yo>> laura: my mother used to say, that burns me up. sarah and mark, thank you so much. coming up, congress is economic aid bill is supposed to keep the unemployment rate from exploding, but will it cost to mark a boy, steve forbes has something to say about that next. >> laura: the national shutdown o

you flip through different pages, 300 million for the national endowment for the arts? that is nearly double the current budget. what does that have to do with covid-19. covid-19? >> here is a way to look at this laura, they have taken everything that they have been unable to pass in the house over the last year or so. they have decided, okay the country is going down the tube, we must pass a piece of legislation. what about othe to be back bettr thing to attach it to then thiso convince the country of? we will have same-day voting, early voting, same-day registration i should say and mail in ballots. the green new deal, airlines fully offset their carbon emissions by 2025, and produce lists that tell customers of every bit of how much they i meant. these are the things that are put in there, i think it is worse than a christmas tree. this is i'm trying to sneak through their otherwise installed and failed agenda. >> laura: thank you. this is what, you had a bit of a breakup. it was almost like a conspiracy of the big government gods. you are back, we will hold you for

and the national endowment for humanity. $600 million. not connected to anything covid. it was just they need a plus-up of an additional $600 million. for the nationallen document for the arts, national endowment 403(b) the humanities. the other one was that we need to have a forgiveness of all debt for the post office ever, all post office debt. that was just released today. the list is going on and on and on. my frustration is, i have people at home that are suffering that are small businesses teetering on the edge about to go out of business trying to figure out if there's going to be a proposal to come out of that senate while folks are discussing whether we need to do more solar grants and if we're going to take over corporate boards and require a $15 minimum wage at the end of this. can we just deal with covid-19? could we just deal with one thing, with covid-19? and to say, let's help businesses and workers and families that are struggling. that's what i thought we were trying to do with this bill. but now suddenly it seems to be e

so, just as the national endowment for the humanities and things like that. they have to make their case for what they are doing and why it's important. an awful lot of research that's happening behind the scenes. they are also arguing for that and for the care of the collection. way is thein a national museum system. my sense is that is what's going on. when things are bursting out of the seams that they need more space, they are fighting for that as well. alsoinly, they are inviting congress down to see what they are up to and that sort of thing as well. >> [indiscernible] heather: right. i mean, there is quite a long interregnum in a way. reer gallery opens right after world war i. fore is no museums built about 30, 40 years. happened -- the first one is the american history museum which at the time was called the museum of history and technology. that is the first modern building that was done in the late 1950's and early 1960's. from basically 1920 two almost 1960, there is no expansion. then, there's an awful lot that happens in the 1960's. exactly. new

to actually be trying to first of all, you are a high-ranking position during those years as national endowment that you manage. and i wonder what that was like also to be supporting your husband, and to be a symbol of this country during that time. speech of you are such a nice interviewer. i'm going make a public confession i've never met before. i was getting my hair done. [laughter]. nice fellow who was doing my hair, he came on and he said, you know up plane just flew right into the world center and then a few minutes later he came back and said, there's a second one. so of course, the secret service was moving off, and you can see smoke from the car. it was that the pentagon burning. if you don't know what it is pretty just see it coming up from over the buildings. but expect to complete to the day, they took me to the white house which everyone us is evacuated right. [laughter]. but it was, such a memorable d day, the presidential emergency operations center . to be in their and walking and watching shut down all of the planes in the united states, and do it witthank you pretty normative

bill that would have funding for the kennedy enter, n.p.r., smithsonian, library services, national endowment of arts, and humanities. we have done this without strengthening the hand of unions sector?rivate sure. we give $88 for the peace corps thousands 10 days ago. hundreds more to the i.r.s., election security, the education.of these may be worthy or not, but they certainly have no place in package.ic relief it's a shame that they're in here. the president is rightly curerned about whether the here -- economic procurement may sickness.an the we incentivize small businesses to keep their employees -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas reserves. maryland is from recognized. r. hoyer: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from nevada, mr. horsford. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from nevada is recognized for one minute. mr. horsford: thank you, mr. speaker. leader, my chairman, chairman neal. today this body is here to send message to the american people, help is on the way. yesterday, the department of released devastating

there's money for the national endowments of the arts.l their shows. so we're only just starting. when you put $2 trillion into the american economy, that's a pretty big boost. >> many people saying boeing is the big winner. nicholas wu, our thanks to you. >>> a surprising scene in italy in the middle of the coronavirus outbreak. >> the pope, alone in st. peter's square. what lockdown means for millions of people around the world looking ahead to easter. [ action music throughout ] every box has a mission: to protect everything inside from everything outside. that is where the true glory lies. when what's inside matters, [ doorbell rings ] ...count on boxes. paper and packaging. how life unfolds. the network has to be prepared to absorb whatever is going to come its way. we're always preparing. make sure that the network is working all the time. we are constantly looking at it, we're constantly monitoring. we take that responsibility very seriously. the most rewarding thing about the work we do is whenever we see a customer able to commun

but he say not because i want to win and that's my mission for the question is usaid and the national endowment for democracy do we have people who know -- not so much nationbuilding the sense that it will create a jeffersonian society but it could put in the institutions of basic government so that it's not a total failure corrupt and a failed state the minute we leave. >> it's a good challenge and having worked in both the state department and the pentagon i was shocked at how little the advantage the state department personnel system makes of the talents. if you think about the american army with no offense -- [laughter] mostly what they are brilliant at speaking talent at the middle of the bell curve and shifting the bell curve upward. right? they look for young women who have the skills that would make her a good soldier and recruit her and train her son about a third of her career teaching and training her and they promote her, not just on what she has done, but on her potential to docontribute in broader challens going forward for the state department does none of those things. you have

and the national endowment for humanity. $600 million. not connected to anything covid. it was just they need a plus-up of an additional $600 million. for the nationallen document for the arts, national endowment 403(b) the humanities. the other one was that we need to have a forgiveness of all debt for the post office ever, all post office debt. that was just released today. the list is going on and on and on. my frustration is, i have people at home that are suffering that are small businesses teetering on the edge about to go out of business trying to figure out if there's going to be a proposal to come out of that senate while folks are discussing whether we need to do more solar grants and if we're going to take over corporate boards and require a $15 minimum wage at the end of this. can we just deal with covid-19? could we just deal with one thing, with covid-19? and to say, let's help businesses and workers and families that are struggling. that's what i thought we were trying to do with this bill. but now suddenly it seems to be e

his research has been supported by the american council society, national endowment for the humanities, the american philosophical society, and the rockefeller foundation. he is here tonight to discuss his latest book, "anointed with oil -- how christianity and crude made modern america," published last year by basic books, to great acclaim. following his lecture, he will be happy to take your questions and sign books which are available for purchase. right outside and off to the left is a place where darren can sign them for you. so please join me in welcoming darren dochuk. [applause] mr. dochuk: thanks, andy. and thanks to jeff, rhonda, and the center and to for southwest studies as well as the center for presidential history for co-sponsoring this event. as you heard, the support of smu over the years has been tremendous and it is nice to be back on campus in dallas even with this unusual weather. something i am used to though, having spent a good part of my life in vancouver, british columbia. it is a privilege to be with you today, especially because we are on an oil patch. i spe

they are funded directly, of course, through the national endowment for democracy. but they are often funded to the companies that we are working with through grants and cooperative agreements with usaid. when we are in these countries we also of course the broader evidence of your good work and your engagement. the contributions you make to almost l:m countries. and as you might expect we may have some specific ideas about the treatment of these countries in your budget and will be wanting to work with you on that. we do look out for these countries and we value their transition to democracy and sometimes how fragile that can be. speaking of which, i want to ask you about central america. when a country is in bad shape, where citizens are free for their lives, it seems that it would be in our national interest to try to address the root causes of this out migration. and to fund programs, often through your agency, that seek to do that. but that isn't what we have seen in this administration. since march of 2019, this administration has cut or withheld almost all fo

chinese communist party line and or to support dictatorships in their own countries so the national endowment for democracy has a role, freedom house has a role, state department has a role. if we can get -- the american people could get a real sort of network map of which chinese party organization, this level of transparency to see the scope. >> that is the broader issue we are dealing with with china including with regard to confucius institutes and programs we have heard a lot about. on the ngo issue you are very involved with the ngo community and civil society more broadly and the so-called fact checkers which i agree if we can support those organizations some of whom may not be precisely aligned on the way to approach this but they are out there that we can't afford to and state actors themselves, the small country can play a big role here. talk about how we can leverage that in smaller democracies to get them to be more effective. >> one of the elements we have to discuss is the funding capabilities to local organizations. that has been critical in jumpstarting quite a bit of work esp

so, the national endowment for democracy has a role, freedom house, the state department, some of these intelligence agencies have a role. if we can get if the american people could get a real sort of network map of which chinese party organization is funding which media organization or which training program for journalists, the first level of transparency would help us a l lot. >> that is part of the issue we are dealing with china including here in the confucius institute and the programs we've heard a lot of recently. on the ngo issue i know both of you are involved in the ngo community and civil society more broadly at the so-called fact check which i agree with you if we can continue to support this kind of organizations, some of whom may not be precisely aligned on the way to approach this best practice but on the other hand, they are out there doing incredible work we can't afford to give as a country and often they are state actors themselves so in the baltics as we talked about earlier. can you talk a little bit about that and how we can leverage more of that among the smaller

the national endowment for democracy, freedom house has a role state department has a role.some of the intelligence agencies have a role. if the american people couldgann get a real sort of network, which chinese party organization is funding which media organization, or which program for journalists, that t first level of transparency willhina help us a lot. >> i think that is part of the broader issue that we are dealingrd a with with china. >> some of the organizations may not ben precisely alignedhee with tgdc on the way toncrediblw approach that, but they are out there doing incredible work that we cannot afford to do as a country and they are often state actors themselves, but can you talk a little about that and how we can leverage more of that activity, in among the smaller democracies to get them to deal with that. >> thank you for that, i think one of the questions that we have not discussed is theref wo funding capabilitiesrk to local organizations, i think that has been critical in jump-starting quite a bit of work, especially ins that eastern here over the n sta

so, you know, the national endowment for democracy has a role. freedom house has a role. the state department has a role some of the intelligence action versus a roam. if we can get -- if the american people would get a real sort of network map of which chinese party organization is funding which media organization or which training program for journalists, you know, that first level of transparency i think would help us a lot to see the scope. >> i think that's a part of the broader issue we are dealing with, with china, including here with regard to confucius institutes and the programs we heard a lot recently with dr. lieber and so on. on the ngo issue. i know both of you are very involved and with civil society more broadly and the so-called fact checkers. which i agree with you. if we can continue to support those kind of organizations, some of whom may not be precisely aligned with the gec on the way to approach this, the best practices earlier. on the other hand, they're out there doing incredible work we can't afford to do as a country and often their state actors

bill that would have funding for the kennedy enter, n.p.r., smithsonian, library services, national endowment of arts, and humanities. we have done this without strengthening the hand of unions sector?rivate sure. we give $88 for the peace corps thousands 10 days ago. hundreds more to the i.r.s., election security, the education.of these may be worthy or not, but they certainly have no place in package.ic relief it's a shame that they're in here. the president is rightly curerned about whether the here -- economic procurement may sickness.an the we incentivize small businesses to keep their employees -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas reserves. maryland is from recognized. r. hoyer: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from nevada, mr. horsford. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from nevada is recognized for one minute. mr. horsford: thank you, mr. speaker. leader, my chairman, chairman neal. today this body is here to send message to the american people, help is on the way. yesterday, the department of released devastating

there as quickly as possible i don't think we ought to be funding things like candy center, national endowment for the arts that has nothing to do with coronavirus. on phase 4, if there's ways to help workers and small businesses, i want to hear it but i'm not interested in nancy pelosi's pet projects, the green new deal or cutting taxes for millions airs and billionaires that's not what we should be focused on we should be thinking about how do we stop the spread of this virus. >> you're not governor of florida anymore. there is a stricken cruise ship, the zaandam that may or may not be allowed to dock in southern florida, around ft. lauderdale 4 dead passengers, 179 others with flu like symptoms governor says we don't have the facilities or it would stress the facilities of that part. doesn't want the ship docked there. what would you do? what would you suggest governor desantis does? >> well, what i would do is first off your heart goes out to everybody on that ship and so what i've said is we've just got to make sure that everybody is tested and everybody is guaranteed before they get off