white north carolinians. newspapermen and the political appropriated worth bagley. body. his name. his funeral and statue. to try to develop a consensus. whites in north carolina. north carolina, in the north, in the united states. and in south, essentially wiping the slate and fostering reconciliation in its sentiments. there any questions? yes city. so we brought up his age of being 20 for a couple of times and i was wondering do you think him being so young was a reason he was a great martyr to co-opt. absolutely because the whole thing i mean, especially back during this victorian era, you know, the most even it go into any sim cemetery from the 1870s, eighties and nineties the most elaborate monuments you will see are those to young folks who lives whose lives were cut short. it's just a part of mourning. and he is just it's easy to cling to because it's easy to feel sympathy for because he was so young. he had his whole life in its whole ahead of him. and gave up his life for. his country. yeah. do you also think him being so, like, imagine maybe what if instead he was 34. rig

of items that federal soldiers purloined from the dead bodies of their enemies, the caps of north carolinians who died at south mountain, the slouch hat of a mississippi felled at antietam a letter bearing confederate postage addressed to a captain. the 16th south carolina rifles, belt plates, sheaths and soldiers, also boasted of their bounties in letters to loved ones home. joseph collingwood, for instance picked up a great many relics, including an overcoat worn by a soldier killed in the battle. i got chest and i am going over the battlefield yet again to get more, he vowed. in the weeks that followed, the massachusetts lieutenant combed field on at least two more occasions in october sent home a button cut from dead rebel's coat, assuring wife rebecca that she'd not be afraid of it. most of their officers are gentlemanly and intelligent, he cautioned. but i could never find yet who could define what their rights were, except that the abolitionists wanted to steal all of their enslaved persons. before long, soldiers encountered civilian competition in their pursuit of relics. very powerfu

the north carolinians who died at south mountain, the slats head of the mississippi private fell at antietam. a letter bearing confederate postage addressed to the captain of the 16th south carolina, rifles, cartridges, belt blades, bayonet sheets, soldiers also boasting of their bounties in letters to loved ones back home. joseph calling, for example, picked up a great many relics, including an overcoat worn by a soldier killed in the battle. i got my chests, and i'm going over the battlefield, yet again, to get more, he vowed. in the weeks that followed, the massachusetts lieutenant, on at least two more occasions. in october, he sent home a button cut from a dead rebel's coat, ensuring his wife, rebecca, she need not be afraid. most of their officers are gentlemanly and intelligent, he cautioned, but i could never find one, yet, who could define what their rights were, except as abolitionists wanted to steal all of their enslaved persons. before long, soldiers encountered civilian competition in their pursuit of relics. very powerful evidence that many loyal northerners immediately appreh

items that federal soldiers purloined from the dead bodies of their enemies, like the caps of north carolinians who died on south mountain. a mississippi private from antietam. a letter bearing confederate postage addressed to the captain of the 16th south carolina. rifles. cartridges. belt plates. bayonet sheets. soldiers also boasted of their bounties in letters to loved ones back home. joseph calling, what, for instance, pick up a great many relics, including an overcoat worn by a soldier killed in the battle. >> i got my chest and i'm going over the battlefield yet again to get some more. in the weeks that followed, lieutenants combed the fields on at least two more occasions. in october, he sent home a button cut from a dead rebel's coat, assuring his wife, rebecca, she need not be afraid of it. most of their officers are gentlemanly and intelligent, he coined, but i cannot find one yet who would define what their rights were except the abolitionists wanted to steal all of their enslaved persons. before long, they encountered civilian competition in their pursuit of relics. a very powerful

. >> these newly drawn maps mean your north carolinians will be represented by republicans in their stateress, for years to come. now, despite this move in north carolina,, though there is still a lot happening on the 2024 front, we are democrats still have a chance of taking back the house next year. why? because this week, a federal judge ruled that georgia's congressional and state districts were discriminatory and ordered them to be redrawn. this move is almost short to resolve in an additional district that is more favorable to democrats. so, even with the mess happening in north carolina, democrats could use the georgia decision, on top of the alabama decision, from the supreme court, not to mention the section to challenge that still exists in louisiana and, it forget about texas and florida. they could use all those to pick up at least four seats next year in the house. we didn't even mention new york. so, to my democratic friends out there who might have seen what happened in north carolina this week and it just really got them even more down, don't despair. while the anti-democr

one of the few victories that civil war historians have granted, the irascible north carolinian and bragg in many ways is easy to treat as a joke. he counted one real victory to his name during the civil war and really ask anybody credit for that achievement. chickamauga was due to the timely arrival of james longstreet's first corps of the army of northern virginia, a collection of men who had been trained and schooled by robert e lee and had already achieved resounding victories against a long list of the union army's supposedly best and brightest officers george mcclellan, ambrose burnside, joseph hooker and yes, john pope before going toe to toe with william rosecrans on the tennessee georgia border. but bragg was also one of seven men to rank as a full general in the confederate army, and he undoubtedly had the ear and the loyalty of jefferson davis. we'll come to that in due course. and commanded the second most confederate army for longer than any other officer overseeing a theater much larger in size than that in which lee's army of northern virginia operated and arguably of great

it is a privilege to introduce my friend and fellow north carolinian administrator michael regan. administrator regan's distinguished service at the north carolina department of environmental equality set a strong example for other states around the country. now we are sharing him with the whole country. he has been a real champion in addressing contamination. my north carolina colleague have seen world-class water treatment facility on the river and our state and local governments would not have gotten to this point without the administrator's outstanding work in this area. now, at the epa, he and his staff are working tirelessly to tackle the contamination problem and many others. he recognizes that we have a duty at the federal level to protect the health and safety of our people, our communities and our environment. thank you for your leadership and i look forward to hearing your testimony. i yield back. >> thank you, administrator regan. you are now recognized for five minutes. >> good morning, everyone. thank you for personally inviting me in april at the house agriculture co

our job is to make sure that at the end of that plan every single north carolinian regardless of where they live has high quality, affordable internet. low quality satellite doesn't help anybody. >> here's what's happening. let me get to the point. would it be worthwhile, here's what's actually happening. would it be worthwhile for taxpayers to spend $200,000 on a fiber connection to a mansion that's worth $5 million? sec. raimondo: nobody says fiber has to be used. >> there seems to be a bias toward fiber. that's what's happening. sts it's happening right now because the biden administration, he has -- it has shunned wireless and sat rite alternatives. further biden's bead rules allows for building finer to mansions and vacation homes. these rules prohibit states from funding nonfiber projects except in extreme situations. these are extreme situations you may have begun to elaborate on but unless they get a waiver from the federal government to do the alternative. so i urge you to eliminate tech bias in your rules. and put in sensible limits that would stop subsidizing millionaires. i

the epa administrator and a fellow north carolinian came to a small town that discovered high levels of pfas contamination which was likely the result of firefighting foam. to announce iija funding for communities to illustrate the type of community that was intended to help. while a facility in north carolina gave us early experience in dealing with forever chemicals, when a pfas chemical known as gen x was discovered in a river in 2017, we recognize pfas is larger than one company or one chemical. deq has been working with public water systems to assess pfas levels and help prepare for the upcoming national drinking water standards. we identified 43 of our municipal and county drinking water systems that serve 3 million people that will need to take action to come to compliance and protect public. we are learning from and working with the public water systems that have already addressed pfas in our state. i will give you an exhibit of the cape fear public utility authority you spent $43 million -- who spent $43 million on a carbon filtration system to treat pfas coming from the cap

our job is to make sure that at the end of that plan every single north carolinian regardless of where they live has high quality, affordable internet. low quality satellite doesn't help anybody. >> here's what's happening. let me get to the point. would it be worthwhile, here's what's actually happening. would it be worthwhile for taxpayers to spend $200,000 on a fiber connection to a mansion that's worth $5 million? sec. raimondo: nobody says fiber has to be used. >> there seems to be a bias toward fiber. that's what's happening. sts it's happening right now because the biden administration, he has -- it has shunned wireless and sat rite alternatives. further biden's bead rules allows for building finer to mansions and vacation homes. these rules prohibit states from funding nonfiber projects except in extreme situations. these are extreme situations you may have begun to elaborate on but unless they get a waiver from the federal government to do the alternative. so i urge you to eliminate tech bias in your rules. and put in sensible limits that would stop subsidizing millionaires. i

our job after that plan, every single north carolinian regardless where they live, have high qualityaffordable internet. >>, but i don't think that spending $200,000. here is what's happening. let me get to the point. thank you, madam. would it be worthwhile. here is what's actually happening, would it be worthwhile to spended 200,000 on a mansion that's worth $5 million? >> nobody says fiber has to be used. and i doubt the-- >> there seems to be a bias towards fiber, that's what's happening. it's happening right now because the biden administration, he has-- it has shunned wireless and satellite alternatives. further, biden's rules allow taxpayers subsidies to building fiber to mansions and vacation homes. these rules prohibit states from funding noncyber projects -- nonfiber projects except extreme situations, unless they get a waiver, a waiver from the federal government to do the alternative. so i urge you to eliminate tech bias from your rules and put in sensible limits that would stop subsidiing millionaires. in my remaining time, madam chair, i'd like to mention the report put

and welcome presence in my district, and of course it's always a pleasure to welcome a fellow north carolinian to the science committee. my district, north carolina's fourth, is one of the nation's leading hubs for environmental research and epa research programs are a huge part of that. the office of air quality planning and standards, and the center for public health and environmental assessment, are both based at epa's rtp campus,e where i was pleased to visit earlier this year as well as other critical epa facilities like the national computer center, the center for computational toxicology and exposure, and the first environment early learning center. mission critical offices with world-class scientists and devoted public servants, who i am concerned about if we are indeed heading for a government shutdown, i would like to learn more about how epa supports its research programs in rtp and ensures that they have everything they need to continue their essential work on behalf of the american people. >> thank you for that question. i smile because i think you know in 1998 i interned in resea

waiting, in some cases dying without access to life-saving health care, nearly 95,000 eastern north carolinians trapped in the medicaid coverage gap now have a lifeline. medicaid expansion will be formally launched in north carolina on december 1 of 2023. as co-chair of the state medicaid expansion caucus, i want to emphasize my unwavering commitment to this cause. i pledge to work closely with my former colleagues in the state legislature to ensure medicaid expansion is monitored correctly and address the health disparities that have existed in the east for far too long. let us stand together and make the delivery of health care a reality. "sportscenter, " i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to celebrate sid nettleman, a world war ii veteran who celebrated his 100th birthday. on july 1, 2023, he celebrated 100 year