ewing went to washington in february 1862 on behalf of a company that wanted to build the transcontinental railroadewing and his partners had never built a single foot of a railroad. and they also did not own any land, but they didn't let either of these impediments stop them. relying on his sterling connections, ewing's father was a former senator and cabinet secretary, his foster brother was william t. sherman, one of his cousins was the future speaker of the house, james g. blaine. ewing arrived in washington and began spreading around some $4 million in bribes. and that number is not adjusted for inflation. $4,000, 0 18.62. and he promised at least 100,000 acres of land to friendly lawmakers who would help his project. in this way, the ewing operation called the leavenworth pawnee and western railroad, first managed to push through a treaty ratified by the senate that would seize lands belonging to the delaware and potawatomi indian tribes and give them to the railroad to then sell to finance their construction. after that, they moved to prevail on the house of representatives to set the route

well when you look at the for example the transcontinental railroad when you look at the marshall plan those those those had very strong very strict or very obvious national security interests and more importantly they had business interests a transcontinental railroad signed into law in one thousand eight hundred sixty two by president lincoln a year into the civil war about twelve years after the end of the industrial revolution so and what it did it connected opposite ends of the united states as well as took us out of the wagon train process of transporting goods into a much more efficient railroad so you had business interests who were lobbying for the for the passage of the legislation the marshall plan after world war two the united states realized with all that was going on in europe that the european economy needed to be bolstered if it wasn't you were going to wind up with job shortages food shortages you're going to wind up with a environment that would be ripe for the spread of communism and opening up these markets was of primary interest and lowering tariffs was of primar

know past presidents have presided over very ambitious projects you know things like the transcontinental railroad or the interstate highway system so what is it about this congress that camp can't seem to pass things that come to infrastructure things that are in the benefit of everyone. well let's remember the highway system with completed one hundred eighty two i mean i never had a great vision the complete and that was fine but we're still using the old model for something that's been completed for more than two three decades so we have to do is reevaluating say is washington now the best place to be funneling money to an industry being back to the states and i would argue no i mean what we saw back in two thousand was that ninety percent of all makers voted they were highway bill that highway bill broke the highway trust fund it made it go bankrupt with that thirty billion dollars in bailouts for it and we still have all these problems so clearly the federal government is not the answer ok so if washington doesn't work and you know and all these states with a alexy the leaders to do this job

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in the experiences of the first chinese laborors who came to build the transcontinental railroads, the first japanese workers who worked in plantations in hawaii the first vietnamese refugees who arrived because of war, and other countless a.p.a. groups with similar stories. asian pacific american history is the larger american story of valuing freedom, continuously working to make our nation great and giving our children a better future than the ones we have. i represent the people of guam. i represent the u.s. territory of guam. the people are an important part of our asian pacific american community and whom are extremely loyal and proud of their citizenship. the case in point this year will mark the 68th anniversary of the liberation of guam. from a brutal enemy occupation during world war ii and the return of freedom to the island as part of the american family. guam has one of the highest per capita casualties in the more than a decade that our country has been at war. yet our people continue to enter military service as a calling to serve their country and our island is being ca

transcontinental reporter. ewing and his partners had never built a single foot of a railroad.hey also did not own any land, but they didn't let either of these impediments stope them. relying on his sterling connection, ewing's father was a former senator and cabinet secretary. his foster brother was william t sherman. one of his cousins was the future speaker of the house, james g blaine. ewing arrived in washington and began spreading around some four million in bribes. that number is not adjusted for inflation. that was four million and he promised at least 100,000 acres of land who would help his project. in this way, the ewing operation called the levin worth and western railroad first managed to push through a treaty ratified by the senate that would seize lands belong to the delaware and indian tribes and give them to the railroad to sell to finance their construction. they moved to set the route that st. louis to denver straight 3 levin worth. after denver, the plans sort of got fuzzy. there was something just to the west of denver they had not figured out how to deal

railroad. in july of 1871, moran traveled by train to utah, where just two years earlier, the union pacific and the cel pacific had linked to form the first transcontinental railway. he joined hayden's party in montana. they proceeded to fort ellis and soon entered the fabled region of yellowstone. moran worked closely with the most impressive views.r,see moran made drawings and watercolor sketches, blocking in forms and contours, quickly noting the colors of the terrain and the sulfurous deposits for which yellowstone is named. back in newark, new jersey, moran began what he termed his "big picture," "the grand canyon of the yellowstone." for moran, the spiritual, natural and aesthetic realms should blend to create a great impression. to that end, he combined different points of view into oneramatic panorama. moran explained, the precipitous rocks on the right were really at my back when i stood at that point. yet in their present position, they are strictly true to pictorial nature. my aim was to bring before the public the character of that region. narrator: reporting to congress, hayden suggested that the geyser region of yellowstone be set apart as a

railroad. in july of 1871, moran traveled by train to utah, where just two years earlier, the union pacific and thecel pd to form the first transcontinental railway. he joined hayden's party in montana. they proceeded to fort ellis and soon entered the fabled region of yellowstone. moran worked closely with the expedition photographer, william henry jackson. together they selected the most impressive views. moran made drawings and watercolor sketches, blocking in forms d contours, quickly noting the colors of the terrain and the sulfurous deposits for which yellowstone is named. back in newark, new jersey, moran began what he termed his "big picture," "the grand canyon of the yellowstone." for moran, the spiritual, natural and aesthetic realms should blend to create a great impression. to that end, he combined different points of view into one dramatic panorama. moran explained, the precipitous rocks on the right were really at my back when i stood at that point. yet in their present position, they are strictly true to pictorial nature. my aim was to bring before the public the character of that region. narrator: reporting to congress, ha