C-SPAN 2 TV Schedule
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BTV LCV Provo Moon's Rare Books
42 minutesMoon's Rare Books Reid Moon gave a tour of his store, Moon's Rare Books in Provo, Utah. For 30 years, Mr. Moon has been collecting rare books from all over the word. He showed items from collection, including Brigham Young's copy of the Book of Mormon as well as an original copy of Thomas Paine's Common Sense.
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American Artifacts: BTV LCV Concord MA The Old Manse
59 minutesRalph Waldo Emerson wrote most of his works while living in Concord, Massachusetts. He wrote "Nature," which set the foundation for transcendentalism while living at the Old Manse. Old Manse Senior Curator Christie Jackson talks about Emerson's time in the home as well as other writers, such as Henry David Thoreau, Nathanial Hawthorne, and Margaret Fuller, who spent time there.
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Government "High Risk" Agencies & Programs
2 hours, 12 minutesA forum examines the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) list of government agencies and programs that are "high risk" due to their vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement.
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House Homeland Security Subcmte. Hearing on Border Security Technology
1 hour, 28 minutesHomeland Security officials with the Border Patrol and Customs and Border Protection agencies talked to lawmakers on the Hill about various technologies they're using to secure the nation's borders. During the hearing, Customs and Border Protection's Field Operations Executive Assistant Commissioner Todd Owen said the smuggling of the dangerous drug fentanyl into the U.S. via the courier system from China is an issue that needs to be addressed immediately. Mr. Owen's added that the CBP has conducted testing on the drug that comes from both China and across the U.S. southern border and the Chinese drug is much more potent. His comments came during a hearing before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security examining border security technology. Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ) chairs the committee while Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA) served as the acting ranking member for this hearing.
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Summit on Human Exploration of Mars
1 hour, 48 minutesAstrophysicists, aerospace engineers, and space policy experts were among the speakers at the fifth annual conference on human exploration of Mars hosted by Explore Mars, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping spawn a manned mission to Mars in the 2030s. Panelists discussed the challenges to, benefits of, and recent advancements toward a manned Mars mission. Some of them also took questions from the audience, most of which were other members of the space exploration and education community.
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Rep. Gregory Meeks D-NY
6 minutes2017 Summer Reading: Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
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Hearing on Oversight of the EPA's Superfund Program
1 hour, 13 minutesA subcommittee of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee examined the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Superfund program that was created to fund the cleanup of hazardous waste sites. Testifying before members was an environmental attorney, a consultant and the regional operations director of Virginia's Dept. of Environmental Quality who gave their recommendations on ways to expedite the cleanup of toxic waste sites. The subcommittee is chaired by Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD).
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Government Policies & the Poor
1 hour, 49 minutesThe Heritage Foundation hosted a forum assessing the impact of government policies and regulations on poverty. This portion of the event included keynote remarks by George Mason University economic professor Donald Boudreaux and former Trump campaign economic adviser Stephen Moore. Also, economists and policy experts took part in a panel discussion. They argued that certain environmental policies, land-use restrictions and sugar taxes have a negative impact on low-income Americans.
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House Ways & Means on Changing the Tax Code
1 hour, 56 minutesA House Ways and Means subcommittee heard from a panel on their recommendations for simplifying the tax code. Witnesses included Bill Archer, a former U.S. representative (R-TX) who once chaired the House Ways and Means Committee and was a key player in the 1986 Tax Reform Act. He was joined by analysts who talked about proposals concerning retirement income and plans for updating the nation's electronic filing system. The subcommittee hearing was led by its chair, Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL).
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After Words: Town Halls 8-23
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NAFTA Farm Groups News Conference
51 minutesThe presidents of the largest farm and ranch associations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico held a news conference to voice their support for the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Representatives of the three countries have begun a new round of talks to modernize the 23-year-old pact by early 2018 following President Trump's campaign pledge to renegotiate it. This event was held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
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BTV LCV Fresno Tim Hernandez - All They Will Call You
1 hour, 38 minutesAll They Will Call You Tim Hernandez talked about his book, All They Will Call You, about the impact of a 1948 plane crash in California that killed 32 people, including 28 Mexican migrant workers being deported by the U.S. government.
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BTV LCV Portland Scott Farris "Inga"
1 hour, 17 minutesAuthor Scott Farris explores the life of Inga Arvad, including her love affair with John F. Kennedy and her connections to Adolph Hitler and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
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BTV LCV Hattiesburg Andrew Wiest Boys of 67
46 minutesAuthor Andrew Wiest talked about his book, The Boys of '67: Charlie Company's War in Vietnam, about the experiences of the men of the U.S. Army's "Charlie Company" during the Vietnam War. In his book, he looks at what the soldiers experienced during the war as well as after they returned home.
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After Words: Town Halls 8-23
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BTV LCV Fresno Tim Hernandez - All They Will Call You
22 minutesAll They Will Call You Tim Hernandez talked about his book, All They Will Call You, about the impact of a 1948 plane crash in California that killed 32 people, including 28 Mexican migrant workers being deported by the U.S. government.
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BTV LCV Fresno Tom Holyoke Ethical Lobbyist
1 hour, 15 minutesAuthor Tom Holyoke talked about his book The Ethical Lobbyist: Reforming Washington's Influence Industry, in which he discusses the ethics involved in lobbying and argues for stronger lobbying regulations.
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BTV LCV Portland Scott Farris "Inga"
1 hour, 18 minutesAuthor Scott Farris explores the life of Inga Arvad, including her love affair with John F. Kennedy and her connections to Adolph Hitler and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
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BTV LCV Hattiesburg Andrew Wiest Boys of 67
51 minutesAuthor Andrew Wiest talked about his book, The Boys of '67: Charlie Company's War in Vietnam, about the experiences of the men of the U.S. Army's "Charlie Company" during the Vietnam War. In his book, he looks at what the soldiers experienced during the war as well as after they returned home.
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BTV LCV Fresno Tim Hernandez - All They Will Call You
1 hour, 37 minutesAll They Will Call You Tim Hernandez talked about his book, All They Will Call You, about the impact of a 1948 plane crash in California that killed 32 people, including 28 Mexican migrant workers being deported by the U.S. government.
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BTV LCV Portland Scott Farris "Inga"
1 hour, 18 minutesAuthor Scott Farris explores the life of Inga Arvad, including her love affair with John F. Kennedy and her connections to Adolph Hitler and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
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BTV LCV Hattiesburg Andrew Wiest Boys of 67
46 minutesAuthor Andrew Wiest talked about his book, The Boys of '67: Charlie Company's War in Vietnam, about the experiences of the men of the U.S. Army's "Charlie Company" during the Vietnam War. In his book, he looks at what the soldiers experienced during the war as well as after they returned home.