03/09/2015
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"I hope we can still put some of those plans in place going forward, so if we ever have the kind of crisis we had around a COVID-type experience we have a more efficient system in place."
"I think the great strength of the Smithsonian is that we give different portals into what it means to be an American."
"I do think, you know, having a couple of years of COVID and the fact that there may be Members of Congress that are not as familiar with the Smithsonian..."
"I have worked since then with my great friends, Tim Kaine, to make sure we actually take out of Statutory Hall the statue of Robert E. Lee and replace it with hopefully Barbara Johns."