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house in iowa. it is what i will continue to do in whatever i do next and it has been an honor and a privilege to get to serve in this body and represent this district and this country. with >> congress returns next week to vote on overturning president trump veto of the defense authorization bill. president trump objected to a provision to remove confederate names from military relations. and he wanted to eliminate social media company protections added to the bill. congressional leaders are working on 2021 federal spending before the government shuts down monday night. house democrats will try to increase covid-19 stimulus checks. congress approved $600 per individual. president trump called for $2000 after the bill passed, and democrats will try to make that happen when congress returns next week. live house coverage here on c-span. watch the senate on c-span2. ♪ c-span, yourtching unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today we are br

house in iowa. it is what i will continue to do in whatever i do next and it has been an honor and a privilege to get to serve in this body and represent this district and this country. withjection. mr. udall: thank you very much, and thank you, senator schumer, for those very kind remarks earlier. as you know, i announced i wasn't running for reelection last year, and if i knew everyone was going to be so nice to me, i might have announced it earlier. i'm not the only senator who is giving a farewell speech. many of us got to

they made a gain of at least half a dozen seats in the united states house where they were expected to lose seats. they will at least be in a tie or maintaine control after the elections in georgia. they made dramatic gains among hispanics, especially hispanic women. , trumps numbers among african-americans were double or triple what they were in 2016 in certain parts of the country. any women are said to serve 96 congress, or publican women than at any time in history. so against all expectations in the middle of a pandemic, with all the media predicting doom and gloom, the president of the united states just barely apparently lost the selection. yet looking ahead, think about what is ahead. havesentially conservative/republican, we have a good foothold in the united states supreme court, historically the midterm election since world war ii there's been a change of up to -- from the out party to the party which means republicans are in good shape to retake the house in 22 and if they don't hold the majority in the senate, they fall back into a tie if they had bad fortune georgia. they

house in iowa. it is what i will continue to do in whatever i do next and it has been an honor and a privilege to get to serve in this body and represent this district and this country. with >> iowa representative abby finkenauer is one of a handful of swing -- freshman from swing districts defeated in the 2020 elections, she won her seat by a wide margin in 2018, but lost this year to republican ashley henson. here is her farewell address. congress returns next week to -- vote on president trump's veto setting military pay programs and policy for the next year, president trump objected to a provision to remove confederate names from military installations and he wanted to eliminate social media company protections that were added to the bill. congressional leaders are still working on federal spending before the government shuts down monday night and house democrats will try to increase covid-19 stimulus checks. $600 perapproved individual, president trump called for $2000 after the bill passed and

the vote took place in state houses across the country yesterday including in hotly contested states like georgia.

. >> harris: michigan's republican state house leaders have now removed johnson from her committee seat and say they are looking into further

house of representatives. i want to start by thanking my wife of 38 years and our son who is 30, melene and anthony have always supported me -- supported of n my three decades service. i know my colleagues will understand this when i say i'll never fully understand all that they've sacrificed so i could fulfill my duty in office but i do know it was a lot. i also want to thank my terrific staff over the years and especially those who helped me build and lead such successful organizations, including my two personal office chiefs of staff, over 22 years, brian mcdonald and larissa bounds, terrific leaders both my executive directors at the nrcc when i ran the republican campaign organization, liesl hickey and rob symms my staff directors at the energy and commerce committee. you've heard of the late ray bauming, my colleague dating back to the clear -- dating clear back to the 1980's in the oregon legislature until just a couple of years ago when he passed away of cancer. mike blomqust and ryan long also did ter

he would was the head of the department of interior, to the state house and eventually to the united states senate. but senator enzi still holds on to the lessons he learned in those early days selling shoes. a few years ago he said legislating is like selling shoes. you have to know your market,

delbene of washington state, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. delbene will vote yes on h.j.res. 110. mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. larson of connecticut, the nutmeg state, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. larson will vote yes on h.j.res. 110. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from kansas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. cleaver, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. cleaver will vote aye on h.y.res. 110. as the member designated by mr. defazio, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. defazio will vote aye on h.y.res. 110. as the member designated by mrs. axne, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. axne will vote aye on h.y.res. 110. as the member designated by mr. kim, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. kim will vote aye on h.j.res. 110. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the membe

we had a state house member talk about the fact that violence may occur today. in fact, we had credible threats of violence as determined by the michigan state police against electors. the head of security shut down all the state office buildings. when you can't conduct an election without threats of violence, we become a third world nation. what are we venezuela? i mean, it's ridiculous, and to have an elected official, there should be no violence. we don't hold elections in which there's violence. this country has come so far. i'm troubled. and i ultimately decided to leave the party. our leadership needs to say no, we have a process, and we respect it. when they have voted we move on to govern the nation and not play politics. >> all of this comes as congress continues to negotiate a deal for a coronavirus relief package. democrats, including house speaker nancy pelosi say the bill should include more state and local governments. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and other republicans disagree, saying the best way to help cities and states is to distribu

., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of repres entives.] house will be e in order. pursuant to the order of january 7, 2020, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. with time equally allocated between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the missouri, mrs. hartzler. . mrs. hartzler: i rise today to honor the doctors and nurses of the fourth district who have witnessed the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on a daily basis. these frontline health care workers cope with the deaths and illnesses brought on by this virus and witnesses to the heartbreaking losses family members experience whose lo

day yes and state house in the process was the oldest in the oh yuck bowl of k. that it was no college brilliant police a mug omnia was sure about timing issues nastier when you were sure one dish will call when you call the additional or the delay in you need to push to get across and move said losing the battle was still a bit always seem to be a national unity. in the sport do we should. let them listen pitiful and professional come the usual persons who policed us to mr woods with all-star lessee. in the wish my job i do let's on the distance 3 and mark your recent e.s.q. to bush yeah sure not advancing the spill please start all the distance and if you don't seem to be a block it's a month later that it's not that it was still a choice. at this but some to split one from me and you get to but you know when they get almost into just yeah the disallowable get some to be able to let those you know which is this and to be. stupid or you administer on. a cost of the new all for more of the drain will be the abuse cornwood isn't the one that in multiple ball nor c

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house of representatives to you in heaven, we love you, we miss you. we'll see you soon. god bless. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. carter: ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate true it evanson of kernsville, georgia, on his retirement after 36 amazing years at georgia power. he began his career at georgia power in 1984 as a distribution engineer and remained faithful to the company's values and operations ever since. he held a variety of leadership roles including recently serving as the southeast region vice president since 2017. he was instrumental at fostering good working relationships with elected state official, other georgia companies, and industries, and georgia power field office managers when he served as their vice president of governmental and regulatory affairs. he has been a leader in

delbene of washington state, ursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. delbene will vote yes on h.r. 3250. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rom new york seek recognition? for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairwoman eddie bernice johnson, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that chairwoman ohnson will vote yea on h.r. 3250. as the member designated by chairwoman zoe lofgren, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that chairwoman lofgren will vote yea on h.r. 3250. as the member designated by chairman jerry nadler, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that chairman nadler will vote yea on h.r. 3250. as the member designated by congressman jose serrano, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that congressman serrano will vote yea on h.r. 3250. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. aguilar: as the member designated by dr. bera, pursuan

in arizona, the state house and senate are closed all week long just to be sure. the trump campaign said giuliani tested negative before going on the trips. >> hallie, thank you >>> the health team that will tackle the pandemic is now taking shape president-elect biden has nominated dr. rochelle walensky to head the cdc. she's a top expert on virus prevention and treatment in addition, xavier becerra has been tapped as health and human services secretary and dr. fauci to serve as chief medical adviser. he'll remain at the national institute of algae and infectious diseases. what else can you tell us about biden's health team? >> reporter: shep, the health team like the foreign policy team and economic team in prior weeks will be unveiled before cameras tomorrow they're not doing any press ahead of that. dr. rochelle walensky is an infectious disease expert, a professor at harvard medical school and a hiv-aids researcher she will not require senate confirmation but has a tall order. the biden-harris transition has been under immense pressure to add more asian-ameri

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ten years ago i sat on the floor of the united states house of representatives as we prepared -- some of my completion here with me -- to be sworn into the 1123th congress. i watched with our daughter allison patiently sitting by my side as the peaceful transition of power took place. the hallmark our republic. as the most powerful constitutionally prescribed member of congress, the speaker of the house gave the gavel to a newly elected speaker. without gunshot or war, peacefully transitioning to a new majority. today i speak on the senate floor with a heart of gratitude that as i leave with a new congress set to begin, i go home not because of or due to the threat of violence or revolution but because of that same constitutional governance that has given this country over two centuries of strength and certainty, a jewel among nations, exceptionally blessed by god. it's been the privilege to serve with you and this country. we owe every man, woman, and child in this country our commitment to them, to not pass on to that next generation a nation in decline or retreat but a nation that

inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. cartwright: as the member esignated by mr. doyle of pennsylvania, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. h.j.res. vote yes on 107. as the member designated by mr. case of pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. case will also vote yes on h.j.res. 107. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona rise? >> as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mrs. kirkpatrick will vote yes on h.j.res. 107. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise? >> as the member designated by mr.ly pins kentucky of illinois, inform -- by ms. lipinski of illinois, pursuant to house resolution 965, i in

it is unclear according to the constitution, to the house, they can throw out a state's result unless you believe the democratic house of representatives is going to throw out the result of a certain state in this election, it's not going to go anywhere, but it will eat up a bunch of time. >> i fully understand that but it is still poisonous for our democracy to perpetuate the myth that there was voter fraud out there. if there was evidence would have been introduced by now. they have had ample opportunity to do so, and it has not come up. congressman wriggleman called it had a shelelfself-licking ice c. throw it out there and then say you have to question it. thank you guys very much. happy new year. within just the last 24 hours doug ducey announced that people who are 75 years and older will be included in the second phase of the vaccine rollout. this is only happening now as hospital providers are under strae stress with 4400 people hospitalized. vaughn is joining us now. there is a lot of problems with just deciding that here are the people that can get it, come wait in line for

my friend connie williams, state house members and so forth. as a result, the mayor of scranton and members of the philadelphia city council. we can be pretty confident these public servants are not going to be faithless and they will vote toward the candidate who won the state of pennsylvania. joe biden. it has been a time where public servants like you and like our federal judges and like our state elections officials, who account balance, have behaved with great devotion to the rule of law and the institutions have inked, and by doing your job a nonpartisan fashion, because of your devotion to the united , we have america ensured our election was free and fair and that a democracy will survive. please keep doing that important work and thank you very much for your service. host: in the time we have left here, if there were faithless electors and enough to change the outcome in certain states, we should note that the electoral college vote today is not actually the end of the process. you talked about this at the beginning. a reminder that ja

going all the way back to my in in the state house albany, i supported single payer health care. i hope to see medicare for all lifetime. but that hasn't stopped me over he last three decades from voting for legislation that i thought would move the needle in the right direction. was never under the illusion that we would get there with one swing. children's et the health insurance program. we did get the affordable care differencehas made a in the lives of millions of americans. progress, which we're defending even today. decade lso more than a go and our country still faces massive challenges when it comes to health care and a range of other issues. owe it to the american people to try to govern, to try to work together, not to reflexively says, what the other side not try to make political gains not ignore election, facts and science and reality ecause political allegiances demand it and, yes, that means acknowledging the results of month's election and supporting a smooth transfer of power next month when biden takes ct office as president of the united states. given the utio

the tenants will all be coming from hotels who are already being house in the states housing initiative called project room key. the house will be shared but the rooms will be private. tenants will have to pay rent but they will have some help.>> people who have been living on the street for say, 10 years, have not paid rent for a long time. so we have a reserve where we are able to help people while they are learning and acclimating. people do best when they come inside. we do not want to undo that help we were able to provide this year that's my project home key has been such a christmas miracle. >> this is part of the state project home key which gives the city funds to buy properties and in this case oakland got more than $10 million.>>> up next, why many americans may get vaccines sooner than expected. details on millions of extra doses. >>> and the bay area startup using special planes without pilots at the controls.>> it was actually a very timely approval from faa. >>> plus, talk about being slammed at work. wait until you see what one kaiser hospital is up against tonight. >>>

out of caution the michigan state house will shut down tomorrow arizona closing its chambers all week. the trump campaign said giuliani tested negative before traveling insisting its legal fight which is failing will go o but in another blow georgia's gop leaders are shutting down the president's pressure campaign to call a special session aimed at overturning joe biden's victory there. biden's win recertified today in georgia after a recount with a top republican there dismissing the campaign's baseless claims of widespread fraud. >> actual evidence, the facts, tell us a different story. >> reporter: back in washington nbc news has learned attorney general bill barr is thinking of leaving before inauguration day according to sources familiar with his thinking those people say barr was considering this even before the president became upset last week when the ag said he found no evidence of system fraud that would have affected the election's outcome. the justice department is not commenting. lester >> all right hallie, thank you. >>> in ohio growing outrage after a deputy shot and ki

they shut down the state house and state senate. and most of the state offices at this point including mine. are going to have to be evacuated or people will not be going to the government buildings as a result of the threats. it won't be the first time that the legislature has been shut down or had to be closed. literally at this point it seems as though we're at the mercy of the individuals. let me make this point and make it incredibly clear. this is domestic terrorism. just the threats aalone have a 20 year offense. i have a message for the people making threats. we are looking for you. we will find you and prosecute you and you will be held accountable. >> attorney general, do you believe that what the president tried to do is attempted coup? >> attempted coup? yeah. absolutely. i don't know how you can call it anything but that. of course all his aiders and abetters and enablers that led support. i don't know what else you can say. this is an effort to take multiple states including mine and to under mine the will of the peopl

eastern, from the state house to congress, to the white house. it watch it all live on c-span on the go at c-span.org or listen using the free c-span radio app. >> yesterday minnesota senator amy klobuchar made tribute to all those departing the u.s. senator, including those retiring and those who lost reelection. here are her remarks. >> so, my departing colleagues, and i like every sing of one of them. start with my friend doug jones. throughout the years i've gotten to know doug as so many have as a colleague, but more importantly, as a friend. these past years have not been easy for anyone, but what they have called for our leaders who would do what's right. who are willing to show courage and take risks and one of those leaders is doug jones. a native of alabama and a son of father who worked in the steel industry and my grandfather worked in the iron ore underground i know about this. from the university of alabama law school. afterward served as a top aide for his home state, senator heflen. and he would call and the accent was hard for a

e served there in the state house until after 1972. he was speaker of the oregon 1969-1971 g the session. i remember as a youngster going who they were recruiting to run for the legislature down to salem to see and speaker of the house. about this tall. i looked up and here's this giant of a man. man in oregon politics but a very kind soul. he then served in the state 1973 to 1982 when oregon got its fifth congressional seat, he ran for elected.was he actually ran 31 different times for election. one. lost a single state house, bob passed a number of pieces of legislation. for farmers od up and ranchers in eastern oregon, and for lower taxes. in the he effort congress to pass a balanced budget amendment, and in the actually help e passed the kicker law which said when oregon collects more than anticipated, that goes back to the taxpayer. nd that went into the constitution eventually. bob went on to serve here, as i aid, for 14 years from 1983 to 1995 and then came back, chair of the agriculture committee, 19197 to turned from 1999 -- 1

here every single day, both here in congress, and my four years in he state house in iowa. it is what i will continue to do in whatever i do next and it has been an honor and a privilege to get to serve in this body and represent this district and this country. withjection. mr. udall: thank you very much, and thank you, senator schumer, for those very kind remarks earlier. as you know, i announced i wasn't running for reelection last year, and if i knew everyone was going to be so nice to me, i might have announced it earlier. i'm not the only senator who is giving a farewell speech. many of us got to hear lamar alexander last week. lamar is the perfect example of what a united states senator should be. before i was wet behind wet behs in the senate, my first week here, lamar invited me and my wife jill to dinner. there it began, jill and lamar's wife honey became fast friends and lamar and i built the kind of friendship that is essential in the senate. we worked together to get things done for our states, bolstering our national laboratories and conserving our great outdoo

her 4-year-old son. >> we're here in front of the secretary of state's house, and we want her to know we will continue to be here. that's right. right there. we will continue to be here because we are sick and tired of her ignoring everything that has to happen. >> unbelievable. >>> meanwhile in georgia a federal judge is dismissing another legal challenge, calling the lawsuit brute by former trump attorney sidney powell, quote, the most extraordinary relief ever sought in any election. this has president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani is suffering covid after testing positive. at events

we saw in the house races in the state house races. it's good stuff and networks. america first works and it's because of what president trump did with his bravery encourage and pushing the policy forward. >> no question. were talking to voters on their frustrated about the election and frustrated about how we've got 73% of republicans. 54% of all voters. they're telling us they're concerned and they do have this. what are you going to do different? if you want me to vote, what will you do different? it's a calling call for republicans out there who are in charge of the state government. do something. make a some kind of change even if it's just out of the c abundance of caution because republicans who don't stand up to make a change here are asking for a primary and two years. >> laura: they're going to get run over if they don't do something. the consent decree has to be reimagine. you put a lot of stock in the polls on this poll was 753 people, 500 likely voters in tthat. it shows that loeffler was down seven and purdue was down two. >> yeah, i don't. we have tw

under my lead, the republicans won almost every state house in the united states, which they weren't expected to do. we won up to 16 seats in the house. the numbers are still being tabulated, because there are nine seats that nobody really knows. they don't know. two weeks later, it's still under consideration, because it's a mess. republicans were supposed to lose many seats, and instead they won those seats in the house, and a very important election that's coming up will determine whether or not we hold the senate. david perdue and kelly loeffler are two tremendous people. unfortunately, in georgia, they are using the same horrible dominion system, and it's already been out that, think of it, hundreds of thousands of absentee ballots have been requested. you check it out, who is requesting those ballots. the difference is, it's one state, and we will have our eyes on it like nobody's ever watched anything before, because we have to win those two senate seats. the tremendous success we had in the house of representatives, and the tremendous success we've had so far in the senate, u

the vote took place in state houses across the country on monday including in hotly contested states like georgia. >> i'm pleased to announce receiving 16 votes for president of the united states. >> reporter: and little did we know the so-called faithless electors or other voting irregularities. the threats of violence led michigan to close their capitol to the public. california cast the decisive ballots. >> the electors have cast 55 votes. more than any other state for joe biden as president and 55 votes for kamala harris as vice president. >> reporter: in the end biden received the total of 306 electoral votes. president trump, 232. congress will count the votes on january 6. after the electoral college voted, president-elect joe biden addressed the nation from here in wilmington, delaware. úforward from the election. >> we, the people, voted, faith on our institutions are held, where the integrity remains intact. now it's time to turn the page as we have done throughout our history. >> reporter: advisers say they will continue to challenge the election results until the inaugur

house of representatives stands. the market people need to know. in the steps springtime we are living through. it was on the side. to give their families the help which they needed. senator sanders right, to be yes or no. we should do this before the end of this year. >> thank you madam president. america has 600 billionaires. no billion dollars to the sound like a lot of money these days. president trump just signed a sign begrudgingly thousand $100 million in it. but trust me, and million dollars and still a whole lot of money. thatactually so much money is really hard to find words to describe what it looks like. but let me m try. if your friends since one of the half-million emergency makes the minimum wage in this nation, and are lucky enough to work 40 hours a week per unit guess how any years you would have to work in order to get a billion dollars. 500 years, 1000 years, 10000 years. no, you're not even close. if you make minimum wage in america today. you needou to work for 75000 yes in order to make a bill

upholding the law. >> we are a secretary of state's house. and we are not going away. >> that was outside the home of the michigan secretary of state. she joins me next. plus covid vaccinations under way tomorrow in the uk. federal officials here in the u.s. scale back their optimistic forecast for how soon americans will get the vaccine. the "the reidout" continues after this. [♪] did you know you can shorten your cold with cold-eeze® lozenges. cold-eeze® can shorten your cold by 42%. it releases zinc ions that some scientists believe inhibit cold viruses from replicating. try cold-eeze® the number one best-selling zinc lozenge. finding the right words can be tough.n it comes to autism, finding understanding doesn't have to be. together, we can create a kinder, more inclusive world for the millions of people on the autism spectrum. go to autismspeaks.org ♪ you're still the one ♪ that i love to touch ♪ still the one ♪ and i can't get enough ♪ we're still having fun, ♪ and you're still the one applebee's 2 for $20. now that's

., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. if [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> you're watching c-span your unfiltered vaw of government. created by america's cable television companies. as a public service. and brought to you today by your television provider. with a peaceful presidential transition of pow for the question, sunday night on "q&a," 'res rian susan shelton and alk about the most contentious transition -list history between lincoln and -- >> several southern states didn't recognize the election of abraham lincoln as legitimate. they considered him a sectional president for the fact that by and large his support came from nonslave states. no sooner had he been elected than south carolina makes good on its promise to proceed toward seceding from the union. >> he had no choice given the resounding nature of the vote and the way it was reported in the press

the vote took place in state houses across the country yesterday including in hotly contested states like georgia. there were no so-called faithless electors or other voting problems -- though threats of violence led michigan to close the capitol to the public. california cast the deciding ballots. >> we today -- the electors have cast 55 votes, more than any other state for joe biden as president and 5 votes for kamala harris. >> in the end mr. biden received 306electoral votes. the president 232. congress will count the votes on january 6th. after the college voted the president elect addressed the nation from wilmington, delaware. he urged the country to move forward from the election. >> we the people voted, faith in our institution held. the integrity of the election remains up tact and now it's time to turn the page as we have done throughout the history. >> adviser to the president said he would continue to challenge the election results until the inauguration on january 20th. >>> the white house has announced another major move. the attorney general is stepping down effective

the circuit court convened in the state house in hartford, connecticut, on september 17, 1839. sitting in the senate chamber, the court encountered a grand jury to hear testimony regarding the u.s. attorney's indictment on charges of murder and piracy. when the grand jury asked for instructions from the bench, circuit justice nick thompson ruled that no federal court has jurisdiction over an act that occurred on a foreign vessel at sea. this ruling eliminated all threat of criminal prosecution of the africans. thompson referred the admiralty case concerning trade and property questions to the u.s. district court of connecticut. it now dependent upon the court proceedings that revolved around the question of this property, rather than any accusation of wrongdoing. in the district court, the crew of the navy ship washington and the people who traded with the mindy on the new york shore, submitted rival claims for salvaged rewards. both parties asserted that the mindy were slaves and should be considered part of the armistead's cargo. claims for salvaged property submitted. and by