A 30-minute film, produced by lawmakers from both parties, strives to connect Americans through storytelling.
, Stryker’s unit produced evocative — and at times controversial — portraits that captured Americans’ complicated relationship with the federal government. The result was a trove of some of the most iconic and defining photographs of the Great Depression.
The crew embedded with: Jeremy Cook, a small-business owner living in Augusta, W.Va., who is a caregiver to his two adult sons with nonverbal autism; Alicia Villaneuva, a Hayward, Calif.-based Mexican immigrant who launched a company making and selling tamales; and Joseph Graham Jr., a single father in Concord, N.C., who secured his bachelor’s and master’s degrees later in life.
“As someone who grew up in a family that experienced economic hardship firsthand, this was a unique opportunity to share stories of dignity and strength, shedding light on hard-working individuals across our country in their pursuit of the American Dream,” Parker said in a statement. “In this era of deep division, the need for empathy among Americans couldn’t be more important.
“Congress is getting a little smarter about how to communicate to the American people,” said Himes, who added that the committee, which is
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