Two New Recordings Celebrate Music by John Prine

09 September 2010

John Prine performing during the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English.

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I’m Doug Johnson.

Today, we listen to music by John Prine.

And we answer a question about aircraft pioneer Igor Sikorsky.

But first we tell about some Congresswomen who share friendship and a home in Washington, D.C.

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Congresswomen at Home

DOUG JOHNSON: The United States House of Representatives has four hundred thirty-five members. Only seventy-three are women. Shirley Griffith tells us about three of these Congresswomen who have a special relationship at work and at home.

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Carolyn Maloney, Melissa Bean and Debbie Wasserman Schultz work together in Congress each day. They are all members of the Democratic Party. They represent people in the states of New York, Illinois and Florida. After the work day is over, they all go home -- to the same place. They share a house in Washington, D.C. near the Capitol building that belongs to Ms. Maloney. They have lived together for five years.

Carolyn Maloney says she thought of the Founding Fathers of the United States when she bought the home. The first political leaders of the country often lived in rooming houses. They ate dinner together and shared their ideas.