Have come to this country with nothing, nothing but hope. Today, one of their sons stands before you with the opportunity to be president of the United States top ladies and gentlemen, it is with honor, pride, and with love that i give you michael f dukakis. [applause] america by neil diamond playing] [applause] [applause] [applause] [crowd chanting] gov. Dukakis mr. Chairman. A few months ago when Olympia Dukakis in front of about a billion and a half Television Viewers all over the world raised that oscar over her head and said, ok, michael, lets go, she wasnt kidding. [applause] kitty and i are kitty and i are grateful to her for that wonderful introduction and grateful to all of you for making this possible. This is a wonderful evening for us and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. [applause] my fellow democrats. My fellow americans. Sixteen months ago, when i announced my candidacy for the presidency of the United States, i said this campaign would be a marathon. Tonight,
he had a remarkable career, yet we all know his childhood was full of uncertainty. he was only 10 years old when norm was incarcerated alongside tens of thousands of fellow japanese americans. he was a boy scout. because of those painful memories, he became a fierce advocate for justice and civil rights. he became a champion of the japanese american community. together with my late husband, bob matsui, and their colleagues, senator dan inoueye and senator sparky matsuwana, they worked to pass the civil liberties act of 1988, fighting tirelessly to educate americans abterrible prejudices and injustices that led to the yap these american incarceration during world war ii. people from the japanese american community were at first reluctant to come forward to tell their stories because they had gone through this and they had survived, and they re truly americans going back to their communities. but with the telling of the stories which were so encouraged, the healing began in the
shortly. elsewhere we are covering hearings this afternoon on the senate side on covid response, including dr. fauci testifying on that, 2:00 p.m. eastern. the senate is in at this hour this morning. and they will vote on the nomination of javier becerra to be health and human services secretary at noon today. the house itself not coming in this morning. there is some training that members and staff are going through. in morning hour this morning. they come in at noon. will take up two bills today on u.s. immigration policy. you re watching live coverage of this hearing about to get under way on c-span. i remind members we have established an email address and distributions dedicated to circulating exhibits, motions, or other written materials and members may want to offer as part of the hearing today. if you like to submit those materials, the cite is judiciary docx@mail.house.gov. i ask unanimous consent that our judiciary colleagues participating in today s hearing. hear
The speaker pro tempore the yeas are 330, the nays are 177. The bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. The Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion of the the gentleman from from texas to suspend the rules and pass s. 3564 in which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk senate 3564, suspend the declassification act until 2014 and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rule and pass the bill. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 409. The nays are one. 2
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