Freedom. We tend to think of religious freedom is a basic fundamental principle of our democracy and when we take very much for granted. The countrys history as steve recounts in his fascinating history was filled with examples of religious persecution. Steve recalled stories of the anglican ministers brutalizing baptist ministers are out of time of the revolution, the american revolution. And later catholics being barred from Holding Office and the banning of the native american spiritual practices tends to exterminate mormons and much more. All of which underscores despite the first amendment, the struggle to ensure religious freedom in the United States has been challenging and the struggle goes on today reflected in the assaults of muslims and the concerns of some American Christians their own faith is being persecuted. Yet through all of this, america has been not only to establish a large measure of freedom, but to pursue an approach to religious freedom that is distinct in the w
Moon landing. And the president of the National Association of Immigration Judges on the backlog of immigration cases in the courts. Immigration cases in the court. [video clip] 391n this boat, the yea are this vote is passed. Host the house on thursday passing legislation to increase the federal and mom waged 15 an wage tofederal minimum 15 an hour. They did so on a partyline vote. We want to get your thoughts on the efforts to raise the minimum wage. If you make 15 or less, call in at 2027488000. If you are a Business Owner, 2027488001. And all others call us at 2027488002. You can also join us on twitter at cspanwj or join the conversation at facebook. Com cspan. We will get to your calls in a minute. This is what the raise the age act would do, raise the federal minimum wage to 15 an hour, tie wagee increases to median growth. Ld apply to teen workers of theto a little bit debate on the floor yesterday between democrats and republicans. We will start with [video clip] my parents wo
[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 the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , july 18, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable Tom Malinowski to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. We give you thanks, o god, for giving us another day. This has been a difficult and contentious week in which darker spirits seemed to have been at play in the peoples house. In your most holy name, i now cast out all spirits of darkness from this cham
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