The vote 11 40 eastern, a final vote around 1 30 this afternoon. Now, live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The chaplain lord god, in these difficult and challenging times, remind us that the earth belongs to you, and you have not abandoned it unite us with the understanding that you are our father, and we are all members of the human family. We pray for all who have been impacted by the pain of this us to crisis season. Use our senators to make the weak strong, the sick healthy, and the broken whole. Lord, surround those who have been shaken by anguish with your divine presence and peace. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , jun
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Good afternoon. It is really quiet in here. We will have to do something about this. Im johnny taylor. The president and ceo of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Welcome to our headquarters. We share this with gallup. To our to welcome you home. I would like to start out before i tell you why we are here in turn it over to the panelists, is to introduce a very special person. There are a whole bunch of special people. But a very special person here is the founder of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Please stand. I dont spend it a lot of time calling out people but at the end of the day we would not be here if it were not for her vision to create an organization that would really focus on the historical black. Ollege and educational we represent all of the community and our advocacy efforts, scholarship, programs, Capacity Building and the like. I cannot thank you enough for having the vision. It is wonderful that we can look to the person who founded the organization and they are