the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker s room, washington, d.c., april 14, 2022. i hereby appoint the honorable dwight evans 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 chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me? holy god, on this rare confluence of religious holidays of three of the world s largest religions, distinct rituals and honor your presence and history and direct the hearts of the faithful to you. even as each individual approaches you, help us to see how more alike we are than different. as families gather and communities worship, we each in our own way submit our will to you. and together pray for inspiration to be a better person. be we jewish, christian, or muslim. how grateful we are, o god, that our country was founded on the reli
you also heard, as i mentioned when i wrote my mem wires, that we saw the impeach earl warren signs and i always wondered who this earl warren was. later on of course i would figure it out, that it was the chief justice of the united states and he was in trouble in part because of brown. i guess there is no way i could say did you ever think that you would be sitting in the building where earl warren worked. not only didn t i think of that, i didn t think that i would ever see the building where he worked. now, as you found out what it meant as you grow older, did you have some idea of what it might mean, what it could mean as opposed to what it may have turned out to mean? you know, my grandfather was an interesting man, he of course, dominated our lives and he felt that as these rights were vindicated that we had an obligation to measure up to use them. i will give you a separate example. when the savanna public library finally desegregated and we were allowed to go
(KRON) – Four firearms and a large quantity of suspected fentanyl were found in a search warrant on Tuesday, according to the Brentwood Police Department. Brentwood police officers detained three individuals after a traffic enforcement stop a month ago. One of the individuals was 48-year-old Oakland resident James Coleman Jr. Coleman was found to be […]
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – Floyd Winston Coleman Jr. was the epitome of letting life flow in Elmira. Coleman Jr. was born on March 21st, 1924. He was the oldest of four siblings including Green Pastures, Howard Coleman. Coleman graduated from Elmira Free Academy and was always known for his strength, wit, and passion to serve. […]
The Northern Marianas is preparing for the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC) in Hawaii this June. It was originally set for 2020 but postponed due to COVID. Now, what’s describ