Not the time to talk about gun control. This is a conversation that we will have put today is not the day. Oregon senator jeff sharing how his family is grieving for loss of a loved one. She is my cousin. Every heart is damaged and broken. The campus wouldnt reopen until next week the community tried to figure out what would make a 26 year old carry out a senseless tragedy. One persons deranged act may have indeed broken all of our hearts but he cannot prevent our hearts from growing back, bigger and stronger last half an hour authorities officially rees name and photo of those killed in mast shooting yesterday 19 year old 18 year social also veried statements from her family members. Jason johnson age 34 was proud to be a christian. Jason recently enrolled in school at the the Community College. Jasons mother said that jason was proud of himself for enrolling in school. And so was his mother. They felt that jason had finally found his path. His family says that he will be loved and mi
History without a fight. [applause] and nobody knows that better than the woman that we are honoring tonight. We admire tori clinton because she has sex fully thought to expand opportunity here and all around the world. Because without her, we would still be talking about universal healthcare as if it were some sort of pipe dream. And yes because she did put 18 million cracks in that glass ceiling. But she didnt get to do any of that stuff the easy way. Nobody in american political history has faced more unfair attacks, more desperate opposition, or older you overwhelming diversity yet through her courage and resiliency and integrity, she has shown us all how to shake off the setbacks, ignore the haters and focus on moving our country forward. Thats why shes more than an idle. Shes an inspiration and whose talent we desperately need now more than ever. I am so proud to have her with us tonight. [inaudible] [laughter] for every human being in every society we cant continue to campaign f
Work and having been abandoned by both her parents and paternal grandparents never got to go to college but had a spark of resilience that kept her going and gave her the capacity to create a family filled with love and support. When i hear stories like hers and others i nodded my head and i saw a lot of others because just as she had another whose voice echoes in her head, so did i. And how fortunate i was and how we want it to be the experience of all of our children along like this way you get a chance to make millions of decisions. Some of them are big like to you run for office . Others are even bigger like the ones that are wonderful husband mark confronted like what do you do when a murderer a taxi that you survive how do you put that gift to work . Shes one of the bravest women and men that i know and they are making such a difference. We have a lot to do in the next 20 months and we need to listen to the voices of those who set us on our own life journey into those that we sti
My goodness people are talking about it. Round up the usual suspects. Well in fact we do not want to discourage their newfound interest. But we are not buying that old trickledown economics that didnt work before and can never work again because it defies arithmetic and reality. [applause] so we welcome them to come with their ideas and that is what it should be about. Elections should be the contest of ideas. And i think emilys list has proven that in that contest of ideas, the women who are willing to enter the arena well equipped in some great measure by the support they get from emilys list, can make their case and can be elected. When i think in my own life history, i like so many of you am in this room and across this country. My grandfather was a factory worker that started at the age of 11 and worked until he was 65 and got to retire. His son, my father went to college. He was a small businessman who worked really hard and made a good life for us. My mother had a terrible abusi
Dole out to these agencies. I think it is highlighted, the way it is underscored is that for so long, there has been this lack of data. That we can look to choose would analyze how these departments are handling not only people racially charged encounters, but encounters in general. Even for the Way Police Officers are injured or killed in the line of duty. The most reliable data is collected by a foundation in d. C. , not by the government or not by any any local agency. So, it is it is one of those difficult questions that i think is going to take a lot more work than 90 days to resolve. Susan final comment . Sari i just wanted to add one thing that seemed important today, especially because commissioner ramsey is not here. When this report came out, a lot of Police Officers were very upset because they felt it was a broad brush and painted a very negative picture of the police. And i actually went through the Police Academy and through the fbi training to see and understand it. I we