The ceremony is one hour and 15 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, please members of the United States house of representatives and the members of the United States senate and the speaker of the United States house of representatives. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the United States house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. [applause] that afternoon and welcome to the United States gavel. Congress is celebrating the heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. Frederickt proves douglass was right when he said if there is no struggle, there is no progress. Among the begins between his , for little lights standout. It was three weeks in a day after the march on washington, was inluther king jr. Birmingham, alabama. Sermonize,there to he was there to eulogize to make sense of the sunday morning murder of young addie mae collins, Denise Mcnair, carole. Obertson, and Cynthia Wesley the innocent blood of these may well serve as a redemptive force. What may have been discomfo
Theyre also weighing in on the issue. Democratic senator kirsten gillibrand. I think the way the nfl handled this was awful. It was outrageous. They had all the facts they needed. That player should have been fired immediately. So we are now looking to the commissioner to enforce a zerotolerance policy. But given the recent debate, you know, if hes lied, if he lied to the american people, then he has to step down. Because he wont have the force of authority to change how they address these issues. The leagues initial twogame suspension of rice and its overall response to the case also led to powerful statements from sports broadcasters on sunday. Its the biggest mistake of Roger Goodells career. He should have never been in the Court Process because then you have to be the investigator. Then you have to look into all the details. He has other things. Too many inconsistencies. He should be concerned with. He should be the Supreme Court justice. There should not only be a trial court, an