Good afternoon, good morning. If we could all get settled and all get seated in. Good morning. My name is marisa williams, and on behalf of the African American Historical Society id like to welcome you to our 2018 black History Month kickoff celebration. This Years National ill wait. This Years National theme as established by the association of the study of African American history is African Americans in times of war. This theme honors those African Americans who have fought in wars dated as early as world war i. It also recognizes those African Americans who have been iconic and revolutionary in the struggle for skbru struggle for justice in america. Now as a Planning Committee we decided to expand on the National Theme and say African Americans in times of war are a resilient spirit. Since coming to america, African Americans have had to embody a sense ofri sill yep see in order to succeed. From wars over seas to the struggle of daytoday life in america, African Americans have had
Amended. Yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk h. R. 4547 a bill to amend titles 2, 8 and 16 to improve and strengthen the representative payment program. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [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 on this vote, the yeas are 396, the nays are zero, zero recorded as present. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will come to order. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 the Unfinished Business is agreein
I tell stories about it so it will at least entice them to read the first page. Once they start reading it and i did you read this and they say they did the pros that the used in the wording prose that they used in the wording is phenomenal. People appreciate that. What you start reading the constitution or the declaration of independence come it is pretty cool. Host representative ralph laurenwrence of louisiana. Thank you. Rep. Abraham thank you. Since coming to washington, d. C. Representative Brenda Lawrence host before you came to the house, you spent a long career working in the federal government. What kind of work did you do . What perspective dating if you on this what perspective did it give you on this . Rep. Lawrence a postal worker came in and was a letter carrier. I worked my way up to management. I retired not retard, then transitioned from management not retired then transitioned from management to work for my community. Host what respective data give you on how governm
Those documents more frequently . What i do is when im in district i was there last weekend and i was talking to a large group of church people, i handed constitutions out an declaration of independence out when i go to talk to any educational groups especially young students, theyre going to get a copy of the constitution an theyre going to get a copy of the declaration of independence. Andity tell stories about so that it will at least entice them to open that first page and once they start reading when i go back and say hey, did you actually read this . And they say they did. The verbiage that was used in those days is unlike any that weve seen in these days. The pros that they use texas wording the way they put the words together was just phenomenal. People still recognize and pressure that. Once they start reading the constitution or especially the declaration of independence which is such a wonderful document theyre pretty well hooked. Congress ralph abraham, from the louisiana F
Time with my constituents. When i leave here, i get on the plane, travel home, get off the plate and go right into district work. People say when you go home, you relax. That is not the case. Host how did you first make your way around the hill . How did you find out where to go . The whole orientation. i think rep. Lawrence i think that the Administration Committee did an amazing job with orientation. What they did that was so profound was that they included your spouse. Get a sense ofld what your world would be like. It was two weeks of going to all of our orientation except for security briefings, they were included in ethics, going on the floor to see where we would be sitting. What we would be doing. That was important. The other thing is that you got lost a lot. This is a massive building with tunnels that will take you places you have never heard of. Staffe Start Building i know how to get to the floor to vote and to the cafeteria. It was trial and error. They kind of laugh as y