President of good morning, everyone. I am the president of the Iowa State Education Association, the Largest Union in iowa. [cheers and applause] elected in 2006 what a great iowa welcome. 2006, Amy Klobuchar is the first woman representing minnesota in the u. S. Senate. She has built a reputation of putting partisanship aside to support workers and businesses and families. 2016, and analysis ranked her first among all 100 senators in sponsoring or cosponsoring bills enacted into law in the 114th congress. Before death [cheers and applause] mr. Beranek serving, senator klobuchar was elected county attorney to the largest county in minnesota, and she knows how to drive in the snow. [laughter] me beranek please join again and welcoming senator Amy Klobuchar. [cheers and applause] wow. Klobuchar thank you. Thank you for being here. Person sent a tweet this morning. Actually, i drove down with our staff and we got here at 2 00 a. M. To see all love you. Minnesota started voting yesterday,
Of the 19th amendment. So when she the 9th amendment became a part of the constitution. So when she was 15 and 16, she took part in the parades in new york york. You asked what she would have done . Yes. My mother was one of the brightest people i knew. She might have been a University Professor or University President , or a legal luminary but those were so far beyond her reach. She grew up in a large family. Six of her siblings survived into adulthood. She graduated high school at age 15. Only one person in that large family went to university. And that was the eldest son. My mother went to work at age 15 to help support the family because they would not have any income from the eldest son. But if any child would have a university education, it would not be the eldest daughter, it would be the eldest son. Well, as we talk further, i will ask you whether you think weve actually achieved that situation where daughters are cherished as much as sons. But let me turn to the 19thamendment.
Good evening and thank you to Justice Ginsburg for joining us tonight. I was looking at your record and i notice you have had a lot of name changes over the years. You were called kicky bb when you were little then ruth and then professor ginsburg and then judge ginsburg. Then finally Justice Ginsburg. Most would stop there but then you have a new moniker notorious rvg can i call you Justice Ginsburg quick. You can call me ruth. [laughter] with the Georgetown Law School thank you for being here. And to have a Long Association to celebrate the 100th anniversary your career has focused on the quality very broadly for cholesterol about the amendment you said at one point he wished your mother lived in age where women could achieve and daughters were equally to sons. And to be cherished. So is it clear for the 19th amendment quick. Yes. With that became part of the constitution and to take part in the parade. And to ask what they would have done. And my mother was one of the brightest peop
technical problem 100th anniy of the 19th amendment. So when she the 9th amendment became a part of the constitution. So when she was 15 and 16, she took part in the parades in new york york. You asked what she would have done . Yes. My mother was one of the brightest people i knew. She might have been a University Professor or University President , or a legal luminary but those were so far beyond her reach. She grew up in a large family. Six of her siblings survived into adulthood. She graduated high school at age 15. Only one person in that large family went to university. And that was the eldest son. My mother went to work at age 15 to help support the family because they would not have any income from the eldest son. But if any child would have a university education, it would not be the eldest daughter, it would be the eldest son. Well, as we talk further, i will ask you whether you think weve actually achieved that situation where daughters are cherished as much as sons. But let
Science and precision is starting precisely at 2 30 and zero seconds. That is an auspicious way to begin this discussion. Earlier this year, on one of the hottest nights of the summer, nearly a half Million People crowded onto the national mall. They werent there for a protest or to celebrate a national holiday. And they werent there for a concert or to watch a fireworks show. No, instead a half Million People went there, drenched in sweat, to watch the story of the apollo 11 mission as it was projected onto the Washington Monument, commemorating the moment 50 years ago when Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin took that giant leap for mankind. As everyone in d. C. Knows, if there are a half Million People on the mall and it aint a protest, Something Big is going on. And landing the first humans on the moon and returning them safely to earth marks as one of the epochal moments in the history of mankind. As we look out over our space landscape today, what we see is very different from the lan