Was able to get here. We think the local officials for joining us today they have been very busy. We want to acknowledge that five years ago today a white supremacist walked into Mother Emmanuel Church in Charleston South Carolina and slaughtered a friend of mine and eight other parishioners. It was hate unbridled and a poisonous expression of White Supremacy that still affects our nation in many institutions. With the dangers we face as a society if we dont root out this corrosive and that the ideology. Reflecting back on the Amazing Grace and compassion and forgiveness of the mother emmanuel community, i see the very best of what we see in america and as americans. We know grace alone is not enough and we have to see the best of america as well and in the weeks of peaceful protest civil lacks are taking place in this day in every other state across the country they are focused on how danger it is to live as a black around skinned person in this country. Americans are out there watchi
Floor. Mr. President , this morning mike i woke up this morning, mr. President , this idnesday morning on june 17, 2020. For so Many Americans this is just another wednesday morning, you wake up, get ready for work. Not in South Carolina. In South Carolina, this wednesday, june 17, is the fifth anniversary of when a racist walk into Mother Emmanuel Church and listen to believers talk about their love of god. At the end of that bible study, held up a weapon and killed nine people. So for me in so many South Carolina ends, this is a hard day. I will tell you mr. President , that standing on this floor, remembering the words of one of the victims son, Daniel Simmons junior, five. , years ago a wednesday had passed it, one week later. I asked Daniel Simmons junior, whose father, Daniel Simmons senior had been killed in an attempt to start another race war at the home of the civil war. What should i say to the people who will be watching around the country . He said something i could not be
The presiding officer the senator from virginia. Mr. Warner mr. President , are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are. Mr. Warner i ask that the proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Warner mr. President , i rise today to celebrate the passage of the Great American outdoors act. The passage of this historic legislation marks a once in a generation step by this body to restore and conserve our National Parks as well as our countrys national heritage. It builds on an american tradition of conserving our natural wonders and shared public spaces. It reaffirms our commitment to preserve if for future generations. Its also important to note that this is a jobs bill. According to a recent study, the Great American outdoors act will help create or support 100,000 jobs all over the country, including 10,000 in my home state of virginia at a time when millions of americans are out of work. Currently the National Park servic
Good afternoon everyone. We want to make sure everyone was able to get here. We think the local officials for joining us today they have been very busy. We want to acknowledge that five years ago today a white supremacist walked into Mother Emmanuel Church in Charleston South Carolina and slaughtered a friend of mine and eight other parishioners. It was hate unbridled and a poisonous expression of White Supremacy that still affects our nation in many institutions. With the dangers we face as a society if we dont root out this corrosive and that the ideology. Reflecting back on the Amazing Grace and compassion and forgiveness of the mother emmanuel community, i see the very best of what we see in america and as americans. We know grace alone is not enough and we have to see the best of america as well and in the weeks of peaceful protest civil lacks are taking place in this day in every other state across the country they are focused on how danger it is to live as a black around skinned
Ha. Ha. Ha anti semitism may not be new to the United States it is more i see this story. But in recent years the american consciousness has been pierced by anti semitic threats and violence. Was. Played up in 2017 the us saw an unprecedented surge and antisemitic incidents. The same year hundreds of neo nazis converged in the streets of Charlottesville Virginia primary of paranoia and you know theyre now in. The following year a white supremacist stormed pittsburghs tree of life synagogue in what became the deadliest anti semitic attack and u. S. History. And in 2001006 people were killed and nearly a dozen wounded in a spate of high profile anti semitic attacks across the country. In this episode of thought violence week salman this trending violence against Jewish Americans. And the anti semitic conspiracy theories that often inspired the. Morning feinberg is the founder of 2 for center an interfaith addition to the combats anti semitism in hate speech so this is my. Mother in laws