So, it is fitting and appropriate on the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, we honor this unbelievable couple, dr. Martin luther king, jr. And his beloved wife mrs. Coretta scott king. They were my friend. My brother. And my sister. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, the United States senator from michigan, the honorable carl levin. [ applause ] thank you and good afternoon, everybody. The congressional gold medal resolution that we are implementing today commemorates the ability of an inspired couple, armed only with the righteousness of their cause to help liberate millions from oppressive racism. We also commemorate today the ability of elected officials. Led by president johnson. Armed only with the desire for justice to overcome the divisions of party in order to help overcome the divisions of race. In october 1960, Martin Luther king, jr. Wrote to his beloved coretta from a georgia prison 230 miles from atlanta, a prison to which he had been hauled i
Dealt with that advocates and legislators talk about ats major things . Well, basic reality was that a hundred years after the civil war and the war was unfulfilled and equality in the eyes of the law was not a reality in large parts of the country, and it was awkward for john kennedy even has the 6162 went on, there were commemorations of thissing act and anniversary of that, and when it came around, he was very stymied on what to do because he didnt want to do because he didnt want ignore it or make a big deal because it was too clear the promise of emancipation was not vicinindic, and what happened is court ruled in the brown case. Deliberate was a word, slow. But, of course, it was not honored in large parts of the country and had not addressed the question of segregation and public accommodations, lunch counters, hotels, and so on, and it began to seem to a generations of ampbs who served in world war ii, in europe, other places, they did not experience that jim crow discriminatio
Rules for todays debate and also serve as moderator. Thank you very much. Thank you especially to the candidates for joining us today. Please allow me to briefly review the format and rules. You have up to three minutes for your Opening Statement. The order was determined by a drawing prior to the event. After the Opening Statement well have questions. Youll be allowed 90 seconds for your answers to answertors questions to all of you. There will be a 90 second answer from that candidate and 30second rebuttal from the others. Youll be signaled when you have 15 seconds left and when your time is up. The first half of the program is for questions from the moderator, myself, and the second half for questions from our audience in the room. There are many partsans in the room i know and we ask that you reframe from excessive cheering as that kind of gets in the way of what were trying to accomplish here, not to dampen your enthusiasm. Thank you all for being here. The order was determined by
World. Theres a growing memorial for two new York City Police officers killed in the line of duty, candles and flowers line the sidewalk where the officers lives were taken. Officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu were killed as they sat in their car. Families of Michael Brown and erik garner have roundly condemned the process. All this brings little comfort to Police Officers who have withstood criticism. Were used to flowers and crowds. They have families and children. Its wrong all around and this has got to stop. Cell phone video shows the chaos in a brooklyn strain station 24 hours earlier as Ismaaiyl Brinsley killed himself. They were quite frankly assassinated. Baltimore, maryland, a five hour drive to the south, shot a former girlfriend and used social media. Link his actions to Michael Brown and erik garner. New york citys Staten Island in confrontation with police. Too late, facts arriving as the policemen were being killed. Wenjian liu, married just two months ago. Rafael ramo
Time. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Cantwell thank you mr. President. I thank the senator from north dakota. I know were going to be going back and forth on this issue and that we have speakers coming later this morning and were going to have time divided but i appreciate the senator of north dakota allowing us to join in the debate this morning and make a few mountains. And i do want to say i appreciate the senator from north dakotas hard work on the Energy Committee in general and i look forward to working with him on many Energy Policies. He and i have worked together on a couple of different agricultural issues, and i certainly appreciate his due diligence. But needless to say i dont agree with the process of moving forward with this motion to proceed to the Keystone Pipeline bill. Many of my colleagues here are going to be coming down, talking about the issues. Two of my colleagues including the senators from utah and arkansas along with the senator of north dakota,