Nixon had a movie on the wall that showed the campaign. He had an idea that people would write down the questions and pass them on and they would answer just the questions the staff wanted them to answer, but it looked like they only came from the audience. So these are all yours. I might put them in a certain order, but i promise not to edit them. So one of the questions that we have is would the Civil Rights Act have passed if nixon had won in 1960 and 64 . I think it probably would have, because in 1957 when the Civil Rights Act was pending on the senate floor and lbj scaled it back and compromised, dropped entirely this provision that would have allowed the attorney general being sued and compromised the jury panel, effectively all white juries in the south, nixon was close to tears. It seems so paradoxical now, but he had a good record on civil rights. In 1960 when Martin Luther king was in jail, nixon didnt do it because he thought it would look like a grandstand play and he didn
A month. Why . Because we dreamt like every other american. It was no longer what you could become but what opportunities your children will have. Education has been the great equalizer in this country. And theres no greater place to do that than allowing those that may not have great wealth, but have a great opportunity with their children a 529 account. But like anything, we should modernize it, because education changes just as technology changes. Could you imagine today sending your child to college, but to tell them to learn without having a computer . Isnt that a part of the Education System, too. Well, thats what this 529 account does. Today, when we talk on the floor its really about the future. Its about the future of every Single Family from every walk of life. Mr. Speaker, i differ with the president on many issues, and i would say the majority of this house differs with the president that he would tax every parent or every grand parent who wanted to put away for a Brighter
Different outcome in expecting a different outcome insanity. I believe our system is broken to the extent that its a moral imperative for congress at this point to step up and act. Our students, our parents, our teachers should not have to settle for a failing system. Before congress i worked in the private sector and also had an opportunity to speak excuse me, to work in state government, including the opportunity to serve as the majority leader of the michigan senate. At that time i saw firsthand how much more effective we can be at the state level to use state resources and control where theyre going than to have the federal government come in, step in and use and expect the state to spend it in a certain way. Mr. Bishop this system of topdown, it does not help the stateses, it puts us states, it puts us in a bad position. Had i had the opportunity, i would have come here in support of the cause as well because i believe its the right thing to do. I believe its high time we defend t
To first and foremost, give those elements of the moderate Syrian Opposition were supporting the capacity to defend themselves, to build battlefield acredibility and ultimately to use those elements and forces to deal with stash and the context of the strategy to deal with stash. At the same time were building that capacity, our hope would be to build within the political esh long, a sophistication that the two together, the political and the military esh lon are the Critical Force that will have a place at the table during the political process that will see the replacement of assad. It seems to me thats a tenyear proposition. And if thats the case, we should be talking in a tenyear period. We can finish iraq over the next three years, but then thats a much longer process and we should just understand what the long term goal requires of us inside syria. And just saying assads name over and over again will help us focus on the ultimate objective that the Free Syrian Army is going to ha
Security will come to order. The committee is meeting today to examine the Current Crisis at the border regarding unaccompanied children. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Today on the southwest border we are facing an escalating refugee crisis. Parents are handing over their Young Children by the thousands to cartels who are profiting by smuggling these kids to the United States. Many are under the age of 10. Including some barely old enough to walk. These children with no parents, relatives or legal guardians risk a perilous and sometimes fatal journey riding buses and trains from Central America via mexico. As a father of five, its unimaginable to me that what would compel a parent to risk the lives of their children on such a dangerous passage. Not to mention the risk of sexual assault, exploitations and the potential to be trafficked. When they arrive at the border, the children are simply turning themselves into the nearest Border Patrol agent. However, patrol stat