And his wife, until the day he died, he died in his sleep, almost at the age of 80, two days before my wife and i were supposed to have dinner with him and his wife here in washington with his other friends to celebrate his impending 80th birthday. But he had the courage to keep out of step when everybody was marching to the wrong tune. He how do i say this . He would face wad dilemma, like maybe voting with his caucus or voting with the president , and something that he just thought was wrong, he was amazingly he would, like, say, what is the right thing to do . Ive heard him say this moreen this a few times. As governor, chairman of the National Governors association, here, he would say, what is the right thing to do . He wouldnt say, what is the easy thing to do, what is the expedient thing to do, but what is the right thing to do . He was a person of deep faith. We have a Bible Study Group that meets here every thursday, just upstairs not far from this floor, about seven or eight o
Call 202 7488000. Members of the Lgbt Community, others,2 7488001, all call 202 7488002. Killer, theto the motivation, and the weapons. But first, the victims of the tragedy of the pulse nightclub. 21 have been named so far, 50 dead. , as family orlando members have been notified, has been posting the names of those killed at the pulse nightclub strategy. Your the 21 who have been named so far. [reading names] Edward Sotomayor jr. , 34 years old. Stanley almodovar iii, 23 years old. Luis omar ocasiocapo, 20 years old. Juan ramon guerrero, 22 years old. Eric ivan ortizrivera, 36 years old. Peter o. Gonzalezcruz, 22 years old. Luis s. Vielma, 22 years old. Kimberly morris, 37 years old. Eddie jamoldroy justice, 30 years old. Darryl roman burt ii, 29 years Jean Carlos Mendez perez, 35 years old. Amanda alvear, 25 years old. Martin benitez torres, 33 years old. Luis daniel wilsonleon, 37 years old. Mercedez marisol flores, 26 years old. Xavier Emmanuel Serrano rosado, 35 years old. Gilbert
8 00 p. M. Attorney general Loretta Lynch and she is there on the picture in the left in the Washington Post story. She vowed to use the full resources of the federal government to investigate the orlando mass shooting. Oh, boy. How are you . I know youre good. I see you here. I have seen this program and i know that it is sponsored by women and focused on women and talks about the power of women. So i know youre great. [applause] thank you for that kind introduction and for the work you do to provide opportunity in advance the cause of justice. Im excited to be here today with all of you. All of you, advocates, allies in the cause of equality and i want to thank the first lady, Michelle Obama and the council for convening todays event and honoring the power of women. And for ensuring that womens issues are seen for what they trulyr american issues. [applause] i know you have had outstanding speakers today. I heard you had some good names. Everyone who has been here has dedicated thems
Seconds worth of distance run, yours is the earth and everything that is in it, and which is more you will be a man, my son. This Chamber Tonight is full not just of men and women but some of the finest men and women i have ever met in my life. And i am so proud to have spent the past 17 hours with every ne of you. And were not finished yet. We have more hours to go. I called up Carolyn Mccarthy today. I wanted her to know what we were doing. I didnt catch her. She wasnt home. But i left a message on the phone and told her that we were standing up for the issue that she cared most about and dedicated her life towards changing. And i feel that she in so many and so Many Americans were inspired by what we did tonight. My phone was ringing off the hook all day long thanking the democrats for finally standing up, for being determined, for making a difference. And i can tell you that i think we truly did make a difference. Its the first time that the g. O. P. Totally changed their plans, th
Questions in writing. Without objection the committee stands adjourned. Live coverage from the Senate Intelligence committee at 9 00 on cspan three. The latest on the mass shooting in orlando. We start with remarks by president obama. After meeting with his National Security council. Updates from attorney general loretta lynch. The Homeland Security Committee Takes a look at the issue of visitors overstaying their pieces. Visas. House Committee Meets to vote on censuring the irs commissioner for alleged misconduct. The state departments envoy for libya testifies later about efforts to establish a unity government in libya. The Senate Foreign relations committee. Also on cspan three. After the surrender at appomattox the nation faced challenges in reconstruction. American history tv is live from Gettysburg College in gettysburg pennsylvania. For the annual Civil War Institute summer conference. Topics that confronted our newly unified country. The return of the confederate veteran. The