Here are their remarks. Good morning. Good morning. As we gather today, first let thank all of our honorees that we are saluting this year. It is important on king day that we do things in the spirit of dr. King. Mr. Sharpton dr. King as a federal holiday was a result in and of itself of struggle. So we do not take it as a day off. We take it as a day on. To do something in the spirit of human rights and civil rights that dr. King stood for. The National Action network started 28 years ago on those principles and weve been blessed to partner with martin who thought to spend this federal holiday every year with us at the breakfast. He had brought his mother to our Convention Many years. So we are in our d. N. A. Kinglike. And no year is more important than this year. Because we are meeting on a morning of king holiday where the nation has been more polarized and divided than weve seen in recent history. The rise of antisemitic attacks, the rise of hate crimes , the right of rhetoric tha
I welcome every day for the need to reauthorize the Compensation Fund i recognize myself for a opening statement. September 11 is one of the deadliest days with almost 3000 lives lost because the terrorist attacks in the United States on the day with casualty numbers much higher and offsite and the fact that we dont know the full casualty count almost 18 years later, thats because years after 9 11 tens of thousands of First Responders who ran towards the toxic clouds unleashed on that day as well as members of the community surrounding the crash site continue to develop cancers and other diseases that prematurely end their lives. We undermined their employment like prospects with related illnesses and many people may not even be aware of that fact we continue suffering congress and in september 11 and legislation passed in 2010. We found in law and authorized the fund for five years and congress established the original fund 11 days after 9 11 to provide compensation for those physical
I now the privilege of introducing the winner of this years henry and ann palou chip prize for the conservative book of the year. This years winner is dr. Daniel j. Mahoney for his book the statesman and thinker portraits of greatness, courage and moderation. Dansby strikes a perfect theme for the weekend introducing a new generation to some of the greatest thinkers and statesmen history from cicero to edmund burke, alexis de tocqueville, washington. Abraham lincoln. Winston churchill. Charles de gaulle, and many more. And it exemplifies how one can combine both thought and action through the virtue of prudence, especially amidst very difficult circumstances. Dan has been involved with isi for decades. Hes taught in the Honors Program for over 15 years, and hes published three books with isi. In addition to writing regularly for modern age and lecturing on College Campuses across the country. Hes the emeritus at assumption, a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and a Senior Writer
Theres something for every cspan fan and everypurchase helps support our nonprofit operations. Shop now anytime at cspan shop. Org. Since 1979 in partnership the cable industry cspan has provided coverage of the halls of congress from house and Senate Floors to congressional hearings, party briefings and committee hearings. Cspan is you a front row seat to how issues are debated anddecided with no comment, no interruptions and completely unfiltered. Cspan your unfiltered of government. I now have the privilege of introducing the winner of this years prize for the conservative book of the year. This years winner is doctor Daniel J Mahoney for his book the statesman as thinker portraits of courage and moderation. [applause] dans book strikes the perfect theme for the weekend introducing a new generation to some of the greatest thinkers and statesmen inhistory from cicero to edmund burke , george washington, abraham lincoln, Charles De Gaulle and many more and it exemplifies how one can c
I had the privilege of introducing the winner of this year henry and Anne Cote Taylor prize for the conservative book of the year. This years winner is dr. Daniel mahoney for his book the statesman as thinker portraits of greatness, courage, and moderation. [applause] dans book strikes a perfect name for introducing a new generation to some of the greatest thinkers and statesmen in history from cicero to de tocqueville Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill Charles Degaulle and many more and it exemplifies how one can combine action through the virtue of prudence especially amid very difficult circumstances. Dan has been involved with isi for decadesca and hes taught in the Honors Program for over 15 years and has published three books with isi in addition to riding regularly for modern age and lecturing on College Campuses across the country. He is the emeritus at the Claremont Institute and senior rider at l 30 and he received his. A ta from the college of hoy cross and his m. A. And