Them faithful under trials and resolute when facing the difficult. Lord, even in sorrowing seasons, motivate them to be transformed by your liberating grace. Empower them to do the best that they are capable of, bringing a harvest of courage, compassion, and service. Give them the wisdom to place their ultimate trust in you. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C. , january 8, 2014. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable edward markey, a senator from the commonwealth of massachusetts, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed patrick j. Leahy, preside
So you know terribly sad that he they couldnt have had that second term to see what else might have happened. In a sense what he has left us and what the public has embraced is the point he started with, 85 approval. People loved him. He was the president ial hero of peoples memories. You said something powerful. He grew. He did grow. He started off cerebral blood gain confidence in his leadership and Bobby Kennedy grew too from the brash mccarthy to have great compassion for people. What was it with the ambitious father who had been determined to succeed at all costs and the mother with all the kids that allowed these two men to grow . I think for bobby it was his brothers assassination. I think it was such a searing depressing experience for him but it generated a kind of compassion and a feeling of reaching out to those who were the least advantaged in society and needed the most help. For kennedy, i think the presidency was in some ways a sobering experience. He knew how close they
I think our journey as american muslims has to be about refusing to be told by cleric islam andfor us that its ideals is a seven century reality. We are americans and muslims who need an islam of the 21st century. Being muslim in america, sunday night at 9 00, part of. Ook tv this weekend on cspan2 online we will be discussing mark blevins the liberty amendments. Read the book and join the conversation. Our series first ladies continues in a few moments with an exclusive interview with former first Lady Rosalynn carter and steve ford, the son of former president gerald ford and first lady betty ford. Senator ron johnson on his lawsuit to stop members from congress and their staff from getting federal subsidies to buy Health Insurance. Later, president obamas top urges membersor of congress to extend unemployment benefits. As part of our series first ladies, it influence an image, we recently spoke with former first Lady Rosalynn carter in an exclusive interview at the Carter Center in
Lyndon johnson developed a reputation as a dmen straightive public speaker with a pension for telling tall tales. His six consecutive terms in the house of representatives and two term as a senator from texas could not erase his down home image. Many democrats in 1960 frowned upon kennedys choice for a man they believed belched allowed, cussed, violated personal space, and never apologized. Once president , he claimed that he did not, want to be the president who built empires or sought grandeur. But johnson liked to be in charge. In private his wife said he was a warm and mellow man. In general, however, his voicterous and complex personality can fused many. Including johnson himself. Sometimes i dont even know whats going on up there, he once said. Tapping his head. Johnson was raised some smam town, america. At birth, he weighed 10 pounds and for the first three months of his life was simply called baby. A childhood friend once remarked if johnson conned lead, then he didnt care muc
It was hard. Amy was a baby. I didnt like to leave her all the time. But i enjoyed it. I learned so much about our state. We have 159 counties. I knew the capital of every county. I knew and issues. That is how i got involved in Mental Health issues, running the campaign for jimmy. Our big Mental Health facility hospital. There had been a big expose and the Mental Health systems act had been passed, and this was in 1963. This was 1966 when jimmy first ran for governor. He got beat that time. We got in late because our leading democratic candidate had a heart attack. But they were moving people out of the hospital because there were like 12,000 people and had room for 3000. It was awful. It was happening all over the country. They were moving them out before they had any facilities for them and no services in the communities. And everybody started to talk to me about, what would your husband do if he was elected governor of georgia . I just learned so much about what was going on. After