To the life of one of the iconic figures of not just the Civil Rights Movement, but of the ways and Means Committee. I sat next to john lewis for 25 years on the ways and Means Committee and i must tell you, he was the bravest, most gentle person i ever met. He nearly lost his life in pursuit of justice and confronted some of the darkest society at the Edmund Pettus bridge as a very young man. But he never lost faith in what america could become. During those many conversations, and he offered a tutorial to me about the life and the legend that he had offered to america, his unyielding optimism and hope lifted the spirits of his fellow members of congress and the American People in our nations most trying moments. With quiet strength, grace and love, he shouldered unthinkable burdens and changed this world for the better. Through it all, he was unfailingly humble, selfless and kind and i must say, and i was commenting a moment ago to some colleagues on the committee, if he was in the r
7027. The clerk h. R. 7027, a bill making additional supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending, september 0e, 2020 and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is on passage of the bill. Members will record their votes y electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition . Ms. Brownley as the member designated by ms. Kuster of new hampshire, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house ms. Kuster will vote yes on h. R. 7027. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . Mr. Pallone as the member designated by ms. Bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to
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Framers of the 14th amendment were actually taking about, you cant get to a lot of these decisions. That is not the way the court has determined to construe the 14th amendment. Thank you for another important episode. I wonder if the timing and the nature of tonights case and others related to it, if it really isnt kind of representing the cleaning up of the failed postcivil war reconstruction business. Im wondering how much time was wasted between then and these cases which occurred. Douglas it is a great question. I think certainly we continue to grapple with these issues today. Certainly, it is a neverending process, one we have to continue to keep working at to figure out how to make our democracy real. Ted it is not just our democracy, but the principles of the declaration of independence, the gettysburg address, the 14th amendment, the concept of equality. We have never been a very perfect country with respect to living up to those ideals, and i think a lot of it is that the just