Inaudible] delivering the firstever papal address to a joint meeting of congress, pope francis urged compassion for the poor, immigrants, and refugees. Washington, d. C. Was the first stop on his threecity tour of the United States. Sergeant at arms mr. Speaker, he pope of the holy see. The speaker members of congress, i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you, pope francis of the holy see. [applause] pope francis mr. Vice president , mr. Speaker, all the members of congress, dear friends. I am most grateful for your invitation to address this joint session of congress in the land of the free and the home of the brave. [applause] i would like to think that the reason for this is that i too am a son of this great continent, from which we have ll received so much and toward which we share a common responsibility. Ach son or daughter of a given country has a mission, a personal and social responsibility. Your own responsibility as members of congress is to enable t
Politics is instead an expression of our compelling need to live as one in order to build as one the greatest common good, that of community which sacrifices particular interest in order to share injustice and peace, its goods, its interests, its social ife. I do not underestimate the difficulty that this involves. But i encourage you in this ffort. Ere too i think of the march which Martin Luther king led from selma to montgomery fifty years ago as part of the campaign to fulfill his dream of full civil and Political Rights for african americans. That dream continues to inspire s all. Am happy that america continues to be, for many, a and of dreams. Dreams which lead to action, to participation, to commitment. Dreams which awaken what is deepest and truest in the life of a people. N recent centuries, millions of people came to this land to pursue their dream of building a future in freedom. We, the people of this ontinent, are not fearful of oreigners because most of us ere once forei
Funding planned parenthood. The plan is to put it to Congress People who have a backbone, people who have a spine. Thats the plan. [applause] you know, i think this barbarism that is going on in our country, this is not who we are as people. I spent my entire professional ineer trying to save lives to create a better situation for young people. Sometimes staying up all night long operating on little premature babies, even operating on babies while they were still in their mothers wombs. Sometimes, i now get a chance to see those people as adults, as productive adults. Theres no way you are convincing me that they are not worth anything. [applause] doctor, your life story was butonly made for hollywood it was made for the white house. [applause] mr. Carson thank you, thank you. I will tell you i had an incredible life and i had a medical career that i cannot even explain. If someone sat me down in front of it can unit and said i want you to type out career you want have come could not u
There was a bill for a pathway to citizenship for our 11 million undocumented americans and their only nine cosponsors. Their only nine that stepped up and i was one of the nine in favor of the path to citizenship. We should have passed it back then. There are many tough votes under political pressure and i am proud that i always made the right choice. Governoras on to being and those were tough times. I was elected in 2010. Rhode islanders were out of work. Foreclosures on the houses. It was tough times but we turned the state around. We turned rhode island around and we had the biggest drop in unemployment of all that nevada in my four years. Timeln chafee at the same we did good things. We are the best rollout of the Affordable Care act. That was not easy. Getting people to sign up for the exchange. All the problems that happened across the country. They did not happen in rhode island. We passed marriage equality. They tried before time and time again in rhode island. I put it in my
Way to that the critical bridge that misunderstanding of the purpose of america and the world, is to have an understanding of their perspective. The way they look at the problem, the way they see the United States and its history. You only get that by spending a significant amount of time in those places, where you can hear and begin to feel and brief the attitudes breathe the attitudes of people around the world. That has been incredibly important, in learning how to bridge and understanding gap that exists in many of these contexts, and to push through American Values in a world that is incredibly skeptical of the goodness of america and its role in the world. Steve how did you meet your wife, and what does she and your children and your candidacy . Candidate lessig i met my wife in chicago, we started dating when i was here at harvard and she was a lawyer in florida. It was a wonderful beginning, because i would fly down and spend a weekend with her on the beach every week, she was