Reflects on another band of brothers, no less tried by battle and certainly one in the survival of our nations freedom. His book, washingtons immortals the untold story of an elite regiment who changed the course of the revolution, chronicles a group of rich merchants, tradesmen, and free blacks who made up the first maryland regiment of the revolutionary war. Memorialized to most of us as the maryland 400. Through mr. Odonnells were, we relive their actions in subsequent battles for independence, key to the ultimate establishment of the United States of america. A bestselling military historian, mr. Odonnell has authored 10 books including, seals. Lor and he speaks often on espionage, special operations, and counterinsurgency. It is a pleasure to welcome here today as we look at the historic perspective of the founding of our nation. Patrick. [applause] patrick thank you. And an honor to be here today. It for me, the journey for watching 10s immortal started centuries ago when i was i
Like people are married to their work or whatever but they destroy the word. Host anne is waiting in greenville, carolina. Good morning. Caller good morning. I think it is interesting that to say ishis topic the Supreme Court becoming too political. When the Supreme Court made decisions that say the andblicans disagreed with they are very vocal about it, the Affordable Care act and samesex marriage and those things, they were not vocal or had any concern when the Supreme Court took away part of the Voting Rights act. There was no protest about that or when the Supreme Court decided that corporations were people and not all of this money could come into the system without any question. Those are two cases that republicans had no concern about and were very happy with the Supreme Court wri. Host do you think democrats have brought this up . It has become an issue on the campaign trail that Bernie Sanders has talked about hillary as talked about that Hillary Clinton has talked about. Call
Of course, it was an extra ordinary decision. Justice black wrote it. He was tortured, really, by the angry reaction that came in after it was decided. Ruled theurt court ruled that women have a right to an abortion. It stems from the right to privacy. Swoop, the Supreme Court struck down the laws of many, many states that have banned abortion altogether or limited it quite a bit. It causedat is why such a firestorm right away. Conservatives, of course, and religious groups hate the decision. Say it went a little too far too fast. A justice in the court, a had the courtthat ruled against the texas law or done something fairly narrow, other states would have been able to legislate the right to abortion. But in a more democratic way. It might not have caused as much wade. Versy as roe versus Norma Mccorvey had three children. She now has flipped she wouldnt say she flipped. She said she was railroaded into it by the two lawyers then to get involved. She became a protestant and then a cat
For giving us another day. While members come to the end of a long weekend of constituent visits, bless them and those with whom they consult, among those they represent, with wisdom, patience and generosity as they seek law and policy that benefits not only local interests but, where possible, the greater common good of our country. We again ask you to impel those who possess power here in the capitol to be mindful of those whom they represent, who possess little or no power. Finally, bless those men and a women who work faithfully here at the capitol from staffers to maintenance, to security, all who serve to enable the engines of legislation to proceed without distraction of day to day concerns. May all that is done today be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The chair will now lead t
United states . We have some great champions of Small Business on this stage. I want to work with them and with others to clear out the brush, to get the credit flowing again to get more people with those good ideas a chance to be able to start and grow a business. My dad was a Small Businessman, and i deeply respect that entrepreneurial spirit. Were also going to have to tackle the tax code with all of its inefficiencies and all of it unfairness. I know what a big undertake can that is, but right now, its really stacked in favor of the wealthy. All of the loopholes, the deductions, whatever it is that enables somebody to escape paying their fair share, the wealthy pay too little and the middle class pays too much and i have said, i think the middle class deserves a raise, not a tax increase, and i will not raise taxes on middle class families because they have to get back to where they were before they fell into that ditch of the great recession. [cheering] but you know, if youre thin