The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 414, the nays are zero. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Without objection the title is amended. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will be in order. The house will be in order. Remove your conversations from the floor, please. The house will be in order. Remove your conversations from the floor. The house will be in order. Remove your conversations from the floor. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. Remove your conversations from the floor. The speaker pro tempore remove your conversations from the floor, please. The chair will recognize entertain requests for oneminute speeches. For what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition . Permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The house will be in order. Remove your conversations
The door burst open and doug wilder bounds in with his son and chauffeur, larry, intel. This just goes to show you that he was and is a force of nature. But this grandson of slaves was a public figure in virginia years before first historic run for statewide office. The first black member of the Virginia Senate since reconstruction, he served in the state senate for 16 years before he was elected Lieutenant Governor, becoming the first africanamerican elected to statewide office in virginia. Four years later he followed that up in 1989 when he became the nations first elected africanamerican governor. As governor, doug wilder guided the state through a difficult recession. A democrat, he briefly saw his partys 1992 president ial nomination, then years later in 2004 he became the first popularly elected mayor of the city of richmond in more than 50 years. Governor wilders memoir is filled with rich details and revealing reflections on his historic journey. Raised in segregated churchill
Not a cloud in the skies. Look at the capital city, well be looking at more Cool Temperatures today. It is january and we expect the air to be cool. Its been particularly cool over the last couple of mornings with temperatures in the 20s the last couple of days. Now, clear skies for us this afternoon. Absolutely nothing to worry about in the way of rainfall, precipitation, right now not even clouds to speak of. Certainly no chance for rain today. Look for temperatures to be a little cool here to start the afternoon hours. Lot of spots in kind of the mid 40s. 47 for us here in the capital city. 47 in lexington. And 47 there in st. Matthews there as well. Kind of the center pocket of the midlands seeing the warmest air as of right now which is typically the case. We are the famously hot city. Not famously hot necessarily today but it will be a little warm. Well see temperatures climb into the low 50s this afternoon. Winds, light and variable. Much lighter than where they have been. As yo
And i didnt have many growing up. But i do now. And a hot girlfriend. So i guess i dont need you as much as i used to. But my dad, he could use a cool friend like you. Dudes a pretty cool guy once you get to know him. So, we cool . Right. You cant talk. You cant talk, right . The dog cant talk, barry. Hey, that was a private conference between me and traitor. Look, im not the alpha. But the dog always sits right next to you. Thats because of the scraps. Theres all sorts of tasty shrapnel flying around here. Here. Give her a try. Whoa she likes me of course she does. Youre a likeable kid. So, does this mean we can share the dog . [ sighs ] ii dont care. Come on. Say it. Say you love her. Shes fine. Say it shes fine. You love the dog. I love the dog that day, we opened our hearts to a new family member. And erica opened her heart to my mom. Smells yummy. Since when do you bake . Just felt like cookie time. You cut my feelings to the bone whatat all this . Its hard to say. [ chuckles ] [
Welcoming remarks, we have an important opportunity to share with you. We have a finger with us today. She is going to share with us a beautiful song. A song called lift every voice and sing, which is referred by many as the black african black american anthem. Even though overtime the song was not promoted, children throughout the south cap in a lie. The song gathered momentum over the generations and ultimately, the in ca ap made it its theme song. Naacp made it its theme song. [applause] . Lift every voice and see ring with the heart harmony of liberty let our rejoice see. Thing at song full of the faith that the darkness has taught us. Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us facing a rising the dawn of a new day. Let us march on until our story is one won a lonely trot, felt in the day when hope alone had died yet with a steady beat come to the place for which our fathers side we have come over away tears have been watered we have come treading our past through