Ladies and gentleman, thank you for com ladies and gentlemen thank you for coming out on another rainy day in kentucky. Let me take a moment. Thank you for coming out at this historic moment at the Mcconnell Center there is a number of distinguished guests in the audience tonight if you think i would call you distinguish then that is the case. But i do owe and introduction to the president of the university of louisville thank you for bringing her today. This is a storied moment in our history and the statesman one of the most important of all time because it seems to me we have duties one is to remember to learn from our past and the rising generation with the book we launch to the world and we have High School Students all over kentucky just spending the last week at the Mcconnell Center studying the constitution. So whatever else to study the foundation of the american constitutional order. And then to help us remember history to get those lessons onto the next generation. An attorn
Information. Here is Mitch Mcconnell of kentucky. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen thank you forfo coming out on yet another rainy day in kentucky. Let me take a moment to ask you to check your cell phone and make sure it is turned off. Thank you for coming out today to another historic moment and history here at the university ofy louisville. There is a number of distinguished guest in thehe audience if you feel that i would think that you are distinguished then that is the case. Ou[laughter] but i do owe an introduction and the appreciation to the president of louisville. [applause] thank you for bringing her today out in the rain. This is the historic moment for the Mcconnell Center i was thinking of the roman statesman of all time in his book it seems that if we live in a free society we have duties it seems to me is to remember to learn from our past from the rising generation the two authors today have done that and then these over the last week at the Mcconnell Center
video involving the narco slave trade. these children come in in debt to vicious cartels thousands and thousands of dollars. and the teenage boys work for the gangs in every city in america. and the teenage girls experience a hell worse than that. with far too many of them human trafficked into sex slavery. joe biden and kamala harris are responsible for the worst flag of slavery in america since the civil war. washington examner editorial board saying this, biden s border of death. the outlet reports that agents have found more than 600 dead migrants along that border so far this fiscal year. more in just the last nine months than ever recorded in the span of an entire year. the numbers really do tell the story of just how dangerous it is at that border. back in 2020 when president trump s remain in mexico policy was in full effect, that number was around 250. it doesn t end there. drugs continue to pour across the border in staggering amounts. over the weekend agents ma
That working together should not be assigned as weakness, but a sign of strength. These students are fully dedicated to the work and to reviving these principles not only back into our government, but also into everyday society. These students have learned to the example of senator ford that those ideals and principles or what it takes to best serve your constituents and community as a public servant. The less than principles our students learn our ones they will use throughout their lives. They may be High School Students today, but they are also our nations in the states, and communities future leaders. On behalf of the ford center, i would like to welcome and recognize several of our dignitaries we have in attendance today. We have the honorable joseph mckinley, the honorable jeff taylor, the honorable david payne come and the honorable j wethington, mr. Joe boland and susan mile, jim gooch. Honorable mayor tom watson and city commissioners bob glenn and larry conder. Officials from
Before we begin, i would like to share our mission and the relevance it serves in our world today. As you all know, senator ford believed that students need a better understanding of how our government operates and that the principles by which he conducted his work, civil discourse, cooperation, and the willingness to compromise are vital to our nations future. In keeping with this mission, the center of established the Statesmanship Academy in 2012. The academy currently serves over 100 local Area High School students who have a passion for public service, enhancing their leadership skills, and for study the issues that face our communities, states, and nation. At the academy, we strive to teach these students to examine both sides of every issue, to learn how to respect another persons opinion, even when it may differ from their own, and that working together should not be assigned as weakness, but a sign of strength. These students are fully dedicated to the work and to reviving the