Together. I do want to Say Something real washington journal live every day at 7 00 a. M. Eastern. At h the entire program cspan. Org. Well fulfill our 40yearplus commitment to cover the u. S. Congress. You live to the floor, next. One bill on the house agenda today. Apprenticeship opportunities. And now live coverage of the u. S. House on cspan. Heaven ane you thanks for giving us another day. Bless the members of the peoples house with focus and purpose as they gather these few days before thanksgiving. May their efforts give true cause for americans to gather to give thanks. As infections continue to spread in hospitals nationwide and hospitals nationwide are pressed to their limits, look with with mercy upon your people. May we all, together, be mindful of the part we can play in addressing the spread of coronavirus. May all that is done be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967, the journal of the last days pr
But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Chair now recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Shimkus, for five minutes. Shimkus thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, another group that to pause and thank is my Campaign Team and supporters. How diverse this group is. They are young and old, they are live in poor, they towns, villages, and isolated country roads. Ideology, rvative in they identify as republicans, libertarians, and even independents. These are the people who walked parades. They helped pass out balloons, political signs. Hey took down signs of all sizes. They organized fundraisers both big and small. Manned booths at county fairs. What causes people to give up talent, and heir their possessions to a candidate, party, or cause . T is at the heart of a representative democracy, our constitutional republic. Going to cast a vote for you, shouldnt you know their beliefs . About an l strongly issue, wouldnt you want to help a kind red spirit . Started to run fo
At the Community College in new york. Derek has recently earned fame for his brand new book as part of the emerging civil war series. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome derek maxfield. Thank you very much. Im very pleased to be here and talk about my latest project. You know, elmira is, and prisoner war camps in general, have been a surprise me. Ive studied the civil war since, umm, since i was quite young, and, umm, you know, knew the lengths of the tragedy during the civil war, umm, but it was eyeopening to me the extent of the humanitarian crisis that unfolded over the course of those four bloody years. Umm, over 56,000, umm, died, umm, in prisoner of war camps over that time. Just over 500,000 incarcerated in total. And all though we understand, you know, the that this is just a small number of casualties considered the total number of casualties during the civil war, over 750,000 now, we believe, umm when you consider we could have done better both north and south. You consider
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Many of us felt we never would get a chance to really fight. Who more than self their country loved and mercy more than life i couldnt go in, which i didnt realize at that time, was because of the color of my skin. America america make god thy gold refine the story of africanamericans in world war ii is, indeed, a legacy of patriotism and valor. In 1941 americans looked at their world and saw war everywhere. Across the atlantic adolf hitlers german troops occupied nearly every inch of europe, from france to russia, to the baltic sea and in north africa. In the pacific the Japanese Army and navy had already captured parts of china, manchuria, korea and a number of nearby islands. Pearl harbor would stun the United States into war. Monday morning the first thing i did was go down to the recruiting station and enlist in the service of my country. I was told there was no quota for black troops. Theyve got to remember that this country was very discriminatory, segregated and there was no ch