Led a march for justice. Commemorating 54th anniversary of Martin Luther king jr. s march on washington. Speakers talked about race issues and the recent violence in charlottesville. This is two hours. Praises the lord. No justice, no peace. What do we want . Justice when do we want it . Now without further adieu, let us hear from our first speaker for the rally in front ofhe juicde is here now from Jay David Cox senior, the National President of afge. Brothers and sisters i come to you today from the American Federation of government employees. The people that said, government is good and government should stand for all of its citizens in an equal mannerism. Brother and sisters, i come to you today with love. Its time to that we bring back love to this country. Lets stop and think. Hatred of the stranger, people who are different. People who come from somewhere else. Speak another language. Have different couples eat different food. Who are we to turn away and ignore injustice in a na
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First in Corpus Christi and here in austin at the Emergency Operations center. I think all of us have expressed our gratitude to the president and his cabinet for leaning in on the terrible disaster that has hit thstate of texas. We know that even as the sun comes out in austin, there are parts of the state where flooding continues, the loss of life continues. We need to keep that forefront in our minds. But we also know that the governor has done a tremendous job and the professional staff have pulled together an Incredible Team to deal with this disaster and others like it. I might just say a word about what senator cruz and i and our house colleagues will be doing once we get back to washington. Under the federal law, states and state citizens are entitled to certain federal benefits if they are the victim of a disaster. Part of that starts with people registering on a disaster i keep trying to remember what the account is. It is 1800621fdma, it is 1800621fema, disasterrelief. Gov.