very direct and grilling questions of witnesses that would come before our committee. sometimes there would be a tense moment. but ralph always had something funny or a story to tell that broke the ice. you ve seen a number of members of the texas delegation here today, particularly the republican delegation and every thursday, we have lunch together. talk about what s good for texas. but what was always a thing that we always looked forward to, we couldn t wait until ralph got there so that we could ralph could share a funny story. and you know, one of the things that i ll miss most about ralph is those times when he d be on the floor or he would be at lunch, sharing those stories. now one of the things about ralph is that as he got older, he got wiser. and in fact he, got so wise, in 2004, he realized he needed to be a part of the republican party and so he switched from the democratic party to the republican party. we were so glad to welcome him to that. so as i said, it
today, particularly the republican delegation and every thursday, we have lunch together. talk about what s good for texas. but what was always a thing that we always looked forward to, we couldn t wait until ralph got there so that we could ralph could share a funny story. and you know, one of the things that i ll miss most about ralph is those times when he d be on the floor or he would be at lunch, sharing those stories. now one of the things about ralph is that as he got older, he got wiser. and in fact he, got so wise, in 2004, he realized he needed to be a part of the republican party and so he switched from the democratic party to the republican party. we were so glad to welcome him to that. so as i said, it s been an honor and a privilege, ralph, to be part of your team on the science, space and technology committee. it s been a great honor to be one of your colleagues, but more importantly, ralph, we want to thank you for your friendship and kinship and most import
force behind the creation of southern california. he became the first chief judge of the district court serving in that position until he was appointed to the ninth circuit court of appeals. judge carter judge keep graduated from the san diego school of law as its valedictorian, becaming the first female judge for the southern court of california and later the first female chief judge. and this honors judge john rhodes who served as a federal judge in san diego for 22 years and was widely respected and beloved throughout the region s legal community. udge s. judges, carter, keep and rhodes showed excellence and integrity. i m proud to honor their legacy with this legislation, and i want to thank two of my colleagues in particular, congresswoman susan davis who represented this area before i did, and led this effort for the past several years. and congressman darrell issa for his support and great amendments to the bill. it s better because of his work. and i m proud to ha
afterwards wes moore traces his career choices from combat veteran to social entrepreneur to find his life s purpose. on american history tv on c-span3 saturday night just after 7:00, the 1963 interview of malcolm x discussing race relations and opposition to racial integration and sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern, former cia chief of disguise tells the story of a husband and wife kgp spy team that infiltrated through the use of sex. send us a tweet at @cspan. in 2008 he was interviewed about congressional efforts to seek redress. it s about an hour for this world history. today is friday july 4th 2008. we re in denver at the japanese american national museums conference, and this morning we have secretary norman mineta with us. and i m doing this differently. we usually do an oral history and i start from the very beginning. but because of time constraints, i m really going to focus on the redress, so the first question, i just want to find out, was there anything in your early
so even though i had people ask me about it, i always dismissed it. but this was an opportunity through an appointment, not election. so you get appointed, then you do your job, then you can seek election. so in 1969, i ran for the city council post that i had by appointment. but on the brochure, i couldn t say reelect norm because i hadn t been elected in the first place, so we used the phrase retain norm on the council. how supportive was the japanese american community to your campaign? very. i had great support from within the community. at that point it was probably maybe 2% of the population, 3%. very, very small. but i had great support from the japanese american community. and so that was also true by 1970, i had become vice mayor, and then in 1971, for the reelection for the mayor s post, the mayor decided not to seek reelection. so then that mayor and many people said, hey, you ve got to run for mayor. well, i was trying to split my duties between being on the
what this cartoon did from a journalist socially credible and deeply entrusted as life magazine was, especially at a time of such po larty was deeply irresponsible, in my opinion. which we can all appreciate from contemporary standpoint. when people flinch at the use of the term jam. and one thing i do appreciate about it, though is acknowledgment, at least, in a public forum that most people could not tell the difference between certain types of asians, which, you know, i think a lot of us still agree would happen today. well, would it happen today? would it happen today? would this happen again? taking a large number of americans, citizens because of their race their religion, their national origin. i mean it s not the same thing, but it s sort of happening with the ferguson and, like, you know, racial policy in the united states right now. so it s not the same thing at all. but it s only still an issue today. in terms of race. what if there s another 9/11. what would
me about it, i always dismissed it. but this was an opportunity through an appointment, not election. so you get appointed, then you do your job, then you can seek election. so in 1969, i ran for the city council post that i had by appointment. but on the brochure, i couldn t say reelect norm because i hadn t been elected in the first place, so we used the phrase retain norm on the council. how supportive was the japanese american community to your campaign? very. i had great support from within the community. at that point it was probably maybe 2% of the population, 3%. very, very small. but i had great support from the japanese american community. and so that was also true by 1970, i had become vice mayor, and then in 1971, for the reelection for the mayor s post, the mayor decided not to seek reelection. so then that mayor and many people said, hey, you ve got to run for mayor. well, i was trying to split my duties between being on the city council and running the bu
find, and follow your will so that their legacy will be exemplary. lord, guide them in the path you have created, inspiring them with the potency of your powerful presence. may they trust you in times of adversity and prosperity, knowing that they will reap a productive harvest if they persevere. keep them from underestimating the power of your great name. and, lord, we ask that you would sustain the victims and families of the los angeles airport shooting. we pray in your merciful name. amen. the president pro tempore: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stand, one nation, under grued, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the majority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask that i ll just tell the senate that following my remarks, the senate will resume the motion to proceed to s. 815, the employment nondiscrimination act. at 5:30 the sena
a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. coons: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coons: mr. president, i come to the floor once again today to talk about jobs, about manufacturing jobs, manufacturing jobs as we all know are high quality jobs. manufacturing jobs come with higher pay and higher benefits. manufacturing jobs help create other local service sector jobs and manufacturing jobs contribute more to the local economy than jobs in any other sector. and beyond that, mr. president, manufacturers invest the most of any industry sector in research and development, something critical to america s continued growth and our security as a leading innovation economy. so last week, 21 senate colleagues and i joined in a new initiative, the manufacturing jobs for america initiative, to help create good manufacturing jobs here at home today and tomorrow. it s gr
patient will not wind up addicted. it is not turned into something that is safe the strategy still prevent addiction so the education needs to be these are not good treatments for chronic pain. should we mandate that states to mandate that medical program, a mandate position licenses it? vitter guess i do use went way up for states that don t require the database before writing the prescription very few doctors look because they think they know what the addict looks like and they don t. . . in north korean prisoner. here is a look at how some members of congress are spending their district work time away from washington. looking forward to welcoming transportation secretary fox and the faa administrator to south jersey for a visit of faa tech center employees to date. meanwhile indiana, day one of the ventura, headed to the outpatient center to meet patients and talk about the new law that helps a bad scare. and senator chris murphy tweets what he is up to. my piculs pre