The constitution of Civil Justice comes to order. The chair is authorized to declare recessed committee at anytime. Welcome to you gentlemen. Sorry for being a little late. We called this hearing today to examine hr3765, the a. D. A. Education reform act of 2015 and hr241, the access act of 2015, which are two common sense proposals that require plaintiffs to require defendants with written notice and opportunity to correct an alleged a. D. A. Violation voluntarily before they may file a lawsuit and force a Business Owner to incur legal costs. Overall purpose. When a. D. A. Was signed into law by george h. W. Bush, it was to provide the disabled with equal access. Its hailed as the most sweeping, nondiscrimination legislation of the act of 1964. Enterprising plaintiffs and their lawyers have abused the law by filing a flurry of a. D. A. Lawsuits aimed at churning out billable hours rather than improving access for the disabled as the a. D. A. Intended. These predatory lawsuits are poss
Johnson. [ applause ] the archive of this library contains thousands of letters to our 36th president , many of which concern the vietnam war. Here are two letters from soldiers stationed in vietnam during the height of president johnsons tenure in office which reflect contrasting views of the war held by americans including our troops. Dear mr. President here is a picture of a little girl and myself. She has three older sister, two older brothers and a younger brother. They live in a village. Their mother was killed by the vc. Because of us she is able to smile. It is our duty to keep the smile which portrays so much on her face. There are many more who do not have the freedom smile which she has. It is our duty as americans to bring happiness to those who may never be as free of care as she. To be able to pose with her and have her look so happy gives the idea of the good we are doing here. This is worth fighting for. This is worth dying for. I know the weight you must carry on your
Investigation into two fbi in fordhams. We will show you a clip of a ku klux klan in performance named thomas roe. He will detail how he participated in beatings of civil rights activists during the freedom riders demonstrations in alabama. Did you inform the fbi of planned violence . , i gave information to the freedom riders myself. What did you tell them . I said to them i have been contacted by a Birmingham City detective, who in turn wanted me to meet with a high racking highranking officer. The Birmingham Policeman set up the beating of the freedom riders . You told the fbi that . That is correct sir. Were they beaten . Says but they were beaten very badly, yes. Did the Birmingham Police give you the time you were promised . Yes, we were promised 15 minutes with absolutely no intervention from a Police Officer whatsoever. The information was passed on to the bureau. We had our 15 minutes. Approximately 15 minutes after , a policem riders geticer came to me and said out of here. U
Using our property free, the public airwaves. Tomorrow will be the most coordinated, informed, diverse critique of the mass commercial media ever brought together in one day. And one of them [ applause ] and one of the presenters will be arguably the greatest promoter of the First Amendment in the 20th century, phil donahue. Nobody [ applause ] nobody demonstrated a belief in the First Amendment like phil donahue. He brought on his show, again and again, people who despised him, who disagreed with him, who assailed him, thats the ultimate test of the belief in First Amendment. He will discuss how he broke through one taboo that was conventional taboo for most of the other media after another, and opened huge areas of American Life and voice to expression. Day three will be waging peace over waging war. We want to get rid of this idea that peace is something weak but wars something strong. Our wars have failed again and again, and you will see the documentation of that by some of the mo
Earlier this month president obama awarded the medal of valor to 13 recipients, all Law Enforcement officers recognized for Outstanding Service while on duty. He was introduced by attorney general loretta lynch. This is about half an hour. Ladies and gentlemen, the recipients of the 20132014 medal of valor. [ applause ] the recipients of the 20142015 medal of valor. [ applause ] [ room noise ] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States accompanied by attorney general loretta lynch. Good morning, everyone. Good morning. And welcome to the white house. All right. Thank you all so much. I love to have a musical accompaniment. I dont get that all the time. I need to hang out with you more often. Please be seated. To everyone here today, it is such a pleasure to be with you all today. And its such a privilege, really truly an honor for me to join so many outstanding Public Servants and distinguished guests and particularly our courageous Law Enforcement officers as we gather t