I talk to you about what john gave to this community. I say this all the time. We have to fight for our local newspaper, for local journalism. When we lament losing our Hardware Store or our bakery or things that are in bit parts of the community our local newspaper is just as important. John mcnamara reported on the things we care about turkey cared about our kids, our local teams and obviously in his book he celebrates that i talking about there is Nothing Better than a local basketball game which i agree with 100 . I also want to thank everyone for coming here. I think andrea hasnt shown tremendous bravery in what she has done for us, not only has she lost her soulmate, but she has had the courage to step forward and stand up against the nra. She has been subjected to horrible things throughout the process, but she was brave enough to stand there and say we need to talk about these issues, these kind of violent things happening in our communities are not partisan. It is a thing for
Recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue past 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders majority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Graduating from high school and going to college is an important goal for many, Many American teenagers. College offers the promise of an education, new friends, new experiences. And when parents drop their children off at their new dorms, they are trusting those universities with the wellbeing of their kids. The dark reality is in many cases this trust is woefully misplaced. Mr. Speaker, approximately one in five women are sexually assaulted in college. Thats one out of every five of our daughters, sisters and friends. This shocking statistic would lead most people to assume that colleges have extensive protection to support those peopl
As palestinians and israelis continue fighting. Had a hams said it wont stop until it gets what it wants. The last day for turkish candidates to make their case aheacase to voters before they go to poll in. And african top fashion labels in london. So the u. S. President has vowed to continue to continue the fighting in iraq. He said that it will not be involved soon. He said that the government in iraqi needs to form an unity government to stop the threat. We will take action to protect our people. Well continue to provide military assistance as they battle these terrorists so the terrorists cannot establish a permanent safe haven. Even as our attention is focused on preventing an act of genocide in helping the men, women and children to hel on the mountain, thousands have fled from their hopes, including many christians. This morning i spoke with Prime Minister cameron of the United Kingdom and president hollande of france, im pleased both leaders support our action. Tom, what else d
In addition to advocating for a ceasefire resolution at the city council , members of Rockford for Palestine organize rallies calling for an end to the war and U.S. military aid to Israel.