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the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. loving god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. as we meditate on all the blessings of life, we especially pray for the blessing of peace in our lives and in our world. our fervent prayer, o god is that people will learn to live together in reconciliation and respect so that the terrors of war and violence will be no more. as you have created each person, we pray that you would guide our hearts and minds that every person of every place and background might focus on your great gift of life and so learn to live in unity. may your special blessings be upon the members of this assembly and the important, sometimes difficult, work they do. give them wisdom and charity that they might work together for the common good. may all that is done this day in the people s house be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker: the chair ha ....
those individuals who came before us and work sod tirelessly to make a difference and create voting rights equal. it is truly a privilege for me personally to stand before you as congress recognizes these brave men and women and the historical significance of those marches that forever changed the direction of our great nation. i thank the gentlelady, representative sewell of alabama, for highlighting these historic events and urge my colleagues to support h.r. 431. with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from alabama is recognized. ms. sewell: i rise in strong support of h.r. 431 and yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. sewell: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank the gentleman from michigan for joining me on the floor today to support h.r. 43 . i have enjoyed our bipartisan working relationship on the house financial services committ ....
(applause) jon: also this weekend marked the another thing. in alabama some 80,000 people march in sunday to mark a turning point in the u.s. civil rights struggle. the 50th anniversary of selma s bloody sunday. on that day hundreds of demonstrators attempted to march 50 miles from selma to the alabama state capitol to demand the right to vote for black americans. jon: that guy i was talking, you see him with the trench coat and backpack that s john lewis! that s him! he was like the first guy over the bridge. on his way to billy club alley marching in great danger for civil rights. look at you just sitting there [bleep]. yeah i see you. how is the ben & jerry s hero? sorry. (laughter) i don t know why i turned that into a personal attack on you the viewer. georgia congressman is now 75 years old. saturday his 25-year-old saturday was not far from his thoughts. if someone had told me that we were crossing this bridge, that one day i would be back here introduced ....
program. (cheers and applause) jon: very excited about that. this weekend congressman lewis celebrated a momentous and historic anniversary three years gluten-free. nice. good job. (applause) jon: also this weekend marked the another thing. in alabama some 80,000 people march in sunday to mark a turning point in the u.s. civil rights struggle. the 50th anniversary of selma s bloody sunday. on that day hundreds of demonstrators attempted to march 50 miles from selma to the alabama state capitol to demand the right to vote for black americans. jon: that guy i was talking, you see him with the trench coat and backpack that s john lewis! that s him! he was like the first guy over the bridge. on his way to billy club alley marching in great danger for civil rights. look at you just sitting there [bleep]. yeah i see you. how is the ben & jerry s hero? sorry. (laughter) i don t know why i turned that into a personal attack on you the viewer. georgia congressman is no ....