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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 ....
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 as the fir ....
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 as the first african-american president, i would have said you re crazy. you re out of your mind. you don t know what you re talking about. jon: that s inspiring. i think that is a very inspiring thing. i m to the going to obviously tell the people who ran the commemoration in selma how to do the job. if it s me i get th ....