Scalise was at the event to talk about his faith and how it played a role last year when he was shot while practicing for the annual republican baseball game. This is an hour and a half. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. [applause] mr. President , good to see you. I want to tell you a story about this wristband that i wear every day. On it are the words of the golden rule. Practice the golden rule every day. The golden rule is a statement made by jesus, recorded in the sermon on the mount and the gospel of matthew. It is translated in various ways but it goes Something Like this do unto others as you would have done unto you. After a local event, a physician in my hometown of st. Petersburg, florida came up to me and handed me one of these. I put it on and i wear it every day. I do so to remind myself that even in this noisy, conflicted , and acrimonious world of politics that we want to treat everybody the way we would like to be treated. I hope you will all ta
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. [applause] mr. President , good to see you. I want to tell you a story about this wristband that i wear every day. On it are the words of the golden rule. Practice the golden rule every day. The golden rule is a statement made by jesus, recorded in the sermon on the mount and the gospel of matthew. It is translated in various ways because Something Like this do unto others as you would have done unto you. After a local event, a physician in my hometown of st. Petersburg, florida came up to me and handed me one of these. I put it on and i wear it every day. I do so to remind myself that even in this noisy, conflicted and acrimonious world of politics that we want to treat everybody the way we would like to be treated. I hope youll all will take this sentiment with you today when you leave. Jesus wanted all of us to live, fairly and compassionately. As i mentioned, it has been a privilege that we have enjoyed this last year to lea
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Government is going to open very soon when the president signs what the senate and house just passed. Surely in the house the breakdown of the vote. 240 to 186. Easily passing, remember, you needed over just about 217 to get it done. And for republicans there were plenty of defections because this adds 400 billion to spending and fiscal conservatives not happy but Speaker Paul Ryan issued this statement after the passage just shortly ago saying this is a great victory for our men and women in uniform. Republicans and Democrats Join together to finally give our troops the resources and our generals the certainty to plan for our future our National Defense will no longer be held hostage by shortterm spending bills and reckless spending caps. Democrats though upset. Pelosi leading them in the no. She was part of the negotiations in the end she held out for dreamers and gave some passionate remarks here about an hour ago. Take a listen. As part of it agreement, we have always expected that