Happened. Gerrymandering on this issue in particular given the nra a Playing Field in their favor. But it is starting to change. Change, anding to it is going to change because of people stepping forward sharing their stories, having the courage to do it. The story you told moves minds and hearts more than anything an elected official can tell us. More than anything any elected official can tell you. Today on cspan, we honor the life and legacy of dr. Martin luther king jr. Back top, we take you detroit, june 20 3, 1963, where the civil rights leader spoke after the walk to freedom. Then the annual wreathlaying ceremony honoring dr. King, and then civil rights leaders gather to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Martin Luther king jr. Day. We take you to the walk to freedom, the largest civil rights gathering of the time. It became a precursor to his i have a dream speech. I have a dream this afternoon that one day right here in detroit. Here in63, it would be detroit where Martin L
To covering live house coverage here on cspan as they gavel in eight bills today, including antilynching legislation. The speakr pro tempore the house will be in order. He prayer will be offere by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain onroy let us pray. Dear lord, we give you thanks foriving us another day. Use thismoment to be e reminded of your presence c1 tap the resoces needed by the members of this peos house to do their work as w as it upon those torn nation and upon the members of this assembly who struggle to see the shared hope for a Better Future in those withwhom they disagree. Fo many americans, the holy season of lent begins tomorrow d foreheads are marked this as men andwomen and as a reminder of your power to thrugh our failures all this day and through the week, may our representatives do teir best to find solutions to pressing issues facig our nation. Please hasten the day when justice and love shall dwell in the hearts of all peoples and rule the affairs of the nation
Which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. January 10, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable david n. Cicilline to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, rabbi barry h. Block, from church, from little rock, arkansas. From congregation bnai israel, from little rock arkansas. The chaplain source of blessing we come before you today asking your blessings upon the United States house of representatives. At this time of grave division, inspire these members of the peoples house to reach across every kind of aisle, to build new friendships that may grow into opportunities for greater understanding, speaking shared solutions to americas greatest problems. As th
16 billion in trade a year for both countries. Jobs rely on this network of transportation 150,000 jobs rely on this network. It is a part of our history and has been since precivil war. During prohibition, detroit is responsible for bringing in 75 of the illegal alcohol. For the 14 years of prohibition. Tocourse, that comes windsor, and canada. Trade in the 1800s in detroit, a city we know now is the motor city, was cigar capital of america. We were not only transporting in raw material, but out finish material. There were days in the 1860s we knew had 700010,000 Railroad Cars waiting to be transported that could knock it across the river because they would come into detroit via train, and wait for fairies to take them to canada. That backlog made the conversation about a tunnel or bridge take the national forefront by 1870. Something had to be done because we had storehouses filling up, waiting for this transportation that was very slow because fairies can only transport 5075 cars at
Nonnative americans. Stretching about 110 miles long and 70 miles wide, the black hills of south dakota rise up from the plains, just to the west of rapid city. The black hills are very important to the native American Community members. They are referred to as the heart. And thein pine trees elevations that we have that surround that area thinking of where rapid city is at, we are positioned at the gateway to the black hills, where it is kind of how we have always build ourselves, billed back to the earliest founders of rapid city. I am doniphan donovan sprague, i come from the lakota ise family and my tribal affiliation, from ,cion river sioux reservation , a veryacred bear butte spiritual place where not only lakota, but people of Many American Indian Tribes and nationalities visited. Aroundhe time period of 1800, we will say up to the wins as a time period, our henota and cheyenne are w lakota and cheyenne dominated this area. They moved with the buffalo and game, which supplied th