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Whitehouse leave me alone. [laughter] i am telling you, if we ever clean up plastics in the ocean, it will be because of these two folks in senator leahy and i will be willing coconspirators. I have been told about this a lot, and im astounded by the problem mankind has created for the oceans. We can be better stewards of gods creation. We are going to have a hearing today about some solutions, and we are going to find a way to create some kind of fund that people can contribute to. I know they are doing it at the world bank, but i like the global fund idea where the world comes together under American Leadership to solve a problem. Thank you colleagues, for your leadership. Thank you, mr. Chairman. With all the joking that goes back and forth, it is safe to say that the chairman and i feel very strongly about this. We do want to help. Were inwhitehouse and i vietnam last year. We met with the vietnamese officials and scienti ....
Today, we are beginning to get days on the subject of mormonism. We are going to begin our story really at the end of the early chapter of mormons history in mormonisms history in the United States. We began on june 27, 1834. On that day, the Mormon Prophet joseph smith sat in jail in the town of carthage, illinois. This was just little bit east of this red dot in western illinois. It was near the mormon gathering place, headquarters of sorts nauvoo, in western illinois. Joseph smith was the president and prophet of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. His followers were commonly known as mormonites or mormons known after the churchs founding scripture, the the book of mormon. Smith was the mayor of the city of nauvoo and the Lieutenant General of the militia. He was in jail on the charge of inciting a riot ....