Personal care brings this planet, and the entire universe into existence by your creative word. May we not lose our capacity for wonder, to listen and care for your creation. It is wisdom and contemplation that allow us to read the signs of the times. You put these signs in our hearts through music and dance, poetry and prose, arts and sciences. We thank you as day begins, and the energies of your daughters and sons are focused on the days business. Inspire those here assembled with the gifts of peace and justice, as your word inspires them to courage and compassion for all. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Reid mr. President . The president pro tempore majority leader. Mr. Reid mr. President , we know that you help in the senate every day, but tod
Force behind the creation of southern california. He became the first chief judge of the District Court serving in that position until he was appointed to the ninth Circuit Court of appeals. Judge carter judge keep graduated from the San Diego School of law as its valedictorian, becaming the first female judge for the Southern Court of california and later the first female chief judge. And this honors judge john rhodes who served as a federal judge in san diego for 22 years and was widely respected and beloved throughout the regions legal community. Udge s. Judges, carter, keep and rhodes showed excellence and integrity. Im proud to honor their legacy with this legislation, and i want to thank two of my colleagues in particular, congresswoman susan davis who represented this area before i did, and led this effort for the past several years. And congressman darrell issa for his support and great amendments to the bill. Its better because of his work. And im proud to have worked with the
Knowing whether they have been limited on what actions might or may not be available. The president has made it clear it is not his policy. I have never seen anybody more adamant about that and more clear in every statement he has made. They were all quoted. He has reiterated it. But that doesnt mean that you want to take away what might be conceivably necessary the president is absolutely clear about his policy. President s the decision to use force and thank you to this committee for voting and having made clear that congress was moving in that direction guess what . Instead of one or two days of bombing, in order to send a message that you shouldnt use these, we got a deal with russia to get 100 of the weapons out. That is because you didnt limited. Didnt limit it. That was another moment where for the first time in history during a conflict we removed all known declared chemical weapons from a country, and believe me thank god we did. Today, isolate is in their controlling half the
Found that was the time for me to go back to school since i wasnt able to go immediately into college from high school. I want to tell you a tail of 2 city colleges. When i started in 2003 i saw a large number of diversity studies courses, African American studies, gay lesbian stud as, Latino American studies and a number of different arts classes that appealed to me. When i started there i was working on my aa degree and 2 dance certificate that the college offered. I had to leave school a little while after that because of some family issues and my fathers health but when i returned last year found a lot of things changed. There was a dance Major Program offered there i can work tworts fwr my aa and focus more on that, but at the same time the performing arts and Education Center wasnt present and found that a lot of money was diverted from that. A number of diversity courses offered in the past were significantly lowered and i found that disheartening. At the same time i was happy t
People are talking about accredidation on what the role of the Community College was. For me it was personal because i saw myself in the [inaudible] as many know i came from blue caller family and father didnt graduate from high school and i was the first to go to college. I struggled until i got to Community College and went to 4 Year University and graduate with a degree and make my parent proud. For me this college is about elevating people out of poverty and chaifging peoples live and giving Second Chances and most vulnerable students are at stack now and they are being treated as pawn on a chess board. It is why we need to restore the board of trustees and take bay local control. When i hear undocumented student who dont qualify for federal aid are paying thousandoffs dollars in tuition every semester only to go fl to debt for the next semester and cant register again that is heart breaking. When i read in the paper guardian scholars wasnt funded and foster children that have been