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Thank you, mr. Speaker. I have a dream. I have a dream that one day a sentence with such a heavy impact that would change the world forever, when Martin Luther king gave the speech, he was addressing the plague of racism across the country. He was a campaigner for acceptance in a world where there was none. Well, i too, have a dream, i have a dream that one day lgbt plus youth will no longer live in fear, that one day they will truly be a time of acceptance among people of all orientations and identities. That cannot be obtained without the support today. I believe it wont be realized today, or tomorrow, but to set that dream in motion to begin to right the injustices felt by lgbt plus constituents, thats what we can accomplish today. As according to the qualities act of 2010, sexual orientations and gender identities are protected characteristics, but this legislation does not always translate into the real world. As is often made apparent, discrimination is not an intrinsic feature t
But students are advised to bring bottled watt to drink. Also happening now Montgomery County Police Stepping up controls in gaithersburg after attempted kidnapping of say opportunity on the way to school. Annie yu is live in gaithersburg with more on the frightening incident. Annie, good morning. Reporter yeah, really frightening and it was around this time on monday that the man tried to abduct the teenage girl. But were told by Montgomery County police that she did the right thing. The young victim screamed, situation and scared off her attacker. So that is the good news. And while she is not physically harmed, you can imagine that she is traumatized by this event. And behind me is the sideer Mill Apartments guys and its near lost knife circle and thats where her bus stop is located. Thats where she was standing when this incidents happened and so police as well as School District theyre not going to take a nps chances and theyre stepping up police in the area and the victim is a fe
But students are advised to bring bottled watt to drink. Also happening now Montgomery County Police Stepping up controls in gaithersburg after attempted kidnapping of say opportunity on the way to school. Annie yu is live in gaithersburg with more on the frightening incident. Annie, good morning. Reporter yeah, really frightening and it was around this time on monday that the man tried to abduct the teenage girl. But were told by Montgomery County police that she did the right thing. The young victim screamed, situation and scared off her attacker. So that is the good news. And while she is not physically harmed, you can imagine that she is traumatized by this event. And behind me is the sideer Mill Apartments guys and its near lost knife circle and thats where her bus stop is located. Thats where she was standing when this incidents happened and so police as well as School District theyre not going to take a nps chances and theyre stepping up police in the area and the victim is a fe
Real disaster, or two. They are struggling, working as hard as they can they may be working two jobs. The fact is there should be equity between people receiving government assistance and though striving to live an independent life. Work needs to be the single biggest requirement. No more waivers, as this a administration has done. There should be real work eligibility. That means we have to transform our education and Training Programs. Right now, we have a skills gap. If they do not have the skills to get a job, that is the first step. All of our workforce programs have to be revamped. Imagine a system where you were starting from scratch. Not the one we have today. If you have the same amount money, but could deliver these programs to help people get out of poverty a different way. You would reward marriage, not penalize it. Ou would reward work you would promote, in a genetically different fashion, education so that more and more of our young people were college or career ready. An