Speaker hatfield, majority leaders, thank you. Members of my cabinet, members of the bench, and all of those who serve our state, thank you. I must say everyone is looking fantastic tonight. [ applause ] but this year i want to get one thing straight. This is not the red carpet, so please, i urge you, focus on the substance of my speech. Its about issues, not appearances. [ applause ] i mean, i dont care how distracting the senators outfit is. Cut him a break. Thank you. For your sense of humor. Tonight, i have the honor of both speaking on behalf of the people of michigan and directly to the people of michigan. So whether youre watching from home or you are in this room, welcome. I am glad that you are here. Im especially pleased that my family is here, mark and sherry and sydney. I couldnt do any of this without them. And i also want to acknowledge the dedicated Michigan Army and National Air Guard members who are serving overseas. [ applause ] as they represent our state and defend
Treaties between the United States and American Indian nations. This Panel Discussion from the symposium was titled great nations keep their word. This is about an hour and a half. Delorea from phil the university of michigan and i am on the board of trustees. I want to welcome you to this session today. This is the final session in the symposium. The session speaks in part or of the exhibit which you shall see shortly which follows historical chronology, some case study examples, some for maddock analysis including some things that might resonate with the panel that we just had. The final section of the exhibit and this final session in our panel seeks to sum up and pull together, sort of congeal the insights of the exhibit and the day we have had today. Part of what we are about is reclaiming history. That, the easy part, is about making invisible stories visible. This is the task in native American History and has been for so long. It is a fundamental rule of this great museum. Anot
Host okay, frank, i will leave it there. A comment we have only had one person of color in position, so do not ask questions of this president you did not ask about the president. People bought more guns and Race Relations became worse. You can join in on the conversation on our facebook page. From fort worth, texas. You get the last word. Good morning. Caller good morning. Who made the comment this is the same mistake the present is going to make. Did it get better under bush . Do they get better under clinton . This president came to his job with a hard task. He said the country from going over the edge. For every racial issue to be put on his lap is unfair to this president. Are intelligent carson, i ed like mr. Cant believe he would make a statement that the president is responsible for Race Relations. It is it has gotten better. Overall, yes. But it hasnt gotten worse under this president. We have a black president that has brought more racial tension to the media. We have the sam
Ves. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for the morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from texas for five minutes. Ms. Jackson lee thank you very much, mr. Speaker. Today i rise with a question should america be brought to the brink of her own security and safety . With that question i can my friends on the other side of the aisle, the republicans, i ask the speaker to put on the floor of the house the full funding of the department of Homeland Security. Mr. Speaker, i had the tragic privilege of beginning my tenure on this committee in the aftermath of 9 11. Some of us who serv
Schools, where less than half of the kids that graduate. And those who graduate are nowhere near ready to go to college or go to work. We have seen across the state and across the country and in most states, Charter Schools public Charter Schools popping up. And giving parents hope, giving them a chance to get those kids out of failing schools. I said the other day in the rules committee, because it was so moving to me, i went to a Charter School in north minneapolis, 430 kids in that school, their parents are delighted with the education theyre getting now and thrilled to have gotten their kids out of failing schools and when i asked the principal and founder of the school if she could take more kids she said no, this is the right size for this school. They would like to replicate this school and thats what this bill allows and how successful is it . There are 1,000 kids 1,000 kids on the witnessing list to get into that Charter Schools because parents want to get out of failing schoo